On This Day in Music: July 1

On July 1 in music history, 36 artists were born, 34 died and 10 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1967), Jimi Hendrix (1970) and Andraé Crouch (1942).

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The Beatles

Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes #1 for 15 weeks

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix 1st recording session (NYC)

Andraé Crouch

Andraé Crouch, American singer was born

Deborah Harry

Deborah Harry, Miami Fla, singer (Blondie-Heart of Glass) was born

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Born on July 1

Alex Machacek

Alex Machacek, Austrian musician was born

Alvino Rey

Alvino Rey, Cleve Ohio, orchestra leader (King Family) was born

Andraé Crouch

Andraé Crouch, American singer was born

Anne Feeney

Anne Feeney, American protest singer was born

Birgit Schuurman

Birgit Schuurman, Dutch musician was born

Bobby Day

Bobby Day, [Robert Byrd], Fort Worth Tx, rock vocalist (Rockin' Robin) was born

Cavan O'Connor

Cavan O'Connor, singer was born

Claudio Saracini

Claudio Saracini, composer was born

Deborah Harry

Deborah Harry, Miami Fla, singer (Blondie-Heart of Glass) was born

Delaney Bramlett

Delaney Bramlett, Oklahoma, rocker (Shindogs, Delaney & Bonnie) was born

Evelyn "Champagne" King

Evelyn "Champagne" King, Bronx NY, disco singer (Shame, I'm in Love) was born

Franz Xaver Murschhauser

Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer was born

Fred Schneider

Fred Schneider, Newark Ga, vocalist/guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster) was born

Georg Christoph Grosheim

Georg Christoph Grosheim, composer was born

Hans Eklund

Hans Eklund, composer was born

James Cotton

James Cotton, blues vocalist was born

James Lyon

James Lyon, composer was born

Jeff Wayne

Jeff Wayne, musician was born

Johann Ludwig Steiner

Johann Ludwig Steiner, composer was born

John Farnham

John Farnham, Australian singer was born

John Gould

John Gould, British composer/musical comic was born

June Montiero

June Montiero, US, vocalist (Toys-A Lover's Concerto) was born

Keigo Hayashi

Keigo Hayashi, Japanese music artist was born

Keith Whitley

Keith Whitley, Sandy Hook Ky, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes) was born

Leeteuk

Leeteuk, Korean singer was born

Marc Benno

Marc Benno, rocker was born

Marit Larsen

Marit Larsen, Norwegian musician (M2M) was born

Peter Anders

Peter Anders, German opera singer was born

Poi Burton

Poi Burton, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen) was born

Roddy Bottum

Roddy Bottum, Los Angeles California, rock keyboardist (Faith No More-Real Thing) was born

Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens, American musician was born

Terrence Mann

Terrence Mann, American actor and dancer was born

Timothy J. Tobias

Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and musician (d. 2006) was born

Twyla Tharp

Twyla Tharp, Portland Ind, choreographer (Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe) was born

Volker Wangenheim

Volker Wangenheim, composer was born

Willie Dixon

Willie Dixon, Vicksburg Missisipi, blues artist (Walkin' the Blues, Mellow Down Easy) was born

Died on July 1

Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský

Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Czech monk/composer, dies at 58

Clarence Lucas

Clarence Lucas, composer, dies at 80

Claude Thornhill

Claude Thornhill, composer, dies at 55

Edward Faber Schneider

Edward Faber Schneider, composer, dies at 77

Emile Jaques-Dalcroze

Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss musician (b. 1865)

Erik Alfred Leslie Satie

Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer (Dreamy Fish), dies at 59

Evelyn Lear

Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano, dies at 86

Fausto Bordalo Dias

Fausto Bordalo Dias died

Georg Ratzinger

Georg Ratzinger died

Georg Ritschel

Georg Ritschel, composer, dies at 60

Guy Mitchell

Guy Mitchell, American popular singer dies at 72

Hellmuth Christian Wolff

Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer, dies at 82

Herbie Mann

Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (b. 1930)

Hugh Downs

Hugh Downs died

Irene Fargo

Irene Fargo died

Jimmy Swaggart

Jimmy Swaggart died

John Everett Watts

John Everett Watts, composer, dies at 51

Lex van Delden

Lex van Delden, Dutch composer/writer, dies at 68

Luther Vandross

Luther Vandross, American singer, dies at 54

Manuel Gregorio Tavarez

Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, composer, dies at 39

Marc A Ingegneri

Marc A Ingegneri, Italian violinist/composer (Responsoria), dies

Marc'Antonio Pasqualini

Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer, dies at 77

Mario La Broca

Mario La Broca, composer, dies at 76

Marius Petipa

Marius Petipa, Fren ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies

Max Crook

Max Crook died

Mel Galley

Mel Galley, English guitarist (b. 1948)

Obie Benson

Obie Benson, American musician (b. 1936)

Pierre Monteux

Pierre Monteux, French/US conductor (Concert Bldg Orch), dies at 89

Rudolf von Laban

Rudolf von Laban, Czech/Ger choreographer (modern dance), dies at 78

Simon Ives

Simon Ives, composer, dies at 61

Snakefinger

Snakefinger, British-born musician (b. 1949)

Steve Kekana

Steve Kekana died

Todor Skalovski

Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (b. 1909)

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach, dies at 73

Releases & milestones on July 1

Acid Black Cherry

ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)

FM

WHN-AM in NY City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format

Imagine Dragons

Imagine Dragons released the album 'Mercury – Act 2'

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix 1st recording session (NYC)

Johann Strauss II

Strauss & von Hofmannsthal's opera "Arabella," premieres in Dresden

Plácido Domingo

Placido Domingo becomes art director of Washington Opera

STAYC

STAYC released the album 'Metamorphic'

Shinedown

Shinedown released the album 'Planet Zero'

Stars

"Lost in the Stars" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 281 perfs

The Beatles

Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes #1 for 15 weeks

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