July 12 Born –
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895) – songwriter/lyricist.
Paul Gonslaves (1920) – saxophonist for Duke Ellington.
Secondo "Conte" Candoli (1927) – Jazz trumpeter with Gerry Mulligan and
Frank Sinatra.
Barbara Cowsill (1928) – The Cowsills.
Van Cliburn (1934) – pianist.
Kenny Dino (aka Ken Diono, 1939) – singer (“Your Ma Said You Cried In Your
Sleep Last Night”).
Swamp Dogg (aka Jerry Williams, Jr., 1942) – Soul artist.
Christine McVie (1943) – Fleetwood Mac.
Jeff Christie (1946) – Christie ("Yellow River").
Peter Pye (1946) – guitarist for The Honeycombs.
Bernard Wilson (1946) – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes.
Wilcko Johnson (1947) – guitarist for Dr. Feelgood.
Walter Egan (1948) – singer/songwriter ("Magnet And Steel").
Malcolm Jones (1949) – bassist for Blues Image.
Eric Carr (1950) – drummer for KISS.
Philip Kramer (1952) – bassist for Iron Butterfly.
Liz Mitchell (1952) – singer for Boney M.
Billy Alessi (1953) – singer/songwriter, The Alessi Brothers ("Oh Lori").
Bobby Alessi (1953) – singer/songwriter, The Alessi Brothers.
Sandra “Sandi” Patty (1956) – Christian music singer.
Malcolm Jones (1959) – guitarist for Runrig.
Dan Murphy (1962) – guitarist for Soul Asylum.
Tim Gane (1964) – guitarist/vocalist for Stereolab.
John Petrucci (1967) – guitarist for Dream Theater.
Brett Reed (1972) – drummer for Rancid and Devil’s Brigade.
July 12 R.I.P. –
Ted Mack (1976) – Age 72. Radio and TV personality, talent scout.
Minnie Ripperton (1979) – breast cancer. Age 31. Singer/songwriter ("Lovin'
You").
Chris Wood (1983) – pneumonia. Age 39. Traffic.
Jonathan Melvoin (1996) – heroin overdose. Age 34. Tour keyboardist for
Smashing Pumpkins.
Jimmy Driftwood (1998) – heart attack. Age 91. Folk musician/songwriter
("The Battle Of New Orleans").
Benny Carter (2003) – bronchitis. Age 95. Jazz saxophonist,
multi-instrumentalist.
Ersel Hickey (2004) – complications from bladder surgery. Age 70.
Rockabilly singer/songwriter ("Bluebirds Over The Mountain").
Earl Nelson (2008) – Age 79. Bob & Earl ("Harlem Shuffle").
David Carr (2011) – heart attack. Age 67. The Fortunes and The Ventures.
July 12 album releases –
The Shadows – The Sound Of The Shadows (1965)
Woodstock – Woodstock 2 (1971)
Kenny Loggins – Night Watch (1978)
Eurythmics – Revenge (1986)
Bananarama – True Confessions (1986)
Brian Wilson – Brian Wilson (1988)
Amorphis – Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)
Witness – Before The Calm (1999)
Incubus – If Not, When? (2011)
July 12 events –
1946 – Peggy Lee records "It's A Good Day," co-written by Lee and Dave
Barbour.
1954 – 19-year old Elvis Presley signs his first recording contract with
Sun Records. Because he is a minor, his parents also sign the contract, as
well as Scotty Moore, who is listed as Elvis' manager.
1957 – Alan Freed debuts his live television music show, The Big Beat, on
ABC-TV. First show guests include Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers, The
Everly Brothers, and Connie Francis. The show lasts four episodes.
1960 – Marty *Robbins* records "*Don't Worry*" at Owen Bradley's Quonset
Hut studio in Nashville, and inadvertently introduces the "fuzz tone"
guitar sound.
1960 – Floyd Cramer records “Last Date” at RCA Studios in Nashville.
1960 – Frankie Lymon lip-synchs to "Little Bitty Pretty One" on American
Bandstand.
1961 – Bill Anderson joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1961 – Pat Boone begins a 10-day tour of South Africa at the Ice Dome in
Durban.
1962 – The Rollin' Stones make their stage debut at the Marquee Club in
London. The band consists of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Ian
Stewart, Dick Taylor and Tony Chapman.
