Music Almanac - July 23

Birthdays

• 1901 - Coble "Dock" Walsh (Carolina Tar Heals) (d. 1967)
• 1917 - Judy Martin (d. 1951)
• 1935 - Cleveland Duncan (Penguins) (d. 2012)
• 1940 - Johnny Darrell (d. 1997)
• 1942 - Madeline Bell
• 1943 - Tony Joe White (d. 2018)
• 1944 - Dino Danelli (Rascals)
• 1946 - Andy MacKay (Roxy Music)
• 1946 - Keith Ferguson (Fabulous Thunderbirds) (d. 1997)
• 1947 - David Essex
• 1948 - John Hall (Orleans)
• 1948 - Pete Anderson (producer, guitarist)
• 1950 - Blair Thornton (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
• 1950 - Ian Thomas
• 1952 - Janis Siegel (Manhattan Transfer)
• 1954 - Marisa DeFranco (DeFranco Family)
• 1961 - Martin Gore (Depeche Mode)
• 1963 - Yuval Gabay (Soul Coughing)
• 1964 - Tim Kellett (Simply Red)
• 1964 - Nick Menza (Megadeth) (d. 2016)
• 1965 - Slash (born Saul Hudson)
• 1965 - Rob Dickinson (Catherine Wheel)
• 1970 - Sam Watters (Color Me Bad)
• 1971 - Alison Krauss
• 1971 - Dalvin DeGrate (Jodeci)
• 1971 - Chad Gracey (Live)
• 1973 - Fran Healy (Travis)
• 1977 - David Pichette (Emerson Drive)
• 1980 - Michelle Williams (Destiny's Child)
• 1981 - Steve Jocz (Sum 41)
• 1984 - Matthew Murphy (Wombats)
• 1990 - Neil Perry (Band Perry)
• 1996 - Danielle Bradbery

Deaths

• 1980 - Keith Godchaux (Grateful Dead) - Auto accident (32)
• 1995 - Floyd McDaniel (Four Blazes) (80)
• 2003 - Bobby Thomson (manager of Ozzy Osbourne) - Throat cancer (50)
• 2004 - Bill Brown (Ozark Mountain Daredevils) - Smoke inhalation from a house fire
• 2007 - Ron Miller (songwriter for Motown) - Cardiac arrest (approx. 74)
• 2011 - Amy Winehouse - Alcohol poisoning (27)

On This Day

• 1964 - The Beatles performed at the Night of a Hundred Stars in London.
• 1966 - The Cavern Club in Liverpool was reopened by Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
• 1971 - The Rolling Stones and the late Brian Jones' father sue ex-manager Allen Klein for $29 million over the mismanagement of funds.
• 1977 - Keith Moon went on stage with Led Zeppelin in Los Angeles. After the concert, John Bonham, Zeppelin manager Peter Grant and two others get into a fight with three of promoter Bill Graham's men. The opening act was Judas Priest who was starting their first U.S. tour.
• 1980 - Cliff Richard became an OBE (Officer of the British Empire).
• 1983 - The Police opened the North American leg of their Synchronicity Tour in Chicago, IL.
• 1984 - Loretta Lynn was hospitalized for exhaustion after collapsing.
• 1987 - The remaining Beatles sue EMI for $40 million in back royalties and the rights to their catalog.
• 1989 - Ringo Starr started his first tour since the breakup of the Beatles with the first All Starr Band.
• 1990 - Filming began on the movie Falling From Grace. It is John Mellencamps acting and directing debut.
• 1992 - Bruce Springsteen kicked off a solo world tour in New Jersey.
• 1992 - Trisha Yearwoods possessions were destroyed when her room on the tour bus burned while she was on-stage.
• 1994 - Frank Zappa had an asteroid named after him by the International Astronomical Union.
• 1995 - Faron Young was arrested for DUI, his second such arrest in two months.
• 1998 - Iron Maiden is forced to cancel the balance of their U.S. tour after vocalist Blaze Bayley has throat problems.
• 1998 - The Great Rewind Tour opens in Atlanta, GA with Culture Club, Howard Jones and the Human League.
• 1999 - The Woodstock 99 festival opened in Rome, NY.
• 2000 - Farrah Franklin left Destiny's Child leaving Beyonce, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.
• 2001 - Megadeth is banned from performing in Malaysia after the government deemed their imagery as inappropriate for youths.
• 2003 - Sugarland was discovered while performing in a Nashville club.
• 2004 - Pete Doherty of Babyshambles is beat up by three men.
• 2004 - Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution Tour opens in Cincinnati, OH.
• 2006 - George Michael was charged with anonymous public sex after an incident where he was photographed with an older man in London.
• 2008 - Kid Rock was fined $1,000 and given a year's probation for a fight in an Atlanta Waffle House.
• 2009 - A suspicious man was questioned by police in Long Beach, NJ. The man turned out to be Bob Dylan.

