Subj : [ON THIS DAY] - Music History To : All From : TALIADON Date : Sun Jul 24 2022 01:00:01 WWW.THISDAYINMUSIC.COM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______ _______ _______ _ _ _ ______ ______ _______ _ _ (_______)(_______) (_______)(_) (_)| | / _____) (______) (_______)| | | | _ _ _ _ _ _______ | |( (____ _ _ _______ | |___| | | | | || | | | | | | ___ || | \____ \ | | | || ___ ||_____ | | |___| || | | | | | | | | || | _____) ) | |__/ / | | | | _____| | \_____/ |_| |_| |_| |_| |_||_|(______/ |_____/ |_| |_|(_______| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | o MUSIC HISTORY o | | | | o 24 Jul 1964 A riot broke out during a Rolling Stones gig at The o | | Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, Lancashire, after Keith | | o Richards kicked a yob in the mouth who was spitting at o | | the group. Two policemen and 30 fans were injured and | | o the damage was estimated at over 4,000 pounds. The o | | Rolling Stones were then banned from playing in | | o Blackpool for forty-four years (until the ban was o | | lifted). | | o o | | 24 Jul 1965 The Byrds were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with | | o their version of the Bob Dylan song 'Mr Tambourine o | | Man'. The first Bob Dylan song to reach No.1. The | | o Byrds' recording of the song was influential in o | | initiating the musical subgenre of folk rock, leading | | o many contemporary bands to mimic its fusion of jangly o | | guitars and intellectual lyrics. | | o o | | 24 Jul 1967 The Beatles meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, whose lecture | | o on Transcendental Meditation (TM) they had gone to hear o | | at the Hilton Hotel in London. TM involved the silent | | o repetition of a word or sound to produce a state of o | | mind that reduces stress, calms the mind, and energizes | | o both mind and body. The Maharishi invited The Beatles o | | to travel with him to Bangor, in North Wales, to attend | | o more lectures. They accepted his invitation. o | | | | o 24 Jul 1967 All four Beatles and their manager Brian Epstein signed o | | a petition printed in The Times newspaper calling for | | o the legalisation of marijuana. o | | | | o 24 Jul 1969 Paul McCartney recorded a demo of his new song 'Come o | | and Get It' at Abbey Road studios in London. McCartney | | o gave the song to The Iveys, (soon to become known as o | | Badfinger). The song was later used as the theme for | | o the movie 'The Magic Christian'. The Beatles also o | | recorded 'Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard' for their | | o forthcoming 'Abbey Road' album. o | | | | o 24 Jul 1971 Paul Revere and the Raiders went to No.1 on the US o | | singles chart with 'Indian Reservation'. The song was | | o first recorded in 1959 by Marvin Rainwater and released o | | as 'The Pale Faced Indian' and then later by Don Fardon | | o in 1968. o | | | | o 24 Jul 1972 Bobby Ramirez drummer with Edger Winters White Trash o | | was killed after becoming involved in a brawl in a | | o Chicago bar. The fight started after comments were made o | | about the length of his hair. | | o o | | 24 Jul 1974 George McCrae was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with | | o 'Rock Your Baby'. Written and produced by Harry Wayne o | | Casey and Richard Finch of KC and the Sunshine Band. | | o Regarded by some as the first Disco No.1. o | | | | o 24 Jul 1976 Elton John scored his first UK number 1 single with o | | 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' a duet with Kiki Dee. It | | o was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin under the o | | pseudonym "Ann Orson" and "Carte Blanche" and was | | o Elton's first UK No.1 after 16 Top 40 hits. John had o | | met Dee when she was working as a backing singer. John | | o would later re-record the song with RuPaul for his 1993 o | | 'Duets' album. | | o o | | 24 Jul 1977 Donna Summer was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with | | o the Giorgio Moroder produced 'I Feel Love'. The disco o | | diva's only UK chart topper. | | o o | | 24 Jul 1978 The Robert Stigwood film 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts | | o Club Band' was released, featuring The Bee Gees and o | | Peter Frampton. The film received extremely negative | | o reviews from most critics and barely broke even at the o | | box office. | | o o | | 24 Jul 1982 Survivor started a six week run at No.1 on the US | | o singles chart with 'Eye Of The Tiger', taken from the o | | film 'Rocky III'. Also No.1 in the UK. Survivor won the | | o Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance for the song. o | | | | o 24 