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THIS WEEK IN ROCK & ROLL HISTORY
July 25 – 31

BIRTHS ... DEATHS ... EVENTS
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SUNDAY July 25

The late William 'Benny' Benjamin (primary drummer for the Funk Brothers, Motown's studio band) was born in 1925
Rock Factoid: The next time you listen to 'Money (That's What I Want)' by Barrett Strong, 'Shop Around' and 'Going To A Go-Go' by the Miracles, 'Do You Love Me' by the Contours, 'Get Ready' by the Temptations, 'Uptight (Everything's Alright)' by Stevie Wonder, 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' by Gladys Knight & the Pips, 'Dancing In The Streets' by Martha & the Vandellas, 'My Guy' by Mary Wells, and virtually every hit by the Supremes, you'll know who the drummer was.

The late Tom Dawes (bass guitar/singer with the Cyrkle – 'Turn Down Day') was born in 1944
Rock Factoid: Following the Cyrkle's breakup, Dawes became a prolific commercial jingle writer ('Plop Plop, Fizz Fizz' for Alka-Seltzer) and ('Something Special In The Air' for American Airlines).
Rock Factoid #2: Originally named the Rhondells before they were signed by Nat Weiss (a partner of Brian Epstein), the group name was changed after John Lennon suggested they come up with something more creative and suggested the Cyrkle, using the distinctive spelling style of the Beatles and the Byrds.

The late Steve Goodman (songwriter, including 'City Of New Orleans') was born in 1948

Verdine White (bass guitar with Earth, Wind & Fire – 'Shining Star') is 59

Mark Clarke (bass guitar with Colosseum – 'Theme For An Imaginary Western', Uriah Heep – 'The Wizard' and The Ian Hunter Band – 'Every Step Of The Way') is 60

Jose Chepito Areas (percussionist with Santana – 'Black Magic Woman') is 64

Jim McCarty (drummer with The Yardbirds – 'For Your Love') is 67

Bruce Woodley (guitarist and singer with the Seekers – 'I'll Never Find Another You') is 68
Rock Factoid: Woodley co-wrote 'Red Rubber Ball' (a #2 hit for the Cyrkle) with Paul Simon.

Manny Charlton (guitarist with Nazareth – 'Love Hurts') is 69

Capitol Records had its first million-selling record with 'Cow Cow Boogie' by Freddie Slack & His Orchestra featuring Ella Mae Morse on vocal---1942

A young songwriter named Mike Stoller survived the sinking of the ship Andrea Doria in the Atlantic Ocean (51 others died)---1956
Rock Factoid: Here's just a few of the songs Stoller and partner Jerry Leiber wrote: 'Hound Dog', 'Loving You', 'Along Came Jones', 'Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots', 'Bossa Nova Baby', 'Charlie Brown', 'Poison Ivy', 'Ruby Baby', 'Spanish Harlem', 'Stand By Me' and 'Kansas City'.

Kid Galahad premiered---1962

The Beatles appeared at the Cabaret Club in Liverpool---1962
Rock Factoid: One of Brian Epstein's favorite spots, he felt having the band play there would get them noticed on the cabaret circuit and would be a move up the social scale from the Cavern.
Rock Factoid #2: "The Cabaret Club on Duke Street was a very popular club, Frank Sinatra appeared there, Shirley Bassey appeared there, Matt Monro played there – all the big names and I think Andy Williams. Brian wanted his artists at the Cabaret Club. When I told the Beatles that I got them in the Cabaret Club, they jumped and danced all over the place, 'Joe, we've made it! We are at the top in Liverpool'" … Joe Flannery, booking agent
Rock Factoid #3: It didn't work out as planned. The group – which had already played two gigs at The Cavern that day – bombed.

Bob Dylan introduced his electric guitar sound at the Newport Folk Festival and was booed off the stage after just three songs---1965
Rock Factoid: After being urged by Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul & Mary) to return to the stage and go acoustic, Dylan sang two songs – 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue,' perhaps a farewell to the 'traditional folkies' who objected to his electric guitar, and 'Mr. Tambourine Man' – and then left Newport, not to return until 2002 when he was welcomed back with open arms.

