July 21 Born –
Isaac Stern (1920) – violinist, conductor.
Kay Starr (aka Katherine Starks, 1922) – American singer ("The Rock And
Roll Waltz").
Plas Johnson (1931) – session saxophonist with the Wrecking Crew.
Kaye Stevens (aka Catherine Stephens, 1932) – actress, Las Vegas
entertainer.
Kim Fowley (1939) – songwriter/producer/manager.
Mike Wilsh (1945) – The Four Pennies.
Rosie Hamlin (1945) – Rosie and The Originals ("Angel Baby").
Barry Whitwam (1946) – drummer for Herman's Hermits.
Cat Stevens (aka Steven Georgiou, aka Yusuf Islam, 1948) –
singer/songwriter.
Eric Bazilian (1953) – guitarist for The Hooters.
Howie Epstein (1955) – bassist for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.
Taco Ockerse (1955) – Dutch singer ("Puttin' On The Ritz").
"Big" Jim Martin (1961) – guitarist for Faith No More.
Lee Aaron (aka Karen Greening, 1962) – Canadian singer (“Metal Queen”).
Emerson Hart (1969) – guitarist/vocalist for Tonic.
July 21 R.I.P. –
Richard Tee (1993) – prostate cancer. Age 49. Jazz session keyboardist.
Dorothy Collins (1994) – asthma. Age 67. Singer on Your Hit Parade ("My Boy
Flat Top").
Gus Dudgeon (2002) – car crash. Age 59. Record producer for Elton John.
Jerry Goldsmith (2004) – colon cancer. Age 75. TV and film composer.
Long John Baldry (2005) – lung infection. Age 64. Blues singer.
Herb Kalin (2006) – Age 71. The Kalin Twins ("It's Only The Beginning").
Don Arden (2007) – Alzheimer's disease. Age 81. British music manager.
Marcel Jacob (2009) – suicide. Age 45. Bassist for Talisman and Yngwie
Malmsteen.
July 21 album releases –
Bobby Vee – A Bobby Vee Recording Session (1962)
Black Sabbath – Master Of Reality (1971)
T. Rex – The Slider (1972)
Rod Stewart – Never A Dull Moment (1972)
Rory Gallagher – Irish Tour '74 (1974)
KISS – The Originals (1976)
Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978)
Chicago – Chicago XIV (1980)
Bryan Adams – You Want It, You Got It (1981)
Shonen Knife – Burning Farm (1983)
Stryper – The Yellow And Black Attack (1984) (EP)
Guns N' Roses – Appetite For Destruction (1987)
Dio – Dream Evil (1987)
Madonna – Who’s That Girl (1987) (soundtrack)
Sonic Youth – Dirty (1992)
House Of Pain – House Of Pain (1992)
Anal Cunt – Picnic Of Love (1996)
Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs – Under The Covers, Vol. 2 (2009)
July 21 events –
1931 – CBS begins broadcasting on experimental television station W2XAB,
with a program featuring George Gershwin, The Boswell Sisters, Kate Smith,
and host Ted Husing.
1951 – Lefty Frizzel joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1956 – *Billboard* magazine calls *Elvis* Presley "the most controversial
entertainer since Liberace."
1958 – After almost 10 years on CBS-TV, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts is
cancelled.
1958 – Dale Hawkins and The DeJohn Sisters appear on American Bandstand.
1958 – Eddie Cochran releases his single, "Summertime Blues" b/w "Love
Again" on Liberty Records.
1959 – Pianist Eddie Heywood performs on American Bandstand.
1960 – Brian Hyland appears as a guest on the CBS-TV game show To Tell The
Truth.
1960 – Ray Smith sings “Rockin’ Little Angel” on American Bandstand.
1961 – The Supremes release their second single, “Buttered Popcorn” b/w
“Who’s Lovin’ You” on the Tamla label.
1961 – Gene Pitney lip-synchs to his Phil Spector-produced recording of
"Every Breath I Take" on American Bandstand.
1965 – Sonny and Cher appear at the Power House in San Diego, California.
1965 – Jackie Wilson, Billy Butler, Linda Scott, Steve Alaimo, and Paul
Revere and The Raiders appear on Where The Action Is.
