Subj : [ON THIS DAY] - Music History To : All From : TALIADON Date : Tue Jul 26 2022 01:00:01 WWW.THISDAYINMUSIC.COM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______ _______ _______ _ _ _ ______ ______ _______ _ _ (_______)(_______) (_______)(_) (_)| | / _____) (______) (_______)| | | | _ _ _ _ _ _______ | |( (____ _ _ _______ | |___| | | | | || | | | | | | ___ || | \____ \ | | | || ___ ||_____ | | |___| || | | | | | | | | || | _____) ) | |__/ / | | | | _____| | \_____/ |_| |_| |_| |_| |_||_|(______/ |_____/ |_| |_|(_______| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | o MUSIC HISTORY o | | | | o 26 Jul 1962 Frank Ifield was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with o | | 'I Remember You'. The singers first of four UK No.1's. | | o o | | 26 Jul 1968 The Jackson Five signed a one-year contract with Motown | | o Records. They made history in 1970 as the first o | | recording act to have their first four singles to reach | | o No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100, with the songs being 'I o | | Want You Back', 'ABC', 'The Love You Save' and 'I'll Be | | o There'. o | | | | o 26 Jul 1969 Johnny Cash released the single, 'A Boy Named Sue', a o | | song written by Shel Silverstein. Cash was at the | | o height of his popularity when he recorded the song live o | | at California's San Quentin State Prison at a concert | | o on February 24, 1969. The song tells the tale of a o | | young man's quest for revenge on a father who abandoned | | o him at 3 years of age and whose only contribution to o | | his entire life was naming him Sue. | | o o | | 26 Jul 1970 Jimi Hendrix played in his home town of Seattle for the | | o last time when he appeared at Sicks Stadium. o | | | | o 26 Jul 1975 Van McCoy and the Soul City went to No.1 on the US o | | singles chart with 'The Hustle', his only US chart hit, | | o it made No.3 in the UK. McCoy died on 6th July 1979. o | | | | o 26 Jul 1977 Led Zeppelin cut short their 11th North American tour o | | after Robert Plant's five-year-old son Karac died | | o unexpectedly of a virus at their home in England, UK. o | | | | o 26 Jul 1980 The Rolling Stones started a seven week run at No.1 on o | | the US album chart with 'Emotional Rescue', the group's | | o eighth US No.1. 'Emotional Rescue' was the first o | | Rolling Stones album recorded following Keith Richards' | | o exoneration from a Toronto drugs charge that could have o | | landed him in jail for years. | | o o | | 26 Jul 1986 Peter Gabriel went to No.1 on the US singles chart with | | o 'Sledgehammer', a No.4 hit in the UK. The song's music o | | video has won a number of awards, including a record | | o nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards, and o | | Best British Video at the 1987 Brit Awards. Gabriel was | | o also nominated for three Grammy Awards. As of 2011, o | | 'Sledgehammer' is the most played music video in the | | o history of MTV. o | | | | o 26 Jul 1990 American keyboardist and vocalist Brent Mydland from o | | the Grateful Dead was found dead on the floor of his | | o home aged 38 from a drug overdose. His eleven-year o | | tenure was longer than that of any other keyboardist in | | o the band. o | | | | o 26 Jul 1992 American singer and Motown artist, Mary Wells, referred o | | to as The First Lady of Motown and who had a 1964 US | | o No. 1 and UK No. 5 single 'My Guy', died aged 49 of o | | laryngeal cancer. Wells was forced to give up her | | o career and with no health insurance, was forced to sell o | | her home. Wells' old Motown friends including Diana | | o Ross, Mary Wilson, The Temptations and Martha Reeves, o | | along with Dionne Warwick, Rod Stewart, Bruce | | o Springsteen, Aretha Franklin and Bonnie Raitt, o | | personally pledged donations in support. | | o o | | 26 Jul 2000 Oasis were booed off stage during a show at the Paleo | | o Festival in Switzerland after singer Liam Gallagher had o | | insulted the 35,000 strong