25/08/1963 - Paul McCartney is fined 31 pounds and given a 1 yr suspended license for speeding 25/08/1967 - Beatles go to Wales to study TM with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 25/08/1973 - Butch Trucks drummer of Allman Brothers, breaks leg in a car crash 25/08/1973 - Guitarist Henry McCullough quits Wings 25/08/1981 - Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years
Birthdays in Music
Results 1 - 28 of 28 for 25 August in all years
25/08/1718 - Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer 25/08/1758 - Franz Teyber, composer 25/08/1880 - Robert E Stolz, Austrian composer/conductor (...smaller guard) 25/08/1887 - Olav Fartein Valen, composer 25/08/1887 - [Olav] Fartein V†len, Norwegian composer 25/08/1891 - Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer 25/08/1891 - Samuel Gardner, composer 25/08/1897 - Jaroslav Ridky, composer 25/08/1902 - Stefan Wolpe, Berlin Germany, composer (Zeus and Elidco) 25/08/1905 - Undine Smith Moore, composer 25/08/1909 - Arwel Hughes, composer 25/08/1909 - Ruby Keeler, Halifax NS, dancer (Dames, 42nd Street) 25/08/1911 - Jacopo Napoli, composer 25/08/1914 - Alexei Haieff, Blagovestchensk Siberia, composer (Princess Zondilda) 25/08/1918 - Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence MA, conductor/composer (West Side Story) 25/08/1928 - Karl Korte, composer 25/08/1933 - Wayne Shorter, rocker (Weather Report) 25/08/1942 - Walter Williams, US, rock vocalist (O'Jays-Use to Be My Girl) 25/08/1949 - Gene Simmons, [Chaim Witz], Haifa Israel, rock guitarist (KISS-Beth) 25/08/1950 - Willy Deville, NYC, rock vocalist/guitarist (Mink Deville) 25/08/1954 - Martin Jourard, keyboardist/vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely) 25/08/1954 - Elvis Costello, [Declan Patrick McManus], Lon, rock vocalist (Allison) 25/08/1956 - Matt Aitken, rocker (Stock Aitken and Waterman-Road Block) 25/08/1958 - Saskia van Orly, Dutch singer (Tambourine) 25/08/1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus, Flatwoods Ky, country singer (Achy Breaky Heart) 25/08/1962 - Mazzi Rawd, heavy metal rocker 25/08/1962 - Vivian Campbell, heavy metal rocker (White Snake-Here I Go Again) 25/08/1971 - Quintis "Chico" Ristie, Suriname radio host
Deaths in Music
Results 1 - 16 of 16 for 25 August in all years
25/08/1742 - Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer, dies at 38 25/08/1773 - Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer, dies at 29 25/08/1774 - Nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59 25/08/1791 - Pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies 25/08/1842 - Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80 25/08/1930 - Siegfried Wagner, composer, dies at 61 25/08/1942 - Panayot Pipkov, composer, dies at 70 25/08/1971 - Ted Lewis, [Theodore L Friedman], bandleader, dies at 80 25/08/1972 - Robert Denzler, composer, dies at 80 25/08/1972 - Juan Carlos Paz, composer, dies at 71 25/08/1979 - Stan Kenton, orch leader (Music 55), dies at 67 25/08/1980 - Gower Champion, dancer (Marge and Gower Champion Show), dies at 60 25/08/1989 - Gunnar Johnsen Berg, composer, dies at 80 25/08/1992 - Alma Graciela Haro Esmerelda, singer, dies of diabetes at 65 25/08/1995 - R B Hudmon, RandB/Soul Singer, dies at 41 25/08/1996 - Sylvia Fisher, opera Singer, dies at 86
