Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Jul28,1891 | Joe E Brown | #BTD Jul28,1891 #JoeEBrown RIP actor, friendly persona, comic timing & smile, one of the most popular US comedians in the 1930s and 1940s; in many movies such as 1959 "Some Like It Hot" as Osgood Fielding III | |
| BTD Jul28,1901 | Rudy Vallee | #BTD Jul28,1901 #RudyVallee (Hubert PriorVallée) RIP Singer, actor immensely popular in the 1920s and 1930s. 1929 Radio Revue said "At the microphone he is truly a romantic figure" Vallée inspire #BingCrosby, #FrankSinatra, #PerryComo to model their voices on jazz instruments | |
| BTD Jul28,1935 | Simon Dee | #BTD Jul28,1935 #SimonDee (Cyril Henty-Dodd) RIP TV interviewer, radio DJ (disc jockey) who hosted a twice-weekly #BBC TV chat show called "Dee Time" in the late 1960s. Also on Radio Caroline, a pirate radio station broadcasting pop music | |
| BTD Jul28,1938 | George Cummings | #BTD Jul28,1938 #GeorgeCummings guitarist Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (from 1975 just #DrHook) @DrHookOfficial 1972 US #5 & UK #2 "Sylvia's Mother", 1975 US #6 "Only Sixteen", 1976 UK #1 & US #6 "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman", +7 other US Top40 singles | |
| BTD Jul28,1945 | Rick Wright | #BTD Jul28,1945 #RickWright RIP singer, songwriter, keyboardist, founding member of #PinkFloyd @pinkfloyd 1973 US #1 & UK #2 LP "Dark Side Of The Moon" and 3 other #1 US Studio albums; Wish You Were Here, The Wall, The Division Bell | |
| BTD Jul28,1948 | Gerald Casale | #BTD Jul28,1948 #GeraldCasale (Gerald Vincent Pizzute) singer, guitarist, founding member of new wave band #Devo 1980 US #14 "Whip It" and he directed most of @DEVO videos | |
| BTD Jul28,1948 | Sally Struthers | #BTD Jul28,1948 #SallyStruthers actress, big role Gloria Stivic, the daughter of Archie and Edith Bunker on the TV series "All in the Family" | |
| BTD Jul28,1949 | Peter Doyle | #BTD Jul28,1949 #PeterDoyle RIP singer The #NewSeekers 1972 UK #1 & US #7 single "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", 1973 UK #1 & US #5 "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me", +10 UK Top40 singles and solo artist in #Australia | |
| BTD Jul28,1949 | Simon Kirke | #BTD Jul28,1949 #SimonKirke drummer #Free 1971 UK #2 & US #4 single "All Right Now" & #BadCompany 1974 UK #15 single "Can't Get Enough" +8 US Top40 singles and solo artist | |
| BTD Jul28,1949 | Steve Took | #BTD Jul28,1949 #SteveTook RIP singer, songwriting duo #TyrannosaurusRex #TRex (initially called Tyrannosaurus Rex; 1969 #MarcBolan shortened name to T. Rex) with #MarcBolan, then solo artist & frontman of many bands | |
| BTD Jul28,1958 | Terry Fox | #BTD Jul28,1958 #TerryFox (Terrance Stanley Fox) RIP #Canadian athlete, humanitarian, cancer research activist after leg removed because of cancer, he ran across #Canada to raise money for cancer research. In his name the @TerryFoxCanada has raised over $750 M, as of Jan 2018 | |
| OTD Jul28,1933 | NFL | #OTD Jul28,1933 The #NFL @NFL divides into two five-team divisions. | |
| OTD Jul28,1945 | Johnny Mercer and the PiedPipers | #OTD Jul28,1945 #JohnnyMercer and the #PiedPipers with #PaulWeston and His Orchestra start a 7wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "On The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe" | |
| OTD Jul28,1951 | Rosemary Clooney | #OTD Jul28,1951 #RosemaryClooney starts a 6wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Come On-a My House" | |
| OTD Jul28,1954 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Jul28,1954 1st presser with 19yo #ElvisPresley in 'Memphis Press- Scimitar' "This boy has ...appeal to everybody" | |
| OTD Jul28,1956 | Gene Vincent | #OTD Jul28,1956 #GeneVincent made his 1st appearance on national TV on The #PerryComo Show. | |
| OTD Jul28,1957 | Jerry Lee Lewis | #OTD Jul28,1957 #JerryLeeLewis made his TV debut on The #SteveAllen Show with #RussSmith on drums and #JWBrown playing bass @jerryleelewis Video==> youtu.be/Fw7SBF-35Es | |
| OTD Jul28,1958 | Jerry Lee Lewis | #OTD Jul28,1958 #JerryLeeLewis plays a concert at the Evergreen Ballroom in Olympia, Washington @jerryleelewis gig is billed as a Show and Dance | |