audience. | | o o | | 26 Jul 2006 Jeffrey Borer and Arvel Jett Reeves pleaded guilty to | | o secretly videotaping Michael Jackson as he flew to o | | Santa Barbara, California, to surrender in a child- | | o molestation investigation. The two men admitted they o | | installed two digital video recorders to record Jackson | | o and his lawyer as the pair was traveling on a private o | | jet from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara in November 2003. | | o o | | 26 Jul 2006 The final edition of Top Of The Pops was recorded at | | o BBC Television Centre in London. Just under 200 members o | | of the public were in the audience for the show which | | o was co-hosted by veteran disc jockey Sir Jimmy Savile, o | | its very first presenter. Classic performances from the | | o Spice Girls, Wham, Madonna, Beyonce Knowles and Robbie o | | Williams featured in the show, alongside The Rolling | | o Stones who were the very first band to appear on Top of o | | the Pops on New Year's Day in 1964. | | o o | | 26 Jul 2006 The guitar on which Sir Paul McCartney learned his | | o first chords sold for 330,000 pounds at an auction at o | | London's Abbey Road Studios. The Rex acoustic guitar | | o helped McCartney persuade John Lennon to let him join o | | his band, The Quarrymen, in 1957. | | o o | | 26 Jul 2008 Klaxons singer Jamie Reynolds postponed the group's | | o Australian tour dates after he broke his leg at a gig o | | in France. The band's singer said he "drastically | | o misjudged" the distance when he jumped from the stage o | | during their final song in the set. | | o o | | 26 Jul 2009 AC/DC singer Brian Johnson appeared as the Star in a | | o Reasonably Priced Car on the BBC television programme o | | 'Top Gear'. His time of 1:45.9 tied him with Simon | | o Cowell for the second fastest time. He was introduced o | | by host Jeremy Clarkson as "a man who has sold more | | o albums than The Beatles and I bet almost none of [the o | | audience] have ever heard of him." | | o o | | 26 Jul 2013 US singer-songwriter JJ Cale died of a heart attack at | | o the age of 74. He became famous in 1970, when Eric o | | Clapton covered his song 'After Midnight'. In 1977 | | o Clapton also popularised Cale's 'Cocaine'. The two o | | worked together on an album which won a Grammy award in | | o 2008. o | | | | o 26 Jul 2017 A jury awarded Quincy Jones $9.4 million in royalties o | | for the use of Michael Jackson songs he produced in two | | o 'Cirque du Soleil' shows and the 'This Is It' o | | documentary. Jones filed suit in 2013, asking for $30 | | o million. o | | | | o 26 Jul 2019 A number of lawsuits over royalties on Drake's first o | | six albums were officially settled, included lawsuits | | o and counterclaims spanning back to 2017 filed between o | | Aspire Music Group and Cash Money Records. Aspire had | | o claimed that in 2008 it signed an exclusive recording o | | agreement with Drake before making a deal with Cash | | o Money in June 2009, allowing Drake to record for the o | | label in exchange for one-third of the net profits. The | | o terms of the settlement were not disclosed. o | | | | o 26 Jul 2020 English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist o | | Peter Green died in his sleep age 73. As the founder of | | o Fleetwood Mac, his songs, such as 'Albatross', 'Black o | | Magic Woman', 'Oh Well', 'The Green Manalishi (With the | | o Two Prong Crown)' and 'Man of the World' became world o | | wide hits. Green left the band in 1970 as he struggled | | o with his mental health. He was eventually diagnosed o | | with schizophrenia and spent time in hospital in the | | o mid-70s. o | | | | o 26 Jul 2021 American musician Joey Jordison died at the age of 46. o | | He was the drummer and co-founder of metal band | | o Slipknot as well as guitarist for horror punk band o | | Murderdolls. In August 2010 Jordison was voted the best | | o drummer of the previous 25 years by readers of