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Today In R&R History July 10th
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Rock and Roll Birthdays
July 10th
- July 10th Birthday, Motown/Funk Brother keyboardist John Ellis Griffith Jr., born in Detroit, Michigan in 1936. He passed away on November 10th, 2002.
- July 10th Birthday, Singer, songwriter Mavis Staples of The Staples Singers. Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1939.
- July 10thBirthday, Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath vocalist and solo artist Ronnie James Dio, born Ronald James Padavona in Portsmith, New Hampshire in 1942. Dio passed away on May 16th, 2010 at the age of 67.
- July 10th Birthday, Wings drummer and session man Denny Seiwell, born in Lehighton, Pennsylvania in 1943.
- July 10th Birthday, Moby Grape guitarist Jerry Miller, born in Tacoma, Washington in 1943.
- July 10th Birthday, Singer, songwriter Arlo Guthrie, born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1947, the son of folk music icon Woody Guthrie.
- July 10th Birthday, Mothers Of Invention trombonist and composer Bruce Fowler, born in 1947 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- July 10th Birthday, Singer, songwriter and guitarist Greg Kihn, born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1949. Kihn died with Alzheimer’s disease on August 13th, 2024 at the age of 75.
- July 10th Birthday, Max Webster guitarist Kim Mitchell, born in 1952 in Samia, Ontario, Canada.
- July 10th Birthday, Triumph guitarist Rik Emmett, born in 1953 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- July 10th Birthday, Genre defying banjo player Bela Flek, born in New York City in 1958.
- July 10th Birthday, 1990’s era Jethro Tull keyboardist Andrew Giddings, born in 1963 in Pembury, Kent, England.
Today In Rock and Roll History
July 10th
- July 10th, 1954 Record producer Sam Phillips took an acetate of Elvis Presley singing “That’s All Right” to DJ Dewey Phillips at Memphis radio station WHBQ. After Dewey played the song on the air that evening, listeners flooded the phone lines requesting to hear the song again. The single came out on Sun Records nine days later, July 19th, backed with “Blue Moon Of Kentucky.” Credited to Elvis, Scotty and Bill, RCA Victor Records re-released “That’s All Right” on December 20th, 1955, becoming the first single credited solely to Elvis Presley.
- July 10th, 1958 Coral Records release “Real Wild Child” backed with “Oh You Beautiful Doll” by Ivan on 45. Ivan was a stage name for The Crickets drummer Jerry Allison. “Real Wild Child” was co-written by David Owens, John Greene and Johnny O’Keefe. “Oh You Beautiful Child” weas co-written by A. Seymore Brown and Nat Ayer. Buddy Holly played guitar uncredited on the single.
- July 10th, 1961 ABC Paramount Records release “Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp Bomp Bomp)” by Barry Mann on 45. Co-produced by Al Nevins and Don Kirshner, the novelty song was co-written by Mann and Gerry Goffin and went to No. 7 on September 30th, the first of four singles Mann placed in the charts.
- July 10th, 1963 Elvis Presley and The Jordainaires record “Viva! Las Vegas.” Co-written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman for Presley’s film of the same name, which along with the song, was set for general release in 1964. RCA Records released the track backed with a cover version of Ray Charles’ “What’d I Say” on 45 that entered the chart in April 1964 that peaked at No. 29 on June 13th.
- July 10th, 1963 The Beatles record a BBC Radio session at Aeolian Hall, New Bond Street, London, England for two Light Programme show segments of Pop Goes The Beatles with producer Terry Henebery and host Rodney Burke. The first segment, show number six in the Pop Goes The Beatles series, was recorded 10:30am–1:30pm along with guests Carter-Lewis and The Southerners and broadcast on June 4th. The second segment, show number seven in the Pop Goes The Beatles series, was recorded 1:30–3:30pm along with guests The Searchers and was broadcast on July 30th. Songs recorded for the Pop Goes The Beatles show No. 6 session were “Sweet Little Sixteen” written by Chuck Berry, “A Taste Of Honey” co-written by Bobby Scott and Ric Marlowe, “Nothing Shaking (But The Leaves On The Tree)” co-written by Dallas Frazier and Arthur Leo Owens, “Love Me Do” co-writtenby John Lennon and Paul McCartney, “Lonesome Tears In My Eyes” co-written by Al Mortimer, Dorsey W. Burnette, Paul Burlison and Johnny Burnette and “So How Come (No One Loves Me)” co-written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. Songs recorded for the Pop Goes The Beatles show No. 7 session were “Memphis, Tennessee”written by Chuck Berry, “Do You Want To Know A Secret” co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, “Til There Was You” written by Merideth Wilson, “Matchbox” written by Carl Perkins, “Please Mr. Postman” co-writtenby Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Berry Gordy Jr, Brian Holland and Freddie Gorman and “The Hippy Hippy Shake” written by Robert Lee Romero.
