This Day In Music

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July 3

1967, A private party was held at the Speakeasy Club in London, England for The Monkees. Guests included: John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Dusty Springfield, Eric Clapton, Lulu and all the members from Manfred Mann, The Who and Procol Harum.

1968, At an impromptu gathering at Joni Mitchell's house in Lookout Mountain, Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash played together for the very first time. The trio went on to form Crosby, Stills and Nash.

1969, Brian Jones drowned while under the influence of drugs and alcohol after taking a midnight swim in his pool, aged 27.



His body was found at the bottom of the pool by his Swedish girlfriend Anna Wohlin. The coroner's report stated "Death by misadventure", and noted his liver and heart were heavily enlarged by drug and alcohol abuse. Jones was one of the founding members of The Rolling Stones and in the early 60’s used the name "Elmo Lewis."

1971, American singer, songwriter and poet, Jim Morrison of The Doors



was found dead in a bathtub in Paris, France, the cause of death was given as a heart attack. He co-wrote some of the group's biggest hits, including ‘Light My Fire’, ‘Love Me Two Times’, and ‘Love Her Madly.’ On the 25th anniversary of his death an estimated 15,000 fans gathered at Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France to pay their respects.

1972, Blues singer, guitarist Mississippi Fred McDowell died of cancer aged 68. The Rolling Stones covered his 'You Got To Move' on their Sticky Fingers album. He coached Bonnie Raitt on slide guitar technique.

1973, Laurens Hammond the inventor of the Hammond organ died aged 73. Many rock artists including Procol Harum, Keith Emerson, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Allman Brothers Band and The Faces featured the sound of the Hammond. He also invented a silent spring-driven clock and during the second world war he helped design guided missile systems.

1973, After 182 Ziggy Stardust



concert performances, David Bowie announced he was about to retire from live performing, although it eventually transpires that Ziggy Stardust the stage persona is being retired and not Bowie himself. Only his guitarist Mick Ronson knew about the announcement, which came as a complete shock not only to the audience but the rest of Bowie's band and crew.

1975, Lead singer from Three Dog Night Chuck Negron



was arrested at his Louisville hotel room on the opening night of the bands tour and charged with possession of cocaine.

2000, Harvard professor Ronald Ferguson accused the culture of hip-hop and rap music of stalling academic progress among young American blacks. He claimed time spent learning intricate rhyming lyrics detracted from reading.

2001, American singer, songwriter Johnny Russell died aged 61. Wrote 'Act Naturally' covered by The Beatles and Buck Owens. Jim Reeves, Jerry Garcia, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt all covered his songs.

2004, David Crosby was fined $5,000 (£2,745) by a US court after admitting attempted criminal possession of a weapon. It followed his arrest in New York in March when a gun, knife and marijuana were found in his luggage.

2012, KISS announced that they were set to release a guitar size book containing unseen photographs from their 40-year career. The limited edition called Monster would have a $4,299 price tag and come in at at 3 feet tall, 2.5 feet wide.



1878 – George M. Cohan ("Over There", "Give My Regards to Broadway", "You're a Grand Old Flag"), 1893 – Mississippi John Hurt, 1930 – Pete Fountain, 1930 – Carlos Kleiber, 1930 – Tommy Tedesco(member of The Wrecking Crew), 1940 – Fontella Bass (sang "Rescue Me", 1943 – Judith Durham (The Seekers), 1946 – Michael Clarke(The Byrds), 1946 – Johnny Lee (sang "Lookin' For Love"), 1948 – Paul Barrere (Little Feat), 1949 – John Verity (Argent), 1949 – Johnnie Wilder, Jr. (Heatwave ("Boogie Nights")), 1952 – Laura Branigan, 1952 – Andy Fraser(Free), 1957 – Poly Styrene (X-Ray Spex), 1958 – Aaron Tippin, 1959 – Stephen Pearcy (Ratt), 1960 – Vince Clarke (Erasure, Depeche Mode), 1969 – Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies)



1969 – Brian Jones, 1971 – Jim Morrison, 1973 - Laurens Hammond, 1986 – Rudy Vallée, 1999 – Mark Sandman(Morphine), 2001 – Johnny Russell, 2007 – Boots Randolph, 2012 – Andy Griffith

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July 5

1954, Working together for the first time in a recording studio with Scotty Moore and Bill Black,



Elvis Presley fools around during a break with an up-tempo version of 'That's All Right.' Producer Sam Phillips has them repeat the jam and records it. It became Presley's first release on Sun Records.

