John Newton, an English slave ship’s captain, was born. He was converted to Christianity at age 22, and entered the Anglican ministry. Newton is remembered today as the author of several enduring hymns, including “Amazing Grace” and “Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken.” 1 899
Stuart Hine was born. While an English missionary to Ukraine, Hine penned the English words to an oft-sung Swedish hymn, known today as “How Great Thou Art. ” – a song Elvis Presley won a grammy for.
1921
Jazz pianist and composer Billy Taylor is born in Greenville, North Carolina. He penned the unofficial civil rights anthem “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” in 1963.
July 25 1956
Songwriter Mike Stoller, the co-writer of “Hound Dog”, survives the sinking of the ship Andrea Doria after it collided with the MV Stockholm, near Nantucket, Massachusetts. Fifty-one others died.
1960 Elvis Presley‘s “It’s Now or Never” debuted on Billboard’s Pop music chart. The song was adapted from the Italian tune “O Sole Mio”, written in 1899.
Listening to the bonus disc, of the Sony elvis that’s the way it is box set.
In the last audio disc, elvis songs the ” it’s now or never” with an ad Lib of “too bad you’re queer.”
Elvis singing this version to a woman who said no, eh.
July 25 1984 Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton died at the age of 58 died in Los Angeles of heart and liver complications. She had a No.1 R&B hit in 1953 with ‘Hound Dog’ (later covered by Elvis Presley).
She also wrote and recorded ‘Ball ‘n’ Chain,’ which Janis Joplin recorded.
1987
La Bamba, a film biography about the life of Richie Valens, opened in theaters. The film starred Lou Diamond Phillips as Valens and Esai Morales as Ritchie’s older brother Bob.
The production had the full support of the Valenzuela family and Bob and Connie Valenzuela even came to the set to help the actors portray their characters correctly. The music was performed by Los Lobos.
It’s generally well received, Marshall Crenshaw appears as Buddy Holly and Brian Setzer as Eddie Cochran.
At about 1:00 a.m. CST, about four minutes after taking off from the Mason City, Iowa airport, the chartered airplane containing Buddy Holly (Peggy Sue, That’ll Be The Day), Ritchie Valens (Donna, La Bamba), and the “Big Bopper” J.P. Richardson (Chantilly Lace), crashed into an Iowa field, instantly killing all three and the pilot Roger Peterson. Headed for the next “Winter Dance Party” tour stop in Fargo, North Dakota, the plane had been chartered by Holly so that the band members could travel in heated comfort (their tour bus had a broken heater) and arrive early for the next show. The pilot, not informed of worsening weather conditions, decided to fly “on instruments,” meaning without visual confirmation of the horizon, which led to the crash. Richardson was 28, Holly was 22, and Valens was 17. Don McLean later immortalized the tragedy in his classic song “American Pie,” calling this “the day the music died.”
Holly and “J. P.” Richardson Jr “Bopper” widowed pregnant wives. Holly’s wife miscarried upon the news.
1978
On the 19th anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death, his birth home in Lubbock, Texas was saved from scheduled demolition by its new owner who bought the house days earlier.
1979 A sold-out concert at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, was held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. Wolfman Jackhosted the show, which featured performances by Del Shannon, Jimmy Clanton, the Drifters, and an appearance by original Cricket Nikki Sullivan.
2009
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This 6 LP boxed set of Buddy’s recordings from Lubbock to New York is one of my faves to play. Hearing the familiar That’ll Be the Day music to Buddy’s chirping “This is Norman’s ID” was hysterical.
When the movie “La Bamba” came out, I thought it was a fictional story.
Like most of the audience as it turned out.
near the end, when Buddy Holly appears, I remember the sudden collective gasp of breath and moan of dispair, of the audience, myself included, realizing this was a biopic, not a fictional movie about 50s rock n roll.
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Tupelo, Mississippi
1935-1948
Memphis, Tennessee
1949 – 1977
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
June 30, 1955
Elvis performed at the Curtis Gordon’s Radio Ranch Club, Mobile, Alabama along with regular act The Radio Ranch Boys
The RCA Victor Atomic Powered Singer
June 30, 1956
Police are called to deal with a series of fights that broke out at the Asbury Park Convention Hall in New Jersey during a show by Bill Haley And His Comets. City council will later vote to ban all Rock ‘n’ Roll concerts.
Elvis performed at the Mosque Theater, Richmond, Virginia at 5.00 and 8.00 p.m. (see highlight below for details and pictures)
une 30, 1957
Buddy Holly records “Peggy Sue”, which will go on to reach #3 on the Billboard chart and #6 in the UK. In real life, she was Peggy Sue Gerron, the girlfriend of Crickets drummer Jerry Allison. The song was initially titled “Cindy Lou” after Buddy’s niece, but Allison convinced Buddy to change the title just before the recording session. Allison and Gerron were later married.
The Presleys lived at Graceland,
The Military Service Disruption
The Hollywood Decade/The Elvis Establishment
June 30, 1960
The album “Elvis Is Back” hit #1 in the U.K. Elvis Is Back! topped the UK Albums Chart and reached number two in Billboard’sTop LP’s. In the USA, it was outsold by the GI Blues Soundtrack.
