Subj : [ON THIS DAY] - Music History To : All From : TALIADON Date : Mon Jul 10 2023 01:00:01 WWW.THISDAYINMUSIC.COM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______ _______ _______ _ _ _ ______ ______ _______ _ _ (_______)(_______) (_______)(_) (_)| | / _____) (______) (_______)| | | | _ _ _ _ _ _______ | |( (____ _ _ _______ | |___| | | | | || | | | | | | ___ || | \____ \ | | | || ___ ||_____ | | |___| || | | | | | | | | || | _____) ) | |__/ / | | | | _____| | \_____/ |_| |_| |_| |_| |_||_|(______/ |_____/ |_| |_|(_______| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | o MUSIC HISTORY o | | | | o 10 Jul 1950 The US music show Your Hit Parade premiered on NBC-TV. o | | The program, which featured vocalists covering the top | | o hits of the week, had been on radio since 1935. It o | | moved to CBS in 1958 but was canceled the following | | o year, unable to cope with the rising popularity of Rock o | | 'n' Roll. | | o o | | 10 Jul 1961 Bobby Lewis started a seven week run at No.1 on the US | | o singles chart with 'Tossin' and Turnin', the longest o | | running No.1 single of 1961, spending seven weeks at | | o the top of the chart. o | | | | o 10 Jul 1964 200,000 Liverpudlians took to the streets to celebrate o | | The Beatles return to Liverpool for the northern | | o premiere of the group's first film 'A Hard Day's o | | Night.' The group were honored in a public ceremony in | | o front of Liverpool Town Hall and as The Beatles stood o | | on a balcony looking at the large crowd gathered below, | | o John Lennon gave a few Nazi "Sieg Heil" salutes. Not o | | everyone appreciated his sense of humor. | | o o | | 10 Jul 1965 The Rolling Stones started a four week run at No.1 on | | o the US singles chart with '(I Can't Get No) o | | Satisfaction', the group's first chart-topper there. In | | o the UK, the song was initially played only on pirate o | | radio stations, because its lyrics were considered too | | o sexually suggestive. o | | | | o 10 Jul 1966 Johnny Tilotson, The Jive Five, The Tymes, The Shangra- o | | Las and local band The Castiles (with Bruce Springsteen | | o on vocals) all appeared at the Surf 'n See Club in o | | Seabright New Jersey. | | o o | | 10 Jul 1968 Eric Clapton announced that Cream would break-up after | | o their current tour. The group's third album, Wheels of o | | Fire, was the world's first platinum-selling double | | o album and Cream are widely regarded as being the o | | world's first successful supergroup. | | o o | | 10 Jul 1968 The Nice were banned from appearing at London's Royal | | o Albert Hall after burning an American flag on stage. o | | Two years later, Keith Emerson, leader of the Nice, | | o joined Greg Lake and Carl Palmer in Emerson, Lake and o | | Palmer. | | o o | | 10 Jul 1969 The funeral of Rolling Stone Brian Jones took place in | | o his home town at Hatherley Road Parish Church, o | | Cheltenham. Canon Hugh Evan Hopkins read Jones' own | | o epitaph, 'Please don't judge me too harshly.' Bill o | | Wyman, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts from The Stones | | o attended the funeral. o | | | | o 10 Jul 1972 Harry Nilsson's eighth album, 'Son of Schmilsson' was o | | released. It featured George Harrison under the name | | o George Harrysong and Ringo Starr, listed as Richie o | | Snare, on some of the tracks. Peter Frampton also | | o played guitar on most of the album. o | | | | o 10 Jul 1974 David Bowie played the first of five dates at The Tower o | | Theatre in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, the recordings of | | o which made up the David Live album released later that o | | year. The album catches Bowie in transition from the | | o Ziggy Stardust/Aladdin Sane glam-rock era of his career o | | to the 'plastic soul' of Young Americans. | | o o | | 10 Jul 1976 One Hit Wonders Starland Vocal Band started a two week | | o run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Afternoon o | | Delight'. It was also their only hit in the UK, making | | o No.18 on the chart. o | | | | o 10 Jul 1978 Rolling Stone Bill Wyman was knocked unconscious after o | | falling from the stage during a Stones concert at the | | o Coliseum, St Paul, Minnesota. o | | | | o 10 Jul 1979 Chuck Berry was sentenced to five months in jail after o | | being found guilty of tax evasion. | | o o | | 10 Jul 1984 Session drummer and former member of Derek and the | | o Dominos, Jim Gordon, was sentenced to 16 years to life o | | in prison after being found guilty of murdering his | | o mother. It was after he was arrested that he was o | | properly diagnosed with schizophrenia and, although at | | o the trial the court accepted that Gordon