AUGUST 7
FLEETWOOD MAC WELCOMED ITS FIRST FEMALE MEMBER ON THIS DAY IN 1970 . . . CHRISTINE MCVIE, THE THEN-WIFE OF MAC BASSIST JOHN MCVIE. PRIOR TO JOINING THE GROUP SHE RECORDED A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SOLO LP AS CHRISTINE PERFECT. THE 1970 SINGLE “DRAGONFLY” MARKED HER FLEETWOOD MAC RECORD DEBUT.
THIS DAY IN 1974 ACTRESS FAYE DUNAWAY AND J GEILS BAND FRONTMAN PETER WOLF WALKED DOWN THE AISLE. THEY WOULD DIVORCE IN 1979.
AND “BEACH PARTY,” THE ORIGINAL “60‘S BEACH MOVIE, OPENED THIS DAY IN 1963. THE TEEN CHEESE FEST STARRED FORMER MOUSEKETEER ANNETTE FUNICELLO, FRANKIE AVALON, AND HARVEY LEMBECK AS ERIC VON ZIPPER. SURF GUITAR PIONEER DICK DALE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SOUNDTRACK.