Subj : [ON THIS DAY] - Music History To : All From : TALIADON Date : Mon Jul 11 2022 01:00:01 WWW.THISDAYINMUSIC.COM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______ _______ _______ _ _ _ ______ ______ _______ _ _ (_______)(_______) (_______)(_) (_)| | / _____) (______) (_______)| | | | _ _ _ _ _ _______ | |( (____ _ _ _______ | |___| | | | | || | | | | | | ___ || | \____ \ | | | || ___ ||_____ | | |___| || | | | | | | | | || | _____) ) | |__/ / | | | | _____| | \_____/ |_| |_| |_| |_| |_||_|(______/ |_____/ |_| |_|(_______| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | o MUSIC HISTORY o | | | | o 11 Jul 1955 Alma Cogan was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with o | | 'Dreamboat'. Cogan went on to score over 20 UK Top 40 | | o singles. Nicknamed 'The Girl With the Laugh In Her o | | Voice', she was the highest paid British female | | o entertainer of her era. o | | | | o 11 Jul 1964 The Beatles appeared live on the ABC Television program o | | "Lucky Stars (Summer Spin)", performing 'A Hard Day's | | o Night', 'Long Tall Sally', 'Things We Said Today' and o | | 'You Can't Do That'. To avoid the crowd of fans waiting | | o for them, The Beatles arrived at the Teddington Studio o | | Centre by boat, traveling down the River Thames. | | o o | | 11 Jul 1969 'Space Oddity' by David Bowie was released in the UK | | o for the first time. It was timed to coincide with the o | | Apollo moon landing but had to be re-released before it | | o became a hit, later in the year in the UK (but not o | | until 1973 in the US). Bowie would later revisit his | | o Major Tom character in the songs 'Ashes to Ashes', o | | 'Hallo Spaceboy' and possibly the music video for | | o 'Blackstar'. o | | | | o 11 Jul 1970 Self Portrait gave Bob Dylan his fifth UK No.1 album. o | | Released by Columbia Records, his tenth studio album | | o was Dylan's second double album, and featured mostly o | | cover versions of well-known pop and folk songs. | | o o | | 11 Jul 1970 Three Dog Night started a two-week run at No.1 in the | | o US with their version of the Randy Newman song 'Mama o | | Told Me Not To Come', which was also a No.3 hit in the | | o UK. The song was first covered by Eric Burdon on his o | | first solo album in 1966 and gave Tom Jones & | | o Stereophonics a No.4 hit on the UK Singles Chart in o | | 2000. | | o o | | 11 Jul 1971 The Bruce Springsteen Band opened for Humble Pie at the | | o Sunshine In, Asbury Park in New Jersey. After the show o | | an impressed Peter Frampton from Humble Pie, tells | | o Springsteen and the band he'd like to have them open o | | for them on a national basis. Frampton also said he | | o would be happy to get the band an audition with his o | | record label, A & M Records. For no logical reason | | o Springsteen's manager Tinker West declined both offers o | | on the spot. | | o o | | 11 Jul 1975 Fleetwood Mac released their tenth studio album often | | o referred to as The White Album, the first Fleetwood Mac o | | album to feature Lindsey Buckingham as guitarist and | | o Stevie Nicks as vocalist. The album reached number 1 on o | | the Billboard chart over a year after entering the | | o chart, spent 37 weeks within the top 10, and more than o | | fifteen months within the top 40. It was the second | | o biggest album of 1976 (behind Frampton Comes Alive! by o | | Peter Frampton). | | o o | | 11 Jul 1977 Tonight saw the opening night of a new punk venue, The | | o Vortex Club, on Wardour Street, London with Siouxise, o | | Adam And The Ants, The Slits and Sham 69. | | o o | | 11 Jul 1981 The Specials had their second and final UK No.1 single | | o with 'Ghost Town'. Despite being a song about Coventry, o | | the band chose to film the video of themselves driving | | o a Vauxhall Cresta around some empty London streets. o | | | | o 11 Jul 1982 Phil Collen, former guitarist with the glam rock band o | | Girl, replaced Pete Willis in Def Leppard who was fired | | o due to excessive alcohol consumption on the job. o | | | | o 11 Jul 1987 Heart started a three week run at No.1 on the US o | | singles chart with 'Alone', it made No.3 in the UK. | | o o | | 11 Jul 1992 A range of eight ties, designed by Jerry Garcia of the | | o Grateful Dead went on sale in the US. President Bill o | | Clinton bought a set. The collection grossed millions | | o in the US by the end of the year. o | | | | o 11 Jul 1996 Jonathan Melvoin keyboard player with the Smashing o | | Pumpkins died from a drug overdose in New York City | | o aged 34. Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin who o | | was with Melvoin tried but failed to revive him after | | o Chamberlin was allegedly advised by 911 operators to o | | put Melvoin's head in the shower. Several songs were | | o inspired by his death, including Sarah McLachlan's hit o | | single 'Angel.' He was the brother of Susannah and | | o Wendy Melvoin of Prince and the Revolution. Melvoin had o | | also been a member of The Dickies. | | o o | | 11 Jul 1998 Billie went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with | | o 'Because We Want To'. The 15 year old made chart o | | history by becoming the second youngest female to score | | o a No.1; Helen Shapiro was the youngest at 14 with the o | | 1961 No.1 single 'You Don't Know'. | | o o | | 11 Jul 1999 Ricky Martin started a three week run at No.1 on the UK | | o singles chart with 'Livin' La Vida Loca'. A US No.1 for o | | 5 weeks. The song was the first No.1 song to be | | o recorded, edited, and mixed totally on a DAW (digital o | | audio workstation). | | o o | | 11 Jul 2000 After being sacked 'out of the blue' last year, Richard | | o Ashcroft's ex-manger Jazz Summers issued a writ citing o | | breach of contract for an undisclosed sum said to be | | o 'in excess of 50,000 pounds'. o | | | | o 11 Jul 2002 The funeral of The Who's bass player John Entwistle o | | took place at a church in The Cotswolds. More than 200 | | o mourners filed into the 12th century church of St. o | | Edward in Stow-on-the-wold. | | o o | | 11 Jul 2004 The Darkness replaced David Bowie at this years T In | | o The Park Scottish festival following his heart o | | operation. Other acts appearing included Muse, Franz | | o Ferdinard, Faithless, Scissor Sisters, Black Eyed Peas o | | and Pink. | | o o | | 11 Jul 2004 UK band McFly went to No.1 on the UK album chart with | | o 'Room On The 3rd Floor.' They broke the record set by o | | The Beatles as the youngest group ever to debut at No.1 | | o on the album charts. o | | | | o 11 Jul 2009 The Black Eyes Peas 'I Gotta Feeling' started a 14-week o | | run at No.1 on the US singles chart ending the 12-week | | o run of the band's previous single 'Boom Boom Pow'. It o | | made the band only the fourth to replace themselves at | | o No.1 in chart history, following The Beatles, Boyz II o | | Men, and OutKast. | | o o | | 11 Jul 2011 Rob Grill, lead singer and bassist for the 1960s rock | | o band The Grass Roots, whose hits included 'Midnight o | | Confessions', 'Temptation Eyes' and 'Let's Live for | | o Today', died after suffering a head injury from a fall o | | caused by a stroke. He was 67. | | o o | | 11 Jul 2013 Pearl Jam released their tenth studio album 'Lightning | | o Bolt' which went to No.1 on the US album chart. o | | | | o 11 Jul 2014 Producer and drummer Tommy Ramone (Thomas Erdelyi), o | | from the influential punk rock band the Ramones died | | o aged 65 following unsuccessful treatment for bile duct o | | cancer. He was the last surviving original member of | | o the Ramones before his death. Erdelyi was also an o | | assistant engineer for the production of the Jimi | | o Hendrix album Band of Gypsys. o | | | | o 11 Jul 2015 James McElvar the singer in the Scottish boy band o | | Rewind was said to be lucky to be alive after | | o collapsing with heat exhaustion on board a flight o | | travelling from Stansted to Glasgow. The singer became | | o ill after wearing 12 layers of clothing to avoid paying o | | the 45 pound ($66) extra baggage fee. | | o o | | 11 Jul 2019 