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What Happened Today In Music, July 29th 1974 Cass Elliot (born Ellen Naomi Cohen), better known as Mama Cass, died in her sleep due to heart failure. She was member of the Mamas and the Papas, and released five solo albums. In 1998, she was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her work with the Mamas and the Papas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-aK6JnyFmk #TodayInMusic

What Happened Today In Music, July 28th 1943 was born Richard Wright (Richard William Wright), English musician, co-founder (with Roger Waters and Nick Mason) of Pink Floyd. He played keyboards and sang (singing occasional lead vocals). Wright died from lung cancer at his home in London on 15 September 2008, aged 65. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWGE9Gi0bB0 #TodayInMusic

What Happened Today In Music, July 27th 1964 was born Rex Brown (Rex Robert Brown), American musician and songwriter, best known as the longtime bassist for heavy metal band Pantera. Brown joined Pantera on bass in 1982 and stayed with the band until the 2003 when they officially disband. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i97OkCXwotE #TodayInMusic

What Happened Today In Music, July 26th 1943 was born Mick Jagger (Michael Philip Jagger), English singer, songwriter, actor, and film producer. He is best known as as the lead singer and one of the founder members of the Rolling Stones. In 1989, Jagger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. As a member of the Rolling Stones, and as a solo artist, he reached number one on the UK and US singles charts with 13 singles, the top 10 with 32 singles and the top 40 with…

What Happened Today In Music, July 25th 1951 was born Verdine White, American musician, best known as a founding member and bassist for the band Earth, Wind & Fire. White has won six and received two honoree Grammy Awards, and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band has also earned more than 50 gold and platinum albums and have sold over 90 million albums worldwide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs069dndIYk #TodayInMusic

What Happened Today In Music, July 23rd 1965 was born Slash (Saul Hudson), British-American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. Slash formed the side project Slash's Snakepit in 1993 and in 1996 he left Guns N' Roses, co-founded the supergroup Velvet Revolver and has released four solo albums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE #TodayInMusic

What Happened Today In Music, July 22nd 1992 was born Selena Gomez (Selena Marie Gomez), American singer and actress. She released three albums with her band, Selena Gomez & the Scene and three albums as a solo artist. She has worked with various charitable organizations and, at age 17, she was appointed a UNICEF ambassador. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-D1EB74Ckg #TodayInMusic

What Happened Today In Music, July 21st 1981 was born Paloma Faith (Paloma Faith Blomfield), English singer, songwriter and actress. Faith is a mezzo-soprano. Her music often blends soul and elements of jazz and gospel; she has been consequently compared to Amy Winehouse, Adele and Duffy. She released five studio albums and won Best British Female Solo Artist at the BRIT Awards in 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDFu4iCpTo8 #TodayInMusic

What Happened Today In Music, July 20th 1947 was born Carlos Santana (Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán), Mexican-American guitarist. He rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock 'n' roll and Latin American jazz. Santana has received 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, and was inducted along with his namesake band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6omUxqhG78…

What Happened Today In Music, July 19th 1947 was born Brian May (Brian Harold May), English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, author, astrophysicist, and university administrator. He is the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. May was a co-founder of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor. He was appointed a CBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2005 for "services to the music industry and for…

What Happened Today In Music, July 18th 1929 was born Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Jalacy Hawkins), American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer. His initial goal was to become an opera singer, but didn't achieve it. Anyway, he used operatic and theatrical elements in his performances, often using macabre props onstage, making him an early pioneer of shock rock. He was married six times and fathered over 30 children. Hawkins died on February 12, 2000.…

What Happened Today In Music, July 17th 1948 was born Ron Asheton (Ronald Franklin Asheton), American guitarist and bassist for the rock and roll band the Stooges. He formed the Stooges along with Iggy Pop and his brother, drummer Scott Asheton, and bassist Dave Alexander in 1967. He was found dead by the police in his home on January 6, 2009, died of a heart attack a couple of days earlier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXIw1BvfEQ8 #TodayInMusic

What Happened Today In Music, July 16th 1952 was born Stewart Copeland (Stewart Armstrong Copeland), American musician and composer. He is best known as the drummer of the English rock band the Police. He has also produced film and video game soundtracks and written various pieces of music for ballet, opera, and orchestra. Copeland was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Police in 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbXWrmQW-OE #TodayInMusic

What Happened Today In Music, July 15th 1956 was born Ian Curtis (Ian Kevin Curtis), English singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer and lyricist of the post-punk band Joy Division. Curtis suffered from epilepsy and depression and died by suicide on 18 May 1980. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dBt3mJtgJc&list=PL8E6ED369068AA8D8 #TodayInMusic

What Happened Today In Music, July 14th 1912 was born Woody Guthrie (Woodrow Wilson Guthrie), American singer-songwriter. He was one of the most significant figures in American folk music, and major influence for many musicians such as Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen. Joe Strummer and many more. He focused on American socialism and anti-fascism. Guthrie died on October 3, 1967. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z6OEqc0uS0 #TodayInMusic

