Births
1928: Vic
Damone (Singer)
1930: Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle and Singer)
1941: Chick
Corea (Keyboardist)
1941: Reg
Presley (Singer for The Troggs)
1949: John
Wetton (Bass for King Crimson & Asia)
1951: Brad
Delp (Lead Singer & Guitar for Boston)
1959: John Linnell (Accordion, Keyboards & Sax
for They Might Be Giants)
1962: Grandmaster Dee (Drew Carter) (DJ
for Whodini)
1969: Bardi Martin (Bass for
Candlebox)
1977: Kenny Wayne Shepherd (Blues
Singer & Guitarist)
1979: Robyn (Singer)
1985: Chris Young (Country Singer)
Events
1935: At age 17, Ella Fitzgerald recorded her first
songs. The two songs were "Love and Kisses" and "I'll Chase the
Blues Away.
1957: Jimmy
Dorsey died of throat cancer at age 53.
1959: Sam
Cooke insists on racially integrated seating for tonight's dual-headlining show
with Jackie Wilson in Norfolk, VA.
1959: Bo Diddley released "Go Go Bo
Diddley."
1961: Frankie
Avalon begins a 12-day tour of South America, one of the first rock tours to
play on the continent.
1962: Brenda
Lee dislocates her neck while performing at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill,
NJ, and is hospitalized; one year later to the day, the teen idol finally
graduates from the showbiz-friendly high school Hollywood Professional.
1965: Sonny
and Cher make their US television debut, singing "Just You" on
ABC-TV's American Bandstand.
1965:
Rolling Stones release the single "Satisfaction".
1966: The
Dave Clark Five break a record by becoming the first rock band to make 12
appearances on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show.
1973: Grand
Funk Railroad recorded "We're An American Band".
1978: Country
singer Johnny Bond died of a heart attack at age 63.
1982: The
largest political rally in US history occurs when three-quarters of a million
people cram into New York's Central Park for the Rally for Nuclear Disarmament,
a musical protest featuring Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, James Taylor,
Linda Ronstadt, and Gary "U.S." Bonds.
1987: The Los
Angeles Coroner's Office rules that blues legend Paul Butterfield died from a
heart attack caused by decades of drug and alcohol abuse.
1989: The
Elvis Presley Autoland Museum, a section of Graceland devoted to twenty of the
King's vintage cars, opens to the public.
1992: Jordan
and Danny of New Kids on the Block are acquitted in copyright-infringement
charges stemming from their song "I'll Be Your Everything," which the
estate of Percy Sledge claimed borrowed heavily from Sledge's 1975 song of the
same name.
1994: Cab
Calloway suffers a stroke in his hometown of Rochester, NY, the beginning of a
series of medical events which will lead to his death in November.
1999: It was reported that Oasis had paid Gary
Glitter $340,000 as an out-of-court settlement after being accused of using the
Gary Glitter lyric, ‘Hello, hello, it’s good to be back’ in the song ‘Hello’.
2000: Bruce
Springsteen debuts his new song, "American Skin (41 Shots)," which
protests the NYPD killing of unarmed suspect Amadou Diallo, to resounding boos
at Madison Square Garden.
2002: Clive Calder the man who is credited with
discovering Britney Spears sold his record company Zomba to BMG Music for $2
billion. Calder started Zomba in 1975 and had hits with Billy Ocean, Sam Fox
and Tight Fit.
2003: In New
York, the Songwriters' Hall of Fame inducts new members Little Richard, Van
Morrison, Queen, and Phil Collins.
2005: Pink Floyd announced they would reunite with former
bassist Roger Waters, who left the band in 1985, on July 2 for the Live 8
London concert. This would be the first time the band had played together as a
quartet since The Wall tour in 1981.
2011: Carl Gardner, lead singer of '50s group the Coasters,
passed away in Port St. Lucie, Florida after an extended illness.