The Monkees recorded 'Last Train To Clarksville'---1966
Rock Factoid: The song, written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, was a protest song against the Vietnam War, although few people realized it at the time. A train is taking the singer to an army base, and he knows he may die in Vietnam. At the end of the song he states, “I don't know if I'm ever coming home."
"We were just looking for a name that sounded good. There's a little town in Northern Arizona I used to go through in the summer on the way to Oak Creek Canyon called Clarksdale. We were throwing out names, and when we got to Clarksdale, we thought Clarksville sounded even better. We didn't know it at the time, but there is an Air Force base near the town of Clarksville, Tennessee - which would have fit the bill fine for the story line. We couldn't be too direct with the Monkees. We couldn't really make a protest song out of it. We kind of snuck it in." … Bobby Hart

Brian Jones made what turned out to be his last U.S. concert appearance with the Rolling Stones---1966

Big Brother & The Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin) released their 'Cheap Thrills' album---1968

The Beatles recorded 'Polythene Pam' (with percussion overdubs added three days later)---1969

Chicago released '25 Or 6 To 4'---1970

The Beach Boys released their 'Surf's Up' album---1971

AC/DC released 'Back In Black' (their first album with Brian Johnson as lead singer)---1980
Rock Factoid: In 2006, 'Back In Black' was certified by the Recording Industry Association of America as the fifth best-selling album of all time in the United States, with 21 million copies sold.
Rock Factoid #2: Despite being released thirty years ago, the album continues to sell well, averaging approximately 350,000 copies a year.

Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton (recorded the original 'Hound Dog' and wrote and recorded 'Ball And Chain', which Janis Joplin later covered) died (heart failure)---1984

Charlie Rich ('Behind Closed Doors') died (blood clot in his lung)---1995

Woodstock '99 ended with a flurry of violence and fires. There were scores of arrests at the three-day event held in Rome, NY---1999

Erik Braunn (guitarist with Iron Butterfly – 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida') died (cardiac arrest)---2003

MONDAY July 26

Gary Cherone (lead singer with Extreme – 'More Than Words' and Van Halen – 'Without You') is 49

Roger Taylor (drummer with Queen – 'We Will Rock You') is 61

Sir Michael 'Mick' Jagger of the Rolling Stones is 67

Brenton Wood (born Alfred Smith – 'Gimme Little Sign') is 69

Dobie Gray ('Drift Away') is 70

Bobby Hebb ('Sunny') is 72

Darlene Love ( born Darlene Wright – 'Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry') is 72
Rock Factoid: Love sang lead on two songs that were credited to the Crystals instead of her (“He's A Rebel' and 'He's Sure The Boy I Love').
Rock Factoid #2: Love was a member of Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans ('Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah').
Rock Factoid #3: Love's sister, Edna Wright, was a member of the Honey Cone ('Want Ads').
Rock Factoid #4: Love played Danny Glover's wife in the Lethal Weapon movie series.

Hank Ballard & The Midnighters recorded 'Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go---1960

The Beatles opened for Joe Brown & The Bruvvers at Cambridge Hall, Southport, Lancashire. Forty years later, Joe Brown closed the 'Concert For George' by singing 'I'll See You In My Dreams'---1962

Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas released 'Bad To Me'---1963

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles released 'Mickey's Monkey'---1963

The Monkees recorded '(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone'---1966

Jeannie C. Riley recorded 'Harper Valley P.T.A.'---1968

The Rolling Stones scheduled release of the 'Beggar's Banquet' album was postponed because Atlantic Records was concerned the album cover – featuring a men’s room urinal – would be considered offensive---1968

Motown Records decided to take a chance on an unknown group from Gary, IN and signed the Jackson 5 to a one-year contract---1968

The Rolling Stones released 'It's Only Rock & Roll (But I Like It)'---1974

The Eagles opened for The Allman Brothers in Boston, Ma. Exactly one year later, the Eagles had the #1 album in the U.S. ('One Of These Nights')---1974

Led Zeppelin was forced to cancel the remainder of their U.S. tour when Robert Plant's six-year old son Karac died (viral infection)---1977
Rock Factoid: Plant later wrote 'All My Love' in memory of his son.

