Subj : [ON THIS DAY] - Music History To : All From : TALIADON Date : Sat Jul 23 2022 01:00:01 WWW.THISDAYINMUSIC.COM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______ _______ _______ _ _ _ ______ ______ _______ _ _ (_______)(_______) (_______)(_) (_)| | / _____) (______) (_______)| | | | _ _ _ _ _ _______ | |( (____ _ _ _______ | |___| | | | | || | | | | | | ___ || | \____ \ | | | || ___ ||_____ | | |___| || | | | | | | | | || | _____) ) | |__/ / | | | | _____| | \_____/ |_| |_| |_| |_| |_||_|(______/ |_____/ |_| |_|(_______| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | o MUSIC HISTORY o | | | | o 23 Jul 1955 Slim Whitman was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with o | | 'Rose Marie.' The single stayed at the top of the | | o charts for eleven weeks. Whitman held the record for o | | the most consecutive weeks at No.1 (11 weeks), until | | o 1991. o | | | | o 23 Jul 1964 The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with o | | 'A Hard Day's Night', the group's fifth UK No.1. | | o o | | 23 Jul 1966 Frank Sinatra went to No.1 on the US album chart with | | o 'Strangers In The Night'. The LP would be the most o | | successful of his career, being certified Platinum for | | o 1 million copies sold in the US. The title track would o | | earn him two Grammy awards for Record Of The Year and | | o Best Male Vocal Performance. o | | | | o 23 Jul 1968 Working at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles o | | recorded 'Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me | | o And My Monkey' for their forthcoming double album 'The o | | Beatles.' | | o o | | 23 Jul 1969 The Rolling Stones were at No.1 on the UK singles chart | | o with 'Honky Tonk Women,' the group's eighth and last UK o | | No.1. The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith | | o Richards while on holiday in Brazil and the Stones o | | initially recorded the track as Country Honk in London | | o in early March 1969 with Brian Jones present during o | | these sessions. | | o o | | 23 Jul 1977 Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham was charged with | | o assault after a concert at the Oakland Coliseum in o | | California. Bonham and band manager Peter Grant had the | | o help of their bodyguard in roughing up a security o | | employee at the venue. After pleading guilty to | | o misdemeanors, the accused settle out of court for two o | | million dollars. The tour would eventually be cancelled | | o after Robert Plant's son died a few days later. o | | | | o 23 Jul 1979 Keith Godchaux keyboard player with the Grateful Dead o | | died after being involved in a car accident aged 32. He | | o co-wrote songs with Lowell George (of Little Feat) and o | | was a member of The New Riders of the Purple Sage. | | o o | | 23 Jul 1983 The Police kicked off the North American leg of their | | o 'Synchronicity' 107-date world tour at Comiskey Park, o | | Chicago, Illinois. The Police also went to No.1 on the | | o US album chart with 'Synchronicity', which spent a o | | total of seventeen weeks at No.1. | | o o | | 23 Jul 1983 Paul Young had his first UK No.1 single with his | | o version of the Marvin Gaye song 'Wherever I Lay My Hat, o | | (That's My Home.)' The song title was parodied by the | | o UK indie band Super Furry Animals with their 1999 song o | | 'Wherever I Lay My Phone (That's My Home).' | | o o | | 23 Jul 1984 The Cars released 'Drive' from their Heartbeat City | | o album as a single. Upon its release, 'Drive' became The o | | Cars' highest charting single where it peaked at No.3 | | o on the US chart. The song is associated with the 1985 o | | Live Aid event, where it was performed by Benjamin Orr | | o during the Philadelphia concert and previously, the o | | song was used as the background music to a montage of | | o clips depicting the contemporaneous Ethiopian famine o | | during the London event, which was introduced by David | | o Bowie. o | | | | o 23 Jul 1989 Ringo Starr kicked off his first tour since the break- o | | up of the Beatles with a show in Dallas. His backup | | o band included guitarist Joe Walsh, organist Billy o | | Preston and Bruce Springsteen's sax man Clarence | | o Clemons. o | | | | o 23 Jul 1994 The International Astronomical Union named an asteroid o | | orbiting between Mars and Jupiter after Frank Zappa who | | o had died the previous December. o | | | | o 23 Jul 1995 Two R.E.M. fans died at Dublin's Slane Castle gig, one o | | drowned in the River Boyne and the other was allegedly | | o pushed from a bridge. o | | | | o 23 Jul 1996 Rob Collins, keyboard player with The Charlatans died o | | in a car crash, aged 29. Collins had been recording | | o keyboard parts for the Charlatans 5th album 'Tellin' o | | Stories' at a studio in Wales. An investigation into | | o the accident showed that Collins had consumed a sizable o | | amount of alcohol and was not wearing a seatbelt. He | | o died from head injuries on the roadside shortly after o | | the accident having been thrown through the windscreen. | | o o | | 23 Jul 2001 59-year-old Paul McCartney, who lost his first wife | | o Linda to cancer three years ago, became engaged to 33- o | | year-old Heather Mills, an activist for the disabled. | | o It was the first marriage for the 33-year-old Mills, a o | | former swimwear model whose left leg was amputated | | o below the knee after she was run down by a police o | | motorcyclist in 1993. The pair would split in 2006 and | | o divorce in 2008 with a settlement that cost Macca o | | millions. | | o o | | 23 Jul 2003 James Brown announced his separation from his fourth | | o wife using an advertisement featuring the Disney o | | character Goofy. The 70-year-old placed the notice in | | o Variety magazine, it featured a picture of himself, his o | | wife Tomi Rae and their two-year-old son, James Joseph | | o Brown II, posing with Goofy at Walt Disney World. o | | | | o 23 Jul 2005 Queen's 1985 Live Aid performance was voted the best o | | rock concert ever by over 7,000 UK Sony Ericsson music | | o fans. Radiohead were voted the best festival act for o | | their 1997 Glastonbury performance and Bob Dylan's 1966 | | o Manchester Free Trade Hall gig won the best ever solo o | | gig. | | o o | | 23 Jul 2006 George Michael was accused of engaging in anonymous | | o public sex, after being photographed in London's o | | Hampstead Heath with a 58-year-old unemployed van | | o driver. Despite stating that he intended to sue both o | | the News of the World tabloid who photographed the | | o incident and van driver Norman Kirtland for slander, o | | Michael stated that he openly cruised for anonymous sex | | o and that this was not an issue in his relationship with o | | partner Kenny Goss. | | o o | | 23 Jul 2008 Kid Rock was sentenced to a year on probation and fined | | o $1,000 for his part in a fight in an Atlanta waffle o | | restaurant in 2007. The 37-year-old, also received 80 | | o hours community service and six hours of anger o | | management counselling. The rapper pleaded no contest | | o to one count of battery. Four other assault charges o | | were dropped. Kid Rock had been performing at a gig in | | o Atlanta before stopping off in his tour bus in the o | | early hours of the morning. The fight took place when | | o an argument broke out with another customer at the o | | restaurant. | | o o | | 23 Jul 2008 A waxwork model of Amy Winehouse was unveiled at Madame | | o Tussauds. The singer's parents, Mitch and Janis, o | | revealed the model, 'complete with trademark beehive | | o and sailor tattoos', at the London attraction. Earlier o | | in the week her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, was | | o jailed for 27 months for attacking a pub landlord and o | | perverting the course of justice. | | o o | | 23 Jul 2009 On the afternoon of tonight's concert at First Energy | | o Park, Lakewood, New Jersey, Bob Dylan was picked up by o | | a young policewoman who had been alerted of a man who | | o was 'acting suspiciously'. The police officer drove up o | | to Dylan, who was wearing a blue jacket, and asked him | | o his name, but she did not recognise him. When he was o | | unable to produce any identification, Dylan was driven | | o to his hotel where staff were able to vouch for him. o | | The incident happened when Dylan decided to go for a | | o walk in the afternoon while on tour with Willie