This Day In Music – 30 July
1929 - Christine McGuire of The McGuire Sisters is born in Middletown, Ohio. Best known in
for their 1958 No.4, ‘Sugartime’ - https://youtu.be/bRvEHn6fKWE .1936 - George "Buddy" Guy born in Lettsworth, Louisiana. American blues guitarist and singer who starts his career in the '60s as the house guitarist for Chess Records. Critically acclaimed, he is a pioneer of the Chicago blues sound.
1941 - Canadian American singer, songwriter and actor Paul Anka born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He had the 1957 , UK & US No.1 single 'Diana' which sold over 9 million copies world-wide. He wrote many classic songs including the English lyrics to Claude François and Jacques Revaux's music for Frank Sinatra's signature song, 'My Way' which has been recorded by many, including Elvis Presley. Two songs he co-wrote with Michael Jackson, 'This Is It' and 'Love Never Felt So Good' became posthumous hits for Jackson - https://youtu.be/ar-zZ21iW9w .
, UK & US No.1 single 'Diana' which sold over 9 million copies world-wide. He wrote many classic songs including the English lyrics to Claude François and Jacques Revaux's music for Frank Sinatra's signature song, 'My Way' which has been recorded by many, including Elvis Presley. Two songs he co-wrote with Michael Jackson, 'This Is It' and 'Love Never Felt So Good' became posthumous hits for Jackson - https://youtu.be/ar-zZ21iW9w .1942 - Frank Sinatra ends his association with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra, recording the last two of over 90 songs before moving on to great acclaim as a solo star at Columbia.https://youtu.be/bm8kvUPlq9Q .
1944 - American multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Chris Darrow was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S.A. He was considered to be a pioneer of country rock music in the late-1960s and performed and recorded with numerous groups, including Kaleidoscope and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Darrow played bass on Leonard Cohen's debut Songs of Leonard Cohen. Darrow died on 15 January 2020 age 75 - https://youtu.be/KKm_EgDI_-E .
1946 - Jeffrey Hammond born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. Former bass guitar player for the progressive rock band Jethro Tull. Hammond appeared on the classic Tull albums Aqualung (1971) and Thick as a Brick (1972) - https://youtu.be/N4zPu3ISCGs .
1949 - Hugh Nicholson born in Rutherglen, Scotland. From Scottish pop rock band Marmalade, (originally formed in 1961 as The Gaylords). They scored the 1969 UK No.1 single with their version of The Beatles song 'Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da' which peaked at No.42 in - https://youtu.be/ax7J7HOP8II .
- https://youtu.be/ax7J7HOP8II .1954 - Slim Whitman, Billy Walker, Sugarfoot Collins, Sonny Harvelle, Tinker Fry, Curly Harris and a young Elvis Presley, all appeared at the Hillbilly Hoedown, Overton Park Shell, in Memphis Tennessee. Elvis was so nervous he stood up on the balls of his feet and shook his leg in time with the music, when he came offstage he asked why people were yelling at him. Someone told him it was because he was shaking his leg, which with the baggy pleated pants created a wild gyrating effect in time with the music - https://youtu.be/AUilifC6gdQ .
1956 - Phil Fearon born. He was the lead singer, songwriter and keyboardist for the 1980s band, Galaxy, (1983 UK No.4 single 'Dancing Night'). Spelled as “Phearon” in some sources - https://youtu.be/VO5mpZhpenM .
1957 - Chris Miller (Rat Scabies) born. Drummer from English punk rock band The Damned, who had the 1983 UK No.3 single 'Eloise' ( No.6 ) - https://youtu.be/WO4DMK6Qd7M .
No.6 ) - https://youtu.be/WO4DMK6Qd7M .1958 - Kate Bush born in Bexleyheath, Kent, England. UK singer, songwriter, who had the 1978 UK No.1 & No.2 single 'Wuthering Heights' (at the age of 19). Her 1985 UK No.1 album 'Hounds Of Love' spent 52 weeks on the chart. In 1987, she won a Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist, and in 2002 an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. Bush was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to music - https://youtu.be/-1pMMIe4hb4 .
