Musical
birthdays today include classical pianist Bella Davidovich (89), jazz
trumpeter John Chilton (85), blues singer Denise LaSalle (78), Rubén
Blades (69), classical violinist Pinchas Zukerman (69), former Police
drummer Stewart Copeland (65), producer & DJ Norman Cook (54), Ting
Tings co-founder Jules De Martino (48), Sunny Day Real Estate frontman
Jeremy Enigk (43), and No Devotion keyboardist Jamie Oliver (42).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Ginger Rogers, born on this day in 1911... for Latin jazz percussionist Cal Tjader, born in 1925... for Searchers bassist Tony Jackson, who would have been 79... for reggae pioneer Desmond Dekker, who would have been 76... for Harry Chapin, who was killed in a road accident today in 1981 at the age of 38... for conductor Herbert Von Karajan, who died on this date in 1989... for Styx drummer John Panozzo, who died in 1995... for big band singer Jo Stafford, who passed away in 2008... for Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord and country music legend Kitty Wells, both of whom left us five years ago today.
Also on July 16: Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail [The Abduction from the Seraglio] premieres at the Burgtheater in Vienna (1782)... 'His Master's Voice', the logo of the Victor Recording Company and later RCA Victor, is registered with the US Patent Office. The logo shows the dog, Nipper, looking into the horn of a gramophone (1900)... Jimmie Rogers records 'Blue Yodel #9', with an uncredited Louis Armstrong on trumpet and Satchmo's wife Lil Hardin on piano (1930)... The Beach Boys sign with Capitol Records... Bill Evans goes into the studio leading a group larger than his usual trio for the first time. The sessions will produce the album Interplay (1962)... Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton announce the formation of Cream (1966)... The Beatles record George's new song 'Something' at Abbey Road (1969)... Neil Young releases the album On the Beach (1974)... Shaun Cassidy has the № 1 song in the US with his remake of The Crystals' 1962 hit 'Da Doo Ron Ron' (1977)... Dolly Parton's theme park Dollywood opens in Pigeon Forge, TN (1986)... Queen Latifah is the victim of a botched carjacking attempt that leaves her bodyguard and driver in critical condition with a gunshot wound (1995)... Coldplay's debut album Parachutes hits № 1 on the UK chart (2000)... The White Stripes play their 'shortest live show ever' at the George Street Theatre, St. John's, Newfoundland. At 7 PM, Jack White plays a single C# note accompanied by a bass drum/crash cymbal hit from Meg. At the end of the 'concert', Jack announces "We have now officially played in every province and territory in Canada". They then leave the stage, after promising to return in exactly three hours' time to perform a full show. [They do] (2007).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Ginger Rogers, born on this day in 1911... for Latin jazz percussionist Cal Tjader, born in 1925... for Searchers bassist Tony Jackson, who would have been 79... for reggae pioneer Desmond Dekker, who would have been 76... for Harry Chapin, who was killed in a road accident today in 1981 at the age of 38... for conductor Herbert Von Karajan, who died on this date in 1989... for Styx drummer John Panozzo, who died in 1995... for big band singer Jo Stafford, who passed away in 2008... for Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord and country music legend Kitty Wells, both of whom left us five years ago today.
Also on July 16: Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail [The Abduction from the Seraglio] premieres at the Burgtheater in Vienna (1782)... 'His Master's Voice', the logo of the Victor Recording Company and later RCA Victor, is registered with the US Patent Office. The logo shows the dog, Nipper, looking into the horn of a gramophone (1900)... Jimmie Rogers records 'Blue Yodel #9', with an uncredited Louis Armstrong on trumpet and Satchmo's wife Lil Hardin on piano (1930)... The Beach Boys sign with Capitol Records... Bill Evans goes into the studio leading a group larger than his usual trio for the first time. The sessions will produce the album Interplay (1962)... Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton announce the formation of Cream (1966)... The Beatles record George's new song 'Something' at Abbey Road (1969)... Neil Young releases the album On the Beach (1974)... Shaun Cassidy has the № 1 song in the US with his remake of The Crystals' 1962 hit 'Da Doo Ron Ron' (1977)... Dolly Parton's theme park Dollywood opens in Pigeon Forge, TN (1986)... Queen Latifah is the victim of a botched carjacking attempt that leaves her bodyguard and driver in critical condition with a gunshot wound (1995)... Coldplay's debut album Parachutes hits № 1 on the UK chart (2000)... The White Stripes play their 'shortest live show ever' at the George Street Theatre, St. John's, Newfoundland. At 7 PM, Jack White plays a single C# note accompanied by a bass drum/crash cymbal hit from Meg. At the end of the 'concert', Jack announces "We have now officially played in every province and territory in Canada". They then leave the stage, after promising to return in exactly three hours' time to perform a full show. [They do] (2007).
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