What Happened Today In Music, July 13th 1985 Live Aid, benefit concert organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia was played simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London, UK, attended by about 72,000 people and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, US, attended by 89,484 people. On the same day, concerts inspired by the initiative were held in other countries, such as the Soviet Union, Canada, Japan, Yugoslavia,…

What Happened Today In Music, July 12th 1967 was born John Petrucci (John Peter Petrucci), American guitarist, composer and producer. He is founding member of the metal band Dream Theater and producer or co-producer of all their albums. He has also released two solo albums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGRgAULYgWE #TodayInMusic

What Happened Today In Music, July 11th 1957 was born Pete Murphy (Peter John Joseph Murphy), English singer, songwriter, and musician. He was the vocalist of the goth rock band Bauhaus, and after the band had broken up in 1983, he begin solo career and released several albums. The single "Cuts You Up" from the album Deep was his most popular song to date. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxqq5vahHKk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrfFHzqGBZI #TodayInMusic

What Happened Today In Music, July 10th 1954 was born Neil Tennant (Neil Francis Tennant), English musician, singer, songwriter and music journalist. With Chris Lowe he formed synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys in 1981. Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 50 million records worldwide and win 3 Brit Awards. At the 2009 Brit Awards in London, Pet Shop Boys received an award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik2YF05iX2w #TodayInMusic

What Happened Today In Music, July 9th 1946 was born Bon Scott (Ronald Belford Scott), Australian singer and songwriter, lead vocalist and lyricist of the hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980. He was born in Scotland and move to Australia, with his family, in 1952 at the age of six. On 19 February 1980, Scott died of acute alcohol poisoning after a night out in London. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f2g4RMfhS0 #TodayInMusic

What Happened Today In Music, July 8th 1961 was born Andy Fletcher (Andrew John Fletcher), founding member of Depeche Mode (with Vince Clarke and Martin Gore). In the early phase of the band he played bass (electric in the beginning, synth latter). After Clarke left the band, he plays synth. He also has handled various non-musical interests of the band (legal, business and acting as spokesperson of the band)…

What Happened Today In Music, July 7th 1940 was born Ringo Starr (Sir Richard Starkey), English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame during the 1960s as the drummer for the Beatles. He occasionally sang lead vocals with the group, usually for one song on each album. He joined the Beatles in August 1962, replacing Pete Best. He was inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a Beatle in 1988 and as a solo artist in 2015, and…

What Happened Today In Music, July 6th 1925 was born Bill Haley (William John Clifton Haley), pioneering American rock and roll musician. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets. His recordings have sold over 60 million records worldwide. Haley died on February 9, 1981, at the age of 55. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.…

What Happened Today In Music, July 5th 1950 was born Huey Lewis (Hugh Anthony Cregg III), American singer, songwriter, and actor. Lewis sings lead and plays harmonica for his band, Huey Lewis and the News, in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band's songs. The band is known for their third, and best-selling, album Sports, and their contribution to the soundtrack of the 1985 feature film Back to the Future. On April 13, 2018, Lewis announced that he had been…

What Happened Today In Music, July 4th 1958 was born Kirk Pengilly, Australian musician and member of the Australian rock group INXS. He plays saxophone, guitar and also performs as a backing vocalist. INXS won six Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) awards, the band was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2001, and sold over 75 million albums worldwide, making them one of Australia's highest selling music acts of all time.…

What Happened Today In Music, July 3rd 1960 was born Vince Clarke (Vincent John Martin), English synth-pop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been the main composer and musician of the band Erasure since its inception in 1985, and was previously the main songwriter of several groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and the Assembly. Erasure have recorded over 200 songs and have sold over 28 million albums worldwide. Vince Clarke was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of…

What Happened Today In Music, July 2nd 1949 was born Roy Bittan, American keyboardist and pianist, best known as a long-time member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. Bittan, nicknamed The Professor, joined the E Street Band on August 23, 1974, and plays the piano, organ, accordion and synthesizers.[1] Bittan was inducted as a member of the E Street Band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014. Aside from his membership in Springsteen's band, Bittan has played…

What Happened Today In Music, July 1st 1945 was born Debbie Harry (Deborah Ann Harry, born Angela Trimble), American singer, songwriter and actress, known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Her recordings with the band reached No. 1 in the US and UK charts on many occasions from 1979 to 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWhkbDMISl8 #TodayInMusic

What Happened Today In Music, June 30th 1968 was born Phil Anselmo (Philip Hansen Anselmo), American heavy metal musician best known as the vocalist for Pantera, Down, and Superjoint Ritual, amongst other musical projects. He is the owner of Housecore Records. He joined Pantera in 1987, and stay with them until 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkFqg5wAuFk #TodayInMusic

What Happened Today In Music, June 29th 1948 was born Ian Paice (Ian Anderson Paice), English musician, best known as the drummer and only remaining original member of the English rock band Deep Purple. Paice has also worked with Whitesnake and Gary Moore. As a member of Deep Purple, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 8 April 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdJHRkVU1P0 #TodayInMusic