July 19 Born –
Sue Thompson (1925) – American singer ("Norman").
Arley "Buster" Benton (1932) – Blues singer/guitarist ("Spider In My Stew").
George Hamilton IV (1937) – Country music artist.
John Salvato (1940) – The Duprees.
Dave Fisher (1940) – The Academics, The Highwaymen.
Vikki Carr (aka Florencia Cardona, 1941) – singer.
Phil Upchurch (1941) – Jazz/R&B session guitarist/bassist.
Commander Cody (aka George Frayne, 1944) – keyboardist/vocalist/band leader.
Alan Gorrie (1946) – bassist/guitarist for The Average White Band.
Bernie Leadon (1947) – guitarist for The Flying Burrito Brothers and The
Eagles.
Brian May (1947) – guitarist for Queen.
Keith Godchaux (1948) – keyboardist for The Grateful Dead.
Allen Collins (1952) – guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd and The
Rossington-Collins Band.
Kevin Haskins (1960) – drummer for Bauhaus.
Ged Lynch (1968) – percussionist for The Icicle Works and Black Grape.
July 19 R.I.P. –
Lefty Frizzell (1975) – stroke. Age 47. Country music artist.
Judy Clay (2001) – car crash. Age 62. The Sweet Inspirations.
Alan Lomax (2002) – Age 87. American folk musicologist.
Sam Neely (2006) – heart attack. Age 58. Country musician (“Long Road To
Texas”).
Tom Jameson (2009) – cancer. Age 72. The Jamies ("Summertime Summertime").
Andy Hummel (2010) – cancer. Age 59. Bassist for Big Star.
July 19 album releases –
Manfred Mann – Pretty Flamingo (1966) U.S.
John Cale – The Academy In Peril (1972)
Elvis Presley – Moody Blue (1977)
Donna Summer – Donna Summer (1982)
Alex Taylor – Voodoo In Me (1989)
Mother Love Bone – Apple (1990)
Carla Olson and Mick Taylor – Too Hot For Snakes (1991)
Dave Edmunds – Plugged In (1994)
Marilyn Manson – Portrait Of An American Family (1994)
Limp Bizkit – Icon (2011)
July 19 events –
1939 – Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra records “Aunt Hagar’s Blues” and “I
Swung The Election” in New York City.
1949 – Harry *Belafonte* begins recording his first session for *Capitol*
Records,
with the songs "They Didn't Believe Me" and "Close Your Eyes."
1952 – Hank Williams and His Drifting Cowboys release their single,
"Jambalaya (On The Bayou)" b/w "Window Shopping" on MGM Records.
1954 – Elvis Presley releases his first single, "That's All Right" b/w
"Blue Moon Of Kentucky" on Sun Records.
1958 – After a series of disputes over money, and a fistfight with the
manager of Harlem's Apollo Theater, Drifters manager George Treadwell fires
the entire group and installs The Five Crowns - with lead singer Ben E.
King - in their place, re-naming them The Drifters.
1960 – Brian Hyland performs "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot
Bikini" on American Bandstand.
1961 – Johnny Cash records "Tennessee Flat Top Box" in Hollywood.
1961 – The Edsels and Al Martino appear on American Bandstand.
1961 – Paul Anka records "Kissin' On The Phone," “The Bells At My Wedding”
and “Cinderella” at Bell Sound Studios in New York City.
1962 – Duane Eddy performs “Ballad Of Paladin” on American Bandstand.
1964 – The Rolling Stones appear at the Hippodrome in Brighton, with
supporting acts Julie Grant, The Echoes, Kevin Scott and The Kinsmen, Marty
Wilde and The Wildcats, and Kenny Lynch.
1965 – The Beatles release their single, "Help!" b/w "I'm Down" in the U.S.
on Capitol Records.
1965 – The Sir Douglas Quintet and Jackie & Gayle appear on film on
ABC-TV’s Where The Action Is, with show regulars Steve Alaimo, Linda Scott,
and Paul Revere and The Raiders appearing from Hawaii.
1966 – 50-year old Frank Sinatra marries 21-year old actress Mia Farrow.
1966 – Johnny Rivers records "Poor Side Of Town" in Hollywood with the
Wrecking Crew.
1966 – Davy Jones records the slow version of “I Wanna Be Free” for The
Monkees’ first album.
1966 – Percy Sledge, The Knickerbockers, and Tina Mason appear on Where The
Action Is.
1967 – Elvis Presley begins filming his 27th movie, Speedway.