- July 10th, 1964 Parlophone Records in Britain release “I’m The One Who Loves You” by The Paramounts on 45. The song was written by Curtis Mayfield and done originally by The Impressions in early 1963. The Paramounts included Gary Brooker, Chris Copping and Robin Trower, later of Procol Harum.
- July 10th, 1964 Parlophone Records in Britain release The Beatles’ new single, album and movie A Hard Day’s Night all on the same day. The song “A Hard Day’s Night” was recorded during a three-hour session on April 16th at EMI Studios in London with producer George Martin, co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Issued in America on July 13th, the record went to No. 1 on August 1st. The American version of the LP came out the same day as a soundtrack album, with a different track listing and additional tracks from the film by The George Martin Orchestra. In the US, the album charted for fifty-six weeks and peaked at No. 1 on July 25th.
- July 10th, 1964 Manfred Mann’s “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” is released in Britain. The band recorded the song over two sessions on June 11th and the 22nd with producer John Burgess. Co-written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and originally recorded in 1963, as “Do-Wah-Diddy,” by the American vocal group The Exciters, the record came out in the US in August entered the charts in September and went to No. 1 on October 17th.
- July 10th, 1965 “From A Window” by Chad And Jeremy enters the singles charts following a May release on World Artist Records. A Lennon and McCartney song originally recorded by Billy J. Kramer, Chad and Jeremy recorded “From a Window” in a December 1964 recording session in New York City with producer Jimmie Haskell. The single peaked a week later at No. 97.
- July 10th, 1967 Stax Records release “Born Under A Bad Sign” by Albert King. The album was recorded at various sessions from March 1966 through June 1967 with producer Jim Stewart at Stax Studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
- July 10th, 1967 Stax Records release “Live In Europe” by Otis Redding. Recorded at the Olympia Theatre in Paris on March 21st , “Live in Europe” was recorded during the Stax/Volt tour of Europe, backed by Booker T. and the MGs. The record peaked at No. 32 on September 16th.
- July 10th, 1967 Epic Records release “Little Games” by The Yardbirds. The LP featured three charting singles, “Ha Ha Said The Clown,” “Ten Little Indians” and the album’s title track. The record peaked at No. 80 on August 26th.
- On the same day, July 10th, 1967 Epic Records release “Ha Ha Said The Clown” by The Yardbirds on 45 produced by Mickie Most. Written by Tony Hazzard and first released by Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds version hit No. 45 on September 2nd.
- July 10th, 1967 Capitol Records release Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe” on 45. Written by Gentry and co-produced by Kelly Gordon and Bobby Paris, the single entered the charts a week later and reached No. 1 on August 26th, selling over three million copies and earned three Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female and Best New Artist.
- July 10th, 1967 Colgems Records release The Monkees’ “Pleasant Valley Sunday” backed with “Words” on 45. “Pleasant Valley Sunday” was recorded June 10th and 11th at RCA Victor Studios in Hollywood, California with producer Chip Douglas. The song was co-written by the husband-and-wife team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The record’s B-side was recorded on June 14th. “Words” was composed by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. It was the second time they’d recorded the song. The first version was during sessions for the second Monkees LP with session musicians. Second time around, the band played their own instruments with only the help of producer Douglas on bass and Eddie Hoh on drums. Both songs entered the charts on July 22nd. “Words” peaked at No. 11 on September 2nd. “Pleasant Valley Sunday” peaked at No. 3 on August 19th.
- July 10th, 1968 The Beatles record the backing track for the single version of “Revolution” at EMI Studio Two in London. After recording rehearsals the day before, the band used Take 10 to add additional parts to. Nicky Hopkins played electric piano on July 11th. The track was completed July 12th with more guitar from John and more bass by Paul McCartney.
