Happy Canada Day, Debbie Harry's Birthday, & the Sony Walkman: Music History Today Podcast July 1
07/01/24 • 14 min
Happy Canada Day!!! On the July 1 edition of Music History Today, one of the greatest voices in soul music passes away, there's a debut from the Walkman, as well as the Band, a classic Beatles song, and a rap classic. Plus, happy birthday to Debbie Harry, Fred Schneider, and Missy Elliot.
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On this date:
In 1956, Elvis Presley sang his song Hound Dog to a basset hound on the Steve Allen TV Show because Steve didn't want to risk showing Elvis swiveling his hips on camera.
In 1969, Sam Phillips sold Sun Records Studio. In 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were injured in an auto accident.
In 1975, Ringo Starr divorced his wife Maureen.
In 1978, Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, & Van Halen played at the Texxas Jam concert in Dallas.
In 1979, Sony sold the first Walkman.
In 1990, country music singer Hank Williams, Jr. married model Mary Jane Thomas.
In 1998, entertainer Barbara Streisand married actor James Brolin.
In 2000, Trent Reznor overdosed on heroin. He recovered & went to rehab.
In 2005, the group Dance Gavin Dance formed.
In 2006, The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, which was built on the site of the original Woodstock Festival, opened.
In 2006, singer Jennifer Peterson-Hind of Hi-5 married musician Tom Korbee.
In 2007, a tribute concert to Princess Diana was held at Wembley Stadium.
In 2008, Travie McCoy of Gym Class Heroes beat up a fan who called him the N word at the end of their Warped Tour concert in St. Louis.
In 2008, the Motley Crue festival Crue Fest started, with supporting acts Papa Roach & Buckcherry.
In 2009, Michael Jackson became the first artist to sell over 1 million singles downloads in one week. He had passed away only 6 days earlier, which is what led to the sales surge.
In 2011, Selena Gomez starred in the movie Monte Carlo.
In 2011, guitarist James Hince married model Kate Moss.
In 2013, singer Avril Lavigne married Chad Kroeger of Nickelback.
In classical music:
In 1933, the Strauss opera Arabella opened in Germany.
In 1960, the cantata Carmen Baseliense from Benjamin Britten premiered.
In 1996, opera legend Placido Domingo became the artistic director of the Washington Opera.
In theater, it's closing day on Broadway as:
In 1967, the musical Funny Girl closed on Broadway.
In 1972, the musicals Hair & Stephen Sondheim's Follies both closed on Broadway.
In 1973, the Broadway musical Jesus Christ Superstar closed.
In 1978, the musical The Act closed on Broadway.
In 1984, the musical Baby closed on Broadway.
In 1995, the musical Kiss of the Spider Woman closed on Broadway.
Happy Canada Day!!! On the July 1 edition of Music History Today, one of the greatest voices in soul music passes away, there's a debut from the Walkman, as well as the Band, a classic Beatles song, and a rap classic. Plus, happy birthday to Debbie Harry, Fred Schneider, and Missy Elliot.
For more music history, subscribe to my Spotify Channel or subscribe to the audio version of my music history podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts from
ALL MUSIC HISTORY TODAY PODCAST NETWORK LINKS - https://allmylinks.com/musichistorytoday
On this date:
In 1956, Elvis Presley sang his song Hound Dog to a basset hound on the Steve Allen TV Show because Steve didn't want to risk showing Elvis swiveling his hips on camera.
In 1969, Sam Phillips sold Sun Records Studio. In 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were injured in an auto accident.
In 1975, Ringo Starr divorced his wife Maureen.
In 1978, Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, & Van Halen played at the Texxas Jam concert in Dallas.
In 1979, Sony sold the first Walkman.
In 1990, country music singer Hank Williams, Jr. married model Mary Jane Thomas.
In 1998, entertainer Barbara Streisand married actor James Brolin.
In 2000, Trent Reznor overdosed on heroin. He recovered & went to rehab.