No.2 single 'Wuthering Heights' (at the age of 19). Her 1985 UK No.1 album 'Hounds Of Love' spent 52 weeks on the chart. In 1987, she won a Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist, and in 2002 an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. Bush was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to music - https://youtu.be/-1pMMIe4hb4 .1964 - - Robert Bellenger, keyboardist of the Sydney based Cover/Party bands Mad Cow and Hothouse was born. ACE Award nominees for "Best Show Band" 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 - https://youtu.be/TBNV4F3P2Ks .
- Robert Bellenger, keyboardist of the Sydney based Cover/Party bands Mad Cow and Hothouse was born. ACE Award nominees for "Best Show Band" 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 - https://youtu.be/TBNV4F3P2Ks .1966 - Jyoti Mishra of White Town, (1997 & UK No.1 single 'Your Woman') born in Rourkela, India. White Town was originally the name of a band formed by Mishra in 1989, inspired by a Pixies concert he had attended - https://youtu.be/lVL-zZnD3VU .
& UK No.1 single 'Your Woman') born in Rourkela, India. White Town was originally the name of a band formed by Mishra in 1989, inspired by a Pixies concert he had attended - https://youtu.be/lVL-zZnD3VU .1966 - The Beatles started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Yesterday...And Today', the group's 8th No.1 album. Issued only in the United States and Canada, the album is remembered primarily for the controversy surrounding its original cover image, the "butcher cover" featuring the band dressed in white smocks and covered with decapitated baby dolls and pieces of meat.
1966 - The Troggs started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Wild Thing' (No.2 in ). Because of a distribution dispute, The Troggs' single was available on two competing labels: Atco and Fontana. Because both pressings were taken from the identical master recording, Billboard combined the sales for both releases, making it the only single to simultaneously reach No. 1 for two companies - https://youtu.be/gSWInYFVksg .
). Because of a distribution dispute, The Troggs' single was available on two competing labels: Atco and Fontana. Because both pressings were taken from the identical master recording, Billboard combined the sales for both releases, making it the only single to simultaneously reach No. 1 for two companies - https://youtu.be/gSWInYFVksg .1968 - The Beatles' Apple Boutique, a psychedelic clothing store located at 94 Baker Street in London, closes after seven months of bad business practices and rampant theft. With the group and its intimates having had the pick of the remaining inventory the night before, Apple Boutique employees are instructed to simply let people in off the street to take whatever merchandise they like. The store was closed that evening for good.
1969 - The Beatles continued working on Abbey Road recording overdubs on 'Come Together', 'Polythene Pam/She Came In Through the Bathroom Window', 'You Never Give Me Your Money' and 'Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight'. The Beatles began to assemble the "medley" that would make upside two of the album. Paul McCartney told tape operator John Kurlander to discard 'Her Majesty', but Kurlander tacked it onto the end of the tape, about 20 seconds after the end of 'The End'. Hearing it like this, Paul decides to keep it, including the lengthy silence preceding it - https://youtu.be/oolpPmuK2I8 .
1971 - Brad Hargraves born in Marin County, California. From Third Eye Blind, (1997 US No.4, No.12 & UK No. 33 single 'Semi- Charmed Life') - https://youtu.be/beINamVRGy4 .
No.12 & UK No. 33 single 'Semi- Charmed Life') - https://youtu.be/beINamVRGy4 .1977 - The Bee Gees younger brother Andy Gibb started a four-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Just Wanna Be Your Everything', his first US No.1, with his next two singles, "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" and "Shadow Dancing," also hitting the top U.S. spot, making him the first male solo artist with three straight #1 hits on the Hot 100. The track also peaked at No.1 in , whilst the other two both peaked at No.11 - https://youtu.be/G39OnngbpH8 .
, whilst the other two both peaked at No.11 - https://youtu.be/G39OnngbpH8 .1982 - - Ruslan Osmonov, keyboardist and vocalist of the Nowra based rock covers band The Rock Addicts was born.