- July 10th, 1971 Bell Records release “Sweet City Woman” by Canadian band The Stampeders on 45. Written by the band’s singer and guitarist Rich Dodson and produced by Mel Shaw, the record went to No. 8 on October 23rd.
- July 10th, 1972 RCA Records release “Son Of Schmilsson” by Nilsson. Produced by Richard Perry at Trident, Apple and CTS Studios in London, the album features guest appearances by Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Nicky Hopkins, Peter Frampton, Lowell George and others. The record peaked at No. 12 on September 23rd.
- July 10th, 1972 Columbia Records release the “Chicago V” LP by Chicago. It was the first single disc album of the group’s career, recorded in just over a week in September 1971 at Columbia Records 52nd Street Studios in New York City with producer Jim Guercio. The record featured the hits “Dialogue” and “Saturday In The Park.” The album peaked at No. 1 on August 19th.
- July 10th, 1972 A&M Records release “Wind Of Change,” the first solo album by Peter Frampton. The LP was co-produced by Frampton and Chris Kimsey, who engineered as well, at Olympic and Island Studios in London. “Wind Of Change” features guest appearances by Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Klaus Voormann and Spooky Tooth guitarist Mick Jones. The LP peaked at No. 177 in the US, on October 28th. Along with the album, A&M released a cover version of The Rolling Stones’ “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” as Frampton’s first solo single in July.
- July 10th, 1972 Capitol Records release “Free Four,” backed with “Stay” by Pink Floyd on 45. Written by Floyd bass guitarist Roger Waters, the song was self-produced by the band from February through March 1972 at Strawberry Studios in dHérouville (Dee Arrow-ville), France, for the group’s “Obscured By Clouds” LP.
- July 10th, 1974 America release “Tin Man” on 45 on Warner Brothers Records. Written by Dewey Bunnell and produced by George Martin, who played piano on the finished studio track. “Tin Man” became the group’s fourth Top Ten single, peaking at No. 4 on November 9th.
- July 10th, 1976 “Kid Charlemagne” by Steely Dan enters the singles charts on ABC Records. The song was co-written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. Produced by Gary Katz, the track was issued from the group’s “The Royal Scam” LP. “Kid Charlemagne” peaked at No. 82 a week later, July 17th.
- July 10th, 1976 Heart release their signature tune “Magic Man” on 45. The single was released in Canada a full year earlier and in America, as the second single from the band’s debut album, “Dreamboat Annie.” Written by Ann and Nancy Wilson and produced by Mike Flicker, the record entered the charts a week later and peaked at No. 9 on November 6th.
- July 10th, 1978 Harvest Records release “Reminiscing” by The Little River Band on 45. Written by LRB’s Graeham Goble and sung by lead singer Glenn Shorrock, the band made three attempts at recording the song and nearly didn’t complete it. Even the record label didn’t think it was a hit at first. “Reminiscing” became the Little River Band’s biggest hit, peaking at No. 3 on October 28th.
- July 10th, 1979 Arista Records release “Low Budget,” the eighteenth studio album by The Kinks. January sessions at The Kinks’ Konk Studios in London produced two songs, then the sessions moved to The Power Station and Blue Rock Studios in New York City from April through June with Ray Davies producing. The record reached No. 11 on September 1st.
- July 10th, 1981 A&M Records in Britain release “Tempted” by Squeeze on 45. The song was co-written by Glen Tilbrook and Chris Difford, with lead vocals shared by Difford, Tilbrook and Paul Carrack. “Tempted” was produced by Elvis Costello, who sings on the song as well. Released in America, the song was the first of three singles to chart for Squeeze in the states, peaking at No. 49 on September 12th.
Miscellaneous July
- July 1959, Chess Records release “Go Bo Diddley,” the second album by Bo Diddley.
- July 1959, Chess Records release “Berry Is On Top” by Chuck Berry. Other than the song “Blues For Hawaiians,” the record was a collection of previously issued singles with nine hit 45’s.
- July 1964 Nashville label RIC Records release “Beach Walkin’” backed with “Banzai Washout,” the first single by California band The Catalinas on 45. Both songs were written by Los Angeles session musician and record producer Steve Douglas. Future Beach Boy Bruce Johnston and Wrecking Crew alumni Hal Blaine, Bill Pitman, Billy Strange, Leon Russell and others were part of the studio band.
