Music Almanac: July 19

Birthdays

• 1925 - Sue Thompson (87)
• 1931 - Papa Dee Allen (War) (d. 1988)
• 1932 - Buster Benton (d. 1996)
• 1937 - George Hamilton IV (75)
• 1941 - Vicki Carr (71)
• 1944 - George Frayne (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen) (68)
• 1946 - Alan Gorrie (Average White Band) (66)
• 1947 - Brian May (Queen) (65)
• 1947 - Bernie Leadon (Eagles, Dillard & Clark, Flying Burrito Brothers) (65)
• 1948 - Keith Godchaux (Grateful Dead) (d. 1980)
• 1950 - Freddy Moore (62)
• 1952 - Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1990)
• 1960 - Kevin Haskins (Bauhaus) (52)
• 1968 - Robb Flynn (Machine Head) (44)
• 1968 - Ged Lynch (Black Grape) (44)
• 1971 - Urs Bühler (Il Divo) (41)
• 1973 - Martin Powell (Cradle of Filth) (39)
• 1976 - Eric Prydz (36)
• 1979 - Michelle Heaton (Liberty X) (33)

Deaths

• 1975 - Left Frizzell - Stroke (47)
• 2001 - Judy Clay - Car accident (62)
• 2002 - Alan Lomax (87)

On This Day

• 1958 - Manager George Treadwell fired all of the members of the Drifters and replaced them with Ben E. King and the Five Crowns.
• 1969 - Spencer Davis disbands the Spencer Davis Group.
• 1972 - Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were arrested in Warwick, RI after fighting a photographer.
• 1974 - David Bowie completed his Diamond Dogs tour.
• 1976 - Deep Purple broke up.
• 1978 - The Dead Kennedys play their first concert in San Francisco, CA.
• 1980 - David Bowie opened in the play The Elephant Man in Denver, CO.
• 1981 - In Odessa, TX, it was Roy Orbison Day.
• 1983 - Simon & Garfunkel started a summer tour in Akron, OH.
• 1987 - Bruce Springsteen performed behind the iron curtain for the first time in East Berlin, Germany.
• 1989 - James Brown was moved to a medium security prison after $40,000 was found in his jail cell.
• 1990 - Vicki Carr sang at the opening of the Nixon Library for four presidents, all of which she had previously sung for while they were in the White House.
• 1991 - Steven Adler filed a suit against Guns N' Roses claiming he was fraudulently removed from the group and, during his time with them, they introduced him to hard drugs.
• 1995 - Dr. George Nichopolous, who became famous for his liberal dispensing of drugs to Elvis Presley, finally loses his medical license.
• 1996 - The Spice Girls debuted on Top of the Pops.
• 1999 - Weird Al Yankovic starts his Running With Scissors tour in Green Bay, WI.
• 2002 - It's Solomon Burke Day in Philadelphia, PA.
• 2003 - Jermaine Jackson told the press that Michael Jackson would reunite with his brothers for an album and tour.

Marriages

• 1966 - Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow

Recorded

• 1949 - Harry Belafonte has his first recording session at Capitol Studios.

Released

• 1954 - That's All Right/Blue Moon of Kentucky - Elvis Presley (debut on Sun Records)
• 1975 - Dance With Me - Orleans (single)
• 1977 - Moody Blue - Elvis Presley
• 1982 - Donna Summer - Donna Summer
• 1994 - Portrait of an American Family - Marilyn Manson (debut)
• 1999 - Long Tall Weekend - They Might Be Giants (mp3 release only)

Gold & Platinum

• 1980 - It's Still Rock & Roll to Me - Billy Joel

Broadcasts

• 1957 - Alan Freed's The Big Beat - Chuck Berry, Andy Williams, Frankie Lymon, Bobby Darin
• 1960 - American Bandstand - Bryan Hyland
• 1961 - American Bandstand - Al Martino, Edsels
• 1962 - American Bandstand - Duane Eddy
• 1965 - Where the Action Is - Sir Douglas Quintet, Jackie & Gayle, Linda Scott, Steve Alaimo, Paul Revere & the Raiders
• 1966 - Where the Action Is - Percy Sledge, Knickerbockers, Tina Mason
• 1969 - American Bandstand - Andy Kim, Peppermint Rainbow
• 1974 - Midnight Special - Helen Reddy (host), Peter Allen, Brownsville Station, Janis Ian, Dave Loggins, Paul Williams
• 1975 - American Bandstand - Melissa Manchester, Bazuka
• 1980 - American Bandstand - Temptations
• 1986 - American Bandstand - Bananarama

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1947 - Peg o' My Heart - Harmonicats (3 weeks)
• 1975 - Listen to What the Man Said - Wings (1 week)
• 1980 - It's Still Rock and Roll To Me - Billy Joel (2 weeks)
• 1986 - Invisible Touch - Genesis (1 week)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums

• 1958 - The Music Man - Original Cast (1 week (11 previous weeks at number 1))
• 1975 - Venus and Mars - Wings (1 week)
• 1986 - Winner in You - Patti LaBelle (1 week)
• 1997 - The Fat of the Land - Prodigy (1 week)
• 2003 - Chapter II - Ashanti (2 weeks)
• 2008 - Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne (2 weeks (1 previous week at number 1))

Number Ones – U.S. R&B Singles

• 1969 - What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) - Jr. Walker & the All-Stars (2 weeks)
• 1975 - Fight the Power (Part 1) - Isley Brothers (3 weeks)
• 1986 - Rumors - Timex Social Club (2 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Country Singles

• 1947 - Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams (15 weeks)
• 1952 - Are You Teasing Me - Carl Smith (1 week)
• 1969 - I Love You More Today - Conway Twitty (1 week)
• 1975 - Touch a Hand - Conway Twitty (2 weeks)
• 1980 - True Love Ways - Mickey Gilley (1 week)
• 1986 - Until I Met You - Judy Rodman (1 week)
• 1997 - Carrying Your Love With Me - George Strait (4 weeks)
• 2008 - Home - Blake Shelton (2 weeks)

Number Ones – U.K. Singles

• 1967 - All You Need is Love - Beatles (3 weeks)
• 1975 - Give a Little Love - Bay City Rollers (3 weeks)
• 1998 - Deeper Underground - Jamiroquai (1 week)
• 2009 - Beat Again - JLS (2 weeks)

Number Ones – U.K. Albums

• 1975 - Venus and Mars - Wings (1 week (1 previous week at number 1))
• 1980 - The Game - Queen (2 weeks)
• 1992 - Hello Nasty - Beastie Boys (1 week)