Subj : [ON THIS DAY] - Music History To : All From : TALIADON Date : Tue Jul 19 2022 01:00:01 WWW.THISDAYINMUSIC.COM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______ _______ _______ _ _ _ ______ ______ _______ _ _ (_______)(_______) (_______)(_) (_)| | / _____) (______) (_______)| | | | _ _ _ _ _ _______ | |( (____ _ _ _______ | |___| | | | | || | | | | | | ___ || | \____ \ | | | || ___ ||_____ | | |___| || | | | | | | | | || | _____) ) | |__/ / | | | | _____| | \_____/ |_| |_| |_| |_| |_||_|(______/ |_____/ |_| |_|(_______| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | o MUSIC HISTORY o | | | | o 19 Jul 1954 Sun Records released the first Elvis Presley single, o | | 'That's All Right', a cover of Arthur Crudup's 1946 | | o tune 'That's All Right, Mama'. Only about 7,000 o | | original copies were pressed, but the disc became a | | o local hit in Memphis. o | | | | o 19 Jul 1967 The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with o | | 'All You Need Is Love', the group's 12th UK No.1 | | o single. The Beatles had been selected to represent the o | | UK for the first-ever global-wide satellite broadcast. | | o The group agreed to be shown in the studio recording of o | | a song written especially for the occasion, (which was | | o aired on June 25). John Lennon wrote 'All You Need is o | | Love' which was thought to sum up the 1967 'summer of | | o love' and The Beatles' sympathies. o | | | | o 19 Jul 1967 Elvis Presley was working on his latest movie Speedway o | | co-starring Nancy Sinatra at the MGM Soundstage, | | o Hollywood, California (It was Presley's twenty-seventh o | | film). | | o o | | 19 Jul 1968 Pink Floyd played the second of three nights at the | | o Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts. Opened in o | | January 1967 as a psychedelic club, many many famous | | o artists, including Grateful Dead, Neil Young, The J. o | | Geils Band, Frank Zappa, Cream, Fleetwood Mac, The | | o Allman Brothers Band, Led Zeppelin, The Jimi Hendrix o | | Experience, Jeff Beck, The Who, Santana, Taj Mahal, Ten | | o Years After and Sly & the Family Stone all appeared. o | | | | o 19 Jul 1969 Special guests on this week's Johnny Cash ABC o | | television music variety show included, Ed Ames, Roy | | o Clark, The Monkees and Joni Mitchell. Cash introduced o | | The Monkees by playing the first verse of their hit | | o 'Last Train To Clarksville' with The Monkees on backing o | | vocals. The Monkees then performed a version of the | | o Johnny Cash song 'Everybody Loves a Nut', with Cash. o | | | | o 19 Jul 1972 Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were o | | arrested in Warwick, Rhode Island, on charges of | | o assault after a fight broke out with a newspaper o | | photographer. | | o o | | 19 Jul 1974 The Ozark Music Festival was held over three days on | | o the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia, Missouri. o | | One of the largest music festivals ever held, some | | o estimates have put the crowd count at 350,000 people. o | | Acts who appeared included, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, | | o Blue Öyster Cult, the Eagles, America, Marshall Tucker o | | Band, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Boz Scaggs, Ted | | o Nugent, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Electric Flag, Joe Walsh, o | | Aerosmith and Spirit. | | o o | | 19 Jul 1975 On his Natty Dread tour, Bob Marley & the Wailers | | o appeared at the Lyceum Theatre in London. The show was o | | recorded and the live single 'No Woman, No Cry' was | | o later released. o | | | | o 19 Jul 1975 The Bay City Rollers were at No.1 on the UK singles o | | chart with 'Give A Little Love', the group's second and | | o final UK No.1. o | | | | o 19 Jul 1975 Paul McCartney and Wings went to No.1 on the US singles o | | chart with 'Listen To What The Man Said', his fourth US | | o No.1, and No.6 hit in the UK, (the track features Tom o | | Scott playing the saxophone solo). It would go on to | | o sell a million copies in America and reach No.6 in the o | | UK. Wings also had the US No.1 album chart with 'Venus | | o And Mars'. Paul McCartney's fourth No.1 album since The o | | Beatles. | | o o | | 19 Jul 1976 Deep Purple split up at the end of a UK tour. David | | o Coverdale went on to form Whitesnake, Jon Lord and Ian o | | Paice formed a band with Tony Ashton. The classic line | | o up of Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord & Paice reformed o | | in 1984. Glenn Hughes returned to Trapeze and Tommy | | o Bolin put together his own band (but would die before o | | the end of the year). | | o o | | 19 Jul 1980 Queen scored their third UK No.1 album with 'The Game', | | o featuring the