... and more July 22 birthdays –
Margaret Whiting (1924) – singer ("That Old Black Magic").
Ray Pohlman (1930) – session bassist with the Wrecking Crew.
Chuck Jackson (1937) – R&B singer ("Any Day Now").
Thomas Wayne (1940) – singer ("Tragedy").
Bobby Sherman (1943) – teen idol/singer ("Julie, Do You Love Me?").
Alan Menken (1949) – theatre and film composer for Disney.
Mick Pointer (1956) – drummer for Marillion.
Keith Sweat (1961) – R&B/soul singer ("I Want Her").
Will Calhoun (1964) – drummer for Living Colour.
Pat Badger (1967) – bassist for Extreme.
Rufus Wainwright (1973) – Canadian singer/songwriter.
Daniel Jones (1973) – Savage Garden.
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Birthday corrections --
George Clinton was born in 1941.
Estelle Bennett was born in 1941.
Don Henley was born in 1947.
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July 22 R.I.P. –
Larry Finnegan (1973) – brain tumor. Age 34. Singer ("Dear One").
Jimmy Keyes (1995) – complications from an aneurysm operation. Age 65.
The Chords ("Sh-Boom").
Rob Collins (1996) – car crash. Age 33. Keyboardist for The
Charlatans.
Gary "Gar" Samuelson (1999) – liver failure. Age 41. Drummer for
Megadeth.
Marion Montgomery (2002) – lung cancer. Age 68. Singer ("Maybe The
Morning").
Sacha Distel (2004) – Age 71. French singer/guitarist.
Arthur Crier (2004) – heart attack. Age 69. The Chimes and The
Mellows.
Illinois Jacquet (2004) – heart attack. Age 81. Jazz saxophonist
("Flying Home").
Eugene Record (2005) – cancer. Age 64. The Chi-Lites.
Margaret Ann Rich (2010) – Age 76. Songwriter ("Life Has Its Little
Ups And Downs").
July 22 album releases –
The Moody Blues – The Magnificent Moodies (1965) UK
Elton John – Elton John (1970) U.S.
Stevie Wonder – Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)
Yes – Going For The One (1977)
Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True (1977) UK
July 22 events –
1957 – Marty Robbins records "She Was Only Seventeen (He Was One Year
More)," and "The Story Of My Life" at Columbia Studios in New York.
1959 – The first Canadian jazz festival opens in Toronto with
performances by Maynard Ferguson, Oscar Peterson, and special guest
Louis Armstrong.
1963 – The Beatles spend the day taking photos at the beach with Dezo
Hoffman. In the evening they play the first of five nights at the
Odeon Theatre in Weston-Super-Mare with Gerry and The Pacemakers and
Tommy Quickly as opening acts.
1964 – The film Bikini Beach, starring Frankie Avalon and Annette
Funicello, with guest appearances by Little Stevie Wonder and Donna
Loren, premieres in theaters.
1965 – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Bill Wyman are found guilty in
London's East Ham Magistrates Court of "insulting behavior" for
urinating on the wall of a gas station in London when the owner
refused to let them use the restroom. They are each fined £5.
1967 – Vanilla Fudge makes their stage debut at the Village Theater in
New York City.
1967 – Quicksilver Messenger Service and Big Brother and The Holding
Company appear at the Convention Center in San Diego.
1967 – Pink Floyd appears at the Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen, Scotland.
1967 – The Doors and The Bee Gees appear on American Bandstand.
1968 – Elvis Presley begins filming his 29th movie, Charro.
1969 – Aretha Franklin is arrested for disorderly conduct in an
altercation in a Detroit parking lot. She posts her $50 bail, and then
runs over a road sign as she leaves the police station in a fit of
anger.
1971 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono spend the day filming at their home
and around the grounds for a video for Lennon's song "Imagine."
1972 – Paul and Linda McCartney are arrested for marijuana possession
in Sweden.
1977 – Tony Orlando announces his retirement from show business,
partially due to the recent suicide of Freddie Prinze.
1979 – The Reverend Richard Penniman speaks at a revival in North
Richmond, California, telling the congregation that rock and roll is
evil, and also claiming, "If God can save an old homosexual like me,
he can save anybody."
1987 – Morris Albert is found guilty of plagiarism in New York when
the jury finds that his massive 1975 hit, "Feelings," borrowed heavily
from a French song from 1956 called "Pour Toi."
1989 – Courtney Love marries her first husband, James Moreland from
the L.A. band Leaving Trains.
1994 – Elton John and Billy Joel play the first of five duet concerts
at Giants Stadium in New York.
1995 – At a Blood, Sweat & Tears concert in the Detroit suburb of West
Bloomfield, lead singer David Clayton-Thomas angers the (very Jewish)
crowd by claiming the summer weather was "as hot as the last train car
going to Auschwitz."
1996 – Donovan cancels his North American tour when he is denied entry
into the U.S. because of a 1966 marijuana possession conviction.
1999 – The four day Woodstock 1999 festival begins in Rome, New York
2000 – Oasis plays their second night at Wembley, which is broadcast
on television around the world.
2007 – After appearing together at the Beacon Theatre, rappers Ja Rule
and Lil Wayne are each arrested for firearms possession in separate
incidences in Manhattan.
2010 – Al Jarreau experiences breathing problems and is rushed to the
intensive-care unit of a French hospital.
