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July 23, 2010

Friday July 23
Tony Joe White ("Polk Salad Annie") is 67
David Essex ("Rock On") is 63
The late Bert Convy (sang "Black Denim Trousers" with the Cheers before becoming a game show host) is born in 1934
Paul McCartney becomes engaged to Heather Mills, 2001
Connie Francis is hospitalized in Long Island, New York with "dangerously high blood pressure" after suffering a fall, 2008
"James Brown Day" is held in Los Angeles, 1969
Badfinger sign with Apple Records as the Iveys, 1968
The Sun Records studio in Memphis is designated a national historic landmark, 2003 Chess Records releases the first Chuck Berry single, "Maybelline", 1955
Neil Young's first recording session is held, in Winnipeg, 1963

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Music News In History

July 22, 2010

Thursday July 22
Bobby Sherman ("Julie Do Ya Love Me") is 67
The late Thomas Wayne ("Tragedy") is born in 1941
Don Henley of the Eagles ("Hotel California") is 63
Chuck Jackson ("Any Day Now") is 73
The late Estelle Bennett of the Ronettes ("Be My Baby") is born in 1944
Larry Finegan ("Dear One") dies of a brain tumor in 1973
Eugene Record, lead singer of the Chi-Lites ("Have You Seen Her") dies of cancer in 2005
Tony Orlando checks into the psychiatric ward of a Massachusetts hospital, 1977
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Rocking50s Music News On This Day In History

July 21, 2010

Wednesday July 21
Cat Stevens ("Morning Has Broken"-- now known as Yusuf Islam) is 62
Rosie Hamlin of Rosie & the Originals ("Angel Baby") is 63
Kay Starr ("Rock & Roll Waltz") is 88
Producer Kim Fowley ("Alley-Oop", "Nutrocker" and the Runaways) is 68
Plas Johnson (studio sax player on such hits as "The Great Pretender", "Purple People Eater" and Bobby Helms' "My Special Angel") is 79
Herb Kalin of the Kalin Twins ("When") dies of a heart attack, 2006
Mary Wilson of the Supremes is given a "d...

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On This Day In Music History

July 20, 2010

Tuesday July 20
The late Dennis Yost ("Traces") is born, 1943
Carlos Santana ("Evil Ways") is 63
John Lodge of the Moody Blues ("Nights In White Satin") is 65
The late Buddy Knox ("Hula Love") is born in 1933
Roy Hamilton ("You Can Have Her") suffers a stroke and dies in 1969
Frank Sinatra immortalizes his handprints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, 1965
Jane Asher calls off her engagement to Paul McCartney live on BBC television, 1968
The Beatles sign a German recording co...
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Rocking50s Music News On This Day In History

July 19, 2010

Monday July 19
Sue Thompson ("Norman") is 85
George Hamilton IV ("Abilene") is 73
Phil Upchurch ("You Can't Sit Down") is 69
Vikki Carr ("It Must Be Him") is 72
Judy Clay ("Country Girl-City Man" with Billy Vera) dies in 2001
Frank Sinatra marries actress Mia Farrow in Las Vegas, 1966
Manager George Treadwell fires the Drifters, replacing them with the Five Crowns, 1958
"Roy Orbison Day" is celebrated in Odessa, Texas, 1981
"Solomon Burke Day" is declared in his hometown of Philadelphia, 2002 ...
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