- Ruslan Osmonov, keyboardist and vocalist of the Nowra based rock covers band The Rock Addicts was born. 1988 - Steve Winwood started a four-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Roll With It', a No.36 hit in and a No.53 hit in the UK. Later Motown songwriters Holland-Dozier-Holland were credited with co-writing the song due to its resemblance to the Junior Walker hit (I'm a) Roadrunner - https://youtu.be/BSrosM7JuHI .
and a No.53 hit in the UK. Later Motown songwriters Holland-Dozier-Holland were credited with co-writing the song due to its resemblance to the Junior Walker hit (I'm a) Roadrunner - https://youtu.be/BSrosM7JuHI .1991 - "Enter Sandman" is released as a single, serving as a preview of what's to come from Metallica's Black Album. With a cover of the early Queen classic "Stone Cold Crazy" on the B-side, peaking at No.16 in as well as on the U.S. Hot 100, their best showing to this point - https://youtu.be/CD-E-LDc384 .
as well as on the U.S. Hot 100, their best showing to this point - https://youtu.be/CD-E-LDc384 .1993 - Don Myrick (saxophonist for Earth, Wind & Fire), age 53, is fatally shot by Santa Monica policemen during a narcotics investigation when the lighter he is holding is mistaken for a weapon.
1993 - Founder member and original bassist for The Wonder Stuff, Rob Jones died in New York aged 29. Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff had the 1991 UK No.1 with 'Dizzy', (a No.1 for Tommy Roe in 1969) - https://youtu.be/BZzsi1y82Y8 .
2001 - The Strokes revive garage rock with the release of their debut album, Is This It. It drops in first before making its way to England and America - https://youtu.be/Hgqp7l9s_9o .
first before making its way to England and America - https://youtu.be/Hgqp7l9s_9o .2003 - Sam Phillips the founder of Sun Records and studio died of respiratory failure at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, age 80. In the 1940s, Phillips worked as a DJ for Muscle Shoals, Alabama radio station WLAY. Phillips recorded what some consider to be the first rock and roll record, 'Rocket 88' by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats in 1951. He discovered Elvis Presley, worked with Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Ike Turner, B.B. King and Jerry Lee Lewis - https://youtu.be/eAwUesMFM1E .
2003 - The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rush, The Guess Who, Justin Timberlake, The Flaming Lips, Sass Jordan and The Isley Brothers played a benefit concert in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to prove that the city is safe from SARS. With 450,000 spectators, it was the largest concert in Canadian history - https://youtu.be/crb2EI5eWOo
2006 - Shakira feat Wyclef Jean started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Hips Don't Lie.' A remake of Wyclef Jean's 2004 song 'Dance Like This', the song went on to top the charts in over 50 countries, including . The song is the biggest selling single of the 21st century by a female artist worldwide - https://youtu.be/DUT5rEU6pqM .
. The song is the biggest selling single of the 21st century by a female artist worldwide - https://youtu.be/DUT5rEU6pqM .2006 - British gay magazine Attitude listed the 'Top 10 Gay Albums' of all time. No.1 was Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters, 2, Arrival - ABBA, 3, Vauxhall and I - Morrissey, 4, Light Years - Kylie Minogue, 5, Older - George Michael, 6, Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood, 7, Erotica - Madonna, 8, I Am a Bird Now - Antony and the Johnsons, 9, Bad Girls - Donna Summer and No. 10 The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie.
2014 - American rock guitarist, and songwriter Dick Wagner, who worked with Alice Cooper and Lou Reed died from a lung infection aged 71. One of the best-known songs written by Wagner is 'Only Women Bleed', which was one of Alice Coppers biggest hits (it is in reference to DV) - https://youtu.be/ZfZyxu5UMCU .
2015 - American country music singer, Lynn Anderson, died aged 67. The multi-award-winning singer scored the 1971 No.1 and the US & UK No.3 single 'Rose Garden', and charted 12 No.1, 18 Top 10, and more than 50 Top 40 hits. Anderson was the first female country artist to win the American Music Award (in 1974), as well as the first to headline and sell-out Madison Square Garden that same year - https://youtu.be/roxohOzFz3E .
No.1 and the US & UK No.3 single 'Rose Garden', and charted 12 No.1, 18 Top 10, and more than 50 Top 40 hits. Anderson was the first female country artist to win the American Music Award (in 1974), as well as the first to headline and sell-out Madison Square Garden that same year - https://youtu.be/roxohOzFz3E .
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