... and more July 23 birthdays –
Bernard "Bert" Convy (1933) – actor/singer, The Cheers ("Black Denim
Trousers And Motorcycle Boots").
Madeline Bell (1942) – Soul singer.
Joe Santollo (1943) – The Duprees.
John Hall (1948) – guitarist for Orleans.
Blair Thornton (1950) – guitarist for Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
Martin Gore (1961) – keyboardist for Depeche Mode.
Tim Kellett (1964) – keyboardist for Simply Red.
Nick Menza (1964) – drummer for Megadeth.
Slash (aka Saul Hudson, 1965)
Sam Watters (1970) – Color Me Badd.
Alison Krauss (1971) – Bluegrass/country singer/songwriter/musician.
Chad Gracey (1971) – drummer for Live.
Steve Jocz (1981) – drummer for Sum 41.
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Birthday correction --
Dino Danelli was born in 1944.
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July 23 R.I.P. –
Keith Godchaux (1980) – car accident. Age 32. The Grateful Dead.
Kay Kyser (1985) – Age 80. Bandleader, Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical
Knowledge.
Bill Brown (2004) – smoke inhalation from fire. Ozark Mountain
Daredevils.
Don Shipps (2004) – smoke inhalation from fire. Age 52. Ozark Mountain
Daredevils.
Myron Floren (2005) – Age 85. Accordionist on The Lawrence Welk Show.
Ron Miller (2007) – cancer, emphysema. Motown songwriter ("For Once In
My Life").
Amy Winehouse (2011) – alcohol poisoning. Age 27.
July 23 album releases –
The Supremes – More Hits By The Supremes (1965)
The Moody Blues – Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)
Jethro Tull – A Passion Play (1973) U.S.
Billy Squier – Emotions In Motion (1982)
July 23 events –
1950 – The Gene Autry Show debuts on CBS and runs for six years.
1955 – Chuck Berry releases his single, "Maybellene" b/w "Wee Wee
Hours" on Chess.
1958 – Ersel Hickey and The Four Tophatters appear on American
Bandstand.
1962 – Marvin Gaye releases his single, "Stubborn Kind Of Fellow" b/w
"It Hurt Me Too" on Tamla. The single will go on to be Marvin's first
hit.
1963 – The Squires, featuring 17-year old Neil Young, record both
sides of their single, "The Sultan" and "Aurora," at radio station
CKRC in Winnipeg.
1968 – At Mal Evans' insistence, The Iveys (soon to become Badfinger)
sign with Apple Records.
1969 – L.A. mayor Sam Yorty declares the day "James Brown Day," but
when Yorty is late to the ceremony, Brown leaves in a huff,
humiliated.
1971 – The Rolling Stones file a $29 million lawsuit against their ex-
manager, Allen Klein, over the mismanagement of funds.
1976 – The Spinners host The Midnight Special, with guests Henry
Gross, Eric Carmen, the Captain and Tennille, and Starbuck.
1976 – Wings release their single, "Let 'Em In" b/w "Beware My Love."
1977 – Foreigner releases their single, "Cold As Ice" b/w "I Need
You."
1977 – Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better" hits the Billboard Hot
100.
1979 – The Ayatollah Khomeini bans rock and roll due to its corruptive
influence on people.
1987 – The surviving Beatles sue EMI for $40 million in back royalties
and the rights to their catalog.
1989 – Ringo Starr begins his first tour since The Beatles with his
All Starr Band at the Park Central Amphitheater in Dallas.
1992 – The band Chicago receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1994 – The International Astronomical Union names an asteroid in Mars'
orbit ZappaFrank, after the late musician.
2001 – Megadeth is banned from performing in Malaysia after the
government decides their "imagery was inappropriate for youths."
2001 – Paul McCartney proposes to Heather Mills.
2003 – The U.S. National Registry of Historic Places declares Memphis,
Tennessee's Sun Studios, at 706 Union Avenue, a historic landmark.
2003 – In a bizarre ad placed in Variety, James Brown announces his
separation from his fourth wife, Tomi Rae, by featuring a picture of
the couple and their two-year-old son, James Brown II, posing with
Goofy at Disney World.
2006 – George Michael is caught engaging in anonymous public sex,
after being photographed in London's Hampstead Heath with a 58-year-
old unemployed van driver.
2008 – On Long Island in New York, singer Connie Francis is
hospitalized after falling down, and is found to have "dangerously
high blood pressure."
2008 – Kid Rock pleads no contest to one count of battery and is
sentenced to a year probation and fined $1,000 for his part in a fight
in an Atlanta waffle restaurant in 2007. The 37-year old also receives
80 hours community service and six hours of anger management
counseling.
2008 – Madame Tussauds unveils their waxwork model of Amy Winehouse.
2009 – Bob Dylan is picked up by police in Long Branch, New Jersey,
when they get a report of a man "acting suspiciously." The young
police woman doesn't recognize Dylan, and he has no I.D. on him. Dylan
is finally taken to his hotel where they vouch for him.
2010 – Surgical instruments allegedly used to conduct Elvis Presley's
autopsy are removed from an upcoming auction amid doubts about their
authenticity. Expected to fetch around $14,000, the claims are
questioned after another employee reveals that the equipment was
sterilized and used again in other autopsies.
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Events expanded --
1977 – John Bonham, Zeppelin manager Peter Grant and security man John
Bindon are arrested for assault backstage at the Day On The Green
concert in Oakland. An employee for Bill Graham Productions slapped
Bonham's son, Jason, when he took down a dressing room sign. Bonham
kicked the employee, but later Grant and Bindon found the employee in
a backstage trailer and beat him bloody.
