July 28 Born –
Rudy Vallée (aka Hubert Vallée, 1901) – bandleader, singer ("As Time Goes
By").
Frankie Yankovic (1915) – accordionist, "America's Polka King."
Simon Dee (aka Cyril Henty-Dodd, 1935) – Radio Caroline DJ, host of Dee
Time.
Peter Duchin (1937) – pianist/band leader.
George Cummings (1938) – pedal steel player for Dr. Hook and The Medicine
Show.
Mike Bloomfield (1943) – Blues guitarist, The Butterfield Blues Band and
Electric Flag.
Richard Wright (1943) – keyboardist for Pink Floyd.
Jonathan Edwards (1946) – singer/songwriter ("Sunshine").
Gary Garcia (1948) – novelty singer/songwriter (“Pac-Man Fever”).
Peter Doyle (1949) – guitarist for The New Seekers.
Simon Kirke (1949) – drummer for Free and Bad Company.
Steve Peregrin Took (aka Stephen Porter, 1949) – Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Steve Morse (1954) – guitarist for The Dixie Dregs and Kansas.
Rachel Sweet (1962) – singer.
Beverly Craven (1963) – British singer/songwriter.
Nick Banks (1965) – drummer for Pulp.
Dan Worton (1972) – drummer for Ned’s Atomic Dustbin.
Jacoby Shaddix (1976) – vocalist for Papa Roach.
July 28 R.I.P. –
Frank Loesser (1969) – lung cancer. Age 59. Songwriter ("Baby, It's Cold
Outside").
Helen Traubel (1972) – heart attack. Age 73. Opera singer.
Marge Ganser (1996) – breast cancer. Age 48. The Shangri-Las.
Mrs. Miller (1996) – Age 89. Singer.
Jerome Smith (2000) – construction site accident. Age 47. Guitarist for KC
and The Sunshine Band.
Aaron Bell (2003) – Age 82. Jazz bassist with Duke Ellington and Dizzy
Gillespie.
George Williams (2004) – cancer. Age 68. The Tymes.
July 28 album releases –
John Coltrane – Live In Paris (1965)
Black Sabbath – Sabotage (1975) UK
Rainbow – Down To Earth (1979)
Zapp – Zapp (1980)
Neil Young – Landing On Water (1986)
R.E.M. – Lifes Rich Pageant (1986)
Barenaked Ladies – Gordon (1992)
Mary J. Blige – What’s The 411? (1992)
Company Flow – Funcrusher Plus (1997)
Mary J. Blige – The Tour (1998) U.S.
July 28 events –
1933 – Western Union introduces the *singing telegram, and t*he first
person to receive one is singer Rudy Vallée, in honor of his 32nd birthday.
1939 – 17-year old Judy Garland records "Over The Rainbow" for Decca
Records.
1954 – *Elvis Presley's first* newspaper *interview* is published in the
Memphis Press Scimitar.
1956 – *Gene Vincent* and The Blue Caps make their U.S. national television
debut singing "Be-Bop-A-Lula" on The Perry *Como* Show on NBC.
1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis makes his first national television appearance,
singing "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" on NBC's The Steve Allen Show.
1957 – The Crew Cuts appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1959 – The Brothers Four record “Greenfields” at Columbia Studios in New
York City.
1960 – Dee Clark appears on American Bandstand.
1964 – The Beatles play two shows at the Johanneshovs Isstadion in
Stockholm. During the first show, both Paul McCartney and John Lennon
receive mild electrical shocks from ungrounded microphones.
1965 – The Dave Clark 5, Jay and The Americans, The Nashville Teens, Roy
Clark, Terry Black, Billy Preston, Donna Loren, Mike Clifford, and
The Blossoms all appear on Shindig!
1965 – Peter and Gordon, and Bobby Byrd appear on Where The Action Is, with
regulars Steve Alaimo, Linda Scott and Paul Revere and The Raiders.
1966 – James Brown appears at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem.
1967 – Episode 2 of Rick Nelson’s new television series Malibu U. airs on
ABC, with guests Buffalo Springfield, Engelbert Humperdinck, Bobby Rydell
and Mrs. Miller.
1968 – Taking a break from the recording studio, The *Beatles* travel
around London for a day's *photo shoot* with photographers Stephen
Goldblatt and Don McCullin.
