Subj : [ON THIS DAY] - Music History To : All From : TALIADON Date : Thu Jul 14 2022 01:00:02 WWW.THISDAYINMUSIC.COM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______ _______ _______ _ _ _ ______ ______ _______ _ _ (_______)(_______) (_______)(_) (_)| | / _____) (______) (_______)| | | | _ _ _ _ _ _______ | |( (____ _ _ _______ | |___| | | | | || | | | | | | ___ || | \____ \ | | | || ___ ||_____ | | |___| || | | | | | | | | || | _____) ) | |__/ / | | | | _____| | \_____/ |_| |_| |_| |_| |_||_|(______/ |_____/ |_| |_|(_______| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | o MUSIC HISTORY o | | | | o 14 Jul 1962 The Beatles played their first ever gig in Wales, UK, o | | when they appeared at The Regent Dansette in Rhyl. | | o Tickets cost five shillings ($0.70). o | | | | o 14 Jul 1964 The Rolling Stones were at No.1 on the UK singles chart o | | with 'It's All Over Now', the group's first of 8 UK | | o No.1's. Written by Bobby Womack and Shirley Womack, it o | | was first released by The Valentinos featuring Bobby | | o Womack in the same year. o | | | | o 14 Jul 1967 The Who began their first full North American tour at o | | the Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon, appearing as | | o support band to Herman's Hermits on 55 dates. o | | | | o 14 Jul 1967 David Bowie released the single 'Love You Till Tuesday' o | | which failed to reach the charts. Bowie's 1969 | | o showpiece film 'Love You Till Tuesday' took its name o | | from the song, which also featured over the opening | | o credits. o | | | | o 14 Jul 1973 During a concert at the John Wayne Theatre in o | | Hollywood, California, Phil Everly smashed his guitar | | o and stormed off stage. Don finished the set by himself o | | and announced that The Everly Brothers had split. This | | o was the last that the duo performed together for nearly o | | ten years. | | o o | | 14 Jul 1973 A drunk driver killed Clarence White of The Byrds while | | o he was loading equipment after a gig in Palmdale, o | | California. White joined The Byrds in 1968, after the | | o group had recorded 'Mr. Tambourine Man,' 'Turn! Turn! o | | Turn!' and 'Eight Miles High'. | | o o | | 14 Jul 1977 Elvis Costello and The Attractions made their live | | o debut supporting Wayne County at The Garden, Penzance, o | | Cornwall, England. | | o o | | 14 Jul 1979 Donna Summer scored her third No.1 US single with 'Bad | | o Girls'. The album of the same name also started a five o | | week run at No.1. The inspiration for her to write the | | o song came after one of her assistants was offended by a o | | police officer who thought she was a street prostitute. | | o o | | 14 Jul 1982 The movie premier for Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' was held | | o at The Empire, Leicester Square, London, England. The o | | film which centers around a confined rocker named Floyd | | o "Pink" Pinkerton earned $22 million in its first year o | | and won two British Academy Awards. | | o o | | 14 Jul 1984 Phillippe Wynne lead singer with The Detroit Spinners | | o died of a heart attack while performing at Ivey's o | | nightclub in Oakland, California, aged 43. With The | | o Detroit Spinners, he had the 1980 UK No.1 & US No.2 o | | single 'Working My Way Back To You.' | | o o | | 14 Jul 1986 Madonna was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with her | | o second No.1 'Papa Don't Preach'. Madonna also had the o | | UK No.1 album with 'True Blue'. | | o o | | 14 Jul 1988 Michael Jackson gave himself a place in the Guinness | | o Book of World Records for setting a new attendance o | | record, when he played the first of seven nights at | | o Wembley Stadium in London. The shows on his 'Bad World o | | Tour' were attended by a total of 504,000 fans, beating | | o the record previously held by Genesis with four sold o | | out nights. | | o o | | 14 Jul 1989 The Peach Festival, South Carolina. 432 guitarists | | o broke the world record for the most guitar players o | | appearing in unison for the longest period of time, | | o when they performed 'Louie Louie' for 30 minutes. o | | | | o 14 Jul 1989 Tom Jones lost a paternity suit and was ordered to pay o | | $200 a week in child support to 27-year-old Katherine | | o Berkery of New York. The judge in the case was Judge o | | Judy Sheindlin, who was still serving her 15 year | | o tenure as a New York Family Court judge before o | | appearing in her court TV show, 'Judge Judy.' | | o o | | 14 Jul 1997 Walkers 'Spice Girls' crisps went on sale in the UK. | | o Over 16 million bags were sold by the end of the year. o | | | | o 14 Jul 2000 Five became the latest pop idols to call for the o | | legalisation of cannabis. J and Richie from the band | | o told Sky magazine that the drug should no longer be o | | outlawed: 'No one who smokes a spliff goes out and | | o starts fights like someone who's been drinking.' o | | | | o 14 Jul 2003 Plans for Sting to write an official anthem for Tuscany o | | came under fire by locals who insisted the job should | | o go to an Italian and not a foreigner. The British pop o | | star owned a house in Tuscany and had been nominated to | | o compose the anthem by Franco Banchi who lived nearby. o | | | | o 14 Jul 2006 Primal Scream singer Bobby Gillespie had his nose o | | broken when he was attacked in a hotel bar in Madrid, | | o Spain. The singer had to postpone a Top Of The Pops o | | recording due to the injuries. | | o o | | 14 Jul 2007 A pair of glasses worn by former Beatle John Lennon | | o sparked a bidding war after being offered for sale o | | online. The circular sunglasses were worn by Lennon | | o during The Beatles 1966 tour of Japan, where the band o | | played some of their last ever live dates. Anonymous | | o rival bidders had pushed the price as high as 750,000 o | | pounds at online auction house 991.com. | | o o | | 14 Jul 2009 Michael Jackson fans from all over the world | | o congregated at London's O2 arena, where the star had o | | been due to begin his run of 50 concerts. Fans, who | | o left messages on a wall of tributes and conducted o | | Jackson sing-a-longs, held a minute's silence at 18:30 | | o BST to mark the time when the doors to the concert o | | would have opened. | | o o | | 14 Jul 2015 Arthur Cave, the 15-year-old son of musician Nick Cave, | | o died after a fall from a cliff in Brighton, Sussex, o | | England. | | o o | | 14 Jul 2015 The Las Vegas coroner's office confirmed that B.B. King | | o died of natural causes primarily stemming from o | | Alzheimer's disease and was not murdered. Two of his | | o daughters had alleged King was poisoned by long-time o | | associates. | | o o | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | o o | | BORN ON THIS DAY | | o o | | 14 Jul 1912 Woodrow Wilson 'Woody' Guthrie in Okemah, Oklahoma. | | o Folk singer and songwriter, famous for his 'Dust Bowl o | | Ballads' and protest songs in the 1930's and 1940's. | | o His work was a major influence on the young Bob Dylan, o | | providing inspiration and mentorship. Guthrie was | | o married three times and fathered eight children, o | | including American folk musician Arlo Guthrie. He | | o frequently performed with the slogan 'This Machine o | | Kills Fascists' displayed on his guitar. Guthrie died | | o of complications resulting from Huntingdon's disease on o | | October 3rd 1967. | | o o | | 14 Jul 1926 Lowman Pauling, guitarist, The Five Royales, co-wrote | | o 1967 hit for Mamas and the Papas, 'Dedicated To The One o | | I Love', which was originally a 1961 hit for the | | o Shirelles. It got to No.3 on the Hot 100. The Five o | | Royales recorded the song in 1957, but it never | | o charted. It was included on their album, 'Dedicated To o | | You'. He died on 26th December 1973. | | o o | | 14 Jul 1945 Jim Gordon, American drummer, one of the most requested | | o session drummers in the late 1960s and 1970s. Gordon o | | co-wrote 'Layla' with Eric Clapton, worked with The | | o Everly Brothers, The Monkees, The Beach Boys, (George o | | Harrison ('All Things Must Pass'), John Lennon | | o ('Imagine'), The Carpenters, Traffic, Glen Campbell o | | ('Wichita Lineman'), Steely Dan, Jackson Browne, Frank | | o Zappa and many others. A diagnosed schizophrenic, o | | Gordon murdered his mother on June 3 1983, by pounding | | o her head with a hammer. He was sentenced to sixteen- o | | years-to-life in prison in 1984. | | o o | | 14 Jul 1948 Tommy Mottola, music executive, Sony Records. Married | | o Mariah Carey in 1993, separated in 1997. o | | | | o 14 Jul 1950 American session drummer Andy Newmark who was the o | | drummer for Sly and the Family Stone, and has also | | o played with numerous other artists, particularly o | | British acts such as John Lennon, Pink Floyd, David | | o Bowie, Roxy Music, Badfinger, Eric Clapton and David o | | Gilmour. | | o o | | 14 Jul 1952 Bob Casale, best known as a guitarist and keyboardist | | o in the new wave band Devo. He engineered the first solo o | | album for Police guitarist Andy Summers. Casale died on | | o February 17, 2014. o | | | | o 14 Jul 1952 Chris Cross, bass, synth, with British new wave band o | | Ultravox who had the 1981 UK No.2 single 'Vienna', plus | | o 15 other UK Top 40 singles. o | | | | o 14 Jul 1955 English bass guitarist Matthew Seligman, best known as o | | a member of The Soft Boys. Seligman was also a member | | o of the Thompson Twins, and was a sideman for Thomas o | | Dolby and backed David Bowie at his performance at Live | | o Aid in 1985. He died on 17 April 2020, aged 64, due to o | | complications of coronavirus. | | o o | | 14 Jul 1956 American musician Bob Birch, session bassist. He worked | | o with Doobie Brothers, Bryan Adams, Lionel Richie, o | | George Michael, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Phil Collins, | | o Keith Emerson, Barry Manilow and Elton John. Birch died o | | on August 15, 2012, from an self-inflicted gunshot | | o wound in his Los Angeles home, aged 56. o | | | | o 14 Jul 1966 Ellen Reid, keyboards, with Canadian rock band Crash o | | Test Dummies, best known internationally for their 1993 | | o single 'Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm'. o | | | | o 14 Jul 1971 Nick McCabe, guitarist for English rock band The Verve o | | who had the 1997 album 'Urban Hymns', one of the best- | | o selling albums in UK Chart history. The album features o | | the hit singles 'Bitter Sweet Symphony', 'The Drugs | | o Don't Work' and 'Lucky Man'. o | | | | o 14 Jul 1975 Taboo, rapper, singer, Black Eyed Peas, (2003 US & UK o | | No.1 single 'Where Is The Love'). | | o o | | 14 Jul 1978 Ruben Studdard, singer, winner of the second series of | | o American Idol (2003 US No.2 single 'Flying Without o | | Wings'). | | o o | | 14 Jul 1986 Dan Smith, lead vocalist, producer, songwriter and | | o founder of the indie rock band Bastille, who won a Brit o | | award and had a No.1 U.K. album with 'Bad Blood'. | | o o | | 14 Jul 1987 Dan Reynolds, American musician, best known as the | | o frontman of the Las Vegas based rock band Imagine o | | Dragons. | | 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) .