July 22 Born –
Margaret Whiting (1924) – singer ("That Old Black Magic").
Ray Pohlman (1930) – session bassist with the Wrecking Crew.
Chuck Jackson (1937) – R&B singer ("Any Day Now").
Thomas Wayne (1940) – singer ("Tragedy").
George Clinton (1941) – Parliament Funkadelic.
Estelle Bennett (1941) – The Ronettes.
Bobby Sherman (1943) – teen idol/singer ("Julie, Do You Love Me?").
Rick Davies (1944) – keyboardist for Supertramp.
Don Henley (1947) – drummer/vocalist for The Eagles.
Terry Clements (1947) – guitarist for Gordon Lightfoot.
Alan Menken (1949) – theatre and film composer for Disney.
Al DiMeola (1954) – jazz guitarist.
Mick Pointer (1956) – drummer for Marillion.
Keith Sweat (1961) – R&B/soul singer ("I Want Her").
Emily Saliers (1963) – multi-instrumentalist for The Indigo Girls.
Will Calhoun (1964) – drummer for Living Colour.
Pat Badger (1967) – bassist for Extreme.
Chris Helme (1971) – vocalist for The Seahorses.
Rufus Wainwright (1973) – Canadian singer/songwriter.
Daniel Jones (1973) – Savage Garden.
July 22 R.I.P. –
Larry Finnegan (1973) – brain tumor. Age 34. Singer ("Dear One").
Jimmy Keyes (1995) – complications from an aneurysm operation. Age 65. The
Chords ("Sh-Boom").
Rob Collins (1996) – car crash. Age 33. Keyboardist for The Charlatans.
Gary "Gar" Samuelson (1999) – liver failure. Age 41. Drummer for Megadeth.
Marion Montgomery (2002) – lung cancer. Age 68. Singer ("Maybe The
Morning").
Sacha Distel (2004) – Age 71. French singer/guitarist.
Arthur Crier (2004) – heart attack. Age 69. The Chimes and The Mellows.
Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (2004) – heart attack. Age 81. Jazz
saxophonist ("Flying Home").
Eugene Record (2005) – cancer. Age 64. The Chi-Lites.
Margaret Ann Rich (2010) – Age 76. Songwriter ("Life Has Its Little Ups And
Downs").
July 22 album releases –
The Moody Blues – The Magnificent Moodies (1965) UK
John Mayall – Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton (1966)
Elton John – Elton John (1970) U.S.
Stevie Wonder – Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)
The Commodores – Machine Gun (1974)
Yes – Going For The One (1977)
Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True (1977) UK
Amy Grant – The Collection (1986)
LL Cool J – Bigger And Deffer (1987)
Kreator – Outcast (1997)
Gavin DeGraw – Chariot (2003)
KISS – KISS Symphony: Alive IV (2003)
Jane’s Addiction – Strays (2003)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà Vu Live (2008)
Counting Crows – iTunes Live From Soho (2008)
July 22 events –
1937 – Hal Kemp and His Orchestra records “Got A Date With An Angel” in
Hollywood.
1957 – *Marty Robbins* records "She Was Only Seventeen (He Was One Year
More)" and "The Story Of My Life" at Columbia Studios in New York City.
1957 – Lee Andrews and The Hearts release their single, “Long, Lonely
Nights” b/w “The Clock” on Chess Records.
1958 – Somethin' Smith and The Redheads, and The Dubs perform on American
Bandstand.
1959 – The first *Canadian jazz festival* opens in Toronto with
performances by Maynard Ferguson, Oscar Peterson, and special guest Louis
Armstrong.
1959 – Bobby Darin records “Somebody To Love,” “I’ll Be There,” “Moment Of
Love” and “You Know How” in New York City.
1963 – Vee-Jay Records presses copies of the album Introducing…The Beatles
for a month-end release, but sit on the album until January 10, 1964.
1963 – The Beatles spend the day taking photos at the beach with Dezo
Hoffman. In the evening they play the first of five nights at the Odeon
Theatre in Weston-Super-Mare with Gerry and The Pacemakers and Tommy
Quickly as opening acts.
1963 – Bobby Vinton appears on American Bandstand.
1964 – The film Bikini Beach, starring Frankie Avalon and Annette
Funicello, with guest appearances by Little Stevie Wonder and Donna Loren,
premieres in theaters.
1965 – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Bill Wyman are found guilty in
London's East Ham Magistrates Court of "insulting behavior" for urinating
on the wall of a gas station in London when the owner refused to let them
use the restroom. They are each fined £5.
