July 31 Born –
George Liberace (1911) – violinist.
Henry "Hank" Jones (1918) – Jazz pianist/composer, bandleader.
Ahmet Ertegun (1923) – producer, founder of Atlantic Records.
Kenny Burrell (1931) – Jazz guitarist.
Morey Carr (1932) – The Playmates.
Bonnie Brown (1937) – The Browns.
John West (1939) – organist/"Cordovox" player for Gary Lewis and The
Playboys.
Daniel Boone (aka Peter Stirling, 1942) – singer, one hit wonder
("Beautiful Sunday").
Lobo (aka Roland LaVoie, 1943) – singer/songwriter ("Me And You And A Dog
Named Boo").
Bob Welch (1945) – guitarist for Fleetwood Mac.
Gary Lewis (aka Gary Levitch, 1946) – Gary Lewis and The Playboys.
Karl Green (1947) – bassist for Herman's Hermits.
Carlo Karges (1951) – German guitarist for Nena.
Hugh McDowell (1953) – cellist for Electric Light Orchestra.
Daniel Ash (1957) – guitarist for Bauhaus and Love And Rockets.
Bill Berry (1958) – former drummer for R.E.M.
Malcolm Ross (1960) – guitarist for Aztec Camera.
Fatboy Slim (aka Norman Cook, 1963) – DJ/producer, bassist for The
Housemartins.
Jim Corr (1964) – The Corrs.
John “Fuzz” Townsend (1964) – drummer for General Public and Pop Will Eat
Itself.
John 5 (aka John Lowery, 1971) – guitarist for Marilyn Manson and David Lee
Roth.
Will Champion (1978) – drummer for Coldplay.
July 31 R.I.P. –
Jim Reeves (1964) – plane crash. Age 40. Country singer/songwriter ("He'll
Have To Go").
Enoch Light (1978) – Age 73. Violinist, band leader, recording engineer.
Teddy Wilson (1986) – Age 73. Jazz pianist with Louis Armstrong and Billie
Holiday.
Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones (1993) – drug-related heart attack. Age 29.
Bassist for The Wonder Stuff.
Les Braid (2005) – Age 68. Bassist for The Swinging Blue Jeans.
Lee Young (2008) – Age 93. Jazz drummer for The Nat “King” Cole Trio.
Mitch Miller (2010) – Age 99. Composer/producer/A&R man.
Bobby Edwards (2012) – Age 86. Country music singer (“You’re The Reason”).
July 31 album releases –
The Young Rascals – Groovin' (1967)
The James Gang – Passin' Thru (1972)
Journey – Escape (1981)
Eddie Rabbitt – Step By Step (1981)
Ronan Keating – Ronan (2000)
DMX – Year Of The Dog… Again (2006) UK
July 31 events –
1942 – Helen Forrest and Harry James and His Orchestra record "I've Heard
That Song Before."
1951 – Ray Charles marries his first wife, Eileen Williams. The marriage
lasts a year.
1955 – Elvis Presley performs three shows - 2 matinee and 1 evening - at
Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa, Florida.
1957 – The Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group - with Richard Starkey on drums -
performs at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.
1959 – Cliff Richard's "Living Doll" hits #1 in England.
1959 – Neil Sedaka records "Oh! Carol" at RCA Studios in New York City.
1964 – Martha and The Vandellas release their single, "Dancing In The
Street" b/w "There He Is (At My Door)" on the Gordy label.
1965 – After arriving in Britain for their first tour, *Sonny* and *Cher* are
turned away from the *London Hilton*, reportedly because of their
appearance.
1966 – The Doors perform at Anderson’s Fifth Estate in Phoenix, Arizona.
1967 – Mick *Jagger* and Keith *Richards* attend their *appeal* hearings in
court, stemming from the Redlands bust in February. *Richards*' conviction
is overturned, while J*agger's* is upheld but his sentence is reduced to
probation.
1968 – The Beatles record “Hey Jude” in four takes at Trident Studios in
London, taking advantage of their eight-track console.
1969 – Elvis Presley makes his first live concert appearance since 1961at
the newly-built International Hotel in Las Vegas, playing the first of 57
shows over the next four weeks to rave reviews.
1971 – Ex-con Kerry Flaherty stabs a security guard to death at Forest
Hills Stadium in New York when he is refused admittance to the venue
without a ticket to a concert by The Who.
1972 – The Eagles appear at the Hofheinz Auditorium in Houston, Texas.
1973 – Stevie Wonder releases his single, "Higher Ground" b/w "Too High."
1976 – Blue Öyster Cult releases their single, "Don't Fear The Reaper" b/w
"Tattoo Vampire."
1976 – Orleans releases their single, "Still The One" b/w "Siam Sam."
1977 – The Starland Vocal Band Show debuts on CBS as a summer replacement
series, and runs for six weeks.
1979 – Donald Clark Osmond, Jr. is born to Donny and his wife, Debra.
1979 – *James Taylor* gives a free concert in New York’s Central Park to
help the city's campaign to restore the park's Sheep Meadow.
1979 – AC/DC appears at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort
Wayne, Indiana, on their If Your Want Blood Tour.
1980 – Papa John Phillips is arrested in New York by the FBI for cocaine
possession and running a phony prescription drug scam with a local pharmacy.
1980 – The Eagles play a tense show in Long Beach, California, with Glenn
Frey and Don Henley openly feuding on stage.
1992 – In *London*, Michael *Jackson* appears on his hotel *balcony* after
28-year old Eric Herminie threatens to jump from a building across the
street if he doesn't see the singer. Herminie doesn’t jump.
1995 – Jamaica issues a commemorative series of postage *stamps* honoring
local native and reggae legend Bob *Marley*.
1996 – Alanis Morissette begins her first Canadian tour with a concert at
General
Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.
1999 – Wu-Tang Clan's Ol Dirty Bastard (aka Russell Jones) is arrested for
possession of crack and marijuana in New York after being stopped by police
for a routine traffic offense.
2001 – John Walters, BBC radio broadcaster and producer of John Peel's Top
Gear, passes away suddenly in London at age 63.
2002 – The son of Bryan Ferry is arrested by armed police outside the UK
prime minister's County Durham home as he tried to stage a demonstration.
2004 – Lubbock, Texas mayor Marc McDougal proclaims* the day "Mac Davis
Day," and renames a section of Avenue O as Mac Davis Lane.*
*2004 – Rapper *Mark Morrison is arrested after a fracas at Leicester's
After Dark night-club, and has his platinum and diamond medallion stolen.
Morrison claims he was the victim, complaining of wrongful arrest, unlawful
imprisonment and police assault. A £20,000 reward for the return of the
pendant is offered by the singer's record label.**
*2006 – Sentenced to community service after pleading guilty in March to
drug possession from an October 2005 bust, Boy George learns he will be
picking up trash on the streets of New York City.*
*2012 – Singer Johnny Mathis undergoes a second hip replacement surgery,
forcing the cancellation of all appearances until October.*
*2012 – *Sheryl Crow is granted a temporary restraining order against
45-year old Phillip Gordon Sparks, who is accused of threatening to shoot
her. The order states that Sparks has to stay 100 yards away from Crow and
must not contact her, her family or anyone who works with her.
2012 – Bruce Springsteen plays his longest show ever - 4 hours and 6
minutes - at the Helsinki Olympiastadion in Finland, at the end of the
European leg of his Wrecking Ball World Tour.
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