... and more July 25 birthdays –
William "Benny" Benjamin (1925) – drummer with the Funk Brothers.
Don Ellis (1934) – Jazz trumpeter, drummer.
Manny Charlton (1941) – guitarist for Nazareth.
Bruce Woodley (1942) – guitarist for The Seekers.
Tom Dawes (1943) – bassist for The Cyrkle.
José Chepito Areas (1946) – percussionist for Santana.
Steve Goodman (1948) – folk singer/songwriter.
Mark Clarke (1950) – bassist for Colosseum and Blackmore's Rainbow.
Verdine White (1951) – bassist for Earth, Wind & Fire.
Jem Finer (1955) – multi-instrumentalist for The Pogues.
Thurston Moore (1958) – singer/songwriter/guitarist for Sonic Youth.
July 25 R.I.P. –
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (1984) – heart attack. Age 57. R&B
singer/songwriter ("Ball 'N' Chain").
Charlie Rich (1995) – pulmonary embolism. Age 62. Country music
artist.
Tal Farlow (1998) – cancer. Age 77. Jazz guitarist.
Erik Brann (2003) – heart attack. Age 52. Guitarist for Iron
Butterfly.
Johnny Griffin (2008) – heart attack. Age 80. Hard bop jazz
saxophonist with Thelonious Monk.
July 25 album releases –
The Troggs – From Nowhere… The Troggs (1966) UK
Yes – Yes (1969)
Boston – Boston (1976)
AC/DC – Back In Black (1980)
Metallica – Kill 'Em All (1983)
Green Day – Bowling Bowling Bowling Parking Parking (1996)
Ringo Starr – Choose Love (2005) UK
Tom Petty – Highway Companion (2006)
July 25 events –
1925 – The first 50,000 watt radio station, WDY from Schenectady, New
York, begins transmission.
1944 – Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters record "Don't Fence Me In."
1946 – Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis make their first appearance
together as a team at The 500 Club in Atlantic City.
1956 – Ten years to the day after teaming up, the musical comedy act
of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis splits.
1956 – Returning to New York after a trip to Europe, songwriter Mike
Stoller almost drowns but survives the sinking of the luxury liner
Andrea Doria.
1960 – Elvis Presley begins filming his sixth movie, Flaming Star.
1962 – The Beatles plays three shows - two at the Cavern, and one at
The Cabaret Club.
1963 – Cilla Black makes a recording test for George Martin at Abbey
Road Studios.
1964 – The Rolling Stones release their single, "It's All Over Now" b/
w "Tell Me" in the U.S.
1964 – United Artists Records places a full page ad in Billboard and
Cash Box magazines promoting the new A Hard Day's Night album, while
stating that the album has already recouped all of its production
costs.
1966 – Micky Dolenz and a group of session musicians record "Last
Train To Clarksville" at RCA Studios in Hollywood.
1968 – George Harrison records his demo for "While My Guitar Gently
Weeps" at Abbey Road.
1969 – Neil Young makes his live debut with Crosby, Stills and Nash at
Fillmore West in San Francisco.
1975 – In a wrongful arrest lawsuit brought by Smokey Robinson against
the city of San Francisco, a California federal judge rules that the
city had the right to arrest the former Miracles singer the previous
year when his name matched the alias of a criminal they were seeking.
1975 – The musical, A Chorus Line, opens on Broadway at the Shubert
Theatre, where it will remain for 6,137 performances.
1980 – Eric Carr makes his stage debut as KISS's new drummer at The
Palladium in New York City.
1990 – Roseanne Barr makes a mockery of the National Anthem at a San
Diego Padres baseball game and is roundly booed.
1992 – Bruce Springsteen becomes a father when Patti Scialfa gives
birth to a baby boy, Evan James.
1995 – Nina Simone is arrested for firing a pellet gun at noisy
teenagers playing near her home in the south of France.
1997 – Former Band bassist Rick Danko is given a suspended sentence in
a Japan courtroom for smuggling heroin into the country.
1999 – Unlike the other Woodstock festivals, Woodstock '99 ends in a
massive riot with several fires and looting.
2001 – The Doors' John Densmore, Bonnie Raitt, and others are arrested
in Itasca, Illinois, for demonstrating against a company which they
claim destroys rainforests.
2010 – Louis Prima is posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame.
2010 – John Fogerty performs his song "Centerfield" at the Clark
Sports Center in Cooperstown during the Baseball Hall of Fame
ceremony.
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Events correction --
Cheap Thrills was released on August 12, 1968.
