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By , About.com Guide   August 22, 2009

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Classic Rock Almanac - August 22

• 1962 - Fab Four first: Granada Television shoots what is believed to be the first filmed performance by The Beatles, at Liverpool's Cavern Club
• 1970 - First day in studio: Derek and the Dominoes, recording Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
• 1978 - Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols) does his last live gig, at London's Electric Ballroom - in the audience, Joan Jett, Elvis Costello, and Blondie
• 2006 - The Knack's drummer, Bruce Gary dies of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma at age 55

August 22 Birthdays:
Donna Godchaux - Grateful Dead - 1947
Ian Mitchell - Bay City Rollers - 1958
Debbi Peterson - The Bangles - 1961

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