single 'Another One Bites The Dust'. o | | | | o 19 Jul 1981 It was Roy Orbison Day in Odessa, Texas. Orbison was o | | given the keys to the city, and performed for the | | o crowd, the first time in Odessa in 15 years. o | | | | o 19 Jul 1986 Genesis went to No.1 on the US singles chart with o | | 'Invisible Touch'. The bands former lead singer Peter | | o Gabriel was at No.2 with 'Sledgehammer'. o | | | | o 19 Jul 1987 Bruce Springsteen played his first ever show behind the o | | Iron Curtain when he appeared in East Berlin in front | | o of 180,000 people. The show was broadcast on East o | | German TV. | | o o | | 19 Jul 1989 James Brown changed accommodations behind bars after | | o $40000 in cash and cheques was discovered in his o | | minimum security cell. The Godfather of Soul had been | | o given a six year sentence the previous December after o | | several run-ins with the law, including illegal gun | | o possession, resisting arrest, assault and leading the o | | authorities on a number of car chases. His new home was | | o at a medium security cell at the Stevenson Correctional o | | Institute. | | o o | | 19 Jul 1989 Residents of Washington, Connecticut formed a 'Roll the | | o Stones Out of Town' action group, after they were o | | unhappy with The Rolling Stones and their entourage | | o setting up in the town for rehearsals for their o | | forthcoming tour. Residents said it was like the army | | o had moved in and taken over, with security guards o | | stopping locals and asking them what they were doing | | o there. o | | | | o 19 Jul 1991 Steven Adler, ex drummer with Guns N' Roses, filed a o | | suit in Los Angeles county court alleging that he was | | o fraudulently removed from the group and that the band o | | introduced him to hard drugs. | | o o | | 19 Jul 1996 The Spice Girls made their debut on UK TV music show | | o Top Of The Pops, performing their debut single o | | 'Wannabe' which gave them their first of nine UK chart | | o toppers. o | | | | o 19 Jul 1997 Oasis went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'D'You o | | Know What I Mean'. The first single from their third | | o album 'Be Here Now'. o | | | | o 19 Jul 1999 A gunman who sprayed bullets at Westwood's car in o | | Kensington, London, shot BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood. A | | o statement the following day said he was recovering in a o | | London Hospital. | | o o | | 19 Jul 2001 Wu Tang Clan rapper ODB, (Russell Jones), was sentenced | | o to spend between two and four years behind bars after o | | being found guilty of drug possession. He was arrested | | o in July 1999 when police found cocaine and marijuana in o | | his car after he was pulled over for driving through a | | o red light. The rapper was later sent to a Los Angeles o | | rehabilitation centre, but went on the run from | | o authorities last October. o | | | | o 19 Jul 2001 American soul and gospel singer Judy Clay died. Was a o | | member of the Drinkard Singers - who later became | | o better known as The Sweet Inspirations. Also worked o | | with Billy Vera, and had hits with William Bell | | o (Private Number), and sang with Wilson Pickett and Ray o | | Charles. | | o o | | 19 Jul 2005 James Blunt was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with | | o 'You're Beautiful', from his debut album 'Back To o | | Bedlam'. The UK singer-songwriter's first No.1, spent 5 | | o weeks at the top of the charts. o | | | | o 19 Jul 2010 Ozzy Osbourne and his former Black Sabbath band mate o | | Tony Iommi settled a long-running legal dispute over | | o the use of the group's name. Ozzy had filed suit o | | against the guitarist in May of last year, accusing | | o Iommi of falsely proclaiming to be the sole owner of o | | the Black Sabbath name by lodging an application with | | o the US Patent and Trademark Office. The pair released a o | | joint statement confirming they have settled the | | o dispute "amicably". o | | | | o 19 Jul 2014 Ed Sheeran was at No.1 on the UK album chart with X o | | (pronounced multiply), his second studio album. The | | o album peaked at No. 1 in fifteen countries, and the o | | lead single, 'Sing', became Sheeran's first UK No.1 | | o song. By the end of 2014 Spotify named X the most- o | | streamed album in the world, racking up more than 430 | | o million streams for the year. o | | | | o 19 Jul 2017 A US judge halted an auction of personal items of o | | Madonna, after she said her privacy was violated. | | o Madonna's underwear, a chequebook, a hairbrush, photos o | | and a break-up letter from the late rapper Tupac Shakur | | o had been among the scheduled lots. The singer said her o | | possessions had been stolen by a former friend. | | o