| OTD Jul28,1960 | Cliff Richard | #OTD Jul28,1960 #CliffRichard & The #Shadows are at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Please Don't Tease" Richard's 3rd UK #1. The song will drop to #3 next week but return to #1 Aug11 for an additional 2wk run. A total of 3wks at #1 | |
| OTD Jul28,1961 | Beatles | #OTD Jul28,1961 The #Beatles perform at Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool. Billed as the Dynamic Beatles | |
| OTD Jul28,1962 | Bobby Vinton | #OTD Jul28,1962 #BobbyVinton is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Roses Are Red (My Love)" for the 3rd week of a 4wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jul28,1963 | Beatles | #OTD Jul28,1963 The #Beatles 2nd & final appearance at ABC Cinema in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Their last show was on Jun30,1963 | |
| OTD Jul28,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Jul28,1964 The #Beatles perform 2 shows at an ice hockey rink the Johanneshovs Isstadion in Stockholm, Sweden | |
| OTD Jul28,1965 | Peter and Gordon | #OTD Jul28,1965 #PeterandGordon are on the #ABC Network TV’s "Where The Action Is" Season 1, Episode 23 singing "I Go To Pieces" | |
| OTD Jul28,1966 | Chris Farlowe & the Thunderbirds | #OTD Jul28,1966 #ChrisFarlowe & the #Thunderbirds is at #1 on the UK chart with "Out Of Time" The song written by #KeithRichards & #MickJagger | |
| OTD Jul28,1969 | Beatles | #OTD Jul28,1969 The #Beatles are at @emimusic studios recording additional overdubs for "Polythene Pam / She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" | |
| OTD Jul28,1971 | George Harrison | #OTD Jul28,1971 The US release of #GeorgeHarrison's single "Bangla-Desh / Deep Blue" on #Apple Records. On Aug14 the song enters the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #67 and will peak at #23 on Sep11 for 2wks | |
| OTD Jul28,1972 | Mott The Hoople | #OTD Jul28,1972 #MottTheHoople releases "All The Young Dudes" written and produced by #DavidBowie the song enters the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #82 on Sep23 and peaks at #37 for 2wks Video==> https://youtu.be/mfwVfEXJhQQ | |
| OTD Jul28,1973 | Grand Funk Railroad | #OTD Jul28,1973 #GrandFunkRailroad enters the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #83 with "We're an American Band" The single will be #1 on Sep29 | |
| OTD Jul28,1973 | Jim Croce | #OTD Jul28,1973 #JimCroce is till at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" for the last week of a 2wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jul28,1973 | Watkins Glen Summer Jam | #OTD Jul28,1973 Watkins Glen Summer Jam held near Watkins Glen, NY over 600K rock fans attend with the @allmanbrothers, @GratefulDead & The #Band | |
| OTD Jul28,1979 | Boomtown Rats | #OTD Jul28,1979 #BoomtownRats starts a 4wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "I Don't Like Mondays" The Boomtown Rats 2nd UK #1 single. #BobGeldof wrote the song. | |
| OTD Jul28,1979 | Donna Summer | #OTD Jul28,1979 #DonnaSummer is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Bad Girls" for the 3rd week of a 5wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jul28,1979 | World Series of Rock | #OTD Jul28,1979 World Series of Rock is held at #Cleveland Lake Front Stadium with @Aerosmith and @TedNugent also starring @JourneyOfficial @ThinLizzy_ @acdc | |
| OTD Jul28,1984 | Prince | #OTD Jul28,1984 #Prince is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "When Doves Cry" for the 4th of a 5wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jul28,1984 | Twisted Sister | #OTD Jul28,1984 #TwistedSister enters the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #80 with "We're Not Gonna Take It" and will peak at #21 on Sep22 | |
| OTD Jul28,1990 | Glenn Medeiros | #OTD Jul28,1990 #GlennMedeiros featuring #BobbyBrown are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "She Ain’t Worth It" for the last week of a 2wk run at #1 @MedeirosGlenn | |
| OTD Jul28,2017 | Clem Burke | #OTD Jul28,2017 #ClemBurke at the Count Basie Theater, Red Bank , N.J. image from @clem_burke |