The following is additional material for the past few days I wasn't
here. Only one of the sites I use for info is archived, so I had my
son, Nicholas, copy and paste all the other data from my other sites
while I was gone, otherwise that info would disappear until next
year. So, a HUGE thanks to Nick for helping out while I was away.
July 26 –
R.I.P. –
Laurindo Almeida (1995) – Age 77. Classical guitarist with Stan
Kenton.
Kenny Gardner (2002) – heart failure. Age 89. Crooner with Guy
Lombardo and His Royal Canadians.
Frank Foster (2011) – Age 82. Saxophonist for Count Basie.
Events –
1939 – 16-year old Kay Starr records "Baby Me" with Glenn Miller and
his Orchestra.
1942 – Country artist Gene Autry joins the U.S. Army Air Corps.
1942 – Judy Garland and Gene Kelly record "For Me And My Gal" for the
movie of the same name.
1962 – The Beatles play Cambridge Hall in Southport, opening for Joe
Brown and The Bruvvers.
1964 – The Who perform at the White Hart Hotel in Acton, London.
1966 – Simon and Garfunkel record "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" at
Columbia Studios in New York City.
1969 – Elvis Presley begins a month-long residency at the
International Hotel in Las Vegas.
1970 – Jimi Hendrix plays in his hometown of Seattle for the last time
at Sicks Stadium.
1974 – The Allman Brothers Band plays at the Boston Gardens with
opening act, The Eagles.
1977 – Elvis Costello is arrested outside the London Hilton Hotel for
performing songs while a CBS Records sales convention goes on inside
the hotel.
1980 – The first Monsters of Rock festival is held at Donnington Park
in Leicestershire, featuring Rainbow, Scorpions, Judas Priest, April
Wine, Saxon and others.
1994 – Jerry Lee Lewis settles a $4.1 million tax debt by promising to
pay the IRS $560,000.
2000 – Oasis is booed off the stage when Liam Gallagher insults the
audience of 35,000 at the Paleo Festival in Switzerland.
2006 – The final episode of Top Of The Pops is filmed.
2007 – Klaxons frontman Jamie Reynolds breaks his leg stage diving
during their set at the Garden Nef Festival in Angouleme, France,
forcing the cancellation of their Australian tour.
2008 – Paul Anka marries his second wife and personal trainer, Anna
Åberg.
2009 – AC/DC's Brian Johnson appears as the "Star in a Reasonably
Priced Car" on the BBC television program Top Gear.
July 27 –
Born –
Suzi Carr (1953) – Will To Power.
Juliana Hatfield (1967) – singer/songwriter.
Events –
1942 – Peggy Lee records "Why Don't You Do Right?" with Benny Goodman
and his Orchestra.
1954 – Nat "King" Cole records "Smile" with the Nelson Riddle
Orchestra at Capitol Studios in L.A.
1955 – Billboard magazine reports that Nat "King" Cole and Webb Pierce
are "the only two guaranteed hit makers" in music.
1956 – Pat Boone records "Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" at
Capitol Studios.
1958 – Sheb Wooley performs "The Purple People Eater" on The Ed
Sullivan Show.
1966 – Joe Tex, The McCoys and Chris Clark all appear on Where The
Action Is.
1968 – The Who release their single, "Magic Bus" b/w "Someone's
Coming" in the U.S.
1968 – Eternity's Children appear on American Bandstand.
1980 – Jon Abnor, of the 60's group Jon & Robin, shoots his girlfriend
to death in his Dallas apartment.
1984 – Prince's movie Purple Rain premieres in theaters.
1986 – Queen plays at Budapest's Nepstadion in Hungary: the first
western act to do so since Louis Armstrong in 1964.
2002 – Mariah Carey checks herself into an undisclosed hospital
suffering from “extreme exhaustion,” denying reports of attempted
suicide.
2004 – Courtney Love is sentenced to 18 months in rehab after pleading
guilty to being under the influence and breaking into her boyfriend's
home in an incident the previous year.
2006 – Prince's second wife, Manuela Testolini Nelson, files for
divorce.
2007 – KISS performs as a trio when Paul Stanley is rushed to a
hospital before a show in California with a pulse twice the normal
rate.
July 28 –
R.I.P. –
Aaron Bell (2003) – Age 82. Jazz bassist with Duke Ellington and Dizzy
Gillespie.
Events –
1957 – The Crew Cuts appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1964 – The Beatles play two shows at the Johanneshovs Isstadion in
Stockholm. During the first show, both Paul McCartney and John Lennon
receive mild electrical shocks from ungrounded microphones.
1965 – The Dave Clark 5, Jay and The Americans, The Nashville Teens,
Roy Clark, Terry Black, Billy Preston, Donna Loren, Mike Clifford, and
the Blossoms all appear on Shindig!
1966 – James Brown appears at The Apollo Theatre in Harlem.
1971 – Charlie Pride records "Kiss An Angel Good Morning" at RCA
Studios in Nashville.
1979 – The 14th World Series of Rock concert takes place at Cleveland
Stadium, featuring Aerosmith, Journey, AC/DC, Scorpions, Ted Nugent,
and Thin Lizzy. The event is marked by violence outside the stadium,
with five shootings (one fatal), eight robberies, and numerous
incidents of theft, vandalism and gang violence.
1980 – The Dalymount Festival takes place in Dublin, featuring The
Police, U2 and Squeeze.
1983 – Dennis Wilson marries cousin Mike Love's daughter, Shawn Love.
1991 – Nearly 100 people are arrested during a riot at an MC Hammer
concert in Penticton, British Columbia.
1993 – Roger Waters marries his third wife, Priscilla Phillips.
1994 – The Lollapalooza Festival takes place in Molson Park in Barrie,
Ontario, featuring Smashing Pumpkins, The Beastie Boys, The Verve, The
Black Crowes, L7, The Flaming Lips and many others.
1998 – Toad The Wet Sprocket announces their split.
2001 – The Eagles play the first ever concert at the American Airlines
Center in Dallas, which opened the previous day.
2004 – Justin Timberlake obtains a restraining order against
photographer Artemus Lister, who is stalking the singer.
2008 – Amy Winehouse is rushed to University College Hospital when she
begins having seizures in her home as a reaction from medication.
July 29 –
R.I.P. –
Gordon Mills (1986) – stomach cancer. Age 51. Songwriter ("It's Not
Unusual").
Events –
1955 – Frank Sinatra records "Same Old Saturday Night" at the Capitol
Tower.
1959 – Frankie Ford lip-synchs to "Sea Cruise" on American Bandstand.
1963 – Patty Duke appears on American Bandstand.
1966 – The Grateful Dead appears outside the U.S. for the first time
at the P.N.E. Garden Auditorium in Vancouver.
1967 – The Byrds appear on American Bandstand.
1967 – The International Love-In Festival takes place at Alexandra
Palace in London, with Pink Floyd, Brian Auger Trinity with Julie
Driscoll, The Animals, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and others.
1972 – Screaming Lord Sutch is arrested in London when he jumps from a
bus with four nude women.
1972 – Barbara Mandrell joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1977 – KC and The Sunshine Band hosts The Midnight Special, with
guests The Emotions, The Bay City Rollers and Peter McCann.
1982 – Duran Duran's Andy Taylor marries Tracie Wilson.
1983 – Friday Night Videos debuts on NBC-TV.
1989 – The Rolling Stones play at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool in
front of 6,000 fans.
1994 – David Gilmour marries his second wife, Polly Samson.
2006 – Pamela Anderson marries her second husband, Kid Rock.
