July 18 Born –
Harriet Nelson (aka Peggy Snyder, 1909) – actress, vaudeville and big band
singer.
Ivory “Deek” Watson (1909) – The Ink Spots.
Joe "Fingers" Carr (aka Lou Busch, 1910) – ragtime/jazz pianist, A&R for
Capitol Records.
Earl Beal (1924) – The Silhouettes ("Get A Job").
Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins (1929) – singer.
Thomas "Papa Dee" Allen (1931) – percussionist for War.
Johnny Funches (1935) – The Dells.
Ian Stewart (1938) – pianist for The Rolling Stones.
Brian Auger (1939) – keyboardist/organist, The Trinity and The Oblivion
Express.
Dion DiMucci (1939) – Dion and The Belmonts.
Lonnie Mack (1941) – Blues guitarist/vocalist.
Martha Reeves (1941) – Martha and The Vandellas.
Robin MacDonald (1943) – guitarist/bassist for Billy J. Kramer and The
Dakotas.
Danny McCulloch (1945) – bassist for The Animals.
Tim Lynch (1946) – guitarist for The Flamin' Groovies.
Phil Harris (1948) – guitarist for Ace.
Cesar Zuiderwijk (1948) – drummer for Golden Earring.
Wally Bryson (1949) – guitarist for The Raspberries.
Glenn Hughes (1950) – "Leatherman" for The Village People.
Richard Branson (1950) – owner of Virgin Records.
Ricky Skaggs (1954) – Country music artist.
Terry Chambers (1955) – drummer for XTC.
Keith Levene (1957) – songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, The Clash and
Public Image Ltd.
Nigel Twist (1958) – drummer for The Alarm.
Jack Irons (1962) – drummer for Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Daron Malakian (1975) – singer/songwriter/producer, guitarist for System Of
A Down.
July 18 R.I.P. –
Bobby Fuller (1966) – murder or suicide. Age 23. The Bobby Fuller Four.
Nico (1988) – cerebral hemorrhage from a fall. Age 49. The Velvet
Underground.
Mimi Fariña (2001) – neuroendocrine cancer. Age 56. Singer/songwriter.
July 18 album releases –
Miles Davis – Sketches Of Spain (1960)
The Byrds – Fifth Dimension (1966)
The Grateful Dead – Anthem Of The Sun (1968)
The Doors – The Soft Parade (1969)
Al Green – Call Me (1973)
Joy Division – Closer (1980)
Echo and The Bunnymen – Crocodiles (1980) UK
Willie Nelson – Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
Paul Young – No Parlez (1983)
At The Gates – Terminal Spirit Disease (1994)
The Ramones - ¡Adios Amigos! (1995)
American Head Charge – Trepanation (1999)
Soul-Junk – 1956 (2000)
Big Moe – City Of Syrup (2000)
The Casualties – Stay Out Of Order (2000)
Paul Oakenfold – Bunkka (2002)
Los Lonely Boys – Sacred (2006)
July 18 events –
1951 – During a break in his Air Force basic training, 19-year old Johnny
Cash meets 17-year old Vivian Liberto at a roller rink in San Antonio. They
will marry when he is discharged in 1954.
1953 – 18-year old Elvis Presley goes to the Memphis Recording
Service<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Recording_Service>
at the Sun Record Company <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Records> and
pays $3.98 to record a double-sided demo
acetate<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose_acetate>,
"My Happiness" and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin," in an attempt to be
noticed by owner Sam Phillips, and as a gift for his mother, even though
the Presleys do not own a record player.
1962 – Johnny Crawford performs on American Bandstand.
1963 – The Beatles record four cover songs - three of them Motown songs -
at Abbey Road studios: "Money (That's What I Want)," "You Really Got A Hold
On Me," "Devil In Her Heart" and "Till There Was You."
1964 – The Rolling Stones hit the U.S. charts for the first time when "Not
Fade Away" hits and peaks at #48.
1964 – Terry Stafford performs “I’ll Touch A Star,” and Bobby Freeman
performs “C’mon And Swim” on American Bandstand.
1966 – The Hondells perform “Younger Girl” and “Little Honda” on Where The
Action Is. Also on the show via film from London is Wayne Fontana,
performing “Come On Home” and “You Made Me What I Am Today.”
1967 – Tony Bennett records “For Once In My Life” at CBS Studios in New
York City.
1968 – The Beatles record “Cry Baby Cry,” and begin work on “Helter
Skelter,” recording three “rehearsal” takes, each lasting 10:40, 12:35, and
27:11, respectively. The session runs from 2:30 in the afternoon until 3:30
in the morning of the 19th.
