July 14 Born –
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (1912) – folk singer/songwriter.
Marijohn Wilkin (1920) – Country songwriter (“One Day At A Time”).
Robert Zildjian (1923) – founder of Zildjian and Sabian Cymbals company.
Lowman Pauling (1926) – singer/songwriter, The "5" Royales ("Dedicated To
The One I Love").
Del Reeves (1932) – Country music singer.
Bob Scholl (1938) – The Mello-Tones ("Tonite Tonite").
Jim Gordon (1945) – session drummer, Derek And The Dominos.
Tommy Mottola (1949) – music executive, co-owner of Casablanca Records.
Chris Cross (aka Christopher Allen, 1952) – bassist for Ultravox.
Igor Koroshev (1965) – Russian keyboardist with Yes.
Ellen Reid (1966) – keyboardist for Crash Test Dummies.
Tanya Donelly (1966) – Throwing Muses.
Nick McCabe (1971) – lead guitarist for The Verve.
Taboo (aka Jaime Luis Gómez, 1975) – Black Eyed Peas.
July 14 R.I.P. –
Clarence White (1973) – hit by a car. Age 29. Guitarist for The Byrds, and
The Kentucky Colonels.
George DeWitt (1979) – heart attack. Age 56. Singer/entertainer, host of
Name That Tune.
Phillippé Wynne (1984) – heart attack. Age 43. The Spinners.
Joe Harnell (2005) – heart failure. Age 80. Composer, accompanist and
arranger for Peggy Lee.
July 14 album releases –
The Bee Gees – Bee Gees' 1st (1967) UK
Supertramp – Supertramp (1970)
Billy Preston – A Whole New Thing (1977)
Bob Dylan – Knocked Out Loaded (1986)
Megadeth – Countdown To Extinction (1992)
Elliott Smith – Roman Candle (1994)
Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty (1998)
Monica – The Boy Is Mine (1998)
July 14 events –
1942 – Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra records "Aquarela do Brasil" - also
known simply as “Brazil” - with Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell providing
English vocals for the first time, written by Bob Russell.
1952 – The Eddie Arnold Show debuts on CBS-TV as a 15-minute summer
replacement variety series for The Perry Como Show. It airs for five weeks.
1957 – Sal Mineo appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, singing "Start Movin'."
Also on the show is Marvin Rainwainwater, who sings "Gonna Find Me A
Bluebird."
1958 – Dean Martin records "Volare" at Capitol Studios in Hollywood.
1962 – The Beatles play their first ever gig in Wales at the Regent
Dansette in Rhyl.
1964 – Caesar and Cleo (aka Sonny and Cher) release their single, "The
Letter" b/w "Spring Fever."
1964 – The Beau Brummels, Shelly Fabares, Terry Black, Ian Whitcomb, Billy
Preston, Kelly Garrett, The Blossoms and Bobby Sherman all appear on
Shindig!
1965 – Herman’s Hermits appear on Where The Action Is via videotape from
Montreal, Canada, with show regulars Linda Scott and Steve Alaimo.
1966 – Petula Clark and Marianne Faithfull appear on a Beatles tribute
edition of ABC-TV’s Where The Action Is, with Clark performing “I Want To
Hold Your Hand,” Faithfull singing “Yesterday,” and Paul Revere and The
Raiders performing “I’m Down.”
1967 – Herman's Hermits and The Who play the first show of their North
American tour in the U.S. at Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon.
1969 – During their encore at the Mississippi River Festival at Southern
Illinois University, The Band introduces and welcomes "Elmer Johnson" to
the stage, and Bob Dylan makes a surprise guest appearance and performs
three songs with the band.
1973 – The DeFranco Family performs “Lovebeat - It’s A Heartbeat” on
American Bandstand.
1973 – *Gary Glitter* and The Glitter Men make their live stage debut in
Mecksham, Wiltshire.
1977 – Elvis Costello and The Attractions make their live debut opening for
Wayne County at The Garden in Penzance, Cornwall.
1980 – Roxy Music's Brian Ferry collapses in his hotel room in Port
Barcares, France, with a kidney infection. He is flown to London where he
is hospitalized.
1980 – Former Beatles and Rolling Stones manager *Allen Klein* begins
serving a two-month *prison* sentence for tax evasion.
1982 – Pink Floyd's film, The Wall, has its London premiere at the Empire
Theatre in London.
1982 – Van Halen begins their 106-date Hide Your Sheep Tour at the
Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center in Augusta, Georgia.
1987 – Prince releases his duet with Sheena Easton, “U Got The Look” b/w
“Housequake.”
1987 – Steve Miller receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1988 – Michael Jackson plays the first of five consecutive nights - and
seven over all - at Wembley Arena on his Bad World Tour.
1988 – Nashville radio station *WYHY o*ffers $1 million to anyone who can
prove that *Elvis* is still *alive.*
*1989 – Tom Jones* loses a paternity suit and is ordered to pay $200 a week
in *child support* to 27-year old model Katherine Berkery of New York. The
presiding judge in the court case is "Judge Judy" Sheindlin.
1989 – Cyndi *Lauper* releases the first *closed*-*captioned video *for her
song, "My First Night Without You."
1992 – Aretha Franklin opens the Democratic National Convention with the
National Anthem.
1992 – Olivia Newton-John announces she has breast cancer after being
diagnosed with the disease on July 3.
1993 – The U.S. Postal Service commemorates the 100th anniversary of *
Broadway* with the issuance of 29¢ *stamps *honoring the classic Broadway
musicals "My Fair Lady," "Porgy And Bess," "Show Boat," and "Oklahoma!"
2006 – Primal Scream’s singer Bobby Gillespie has his nose broken when he
is attacked in a hotel bar in Madrid, Spain, forcing the postponement of
the band’s appearance on Top Of The Pops due to the injury.
2007 – A pair of round sunglasses worn by John Lennon during The Beatles’
1966 tour of Japan sparks a bidding war after being offered for sale at the
online auction house 991.com, with bids reaching £750,000.
2009 – Michael Jackson fans from all over the world congregate at London's
O2 Arena where the star was to begin his run of 50 concerts. The fans
observe a minute of silence at 6:30 pm (1830 BST) to mark the time when the
doors to the concert would have opened.
2012 – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band headline the second day of
the Hard Rock Calling Festival in Hyde Park in London on Springsteen’s
Wrecking Ball Tour. Guests joining The E Street Band during the course of
the evening include John Fogerty, Tom Morello and Paul McCartney. The
encore jams last so long that curfew laws kick in and organizers begin
pulling the plug on the show. Other acts performing during the three-day
festival include Paul Simon, Iggy and The Stooges, Soundgarden, Jimmy
Cliff, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Big Country, Lady Antebellum, The
Mars Volta, Black Stone Cherry, Robert Randolph, Ladysmith Black Mambazo
and others.
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