July 26 Born –
Jerry Burke (1911) – organist for The Lawrence Welk Orchestra.
Buddy Clark (aka Samuel Goldberg, 1912) – singer/songwriter (“Linda”).
Erskine Hawkins (1914) – trumpeter/composer ("Tuxedo Junction").
Al Banks (1937) – The Turbans.
Bobby Hebb (1938) – American singer/songwriter ("Sunny").
Dobie Gray (1940) – singer/songwriter ("Drift Away").
Brenton Wood (aka Alfred Smith, 1941) – singer/songwriter ("Gimme Little
Sign").
Darlene Love (1941) – singer, The Blossoms.
Neil Landon (1941) – vocalist for The Flowerpot Men.
Michael “Mick” Jagger (1943) – The Rolling Stones.
Andrea True (1943) – porn star, disco singer (“More, More, More”).
Roger Taylor (1949) – drummer for Queen.
Andy Connell (1961) – keyboardist for Swing Out Sister.
Gary Cherone (1961) – vocalist for Extreme and Van Halen.
Miranda Joyce (1962) – saxophonist for The Belle Stars.
Scott Crago (1963) – session drummer for The Eagles.
Headliner (aka Timothy Barnwell, 1967) – Arrested Development.
Dave Baksh (1980) – guitarist for Sum 41.
July 26 R.I.P. –
"Papa" Charlie McCoy (1950) – brain disease. Age 41. Delta blues
musician/songwriter.
Brent Mydland (1990) – overdose. Age 37. Keyboardist for The Grateful Dead.
Mary Wells (1992) – pneumonia. Age 49. Motown singer.
Laurindo Almeida (1995) – Age 77. Classical guitarist with Stan Kenton.
Kenny Gardner (2002) – heart failure. Age 89. Crooner with Guy Lombardo and
His Royal Canadians.
"Uncle" John Turner (2007) – hepatitis C. Age 62. Drummer for Johnny Winter.
Lois Hunt (2009) – complications from heart surgery. Age 84. Opera singer
with Earl Wrightson.
Frank Foster (2011) – Age 82. Saxophonist for Count Basie.
J.J. Cale (2013) – heart attack. Age 74. Songwriter/guitarist (“After
Midnight”).
July 26 album releases –
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos – Before You Go (1965)
The Moody Blues – In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
ZZ Top – Tres Hombres (1973)
Robert Wyatt – Rock Bottom (1974)
Bucks Fizz – Bucks Fizz (1981)
The League Unlimited Orchestra – Love And Dancing (1982)
Asia – Alpha (1983)
John Waite – Mask Of Smiles (1985)
Oleta Adams – Evolution (1993)
Ani DiFranco – Out Of Range (1994)
The Aquabats – The Return Of The Aquabats (1996)
July 26 events –
1939 – 16-year old Kay Starr records "Baby Me" with Glenn Miller and His
Orchestra.
1942 – Country artist Gene Autry joins the U.S. Army Air Corps.
1942 – Judy Garland and Gene Kelly record "For Me And My Gal" for the movie
of the same name.
1960 – Sam Cooke releases his single "Chain Gang" b/w "I Fall In Love Every
Day."
1960 – Hank Ballard and The Midnighters record “Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s
Go.”
1961 – Gary U.S. Bonds and Frank Gari appear on American Bandstand.
1962 – The *Beatles* play Cambridge Hall in Southport, opening for Joe
Brown and The Bruvvers.
1963 – The Miracles release their single, "Mickey's Monkey" b/w "Whatever
Makes You Happy" on the Tamla label.
1963 – Jimmy Clanton is the guest host on American Bandstand.
1964 – The Who perform at the White Hart Hotel in Acton, London.
1965 – Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson marries Carol Freedman in Los
Angeles.
1965 – Freddy Cannon performs “Palisades Park” from Chinatown in L.A., and
Jody Miller performs “Queen Of The House” from Griffith Park on ABC-TV’s
Where The Action Is. Show regulars Linda Scott and Paul Revere and The
Raiders also appear.
1966 – Micky Dolenz and a group of session musicians record "(I'm Not Your)
Steppin' Stone" at Western in Hollywood for The Monkees.
1966 – Simon and Garfunkel record "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" at Columbia
Studios in New York City.
1966 – The Spinners, Tommy Sands, The Robbs and Tina Mason appear on Where
The Action Is.