Marriages

• 1988 - Faith Perry and Daniel Hill
• 1988 - Junior Brown and Thaya Rae

Divorces

• 2003 - James Brown and Tomi Rae (separated)

Recorded

• 1963 - Neil Young's first recording session in Winnipeg.

Released

• 1955 - Maybellene - Chuck Berry (debut single)
• 1965 - More Hits By the Supremes - Supremes
• 1966 - They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Ha! - Napoleon XIV (single)
• 1971 - Every Good Boy Deserves Favor - Moody Blues
• 1977 - Nobody Does it Better - Carly Simon (single)
• 1977 - Cold as Ice - Foreigner (single)
• 1978 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Soundtrack) - Various Artists
• 1982 - Emotions in Motion - Billy Idol
• 1986 - Walk Like an Egyptian - Bangles (single)
• 1986 - Diggin' Up Bones - Randy Travis (single)
• 1991 - Homebase - D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
• 1996 - Tidal - Fiona Apple
• 2007 - 500 Degreez - Lil Wayne
• 2010 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry (single)

Broadcasts

• 1958 - American Bandstand - Ersel Hickey, Four Tophatters
• 1959 - American Bandstand - Gerry Granahan
• 1960 - The Dick Clark Show (ABC) - Roy Orbison, Anita Bryant
• 1960 - Ozark Jubilee (ABC) - Tex Ritter, Eddy Arnold
• 1962 - American Bandstand - James Darren (guest host)
• 1963 - American Bandstand - Freddy Cannon (guest host)
• 1965 - Where the Action Is - Kinks, Jimmy Velvet, Linda Scott, Steve Alaimo
• 1966 - American Bandstand - Turtles, Donna Lauren
• 1976 - Midnight Special - Spinners (host), Captain & Tennille, Eric Carmen, Henry Gross, Starbuck, Tribute to Jim Croce
• 1977 - American Bandstand - Kenny Nolan
• 1983 - American Bandstand - Rockats
• 2007 - CMA Music Festival: Country Music's Night To Rock (ABC) - Brooks & Dunn, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson, Sugarland, Martina McBride, Kellie Pickler, Rascal Flatts

Number Ones - U.S. Singles

• 1977 - Looks Like We Made It - Barry Manilow (1 week)
• 1988 - Hold On to the Night - Richard Marx (1 week)

Number Ones - U.S. Albums

• 1955 - Lonesome Echo - Jackie Gleason (2 weeks)
• 1965 - Strangers in the Night - Frank Sinatra (1 week)
• 1977 - Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (19 weeks (10 previous weeks at number 1))
• 1983 - Synchronicity - Police (7 weeks)
• 1988 - Hysteria - Def Leppard (2 weeks)
• 2005 - TP-3: Reloaded - R. Kelly (2 weeks)
• 2016 - California - blink-182 (1 week)

Number Ones - U.S. R&B Singles

• 1966 - Let's Go Get Stoned - Ray Charles (1 week)
• 1977 - Best of My Love - Emotions (1 week (3 previous weeks at number 1))
• 1988 - Don't Be Cruel - Bobby Brown (2 weeks)
• 2011 - Motivation - Kelly Rowland Featuring Lil Wayne (1 week (6 previous weeks))

Number Ones - U.S. Country Singles

• 1949 - One Kiss Too Many - Eddy Arnold (1 week (2 previous weeks))
• 1983 - Pancho and Lefty - Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard (1 week)
• 1988 - Set 'Em Up Joe - Vern Gosdin (1 week)
• 1994 - Summertime Blues - Alan Jackson (3 weeks)
• 2005 - As Good As I Once Was - Toby Keith (6 weeks)
• 2011 - If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away - Justin Moore (1 week)

Number Ones - U.S. Adult Contemporary Singles

• 1966 - The Impossible Dream (The Quest) - Jack Jones (1 week)

Number Ones - U.K. Singles

• 1964 - A Hard Day's Night - Beatles (3 weeks)
• 1969 - Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones (5 weeks)
• 1977 - I Feel Love - Donna Summer (4 weeks)
• 1983 - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) - Paul Young (3 weeks)
• 2005 - You're Beautiful - James Blunt (5 weeks)
• 2011 - Glad You Came - Wanted (2 weeks)
• 2015 - Black Magic - Little Mix (3 weeks)

Number Ones - U.K. Albums

• 1983 - You and Me Both - Yazoo (2 weeks)
• 1988 - Now That's What I Call Music 12 - Various Artists (5 weeks)
• 1994 - Voodoo Lounge - Rolling Stones (1 week)
• 2011 - 21 - Adele (2 weeks (16 previous weeks))
• 2015 - Communion - Years & Years (2 weeks)