Musical
birthdays today include original Nazareth lead
guitarist Manny Charlton (80), Seekers singer/guitarist Bruce Woodley
(79), Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty (77), former Santana drummer José
Areas (75), Rita Marley (75), ex-Colosseum bassist Mark Clarke (71),
Earth, Wind & Fire bassist Verdine White (70), Red Rider pedal steel
guitarist Ken Greer (67), ex-Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore (63),
former Babes in Toyland bassist Maureen Herman (55), country singer
Roger Creager (50), Cradle of Filth lead singer Dani Filth [né Daniel Davey] (48), and former No Secrets vocalist Jessi Malay (35).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for saxophonist & Duke Ellington sideman Johnny Hodges, born on this day in 1906... for classical trumpeter Adolph 'Bud' Herseth, born in 1921... for Motown house band drummer Benny Benjamin, born in 1925... for jazz singer Annie Ross, born in 1930... for Steve Goodman, who would have been 73... for Pylon guitarist Randall Bewley, who would have been 66... for Russian dissident singer-songwriter Vladimir Vysotsky, who died on this date in 1980... for Big Mama Thornton, who died in 1984... for Charlie Rich, who passed away in 1995... for jazz guitarist Tal Farlow, who died in 1998... and for Iron Butterfly lead guitarist Erik Brann, who left us today in 2003.
Also on July 25th: Mozart completes his 40th Symphony in G K. 550 (1788)... Roy Orbison's first top 10 US hit 'Only the Lonely' peaks at № 2. Roy initially offered the song to The Everly Brothers, then Elvis, and finally recorded it himself after both acts turned it down (1960)... Cilla Black makes a recording test for EMI Records after George Martin spotted her while at a Gerry And The Pacemakers gig in Liverpool (1963)... Dressed in Carnaby Street threads, the ever changing Bob Dylan plugs in for his headlining set backed by members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI. Folk music ‘purists’ try to boo him off the stage, while the rest of the audience gives him an enthusiastic response. It is usually said that the reason for the crowd's hostile reception was Dylan's 'abandonment' of folk orthodoxy, or poor sound quality on the night [or a combination of the two] (1965)... Neil Young appears with Crosby, Stills and Nash for the first time when they play the Fillmore East in NYC. Young was initially asked to help out with live material only, but ended up joining the group, whom he will play with on and off for the next three decades... Yes release their eponymous debut album... The Seattle Pop Festival took place at the Gold Creek Park, Woodinville, WA. Acts who appear over the three day event include Chuck Berry, Tim Buckley, The Byrds, Chicago Transit Authority, Albert Collins, Bo Diddley, The Doors, The Flock, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Guess Who, It's A Beautiful Day, Led Zeppelin, Santana, Spirit, Ten Years After, Ike & Tina Turner, Vanilla Fudge, Alice Cooper and The Youngbloods (1969)... The Carpenters have their first US № 1 with '(They Long to be) Close to You'. Songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote the tune in 1963 and originally offered it to Herb Alpert, who refused it saying it he felt uncomfortable singing the line 'So they sprinkled moondust in your hair'... Creedence Clearwater Revival release Cosmo's Factory (1970)... T Rex are at № 1 in the UK with 'Bang a Gong (Get It on') (1971)... Philip Glass' opera Einstein on the Beach has its world premiere at the Avignon Music Festival (1976)... AC/DC release the album Back in Black, which has sold 50 million copies worldwide to date (1980)... Bruce Springsteen becomes a father for the first time when wife Patti Scialfa gives birth to their son James (1992)... Jane McDonald goes to № 1 on the UK album chart with her self-titled debut album. The singer was featured in a BBC documentary called 'Cruise', and becomes the first singer to debut at the top of the LP chart without a preceding hit single (1998)... This year's Woodstock Festival ends with riots resulting in 120 people being arrested. Three people died in separate incidents during the 3-day event marking the 30th anniversary of the original festival, and many campers were hospitalised with food poisoning or as a result of drinking polluted water (1999)... Taking up the controversy of Dixie Chick Natalie Maines’ comment about US President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq, Merle Haggard, who has released a song critical of US media coverage of the conflict, issues a press statement saying: “I don't even know the Dixie Chicks, but I find it an insult to all the men and women who fought and died in past wars that so many in America jumped down their throats just for voicing an opinion. It was almost like a verbal lynching" (2003)... 34 years after releasing his debut LP, Jimmy Buffett finally tops the US album chart for the first time with License to Chill (2004).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for saxophonist & Duke Ellington sideman Johnny Hodges, born on this day in 1906... for classical trumpeter Adolph 'Bud' Herseth, born in 1921... for Motown house band drummer Benny Benjamin, born in 1925... for jazz singer Annie Ross, born in 1930... for Steve Goodman, who would have been 73... for Pylon guitarist Randall Bewley, who would have been 66... for Russian dissident singer-songwriter Vladimir Vysotsky, who died on this date in 1980... for Big Mama Thornton, who died in 1984... for Charlie Rich, who passed away in 1995... for jazz guitarist Tal Farlow, who died in 1998... and for Iron Butterfly lead guitarist Erik Brann, who left us today in 2003.
