Legend:  BTD – Born Today     OTD – On This Day

DateArtist/GroupDescriptionImage
BTD Jul21,1924 Don Knotts#BTD Jul21,1924 #DonKnotts RIP actor, comedian played Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife on The #AndyGriffith Show, Ralph Furley on the TV sit-com "Three's Company"; films playing Luther Heggs in 1966 "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" & 1964 Henry Limpet in "The Incredible Mr. Limpet"
BTD Jul21,1939 Kim Fowley#BTD Jul21,1939 #KimFowley RIP. Producer, singer, musician. Known for a string of novelty & cult pop rock singles
BTD Jul21,1943 Henry McCullough#BTD Jul21,1943 #HenryMcCullough RIP guitarist with #PaulMcCartney and #Wings, on the hit #JamesBond theme "Live and Let Die" & the song "My Love" and solo artist
BTD Jul21,1945Mike Wilsh#BTD Jul21,1945 #MikeWilsh bass guitarist, keyboards The #FourPennies 1964 UK #1 "Juliet", +4 UK Top40 singles. Probably most successful UK group that failed 2 chart in the US
BTD Jul21,1946 Barry Whitwam#BTD Jul21,1946 #BarryWhitwam drummer #HermansHermits 1964 UK #1 & US #13 "I'm Into Something Goo", 1965 US #1s "Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter" and 1965 "I'm Henry VIII, I Am", +15 other US Top40 singles and 19 UK Top40 singles
BTD Jul21,1947 Cat Stevens#BTD Jul21,1947 #CatStevens (Steven Demetre Georgiou; now Yusuf Islam) singer, songwriter 1971 US #11 "Wild World", 1971 US #7 "Peace Train", 1974 US #6 "Another Saturday Night", +9 other US Top40 singles #HBday @YusufCatStevens
BTD Jul21,1948 Art Hindle#BTD Jul21,1948 #Canadian #ArtHindle actor, director in many TV shows & movies. Portrayed Ted Jarvis in movie #Porkys #HBday @Art_Hindle
BTD Jul21,1951 Robin Williams#BTD Jul21,1951 #RobinWilliams RIP actor in many movies such as #Popeye #Hook #MrsDoubtfire & as Mork on the TV series #MorkandMindy
BTD Jul21,1957 Jon Lovitz#BTD Jul21,1957 #JonLovitz actor #SNL cast member, voice in several cartoons, movies such as "A League of Their Own", "Big" #HBday @realjonlovitz
OTD Jul21,1956 Elvis Presley#OTD Jul21,1956 #ElvisPresley releases "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" in #Germany B side: "My Baby Left Me"
OTD Jul21,1956 Johnny Cash#OTD Jul21,1956 The #JohnnyCash single "I Walk the Line" goes to #1 on the US country charts @JohnnyCash
OTD Jul21,1961 Supremes#OTD Jul21,1961 #Tamla Records releases The #Supremes 1st single "Buttered Popcorn" Supremes last single for the Tamla label, before moving to the @motown label
OTD Jul21,1962 Bobby Vinton#OTD Jul21,1962 #BobbyVinton is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Roses Are Red (My Love)" for the 2nd week of a 4wk run at #1
OTD Jul21,1966 Georgie Fame#OTD Jul21,1966 #GeorgieFame and the Blue Flames is at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Get Away" (listed sometimes at "Getaway") His 2nd #1. The song was originally written as a jingle for a TV ad for National petrol.
OTD Jul21,1967 Jimi Hendrix#OTD Jul21,1967 The #JimiHendrix Experience plays the first of three nights at the Cafe-a-Go-Go in New York City.
OTD Jul21,1968 Arnold Palmer#OTD Jul21,1968 #ArnoldPalmer became 1st golfer to make $1M in career earnings with a 2nd place finish at the @PGATOUR Championship
OTD Jul21,1969 Beatles#OTD Jul21,1969 The #Beatles start work on the song "Come Together" at Abbey Road studios in London. Written by #JohnLennon The single enters the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #23 on Oct18 and will be peak at #2 on Nov15.
OTD Jul21,1973 Jim Croce#OTD Jul21,1973 #JimCroce starts a 2wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" The song is his last #1 single before his death on Sep20,1973
OTD Jul21,1973 Buxton Pop Festival#OTD Jul21,1973 #RoyWoods (Wizzard), #ChuckBerry, #Groundhogs, guests #CannedHeat, Special guest #Nazareth & more appear at the #Buxton "Pop" Festival in Derbyshire, England.
OTD Jul21,1974 Paul McCartney and Wings#OTD Jul21,1974 #PaulMcCartney & #Wings start a 7wk run at #1 on the UK album charts with "Band on the Run" @PaulMcCartney's last LP on the #AppleRecords label
OTD Jul21,1977Sex Pistols#OTD Jul21,1977 Despite protests The #SexPistols 1st time on the UKs Top Of The Pops they play "Pretty Vacant" @pistolsofficial
OTD Jul21,1979 Donna Summer#OTD Jul21,1979 #DonnaSummer is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Bad Girls" for the 2nd week of a 5wk run at #1
OTD Jul21,1979 Robert Palmer#OTD Jul21,1979 #RobertPalmer releases the single "Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" and enters the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #74. The song will peak at #14 for 2wks on Sep29
OTD Jul21,1984 Prince#OTD Jul21,1984 #Prince is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "When Doves Cry" for the last week of a 5wk run at #1
OTD Jul21,1985 Eurythmics#OTD Jul21,1985 The #Eurythmics @DaveStewart @AnnieLennox at #1 on UK chart with "There Must Be An Angel" harmonica solo by #StevieWonder
OTD Jul21,1987 Guns N Roses#OTD Jul21,1987 #GunsNRoses Guns N' Roses releases their debut album on #Geffen Records "Appetite for Destruction" @gunsnroses has the best-selling US debut
OTD Jul21,1990 Glenn Medeiros#OTD Jul21,1990 #GlennMedeiros featuring #BobbyBrown starts a 2wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "She Ain’t Worth It" @MedeirosGlenn