Happy Birthday Manny....fae Fife!
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On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 3:33:17 PM UTC+1, Eidem wrote:
> ... 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.
>