Toymakers Mattel announced a new collectable David | | o Bowie doll inspired by his signature Ziggy Stardust o | | fashion. Dubbed Barbie as Bowie, the doll is dressed as | | o the late singer's glam-rock alter ego, complete with a o | | pair of red platform boots and topped with his fiery- | | o red mullet. o | | | | o o | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | o o | | BORN ON THIS DAY | | o o | | 11 Jul 1931 American actor, singer, film producer, Tab Hunter. He | | o starred in more than 40 films and was a well-known o | | Hollywood star of the 1950s and 1960s. His 1957 hit | | o 'Young Love,' was No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart o | | for six weeks and seven weeks on the UK Chart. He died | | o on 8 July 2018, three days before his 87th birthday. o | | | | o 11 Jul 1946 British guitarist Peter Pye from beat, pop group The o | | Honeycombs who scored the Joe Meek produced 1964 UK | | o No.1 single 'Have I The Right'. o | | | | o 11 Jul 1947 John Holt, reggae singer and songwriter who first found o | | fame as a member of the Paragons, before establishing | | o himself as a solo artist. Holt penned 'The Tide Is o | | High' made famous by Blondie. He died on 20th October | | o 2014. o | | | | o 11 Jul 1949 Jeff Hana, from American country rock band, Nitty o | | Gritty Dirt Band who scored the 1971 US No.9 single 'Mr | | o Bojangles'. o | | | | o 11 Jul 1951 Bonnie Pointer, singer with American R&B singing group o | | The Pointer Sisters who had the 1981 US No.2 single, | | o 'Slow Hand' and the 1984 UK No.2 single 'Automatic'. o | | The Pointer Sisters have won three Grammy Awards and | | o had 13 US top 20 hits between 1973 and 1985. She died o | | on 8 June 2020 from a cardiac arrest aged 69. | | o o | | 11 Jul 1954 Benny DeFranco, from family pop group The DeFranco | | o Family, who scored the 1973 US No.3 single 'Heartbeat- o | | It's A Lovebeat', the biggest selling US single of | | o 1973. Based on The Osmonds, the group featured 10 year o | | old Tony DeFranco. | | o o | | 11 Jul 1957 Pete Murphy, singer songwriter from English post-punk | | o band Bauhaus, who had the 1982 UK No.15 single with o | | their version of the David Bowie song 'Ziggy Stardust'. | | o o | | 11 Jul 1958 Kirk Whalum, American jazz saxophonist and songwriter. | | o He toured with Whitney Houston for more than seven o | | years and soloed in her single 'I Will Always Love | | o You', the best-selling single by a female artist in o | | music history. He was also featured on many Luther | | o Vandross albums. o | | | | o 11 Jul 1959 Richie Sambora, guitar, Bon Jovi, (1986 US No.1 album o | | 'Slippery When Wet' plus 5 UK No.1 albums. 1987 US No.1 | | o & UK No.4 single 'Livin' On A Prayer'). o | | | | o 11 Jul 1959 Suzanne Vega, US singer, songwriter, (1990 UK No.2 o | | single 'Tom's Diner', with DNA). | | o o | | 11 Jul 1966 Melanie Appleby, (Mel and Kim, 1987 UK No.1 single | | o 'Respectable'). She died from cancer on 18th January o | | 1990 at the age of 23. | | o o | | 11 Jul 1969 John Kiffmeyer, known professionally as Al Sobrante, | | o American musician, best known as a former drummer for o | | the punk rock band Green Day. | | o o | | 11 Jul 1975 Samer El Nahhal, bassist, Lordi. Became Finland's first | | o ever Eurovision Song Contest winners after their song o | | 'Hard Rock Hallelujah' won the contest held in Athens | | o in 2006. o | | | | o 11 Jul 1975 Lil' Kim, US singer, (Kimberly Jones), 1997 UK No.11 o | | single 'Not Tonight', 2001 US & UK No.1 single with | | o Christina Aguilera, Mya and Pink, 'Lady Marmalade'. o | | | | o 11 Jul 1975 Rick McMurray, drummer from Northern Irish alternative o | | rock band Ash who scored the 1995 UK No.11 single 'Girl | | o From Mars' and the 1996 UK No.1 album 1977. o | | | | o 11 Jul 1984 Canadian musician, Tobias Jesso Jr. who was a member of o | | The Sessions. He has also worked with Adele co-writing | | o 'When We Were Young' from her album 25. 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) .