July 6 Born –
Jack Yellen (1892) – lyricist ("Happy Days Are Here Again").
LaVerne Andrews (1911) – The Andrews Sisters.
Marie McDonald (aka Cora Frye, 1923) – actress/model/big band singer with
Tommy Dorsey.
Louie Bellson (aka Luigi Balassoni, 1924) – Jazz drummer with Duke
Ellington.
Bill Haley (1925) – singer/songwriter/band leader.
Della Reese (1931) – Gospel/jazz/pop singer ("Don't You Know?").
Big Dee Irwin (aka DiFosco Ervin, Jr., 1932) – singer with Little Eva
("Swinging On A Star").
Gene Chandler (1937) – R&B/soul singer ("The Duke Of Earl").
Terence "Jet" Harris (1939) – bassist for The Shadows.
Izora Armstead (1942) – The Weather Girls.
Steve Popovich (1942) – Columbia Records VP, founder of Cleveland
International Records.
Rik Elswit (1945) – guitarist for Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show.
Michael Shrieve (1949) – drummer for Santana and Automatic Man.
Phyllis Hyman (1949) – R&B/soul singer ("Can't We Fall In Love Again").
David Smith (1952) – vocalist for The Real Thing.
Graham Oliver (1952) – guitarist for Saxon.
Nanci Griffith (1953) – American country/folk singer/songwriter.
John Keeble (1959) – drummer for Spandau Ballet.
Robert Heaton (1961) – drummer for New Model Army.
Tim Bricheno (1963) – guitarist for All About Eve and The Mission.
Eddie Campbell (1965) – keyboardist for Texas.
Michael Grant (1969) – Musical Youth.
50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson III, 1975) – rapper.
Nic Cester (1979) – vocalist/guitarist for Jet.
July 6 R.I.P. –
Louis Armstrong (1971) – heart attack. Age 69. Jazz trumpeter.
Otto Klemperer (1973) – Age 88. German composer/conductor.
Van McCoy (1979) – heart attack. Age 39. Singer/songwriter/producer.
Abrim Tilmon (1982) – heart attack. Age 37. The Detroit Emeralds.
Roy Rogers (1998) – heart failure. Age 86. Actor/singer ("Happy Trails").
Michael Wallace (1999) – murdered. Age 43. Jamaican keyboardist for Third
World.
Clyde "Skip" Battin (2003) – Alzheimer's disease. Age 69. Flying Burrito
Brothers.
Syreeta Wright (2004) – heart failure/cancer. Age 57. Singer/songwriter
with Motown.
Dennis D’Ell (2005) – cancer. Age 61. Vocalist for The Honeycombs.
Harvey Fuqua (2010) – heart attack. Age 80. R&B singer/songwriter/producer.
July 6 album releases –
The MC5 – High Time (1971)
Diana Ross – Surrender (1971)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Trilogy (1972)
Jethro Tull – A Passion Play (1973) UK
The B-52s – The B-52s (1979)
Public Image Ltd. – This Is What You Want…This Is What You Get (1984)
Heart – Heart (1985)
Quiet Riot – QRIII (1986)
The Grateful Dead – In The Dark (1987)
Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Life (1987)
Echo & The Bunny Men – Echo & The Bunnymen (1987)
Todd Rundgren – No World Order (1993)
Akinyele – Vagina Diner (1993)
Miss Kitten & The Hacker – Champagne (1998) (EP)
Dokken – The Very Best Of Dokken (1999)
July 6 events –
1937 – Benny Goodman and His Orchestra records "Sing, Sing, Sing" in
Hollywood.
1957 – Paul McCartney goes to the Woolton Church Parish fete to see The
Quarrymen, and meets John Lennon for the first time after their set.
1959 – Johnny Cash releases his single, “Five Feet High And Rising” b/w “I
Got Stripes.”
1959 – Sammy Turner lip-synchs to his hit "Lavender-Blue" on American
Bandstand.
1961 – Elvis Presley arrives in Crystal River, Florida, to prepare for his
ninth movie, Follow That Dream.
1961 – Conway Twitty performs "The Next Kiss (Is The Last Goodbye)" on American
Bandstand. Also on the show is Will Jordan.
1963 – In an attempt to attract a younger crowd, Chubby Checker and Dee Dee
Sharp perform before a New York Mets baseball game at Shea Stadium.
