Today in Music History 8/1

On August 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m., MTV launched.



The first video was by The Buggles called "Video Killed the Radio Star". (Edit: such a shame there is very little music left on MTV today.)



In response to the above video and my comment, I leave this here for you, because it is true:



Born Today: Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead), Joe Eilliott (Def Leppard), Chuck D (Public Enemy), Coolio and Adam Duritz (Counting Crows).