July 10 Born –
Mitchell Parrish (1900) – lyricist ("Star Dust," "Deep Purple").
Charles "Cootie" Williams (1911) – Jazz/blues trumpeter with Duke Ellington.
"Jumpin'" Gene Simmons (1933) – Rockabilly singer ("Haunted House").
Johnny Griffin (1936) – keyboardist with the Funk Brothers.
Sandy Stewart (aka Sandra Galitz, 1937) – singer ("My Coloring Book").
Mavis Staples (1939) – R&B/gospel singer.
Ian Whitcomb (1941) – singer/songwriter/producer ("You Turn Me On").
Ronnie James Dio (aka Ron Padavona, 1942) – singer for Elf, Rainbow and
Black Sabbath.
Jerry Miller (1943) – guitarist/vocalist for Moby Grape.
John "Beaky" Dymond (1944) – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich.
Arlo Guthrie (1947) – singer/songwriter.
Dave Smalley (1949) – The Choir and The Raspberries.
Greg Kihn (1949) – singer/songwriter.
John Whitehead (1949) – singer/songwriter ("Ain't No Stopping Us Now").
Neil Tennant (1954) – singer/songwriter/vocalist for Pet Sop Boys.
Béla Fleck (1958) – banjo player, Béla Fleck and The Flecktones.
Sandy West (aka Sandy Pesavento, 1959) – drummer for The Runaways.
Martyn Casey (1960) – bassist for Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.
Graham Lambert (1964) – guitarist for Inspiral Carpets.
Peter DiStefano (1965) – guitarist for Porno For Pyros.
Gary LeVox (1970) – vocalist for Rascal Flatts.
Jessica Simpson (1980) – singer.
July 10 R.I.P. –
Jelly Roll Morton (1941) – asthma. Age 55. Ragtime pianist/composer.
Arthur Fiedler (1979) – heart attack. Age 84. Conductor of the Boston Pops
Orchestra.
John Hammond (1987) – stroke. Age 76. Record producer, talent scout.
Lol Coxhill (2012) – Age 79. Improvisational saxophonist.
July 10 album releases –
The Beatles – A Hard Day's Night (1964) UK
The Shadows – Jigsaw (1967)
Otis Redding – Live In Europe (1967)
Tim Buckley – Happy Sad (1969)
Peter Frampton – Wind Of Change (1972) U.S.
Chicago – Chicago V (1972)
Nilsson – Son Of Schmilsson (1972) U.S.
The Kinks – Low Budget (1979) U.S.
The Korgis – Sticky George (1981)
John Cougar – American Fool (1982)
The Time – Pandemonium (1990)
NRBQ – Honest Dollar (1992)
Zard – Yureru Omoi (1993)
Coldplay – Parachutes (2000)
Melissa Etheridge – Skin (2001)
Stephen Stills – Just Roll Tape: April 26th, 1968 (2007)
Prince – 20Ten (2010)
July 10 events –
1936 – Billie Holiday records her song, "Billie's Blues."
1949 – Frank Sinatra, along with The Pastels on backing vocals, records
“Don’t Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)” for Columbia Records.
1950 – The Victor Talking Machine Company, later to become *RCA* Victor,
trademarks its slogan, "*His Master's Voice.*"
1950 – Long-time radio show Your Hit Parade premieres on NBC-TV.
1954 – *Radio* station *WINS* in New York City hires disc jockey *Alan
Freed away *from WJW in Cleveland.
1958 – The Everly Brothers record "Devoted To You" and "Bird Dog" at RCA
Studios in Nashville.
1958 – Johnny Cash holds one of his last sessions at Sun Records, recording
“The Ways Of A Woman In Love” with The Tennessee Two.
1959 – The Alan Freed movie, Go, Johnny, Go! opens in theaters nationwide.
1961 – Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens and Eddie Rambeau appear on American
Bandstand.
1963 – Elvis Presley begins recording "Viva Las Vegas" at Radio Recorders
in Hollywood.
1963 – Lesley Gore records "She's A Fool" at A&R Studios in New York City.
1963 – Link Wray and The Wraymen perform “Jack The Ripper” on American
Bandstand.
1964 – The Beatles receive a hero’s welcome from 200,000 fans when they
return home to attend the Liverpool premiere of their movie A Hard Day's
Night at the Odeon Cinema.
1964 – The Four Tops release their single, “Baby I Need Your Loving” b/w
“Call On Me.”
1965 – Wilson Pickett releases his single, "In The Midnight Hour" b/w "I'm
Not Tired."
1965 – Lenny Welch, Ian Whitcomb and Don Grady appear on American Bandstand.