1965 – Jr. Walker and The All-Stars perform "Shotgun" and "Boomerang," and
Piccola Pipa sings "Volare" on Where The Action Is, with show regulars
Steve Alaimo, Linda Scott, and Paul Revere and The Raiders.
1966 – The Grass Roots, Ian Whitcomb, The Robbs, Keith Allison and Steve
Alaimo appear on Where The Action Is.
1967 – Vanilla Fudge makes their stage debut at the Village Theater in New
York City.
1967 – Quicksilver Messenger Service and Big Brother and The Holding
Company appear at the Convention Center in San Diego.
1967 – Pink Floyd appears at the Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen, Scotland.
1967 – The Doors and The Bee Gees appear on American Bandstand.
1968 – Elvis Presley begins filming his 29th movie, Charro, in Arizona.
1968 – EMI producer George Martin conducts an orchestra and The Mike Sammes
Singers at Abbey Road studios in the recording of two songs - “A Beginning”
and “Good Night” - slated for The Beatles’ next album. The piece “A
Beginning” was slated as an intro for Ringo’s song “Don’t Pass Me By,” but
was never used. However, it did appear in their group’s animated film
Yellow Submarine.
1969 – Aretha Franklin is arrested for disorderly conduct in an altercation
in a Detroit parking lot. She posts her $50 bail, and then runs over a road
sign as she leaves the police station in a fit of anger.
1971 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono spend the day filming at their Tittenhurst
home and around the grounds for a video for Lennon's song "Imagine."
1971 – Stevie Wonder releases his single, “If You Really Love Me” b/w
“Think Of Me As Your Soldier” on the Tamla label. The single is one of the
last by Wonder to utilize the Funk Brothers studio band.
1972 – The Bobby Darin Amusement Company debuts on CBS as a summer
replacement series for The Dean Martin Show.
1972 – Paul and Linda McCartney are arrested for marijuana possession in
Sweden.
1972 – Loggins and Messina appear on American Bandstand.
1977 – Tony Orlando announces his retirement from show business, partially
due to the recent suicide of his friend Freddie Prinze.
1978 – Rick James performs “You And I” and “Mary Jane” on American
Bandstand.
1979 – The Reverend Richard Penniman speaks at a revival in North Richmond,
California, telling the congregation that rock and roll is evil, and also
claiming, "If God can save an old homosexual like me, he can save anybody."
1987 – Morris Albert is found guilty of plagiarism in New York when the
jury finds that his massive 1975 hit, "Feelings," borrowed heavily from a
French song from 1956 called "Pour Toi."
1989 – Courtney Love marries her first husband, James Moreland from the
L.A. band Leaving Trains.
1994 – Elton John and Billy Joel play the first of five duet concerts at
Giants Stadium in New Jersey.
1995 – At a Blood, Sweat & Tears concert in the Detroit suburb of West
Bloomfield, lead singer David Clayton-Thomas angers the (very Jewish) crowd
by claiming the summer weather was "as hot as the last train car going to
Auschwitz."
1996 – *Donovan* cancels his North American tour when he is *denied entry in
*to the U.S. because of a 1966 marijuana possession conviction.
1999 – The four-day Woodstock 1999 festival begins in Rome, New York.
Artists appearing at the festival over the four days include Flipp, In
Bloom, Insane Clown Posse, George Clinton and The P-Funk All Stars, James
Brown, Sheryl Crow, Live, The Offspring, Korn, Bush, Los Lobos, Ice Cube,
Moby, Dave Matthews Band, Metallica, Rage Against The Machine, Collective
Soul, Godsmack, Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello, Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Jewel, Megadeth, The Brian Setzer Orchestra and many others.
1999 – Simple Minds closes their official fan club due to dwindling
membership.
2000 – Oasis plays their second night at Wembley, which is broadcast on
television around the world.
2003 – Coldplay plays the second of two nights at the Hordern Pavilion in
Sydney, Australia, on their A Rush Of Blood To The Head World Tour, and
record the show for a live album release.
2007 – After appearing together at the Beacon Theatre in New York City,
rappers Ja Rule and Lil Wayne are each arrested for firearms possession in
separate incidences in Manhattan.
2010 – Singer Al Jarreau experiences breathing problems and is rushed to
the intensive-care unit of a French hospital.
2012 – Darlene Love suffers a minor heart attack before her concert in
Asbury, New Jersey. She performs the show - not knowing what is wrong - but
checks into a hospital the next morning when her condition worsens. She
remains in the hospital for five days.
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