Rhythm o | | magazine. | | o o | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | o o | | BORN ON THIS DAY | | o o | | 26 Jul 1941 Bobby Hebb, US singer, (1966 US No.2 and UK No.12 | | o single 'Sunny'). The song was written about Bobby's o | | brother, who had been killed by a mugger in 1963, and | | o started out as an album filler until it was picked for o | | a single release. | | o o | | 26 Jul 1941 Neil Landon, singer and songwriter with the band Fat | | o Mattress, which he co-founded with guitarist/singer o | | Noel Redding. He later joined The Flower Pot Men, who | | o scored a hit in 1967 with 'Let's Go To San Francisco' o | | which reached No.4 in the UK Singles Chart. Landon was | | o a member of The Ivy League who had the 1965 UK No.3 o | | single 'Tossing and Turning'. He died on 26 March 2020, | | o age 78. o | | | | o 26 Jul 1941 Darlene Love, The Crystals, (1962 US No.1 single 'He's o | | A Rebel', 1963 UK No.2 single 'Then He Kissed Me'). | | o o | | 26 Jul 1942 Dobie Gray, US singer, (1965 US No.13 and UK No.25 | | o single 'The In Crowd', 1973 US No.5 single 'Drift o | | Away'). Gray died on December 6, 2011, from | | o complications of cancer surgery in Nashville, Tennessee o | | at the age of 71. | | o o | | 26 Jul 1943 Mick Jagger, singer, songwriter with The Rolling | | o Stones, (1969 UK & US No.1 single 'Honky Tonk Women', o | | and over 35 UK & US Top 40 singles and albums). Solo | | o (1985 UK No.1 single with David Bowie 'Dancing In The o | | Street'). 1985 UK No. 6 solo album 'She's The Boss.' In | | o 2003 he was knighted for his services to popular music o | | and in early 2009 he joined the electric supergroup | | o SuperHeavy. o | | | | o 26 Jul 1949 Roger Taylor, drums, vocals, Queen, (1975 UK No.1 o | | single 'Bohemian Rhapsody' also UK No.1 in 1991, plus | | o over 40 other UK Top 40 singles, 1980 US No.1 single o | | 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'). Also a member of The | | o Cross. o | | | | o 26 Jul 1961 Gary Cherone, singer with Extreme who had the 1991 US o | | No.1 & UK No.2 single 'More Than Words'. Also toured | | o and recorded with Van Halen. o | | | | o 26 Jul 1961 Andy Connell, Swing Out Sister, (1986 UK No.4 single o | | 'Breakout'). | | o o | | 26 Jul 1962 Miranda Joyce, vocals, The Belle Stars, (1983 UK No.3 | | o single 'Sign Of The Times'). o | | | | o 26 Jul 1963 Scott Francis Crago, American session drummer, worked o | | with the Eagles since 1994 as well as Sheryl Crow, | | o Bonnie Raitt, Bryan Adams, Stevie Nicks, Jackson o | | Browne, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Bob Seger and Chris | | o Isaak. o | | | | o 26 Jul 1967 Tim Barnwell, DJ Headliner, from American alternative o | | hip hop group who scored the 1992 UK No.2 and US No. 8 | | o single 'People Everyday'. The group won two Grammy o | | Awards in 1993 for Best New Artist and Best Rap | | o Performance and were also named Band of the Year by o | | Rolling Stone magazine. | | o o | | 26 Jul 1980 Dave 'Brown Sound' Baksh, guitarist with Sum 41, who | | o had the 2001 UK No 13 single 'In Too Deep'. He quit Sum o | | 41 in 2006 to pursue his career with his second band | | o Brown Brigade and The Organ Thieves. o | | | | o 26 Jul 1992 British rapper Stormzy. His debut album, Gang Signs & o | | Prayer (2017), was the first grime album to reach No.1 | | o on the UK Albums Chart and won British Album of the o | | Year at the 2018 Brit Awards. In 2019, Stormzy achieved | | o his first UK No.1 single with 'Vossi Bop' and his o | | headline appearance at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival | | o was widely praised; he wore a Union Jack stab vest o | | designed by Banksy, in light of the rise in knife crime | | o in London. o | | | | o 26 Jul 1993 Taylor Momsen, American singer, songwriter with The o | | Pretty Reckless who released their debut album 'Light | | o Me Up' in 2010. 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) .