had acute o | | schizophrenia, he was not allowed to use an insanity | | o defense because of changes to California law. o | | | | o 10 Jul 1986 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead went into a five day o | | diabetic coma, resulting in the band withdrawing from | | o their current tour. o | | | | o 10 Jul 1987 Producer and record company executive John Hammond o | | died. He brought Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bob Dylan, Aretha | | o Franklin, Leonard Cohen and Bruce Springsteen to o | | Columbia Records. Hammond also worked as a producer | | o with Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman and o | | Count Basie. | | o o | | 10 Jul 1989 David F Pearsall, age 18 from Manchester, New Jersey, | | o was charged with theft after stealing a guitar at a o | | concert in Riverfront Park belonging to Richie Sambora | | o of Bon Jovi. o | | | | o 10 Jul 2005 The four members of Led Zeppelin were voted the UK's o | | ideal supergroup after 3,500 music fans were asked to | | o create their fantasy band for Planet Rock Radio. Jimmy o | | Page won best guitarist, followed by Guns N' Roses' | | o Slash and Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore. John Paul o | | Jones was named top bassist, with John Bonham, who died | | o in 1980, winning best drummer and Robert Plant beat the o | | late Freddie Mercury to best singer. | | o o | | 10 Jul 2008 The drum skin used on the cover of The Beatles' Sgt. | | o Pepper album sold for 541,250 pounds ($1m) at o | | Christie's Memorabilia auction in London. Other items | | o sold included John Lennon's lyrics for 'Give Peace a o | | Chance' which sold for 421,250 pounds ($832,257) and a | | o pair of tinted prescription sunglasses belonging to o | | Lennon, which he wore for the cover of the single 'Mind | | o Games', sold for 39,650 pounds ($79,000). A rare 1/4 o | | inch reel-to-reel master tape recording of the Jimi | | o Hendrix Experience performing at the Woburn Music o | | Festival in 1968 went for 48,050 pounds ($95,000), and | | o a Marshall amplifier used by Hendrix in concert fetched o | | 25,000 pounds ($50,000). | | o o | | 10 Jul 2011 A pub in Dundee, Scotland, called Lennon's Bar was | | o forced to change the name of the venue and remove all o | | Beatles memorabilia. The former Beatles' wife, Yoko | | o Ono, had threatened legal action for copyright o | | infringement. | | o o | | 10 Jul 2015 John Fogerty filed a countersuit, alleging that his | | o former bandmates in Creedence Clearwater Revival had o | | breached their contract in which he allowed them to use | | o the name Creedence Clearwater Revisited while touring o | | and playing the music they recorded together four | | o decades ago. Fogerty's action claimed that Creedence o | | bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford had not paid | | o him in more than three years under terms of the o | | agreement they set up more than a decade ago. | | o o | | 10 Jul 2016 Cliff Richard instructed lawyers to make formal legal | | o complaints to South Yorkshire Police and the BBC over o | | their handling of a police raid on his home in 2014. | | o Police investigating historical sex allegations o | | launched an investigation in 2014, which was filmed by | | o the BBC. o | | | | o 10 Jul 2019 Bob Dylan super-fan Bill Pagel purchased the ultimate o | | rock collectible: the Hibbing, Minnesota house where | | o Dylan lived from 1948 to 1959. He bought the 1,600 o | | square foot home from Gregg and Donna French, who had | | o lived there since 1990, for $84,000. Pagel, a o | | pharmacist in his late seventies, has run the Bob Dylan | | o essential fan website 'boblinks.com' since 1995. o | | | | o 10 Jul 2021 American fiddle player Byron Berline died at the age of o | | 77 from complications of a stroke. He joined The Flying | | o Burrito Brothers in 1971, worked with Stephen Stills's o | | band, Manassas, and played on 'Country Honk' on the | | o Rolling Stones' album 'Let It Bleed'. He also worked o | | with many other artists including: Bob Dylan, Elton | | o John, The Byrds, Janis Ian, Willie Nelson, John Denver, o | | Rod Stewart, The Eagles, and The Band. | | o o | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | o o | | BORN ON THIS DAY | | o o | | 10 Jul 1919 British singer John Johnston. With the Johnston | | o Brothers he had the 1955 UK No.1 with their version of o | | 'Hernando's Hideaway', from the movie The Pajama Game, | | o beating off the American versions by both Johnnie Ray o | | and Archie Bleyer. Johnston died on 10 June 1998. | | o o | | 10 Jul 1936 American Keyboard player Johnny Griffith. He was a | | o member of the