1964 – George Harrison suffers minor injuries when he crashes his E-Type
Jaguar on New Kings Road in London while en route to a Beatles concert at
the Hippodrome in Brighton. The show goes on as scheduled, with The
Fourmost and The Shubdubs - featuring drummer Jimmy Nicol - opening for The
Beatles.
1965 – The Beach Boys release their single, "California Girls" b/w "Let Him
Run Wild."
1965 – Brian Wilson and the Wrecking Crew record the backing track for
"Sloop John B" at Western in Hollywood.
1965 – The ABC music television show Where The Action Is goes remote around
the Los Angeles area, featuring segments by Ian Whitcomb at Marina Del Rey,
and Mel Carter at Griffith Park. Series regulars Linda Scott, Steve Alaimo,
and Paul Revere and The Raiders also appear.
1966 – Gene Pitney and The Standells appear on Where The Action Is.
1968 – Micky Dolenz marries Top Of The Pops "disc girl" Samantha Juste.
1968 – The recording of Ringo Starr’s first written song, “Don’t Pass Me
By,” is completed with the overdubbing of violin by former London booking
agent Jack Fallon.
1969 – Elvis Presley appears on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
1969 – Blind Faith begins their first and only North American tour at
Madison Square Garden, where a skirmish breaks out between the band, venue
security and police when a broken drum stick is grabbed by a fan at the
front of the stage, and security beats him up, which causes drummer Ginger
Baker to attack the security men. The concert is immediately halted by
police.
1969 – Jackie DeShannon and The Winstons perform on American Bandstand.
1970 – Janis Joplin debuts The Full Tilt Boogie Band at a concert at
Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.
1972 – In the UK, the Sound Broadcasting Act of 1972 is given Royal Assent,
which allows for 21 new commercial radio stations.
1973 – The Hues Corporation records "Rock The Boat" in Los Angeles.
1974 – Bobby Womack hosts The Midnight Special, with guests David Essex,
Cool & The Gang, Chi Coltrane and Tim Weisberg.
1975 – Sparks, and Gwen McCrae appear on American Bandstand.
1976 – The Grateful Dead plays the first of six nights at the Orpheum
Theatre in San Francisco.
1979 – Chicago DJs Gerry Meier and Steve Dahl of WLUP radio, stage a "disco
demolition" night at Comiskey Park during a White Sox/Detroit Tigers
doubleheader, with a public bonfire of disco records to take place between
games. Fans begin tossing records around like Frisbees during the first
game, and by the time of the bonfire, mini-riots (and other fires) have
broken out around the stadium, forcing the Sox to forfeit the second game.
1979 – Former Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice joins Whitesnake at David
Coverdale's request.
1980 – U2 performs at the Moonlight Club in West Hampstead in London.
1980 – The Whispers perform “Lady” on American Bandstand.
1982 – Phil Collen of the band Girl replaces Pete Willis on guitar in Def
Leppard one day after Willis is fired.
1986 – *Boy George* and singer Marilyn are *arrested* in London for
possession of drugs.
1988 – Michael Jackson arrives in the UK for his first ever solo tour of
the country.
1993 – Radiohead appears at the Whiskey A Go-Go in Hollywood on their first
U.S. tour.
1996 – Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin is arrested for drug
possession in connection with the overdose death of Pumpkins tour
keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin in his hotel room in New York City.
2000 – *Cat Stevens* (now Yusuf Islam) publicly denies any financial
involvement with the terrorist group *Hamas* after Israel denies him entry
into the country.
2000 – London's Trafalgar Square unveils a sculpture of John Lennon created
by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reutersward, which also features a handgun
twisted into an unusable shape.
2003 – The three-day T In The Park Festival begins at the old
Balado<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balado>Airfield in
Kinross-shire <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinross-shire>, Scotland.
Performers over the three days include R.E.M., The Flaming Lips, Coldplay,
Supergrass, The Cardigans, Kings Of Leon, Super Furry Animals, Teenage Fan
Club, Ron Sexsmith, Sugarbabes, Echo & The Bunnymen, Feeder, The Roots,
Lemon Jelly, The Darkness, The Proclaimers and many others.
2007 – *Rod Stewart* is awarded the *CBE* Order of the British Empire by
Prince Charles in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
2008 – The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (*NARAS*) honors
Beatles producer *George Martin* as the most successful record producer of
all time.
2010 – The Los Angeles City Council declares the day “Pat Boone Day.”
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