And back on schedule for the 27th of July
*July 27 –
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Born –
Homer (aka Henry Haynes, 1920) – Homer and Jethro.
Bob Thiele (1922) – producer/songwriter ("What A Wonderful World").
Bob Morse (1923) – The Hi-Los.
Harvey Fuqua (1929) – R&B singer/songwriter/producer.
Nick Reynolds (1933) – The Kingston Trio.
Allen Ramsay (1943) – bassist for Gary Lewis and The Playboys.
Bobbie Gentry (aka Roberta Streeter, 1944)
Andy McMasters (1947) – bassist/keyboardist for The Motors.
Henry "H-Bomb" Weck (1949) – drummer for Brownsville Station.
Maureen McGovern (1949) – American singer ("The Morning After").
Michael Vaughn (1950) – guitarist for Paper Lace.
Conway Savage (1960) – keyboardist for Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.
Karl Mueller (1963) – bassist for Soul Asylum.
Rex Brown (1964) – bassist for Pantera.
R.I.P. –
Alvin LeRoy Holmes (1986) – Age 72. Composer/conductor ("It's All In The
Game").
Bobby Day (1990) – cancer. Age 62. The Hollywood Flames.
Harry "Sweets" Edison (1999) – Age 83. Trumpeter with the Count Basie
Orchestra.
Leon Wilkeson (2001) – liver and ling disease. Age 49. Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Harold Land (2001) – stroke. Age 73. Hard bop saxophonist with The Timeless
All Stars.
Al Goodman (2010) – heart failure during surgery. Age 67. The Moments.
Album releases –
Pink Floyd – Soundtrack From The Film More (1969)
Genesis – Genesis Live (1973)
The Grateful Dead – Terrapin Station (1977)
Stevie Nicks – Bella Donna (1981)
Debbie Harry – Koo Koo (1981)
Madonna – Madonna (1983)
Metallica – Ride The Lightning (1984)
Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream (1993)
Gov't Mule – Gov't Mule (1995)
Events –
1958 – A study by Esso oil finds that drivers speed more and therefore
waste more gas when listening to the new fad of rock and roll music.
1959 – Santo & Johnny's "Sleepwalk" enters the Billboard Hot 100.
1961 – The Tokens record "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."
1968 – A riot erupts at Chicago's *Grant Park* when *Sly* and The Family *Stone
*fail to appear for a free concert.
1969 – In a ruse designed to hasten his exit from the group, Bee Gee Robin
Gibb collapses from "nervous exhaustion" just as the group is about to
embark on its first U.S. tour.
1974 – After 23 years, NBC *cancels* Dinah Shore's morning program, Dinah's
Place, in order to concentrate on game shows.
1976 – John *Lennon* is granted a *green card* for permanent residence in
U.S.
1976 – Bruce Springsteen sues manager Mike Appel for fraud and breach of
contract, which keeps him from performing or recording for over a year.
1976 – Tina Turner files for divorce from Ike after 14 years of a hellish
marriage.
1979 – A firebomb destroys *Alice Cooper*'s Indian art store in Scottsdale,
Arizona, causing $200,000 in damages. Some of Cooper's gold records are
also damaged in the blast.
1984 – Aretha Franklin's father, Reverend Clarence Franklin, passes away
after spending five years in a coma after being shot twice during a home
invasion robbery on June 10, 1979.
1992 – Michael Jackson sues the London tabloid Daily Mirror over photos and
comments, stating that too many plastic surgeries had left him permanently
disfigured.
1994 – *Bob Seger* serves *jury duty* in Michigan, and as the foreman in a
criminal trial, finds the defendant guilty.
2006 – The billionaire Internet entrepreneurs who created Skype pay the
recording industry $115 million for piracy involving their file sharing
website, Kazaa.
2008 – Etta James is hospitalized for complications stemming from stomach
surgery she had the previous month.
