TODAY IN ROCK HISTORY – JULY 5TH
1943 - Born this day, [Jamie] Robbie Robertson, in Toronto, Canada, composer, musician, guitarist, singer, The Band, 1969 US No.25 single Up On Cripple Creek, 1970 UK No.16 single Rag Mama Rag, also solo, 1988 UK No.15 single Somewhere Down The Crazy River.
1948 - Born this day, Cassie Gaines, backing singer with Lynyrd Skynyrd, killed in a plane crash on 20 October 1977 with two other members of the band.
1951 - Born this day, Huey Lewis [Cregg], in New York City, rock singer, Huey Lewis and the News, 1984 UK No.39 single If This Is It, 1985 US No.1 and UK No.11 single The Power Of Love, 1985 UK No.61 single Heart And Soul (EP), 1986 UK No.12 single Stuck With You, 1986 UK No.41 single Hip To Be Square, Need a New Drug.
1954 - Working together for the first time in a recording studio with Scotty Moore and Bill Black, Elvis Presley fooled around during a break with an uptempo version of That's All Right (Mama) and Blue Moon of Kentucky, Sam Phillips had them repeat the jam and recorded it. It was his first session for Sam Phillips and Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
1964 - Them, with Van Morrison, recorded the original version of Gloria.
1966 - On the recommendation of Keith Richard's girlfriend, The Animals' Chas Chandler went to see Jimi Hendrix play at The Cafe Wha in New York. Chandler suggested that Hendrix should come to England.
1968 - John Lennon sold his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce.
1969 - The Rolling Stones gave a free concert in London's Hyde Park before an audience of 250,000, as a tribute to Brian Jones who had died two days earlier. Mick Jagger read an extract from Percy Bysshe Shelley's Adonais and released 3,000 butterflies, it was also guitarist’s Mick Taylor's debut with the Stones.
1973 - Live & Let Die, James Bond film premiered.
1978 - Pressing of the new album by The Rolling Stones Some Girls was halted at EMI's pressing plant after complaints from celebrities including Lucille Ball who was featured in mock advertisements on the album sleeve.
1980 - Born on this day, Jason Wade, guitar, vocals, Lifehouse, (2001 US No.10 & UK No.25 single 'Hanging By A Moment').
1986 - Born on this day, Adam Young, keyboards, vocals, Owl City, 2009 / 2010 worldwide No.1 single ‘Fireflies’, 2009 debut album Ocean Eyes.
1995 - More than 100 Grateful Dead fans were hurt when a wooden deck collapsed at a campground lodge in Wentzville, Missouri. Hundreds of people were on or under the deck sheltering from heavy rain. More than 4,000 Deadheads were staying at the campground while attending Grateful Dead concerts in the St. Louis suburb.
1999 - The Eurythmics announced their first world tour for more than 10 years and that all profits would be given to charity. The duo made the announcement from the Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior moored on the Thames.
2003 - The Daily Star ran a front page story claiming that Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards body had been found. Fishermen in an angling contest discovered bones half buried in mud on the riverbank near Avonmouth. Edwards disappeared in February 1995, his car was found at a service station at the Seven Bridge - a well-known suicide spot.
2005 - Pink Floyd's David Gilmour said artists who had seen album sales soar after the Live 8 concerts should donate their profits to charity, saying: "This is money that should be used to save lives." UK sales figures released two days after the London concert showed Pink Floyd’s Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd had risen by 1343%, The Who’s - Then and Now by 863% and Annie Lennox - Eurythmics Greatest Hits by 500%.
1943 - Born this day, [Jamie] Robbie Robertson, in Toronto, Canada, composer, musician, guitarist, singer, The Band, 1969 US No.25 single Up On Cripple Creek, 1970 UK No.16 single Rag Mama Rag, also solo, 1988 UK No.15 single Somewhere Down The Crazy River.
1948 - Born this day, Cassie Gaines, backing singer with Lynyrd Skynyrd, killed in a plane crash on 20 October 1977 with two other members of the band.
1951 - Born this day, Huey Lewis [Cregg], in New York City, rock singer, Huey Lewis and the News, 1984 UK No.39 single If This Is It, 1985 US No.1 and UK No.11 single The Power Of Love, 1985 UK No.61 single Heart And Soul (EP), 1986 UK No.12 single Stuck With You, 1986 UK No.41 single Hip To Be Square, Need a New Drug.
1954 - Working together for the first time in a recording studio with Scotty Moore and Bill Black, Elvis Presley fooled around during a break with an uptempo version of That's All Right (Mama) and Blue Moon of Kentucky, Sam Phillips had them repeat the jam and recorded it. It was his first session for Sam Phillips and Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
1964 - Them, with Van Morrison, recorded the original version of Gloria.
1966 - On the recommendation of Keith Richard's girlfriend, The Animals' Chas Chandler went to see Jimi Hendrix play at The Cafe Wha in New York. Chandler suggested that Hendrix should come to England.
1968 - John Lennon sold his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce.
1969 - The Rolling Stones gave a free concert in London's Hyde Park before an audience of 250,000, as a tribute to Brian Jones who had died two days earlier. Mick Jagger read an extract from Percy Bysshe Shelley's Adonais and released 3,000 butterflies, it was also guitarist’s Mick Taylor's debut with the Stones.
1973 - Live & Let Die, James Bond film premiered.
1978 - Pressing of the new album by The Rolling Stones Some Girls was halted at EMI's pressing plant after complaints from celebrities including Lucille Ball who was featured in mock advertisements on the album sleeve.
1980 - Born on this day, Jason Wade, guitar, vocals, Lifehouse, (2001 US No.10 & UK No.25 single 'Hanging By A Moment').
1986 - Born on this day, Adam Young, keyboards, vocals, Owl City, 2009 / 2010 worldwide No.1 single ‘Fireflies’, 2009 debut album Ocean Eyes.
1995 - More than 100 Grateful Dead fans were hurt when a wooden deck collapsed at a campground lodge in Wentzville, Missouri. Hundreds of people were on or under the deck sheltering from heavy rain. More than 4,000 Deadheads were staying at the campground while attending Grateful Dead concerts in the St. Louis suburb.
1999 - The Eurythmics announced their first world tour for more than 10 years and that all profits would be given to charity. The duo made the announcement from the Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior moored on the Thames.
2003 - The Daily Star ran a front page story claiming that Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards body had been found. Fishermen in an angling contest discovered bones half buried in mud on the riverbank near Avonmouth. Edwards disappeared in February 1995, his car was found at a service station at the Seven Bridge - a well-known suicide spot.
2005 - Pink Floyd's David Gilmour said artists who had seen album sales soar after the Live 8 concerts should donate their profits to charity, saying: "This is money that should be used to save lives." UK sales figures released two days after the London concert showed Pink Floyd’s Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd had risen by 1343%, The Who’s - Then and Now by 863% and Annie Lennox - Eurythmics Greatest Hits by 500%.