... and more July 21 birthdays –
Kay Starr (aka Katherine Starks, 1922) – American singer ("The Rock
And Roll Waltz").
Plas Johnson (1931) – session saxophonist with the Wrecking Crew.
Kim Fowley (1939) – songwriter/producer/manager.
Mike Wilsh (1945) – The Four Pennies.
Rosie Hamlin (1945) – Rosie and The Originals ("Angel Baby").
Barry Whitwam (1946) – drummer for Herman's Hermits.
Eric Bazilian (1953) – guitarist for The Hooters.
Howie Epstein (1955) – bassist for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.
Taco Ockerse (1955) – Dutch singer ("Puttin' On The Ritz").
"Big" Jim Martin (1961) – guitarist for Faith No More.
July 21 R.I.P. –
Dorothy Collins (1994) – asthma. Age 67. Singer on Your Hit Parade
("My Boy Flat Top").
Gus Dudgeon (2002) – car crash. Age 59. Record producer for Elton
John.
Jerry Goldsmith (2004) – colon cancer. Age 75. TV and film composer.
Long John Baldry (2005) – lung infection. Age 64.
Herb Kalin (2006) – Age 71. The Kalin Twins ("It's Only The
Beginning").
Don Arden (2007) – Alzheimer's disease. Age 81. British music manager.
July 21 album releases –
Black Sabbath – Master Of Reality (1971)
T. Rex – The Slider (1972)
Rod Stewart – Never A Dull Moment (1972)
Rory Gallagher – Irish Tour '74 (1974)
Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978)
Guns N' Roses – Appetite For Destruction (1987)
Matthew Sweet / Susanna Hoffs – Under The Covers, Vol. 2 (2009)
July 21 events –
1951 – Lefty Frizzel joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1956 – Billboard magazine calls Elvis Presley "the most controversial
entertainer since Liberace."
1958 – After almost 10 years on CBS-TV, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
is cancelled.
1958 – Eddie Cochran releases his single, "Summertime Blues" b/w "Love
Again" on Liberty Records.
1965 – Sonny and Cher appear at The Power House in San Diego.
1965 – Jackie Wilson, Billy Butler, Linda Scott, Steve Alaimo and Paul
Revere and The Raiders all appear on Where The Action Is.
1965 – The Righteous Brothers, The Chiffons, Gary Lewis and The
Playboys, The Nashville Teens, Gene Pitney, Billy Preston, The
Blossoms and others appear via tape on Shindig!
1967 – Rick Nelson stars in the new television series, Malibu U., on
ABC-TV. The show is not a hit and lasts only seven weeks.
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays the first of three nights at
the Café Au Go Go in Greenwich Village, with opening acts Richie
Havens and Jeremy and The Satyrs.
1969 – The day after the Apollo 11 lunar landing, Duke Ellington and a
portion of his band perform a 10-minute composition on ABC-TV titled,
"Moon Maiden."
1969 – The Beatles begin recording "Come Together."
1973 – Detroit declares the day "Mary Wilson Day" in honor of the
member of The Supremes.
1973 – The Buxton Rock Festival takes place in Derbyshire, featuring
Canned Heat, Chuck Berry, Nazareth, The Edgar Broughton Band, The
Groundhogs, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Medicine Head, Brewers
Droop, and Roy Wood and Wizzard.
1977 – Eddie Money hosts The Midnight Special, with guests Todd
Rundgren, Jay Ferguson, and Stanley Clarke.
1977 – The Sex Pistols make the debut appearance on Top Of The Pops,
lip-synching to "Pretty Vacant."
1978 – Linda Ronstadt joins The Rolling Stones on stage at the Tucson
Community Center to sing "Tumbling Dice."
1983 – Diana Ross performs in Central Park, but the show is halted by
torrential rain. The concert is re-scheduled for the next day.
1988 – As part of his sentence for his notorious drug and getaway
spree earlier in the year, a South Carolina judge orders James Brown
to put on a concert to benefit police and children's charities. Brown
complains to the press that the state is trying to get a free concert
out of his misfortune.
1990 – Roger Waters and special guests perform The Wall in Berlin at
the site of the former Berlin Wall.
1995 – A Los Angeles judge throws out a lawsuit filed against Michael
Jackson by five of his former security guards who allege that they
were fired after learning the "truth" about Jackson's nighttime visits
with young boys.
1999 – Charley Pride receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2003 – Coldplay's Chris Martin is charged with malicious damage in
Australia after attacking a photographer's car after he had taken
pictures of him surfing at Seven Mile Beach.
2008 – John Lydon denies claims made by Kele Okereke of Bloc Party
that he was racially abused and attacked by a member of The Sex
Pistols' entourage at a music festival in Barcelona.
2008 – Amy Winehouse's husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, is sentenced to
more than two years in jail for assaulting James King at Macbeth's pub
in Hoxton in June 2006.
