This Day in Music History! John Lennon gets his green card! ALSO- Esso oil (who grows up to be Exxon) finds that people who listen to this new rock stuff really like to roll! DUH! ;) Births 1922: Bob Thiele 1927: Bob Morse (The Hi-Los) 1929: Harvey Fuqua (The Moonglows) 1933: Nick Reynolds (The Kingston Trio) 1943: Al Ramsey (Gary Lewis and the Playboys) 1944: Bobby Gentry 1947: Andy McMaster (The Motors) 1949: Maureen McGovern 1950: Michael Vaughn (Paper Lace) Deaths 1990: Bobby Day 1999: Harry Sweets Edison 2001: Harold Land 2001: Leon Wilkeson (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 2002: John Entwistle (The Who) Events 1958: A study by Esso oil (formerly Standard Oil, eventually Exxon) finds that drivers speed more and therefore waste more gas when listening to the new fad of rock and roll music. 1968: A riot erupts at Chicagos Grant Park after Sly and the Family Stone fail to appear for a free concert. 1969: Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees collapses from nervous exhaustion just as the group is about to embark on its first US tour, but its actually a ruse designed to hasten his exit from the group. 1974: After 23 years, Dinah Shore leaves the NBC-TV network when it cancels her morning program Dinahs Place in order to concentrate on game shows. 1976: John Lennon ends his four-year fight to stay in the US as a special government hearing granted him a green card (Number A-17-597-321). 1976: Bruce Springsteens meteoric career rise is stalled when he sues manager Mike Appel for fraud and breach of contract, keeping him from performing or recording for over a year. 1976: After years of alleged physical and verbal abuse, and having left over the Fourth of July with nothing but pocket change and a gas station credit card, Tina Turner files for divorce from her husband of sixteen years, Ike. 1979: A firebomb destroys Alice Coopers Indian art store in Scottsdale, AZ, causing $200,000 in damage to, among other things, some of Coopers gold records. The singer jokes that perhaps a disco music freak torched the place, as Alice had been quite vocal about not liking the new musical trend. 1992: Michael Jackson sues the London tabloid Daily Mirror over claims that too many plastic surgeries had left him permanently disfigured. 1994: Bob Seger serves jury duty in Michigan and, as the foreman in a criminal trial, finds the defendant guilty. 2006: The company behind file-sharing service Kazaa agrees to pay record labels over $115 million in damages for piracy. Releases 1959: Santo and Johnny, Sleepwalk 1968: The Rascals, People Got To Be Free 1968: Mama Cass Elliot, Dream A Little Dream Of Me 1974: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sweet Home Alabama Recording 1942: Peggy Lee, Why Don’t You Do Right 1961: The Tokens, The Lion Sleeps Tonight Charts 1955: Chuck Berrys Maybellene enters the R&B charts 1957: The Bobbettes Mr. Lee enters the charts 1974: John Denvers Annies Song hits #1
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:08:56 +0000
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