1969 – Janis Joplin and The Kozmic Blues Band perform "To Love Somebody"
and "Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)" on The Dick Cavett Show.
1970 – BBC Radio 1 DJ Kenny Everett is fired after he jokes on air that the
wife of the conservative Transport Minister had "crammed a fiver into the
examiner's hand" when taking her driving test.
1970 – Pink Floyd, Roy Harper, Kevin Ayers, and The Edgar Broughton Band
all appear at a free concert held in Hyde Park in London.
1970 – Tyrone Davis performs "Turn Back The Hands Of Time" and "I'll Be
Right Back," and The Flaming Ember performs "Mind, Body And Soul" and
"Westbound #9" on American Bandstand.
1972 – Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are jailed in Boston when members of
The Rolling Stones' entourage beat up photographer Andy Dickerman. Fearing
a riot if the concert is cancelled, Boston mayor Kevin White has Jagger and
Richards bailed out.
1972 – All six members of *Sly* and The *Family Stone* are *arrested* in
Hollywood after police search their tour bus and find two pounds of marijuana
and two vials of cocaine.
1973 – Bruce *Springsteen plays the *first of four nights at Max's Kansas
City in New York, supported by Bob *Marley* and The Wailers, who are on
their first ever tour of North America.
1975 – Helen Reddy hosts The Midnight Special, with guests Mac Davis,
Minnie Ripperton, Waylon Jennings, Joe Simon, and Steve Martin.
1978 – Def Leppard makes their live stage debut at Westfield School in
Sheffield.
1980 – The Willie Nelson movie Honeysuckle Rose, featuring Emmylou Harris
and Nashville studio session great Grady Martin, premieres in theaters.
1983 – EMI's *Abbey Road* studios in London opens their doors to the public
for two months, until September 11, and becomes one of the city's most
popular *tourist* attractions.
1984 – Prince and The Revolution release their single, "Let's Go Crazy" b/w
"Erotic City" in the U.S., and "Take Me With U" in the UK.
1988 – Ike Turner is sentenced to a year in jail in Santa Monica for
possession of six grams of crack cocaine discovered during a traffic stop
in August 1987.
1991 – The first stop of the first Lollapalooza tour takes place at the
Compton Terrace Amphitheater in Chandler, Arizona. Tour acts include Jane's
Addiction <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%27s_Addiction>, Siouxsie and
The Banshees <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siouxsie_%26_The_Banshees>, Living
Colour <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Colour>, Nine Inch
Nails<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails>,
Fishbone <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishbone>, Ice T and Body
Count<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Count>,
The Butthole Surfers <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butthole_Surfers>, The
Rollins
Band <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollins_Band>, and The Violent
Femmes<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Femmes>
.
1992 – Whitney Houston marries Bobby Brown in New Jersey.
1995 – The *oldest* known *musical instrument* in the world is found in the
Indrijca River Valley in Slovenia. The 45,000 year-old flute-like relic is
a hollow bear bone with (what were) four holes drilled along its length.
2001 – KISS adds to their ever-growing merchandise base by introducing The
*KISS
Kasket: *a real coffin featuring likenesses of the faces of the four
founding members of the band.
2002 – Rapper Mystikal and two other men are arrested and charged with
extortion and raping a 40-year-old woman in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
2002 – Rolling Stones crew chief Royden Magee, age 54, dies during a
rehearsal in Toronto. Magee worked for The Rolling Stones for 30 years.
2006 – Justin Timberlake releases his song “Sexyback” as a CD single and
digital download.
2007 – Sting and wife Trudie Styler are ordered to pay their former chef
compensation after losing a sexual discrimination case brought by Jane
Martin, 41, who was fired by Styler when she became pregnant.
2007 – Paul Simon files a law suit against Rhythm U.S.A. Inc., a
Georgia-based subsidiary of a Japanese firm, claiming the company never had
his permission to sell wall clocks that play "Bridge Over Troubled Water."
2008 – Ron Wood enters rehab to "seek help" for his alcoholism.
2009 – As part of their efforts to locate Michael *Jackson's* medical
records, L.A. police and the DEA serve the singer's *nutritionist* with a
subpoena.
2011 – Rapper *Ja Rule* is *sentenced* to more than two years in jail for
failing to file tax returns on $3 million he earned between 2004 and 2006.
2012 – Singer Bobby Rydell is released from Thomas Jefferson University
Hospital in Philadelphia a week after undergoing a liver and kidney
transplant.
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