1965 – The Righteous Brothers, The Chiffons, Gary Lewis and The Playboys,
The Nashville Teens, Gene Pitney, Billy Preston, The Blossoms, Jody Miller,
The Sir Douglas Quintet, Sonny and Cher, Bobby Sherman, and The Eligibles
appear on Shindig!
1967 – Rick Nelson stars in the new television series, Malibu U., which
debuts on ABC-TV, with Nelson as the dean of a fictional college where the
biggest and most popular music stars perform once a week. First episode
stars include Frankie Valli, Don Ho, and Annette Funicello. Unfortunately,
the show is not a hit and lasts only seven weeks.
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays the first of three nights at the
Café Au Go Go in Greenwich Village, with opening acts Richie Havens and
Jeremy and The Satyrs.
1969 – The day after the Apollo 11 lunar landing, *Duke Ellington* and a
portion of his band perform a 10-minute composition on ABC-TV titled "Moon
Maiden."
1969 – The Beatles begin recording "Come Together" at Abbey Road studios.
1973 – Detroit declares the day "Mary Wilson Day" in honor of the member of
The Supremes.
1973 – The Buxton Rock Festival takes place in Derbyshire, featuring Canned
Heat, Chuck Berry, Nazareth, The Edgar Broughton Band, The Groundhogs, The
Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Medicine Head, Brewers Droop, and Roy Wood
and Wizzard.
1973 – Electric Light Orchestra makes their debut appearance on American
Bandstand, miming to their hit “Roll Over Beethoven.”
1973 – Jeanne Pruett joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1977 – Eddie *Money* hosts The *Midnight Special, *with guests Todd
Rundgren, Jay Ferguson, and Stanley Clarke.
1977 – The Sex Pistols make the debut appearance on Top Of The Pops,
lip-synching to "Pretty Vacant."
1978 – Linda Ronstadt joins The Rolling Stones on stage at the Tucson
Community Center in Arizona to sing "Tumbling Dice."
1979 – Robert Palmer releases his single, “Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor,
Doctor)” b/w “Love Can Run Faster” on Island Records.
1982 – Queen begins the North American leg of their Hot Space World Tour at
the Montreal Forum in Canada.
1983 – Diana Ross performs in Central Park in New York City, but the
concert is halted by torrential rain. The show is re-scheduled and
continues the next day.
1988 – As part of his sentence for his notorious drug and getaway spree
earlier in the year, a South Carolina judge orders James Brown to put on a
concert to benefit police and children's charities. Brown complains to the
press that the state is trying to get a free concert out of his misfortune.
1990 – Roger Waters and special guests perform The Wall in Potzdamer Platz in
Berlin at the site of the former Berlin Wall. Artists appearing with Waters
include Scorpions, Bryan Adams, Cyndi Lauper, Paul Carrack, Thomas Dolby,
Garth Hudson, Tim Curry, Marianne Faithfull, Sinéad O'Connor and others.
1990 – Madonna plays the second of three nights at Wembley Arena in London
on her Blonde Ambition Tour, with the show broadcast live on BBC Radio 1.
Following the concert, the BBC is forced to apologize for Madonna’s filthy
and profane language during her show.
1994 – Oasis makes their live U.S. stage debut at the New Music Seminar at
Wetlands in New York.
1995 – A Los Angeles judge throws out a lawsuit filed against Michael
Jackson by five of his former security guards who allege that they were
fired after learning the "truth" about Jackson's nighttime visits with
young boys.
1998 – Paul McCartney's boyhood home in Liverpool, restored to its 1950s
appearance, is opened to the public as a tourist attraction.
1999 – Charley Pride receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2001 – Madonna kicks off the U.S. leg of her Drowned World Tour with the
first of two shows at the First Union Center in Philadelphia.
2003 – Coldplay's Chris Martin is charged with malicious damage in
Australia after attacking a photographer's car after he had taken pictures
of him surfing at Seven Mile Beach.
2008 – John Lydon denies claims made by Kele Okereke of Bloc Party that he
was racially abused and attacked by a member of The Sex Pistols' entourage
at a music festival in Barcelona.
2008 – The Police and Elvis Costello play the first of two nights at the
Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.
2008 – Amy Winehouse's husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, is sentenced to 27
months in jail for assaulting James King at Macbeth's pub in Hoxton in June
2006.
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