Wikipedia:WikiProject Record Production/July 16


 * July 16

On this day

Records cut
 * 1962 - The Beach Boys signed with Capitol Records.
 * 1966 - Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker formed Cream.
 * 1968 - The Fillmore West reopens in the former Carousel Ballroom in San Francisco. Bill Brother & the Holding Company and Sly and the Family Stone open the show.
 * 1972 - Smokey Robinson appeared for the last time with the Miracles in Washington, DC.
 * 1976 - Loggins and Messina announce they are breaking up.
 * 1976 - The Allman Brothers Band calls it quits.
 * 1984 - Roger Waters opened his Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking Tour in Stockholm, Sweden.
 * 1989 - Tom Jones lost a paternity suit in New York and was ordered to pay child support to 27-year-old Katherine Berkery.
 * 1991 - Miles Davis is knighted in France.
 * 1992 - Charlie Watts walked off of the Late Show with David Letterman after having a disagreement with a producer.
 * 1993 - A drug possession charge against members of Guns N' Roses is dismissed in Buenos Aires court when it is discovered that the drugs possessed were simply vitamins.
 * 1995 - Queen Latifah was in a car when it was car-jacked; her bodyguard was shot and wounded.
 * 1995 - Wayne Osmond of the Osmonds had surgery for a brain tumor.
 * 2000 - The Spice Girls, the Coors and the Manic Street Preachers were among the artists to sign a petition to the European Commission to end piracy on the internet.
 * 2002 - Buckcherry breaks up after lead singer, Joshua Todd quits.
 * 2002 - A 26-year-old woman dies after falling 30 feet during a Fatboy Slim concert in Brighton, England.
 * 2003 - The reunited Duran Duran play their first American show in Orange County, CA.
 * 2003 - Santana ends the Supernatural Tour and donates $2 million to fight AIDS in South Africa.
 * 2003 - Chrissie Hynde is arrested while protesting a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Paris when she and other members of PITA blocking the street.
 * 2009 - Two stage workers were killed while assembling the stage for a Madonna concert in France.


 * 1959 - Poison Ivy - Coasters
 * 1963 - Catch a Wave and In My Room - Beach Boys
 * 1967 - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
 * 1969 - Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard

Records released


 * 1966 - Summer in the City - Lovin' Spoonful (single)
 * 1969 - I'm Free - Who (single)
 * 1971 - Acquiring the Taste - Gentle Giant
 * 1973 - Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (soundtrack) - Bob Dylan
 * 1974 - On the Beach - Neil Young
 * 1982 - The Envoy - Warren Zevon
 * 1983 - Kill 'em All - Metallica
 * 2002 - Busted Stuff - Dave Matthews Band

Broadcasts


 * 1958 - American Bandstand - Johnny Hartman, Big Beats
 * 1959 - American Bandstand - Kenny Loran
 * 1962 - American Bandstand - Freddie Cannon
 * 1965 - Where the Action Is - Bobby Rydell, Steve Alaimo, Paul Revere & the Raiders
 * 1966 - American Bandstand - Kelly Garrett, Danny Hutton
 * 1969 - Dick Cavett Show - Janis Joplin
 * 1969 - Tonight Show - Diana Ross & the Supremes
 * 1976 - Midnight Special - Helen Reddy (host), Elvin Bishop, B.B. King, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Flora Purim, Tribute to Harry Chapin
 * 1977 - American Bandstand - Joe Tex
 * 1999 - Today Show - Beach Boys


 * 1) 1 US singles


 * 1966 - Hanky Panky - Tommy James & the Shondells
 * 1977 - Da Doo Ron Ron - Shaun Cassidy


 * 1) 1 US albums


 * 1977 - Barry Manilow Live - Barry Manilow
 * 1994 - The Lion King - Soundtrack
 * 2005 - Somewhere Down in Texas - George Strait


 * 1) 1 US R&B singles


 * 1977 - Easy - Commodores
 * 1988 - Roses Are Red - The Mac Band Featuring the McCampbell Brothers


 * 1) 1 US country singles


 * 1955 - I Don't Care - Webb Pierce
 * 1977 - It Was Almost Like a Song - Ronnie Milsap
 * 1983 - The Closer You Get - Alabama
 * 1988 - If You Change Your Mind - Rosanne Cash
 * 1994 - Foolish Pride - Travis Tritt


 * 1) 1 UK singles


 * 1964 - It's All Over Now - Rolling Stones
 * 2000 - Live is a Rollercoaster - Ronan Keating


 * 1) 1 UK albums


 * 1977 - The Johnny Mathis Collection - Johnny Mathis
 * 1994 - Music For the Jilted Generation - Prodigy
 * 2000 - Parachutes - Coldplay