Initially, the release received mixed reviews, but over subsequent years its critical reception became progressively more positive. The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1999.
The album “Elvis’ Golden Records, Vol. 2” hit #4 in the U.K. while in the USA it peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. It was certified by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA) for a Gold Record Award (based on $1,000,000 in wholesale sales) on November 1, 1966. It was certified for a Platinum Record Award for sales of one million copies in the US on March 27, 1992
Elvis arrived home at 3.00 p.m. and spent the evening at home with Vernon, Anita, Gene andLouise Smith.
Pat Boone‘s “Speedy Gonzales” enters the Billboard Hot 100 where it will reach #6. It was a song that Pat had to plead with his producer Randy Wood to let him record after he had first heard it in The Philippines. The tune would prove to be Boone’s last Top 40 entry after a run of 7 years and 37 other hit singles.
The Elvis Presley EP “Follow That Dream” hit #34 in the U.K.
The Beatles played the first of three concerts at the Nippon Budokan Hall, Japan. The concert was filmed with The Beatles wearing black suits. The following day’s first performance was also filmed; with The Beatles wearing white suits. There was a strict police presence with 3,000 police observing each concert played in front of 10,000 fans. Amateur recordings of the performance quickly became available as a bootleg album known as “Three Nights in Tokyo”.
Elvis overdubbed vocals for three songs from 7.00 p.m. till midnight on MGM’s recording stage.
Paul Revere And The Raiders receive a Gold record for their only US #1 hit, “Indian Reservation”. The song, written by John D. Loudermilk, had been a US #20 hit and had reached #3 in the UK for Don Fardon in 1968.
George Harrison’s “Give Me Love” knocks Paul McCartney’s “My Love” out of the number one spot on both the Billboard Pop chart and the Cash Box Best Sellers list. George’s song reached #8 in the UK.
Slade were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Skweeze Me Pleeze Me’, the group’s fifth UK No.1 and second single to enter the chart at No.1.
The Jackson Five announced that they were leaving Motown Records for Epic Records. The brothers were forced to change their name to The Jacksons since Motown owned the other name.
June 30, 1976
Police raided the home of Neil Diamond searching for drugs, they found less than one ounce of marijuana.
Elvis performed at the Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Forty-five year old Jerry Lee Lewis was rushed to a Memphis hospital, suffering from a hemorrhaging stomach ulcer. After two operations, he would slowly recover and was back in the studio recording an album for MCA Records four months later.
1983 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
1983
After a ten year split, The Everly Brothers announced that they would be reuniting. The pair had parted company after Phil smashed his guitar and walked off the stage during a 1973 performance.
1984 Actor ExWife: Priscilla Presley
1987
The “La Bamba” soundtrack album was released, with most tracks performed by Los Lobos
Lucy de Barbin claims her daughter Desiree is Elvis’ daughter and has a media feud with a woman calling herself Deborah Presley, another love child claimant
Great Balls Of Fire!, a biographical film about the life of Jerry Lee Lewis, debuts in theatres across America. The movie would fizzle at the box office, but critics gave it mostly positive reviews. Jerry Lee was unhappy with the bumpkin-like portrayal of himself by actor Dennis Quaid and later said, “They really fouled it up, the way they did it.”
Police were called in to control over 4,000 Bobby Brown fans trying to see him at the HMV Record store in London’s Oxford Street, six fans were hospitalised and one had to be given the kiss of life.
2001
Beach Boys member Al Jardine went to court in a bid to sue his former band mates, claiming he had been frozen out of the Beach Boys. The $4 million (£2.35 million) suit was filed against Mike Love, Brian Wilson, the Carl Wilson Trust and Brother Records Incorporated in a New York Superior Court. In 1998 a US judge temporarily barred Jardine from performing under the name Beach Boys Family And Friends after representations from Mike Love and Brother Records. Jardine lost the case in 2003.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2006
With Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley were the tour guides:
U.S. President George W. Bush took Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on a private tour of Graceland.
2008
On CBS-TV’s daytime drama “The Young and the Restless,” Little Richard made a cameo appearance, officiating at the wedding ceremony of two of the show’s characters.
Police are called to deal with a series of fights that broke out at the Asbury Park Convention Hall in New Jersey during a show by Bill Haley And His Comets. City council will later vote to ban all Rock ‘n’ Roll concerts.
Elvis performed at the Mosque Theater, Richmond, Virginia at 5.00 and 8.00 p.m.
Elvis on the backstage ramp at the Mosque:
Waiting in the wings of the Mosque stage
I Was The One
Blue Suede Shoes
Heartbreak Hotel
I Want You I Need You I Love You
Opening Acts on the tour Flaim Sextet, Phil Maraquin, Frank Connors, George & Betty Johnstone, Doris & Lou Storm and The Jordanaires
New York photographer Al Wertheimer, who had been hired by Ann Fulchino of RCA to shoot some promotional photos, would meet up with Elvis in Richmond for this final appearance at the Mosque then follow Elvis from there to New York and back to Memphis where he would take several thousand photographs, many of which are now world famous – especially this one: The Kiss
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