- July 1965 Fantasy Records release “You Can’t Be True” backed with “You Got Nothin’ On Me,” the third single by The Golliwogs. Both sides were co-written by Tom and John Fogerty, using the names Rann Wild and Toby Green. The Golliwogs renamed themselves Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1967.
- July 1967, Elektra Records release “The 5,000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion” by The Incredible String Band in England. Recorded at Sound Techniques in Chelsea, London with producer Joe Boyd, it was the group’s second album, regrouped as a duo following their first album in 1966. “The 5,000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion” went to No. 25 in Britain. The LP came out in America in January 1968.
- July 1969, Douglas Records release “Devotion,” the second album by John McLaughlin. There are conflicting dates attributed to the release. Some say May some July and others say September. The record was recorded while McLaughlin was a member of Tony Williams Lifetime, using a backing band of organist Larry Young, bassist Billy Rich and Buddy Miles. The album did not chart in the US.
- July 1970 Capitol Records release the self-titled debut album by British jazz-rock band “If.” The album reached No. 187 in the US.
- July 1974, Casablanca Records release “Strutter,” the third single by Kiss. The song was co-written by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. The track was co-produced by Kenny Kerner and Richie Wise, taken from Kiss’ self-titled first album.
- July 1975, RCA Records release “Why Do Fools Fall In Love,” the second single by Bruce Johnston, Gary Usher and Terry Melcher’s California Music. The song was credited to Frankie Lymon and Morris Levy. The song was originally a hit for Lymon and The Teenagers in 1956.
- July 1976 Oyster Records release “Child In Time” by the Ian Gillan Band. It was the first solo album by former Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan. The group featured keyboardist Mike Moran, guitarist Ray Fenwick and bassist John Gustafson. The LP was produced by Purple’s Roger Glover at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany in December 1975 through January 1976. The album reached No. 55 in England.
- July 1976 Atco Records release “Viva! Roxy Music,” a live album by Roxy Music, six months in advance of its British release date in February 1977. The recordings were taped at the Glasgow Apollo in November 1973, Newcastle City Hall in October 1974 and the Wembley Empire Pool in October 1975. “Viva! Roxy Music” was produced by Chris Thomas. The same month, Island Records in Britain release a new four-song EP by Bryan Ferry, “Price Of Love” and “Shame Shame Shame” backed with “Heart On My Sleeve” and “It’s Only Love.” Island issued “Price Of Love” as a single in August.
- July 1981 A&M Records in America release “Iris” by Split Enz on 45. The track came from the band’s “Waiata” album, produced by David Tickle.
- July 1983 Virgin Records release “Wonderland” by XTC on 45 in England. Written by Colin Moulding, the session was co-produced by XTC and Steve Nye. It was the only single from the group’s “Mummer” LP to be released in the US, in February 1984.
- July 1984 A&M Records in the US release “Message To My Girl” by Split Enz on 45 from the LP “Conflicting Emotions.” The song was written by Neil Finn, co-produced by Hugh Padgham and Eddie Rayner.
- July 1987 Jet Records release “1, 2, 3” backed with “O What A Shame” by Roy Wood on 45. The A-side was a cover version of the Len Barry hit from 1967, co-written by J Madaea, D White and L Bonsoff. The B-side was written by Roy Wood. Both tracks were produced by Roy Wood.
- July 1987 Virgin Records release “You’re A Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)” by The Dukes Of Stratosphere on 45. The band were XTC with guitarist Dave Gregory’s brother Ian on drums. The song was written by Andy Partridge and credited to Sir John Johns. The record was co-produced by the band and John Leckie.
- July 1990 Phil Manzanera and Andy Mackay release “Christmas ; MacKay and Manzanera featuring The Players” on Ryko Records. Album is a collection of Christmas songs by Andy MacKay and Phil Manzanera from Roxy Music.
- July 1991 Demon Records in Britain release the soundtrack to the British TV series “G.B.H.” It was the first of two collaborations between Elvis Costello and English composer, musician and member of progressive rock band Gryphon, Richard Harvey.
- July 1994 Warner Brothers Records in Britain release “You Tripped At Every Step” by Elvis Costello and The Attractions on 45, the third single released from the band’s “Brutal Youth” LP. The song was written by Costello, who co-produced the track with Mitchell Froom.
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