Today in Oldies Music History: July 13

Today In Oldies Music History: July 13

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Births

1942: Roger McGuinn (The Byrds)
1942: Stephen Jo Bladd (The J. Geils Band)
1942: Jay Uzzell (The Corsairs)
1954: Louise Mandrell

Deaths

1984: Philippe Wynne (The Spinners)
2003: Eileen Rodgers
2004: Arthur Kane (New York Dolls)

Events

1897: A US patent is granted to inventor Guglielmo Marconi for the radio.
1958: While on tour in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, Buddy Holly waterskis across Lake Rhinelander and nearly drowns when he loses control and falls into the water.
1959: The movie Hound Dog Man, starring Fabian and Dodie Stevens, goes into production.
1973: After increasing animosity between the pair, Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers walks off the stage during the first of three announced final performances at Knott's Berry Farm in California. The next night, brother Don, carrying the show on his own, tells the audience, "The Everly Brothers died ten years ago." (The duo would reunite in 1983.)
1985: The historic 18-hour Live Aid concerts are held in Philadelphia and London to combat the mass starvation in Ethiopia. Performers include The Beach Boys, The Four Tops, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, The Who, Led Seppelin, Elton John, Joan Baez, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, and Bob Dylan, whose offhand remarks before his set become the impetus for the Farm Aid concerts.
1996: A Guinness World Record for largest jam session ever is broken when over 2,000 guitarists play a version of Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" for 75 straight minutes.
1997: The drunk-driving trial of John Denver ends in a hung jury, with half of the jurors finding him not guilty due to a thyroid condition that may have altered the results of his sobriety test.
1992: Jett Williams, illegitimate daughter of country legend Hank Williams, Sr., is granted partial royalties on his songs by a New York appeals court, adding to a ruling reached on July 5 that she should receive half of his estate.
2000: James Brown is formally charged with assaulting Russell Eubanks, an employee of South Carolina Electric and Gas, with a steak knife after Eubanks visited Brown's Beech Island estate to check on reports that he was without electricity.

Releases

1959: The Shirelles, "Dedicated To The One I Love"
1964: The Beatles, "A Hard Day's Night"
1968: Steppenwolf, "Born To Be Wild"
1974: Eric Clapton, "I Shot The Sheriff"

Recording

1939: Frank Sinatra, "Melancholy Mood," "From The Bottom Of My Heart"
1964: The Supremes, "Come See About Me"

Charts

1959: Paul Anka's' "Lonely Boy" hits #1
1974: George McRae' "Rock Your Baby" hits #1