Prince's Purple Rain premiered---1984

Bob Dylan recorded 'Driftin' Too Far From Shore' and 'Clean Cut Kid'---1984

Brent Mydland (keyboards with the Grateful Dead from 1979-1990) died (drug overdose)---1990

Mary Wells ('My Guy') died (larynx cancer)---1992

After Oasis lead singer Liam Gallagher repeatedly insulted the audience during a performance at the Paleo Festival in Switzerland, the band was booed off the stage---2000

Blues guitarist Floyd Dixon ('Hey Bartender') died (cancer)---2006

The guitar Paul McCartney learned to play on sold for $650,000 at an auction at London's Abbey Road Studios---2006
Rock Factoid: McCartney used the Rex acoustic guitar – which belonged to schoolmate Ian James – to learn his first chords. He also used it the night he met John Lennon while Lennon's band the Quarrymen were playing at St. Peter's Church Hall in Woolton on July 6, 1957.

Ian James – 1957
Rock Factoid #2: "I wanted to show this guy (Lennon) a few chords he didn't know. Ian James had taught me them, really. Then I left. I felt I'd made a good impression, shown them how good I was." … Paul McCartney
Rock Factoid #3: James sold the guitar to help fund his retirement and McCartney wrote a short note guaranteeing the authenticity of the sale: "The above guitar, belonging to my old school pal Ian James, was the first guitar I ever held. It was also the guitar on which I learned my first chords in his house at 43 Elswich Street, Liverpool 8."

Johnnie Mac "Uncle John" Turner (drummer primarily known for his work with the Johnny Winter Band) died (complications with hepatitis C)---2007
Rock Factoid: Turner was a founding member of Krackerjack, which included a 16-year old Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Rock Factoid #2: During his career, Turner played and/or recorded with B. B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Freddie King, Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Lightnin' Hopkins, Johnny Copeland, Albert Collins and Willie Dixon.

TUESDAY July 27

The late Harvey Fuqua of the Moonglows ('Ten Commandments Of Love') was born in1929
Rock Factoid: Fuqua produced 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' and 'Your Precious Love' by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and co-produced Gaye's 'Sexual Healing'

The late Nick Reynolds (Kingston Trio – 'Tom Dooley') was born in 1933

The late Allan Ramsey (bass guitar with Gary Lewis & The Playboys – 'This Diamond Ring') was born in 1943

The late Karl Mueller (bass guitar with Soul Asylum – 'Runaway Train' was born in 1963

Michael Vaughan (guitarist with Paper Lace – 'The Night Chicago Died') is 60

Maureen McGovern ('The Morning After') is 61

Bobbie Gentry (born Roberta Streeter – 'Ode To Billie Joe') is 66

Researchers from the Esso gas company said the rhythm of rock & roll was causing drivers to be foot heavy on the pedal, causing them to waste fuel … proving that research done over a half-century ago wasn’t exactly rocket science---1958

Santo & Johnny released 'Sleepwalk'---1959

The Tokens recorded 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'---1961

Elvis Presley recorded 'Paradise Hawaiian Style'---1965

Bee Gee Robin Gibb was hospitalized for nervous exhaustion on the eve of their first full American tour---1968

Mama Cass Elliot released 'Dream A Little Dream Of Me'---1968

An FBI memo from the New York FBI office to acting FBI Director Gray suggested it be "emphasized to local Law Enforcement Agencies" in Miami that John Lennon should be "arrested if at all possible on possession of narcotics charge."---1972
Rock Factoid: The New York office provided this explanation:
"Local INS [Immigration and Naturalization Service] has very loose case in New York for deporting this subject. If Lennon were to be arrested, he would become more likely to be immediately deportable."
Rock Factoid #2: On March 23, 1973, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Judge Ira Fieldsteel ruled that Lennon had 60 days to leave the U.S. or be deported.

