July 8 Born –
Louis Jordan (1908) – R&B/jazz musician/songwriter/bandleader.
Billy Eckstine (1914) – big band jazz singer.
Johnnie Johnson (1924) – blues pianist/musician with Chuck Berry ("Sweet
Little Sixteen").
Earl Van Dyke (1930) – keyboardist with the Funk Brothers.
Jerry Vale (aka Gennaro Vitaliano, 1932) – American singer.
Steve Lawrence (1935) – American singer with Eydie Gormé.
Jai "Jaimoe" Johanny Johanson (1944) – drummer for The Allman Brothers Band.
Bill Deal (1944) – Bill Deal and The Rhondels (“What Kind Of Fool Do You
Think I Am”).
Ricky Wolf (1945) – guitarist for The Flower Pot Men.
Peter Tetteroo (1947) – Dutch singer/songwriter.
Russell Christian (1956) – The Christians.
Andy Fletcher (1961) – keyboardist/founder of Depeche Mode.
Graham Jones (1961) – guitarist for Haircut 100.
Toby Keith (1961) – Country music singer/songwriter.
Joan Osborne (1962) – singer/songwriter.
Beck Hansen (aka Bek David Campbell, 1970) –
singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist.
Neil Mavers (1971) – drummer for The La's.
Jaime Cook (1985) – guitarist for Arctic Monkeys.
July 8 R.I.P. –
Charlie Shavers (1971) – throat cancer. Age 50. Jazz trumpeter with Dizzy
Gillespie.
July 8 album releases –
Canned Heat – Hallelujah (1969)
The Go-Gos – Beauty And The Beat (1981)
Ministry – Twitch (1986)
Pete Townshend – Another Scoop (1987)
Zard – Today Is Another Day (1996)
Emperor – Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk (1997)
Midnight Oil – The Real Thing (2000)
Counting Crows – Hard Candy (2002)
David Lee Roth – Diamond Dave (2003)
July 8 events –
1954 – Memphis radio station WHBQ disc jockey Dewey Phillips plays Elvis
Presley's record "That's All Right" and its flipside, "Blue Moon Of
Kentucky," for the first time, and the record is an instant smash. With
listeners calling the station, Phillips calls Presley's home looking for
Elvis, so his parents pick him up at the Suzore movie theater - where Elvis
is "hiding" - and take him to the radio station.
1958 – The RIAA awards its first Gold album to the soundtrack of Oklahoma!
1958 – Gene Ballard records his song "The Twist" at Vee-Jay Records’
studios in Gary, Indiana.
1958 – Dion and The Belmonts appear on American Bandstand.
1959 – Billy & Lillie perform on American Bandstand.
1960 – The Everly Brothers record “Lucille” at RCA Studios in Nashville.
1963 – Freddie and The Dreamers record "I'm Telling You Now."
1963 – Littler Stevie Wonder makes his network television debut on American
Bandstand.
1965 – Sonny and Cher and Del Shannon appear on Where The Action Is, along
with regulars Linda Scott, Steve Alaimo and Paul Revere and The Raiders.
1965 – The Dave Clark 5's movie, Having A Wild Weekend, opens in London.
1965 – The Four Tops record "It's The Same Old Song" at Hitsville U.S.A. in
Detroit.
1966 – The Beatles release their last conventional EP, featuring "Nowhere
Man" and "Drive My Car" b/w "Michelle" and "You Won't See Me" in the UK.
1966 – The Turtles perform “You Baby” and “Grim Reaper Of Love, and Brian
Hyland performs “Sealed With A Kiss” on Where The Action Is. Steve Alaimo
is also on the show, performing “Lucille.”
1967 – The Monkees begin their first U.S. tour at the Jacksonville Coliseum
in Florida, with opening act The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
1967 – The Five Americans lip-synch to “Western Union” and “Zip Code,” and
Donna Loren lip-synchs to “Let’s Pretend” on American Bandstand.
1968 – Pink Floyd begins a 20-date North American tour at the Kinetic
Playground in Chicago, Illinois.
1969 – In Australia with Mick Jagger for the filming of Ned Kelly, Marianne
Faithfull attempts suicide by taking an overdose of barbiturates. She is
hospitalized in a coma, but recovers and survives.
1970 – The Everly Brothers Show debuts on ABC-TV, and runs for 11 weeks.
First night guests include Johnny Cash, Melanie, and Kenny Rogers and The
First Edition.
1971 – A minor riot occurs during a Mott The Hoople concert at the Royal
Albert Hall, causing a temporary ban on rock concerts at the venue.
1972 – Climax performs “Precious And Few” on American Bandstand.
1972 – The first day of the two-day Concert 10 Festival is held at the
Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Festival acts
include Humble Pie, Faces, The J. Geils Band, The Edgar Winter Group,
Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Three Dog Night, Cactus, The Groundhogs and others.
1978 – Gerry Rafferty's City To City album goes to #1 on the album charts,
finally dethroning the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever, which held the
#1 spot for 24 consecutive weeks.
1978 – The Clash's Joe *Strummer* and Paul Simonon are *arrested* on drunk
and disorderly charges following a concert at The Apollo in Glasgow,
Scotland.
1978 – Exile releases their single, “Kiss You All Over” b/w “Don’t Do It.”
1978 – Rare Earth performs “Warm Ride” on American Bandstand.
1979 – The B-52s make their live UK debut at the Lyceum Ballroom in London.
1985 – *Playboy* and Penthouse magazines go on sale with nude pictures of *
Madonna* taken in 1977.
1985 – Former Three Dog Night singer Chuck Negron is hospitalized in Los
Angeles for heroin and drug addiction.
1988 – Stevie Wonder announces that he will run for Mayor of Detroit in
1992. He doesn't.
1997 – Country music artist Marty Stuart marries Country singer Connie
Smith on an Indian reservation in South Dakota. It is his second marriage
and her fourth. They are still married.
1998 – The estate of Roy Orbison files a $12 million unpaid royalties suit
against Sony Music.
1998 – Nancy Sinatra announces that the *Smithsonian* and Library of
Congress have agreed to house the music and film archives of Frank *Sinatra*
.
2003 – Elvis Presley's former girlfriend Linda Thompson sells one of Elvis'
teeth and a lock of his hair on eBay for $100,000.
2004 – Mark Purseglove, known as the world's biggest bootlegger, is
sentenced to 3 and a half years in jail by Blackfriars Crown Court in
London. Purseglove had built up a £15 million pirate CD empire by
bootlegging live concerts of some of the world's biggest stars including
The Beatles, David Bowie and Pink Floyd.
2005 – The funeral for Luther Vandross is held in New York City. Attendees
include Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Patti LaBelle, Alicia Keys and
Usher.
2006 – Queen guitarist Brian May makes a "substantial" donation to save
hedgehogs from slaughter in the Outer Hebrides.
2007 – Prince plays First Avenue for the first time in 20 years, taking the
stage at 2:45am and playing till 4:00am when the police shut the place down.
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