1965, Marty Balin and Paul Kantner formed a Folk-Rock group that would evolve into the Jefferson Airplane,



the premier San Francisco psychedelic band of the late '60s. The Airplane made its debut the following month at a Haight-Ashbury club, and was signed to RCA later in the year.

1995, More than 100 Grateful Dead fans were hurt when a wooden deck collapsed at a campground lodge in Wentzville, Missouri. Hundreds of people were on or under the deck sheltering from heavy rain. More than 4,000 Deadheads were staying at the campground while attending Grateful Dead concerts in the St. Louis suburb.

2000, Cub Koda (Michael "Cub" Koda),



founder member of Brownsville Station died of complications from kidney failure. Wrote the 2 million selling 1974 hit 'Smokin' In The Boys Room', (which Motley Crue covered). He took his nickname from Cubby on television's Mickey Mouse Club.

2003, The Daily Star ran a front-page story claiming that the body of Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards had been found. Fishermen in an angling contest discovered bones half buried in mud on the riverbank near Avonmouth. Edwards disappeared in Feb 1995, his car was found at a service station at the Seven Bridge a well-known suicide spot.

2003, Johnny Cash made his last ever live performance when he appeared at the Carter Ranch. Before singing "Ring of Fire", Cash read a statement about his late wife that he had written shortly before taking the stage: “The spirit of June Carter overshadows me tonight with the love she had for me and the love I have for her. We connect somewhere between here and heaven. She came down for a short visit, I guess, from heaven to visit with me tonight to give me courage and inspiration like she always has.” Cash died on Sept 12th of this year.

2005, Pink Floyd's David Gilmour



said artists who had seen album sales soar after the Live 8 concerts should donate their profits to charity, saying: "This is money that should be used to save lives." UK sales figures released two days after the London concert showed Pink Floyd’s Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd had risen by 1343%, The Who - Then and Now by 863% and Annie Lennox - Eurythmics Greatest Hits by 500%.



1913 – Smiley Lewis, 1938 – Ronnie Self, 1943 – Robbie Robertson (The Band), 1950 – Huey Lewis, 1950 – Michael Monarch (Steppenwolf), 1954 – Jimmy Crespo (Aerosmith), 1959 – Marc Cohn ("Walkin' In Memphis"), 1969 – RZA (rapper), 1973 – Bengt Lagerberg(The Cardigans), 1980 – Jason Wade (Lifehouse), 1982 – Dave Haywood (Lady Antebellum)



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July 6

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.

1968, Woburn Music Festival,



Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire took place. A two-day affair featuring Donovan, Fleetwood Mac, Pentangle, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Alexis Korner, Family, Taste, Tim Rose, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Duster Bennett and Tyrannosaurus Rex, two-day tickets were priced at £2.

2002, George Harrison's widow Olivia put the couple's home, Friar Park,



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, The Dixie Chicks performed a concert at Dallas' American Airlines Center despite an anonymous threat that group member Natalie Maines would be shot on stage, (after the controversy regading her comments about President George W. Bush, and the Iraq war). Maines had a police escort to and from the show and then directly to the airport.



1924 – Louie Bellson(pioneered the use of two bass drums), 1925 – Bill Haley, 1931 – Della Reese, 1937 – Gene Chandler ("The Duke Of Earl"), 1939 – Jet Harris(The Shadows, Jeff Beck Group), 1940 – Jeannie Seely, 1949 – Michael Shrieve(Carlos Santana), 1975 – 50 Cent, 1979 – Nic Cester (Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?")



1971 – Louis Armstrong, 1979 – Van McCoy (Van McCoy & The Soul City Orchestra "The Hustle"), 1998 – Roy Rogers, 2003 – Buddy Ebsen, 2010 – Harvey Fuqua (The Moonglows)

[xoxoxoBruce]

You might enjoy, (or be pissed) reading Rolling Stone's list of The 50 Greatest Concerts of the Last 50 Years.

The list below was born out of some pretty serious arguments. Was Bruce Springsteen better in 1975 or 1978? When did Kanye hit his stride? Which was more awesome, "The Joshua Tree" or "Zoo TV"? The concerts and tours that made the final cut weren't just huge spectacles, they deepened the power of rock & roll itself – from Neil Young thrashing out 20-minute jams with Crazy Horse to Beyoncé turning stadium glitz into a personal outpouring. "You're almost levitating on the energy from the audience," says Keith Richards. "And I miss it when I'm not doing it." Here are the people who've done it best.