1966 – Cat Stevens records his first song, "I Love My Dog," which becomes a
minor hit in the UK.
1966 – Johnny Tillotson, The Shangri-Las, The Tymes, The Jive Five and
local band The Castiles (featuring Bruce Springsteen) perform at the Surf'N See
Club in Seabright, New Jersey.
1967 – Kenny Rogers quits The New Christy Minstrels to form The First
Edition: a group he will come to loathe.
1967 – Bobby Gentry records "Ode To Billie Jo" in less than 45 minutes at
the Capitol Tower in Hollywood.
1968 – Eric Clapton announces that Cream is breaking up four months before
they actually do.
1968 – *The Nice* are banned from London's *Royal Albert* Hall after
burning an *American flag* on stage as an antiwar protest.
1968 – The Beatles record "Revolution" for their next single.
1968 – The Supremes and Stevie Wonder perform at the San Diego Sports Arena.
1969 – *Brian Jones'* *funeral* service is held at St. Mary's Parish Church
in his home town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.
1970 – Johnny Cash records “Sunday Morning Coming Down” in Nashville.
1971 – Three Dog Night releases their single, "Liar" b/w "Can't Get Enough
Of It."
1971 – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles perform “I Don’t Blame You At All”
on American Bandstand.
1974 – *Mac Davis* begins hosting his TV summer variety series on NBC.
1975 – *Gladys Knight* and The Pips debut their own summer variety music
show on NBC.
1975 – Cher files for divorce from Gregg Allman after only ten days of
marriage.
1976 – Cher gives birth to Elijah Blue Allman.
1978 – Rolling Stones bassist *Bill Wyman* falls off the stage and is
knocked unconscious at a concert at the St. Paul Civic Center in Minnesota.
1979 – Chuck Berry reports to jail to serve his four month sentence for tax
evasion.
1980 – Bob *Marley* and The Wailers begin what will be *Marley's* last ever
*UK** tour* when they appear in Dublin, Ireland.
1980 – U2 appears at the Clarendon Hotel in London on their 11 O’Clock Tick
Tock Tour.
1981 – *Jerry Lee* Lewis enters a Memphis hospital for the first of two
emergency operations to counteract a *bleeding ulcer*.
1984 – Ricky Martin joins the boy band, Menudo.
1986 – *Jerry Garcia* slips into a *diabetic coma*. He will recover five
days later.
1989 – The Monkees get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1989 – 18-year old *David* *Pearsall* from Manchester, New Jersey, is
charged with *theft* after stealing a guitar at a concert in Riverfront Park
belonging
to Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora.
1991 – Pearl Jam, The Lemonheads, and Buffalo Tom perform at the
Avalonnightclub in Boston.
1993 – Bob Seger marries his third wife, Juanita Dorricott. They are still
married.
1997 – The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde marries sculptor Lucho Brieva at the
Westminster Register Office in London. They stay married for six years.
2000 – A much-ballyhooed Supremes "reunion" tour, Return To Love, which is
to feature only Diana Ross from the original group, is canceled after
initial ticket sales don't match expectations.
2002 – The first day of the four-day Move Festival takes place at the Olde
Trafford Cricket Grounds in Manchester. Festival artists include David
Bowie, Green Day, No Doubt, Paul Weller, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros,
Echo & The Bunnymen, Elbow, Doves, New Order, Suede, The Divine Comedy,
Less Than Jake, Hoobastank and others.
2002 – Dolly Parton begins her Halos & Horns Tour - her first tour in 10
years - at Irving Plaza in New York City.
2002 – The funeral for The Who's John Entwistle is held in Gloucestershire,
England.
2002 – Eddie Van Halen and Valerie Bertinelli announce that they have been
separated for 10 months.
2005 – Planet Rock Radio polls 3,500 fans to create an "ideal supergroup"
out of today's existing rock stars, and all four members of Led Zeppelin
are chosen.
2008 – The Sgt. Pepper bass drum head used on the album's cover sells for
$1.07 million at an auction by Christie's.
2009 – Robert Plant receives the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) from
Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.
2010 – Country music singer Carrie Underwood marries hockey player Mike Fisher
at the Ritz-Carlton Lodge at Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia,
with more than 250 people in attendance.
2011 – A pub in Dundee, Scotland, called *Lennon's Bar* is forced to change
the name of the venue and remove all Beatles memorabilia when Yoko One
threatens to sue for copyright infringement.
2012 – Former guitarist for Guns ‘N Roses and Velvet Revolver Slash
receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2012 – The widow of Nat “King” Cole and mother of Natalie, Maria Cole
passes away from cancer at age 89.
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