Lynyrd Skynyrd released 'Sweet Home Alabama'---1974

Despite the FBI's constant attempts to deport him, John Lennon finally won his green card (A17-597-321), allowing him to stay in the U.S. The card was officially handed to John by Judge Ira Fieldsteel, the same judge who had given him 60 days to leave the U.S. three years earlier---1976

Bruce Springsteen sued his manager Mike Appel for fraud and breach of trust---1976

Tina Turner filed for divorce from Ike Turner---1976

Madonna released her debut album---1984

Leon Wilkeson (bass guitar with Lynyrd Skynyrd – 'Free Bird') died (the death certificate stated natural causes although he been suffering from chronic liver and lung disease)---2001

WEDNESDAY July 28

The late Richard Wright (keyboards with Pink Floyd – 'The Great Gig In The Sky') was born in 1943

The late Mike Bloomfield (guitarist with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Electric Flag) was born in 1943
Rock Factoid: Bloomfield is – or should be – best recalled for his lead guitar work on Bob Dylan's 'Highway 61 Revisited' album, which included the classic 'Like A Rolling Stone'

The late Peter Doyle (guitarist and singer with the New Seekers – 'I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing') was born in 1949

The late Steve Perigrin Took (born Stephen Ross Porter – original percussionist with Tyrannosaurus Rex [the precursor to T. Rex] – 'Frowning Atahuallpa') was born in 1949
Rock Factoid: Took’s death was one of the more unusual ways a rock musician has passed away (asphyxiation after inhaling a cocktail cherry).

Simon Kirke (drummer with Bad Company – 'Feel Like Makin’ Love' and Free – 'All Right Now') is 61

Jonathan Edwards ('Sunshine') is 64

George Cummings (guitarist with Dr. Hook – 'Sylvia’s Mother') is 72

Judy Garland recorded 'Over The Rainbow'---1939
Rock Factoid: The song was released as a single by Decca Records in September 1939. In March of 1940, that same recording was included on a Decca Cast Album titled 'The Wizard of Oz' although this is NOT the version of the song featured in the film.
Rock Factoid #2: 'Over The Rainbow' claimed the #1 spot on The American Film Institute's list of 'The 100 Years of The Greatest Songs'.

Jerry Lee Lewis made his national television debut on the Steve Allen Show---1957

The Beatles recorded 'She Came In Through The Bathroom Window'---1969

Mott The Hoople released 'All The Young Dudes'---1972

Grand Funk released 'We're An American Band'---1973

The Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead and The Band appeared before 600,000 fans at the 'Summer Jam' festival in Watkins Glen, New York---1973

Bob Dylan recorded 'Romance In Durango'---1975

The Beatles sued Nike and Capitol Records over the use of their song 'Revolution' in a TV commercial---1987

10,000 Maniacs ('Because The Night') played their last show with lead singer Natalie Merchant before she left to pursue a solo career---1993

Marguerite Ganser-Dorste (Shangri-Las – 'Leader Of The Pack') died (cancer)---1996

Jerome Smith (guitarist and founding member of KC & The Sunshine Band – 'Get Down Tonight') died (construction accident)---2000

George Williams (lead singer with the Tymes – 'So Much In Love') died (cancer)---2004

THURSDAY July 29

Martina McBride (born Martina Schiff – 'In My Daughter's Eyes') is 44

Patti Scialfa (vocalist on her own, but best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band … and Bruce's wife) is 57

Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib – bass guitarist and lead singer with Rush – 'New World Man') is 57
Rock Factoid: Lee's parents were Jewish refugees from Poland who had been survivors of Nazi concentration camps Dachau and Bergen-Belsen during World War II.
Rock Factoid #2: How did Gary become Geddy? The name change was a result of his mother's heavily-accented pronunciation of his first name.

Carlo Paul Santanna (guitarist with Paper Lace – 'The Night Chicago Died') is 63

Neal Doughty (keyboards with REO Speedwagon – 'Keep On Loving You') is 64

Randy Sparks (New Christy Minstrels – 'Green, Green') is 77

Bob Dylan made his first radio appearance on WRUR-FM in New York as part of a 21-hour Hootenanny Saturday special---1962

With hot rod songs quickly taking over the U.S. charts, Capitol Records sent disc jockeys a list of car terms and phrases to help promote the Beach Boys 'Little Deuce Coupe'---1963

Bob Dylan recorded 'It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry', 'Tombstone Blues' and 'Positively 4th Street'---1965

