Last Month | Yesterday | Tomorrow | Next Month | Every Month   August 1 1943   Denis Payton, saz player with The Dave Clark Five, born in London. 1964   Pop singer Johnny Burnette, of the Johnny Burnett Rock'n'Roll Trio, dies in a boating accident. Some reports state he was out fishing, fell overboard and drowned. 1971   The Concerts for Bangladesh is held at Madison Square Garden in New York. Organized by George Harrison, the event featured Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell and Badfinger. 1978   US punk band the Dead Boys split up. They are best known for the song, "Sonic Reducer". 1981   MTV is launched with, "Video Killed the Radio Star." 1997   Corporate clothing designer Tommy Hilfiger announces he will sponsor a 30 city tour of pop-rocker Sheryl Crow. The good part is a special T-shirt will be sold to benefit breast cancer research, the bad news is the ever more obvious, perhaps sole role of rock music, being to hype consumer goods.