o | | 19 Jul 2019 Crowds dancing at a festival triggered minor | | o earthquakes. The biggest tremors were recorded during a o | | headline set by indie band Two Door Cinema Club at | | o Tramlines Festival in Sheffield, England. Manic Street o | | Preachers, Lewis Capaldi and Nile Rogers and Chic were | | o also on the bill. o | | | | o 19 Jul 2020 American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and o | | recording engineer Emitt Rhodes died age 70. He was a | | o member of The Palace Guard as the group's drummer o | | before joining The Merry-Go-Round as a multi- | | o instrumentalist. He worked as a recording engineer and o | | record producer for Elektra Records. | | o o | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | o o | | BORN ON THIS DAY | | o o | | 19 Jul 1931 Thomas Allen, (Papa Dee), percussionist with American | | o funk band War. Their album The World Is a Ghetto was o | | the best-selling US album of 1973. Allen died from a | | o heart attack while performing on stage on 30 August o | | 1988. | | o o | | 19 Jul 1937 George Hamilton IV, US country singer, (1958 US No.10 & | | o UK No.22 single 'Why Don't They Understand'). Hamilton o | | had a heart attack on September 13, and died September | | o 17 at Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital in Nashville. o | | | | o 19 Jul 1941 American blues, jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist Phil o | | Upchurch who has worked with Curtis Mayfield, Otis | | o Rush, Jimmy Reed, Cat Stevens, David Sanborn, and o | | appeared on Michael Jackson's 'Off The Wall' album. | | o o | | 19 Jul 1944 Commander Cody, (George Frayne), piano, vocals, | | o Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen, country rock o | | group. | | o o | | 19 Jul 1946 Allan Gorrie, bassist from Scottish funk and R&B group | | o the Average White Band who scored the 1975 US No.1 and o | | UK No.6 single 'Pick Up The Pieces'. | | o o | | 19 Jul 1947 Bernie Leadon, guitar, the Eagles, quit the band in Jan | | o 1976. (1974 US No.1 single 'Best Of My Love'). o | | | | o 19 Jul 1947 Brian May, guitarist, singer and songwriter with Queen o | | who had the 1975 UK No.1 single 'Bohemian Rhapsody' | | o which returned to No.1 in 1991. Queen scored over 40 o | | other UK Top 40 singles, and also scored the 1980 US | | o No.1 single 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'. May had o | | the solo 1992 UK No.5 single 'Too Much Love Will Kill | | o You'. May was made Commander of the Order of the o | | British Empire in 2005 for 'services to the music | | o industry and his charity work'. May earned a PhD in o | | astrophysics from Imperial College, London, in 2007. | | o o | | 19 Jul 1947 Keith Godchaux, pianist, best known for his tenure in | | o Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979. Godchaux sustained o | | massive head injuries after being involved in a car | | o crash while being driven home on his birthday. He died o | | four days later on 23 July 1979, aged 32. | | o o | | 19 Jul 1952 Allen Collins, guitarist with southern rock band Lynyrd | | o Skynyrd who had the 1974 US No. 8 single 'Sweet Home o | | Alabama' the 1977 US No. 5 album 'Street Survivors' and | | o the 1982 UK No.21 single 'Freebird'. Collins was behind o | | the wheel in a car accident in 1986 that killed his | | o girlfriend and left him paralysed from the waist down. o | | Collins died on January 23, 1990, from chronic | | o pneumonia, a complication of the paralysis. o | | | | o 19 Jul 1960 Kevin Haskins, from English post-punk band Bauhaus, who o | | had the 1982 UK No.15 single with their version of the | | o David Bowie song 'Ziggy Stardust'. o | | | | o 19 Jul 1968 Ged Lynch, drums, Black Grape, (1995 UK No.8 single 'In o | | The Name Of The Father'). | | o o | | 19 Jul 1971 Urs B'hler, from the multi-national classical crossover | | o vocal group Il Divo. Their 2004 self-titled album, was o | | No.1 in 14 countries around the world. | | o o | | 19 Jul 1976 Eric Prydz, Swedish DJ and producer (2004 UK No.1 | | o single 'Call on Me'). o | | | | o 19 Jul 1979 Michelle Heaton, singer, from British-Irish group o | | Liberty X, who had the 2002 UK No.1 single 'Just A | | o Little'. The group was formed by the five finalists of o | | the British talent show 'Popstars', who failed to make | | o it into the group Hear'Say. Liberty X went on to o | | achieve ten consecutive UK Top 20 singles. | | o o | | 19 Jul 1992 English singer and musician Ellie Rowsell from the | | o Mercury Prize winning indie rock band Wolf Alice. Their o | | 2017 album 'Visions of a Life' debuted at No.2 on the | | o UK Albums Chart, and won the 2018 Mercury Prize. 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) .