Nelson o | | who were due to perform at the local baseball stadium | | o with John Mellencamp. o | | | | o 23 Jul 2010 Surgical instruments allegedly used to conduct Elvis o | | Presley's autopsy were removed from an upcoming auction | | o amid doubts about their authenticity. Forceps, needle o | | injectors, rubber gloves and a toe tag were among the | | o items that were expected to fetch about $14,000 at o | | Chicago, Illinois' Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. The so- | | o called "memorabilia" was supposedly kept by a senior o | | embalmer at the Memphis Funeral Home where the singer's | | o body was stored prior to his funeral, but the claims o | | were questioned after another employee revealed that | | o the equipment was sterilized and used again in other o | | autopsies. | | o o | | 23 Jul 2011 Amy Winehouse was found dead at her north London home, | | o she was 27. A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed o | | that a 27-year-old woman had died in Camden and that | | o the cause of death was as yet unexplained. London o | | Ambulance Service said it had been called to the flat | | o at 15:54 BST and sent two vehicles, but the woman died. o | | The troubled singer had a long battle with drink and | | o drugs which overshadowed her recent musical career. o | | | | o 23 Jul 2011 A yellow Ferrari previously owned by Eric Clapton sold o | | for 66,500 pounds at auction. The rare 2003 Ferrari 575 | | o Maranello, which had only 10,000 miles on the clock, o | | was snapped up by a private buyer at a sale at the | | o Classic Car Sale at Silverstone, Northamptonshire, o | | England. The yellow Maranello was bought new by Mr | | o Clapton, who signed its service book, was later sold to o | | BBC radio presenter Chris Evans. | | o o | | 23 Jul 2013 Beyonce soldiered through a concert in Montreal, Canada | | o after her hair got tangled in the blades of a fan. The o | | singer was performing 'Halo' from an audience pit when | | o the incident happened. She continued to sing her encore o | | while security guards tried to extract her from the | | o fan, which was mounted on the edge of the stage. o | | | | o 23 Jul 2018 The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) warned o | | against the growing trend of people jumping out of | | o moving cars and dancing to Drake's 'In My Feelings.' o | | | | o o | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | o o | | BORN ON THIS DAY | | o o | | 23 Jul 1935 Cleveland Duncan, The Penguins, (1954 US No.8 single | | o 'Earth Angel, Will You Be Mine'). o | | | | o 23 Jul 1942 Madeline Bell, UK singer, Blue Mink, (1970 UK No.3 o | | single 'Melting Pot'). | | o o | | 23 Jul 1944 Dino Danelli, drummer with American rock band, The | | o Rascals (initially known as The Young Rascals) who had o | | the US No.1 hits 'Good Lovin'' (1966), 'Groovin'' | | o (1967), and 'People Got to Be Free' (1968). o | | | | o 23 Jul 1946 English multi-instrumentalist, Andy Mackay, who with o | | Roxy Music scored the hit singles 'Street Life', 'Love | | o is the Drug', 'Dance Away', 'Angel Eyes', 'Jealous Guy' o | | and 'Avalon'. Mackay has also worked with Duran Duran, | | o Mott the Hoople, John Cale and Paul McCartney. o | | | | o 23 Jul 1946 American bass guitarist Keith Ferguson who was a member o | | of The Fabulous Thunderbirds who had two hit songs in | | o the 1980s, 'Tuff Enuff' and 'Wrap It Up.' He died of o | | liver failure at the age of 50, on April 29, 1997, due | | o in part to a nearly thirty-year addiction to heroin. o | | | | o 23 Jul 1947 David Essex, UK singer, actor, (1974 UK No.1 single o | | 'Gonna Make You A Star', plus 18 other UK Top 40 | | o singles, 1974 US No.5 single, 'Rock On'). o | | | | o 23 Jul 1947 Tony Joe White, US singer, songwriter, best known for o | | his 1969 US No.8 single, 'Polk Salad Annie' (also | | o recorded by Elvis Presley and Tom Jones) and 'Rainy o | | Night in Georgia' which he wrote but was first made | | o popular by Brook Benton in 1970. He also wrote 'Steamy o | | Windows' a UK No.13 single for Tina Turner. White died | | o of a heart attack on October 24, 2018, at the age of o | | 75. | | o o | | 23 Jul 1950 Blair Thorton, guitar, Bachman