This Day In Music - July 1

 This Day In Music - 1 July

1930: Bobby Day is born Robert James Byrd in Fort Worth, Texas - https://youtu.be/LklFP1IG9KY .

1935: Benny Goodman and his band recorded the "King Porter Stomp", a Fox Trot - https://youtu.be/Hri4nc_tETg .

1939: Delaney Bramlett, who co-fronted the early-'70s rock/soul ensemble Delaney & Bonnie with then-wife Bonnie Bramlett, is born in Pontotoc, Mississippi - https://youtu.be/zbbPR3FVotk .

1942: Susan Maughan born in Consett, County Durham, England. Born Marian Maughan, she is an English singer who released successful singles in the 1960s. Her most famous and successful song, "Bobby's Girl" (a cover of the Marcie Blane single), reached number three in the Singles Chart at Christmas time in 1962 - https://youtu.be/f0OdE14X3fg .

1945: Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; Miami Florida) was adopted as an infant and raised in Hawthorne, New Jersey. She is an American singer, songwriter and actress, known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Debbie Harry, as she was known, worked various jobs, including as a secretary (including at the BBC in New York), dancer, and Playboy Bunny, before breaking through in the music industry. Her recordings with the band reached No. 1 in the , and charts on many occasions from 1979 to 2017 - https://youtu.be/_zBwRDEFMRY .

1946: June Monteiro (Toys) born in Queens, New York. Known as a member of vocal group “The Toys”, formed in 1960, Jamaica, New York . At the peak of their popularity The Toys appeared on all of the major TV rock programs, including Shindig!, Hullabaloo, and American Bandstand - https://youtu.be/FmJ1AqtTuyo .

1947: Marc Benno born in Dallas, Texas) is an singer-songwriter and guitarist. Benno teamed with Leon Russell to form the Asylum Choir in the late 1960s. He launched a solo career in the early 1970s, with the 1972 album Ambush being his most commercially successful.

1948: John Ford (multi-instrumentalist of The Strawbs) is born in Fulham, London, England - https://youtu.be/KdOCWUgwiWs .

1949: John Farnham (Johnny Farnham) born John Peter Farnham AO in Dagenham, Essex, England. Farnham was an teen pop idol from 1967 until 1979, billed then as Johnny Farnham, but has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist, although he replaced Glenn Shorrock as lead singer of Little River Band from 1982 to 1985. In September 1986, his solo single "You're the Voice" peaked at No. 1 on the singles charts. The associated album, Whispering Jack, held the No. 1 position for a total of 25 weeks and is the second-highest-selling album in history. Both the single and the album had top-ten success internationally, including No. 1 in Sweden - https://youtu.be/tbkOZTSvrHs .

1951: Victor Willis, original lead singer for The Village People, is born. His occupation in the group: policeman - https://youtu.be/CS9OO0S5w2k .

1951: Fred Schneider of The B-52s is born in Newark, New Jersey - https://youtu.be/2VCCiY17hKw .

1952: Dan Aykroyd is born in Ottawa. He formed The Blues Brothers with John Belushi and also appeared on "We Are The World" - https://youtu.be/Psm96Dn9KII .

1956: Little Miss Dynamite, Brenda Lee (Brenda Mae Tarpley), signed a record deal with Decca Records, when not quite 12 years of age & releases "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)" - https://youtu.be/7pF1_zndkZc .

1956: The family-friendly Steve Allen Show doesn't want Elvis Presley shaking his legendary pelvis, so Elvis sings "Hound Dog" to a basset hound. Both Elvis and the pooch are dressed in formal wear - https://youtu.be/-phwGzFLdGM .

1960: The Shadows release the instrumental call-to-arms "Apache," which goes to #1 in the and is a hit the next year for Jorgen Ingmann. Variations of the song are later sampled on a number of hip-hop tracks - https://youtu.be/cjUwpXu_VUk .