1968 – Set for release on this day, Decca withdraws The Rolling Stones'
*Beggar's
Banquet album* due to its controversial cover art. Mick Jagger, celebrating
his 25th birthday, is furious. The album will be released in December with
different cover art.
1968 – The Jackson 5 sign with Motown Records.
1968 – Jeannie C. Riley records "Harper Valley PTA."
1969 – The late Brian Jones is featured on the cover of Rolling Stone
magazine.
1969 – The 5th Dimension's Billy Davis and Marilyn McCoo are married.
1969 – Elvis Presley begins a month-long residency at the International
Hotel in Las Vegas.
1969 – Cat Mother and The All-Night News Boys perform "Good Old Rock 'N
Roll" on American Bandstand.
1970 – Jimi Hendrix plays in his hometown of Seattle for the last time at
Sicks Stadium.
1974 – The Rolling Stones release their single, "It's Only Rock 'N Roll
(But I Like It)" b/w "Through The Lonely Nights."
1974 – The Allman Brothers Band plays at the Boston Gardens with opening
act, The Eagles.
1974 – Leon Russell hosts The Midnight Special, with guest The Gap Band.
1975 – The Dwight Twilly Band performs “I’m On Fire” on American Bandstand.
1976 – Three Dog Night plays their final show at the Greek Theater in L.A.
1977 – While on tour in New Orleans, Robert Plant receives word that his
six-year old son, Karac, has died from a respiratory infection. Plant
rushes home, and Led Zeppelin cancels the rest of their tour.
1977 – Elvis Costello is arrested outside the London Hilton Hotel for
performing songs while a CBS Records sales convention goes on inside the
hotel.
1980 – The first Monsters Of Rock festival is held at Donnington Park in
Leicestershire, featuring Rainbow, Scorpions, Judas Priest, April Wine,
Saxon, Riot, and Touch.
1980 – Bassist Stanly Clarke appears on American Bandstand.
1986 – The Blow Monkeys perform “Digging Your Scene” on American Bandstand.
1987 – Billy Joel performs in Leningrad in Russia: one of the first Western
performers to do so.
1992 – KISS's Paul Stanley marries Pamela Bowen. They stay married for nine
years.
1994 – *Jerry Lee Lewis* *settles* a $4.1 million *tax debt* by promising
to pay the IRS $560,000.
2000 – A federal court judge gives the file-sharing website Napster 48
hours orders to shut down.
2000 – Oasis is booed off the stage when Liam Gallagher insults the
audience of 35,000 at the Paleo Festival in Switzerland.
2000 – The Cassandra celebrity management company leaves dozens of acts
“free agents” when it is rocked by fraud charges and forced to file for
bankruptcy in Manhattan Bankruptcy Court. Cassandra clients include Alanis
Morissette, Pish, Afghan Wiggs and others.
2001 – Catatonia singer Cerys Matthews is admitted to a rehab center after
collapsing from exhaustion, with her record company stating that the Welsh
singer is "receiving treatment for exhaustion and a recurrent asthma
complaint - both of which have been exacerbated by drinking and smoking.”
2003 – Las Vegas mainstay *Tom Jones* in inducted into the *Gaming Hall* of
Fame.
2006 – *Arvel* Jett *Reeves* is *sentenced* to eight months in jail for "*
bugging*" Michael *Jackson*'s Gulfstream jet with two digital video cameras.
2006 – The final episode of Top Of The Pops is filmed.
2006 – Paul *McCartney*'s *first guitar* is sold at an Abbey Road studios
auction for £330,000.
2007 – *Klaxons'* frontman *Jamie Reynolds breaks* his *leg* stage diving
during their set at the Garden Nef Festival in Angouleme, France, forcing
the band to cancel their Australian tour.
2008 – Paul *Anka marries* his second wife and personal trainer, Anna Åberg.
2009 – AC/DC's Brian *Johnson* appears as the "Star in a Reasonably Priced
Car" on the BBC television program *Top Gear*.
2011 – The Ford Motor Co. becomes the first car maker to announce it is
replacing CD players in its automobiles with a USB port to plug in digital
music players, saying, “The in-car CD player - much like the pay telephone
- is destined to fade away in the face of exciting new technology."
2012 – After 11 years of marriage, Stevie Wonder files for divorce from his
second wife, fashion designer Kai Millard.
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