July 17, 1954
The Crows, The Clovers,
The Hollywood Flames, The Chords,
The Robins and The Four Tunes appeared at the annual Rock & Roll jubilee held at Hollywood’s Shrine Auditorium.

1967 – In one of the most bizarre performance pairings in history The Monkees appeared at Forest Hills Stadium, New York with show opener Jimi Hendrix.

Top Single:
“Please Stay”
The Drifters #16 1961 
“Afternoon Delight”
Starland Vocal Band #1 1976

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 July 18, 1953
The Dominos
“You Can’t Keep A Good Man Down”
(#8 R&B) was released.
It became their 10th top 10 hit.

1989 – The Jefferson Airplane reformed with original members (Grace Slick, Marty Balin, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen
and Jack Cassidy) The group then
became Starship.

Top Single:
“Rag Doll” The Four Seasons #1 1964

Birthday:
Dion DiMucci
(Dion & The Belmonts) 1939 
Martha Reeves (Vandellas) 1941
Cindy Heron (En Vogue) 1965

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July 19, 1969
The Brooklyn Bridge’s 4th of 7 top 100 entries, “Your Husband, My Wife” charted. The vocal members consisted of former Crests leader Johnny Maestro and
three of The Del Satins.

1958 – George Treadwell, The Drifters manager walked backstage at the Apollo Theatre, fired his group, walked across to the dressing room of the groups opening act, The Crowns, hired them and then christened them The Drifters. The Crowns lead singer was Ben E. King.

Top Single:
“Love Is Blue”
The Dells #22 1969 
“It’s Still Rock & Roll To Me”
Billy Joel #1 1980

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July 20, 1954
Elvis Presley gave his first public performance outside a Memphis
drug store on a flatbed truck.

Top Single:
“Surf City”
Jan & Dean #1 1963

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July 21, 1958
The Elegants “Little Star” charted.
It was based on Mozart’s “Twinkle,
Twinkle Little Star” written by
the 8 year old in 1764.

1959 – 15 year old Bobby Vee, who replaced Buddy Holly at a Fargo, North Dakota concert when Holly died in a February plane crash, had his first single issued titled: “Suzy Baby” (#77).
He went on to have 38 chart hits. 

Top Single:
“Wah Watusi” The Orlons #2 1962 
“Yakety Yak” The Coasters #1 1958

Birthday:
Kim Fowley (The Jayhawks) 1944

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July 22, 1957
Lee Andrews & The Hearts
“Long Lonely Nights” (#45 Pop #11 R&B) came out. The same day Louis Lymon & The Teenchords recorded their last single for Fury, “I’m Not Too Young To Fall In Love” before signing with End Records,
part of the same company brother
Frankie was signed to.

1977 – Tony Orlando announced during a show with is act Dawn that he was retiring from performing which shocked the group since he never told them.

Top Single:
“Stardust”
Billy Ward & The Dominoes #11 R&B 1957
“Shadow Dancing” Andy Gibb #1 1978

Birthday:
Chuck Jackson
(The Dell-Vikings) 1937    
Thomas Wayne (The Delons)
Estelle Bennett (The Ronettes) 1944

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July 23, 1988
After a 20 year hiatus, the original Danleers of “one Summer Night” fame regrouped for the Westbury Music fair on Long Island, New York.

Top Single: 
“I Saw Her Again”
The Mama’s & The Papa’s #9 1966

Birthday:
Cleve Duncan
(The Penguins) 1935

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July 24, 1954
The Orioles
“In The Chapel In The Moonlight”
and The Vibranaires “Doll Face”
were issued.

1965 – The Lovin’ Spoonful performed in a Greenwich village club for an audience that included Bob Dylan and Phil Spector. 

Top Single: 
“Let’s Twist Again”
Chubby Checker &
The Dreamlovers #10 1961
“Indian Reservation”
The Raiders #1 1971

Birthday:
Barbara Love
(Friends Of distinction) 1941

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July 25, 1970
Dawn’s “Candida” charted (#3)
becoming their first of 25 top 100 hits.
1965 – Bob Dylan’s folk era changed to Rock when he performed at The Newport Folk Festival with an electric back-up group, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band.
He was roundly booed.

Top Single:
“Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye”
The Nylons 1987 #13
“I’m Sorry”
Brenda Lee #1 1960

Birthday:
Rudy West (The Five Keys) 1932

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July 26, 1969
The “B” side of
The Friends Of Distinction’s
“Goin’ In Circles” (#15),
“Let Yourself Go” charted (#63).
Tom Jones’ “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again” charted reaching #6.  

Top Single:
“Ting A Ling”
The Clovers #5 R&B 1952
“In The Year 2525”
Zager & Evans #1 1969
 
Birthday:
Darleen Love
(The Blossoms) 1938

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July 27, 1976
John Lennon finally received his U.S. “Green Card” three years and four
months after U.S. immigration
ordered him to leave.

Top Single:
“Lonely Boy”
Paul Anka #1 1959

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July 28, 1958
The Quintones “Down The Asile Of Love” (#18 Pop, #5 R&B) The Heartbeats
“One Day Next Year” and The Diablos
“For Old Times Sake” came out.

1973 – The largest Rock concert to date happened at Watkins Glen race track in upstate New York when The Band, The Allman Brothers and The Grateful Dead performed for over 600,000 people.

Top Single:
“60 Minute Man”
Billy Ward & The Dominoes #1 R&B 1951
“I Want You, I Need You, I Love You”
Elvis Presley #1 1956

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July 29, 1974
Mama’s & Papa’s member Cass Elliot
died in a London flat from a heart attack brought on by choking on a ham sandwich. It was the same flat
Keith Moon (of The Who)
died in 4 months later.

1966 – Bob Dylan suffered severe injuries during a motorcycle accident near his Woodstock, NY home.

Top Single:
“C’mon Marianne”
The Four Seasons #10 1967
“Alone Again, Naturally”
Gilbert O’Sullivan #1 1972

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July 30, 1955
The Hilltoppers “The Kentuckian Song” (#20) became their 8th of 17 charters between 1952 and 1957.

Top Single: 
“Best Of My Love”
The Emotions #6 1977

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July 31, 1961
The group that sang backup for most
of chubby Checker’s hits finally hit with
one of their own when The Dreamlovers “When We Get Married” charted (#10).
1968 – The Beatles “Hey Jude”
was released

Top Single:
“Kiss And Say Goodbye”
The Manhattans #1 1976
“You’ve Got A Friend”
James Taylor #1 1971