Musical
birthdays today include jazz vibraharpist & drummer Tommy Vig (85),
Czech variety singer Karel Gott (82), session drummer Jim Gordon (76),
Tenacious D co-founder Kyle Gass (61), Beninoise singer Angélique
Kidjo (61), ex-Throwing Muses singer/guitarist Tanya Donelly (55),
Crash Test Dummies keyboardist Ellen Reid (55), Pink Martini pianist
Thomas Lauderdale (51), The Verve lead guitarist Nick McCabe (50), Black
Eyed Peas rapper Taboo [né Jaime Gómez] (46), country singer Jamey Johnson (46), and Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds (34).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Woody Guthrie, born on this day in 1912... for Devo guitarist & keyboardist Bob Casale, who would have been 68 today... for Byrds guitarist Clarence White, who was killed by a drunk driver whilst loading equipment after a gig on this day in 1973 at the age of 29... for original Spinners lead singer Philippé Wynne, who died on this date in 1984... for chansonnier Leo Ferré, who passed away in 1993... and for jazz organist & Sonny Stitt sideman Gene Ludwig, who left us today in 2010.
Also on July 14th: Henry Purcell is appointed organist of the Chapel Royal in London (1682)... Bobby Vinton hits № 1 in the US with 'Roses Are Red, My Love'... The Beatles play their first ever show in Wales, at the Regent Dansette in Rhyl (1962)... Miles Davis plays his first show in Japan, at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo. The performance is taped and later released as Miles in Tokyo, the only recorded incarnation of the trumpeter's second great quintet prior to the arrival of Sam Rivers on tenor saxophone with Wayne Shorter... The Rolling Stones have their first UK № 1 single with 'It's All Over Now' (1964)... The Who begin their first full North American tour at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, OR as the opening act for Herman's Hermits (1967)... The Byrds, James Taylor, Steeleye Span, Sandy Denny, Tom Paxton and The Incredible String Band all appear at the Lincoln Folk Festival in the UK ~ tickets are £2 (1971)... During a concert at the John Wayne Theatre in Hollywood, CA, Phil and Don Everly get into a violent dispute in between songs. Phil smashes his guitar and storms offstage; Don finishes the set by himself and then announces that The Everly Brothers have split (1973)... Elvis Costello & the Attractions make their live debut at The Garden in Penzance, Cornwall (1977)... Talking Heads release the album More Songs about Buildings and Food (1978)... Allen Klein, the former business manager of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, begins serving a two month sentence for falsifying tax returns (1980)... The world premiere of Alan Parker's film 'Pink Floyd: The Wall' is held at the Empire Cinema in London's West End (1982)... Madonna has both the № 1 single in the UK with 'Papa Don't Preach', and the № 1 album with true Blue (1986)... Tom Jones loses a paternity suit and is ordered to pay $200 a week in child support to 27 year old Katherine Berkery of New York. The judge in the case is Judy Sheindlin, who is still serving in her 15 year tenure as a New York Family Court magistrate before going on to TV fame as Judge Judy (1989)... Plans for Sting to write an official anthem for Tuscany come under fire by locals who insist that the job should go to an Italian rather than to a foreigner. The British pop star owns a house in Tuscany and was nominated to compose the anthem by regional politician Franco Banchi who lives nearby (2003)... A pair of glasses worn by John Lennon spark a bidding war after being offered for sale online. The circular sunglasses were worn by Lennon during The Beatles 1966 tour of Japan, where the band played some of their last ever live dates. Anonymous rival bidders have pushed the price as high as £750,000 at online auction house 991.com (2007)... Michael Jackson fans from all over the world congregate at London's O2 arena, where the star had been due to begin a run of 50 concerts. The fans, who leave messages on a wall of tributes and conduct Jackson sing-a-longs, hold a minute's silence at 1830 BST to mark the time when the doors to the concert would have opened (2009).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Woody Guthrie, born on this day in 1912... for Devo guitarist & keyboardist Bob Casale, who would have been 68 today... for Byrds guitarist Clarence White, who was killed by a drunk driver whilst loading equipment after a gig on this day in 1973 at the age of 29... for original Spinners lead singer Philippé Wynne, who died on this date in 1984... for chansonnier Leo Ferré, who passed away in 1993... and for jazz organist & Sonny Stitt sideman Gene Ludwig, who left us today in 2010.
Also on July 14th: Henry Purcell is appointed organist of the Chapel Royal in London (1682)... Bobby Vinton hits № 1 in the US with 'Roses Are Red, My Love'... The Beatles play their first ever show in Wales, at the Regent Dansette in Rhyl (1962)... Miles Davis plays his first show in Japan, at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo. The performance is taped and later released as Miles in Tokyo, the only recorded incarnation of the trumpeter's second great quintet prior to the arrival of Sam Rivers on tenor saxophone with Wayne Shorter... The Rolling Stones have their first UK № 1 single with 'It's All Over Now' (1964)... The Who begin their first full North American tour at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, OR as the opening act for Herman's Hermits (1967)... The Byrds, James Taylor, Steeleye Span, Sandy Denny, Tom Paxton and The Incredible String Band all appear at the Lincoln Folk Festival in the UK ~ tickets are £2 (1971)... During a concert at the John Wayne Theatre in Hollywood, CA, Phil and Don Everly get into a violent dispute in between songs. Phil smashes his guitar and storms offstage; Don finishes the set by himself and then announces that The Everly Brothers have split (1973)... Elvis Costello & the Attractions make their live debut at The Garden in Penzance, Cornwall (1977)... Talking Heads release the album More Songs about Buildings and Food (1978)... Allen Klein, the former business manager of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, begins serving a two month sentence for falsifying tax returns (1980)... The world premiere of Alan Parker's film 'Pink Floyd: The Wall' is held at the Empire Cinema in London's West End (1982)... Madonna has both the № 1 single in the UK with 'Papa Don't Preach', and the № 1 album with true Blue (1986)... Tom Jones loses a paternity suit and is ordered to pay $200 a week in child support to 27 year old Katherine Berkery of New York. The judge in the case is Judy Sheindlin, who is still serving in her 15 year tenure as a New York Family Court magistrate before going on to TV fame as Judge Judy (1989)... Plans for Sting to write an official anthem for Tuscany come under fire by locals who insist that the job should go to an Italian rather than to a foreigner. The British pop star owns a house in Tuscany and was nominated to compose the anthem by regional politician Franco Banchi who lives nearby (2003)... A pair of glasses worn by John Lennon spark a bidding war after being offered for sale online. The circular sunglasses were worn by Lennon during The Beatles 1966 tour of Japan, where the band played some of their last ever live dates. Anonymous rival bidders have pushed the price as high as £750,000 at online auction house 991.com (2007)... Michael Jackson fans from all over the world congregate at London's O2 arena, where the star had been due to begin a run of 50 concerts. The fans, who leave messages on a wall of tributes and conduct Jackson sing-a-longs, hold a minute's silence at 1830 BST to mark the time when the doors to the concert would have opened (2009).
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