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Births... Deaths ...Events This Week In Rock & Roll History
July 15 – 21

125 events that created the soundtrack of YOUR life
How many do YOU remember?

20 ROCK FACTOIDS AND 31 PHOTOS INCLUDED!

SOME ARTISTS ARE CALLED LEGENDS
THIS MAN REALLY WAS ONE
LOOK INSIDE AND DISCOVER WHY

PLUS THE TOP 20 SONGS THIS WEEK IN 1968

CASH BOX TOP 20 SINGLES
Week of July 15-21, 1968
1 - JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH ---Rolling Stones
2 - THIS GUY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU --- Herb Alpert
3 - LADY WILLPOWER --- Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
4 - ANGEL OF THE MORNING --- Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts
5 - THE LOOK OF LOVE --- Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66
6 - INDIAN LAKE --- Cowsills
7 - HURDY GURDY MAN --- Donovan
8 - STONED SOUL PICNIC --- 5th Dimension
9 - D.W. WASHBURN --- Monkees
10 - REACH OUT OF THE DARKNESS --- Friend & Lover
11 - MacARTHUR PARK --- Richard Harris
12 - YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY --- Ohio Express
13 - HELLO, I LOVE YOU --- Doors
14 - SHE’S A HEARTBREAKER --- Gene Pitney
15 - TURN AROUND, LOOK AT ME --- Vogues
16 - DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME --- Mama Cass
17 - SKY PILOT --- Eric Burdon & The Animals
18 - AUTUMN OF MY LIFE --- Bobby Goldsboro
19 - PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN --- Status Quo
20 - I LOVE YOU --- People

SUNDAY July 15

The late Johnny Thunders (born John Anthony Genzale – lead guitarist with the New York Dolls – “Babylon”) was born in 1952

The late Ian Curtis (lead singer with Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart”) was born in 1956

Guitarist Joe Satriani (“Surfing With The Alien”) is 51
Did You Know? Satriani turned down an offer to join Deep Purple when original lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore left the band.

Marky Ramone (born Marc Steven Bell – drummer with the Ramones – “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School”) is 51

Alicia Bridges (“I Love The Night Life”) is 54

Jeff Carlisli (slide guitarist with .38 Special – “Hold On Loosely”) is 55

Trevor Horn (lead singer with the Buggles – “Video Killed The Radio Star”) is 58
Did You Know? Horn went on to produce songs for several artists, such as Frankie Goes To Hollywood (“Relax”), Yes (“Owner Of A Lonely Heart”) and Seal (“Kiss From A Rose”)

Thomas Delmer “Artimus” Pyle (drummer with Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Saturday Night Special”) is 59

Peter Banks (born Peter William Brockbanks – original guitarist with Yes – “Astral Traveller”) is 60

Linda Ronstadt (“Love Is A Rose”) is 61

Peter Lewis (guitarist with Moby Grape – “Omaha”) is 62

Glen Miller and his band recorded “Jukebox Saturday Night”---1942

Gladys Knight won Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour---1952

An unknown group called the Treniers recorded “Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song),” although that part isn’t really that important.
The significant part of the event was the name of the song’s producer; a 21-year old named Quincy Jones---1954

John Lennon’s mother Julia was run down and killed by a car driven by a drunk off-duty policeman---1958

Filming began on Viva Las Vegas with Elvis Presley and Ann-Margaret---1963

Ray Davies announced he was leaving The Kinks, and then attempted suicide. His younger brother Dave, famous for his legendary fisticuffs with Ray, followed up with an announcement of his own.
“I can guarantee you my brother isn’t going anywhere.”
Dave was right. Ray stayed---1977

Bill Justis (“Raunchy”) died (cancer)---1982

Bert Convy, who sang “Black Denim Trousers” with the Cheers before becoming a game show host, died (brain cancer)---1991

Paul Young, one of the two lead singers—Paul Carrack being the other—with Mike and The Mechanics (“Word Of Mouth”), died (heart attack)---2000

MONDAY July 16

The late Tony Jackson (bassist with The Searchers [second from right in the photo] and the lead singer on “Sugar And Spice,” “Sweets For My Sweet” and “Ain’t That Just Like Me”) was born in 1940
Did You Know? Jackson left the band in 1964 when he wasn’t selected to sing lead on “Needles And Pins” (and was virtually forgotten by music fans within a year).