Motown records in-house Funk Brothers o | | studio band and played on Marvin Gaye's 'Heard It | | o Through The Grapevine', 'I Can't Help Myself (Sugar o | | Pie, Honey Bunch)' by Four Tops, and 'Stop! In the Name | | o of Love' by The Supremes. He died of a heart attack on o | | 10 November 2002, aged 66. | | o o | | 10 Jul 1939 Mavis Staples, American rhythm and blues and gospel | | o singer, actress and civil rights activist. She recorded o | | and performed with her family's band The Staple Singers | | o who scored two No.1 singles, 'I'll Take You There' and o | | 'Let's Do It Again.' | | o o | | 10 Jul 1942 Ronnie James Dio, vocals, Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, | | o and his own band Dio. He died on 16 May 2010, after a o | | six-month battle with stomach cancer. He was 67 years | | o old. o | | | | o 10 Jul 1943 Jerry Miller, guitarist from American psychedelic rock o | | group Moby Grape, known for their debut album Moby | | o Grape (1967). o | | | | o 10 Jul 1944 John Dymond (Beaky), guitarist for British pop/rock o | | group 'Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich', who | | o scored the 1968 UK No.1 single 'Legend Of Xanadu.' o | | | | o 10 Jul 1947 Arlo Guthrie, US singer, songwriter, son of folksinger o | | Woody Guthrie, (1967 album 'Alice's Restaurant', 1972 | | o US No.18 single 'The City Of New Orleans'). o | | | | o 10 Jul 1949 Dave Smalley, The Raspberries, famous for their hits o | | 'Go All The Way', 'I Wanna Be With You' and 'Overnight | | o Sensation (Hit Record).' o | | | | o 10 Jul 1950 Greg Kihn, American singer who scored the 1983 US No.2 o | | single 'Jeopardy'. | | o o | | 10 Jul 1954 Neil Tennant, vocals, Pet Shop Boys, (1986 UK & US No.1 | | o single 'West End Girls', plus 3 other UK No.1 singles o | | and over 20 UK Top 40 hits), ex editor of music paper | | o Smash Hits. o | | | | o 10 Jul 1958 American banjo player Bela Fleck, widely acknowledged o | | as one of the world's most innovative and technically | | o proficient banjo players. Fleck has shared Grammy wins o | | with Asleep at the Wheel, and has been nominated in | | o more categories than any other musician, namely o | | country, pop, jazz, bluegrass, classical, folk, spoken | | o word, composition, and arranging. o | | | | o 10 Jul 1959 Sandy West, drummer, founding member of US all girl o | | group The Runaways. West died on 21 Oct 2006. | | o o | | 10 Jul 1960 Martyn P Casey, keyboards, from Australian rock band | | o Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds who have released over 15 o | | studio albums including the 2013 Australian No.1 'Push | | o the Sky Away'. o | | | | o 10 Jul 1964 Graham Lambert, guitarist from English alternative rock o | | band Inspiral Carpets who had the 1990 UK No.14 single | | o 'This Is How It Feels'. o | | | | o 10 Jul 1965 Peter DiStefano, American guitarist and songwriter, o | | best known for his work in the alternative rock band | | o Porno for Pyros. o | | | | o 10 Jul 1970 Gary LeVox, singer, with American country band Rascal o | | Flatts who scored the 2004 US country No.2 single 'I | | o Melt', and the 2006 US No.1 album 'Me And My Gang'. o | | | | o 10 Jul 1970 Jason Orange, vocals, Take That (1995 UK No.1 single o | | 'Back For Good' and seven other UK No.1 singles, 1993 | | o UK No.1 album 'Everything Changes' spent 78 weeks on o | | the UK chart). Re-formed without Robbie Williams in | | o 2006 for a sold-out European tour. Topped the UK o | | singles and album charts simultaneously for the first | | o time in their career, when the single 'Patience' and o | | album 'Beautiful World' both reached No.1 in Dec 2006. | | o o | | 10 Jul 1974 Imelda May, Irish singer, songwriter, multi- | | o instrumentalist who has worked with Jeff Beck, Eric o | | Clapton, and David Gilmour. May is known for her | | o musical style of rockabilly revival and has also been o | | compared to female jazz musicians such as Billie | | o Holiday. o | | | | o 10 Jul 1978 American musician, singer-songwriter Jesse Lacey, the o | | lead vocalist and guitarist for Brand New. Their fifth | | o album 'Science Fiction', released in 2017, went to No.1 o | | on the US chart. | | o o | | 10 Jul 1980 Jessica Simpson, American singer who had the 2000 UK | | o No.7 single 'I Wanna Love You Forever'. Her debut o | | studio album, released in 1999, sold over four million | | o copies worldwide. o | | | | o o | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | o o | | Posted courtesy of TALIADON BBS (taliadon.ddns.net) | | o E&EO : All information taken directly from WWW.THISDAYINMUSIC.COM o | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: TALIADON BBS (21:3/138) .