Turner Overdrive, (1974 | | o US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet'). o | | | | o 23 Jul 1952 Janis Siegel, singer, Manhattan Transfer, (1977 UK No.1 o | | 'Chanson D'amour', 1981 US No.7 single 'Boy From New | | o York City'). o | | | | o 23 Jul 1952 John Rutsey, Canadian drummer, best known as a co- o | | founding member of Rush, and performing on the band's | | o debut album. Rutsey died in his sleep of an apparent o | | heart attack, related to complications from diabetes on | | o May 11, 2008. o | | | | o 23 Jul 1953 American guitarist and songwriter Chris Pinnick, best o | | known for his work with the band Chicago from 1979- | | o 1986. His guitar work can also be heard on Herb o | | Alpert's single 'Rise', which reached No.1 on the | | o Billboard Hot 100 in October 1979. o | | | | o 23 Jul 1957 Dennis Greaves, guitar, vocals, with UK R&B group Nine o | | Below Zero. | | o o | | 23 Jul 1961 Martin Gore, keyboards, with English electronic band | | o Depeche Mode. The group have had 50 songs in the UK o | | Singles Chart and seventeen top 10 albums in the UK | | o chart and have sold over 100 million records worldwide. o | | | | o 23 Jul 1964 Nick Menza, drums, Megadeth, (1990 UK No.13 single 'No o | | More Mr Nice Guy', 1992 US No.2 album 'Countdown To | | o Extinction'). Menza died on 21st May 2016 after o | | suffering a "massive heart attack" on stage, while | | o performing with his band, OHM, in Los Angeles. o | | | | o 23 Jul 1964 Tim Kellett, keyboards and trumpet with Simply Red who o | | had the 1986 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Holding Back The | | o Years'). With Olive he had the 1997 UK No.1 single o | | 'You're Not Alone'. | | o o | | 23 Jul 1965 Rob Dickinson, vocals, Catherine Wheel, (1992 UK No.35 | | o single 'I Want To Touch You'). o | | | | o 23 Jul 1965 Slash, (Saul Hudson), guitarist with Guns N' Roses who o | | had the 1988 US No.1 and 1989 UK No.6 single Sweet | | o Child o' Mine and the 1991 US and UK No.1 album Use o | | Your Illusion II. Their 1987 debut album, Appetite for | | o Destruction has sold approximately 30 million copies o | | worldwide, including 18 million in the US, making it | | o the best-selling debut album of all time. Slash went on o | | to form the side project Slash's Snakepit and then | | o Velvet Revolver, who had the 2004 US No.1 and UK No.11 o | | album Contraband. | | o o | | 23 Jul 1970 Sam Watters, from American R&B group Color Me Badd who | | o had the 1991 UK No.1 single 'I Wanna Sex You Up', and o | | the 1991 US No.1 single 'I Adore Mi Amor'. | | o o | | 23 Jul 1971 Alison Krauss, bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and | | o fiddler. She released her first solo album in 1987 and o | | then was invited to join the band with which she still | | o performs, Alison Krauss and Union Station. Winner of o | | 1996 Rolling Stone's critic's choice best country | | o artist. Krauss recorded Raising Sand with Robert Plant o | | in 2007 which was nominated for and won 5 Grammys at | | o the 51st Grammy Awards. o | | | | o 23 Jul 1971 Chad Gracey, drummer, from American rock band Live who o | | achieved worldwide success with their 1994 album | | o Throwing Copper, which sold eight million copies in the o | | US. | | o o | | 23 Jul 1973 Fran Healy, vocals, guitar, with Scottish rock band | | o Travis. Their 1999 UK album The Man Who spent nine o | | weeks at No.1 on the UK Charts and one-hundred and | | o thirty-four weeks in the top 100 of the chart. Travis o | | had and 1999 UK No.10 single 'Why Does It Always Rain | | o On Me', plus over 10 other UK Top 40 singles. o | | | | o 23 Jul 1980 Michelle Williams, Destiny's Child, (2000 US No.1 o | | single 'Say My Name', 2001 US & UK No.1 single and | | o album 'Survivor'). o | | | | o 23 Jul 1980 Canadian musician Steve 'Stevo32' Jocz, drummer with o | | Sum 41, who had the 2001 UK No 13 single 'In Too Deep', | | o and the 2007 Canadian No.1 album Underclass Hero. He o | | has also worked with Avril Lavigne and Iggy Pop. | | o o | | 23 Jul 1984 Matthew Murphy, vocals, guitar and keyboards for | | o English indie rock band The Wombats. 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) .