Also on July 25th: Mozart completes his 40th Symphony in G K. 550 (1788)... Roy Orbison's first top 10 US hit 'Only the Lonely' peaks at № 2. Roy initially offered the song to The Everly Brothers, then Elvis, and finally recorded it himself after both acts turned it down (1960)... Cilla Black makes a recording test for EMI Records after George Martin spotted her while at a Gerry And The Pacemakers gig in Liverpool (1963)... Dressed in Carnaby Street threads, the ever changing Bob Dylan plugs in for his headlining set backed by members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI. Folk music ‘purists’ try to boo him off the stage, while the rest of the audience gives him an enthusiastic response. It is usually said that the reason for the crowd's hostile reception was Dylan's 'abandonment' of folk orthodoxy, or poor sound quality on the night [or a combination of the two] (1965)... Neil Young appears with Crosby, Stills and Nash for the first time when they play the Fillmore East in NYC. Young was initially asked to help out with live material only, but ended up joining the group, whom he will play with on and off for the next three decades... Yes release their eponymous debut album... The Seattle Pop Festival took place at the Gold Creek Park, Woodinville, WA. Acts who appear over the three day event include Chuck Berry, Tim Buckley, The Byrds, Chicago Transit Authority, Albert Collins, Bo Diddley, The Doors, The Flock, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Guess Who, It's A Beautiful Day, Led Zeppelin, Santana, Spirit, Ten Years After, Ike & Tina Turner, Vanilla Fudge, Alice Cooper and The Youngbloods (1969)... The Carpenters have their first US № 1 with '(They Long to be) Close to You'. Songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote the tune in 1963 and originally offered it to Herb Alpert, who refused it saying it he felt uncomfortable singing the line 'So they sprinkled moondust in your hair'... Creedence Clearwater Revival release Cosmo's Factory (1970)... T Rex are at № 1 in the UK with 'Bang a Gong (Get It on') (1971)... Philip Glass' opera Einstein on the Beach has its world premiere at the Avignon Music Festival (1976)... AC/DC release the album Back in Black, which has sold 50 million copies worldwide to date (1980)... Bruce Springsteen becomes a father for the first time when wife Patti Scialfa gives birth to their son James (1992)... Jane McDonald goes to № 1 on the UK album chart with her self-titled debut album. The singer was featured in a BBC documentary called 'Cruise', and becomes the first singer to debut at the top of the LP chart without a preceding hit single (1998)... This year's Woodstock Festival ends with riots resulting in 120 people being arrested. Three people died in separate incidents during the 3-day event marking the 30th anniversary of the original festival, and many campers were hospitalised with food poisoning or as a result of drinking polluted water (1999)... Taking up the controversy of Dixie Chick Natalie Maines’ comment about US President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq, Merle Haggard, who has released a song critical of US media coverage of the conflict, issues a press statement saying: “I don't even know the Dixie Chicks, but I find it an insult to all the men and women who fought and died in past wars that so many in America jumped down their throats just for voicing an opinion. It was almost like a verbal lynching" (2003)... 34 years after releasing his debut LP, Jimmy Buffett finally tops the US album chart for the first time with License to Chill (2004).
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