1961: Travellin’ Man / Hello Mary Lou went to #1 on the chart - https://youtu.be/0janfcZ8LUw .

1963 - "She Loves You" and "I'll Get You" were recorded by the Beatles - https://youtu.be/oVCwDl-S09A .

1963: Roddy Bottum (keyboardist for Faith No More) is born Roswell Christopher Bottum III in Los Angeles, California.

1966: Bob Dylan releases the "thin, wild mercury" sound of Blonde on Blonde, rock's first double album. Minds are blown - https://youtu.be/fm-po_FUmvM .

1967: Aretha Franklin made her chart debut with “Respect”, a cover of the Otis Redding classic - https://youtu.be/9iayJ8u4Qew .

1967: Scott McKenzie's "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)," written by John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, reaches its chart peak of #4 in , where it galvanizes the Flower Power movement - https://youtu.be/7I0vkKy504U .

1971: Missy Elliott is born in Portsmouth, Virginia. Best known for the 1998 No.1 single with Melanie B, 'I Want You Back' - https://youtu.be/Hx1krWk-kFI .

1972: The Doobie Brothers release their second album, Toulouse Street. It contains their first hit, "Listen To The Music" - https://youtu.be/DkytJLoxGmQ .

1975: David Bowie commenced work for his first cinematic role in “The Man Who Fell To Earth” - https://youtu.be/gY4FOSaSoDo .

1976: Paul McCartney purchased Buddy Holly's entire publishing catalogue from Norman Petty - https://youtu.be/GMezwtB1oCU .

1979: The Sony Walkman debuts in Japan, making music portable. The device is not only a status symbol, but makes it easier to share homemade tapes, the '80s answer to bootlegs. With record prices on the rise, cassettes are fast becoming the cheaper and more convenient alternative to spinning vinyl at home. Within the next three years, the sale of cassette tapes outranks that of vinyl for the first time, with Sony and its competitors scrambling to release new models with new features, including waterproofing and AM/FM capability, to meet the demand.

1981: Rushton Moreve (original bass guitarist for Steppenwolf) dies in an automobile accident at age 32 - https://youtu.be/U4WiyxXpyZc .

1982: Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five release the early rap classic "The Message." It's the first hip-hop hit with lyrics about struggle in the inner city - https://youtu.be/4kjeWGQ175g .

1989: Prince’s ninth album, the soundtrack to the film Batman, entered album chart at #1, repeating the feat of his 8th, Lovesexy.

1995: Legendary DJ Wolfman Jack, who famously spun rock and roll records from a border blaster station in Mexico throughout the '60s, dies of a heart attack at age 57 - https://youtu.be/jumVHcPiAzA .

1999: Guy Mitchell, '50s pop singer and TV host, dies of complications from cancer surgery at age 72 - https://youtu.be/wJA8b3esxfE .

2005: Luther Vandross dies at age 54 after suffering a stroke two years earlier that left him in a wheelchair.

2009: Thanks to a surge in sales following his death on June 25, Michael Jackson holds the top nine positions on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Albums chart. Following Michael Jackson's death the previous week, he also becomes the first act to sell more than 1 million song downloads in a week - https://youtu.be/kc1es5zrFY8 .

2013: Gary Shearston (b. 9 Jan 1939 in Inverell NSW) died on this day. In late 1962 Gary signed with Leedon (Festival) Records. A single and an EP were issued in 1963. In 1965 Peter, Paul & Mary were on tour in and heard him perform his own song Sometime Lovin' which they subsequently recorded on their Album LP and invited him to go to America. Gary was eventually ordained in July 1992 and served as an Anglican minister in Hay (NSW), then Bangalow (NSW), and finally in the Tenterfield (NSW)/Queensland border region - https://youtu.be/zXuVMHgdrUQ .

2017: Ed Sheeran returned to No.1 for the forth time with his third studio album ÷ (pronounced ‘divide’). The album also topped the charts in 14 other countries and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.