More July 28 birthdays:
*July 28 –
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Born –
Rudy Vallée (aka Hubert Vallée,1901) – bandleader, singer ("As Time Goes
By").
Frankie Yankovic (1915) – accordionist, "America's Polka King."
Simon Dee (aka Cyril Henty-Dodd, 1935) – Radio Caroline DJ, host of Dee
Time.
Peter Duchin (1937) – pianist/band leader.
George Cummings (1938) – pedal steel player for Dr. Hook and The Medicine
Show.
Mike Bloomfield (1943)
Richard Wright (1943) – keyboardist for Pink Floyd.
Jonathan Edwards (1946) – singer/songwriter ("Sunshine").
Peter Doyle (1949) – guitarist for The New Seekers.
Simon Kirke (1949) – drummer for Free and Bad Company.
Steve Peregrin Took (aka Stephen Porter, 1949) – Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Steve Morse (1954) – guitarist for The Dixie Dregs and Kansas.
Rachel Sweet (1962)
Nick Banks (1965) – drummer for Pulp.
Jacoby Shaddix (1976) – vocalist for Papa Roach.
R.I.P. –
Frank Loesser (1969) – lung cancer. Age 59. Songwriter ("Baby, It's Cold
Outside").
Marge Ganser (1996) – breast cancer. Age 48. The Shangri-Las.
Jerome Smith (2000) – construction site accident. Age 47. KC and The
Sunshine Band.
George Williams (2004) – cancer. Age 68. The Tymes.
Album releases –
Black Sabbath – Sabotage (1975) UK
Rainbow – Down To Earth (1979)
Events –
1933 – Western Union introduces the *singing telegram, and t*he first
person to receive one is singer Rudy Vallée, in honor of his 32nd birthday.
1939 – 17-year old Judy Garland records "Over The Rainbow" for Decca.
1954 – *Elvis Presley's first* newspaper *interview* is published in the
Memphis Press Scimitar.
1956 – *Gene Vincent* and The Blue Caps make their U.S. national television
debut singing "Be-Bop-A-Lula" on The Perry *Como* Show on NBC.
1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis makes his first national television appearance,
singing "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" on NBC's The Steve Allen Show.
1968 – Taking a break from the recording studio, The *Beatles* travel
around London for a day's *photo shoot* with photographers Stephen
Goldblatt and Don McCullin.
1969 – Police in *Moscow* report that thousands of public *phone* booths
have been *vandalized* from thieves stealing phone parts due to an article
in a Moscow magazine detailing how to convert an acoustic guitar to
electric with these parts.
1970 – The film Ned Kelly, starring Mick Jagger, premieres in Australia.
1973 – The "Summer Jam" takes places at the *Glen* Grand Prix Raceway
outside of *Watkins Glen*, New York, with an estimated 600,000 fans
attending. Groups include The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band and
The Band.
1985 – Portland, Oregon declares the day "Kingsmen Day," in honor of their
garage-rock native sons.
1987 – Apple Records sues shoemaker Nike, Capitol Records, EMI, and the
Wieden+Kennedy advertising agency for $15 million for the unauthorized use
of The Beatles' song "Revolution" in one of their "Nike Air" TV ads.
1989 – Anne Murray opens the Anne Murray Centre, a non-profit charitable
multimedia museum of her career and the culture and heritage of Nova
Scotia, in her hometown of Springhill.
1992 – Patti Labelle walks offstage during her concert in Warwick, Rhode
Island, after complaining to the audience about the catering backstage.
1995 – After decades of legal wrangling, Al Hendrix, father of Jimi, wins
his lawsuit is once again granted legal use of his son's name and likeness
for merchandising.