The late Desmond Dekker (“Israelites”) was born in 1941

Stewart Copeland (drummer with The Police – “Every Breath You Take”) is 55

Alan Fitzgerald (keyboards with Night Ranger – “Sister Christian”) is 58

Denise LaSalle (“Trapped By A Thing Called Love”) is 68

The Coasters recorded “Poison Ivy”---1959

The Beach Boys signed a recording contract with Capitol Records---1962

Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton formed Cream, the first “supergroup”---1966

The Lovin’ Spoonful released “Summer In The City”---1966

The Who released “I’m Free”---1969

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles gave their farewell concert in Washington, DC---1972

Bob Dylan released “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”---1973

Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina split up (they reunited 29 years later)---1976

Harry Chapin (“Cat’s In The Cradle”) was killed in an auto accident on New York’s Long Island Expressway---1981
Did You Know? Chapin donated an estimated third of his paid concerts to charitable causes.
Did You Also Know? On December 7, 1987, Chapin was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his extraordinary (and tireless) campaigning on social issues, particularly his highlighting of hunger around the world and in the United States.
Idle Thought: If that doesn’t make him a legend, then the term doesn’t apply to anyone.

Columbia Records announced that after 28 years with the label, the contract of country star Johnny Cash would not be renewed---1986

John Panozzo (drummer with Styx - “Lady”) died (bleeding ulcers and cirrhosis of the liver)---1996

Michael Jackson performed at a birthday party for the Sultan of Brunei and was paid an estimated 15-20 million dollars---1996

TUESDAY July 17

The late Vince Guaraldi (“Cast Your Fate To The Wind” and the music from all those Peanuts TV cartoons) was born in 1932

The late Mick Tucker (drummer with the Sweet – “Ballroom Blitz”) was born in 1949

The late Nicolette Larson (“Lotta Love”) was born in 1952

Phoebe Snow (born Phoebe Laub - “Poetry Man”) is 55
Did You Know? She borrowed her stage name from the Lackawanna Railroad's passenger train called ‘Phoebe Snow’ which ran from Hoboken, NJ to Buffalo, NY.

Chet McCracken (drummer with the Doobie Brothers – “What A Fool Believes”) is 55

Mike Vale (born Michael Richard Vucish - bassist with Tommy James & The Shondells – “Crimson & Clover”) is 56
Did You Know? The Shondells album cover shown above was the first cover photographed by Linda Eastman (later McCartney).

Terrence “Geezer” Butler (bassist with Black Sabbath – “Paranoid”) is 58

Spencer Davis (Spencer Davis Group - “Gimme Some Lovin’”) is 66
And for those who somehow aren’t aware of it, it was 18-year old Steve Winwood who sang lead vocals on “Gimme Some Lovin’”

Gale Garnett (“We’ll Sing In The Sunshine”) is 65

Annette Funicello and the Mouseketeers first appeared on TV (an ABC special celebrating the opening of Disneyland)---1955

One of the greatest female jazz singers of all time, Billie Holiday (“Strange Fruit”) died (cirrhosis of the liver)---1959
Did You Know? Holiday was victimized by swindling managers and promoters throughout her career. At the time of her death, her bank account held only 70 cents.

Motown Records released the first Supremes single (“Buttered Popcorn” / “Who's Loving You”)---1961
Did You Know? Florence Ballard had a rare lead vocal on “Buttered Popcorn.”

Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas released “From A Window”---1964

The Beatles released “All You Need Is Love” / “Baby, You're A Rich Man”---1967

John Coltrane (saxophonist – “A Love Supreme”) died (liver cancer)---1967
Did You Know? Not only did Coltrane influence a generation of jazz musicians, Roger McGuinn of the Byrds says Coltrane’s style was the principal influence on what was arguably the first jazz-rock fusion recording, “Eight Miles High”

The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine film premiered in London---1968

No one was hurt as a bomb exploded under a Rolling Stones equipment truck in Montreal---1972

The US Immigration and Naturalization Service Board denied John Lennon’s appeal and ordered him to leave the country within sixty days or face deportation---1974

Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox were divorced---1975

Heart released “Magic Man”---1976

Chas Chandler (outstanding groundbreaking bassist with The Animals - “House Of The Rising Sun,” and later the manager of Jimi Hendrix) died (heart condition)---1996
Did You Know? Chandler not only managed the Jimi Hendrix Experience, he also produced their first two albums.

