This Day In Music - July 6

 This Day In Music – 6 July

1925 - Bill Haley (William John Clifton Haley) born in Highland Park, Michigan. A singer, guitarist, 'The first Rock 'n' Roll star.' As Bill Haley and his Comets he had the 1955 , & No.1 single 'Rock Around the Clock' Haley was one of the earliest acts to bring rock and roll to the attention of white America and the rest of the world. He sold over 60 million records during his career. Haley died on 9th February 1981 - https://youtu.be/ZgdufzXvjqw .

1932 - - Ted Egan was born on the 6th of July 1932. Born: Edward Joseph Egan. Folk Musician/Song Writer/Author/TV Presenter. An Australian folk musician and a former public servant who served as Administrator of the Northern Territory from 2003 to 2007, he was awarded Order Of Australia in 1993 - https://youtu.be/X092-ksH_0o .

1937 - Gene Chandler born in Chicago, Illinois. American soul singer, Gene Chandler, (Eugene Dixon) who had the 1962 No.1 single 'Duke Of Earl', and the 1979 No.11 single 'Get Down' - https://youtu.be/h6Uht69h8Is .

1939 - Jet Harris born. The bass guitarist of the Shadows until April 1962 and had subsequent success as a soloist and as a duo with the drummer Tony Meehan who he topped the Singles Chart for three weeks in early 1963 with 'Diamonds' - https://youtu.be/vHyTN5DQT6E .

1945 - Rik Elswit born in California. Guitarist, with American rock band Dr Hook who had the 1970s hits 'The Cover of Rolling Stone', 'A Little Bit More', 'When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman' and 'Sylvia's Mother' - https://youtu.be/-Ux3-a9RE1Q .

1949 - Michael Shrieve born in San Francisco, California. American drummer and percussionist Michael Shrieve is best known as the drummer of Santana. He played on all albums from 1969 to 1974. When he was 20, Shrieve was one of the youngest musicians to perform at Woodstock in 1969 - https://youtu.be/JaaT_HRb4GU .

1952 – - Phil Emmanuel was born in Dorrigo, New South Wales, Australia. An Australian guitar player who found fame with The Trailblazers and as the older brother of musician Tommy Emmanuel. He played with many other artists including INXS, Jimmy Barnes, John Farnham, Ian Moss and Slim Dusty, as well as playing with many international artists such as British guitarist Hank B. Marvin and American performers Chet Atkins, Willie Nelson, Duane Eddy and Dolly Parton. His debut album, Kakadu Sunrise, reached No. 33 on the New Zealand album charts. In 1994 Phil and Tommy Emmanuel released the album Terra Firma and it was nominated for the 1995 ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album. In 2011, Emmanuel was inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown. He died on the 24th of May 2018 in Parkes, NSW aged 65 - https://youtu.be/AzHUF3o5ML8 .

1952 - David Smith born. From British soul group The Real Thing, who had the 1976 No.1 single 'You To Me Are Everything' - https://youtu.be/WsBbNHGx19A .

1957 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time at The Woolton Church Parish Fete where The Quarry Men were appearing. As The Quarry Men were setting up for their evening performance, McCartney eager to impress Lennon picked up a guitar and played 'Twenty Flight Rock' (Eddie Cochran) and 'Be-Bop-A-Lula' (Gene Vincent). Lennon was impressed, and even more so when McCartney showed Lennon and Eric Griffiths how to tune their guitars, something they'd been paying someone else to do for them. When they meet again, Lennon asks McCartney to join his band.

1959 - John Keeble born in Hampstead, London, England. English pop and rock drummer with Spandau Ballet who became one of the most successful groups to emerge during the New Romantic era and have produced several international hits during the 80s including 'True', 'Gold' and 'Through the Barricades.' - https://youtu.be/ntG50eXbBtc .

1960 - - Rick Price was born in Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia. Some research suggests Rick was born 1961. An Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. His debut album, Heaven Knows, was released in July 1992, and peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It provided two top ten singles, "Not a Day Goes By" and the title track. At the APRA Music Awards of 1992 "Heaven Knows" won Song of the Year for Price and his co-writer, Heather Field. His second album in 1995 Tamborine Mountain contained the single "River of Love", which peaked at No. 18. Since 2009 he has been a resident of Nashville, Tennessee - https://youtu.be/BFCz1pm4xk8 .

1963 - Tim Bricheno born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. Guitarist for Sisters Of Mercy / All About Eve who had the 1988 No.10 single 'Martha's Harbour' and with English gothic rock band, The Sisters Of Mercy the 1992 No.3 single 'Temple Of Love' - https://youtu.be/O8LG8sUuHTg .

1963 - James Brown went to No.2 on the US album chart with 'Live At The Apollo'. Recorded on the night of October 24, 1962 at Brown's own expense, it spent 66 weeks on the Billboard Albums chart. In 2003, the album was ranked No.24 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time - https://youtu.be/M3hnm4Shybg .

1964 - In London, the Beatles' first film, "A Hard Day's Night," premiered at the Pavilion Theatre. Filmed during the height of Beatlemania, and written by Alun Owen, the film was made in the style of a mockumentary, describing a couple of days in the lives of the group - https://youtu.be/zx2TFk0vh1I .

1965 - The Jefferson Airplane was formed in San Francisco, CA, when Marty Balin starts recruiting members for the band that will become Jefferson Airplane.