The Beatles' second film (Help!) premiered in London---1965

Cream made their debut concert appearance---1966

Bob Dylan crashed his motorcycle near his home in Woodstock, NY and was seriously injured (although no ambulance was called to the scene nor was he ever taken to a hospital ---1966
Rock Factoid: There are several versions of what caused the crash; He hit an oil slick. He was blinded by the sun. He lost his balance. Whatever the cause, Dylan's accident may have actually been a blessing. He had just completed a nine-month world tour, but was scheduled to begin a 64-date American tour in August. Other commitments loomed as well. Dylan's stream-of-consciousness "novel" Tarantula, was scheduled for publication. Reading the galleys in July, he had misgivings about the entire book and told his publisher he wanted to revise it. He was given two weeks. At the same time, ABC-TV wanted an hour-long documentary of the just-completed world tour and all that existed as of July was miles of unedited footage.
"I was pretty wound up before that accident happened. I probably would have died if I had kept on going the way I had been…I woke up and caught my senses. " … Bob Dylan
Rock Factoid #2: Dylan dropped out of sight for a year and a half, rehearsing and recording with the Band at a home studio in nearby Saugerties while he recovered (By most accounts, including his own, he broke several vertebrae in his neck). The recordings were repeatedly bootlegged and finally saw legitimate release as 'The Basement Tapes' in 1975.

Datebook published Maureen Cleave's interview with John Lennon in which he said, "We're bigger than Jesus now."---1966
Rock Factoid: The interview was originally published in the London Evening Standard on March 4. Datebook, an American magazine, reprinted the quote out of context and used it as a part of a front cover story. In its original context, the remark was part of a rather harmless lifestyle piece. This is the actual quote, which drew no response of any kind in England.
"Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first - rock 'n' roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me."

The Temptations released 'You're My Everything'---1967

On the eve of their departure for South Africa, the Byrds were forced to fire Gram Parsons. Claiming he couldn't justify playing to segregated audiences, Parsons refused to make the trip---1968

The first rehearsal of the Beatles' seven-minute epic 'Hey Jude' took place---1968

The Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter rockumentary debuted in London---1971

Screaming Lord Sutch was arrested in London after jumping from a bus in Downing Street with four nude women. Sutch was publicizing his upcoming London gigs---1972

$180,000 of Led Zeppelin's money was stolen from a New York hotel's safe deposit box---1973

'Mama' Cass Elliot died (heart attack, due to "fatty, myocardial degeneration due to obesity," not from choking on a ham sandwich)---1974
Rock Factoid: Keith Moon, drummer for The Who, died in the same London flat (owned by singer Harry Nilsson) four years later.

Glen Lamont Goins (guitarist/singer with Parliament Funkadelic – 'Wizard Of Finance') died (Hodgkin's lymphoma)---1978

Kenny Loggins released 'Whenever I Call You Friend'---1978

England's Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married---1981

Gordon Mills, producer and manager (Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck and Gilbert O'Sullivan) died (stomach cancer)---1986

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream introduced their 'Cherry Garcia' flavor (named after the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia)---1987

Pete Drake (legendary steel guitar player) died (cancer)---1988
Rock Factoid: Drake recorded with Bob Dylan ('Lay Lady Lay'), Tammy Wynette ('Stand By Your Man'), Lynn Anderson ('Rose Garden'), Ringo Starr ('Beaucoups Of Blue'), Charlie Rich ('Behind Closed Doors'), George Harrison ('If Not For You') and many others, including several songs with Elvis Presley.
Rock Factoid#2: Drake organized a band (Sons of The South) in Atlanta in the 1950's, which included future country stars Jerry Reed, Doug Kershaw, Roger Miller, Jack Greene, and Joe South.

Elton John checked into a suburban Chicago clinic seeking treatment for bulimia and an addiction problem---1990

FRIDAY July 30

Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (bass guitar with Jethro Tull – 'Bungle In The Jungle') is 64

Paul Anka ('Puppy Love') is 69
Rock Factoid: Anka wrote 'It Doesn't Matter Anymore' for Buddy Holly and 'She’s A Lady' for Tom Jones. He also wrote the English lyrics for 'My Way' which became a huge hit for Frank Sinatra.

Buddy Guy (blues guitarist – 'Damn Right I've Got The Blues' and a direct influence on Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Stevie Ray Vaughan and countless others ) is 74

Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes (born Edward Byrne Breitenberger – 'Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb' with Connie Stevens) is 77
Rock Factoid: Byrnes was hired in 1974 to host Wheel Of Fortune, but was fired by Merv Griffin after the pilot episode.