WEDNESDAY July 18

The late “Screamin” Jay Hawkins (“I Put A Spell On You”) was born in 1929

The late Thomas “Papa Dee” Allen (percussionist with War – “Spill The Wine”) was born in 1931

The late Johnny Funches (The Dells – “Oh What A Night”) was born in 1935

The late Ian Stewart (original member of the Rolling Stones who “officially” left the group when his looks weren’t considered photogenic, but actually stayed on as road manager and session pianist) was born in 1938
Did You Know? Stewart’s piano work with the Stones included “Let It Bleed,” “Honky Tonk Women” and “Undercover Of The Night”
Did You Also Know? Stewart also played piano on Led Zeppelin’s “Rock And Roll.”

The late Glenn Hughes (the ‘leather’ man in the Village People – “Y.M.C.A.”) was born in 1950

Danny McCulloch (bassist – Eric Burdon & The New Animals – “When I Was Young”) is 62

Robin McDonald (guitarist with Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas – “Little Children”) is 64

Martha Reeves (Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - “Dancing In The Streets”) is 66

Lonnie Mack (“Memphis”) is 66

Dion DiMucci (“The Wanderer”) is 68

Brian Auger (keyboards with Trinity – “This Wheel’s On Fire” and Oblivion Express – “Freedom Jazz Dance”) is 68
Did You Know? Auger played the harpsichord on the Yardbirds’ “For Your Love”

Elvis Presley wandered into Sun Studios in Memphis and recorded two songs (“My Happiness” and “That's When Your Heartaches Begin”) for his mother’s birthday (which actually was in April)---1953

The Ventures made their chart debut with “Walk—Don’t Run”---1960

Elvis Presley released “It’s Now Or Never”---1960

The Beatles recorded “You Really Got A Hold On Me,” “Devil In Her Heart,” “Money (That’s What I Want)” and “Till There Was You”---1963

Bobby Fuller (“I Fought The Law”) was found dead in his car in Hollywood---1966
Did You Know?: Fuller’s death was originally listed a suicide, but later changed to “accidental” due to “inhalation of gasoline.”
However, a Stanford University crime professor reported that, “no one has ever successfully killed themselves by drinking gasoline. One could not be able to keep it down, if they could get it down.”
Many people still believe Bobby Fuller was murdered.

The Beatles recorded a 27-minute-11-second version of “Helter Skelter,” the longest Beatle recording ever. The version recorded on this date was much slower than the “White Album” version, and it was on the album cut, recorded in September 68, that we all hear Ringo screaming “I've got blisters on my fingers!” at the end---1968

Arthur Brown (The Crazy World of Arthur Brown – “Fire”) was arrested for stripping onstage in Palermo, Spain---1970
Carl Palmer, the drummer in Brown’s band, went on to bigger and better things as part of Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

The U.S. Justice Department ordered John Lennon out of the country within 60 days. The Immigration and Naturalization Service denied him an extension of his non-immigrant visa because of his guilty plea in England to a 1968 marijuana possession charge---1974
Lennon eventually won his right to stay.

Def Leppard made their live debut in front of 150 students at a British school---1978

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel took to the road to begin a 19-city tour beginning in Akron, OH. It was the first tour by the popular singing duo since their success in the 1960s---1983

The oldest known musical instrument in the world was found in the Indrijca River Valley in Slovenia. The 45,000 year-old relic was a bear bone with four artificial holes along its length---1995
There is no truth to the rumor that Keith Richards was the original owner.

THURSDAY July 19

The late Keith Godchaux (keyboards with the Grateful Dead) was born in 1948

The late Allen Collins (guitarist with Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Sweet Home Alabama”) was born in 1952

Bernie Leadon (original lead guitarist with the Eagles – “Take It Easy”) is 60

Brian May (guitarist with Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody”) is 60

Alan Gorrie (bassist with Average White Band – “Pick Up The Pieces”) is 61

Commander Cody (born George Frayne – “Hot Rod Lincoln”) is 63

Vikki Carr (“It Must Be Him”) is 66

George Hamilton IV (“Abilene”) is 70

Sue Thompson (“Norman”) is 81

Harry Belafonte’s first recording session for Capitol Records produced “They Didn’t Believe Me”---1949

Sun Records released the first Elvis Presley single, “That’s Alright” / “Blue Moon Of Kentucky”---1954
Did You Know? The record never hit the rock charts.

