July 24 Born –
Bob Eberly (1916) – big band vocalist with Jimmy Dorsey and Helen O'Connell.
Robert Farnon (1917) – Canadian composer/conductor/arranger.
Billy Taylor (1921) – Jazz pianist, composer.
Rudy Collins (1934) – Jazz drummer with Dizzy Gillespie and Herbie Mann.
Barbara Love (1941) – The Friends Of Distinction.
Heinz Burt (1942) – bassist for The Tornadoes.
Jim Armstrong (1944) – guitarist for Them.
Alan Whitehead (1945) – drummer for Marmalade.
Chris Townson (1947) – drummer for John's Children.
Kim Berly (1948) – drummer for The Stampeders.
Lynval Golding (1951) – guitarist/vocalist for The Specials.
Garry Shider (1953) – guitarist for Parliament-Funkadelic.
Larry Gott (1957) – guitarist for James.
Mick Karn (1958) – singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist for Japan.
Paul Geary (1961) – drummer for Extreme.
Jennifer Lopez (1969) – singer/actress.
July 24 R.I.P. –
Nervous Norvus (1968) – cirrhosis of the liver. Age 56. Novelty song
singer/songwriter ("Transfusion").
Bobby Ramirez (1972) – beaten to death. Age 23. Drummer for Edgar Winter's
White Trash.
Dan Peek (2011) – died in his sleep. Age 60. America.
Larry Hoppen (2012) – Age 61. Vocalist/guitarist for Orleans (“Still The
One”).
July 24 album releases –
The Beach Boys – Best Of The Beach Boys Vol. 2 (1967)
The Yardbirds – Little Games (1967)
The Temptations – Live At London's Talk Of The Town (1970)
Yes – Time And A Word (1970)
Jon Anderson – Olias Of Sunhillow (1976)
Timothy B. Schmit – Tell Me The Truth (1990)
Dread Zeppelin – Un-Led-Ed (1990)
Emmylou Harris – Duets (1990)
Earth, Wind & Fire – In The Name Of Love (1996)
Huey Lewis and The News – Plan B (2001)
Cake – Comfort Eagle (2001)
‘N Sync – Celebrity (2001)
Prince – Planet Earth (2007)
July 24 events –
1938 – Artie Shaw and His Orchestra record "Begin The Beguine" in New York
City.
1948 – Country music singer Roy Acuff announces he is running for Governorof
Tennessee. He will eventually lose to the Democratic
candidate, Gordon Browning.
1958 – Duane Eddy performs “Rebel Rouser” and “Movin’ And Groovin’” on
American Bandstand.
1961 – Maurice Williams and The Zodiaks appear on American Bandstand.
1962 – Chubby Checker is the guest host on American Bandstand.
1963 – Ray Charles records "Busted" at Capitol Studios in Hollywood.
1963 – Roy Orbison performs “Falling” on American Bandstand.
1964 – During a Rolling Stones concert at the Empress Ballroom in
Blackpool, audience members begin spitting at Brian Jones. Keith Richards
kicks one of the spitters in the face, and all hell breaks loose. Two
policemen and 30 fans are injured in the melee, and the Stones are banned
from Blackpool until 2008.
1964 – The Zombies release their single, “She’s Not There” b/w “You Make Me
Feel Good.”
1965 – Jewel Akens and P.J. Proby appear on American Bandstand.
1967 – The Beatles pay for a full page *ad* in The *Times* newspaper
calling for the *legalization of marijuana. Besides being "signed" by The
Beatles and Brian Epstein, 64 others of British society also lend their
names to the cause. Meanwhile, the group is on the second day of a boat
tour of the Grecian Islands.*
*1967 – Frank Sinatra records “This Town” in Hollywood.*
*1967 – Diana Ross and The Supremes release their single, “Reflections” b/w
“Going Down For The Third Time” on Motown.*
*1968 – Frank Sinatra records “Cycles” in New York City.*
*1969 – Paul McCartney records his demo of "Come And Get It" at Abbey Road
studios, playing all the instruments and singing all the vocals. After
that, The Beatles begin recording two John Lennon songs written as one,
“Sun King” and “Mean Mr. Mustard,” which, on this day, is known as “Here
Comes The Sun-King.”*
1971 – The Lincoln Folk Festival takes place at Tupholme Manor Park in in
England, featuring The Byrds, James Taylor, Steeleye Span, Sandy Denny, Tom
Paxton, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Pentangle, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Dave
Swarbrick and Martin Carthy, The Incredible String Band and others.
