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August 3

1926 Pop singer Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) born in Queens, NYC. He'll live long enough to release over 100 recording and re-invent himself for the MTV generation.
1956 Kirk Brandon, of the UK bands Theatre of Hate and Spear of Destiny, born in the UK.
1963 The Beatles make their last ever performance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.
1966 Comedian Lenny Bruce (Leonard Alfred Schneider) dies of an overdose of morphine.
1967 The Elvis Presley movie, "Double Trouble" premiers, forcasting the evil twin he will become.
1993 In 1993, Phil Solem, a singer/songwriter with the group the Rembrandts, and his wife, Mia, had a son in Minneapolis. They named the child Nicholas Philip.
1995 A three-night celebration at Carnegie Hall salutes Frank Sinatra's 80th birthday begins. Linda Ronstadt, Michael Feinstein, Joe Williams and Margaret Whiting were among those to pay homage to fading Ol' Blue Eyes.
1995 Public Enemy postponed its televised farewell concert in 1995 in Great Britain after rap group member Flava Flav broke his arms in a scooter accident.
1999 Guitarist Robin Finck leaves Guns N' Roses, to rejoins Nine Inch Nails.