Jul 1984 The Rev. C.L. Franklin died, (father of soul singer o | | Aretha Franklin). Franklin who was an American Baptist | | o minister as well as a Civil Rights activist had been in o | | a coma since 1979 after being shot by burglars at his | | o home in Detroit. o | | | | o 24 Jul 1993 U2 started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart o | | with 'Zooropa' the Irish bands fourth US No.1. | | o 'Zooropa' won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music o | | Album in 1994. | | o o | | 24 Jul 1993 UB40 started a seven week run at No.1 on the US singles | | o chart with 'Can't Help Falling In Love'. Elvis Presley o | | had the first hit with the song, in 1961, Corey Hart | | o was next up with a top 30 hit in 1987, and Hall and o | | Oates recorded the song for 1990's 'The Last Temptation | | o of Elvis' charity album. UB40 originally covered the o | | song for the Honeymoon in Vegas soundtrack, but Bono's | | o version was chosen instead. Also on the same day UB40 o | | went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Promises And | | o Lies'. o | | | | o 24 Jul 1997 Police gave Oasis singer Liam Gallagher a formal o | | caution after he admitted criminal damage following an | | o incident with a cyclist in Camden, north London. o | | Gallagher had grabbed the rider from the window of his | | o chauffeur driven car and broken the man's Ray-Bans o | | sunglasses. | | o o | | 24 Jul 1999 Phil Collins married for the third time. The 48-year- | | o old drummer wed marketing consultant Orianne Cevey in o | | Lausanne, Switzerland. Guests at the wedding included | | o Elton John, Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler. o | | | | o 24 Jul 2002 A garden centre was sued over claims it killed a o | | collection of the late singer Freddie Mercury's prized | | o koi fish. Mercury's former partner, Mary Austin, who o | | inherited the Japanese koi collection claimed 84 fish | | o died when the electricity powering a temporary pond was o | | accidentally turned off by a worker from Clifton | | o Nurseries, of Maida Vale, West London. At the time of o | | Mercury's death he had amassed one of the best | | o collections of the fish in the UK. One koi can be worth o | | 250,000 pounds. | | o o | | 24 Jul 2003 Johnny Cash picked up six nominations in the MTV Video | | o Music Awards for his remake of Nine Inch Nails' 'Hurt' o | | from his album, 'American IV: The Man Comes Around'. | | o The video, featuring images from Cash's life and o | | directed by Mark Romanek, was also named the best video | | o of the year by the Grammy Awards and CMA Awards, and o | | the best video of all time by NME. | | o o | | 24 Jul 2005 Bad Beat singer Patrick Sherry died after a stage dive | | o went wrong during a gig at the Warehouse in Leeds, o | | England. Sherry lept towards the crowd at the end of | | o the bands set and tried to grab a lighting rig from the o | | ceiling but missed and hit the floor. | | o o | | 24 Jul 2007 Beyonce tripped down twelve stairs while performing | | o "Ring the Alarm" on tour in Orlando, Florida. Video o | | from the night of the concert captured her stepping on | | o her trench coat and then tumbling head-first down o | | twelve steps at the Amway Arena appeared within hours | | o on YouTube. o | | | | o 24 Jul 2008 Pete Doherty pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage o | | after smashing a photographer's camera. The 29-year-old | | o lost his temper with news agency employee Catherine o | | Mead when she followed him around Crewkerne, Somerset, | | o in August 2007. Yeovil Magistrates' Court heard how he o | | grabbed the camera and broke the lens. He was ordered | | o to pay 918.27 pounds in compensation to Ms Mead. o | | | | o 24 Jul 2008 Rapper 50 Cent was suing Taco Bell claiming the US fast o | | food chain used his name and image without permission | | o in an advertising campaign. New York court papers say o | | the advert features the star being encouraged to change | | o his name to 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent. The rapper is o | | accusing the chain of 'diluting the value of his good | | o name'. The advertisement is part of Taco Bell's 'Why o | | Pay More' campaign, which promotes items for under a | | o dollar. o | | | | o 24 Jul 2014 Duran Duran took legal action against a US company o | | charged with running their fan club over unpaid | | o revenues. The group claimed they are owed $40,000 by o | | the Illinois-based outfit WorldWide Fan Clubs. The | | o company had been charged with managing subscriptions o | | and fan records for Duran Duran, with 75% of profits | | o going to