1971 – Mark Lindsay performs “Been On The Road Too Long” on American
Bandstand.
1972 – Former drummer for Edgar Winter's White Trash, Bobby Ramirez is
beaten to death by four men in a Chicago bar because of the length of his
hair.
1972 – After 21 years with Columbia, *Marty Robbins* signs with *MCA *
Records.
1976 – Hall and Oates' "She's Gone" debuts on the charts at #7.
1980 – Former bass player for Sly and The Family Stone Larry Graham begins
his first solo tour opening for The Isley Brothers in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana.
1980 – Jello Biafra of The Dead Kennedys announces he is running for Mayor
of San Francisco.
1982 – Cher appears on American Bandstand. Also on the show is Stevie
Wonder, via video.
1985 – A stretch of Detroit's Washington Boulevard is renamed "*Aretha
Franklin's Freeway Of Love*," in honor of her recent comeback hit.
1987 – The Richie Valens film, La Bamba, opens in theaters.
1995 – Carnegie Hall hosts the first night of a three-night celebration
entitled "That's Life," in celebration of Frank Sinatra and his 80th year
on Earth. Guest performers over the three nights include Vic Damone, Linda
Ronstadt, Rosemary Clooney, Maureen McGovern, Joe Williams and others.
1997 – Police give Oasis singer Liam Gallagher a formal caution after he
admits to criminal damage following an incident with a cyclist in Camden,
North London, where he grabbed the rider from the window of his limo and
broke the man's sunglasses.
1998 – *Tanya Tucker* files a $300,000 *lawsuit* against Capitol Records
Nashville for not promoting her properly and willfully neglecting her
career.
1998 – Two concerts, entitled Gift Of The Nation, take place in South
Africa to celebrate the 80th birthday of Nelson Mandela. Artists performing
at the concerts include Stevie Wonder, LL Cool J, Dru Hill, Chaka Khan,
Kenny Lattimore and James Ingram.
1999 – Phil Collins marries his third wife, marketing consultant Orianne
Cevey. They stay married for nine years.
2000 – *Smokey Robinson* begins a two-year stint as an evening *radio* host
on KCMG in Los Angeles with his show "Intimate With Smokey Robinson."
2002 – Clifton Nurseries of Maida Vale, West London, is sued when they
accidently kill a collection of prized koi fish once belonging to late
singer Freddie Mercury when the electricity powering a temporary pond was
accidentally turned off by a worker.
2003 – Ozzy Osbourne's long-time tour manager, Bobby Thompson, is found
dead in his Detroit hotel room. Thompson had been battling throat cancer.
2003 – The movie Masked And Anonymous, starring Bob Dylan, opens in
theaters.
2005 – Bad Beat Revue singer Patrick Sherry dies after a stage dive goes
wrong during a gig at the Warehouse in Leeds, England. Sherry leaped
towards the crowd at the end of the bands set and tried to grab a lighting
rig from the ceiling but missed and hit the floor.
2007 – Beyoncé trips and falls face first down twelve stairs while
performing "Ring The Alarm" at her concert in Orlando, Florida.
2007 – Blues singer Etta James is hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center in Los Angeles for complications from recent abdominal surgery.
2008 – Rapper 50 Cent sues Taco Bell, claiming the fast food chain used his
name and image without permission in an advertising campaign. New York
court papers say the advert features the star being encouraged to change
his name to 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent.
2008 – Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty pleads guilty in Yeovil Magistrates
Court to causing criminal damage after smashing a photographer's camera.
2011 – Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant joins three local
musicians at a fundraising charity tribute show for friend, former Led
Zeppelin producer Pat Moran, in Monmouth, Wales, with tickets selling for
£3.
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