1968 – The Beatles begin recording "Sexy Sadie" at Abbey Road studios.
1968 – Pink Floyd plays the second of three nights at the Boston Tea Party
in Massachusetts.
1968 – Bo Diddley plays the first of two nights at the Hippodrome in San
Diego, California, with opening act Frumious Bandersnatch.
1969 – The Spencer Davis Group disbands.
1969 – Andy Kim performs “Baby I Love You” on American Bandstand. Also on
the show is Peppermint Rainbow.
1974 – Helen Reddy hosts The Midnight Special, with guests Peter Allen,
Brownsville Station, Janis Ian, Dave Loggins and Paul Williams.
1974 – The three day Ozark Music Festival begins at the Missouri State
Fairgrounds in Sedalia. Acts appearing during the festival include
Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ted Nugent, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Spirit,
The Eagles, REO Speedwagon, The Marshall Tucker Band, Bob Seger and The
Silver Bullet Band, Blue Öyster Cult, Joe Walsh and Barnstorm, The Charlie
Daniels Band and others.
1975 – "Dance With Me" by Orleans hits #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and
will stay there for 18 weeks.
1975 – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band spend 19 hours at the Record
Plant recording studio in New York City rehearsing for the opening date of
their Born To Run Tour the next day in Rhode Island.
1975 – Melissa Manchester and Bazuka appear on American Bandstand.
1976 – Deep Purple splits up.
1976 – Based on Gregg Allman's court testimony, Allman Brothers roadie John
"*Scooter" Herring is *sentenced to 75 years in prison for providing drugs
to the group. Allman becomes persona non grata.
1980 – The Vorpal Gallery in Laguna Beach, California, opens a new exhibit
featuring *paintings* by Joni Mitchell, John Mayall, Klaus Voorman, and Ron
Wood.
1980 – The Temptations perform “Power” on American Bandstand.
1981 – The mayor of *Odessa*, Texas declares the day "Roy *Orbison* Day" in
honor of the singer (who is actually from Wink, Texas). Orbison is given
the keys to the city, after which he performs in Odessa for the first time
in 15 years.
1983 – Simon and Garfunkel begin their first tour since the 1960s at the
Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio.
1986 – Bananarama appears on American Bandstand.
1987 – Bruce *Springsteen* plays his first ever show behind the Iron
Curtain when he appears at the Radrennbahn
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East *Berlin* in front of 200,000 fans (approximately 1% of the country's
entire population). The concert is also simulcast on local television.
1989 – *James Brown* is *moved* from a minimum-*security* to a medium-*
security* prison when more than $40,000 in cash and checks are found in his
jail cell.
1989 – Residents of Washington, Connecticut, form a Roll the Stones Out of
Town action group after The Rolling Stones and their entourage set
themselves up in town for rehearsals for their upcoming Steel Wheels Tour,
with residents claiming “it’s like the army has moved in and taken over,”
with security guards stopping locals and asking them what they’re doing
there.
1990 – On her 49th birthday, Vikki Carr helps dedicate the Nixon
Presidential Library, singing in front of all four living presidents -
Nixon, Carter, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush - all of which she had
performed for at the White House during their terms.
1991 – Former drummer for Guns 'N Roses, Steven Adler files suit against
the band for wrongful termination and getting him hooked on hard drugs.
1994 – The Rolling Stones play a surprise show at the RPM Club in Toronto,
Canada.
1995 – Elvis Presley's doctor, Dr. George Nichopoulous, has his medical
license revoked and is barred from practicing medicine by the State of
Tennessee.
2001 – Wu Tang Clan rapper ODB, also known as Ol' Dirty Bastard (aka
Russell Jones), is sentenced to 2-4 years in prison for drug possession
found during a car search in July 1999.
2002 – The mayor of Philadelphia declares the day "Solomon Burke Day" in
honor of its native son.
2002 – The stage musical *Movin*' *Out, with music by *Billy *Joel* and
choreography by Twyla Tharp, opens at the Shubert Theatre in Chicago.
2004 – James Lowe and Mark Tulin of The Electric Prunes sue Reprise Records
and their publishing company for over $1 million in unpaid royalties.
2008 – Singer Nelly Furtado marries sound engineer Demacio “Demo” Castellon.
2010 – Ozzy Osbourne and his former Black Sabbath band mate Tony Iommi
settle their long-running legal dispute over the use of the group's name,
after Ozzy filed suit against the guitarist in May of 2009, accusing Iommi
of falsely proclaiming to be the sole owner of the Black Sabbath name by
lodging an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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