This Week in Rock History -July 16-22 (Part1)
Sunday July 16
* The late Desmond Dekker ("Israelites") is born in 1942
* Denise LaSalle ("Trapped By A Thing Called Love") is 67
* Harry Chapin ("Cat's In The Cradle") is killed in an auto accident on New York's Long Island Expressway, 1981
* John Panozzo of Styx ("Lady") dies of bleeding ulcers and cirrhosis of the liver in 1996
* Cream is formed in 1966
* Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina split up (until the inevitable reunion 29 years later), 1976
* Michael Jackson performs at a birthday party for the Sultan of Brunei and gets paid an estimated 15-20 million dollars, 1996
* The Coasters record "Poison Ivy", 1959
Monday July 17
* Spencer Davis ("Gimme Some Lovin'") is 64
* The late Nicolette Larson ("Lotta Love") is born in 1952
* Phoebe Snow ("Poetry Man") is 54
* Gale Garnett ("We'll Sing In The Sunshine") is 64
* The late Vince Guaraldi ("Cast Your Fate To The Wind" and the music from all those "Peanuts" TV cartoons) is born in 1932
* Chas Chandler of the Animals ("House Of The Rising Sun") dies from a heart condition in 1996
* No one is hurt as a bomb explodes under a Rolling Stones equipment truck in Montreal, 1972
* Annette Funicello and the Mouseketeers first appear on TV (an ABC special celebrating the opening of Disneyland), 1955
* The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" film premieres in London, 1968
* Petula Clark makes her TV debut (on England's "Cabaret" show), 1946
Tuesday July 18
* Dion DiMucci ("The Wanderer") is 67
* Martha Reeves ("Dancing In The Streets") is 65
* Lonnie Mack ("Memphis") is also 65
* The late "Screamin'" Jay Hawkins ("I Put A Spell On You") is born in 1929
* Bobby Fuller ("I Fought The Law") is found dead in his car in Hollywood (it was ruled a suicide but the evidence suggests foul play), 1966
* Elvis Presley records a song ("My Happiness") supposedly for his mother's birthday (which actually was in April) at Sun Records in Memphis (he is noticed by the secretary there and it eventually leads to a contract) 1953
Wednesday July 19
* Sue Thompson ("Norman") is 81
* George Hamilton IV ("Abilene") is 69
* Vikki Carr ("It Must Be Him") is 68
* 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
* Sun Records releases the first Elvis Presley single, "That's All Right (Mama)", 1954
* The Billy Joel stage musical, "Movin' Out", premieres in Chicago (as a pre-Broadway tryout) in 2002
* Johnny Rivers begins recording "Poor Side Of Town", 1966
* The Monkees record their theme song, 1966
Thursday July 20
* Carlos Santana ("Evil Ways") is 59
* John Lodge of the Moody Blues ("Nights In White Satin") is 61
* The late Buddy Knox ("Party Doll") is born in 1933
* Roy Hamilton ("You Can Have Her") suffers a stroke and dies in 1969
* Jane Asher calls off her engagement to Paul McCartney on BBC television, 1968
* The Beatles sign a German recording contract with producer Bert Kaempfert, as the Beat Brothers, 1961
* The Carpenters' Summer TV series debuts on NBC with guest Mark Lindsay, 1971
Friday July 21
* Cat Stevens ("Peace Train"-- now known as Yusuf Islam) is 58
* Rosie Hamlin of Rosie & the Originals ("Angel Baby") is 61
* Kay Starr ("Rock & Roll Waltz") is 84
* Mary Wilson of the Supremes is honored with a "day" in Detroit, 1973
* Linda Ronstadt joins the Rolling Stones onstage at their Tucson, Arizona, concert, singing "Tumblin' Dice" with them, 1977
* Diana Ross' free concert in New York's Central Park is stopped by heavy rain and rescheduled for the next day, 1983
* The Beatles begin recording "Come Together", 1969
* The Monkees begin recording "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You", 1967
Saturday July 22
* Bobby Sherman ("Julie, Do Ya Love Me") is 63
* The late Thomas Wayne ("Tragedy") is born in 1941
* Don Henley of the Eagles ("Take It Easy") is 59
* Chuck Jackson ("Any Day Now") is 69
* Estelle Bennett of the Ronettes is 62
* Larry Finegan ("Dear One") dies of a brain tumor in 1973
* Aretha Franklin is fined $50 for disturbing the peace in a Detroit parking lot alercation, 1969
* The "Bobby Darin Amusement Company" debuts on CBS-TV, 1972
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