1969 – Police in *Moscow* report that thousands of public *phone* booths
have been *vandalized* from thieves stealing phone parts due to an article
in a Moscow magazine detailing how to convert an acoustic guitar to
electric with these parts.
1970 – The film Ned Kelly, starring Mick Jagger, premieres in Australia.
1971 – Charlie Pride records "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’" at RCA Studios in
Nashville.
1973 – The "Summer Jam" takes places at the *Glen* Grand Prix Raceway
outside of *Watkins Glen*, New York, featuring The Grateful Dead, The
Allman Brothers Band and The Band. An estimated 600,000 fans attend the
one-day event.
1973 – MCA Records introduces the newly-signed Lynyrd Skynyrd to the press,
and explains how to pronounce the band's name.
1977 – Leo Sayer hosts The Midnight Special, with guests Raydio, Bonnie
Tyler, and Chuck Mangione.
1979 – The 14th World Series Of Rock concert takes place at Cleveland
Stadium, featuring Aerosmith, Journey, AC/DC, Scorpions, Ted
Nugent, and Thin Lizzy. The event is marked by violence outside the
stadium, with five shootings (one fatal), eight robberies, and numerous
incidents of theft, vandalism and gang violence.
1979 – Maxine Nightingale appears on American Bandstand.
1980 – The Dalymount Festival takes place in Dublin, featuring The Police,
U2 and Squeeze.
1982 – Queen plays the second of two nights at Madison Square Garden.
1983 – Dennis Wilson marries cousin Mike Love's daughter, Shawn Love.
1984 – Roger Waters plays the first of two nights at the Maple Leaf Gardens
in Toronto, Canada, on his Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking Tour.
1984 – Singers Cory Hart and John Waite appear on American Bandstand. Also
on the show is Frank Musker via video.
1985 – Portland, Oregon, declares the day "Kingsmen Day," in honor of their
garage-rock native sons.
1987 – Apple Records sues shoemaker Nike, Capitol Records, EMI, and the
Wieden+Kennedy advertising agency for $15 million for the unauthorized use
of The Beatles' song "Revolution" in one of their "Nike Air" TV ads.
1989 – Anne Murray opens the Anne Murray Centre, a non-profit charitable
multimedia museum of her career and the culture and heritage of Nova
Scotia, in her hometown of Springhill.
1991 – Nearly 100 people are arrested during a riot at an MC Hammer concert
in Penticton, British Columbia.
1992 – Patti Labelle walks offstage during her concert in Warwick, Rhode
Island, after complaining to the audience about the catering backstage.
1992 – Rapper Ice T announces that Warner Brothers Records will be pulling
the controversial song “Cop Killer” from all future copies of his Body
Count album, after protests by law enforcement agencies who claim it
encourages the killing of police. Ice T says he will instead give away
recordings of “Cop Killer” at his concerts.
1993 – Roger Waters marries his third wife, Priscilla Phillips.
1994 – The Lollapalooza Festival takes place in Molson Park in Barrie,
Ontario, featuring Smashing Pumpkins, The Beastie Boys, The Verve, The
Black Crowes, L7, The Flaming Lips, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, The Verve,
Stereolab, George Clinton and The P-Funk All-Stars, Luscious Jackson,
Cypress Hill and many others.
1995 – After decades of legal wrangling, Al Hendrix, father of Jimi, wins
his lawsuit and is once again granted legal use of his son's name and
likeness for merchandising.
1997 – Sheena Easton marries her third husband, Timothy Delarm. They stay
married for a year.
1998 – Toad The Wet Sprocket announces their split.
2001 – The Eagles play the first ever concert at the American Airlines
Center in Dallas, which opened the previous day.
2004 – Justin Timberlake obtains a restraining order against photographer
Artemus Lister, who is stalking the singer.
2008 – Amy Winehouse is rushed to University College Hospital when she
begins having seizures in her home as a reaction from medication.
2011 – Meatloaf (aka Marvin Lee Aday) passes out onstage at the Trib Total
Media Amphitheater in Station Square, Pittsburgh, from an apparent asthma
attack. After about ten minutes he regains consciousness and his composure
and finishes the show.
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