THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY (July 21st): 1942: Kim Fowley was born 1946: Barry Whitwam (Hermans Hermits, drums) was born 1948: Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) was born 1955: Howie Epstein (Bass, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) was born 1958: CBS-TVs Arthur Godfreys Talent Scouts, one of the major talent shows of the decade, ends its run after launching the careers of, among others, Connie Francis, Tony Bennett, Pat Boone, and the McGuire Sisters 1958: Elvis Presleys Hard Headed Woman hits #1 1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience played the first of three nights at the Cafe-a-Go-Go in New York City. The club featured many well known acts including: Grateful Dead, Tim Buckley, Joni Mitchell, Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Jefferson Airplane, and Cream who all appeared at the club 1969: The Beatles started work on the John Lennon song Come Together at Abbey Road studios in London. The track became the opening song on The Beatles Abbey Road album and was later released as a double A-sided single with Something, their twenty-first single in the UK and twenty-sixth in the US where it reached the top of the charts 1969: Duke Ellington and his band appear on ABC one day after the historic moon landing, performing a new piece entitled Moon Maiden 1970: The Carpenters (They Long To Be) Close To You hits #1 1971: Carole Kings Tapestry is certified gold 1973: Bad, Bad Leroy Brown started a two week run at #1 for Jim Croce on the US singles charts -- Croce would be killed three months later in a plane crash 1973: Canned Heat, Chuck Berry, Nazareth, Edgar Broughton Band, Groundhogs, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Medicine Head, all appeared at this years Buxton Festival in Derbyshire, England. Hells Angels arrived in force and proceeded to drink the site dry. Initially they paid for the booze, but when the money ran out they made a demand of the audience to collect donations of 10 pence per person. About 20 minutes into his set Chuck Burry was showing one of the Angels how to do his duck-walk properly. He did a magnificent one from one end of the stage to the other and disappeared into the wings. The band played on, the Angels bopped, and Chuck legged it to his car and drove off at high speed, never to return 1975: Van McCoys The Hustle hits #1 1977: Linda Ronstadt, whos just released a cover version of the Rolling Stones Tumbling Dice, hops onstage at the bands Tucson, AZ concert to sing it with them 1979: Robert Palmer releases Bad Case Of Loving You as a single 1987: Guns N’ Roses released their debut album on Geffen Records: Appetite for Destruction featured the singles Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child o Mine, and Paradise City. The album now has worldwide sales in excess of 28 million, 18 million of which are in the US, making it the best-selling debut album of all time there 1988: As part of his sentence for his notorious drug and getaway spree, a South Carolina judge orders James Brown to put on a concert to benefit police and childrens charities. Brown complains to the press that the state is trying to get a free concert out of his misfortune 1990: Roger Waters The Wall took place at the Berlin Wall in Potzdamer Platz, Berlin. Over 350,000 people attended and the event was broadcast live throughout the world, Van Morrison, Bryan Adams, Joni Mitchell, The Scorpions, Cyndi Lauper, Sinead OConnor and others took part 1999: Charley Pride receives a star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame 2005: Long John Baldry died of pneumonia – he was one of the founding fathers of British Rock n Roll in the 1960s performing with Blues Incorporated and Cyril Davies R&B All Stars. He later fronted the Hoochie Coochie Men, with Rod Stewart and then Steam Packet with Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll. Also a member of Bluesology with Elton John. He also narrated on Winnie The Pooh recordings for Disney and was the voice for Robotnik on the Sonic The Hedgehog computer game 2008: The Police played the first of two nights at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado during the final leg of their 152-date world Reunion tour. The tour became the third highest grossing tour of all time, with revenues reaching over $340 million
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