From the MCRFB music calendar:
Events on this date: July 4
1958: Buddy Holly drives his new Lincoln Continental to Angola, Indiana to kick off the Cricket’s first Summer Dance Party tour.
1964: The Rolling Stones create a stir with their appearance on the BBC hit show Juke Box Jury, cutting up, looking bored, using crude language, and trashing most of the records they turned up for review.
1966: The Beatles play Manila in the Philippines, performing before a crowd of 80,000 Filipinos during two concerts at Rizal Memorial Football Stadium. President Ferdinand Marcos, however, feeling the band had snubbed him by not showing up for a planned visit with the first family, publicly denounces the Beatles, leading to mob outrage among the Philippine public. Turns out the group had never been informed of the invitation, but the damage is done: Manager Brian Epstein pubic apology is censored on local state TV, and Marcos pulls all police protection for the group, forcing them to be besieged by angry mobs as they head for the airport the next day. After also being extorted by government officials for a large portion of their concert receipts, the Beatles leave the country, vowing never to return.
1969: The two-day Atlanta Pop Festival begins in Hampton, Georgia, with featured acts Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chuck Berry, Chicago, Canned Heat, Joe Cocker, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Johnny Winter, Delaney & Bonnie, Spirit, Paul Butterfield, and a new band called Grand Funk Railroad. The band was signed by a Capitol Records rep after he catches their act onstage.
1970: The first American Top 40 radio show, hosted by Casey Kasem, is broadcast on a total of eight radio stations.
1974: Barry White marries his second wife, backup vocalist Glodean James of his own discovery, of the girl group Love Unlimited.
1976: Paul Revere of the Raiders marries his second wife, Sandra Campbell, on America’s Bicentennial at King’s Island Amusement Park in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1982: Diana Ross begins her first world tour as a solo artist by playing Giants Stadium in New Jersey, with Miles Davis doing the opening act before Ross’ concert show.
1982: Ozzie Osbourne marries his second wife, manager Sharon Arden.
1987: Bob Dylan begins a historic joint tour with the Grateful Dead at Foxboro Stadium in Massachusetts.
1992: “Papa” John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas is the recipient of a liver transplant at Los Angeles County Medical.
2001: By court order, a U.S. federal judge orders the file-sharing service Napster to cease and desist all operations immediately.
Deaths: 2003: Barry White. 2007: Bill Pinkney; The Drifters. 2009: Drake Levin; Paul Revere & The Raiders.
Releases: 1976: “Don’t Go breaking My heart,” Elton John & Kiki Dee.
Charts: 1953: “I’m Walking Right Behind You,” Eddie Fisher; hits No. 1 on the charts. 1964: “I Get Around,” The Beach Boys; hits No. 1 on the charts. 1970: “Tighter And Tighter,” Alive and Kicking; enters the charts.
Certifications: None for this date.
And that’s just a few of the events which took place in pop music history, on this day…. JULY 4.