Christine McGuire (The McGuire Sisters – 'Sincerely') is 84

Elvis Presley made his first full stage appearance as one of the supporting acts at a Slim Whitman concert at Memphis' Overton Park Shell outdoor auditorium---1954
Rock Factoid: "Elvis (billed on the poster above as 'Ellis' Presley) was so nervous he stood up on the balls of his feet and shook his leg in time with the music, a move he sometimes used in the studio. To his shock and horror the young girls in the audience went crazy, yelling and applauding. When he came offstage he asked why people were yelling at him. Someone told him it was because he was shaking his leg and his baggy pleated pants had created a wild gyrating effect in time with the music." … Scotty Moore

Singer Brenda Lee, at the age of 11, recorded 'Jambalaya,' her first single for Decca Records---1956
Rock Factoid: The record peaked at #43, but she did okay in the end. Between 1960 and 1967, Brenda Lee had 29 songs reach the Top 40.

The Beatles recorded 'Please Mr. Postman', 'Roll Over Beethoven', 'All My Loving' and 'It Won't Be Long'---1963

Two Beatle-related singles were released: Tommy Quickly's 'Tip Of My Tongue' (written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney) and 'I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door' by Pete Best, the group's ex-drummer---1963

Bob Dylan recorded 'Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window' and 'From A Buick 6---1965

The Rolling Stones released the 'Out Of Our Heads' album in the U.S.---1965
Rock Factoid: Much as Capitol Records had done with the Beatles, the Stones' labels (Decca London in England and London Records in the U.S.) released different versions of the band's music – complete with different cover photos.

The British Album Cover
The cover used for the British version – which was released on September 24 – would become the cover for 'December's Children (And Everybody's)' in the U.S. later that year.
Rock Factoid #2: Since singles were rarely featured on albums in England at the time, the British version did not include '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction,' 'The Last Time' or 'Play With Fire'

The Beatles' 'Abbey Road' medley was compiled for acetate cutting purposes---1969
Rock Factoid: 'Her Majesty' was originally intended to be part of the long medley that dominated the second half of 'Abbey Road'. The song was originally placed between 'Mean Mr Mustard' and 'Polythene Pam'in the medley.

John Kurlander
Rock Factoid #2: Instead, it became the album's accidental postscript, with a 14-second stretch of silence following 'The End'
"We did all the remixes and crossfades to overlap the songs. Paul was there and we heard it together for the first time. He said, 'I don't like Her Majesty, throw it away,' so I cut it out - but I accidentally left in the last note. He said, 'It's only a rough mix, it doesn't matter...' I said to Paul, 'What shall I do with it?' 'Throw it away,' he replied.
I'd been told never to throw anything away, so after he left I picked it up off the floor, put about 20 seconds of red leader tape before it and stuck it onto the end of the edit tape." ... John Kurlander, Second Engineer
The following day, Malcom Davies of Apple cut a lacquer of the complete medley sequence. On his own he decided to include 'Her Majesty' even though it had been placed detached from the main sequence by Kurlander to make it clear it was not intended to be part of the medley.
Want to hear how it was SUPPOSED to sound?
Listen to 'The Original Abbey Road Medley'

The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to impeach President Richard M. Nixon for blocking the Watergate investigation and for abuse of power---1974

Bob Dylan recorded 'Oh Sister', Black Diamond Bay', 'One More Cup Of Coffee' and 'Mozambique'---1975

The reunited Animals released the 'Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted' album---1977
Rock Factoid: Although most critics gave the album rave reviews, the label (Jet Records) did a lousy job of promoting it and the album faded into oblivion after only reaching #70 on the album charts.

John Walters (member of The Alan Price Set – 'The House That Jack Built' and later the producer of British broadcasting icon John Peel's long-running 'Top Gear' show) died (causes unknown)---2001

Sam Phillips (Sun Records founder and the man who started the careers of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins) died (respiratory failure)---2003

Procol Harum organist Matthew Fisher won his long battle to be compensated as co-writer of 'Whiter Shade Of Pale'

SATURDAY July 31

The late Ahmet Ertegun (Atlantic Records founder) was born in 1923
Rock Factoid: Among the talents Ertegun was responsible for nurturing and developing were Ray Charles, Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker, the Drifters, the Coasters, Aretha Franklin and Led Zeppelin.
Rock Factoid #2: He may have been a genius, but remember that it was Ertegun who told Jack Bruce that he felt Cream's 'Sunshine Of Your Love' (a song Jack had written) was "psychedelic hogwash."