the musicians. o | | | | o 24 Jul 2017 Linkin Park released their first official statement o | | after the death of frontman Chester Bennington the | | o previous week. "Our hearts are broken. The shock waves o | | of grief and denial are still sweeping through our | | o family as we come to grips with what has happened," it o | | read. | | o o | | 24 Jul 2019 Queen's iconic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' video reached one | | o billion views on YouTube, a new record for one of the o | | band's videos. The milestone made it the first pre- | | o 1990s video to reach one billion views on the platform. o | | 'Bohemian Rhapsody' was also named as the most Googled | | o song of 2018. o | | | | o o | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | o o | | BORN ON THIS DAY | | o o | | 24 Jul 1935 English songwriter Les Reed. His major songwriting | | o partners were Gordon Mills, Barry Mason and Geoff o | | Stephens, although he wrote songs with many others such | | o as Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook, Peter Callander, and o | | Johnny Worth. Reed co-wrote around sixty hit songs, and | | o is best known for 'It's Not Unusual', 'Green, Green o | | Grass of Home' and 'Delilah' (hits for Tom Jones), as | | o well as 'The Last Waltz' (Engelbert Humperdinck). He o | | died on 15 April 2019 age 83. | | o o | | 24 Jul 1941 Barbara Love, The Friends Of Distinction, (1969 US No.3 | | o single 'Grazing In The Grass'). o | | | | o 24 Jul 1942 German-born bassist and singer, Heinz Burt, The o | | Tornados, (1962 UK & US No.1 single 'Telstar'). The | | o first major hit from a UK group on the American chart. o | | Crippled by motor neuron disease, Heinz died aged 57 | | o following a stroke on 7th April 2000. o | | | | o 24 Jul 1944 Irish guitarist Jim Armstrong, with Van Morrison and o | | Them, who had the 1965 UK No.2 & US No.24 single 'Here | | o Comes The Night'. Armstrong has also played with The o | | Doors, Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa. | | o o | | 24 Jul 1947 Alan Whitehead, drummer, from Scottish pop rock band | | o Marmalade, (originally formed in 1961 as The Gaylords). o | | They scored the 1969 UK No.1 single with their version | | o of The Beatles song 'Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da'. o | | | | o 24 Jul 1949 English drummer Graham Lear best known for his time o | | working with Gino Vannelli, Santana, Paul Anka, and REO | | o Speedwagon. o | | | | o 24 Jul 1951 Jamaican-born British musician Lynval Golding, o | | guitarist with The Specials who had the 1981 UK No.1 | | o single 'Ghost Town'. o | | | | o 24 Jul 1953 American musician and guitarist Gary Shider. He was o | | musical director of the P-Funk All-Stars and as a | | o member of Parliament-Funkadelic he scored the hit 'One o | | Nation Under A Groove'. He died on June 16, 2010 from | | o cancer of the brain and lungs. o | | | | o 24 Jul 1957 Larry Gott, guitarist from English rock band James who o | | scored the 1991 UK No.2 single 'Sit Down' and the hits | | o 'Laid' and 'Come Home'. o | | | | o 24 Jul 1957 Country music singer-songwriter and actress, Pam o | | Tillis, (the daughter of country music singer Mel | | o Tillis). She scored the 1991 hit 'Don't Tell Me What to o | | Do', and has since charted more than 30 singles on the | | o US country charts, including her only No.1 single, o | | 1995's 'Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)'. | | o o | | 24 Jul 1958 Mick Karn, bass, sax, Japan, (1982 UK No.5 single | | o 'Ghosts'). o | | | | o 24 Jul 1961 Paul Geary, drummer with Extreme, who had the 1991 US o | | No.1 & UK No.2 single 'More Than Words'. Geary is now a | | o manager working with The Smashing Pumpkins, Creed, The o | | Scorpions, Fuel, Steel Panther, Jason Bonham and | | o others. o | | | | o 24 Jul 1970 American singer, actress, and dancer Jennifer Lopez. o | | She scored the 2001 UK No.1 single 'Love Don't Cost A | | o Thing', and the 2001 US No.1 single 'I'm Real'. For her o | | first leading role in 'Selena' (1997), she became the | | o first Hispanic actress to earn over $1 million for a o | | film. She went on to star in 'Anaconda' (1997) and 'Out | | o of Sight' (1998), and established herself as the o | | highest-paid Hispanic actress in Hollywood. | | o o | | 24 Jul 1973 Mecca, Digable Planets, (1993 UK No. 67 single 'Rebirth | | o Of Slick'). o | | | | o 24 Jul 1982 Tord Overland Knudsen, bass, keyboards for English o | | indie rock band The Wombats. | | o o | | 24 Jul 1990 British singer, songwriter Jay McGuiness with boy band | | o The Wanted. 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