In 2005, the group Dance Gavin Dance formed.
In 2006, The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, which was built on the site of the original Woodstock Festival, opened.
In 2006, singer Jennifer Peterson-Hind of Hi-5 married musician Tom Korbee.
In 2007, a tribute concert to Princess Diana was held at Wembley Stadium.
In 2008, Travie McCoy of Gym Class Heroes beat up a fan who called him the N word at the end of their Warped Tour concert in St. Louis.
In 2008, the Motley Crue festival Crue Fest started, with supporting acts Papa Roach & Buckcherry.
In 2009, Michael Jackson became the first artist to sell over 1 million singles downloads in one week. He had passed away only 6 days earlier, which is what led to the sales surge.
In 2011, Selena Gomez starred in the movie Monte Carlo.
In 2011, guitarist James Hince married model Kate Moss.
In 2013, singer Avril Lavigne married Chad Kroeger of Nickelback.
In classical music:
In 1933, the Strauss opera Arabella opened in Germany.
In 1960, the cantata Carmen Baseliense from Benjamin Britten premiered.
In 1996, opera legend Placido Domingo became the artistic director of the Washington Opera.
In theater, it's closing day on Broadway as:
In 1967, the musical Funny Girl closed on Broadway.
In 1972, the musicals Hair & Stephen Sondheim's Follies both closed on Broadway.
In 1973, the Broadway musical Jesus Christ Superstar closed.
In 1978, the musical The Act closed on Broadway.
In 1984, the musical Baby closed on Broadway.
In 1995, the musical Kiss of the Spider Woman closed on Broadway.
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On this date:
In 1918, jazz legend Duke Ellington married his wife Edna Thompson.
In 1955, The Lawrence Welk Show premiered on TV.
In 1956, Elvis recorded the classic songs Hound Dog and Don't Be Cruel.
In 1958, Elvis's movie King Creole opened in theaters.
In 1962, Jimi Hendrix was honorably discharged from the US Army.
In 1963, Barbra Streisand played Las Vegas for the first time, as Liberace's opening act.
In 1964, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson married her husband Sigmund Galloway.
In 1967, Rick Nelson's TV show Malibu U premiered.
In 1969, Barbra Streisand started her month-long mini residency at the International Hotel in Las Vegas.
In 1973, Brian Eno left Roxy Music.
In 1976, Tina Turner left Ike Turner.
In 1980, Sheena Easton, who wasn't famous at that point, was part of a BBC TV show about artists trying to make it big called The Big Time. Two months later, Sheena's first single 9 To 5 Morning Train made her big in Great Britain.
In 1980, Mickey Hart & Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead were arrested for trying to break up a drug bust by inciting a riot.
In 1986, Prince's movie, Under the Cherry Moon, was released. The movie co-starred a then unknown actress Kristin Scott Thomas.
In 1990, the group Tesla recorded an acoustic concert in Philadelphia that became their album Five Man Acoustical Jam.
In 1991, a riot broke out at a Guns N' Roses concert in St. Louis when Axl Rose cut a concert short after seeing someone taking photos.
In 1991, Ice Cube's movie Boyz N The Hood premiered.
In 1994, Billie Joe Armstrong married wife Adrienne Nesser.
In 2005, the Live 8 concerts, a sequel of sorts to Live Aid, took place to raise money and to bring awareness to poverty.
In 2007, entertainer Wayne Brady divorced dancer Mandie Taketa.
In 2014, Jewel announced that she was divorcing rodeo cowboy Ty Murray.
In classical music:
In 1900, the classical piece Finlandia from Jean Sibilius premiered.
In theater:
In 1949, the Broadway show High Button Shoes closed.
In 1960, the musical Once Upon a Mattress closed on Broadway.
In 1972, the musical Fiddler on the Roof closed on Broadway.
In 1989, the musical Sarafina closed on Broadway.
In award ceremonies that were held on July 2:
In 2001, Liverpool's airport was renamed after John Lennon.
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