1964 – The Beatles' first movie, A Hard Day's Night, has its UK premiere at
The Pavilion in London.
1965 – April Stevens and Nino Tempo, Steve Alaimo, Paul Revere and The
Raiders, and Tommy Roe filmed at the Whiskey A Go-Go appear on Where The
Action Is.
1966 – The Rolling Stones appear at the Onondaga County War Memorial Hall
in Syracuse, New York.
1966 – Mike d'Abo replaces Paul Jones as vocalist in Manfred Mann.
1966 – The Everly Brothers, The Robbs, and Jerry Naylor appear on Where The
Action Is.
1967 – Wilson Pickett records "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And
Higher" at Columbia Studios in Chicago with members of the Funk Brothers
and Motown backing singers, The Andantes.
1967 – Pink Floyd makes their live debut on Top Of The Pops, performing
"See Emily Play."
1968 – Jon & Robin and Buck Owens appear on American Bandstand.
1968 – The two-day Woburn Music Festival begins in Bedfordshire. Festival
acts include Donovan, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pentangle, Fleetwood
Mac, Family, Taste, Alexis Korner, Tim Rose, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers,
Duster Bennett and Tyrannosaurus Rex.
1969 – Mick Jagger begins filming Ned Kelly in Australia.
1971 – A year before starting ABBA, *Björn* Ulvaeus marries *Agnetha*
Fältskog.
1973 – Jose Feliciano hosts The Midnight Special, featuring guests Johnny
Winter, Stories, Savoy Brown, The Staples Singers and Tower Of Power.
1973 – Queen releases their debut single, "Keep Yourself Alive" b/w "Son
And Daughter."
1974 – Jim Stafford performs “My Girl Bill,” and The Ohio Players perform
“Jive Turkey” on American Bandstand.
1978 – Tammy Wynette marries her fifth and last husband, George Richey.
1978 – Former New York police officer Eddie Mahoney changes his last name
to Money for career purposes.
1984 – The Jacksons begin their 55-date Victory Tour - their final tour
together - at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
1984 – L.A. mayor Tom Bradley declares the day “Tina Turner Day.”
1987 – Kris Kristofferson apologizes publicly for throwing away a plaque
given to him by a Viet Nam veterans group after the plaque is found in a
trash can.
1992 – Brit David Gates receives a year’s probation for stealing guitars
from the back of a van belonging to The Bay City Rollers.
2001 – A pair of Elton John's Salvatore Ferragamo sandals sells for £20,000
at an auction to raise funds for Elton's Aid Trust.
2002 – George Harrison's widow Olivia puts the couple's home up for sale
for £20 million, saying she can’t bear to live with the memories of the
attack by schizophrenic Michael Abram who broke into the house in 1999.
2002 – Michael Jackson appears at Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action
Network in Harlem, and discusses racism in the entertainment industry,
singling out Sony head Tommy Mottola and calling him “very, very, very
devilish.”
2003 – The Dave Matthews Band plays the second of two nights at the Alpine
Valley Music Amphitheatre in East Troy, Wisconsin.
2004 – A private party is held for cast and crew members on the 40th
anniversary of the UK premiere of A Hard Day's Night.
2005 – U2 wins their lawsuit against former stylist Lola Cashman for
stealing various items of memorabilia over the years. Cashman had recently
published a tell-all book about the group.
2005 – Rapper Lil' Kim is sentenced to a year and a day in prison for lying
to a Manhattan grand jury to protect friends regarding a shooting incident.
2007 – In an open letter on her website, Avril Levine denies allegations
that her song "Girlfriend" was lifted from The Rubinoos track "I Wanna Be
Your Boyfriend."
2007 – Britney Spears apologizes for attacking a photographer's car with an
umbrella.
2011 – Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty is released from jail after serving
only 46 days of a six month sentence for cocaine possession. Meanwhile, in
Regensburg, Germany, charges are set to be filed against Doherty for
breaking into a music store on March 8 and stealing a guitar and record.
Both the guitar and record were found in the town’s square shortly after
the burglary.
2012 – Carol Hawkins, the former personal assistant of U2 bassist Adam
Clayton, receives a seven year jail sentence for embezzling 2.8 million
euros (£2.2 million) of his money after being convicted on 181 counts of
theft from the bassist's bank accounts over a four-year period to fund a
lavish lifestyle.
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