James Steven Ignatius 'Jim' Corr (guitarist with The Corrs – 'Breathless') is 46

Bill Berry (former drummer with R.E.M. – 'Shiny Happy People') is 52

Hugh MacDowell (cellist with the Electric Light Orchestra – 'Telephone Line') is 57

Karl Green (bass guitar with Herman's Hermits – 'I'm Into Something Good') is 63

Bob Welch (former guitarist with Fleetwood Mac but a bigger star as a solo act – 'Sentimental Lady') is 64

Gary Lewis ('This Diamond Ring') is 64

Lobo (born Roland Kent LaVoie – 'Me And You And A Dog Named Boo') is 67
Rock Factoid: LaVoie used the name Lobo on his first single because he thought it might be just a one-hit wonder, and if that was going to be the case, he didn't want his future ruined.
Rock Factoid #2: In the early sixties, LaVoie was in a band called The Rumors. Two other members of that band also went on to fame and fortune; Gram Parsons (of Byrds fame) and Jim Stafford ('Spiders And Snakes').

Daniel Boone (born Peter Lee Stirling – 'Beautiful Sunday') is 68

Neil Sedaka recorded 'Oh Carol'---1959

Jim Reeves ('He'll Have To Go') died (when his single-engine Beechcraft crashed near Nashville)---1964
Rock Factoid: The plane in which he and a companion were flying was rented from a Nashville airport and piloted by Reeves. Less than ten minutes from their destination, Reeves radioed to the airport that they were flying in an extremely heavy thunder and rainstorm. The airport control tower later checked with Reeves — asking if he had passed through the storm. The answer was negative. Further attempts were made to contact the Reeves flight by radio and all proved negative. The plane crashed in a wooded area about 100 feet behind a house just off U.S. Highway 31.

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' drug-related conviction appeal hearings were heard. Richards' conviction was overturned, while Jagger's was upheld but his sentence suspended---1967
Rock Factoid: "Up till then (pop music) had been show biz, entertainment, play it how you want to, teenyboppers. At that point you knew they considered you to be outside – they're the ones who put you outside the law. Like Dylan says, 'To live outside the law, you must be honest.' They're the ones that decide who lives outside the law. I mean, you don't decide, right? You're just living. I mean your laws don't apply to me, nobody says that, because you can't." … Keith Richards

The Beatles recorded the basic rhythm track for 'Hey Jude' at Trident Studios---1968

The Beatles closed Apple Boutique, giving everything away to members of the public who had stood in line all night to grab one free item---1968
Rock Factoid: "It was a big event and all the kids came and just took everything that was in the shop. That was the best thing about the whole shop, when we gave it all away. But the night before, we all went in and took what we wanted. It wasn't much but it was great, it was like robbing. We took everything we wanted home." … John Lennon

Elvis Presley opened his first live engagement in almost eight years when he started a four-week run at the Las Vegas International Hotel---1969

The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary group, attempted to frame the Miami Showband (one of the most popular touring cabaret bands from the Republic of Ireland) by planting a bomb in the band's minivan following a gig in Belfast. Two UVF men died when the bomb they were trying to plant exploded prematurely. The remaining gunmen opened fire on the band. Musicians Tony Geraghty, Fran O'Toole and Brian McCoy died at the scene---1975

Bob Dylan recorded 'Isis' and 'Sara'---1975

Blue Oyster Cult released 'Don't Fear The Reaper'---1976

Orleans released 'Still The One'---1976

Some fans will go to great lengths to see their favorite singer. Michael Jackson was asked to make an unscheduled appearance on his Dorchester Hotel balcony in London after 28-year old Eric Herminie – perched precariously on the balcony of a six-story building across the street – threatened to jump if he didn't see the singer. Jackson, in England for a series of concerts, spent a couple of minutes waving to Herminie, who then climbed back into the building and was arrested---1992

Rob Jones (bass guitar with The Wonder Stuff – 'Golden Green') died (drug overdose)---1993

Les Braid (bass guitar with The Swinging Blue Jeans – 'Hippy Hippy Shake') died (cancer)---2005

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