1965 - Jackie Wilson releases "Higher And Higher" - https://youtu.be/mzDVaKRApcg .

1968 - The Rolling Stones scored their fifth No.1 single when 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' hit the top of the charts ( #2 13 July '68). Keith Richards has stated that he and Jagger wrote the lyrics while staying at Richards' country house, where they were awoken one morning by the sound of gardener Jack Dyer walking past the window. When Jagger asked what the noise was, Richards responded: "Oh, that's Jack - that's jumpin' Jack" - https://youtu.be/KXUJMaYzh6U .

1971 - Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader died of a heart attack in his sleep in Corona, Queens, New York, a month shy of his 70th birthday. He had many hits including the 1964 No.1 'Hello Dolly!', 1968 No.1 'What A Wonderful World' (# 41 in '68 & #1 in in 1988) plus 'When The Saints Go Marching In', 'Ain't Misbehavin', and 'We Have All the Time in the World.' He made frequent use of laxatives as a means of controlling his weight, resulting in Armstrong appearing in humorous, advertisements for laxative product Swiss Kriss; the ads bore a picture of him sitting on a toilet, as viewed through a keyhole, with the slogan "Satch says, 'Leave it all behind ya!" - https://youtu.be/CWzrABouyeE .

1972 - David Bowie performs "Starman" on Top Of The Pops, causing an uproar among the conservative British audience by singing with his arm coquettishly draped around the shoulder of guitarist Mick Ronson - a move that makes him as a household name overnight. Bowie had appeared on the popular music show before, doing "Space Oddity" in 1969 and playing piano on Peter Noone's performance of a song Bowie wrote, "Oh! You Pretty Things," in 1971. But this time is different. Bowie had spent lots of time curating his Ziggy Stardust character, who makes quite a fashion statement with an array of colourful patterns set against Bowie's pale complexion. In June, Ziggy is ready to go and the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars is released. His TOTP Starman performance is for most the first look at the character, and it leaves an impression. The single peaked at No.10 and stayed on the charts for 11 weeks - https://youtu.be/sI66hcu9fIs .

1973 - In the , Queen release their self-titled debut album, along with their first single, "Keep Yourself Alive." The album is released in America on September 4. The track didn't make the charts - https://youtu.be/JofwEB9g1zg .

1974 - "Rock The Boat" by The Hues Corporation becomes the first disco song to top the Hot 100 (#25 in Sept 74 in ) - https://youtu.be/iKr9wZpjBqE .

1975 - 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson III – aka “Fiddycent”) born in Queens, New York. US rapper. 2003 No.1 single 'In Da Club', debut album, 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin' was named the biggest selling US album in 2003 going platinum six times over - https://youtu.be/5qm8PH4xAss .

1978 - Eddie Mahoney changed his name to Eddie Money - https://youtu.be/tWyNSIS8jRY .

1979: - - Nicholas "Nic" Cester was born on the 6th of July 1979 in Dingley, Melbourne, Australia. Founding member of Jet who had the 2003 No.1 & No.14 album Get Born. The group sold over 6.5 million albums - https://youtu.be/tuK6n2Lkza0 .

1979 - The B-52s release their self-titled debut album, featuring one of their signature songs in "Rock Lobster" (#5 Apr 1980 in ) - https://youtu.be/GJFFfC83GuA .

1979 - American singer, producer songwriter, Van McCoy died from a heart attack in Englewood, New Jersey, aged 39. Van McCoy and the Soul City had the No.1 single 'The Hustle'. Worked with Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Stylistics, Aretha Franklin and David Ruffin - https://youtu.be/SFzMs2SN--s .

1985 - Phil Collins went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Sussudio', his third No.1, it made No. 8 in and No.12 in the . The track was taken from his third solo studio album, No Jacket Required - https://youtu.be/r0qBaBb1Y-U .

1994 - The light-hearted drama Forrest Gump hits theatres. Aside from becoming the top-grossing film of the year in North America and winning multiple Academy Awards, the movie spawns a hit soundtrack with songs from Elvis Presley, Three Dog Night, The Doors, The Byrds, The Mamas & the Papas, Buffalo Springfield, and more - https://youtu.be/NLTAqk8NFak .

1998 - Roy Rogers, star of many Western films in which he sang, dies of heart failure at 86. The other singing cowboy of his era, Gene Autry, dies a few months later - https://youtu.be/kg_zurRBHlg

2002 - George Harrison's widow Olivia put the couple's home up for sale for £20m saying she couldn't bear to live with the memories of the attack by schizophrenic Michael Abram who broke into the house in 1999.

2003 - Skip Battin, bassist and songwriter with The Byrds, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease at 69 (1965 & No.1 single 'Mr Tambourine Man'). Also played with New Riders Of The Purple Sage and The Flying Burrito Brothers - https://youtu.be/uPqAvgN6Tyw .

2004 - American R&B, soul singer-songwriter Syreeta Wright died after a two-year battle with bone cancer aged 58. She had teamed up with Billy Preston on the 1980, No.1 hit 'With You I'm Born Again.' Once worked as a secretary at Motown Records and married Stevie Wonder in 1970 - https://youtu.be/oqTq8gckf8E .

2020 - American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Daniels died age 83 of a haemorrhagic stroke. He is best known for his contributions to Southern rock, country and bluegrass music and scored the 1979 number-one country hit 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2008, the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016 - https://youtu.be/wBjPAqmnvGA .