The Beatles released “Help” / “I'm Down”---1965

Johnny Rivers recorded “Poor Side Of Town”---1966

Frank Sinatra (then 50) married 20-year old actress Mia Farrow---1966

The Monkees recorded their television theme song---1966

Elvis Presley's former doctor Dr. George Nichopoulous, lost his medical license for being “too liberal” when prescribing addictive drugs---1995

FRIDAY July 20

The late Buddy Knox (“Party Doll”) was born in 1933
Did You Know? Knox was born in Happy, Texas…Honest, he was a “happy” native.

Carlos Santana (“Evil Ways”) is 60

John Lodge (bassist with the Moody Blues - “Nights In White Satin”) is 62

Kim Carnes (“Bette Davis Eyes”) is 62

In a flurry of activity, the Beatles released a pair of singles in the U.S. (“I'll Cry Instead” / “I'm Happy Just To Dance With You”) and (“And I Love Her” / “If I Fell”). They also released the “Something New” album in the U.S.---1964

Bob Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone” was released---1965
Did You Know? (Surely you must) Rolling Stone magazine ranked it as the greatest song of all time, declaring, “No other pop song has so thoroughly challenged and transformed the commercial laws and artistic conventions of its time.”
Can I get an Amen?

The Lovin’ Spoonful released “Do You Believe In Magic”---1965

After a 9-year absence, Jerry Lee Lewis returned to England---1967

Jane Asher called off her engagement to Paul McCartney (after she found him in bed with another woman)---1968
Idle Thought: What the hell was he thinking?

Roy Hamilton (“Unchained Melody”) died (stroke)---1969

Guitarist Steve Van Zandt performed for the first time in concert as a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band---1975

“Blue,” the very first major-label (Curb Records) album by country singer LeAnn Rimes (who was just 13 years old), debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Country Music chart and #4 on the Pop Album chart---1996

SATURDAY July 21

The late Howie Epstein (bassist with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – “Jammin’ Me”) was born in 1955

Cat Stevens (born Stephen Demetre Georgiou, and now known as Yusuf Islam - “Peace Train”) is 60

Barry Whitwam (drummer with Herman’s Hermits – “I’m Into Something Good”) is 61

Rosie Hamlin of Rosie & The Originals (“Angel Baby”) is 62

Kay Starr (“Rock & Roll Waltz”) is 85

The final Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts ran on CBS. The show had provided a jump start for many musicians, including Tony Bennett, Pat Boone, The McGuire Sisters and Connie Francis---1958

England experienced the first real hint of Beatlemania: 4,000 fans without tickets tried to gain entry to the band’s performance at the Queen’s Theatre in Blackpool. The Beatles were forced to enter through the roof---1963

The Beatles began recording “Come Together”---1969

Rod Stewart released his “Never A Dull Moment” album---1972

Robert Palmer's “Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor Doctor)” was released---1979

Guns 'n Roses released their debut album (“Appetite For Destruction”)---1987

Roger Waters (former Pink Floyd bassist) performed “The Wall” at the Berlin Wall in Potzdamer Platz, Berlin.
Over 200.000 people attended and the event was broadcast live throughout the world. Van Morrison, Bryan Adams, Joni Mitchell, Cyndi Lauper, Marianne Faithfull and others took part---1990

Gus Dudgeon (British record producer of Elton John’s hit songs, and the man who is credited with the invention of audio sampling as a musical device) died (car accident)---2002

Long John Baldry (legendary British blues singer), died (chest infection)---2005
Did You Know? Baldry had more than just a good ear for music. He could also spot talent when he saw it.
At various times in the sixties, members of his various bands included Jack Bruce, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Jimmy Page, Brian Auger, Rod Stewart and Elton John.

Herbert Kalin (Kalin Twins – “When”) died (heart attack)---2006