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This Day in Music…July 17
Jul 17th
1939 – Charlie Barnet and his orchestra recorded “Cherokee.”
1954 – The first Newport Jazz Festival was held at the Newport Casino, in Newport, RI.
1961 – Motown Records released The Supremes’ first single, “Buttered Popcorn.”
1965 – The Miracles’ “Tracks of My Tears” was released.
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience opened for The Monkees at The Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York.
1968 – The Beatles’ feature-length cartoon, “Yellow Submarine,” premiered at the London Pavilion.
1974 – The Moody Blues open the first quadraphonic studio in London.
1975 – Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox were divorced.
1976 – Heart’s “Magic Man” was released.
1979 – Gary Moore left Thin Lizzy and was replaced by Midge Ure.
1987 – Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) signed a solo deal with Virgin Records.
1996 – The Smashing Pumpkins fired Jimmy Chamberlin less than a week after Chambelin was arrested on a drug charge and Jonathan Melvoin died of a heroin overdose.
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/jul17.htm
This Day in Music…July 16
Jul 16th
1934 – The NBC Red radio network premiered the musical drama, “Dreams Come True.”
1959 – The Coasters recorded “Poison Ivy.”
1966 – In London, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker formed the band Cream.
1966 – The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Summer In The City” was released.
1969 – The Who’s “I’m Free” was released.
1972 – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles gave their farewell concert in Washington, DC.
1973 – Bob Dylan released the soundtrack to “Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid.”
1976 – Loggins and Messina broke up.
1980 – The film “No Nukes” premiered in New York, NY.
1981 – Harry Chapin died in a car crash at the age of 38. He was on his way to a benefit concert.
1996 – Dolores O’Riordan of the Cranberries accepted an undisclosed settlement after a London newspaper reported that she appeared on stage without panties.
1999 – The Beach Boys appeared on NBC-TV’s Today.
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/jul16.htm
New music from David Cook
Jul 15th
Don’t say I didn’t warn you…
Kind of shouty, eh?
Then again, maybe the music will drown him out.
This Day in Music…July 15
Jul 15th
1942 – Glen Miller and his band recorded “Jukebox Saturday Night.”
1952 – Patti Page made her TV debut in a summer replacement series for Perry Como.
1973 – Ray Davies announced that he was leaving The Kinks. He returned to the group within the week.
1978 – Bob Dylan performed before the largest open-air concert audience (for a single artist). About 200,000 fans turned out at Blackbushe Airport in England.
1980 – Linda Ronstadt made her dramatic debut in “The Pirates Of Penzance” at the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park.
1986 – Columbia Records dropped Johnny Cash after 28 years. Johnny signed with Polygram the next year.
1992 – Aretha Franklin sang the U.S. national anthem at the Democratic National Convention in New York City.
1994 – Phil Collins announced that he was seeking a divorce from his wife Jill.
1995 – Sinead O’Connor dropped out of Lollapalooza because she was pregnant. She was replaced with Elastica.
1999 – The original Drifters performed on Today on NBC-TV.
2002 – A boat captained by Bob Segar won its division in the 78th annual Port Huron-to-Mackinac Island Sailboat Race.
2002 – VH1 confirmed that it was working on a reality TV show that would follow Liza Minnelli.
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/jul15.htm
This Day in Music…July 14
Jul 14th
1901 – Composer Gerald Finzi was born.
1942 – Helen O’Connell and Bob Eberly sang their last duet together when they recorded the famous “Brazil” with the Jimmy Dorsey band.
1956 – Fats Domino hit #1 on the R&B chart and #3 on the pop chart with his song “I’m In Love Again”.
1967 – The Who began their first full-scale U.S. tour as the opening act for Herman’s Hermits.
1969 – Bob Dylan made a surprise appearance with The Band at the Mississippi River Rock Festival. He performed three songs.
1973 – The Everly Brothers announced their break up during a show at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA.
1987 – Steve Miller got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1987 – “U Got The Look” by Prince was released.
1988 – Michael Jackson began his first British tour at Wembley Stadium in London.
1989 – Cyndi Lauper released the first closed-captioned video. The video was for the song “My First Night Without You.”
1992 – Olivia Newton-John announced that she had breast cancer. Her publicist said that doctors expected a full recovery.
1993 – The U.S. Postal Service released 29-cent stamps that honored four Broadway musicals. The featured scenes were from “My Fair Lady,” “Porgy and Bess,” “Show Boat” and “Oklahoma!”
1995 – George Michael announced the settlement of his long running dispute with Sony and that he had been released from his contract.
1998 – Clive Davis held a party in Central Park to celebrate Sarah McLachlan’s album “Surfacing,” which had gone triple platinum.
1998 – Mariah Carey volunteered to record a public service announcement about a girl who had disappeared a month earlier in Seaside, CA.
2000 – It was announced that the Go-Go’s had gotten back together again for a tour, new album, a book and a movie.
2000 – Dr. Dre filed suit against the city of Detroit alleging censorship. The lawsuit stemmed from a concert stop in Detroit on July 6, 2000, when Dre was told he and the tour organizers would be arrested if he showed a video during the concert. The video contained nudity and graphic violence.
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/jul14.htm
