July 31, 1845: The Saxophone Hits The Scene..

July 31, 1845: France's army gives legitimacy to Belgian Adolphe Sax's latest invention, the saxophone, by including it in their marching band…

And here’s the Sax Man himself…

Steve MacKay

Of course there was  a LOT of sax in

THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

SAX FIFTH AVENUE …HARLEM NOCTURN  LEAP FROG …  

Just to name a few…

Thanks Adolphe!!!

Adolphe Sax

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July 31, 1931: Kenny Burrell was born in Detroit, Michigan

July 31, 1931: Kenny Burrell was born in Detroit, Michigan, to a musical family and began playing guitar at the age of 12...

Guitarists who influenced him include Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, and Wes Montgomery... 

While a student at Wayne State University, he made his debut recording as a member of Dizzy Gillespie's sextet in 1951, following which he recorded the "Ground Round" single at Fortune Records in Detroit. He toured with Oscar Peterson after graduating in 1955 and then moved to New York City in 1956 (all from Wikipedia)…

Dig his album MIDNIGHT BLUE…  http://youtu.be/OvrCNuLdC4E

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July 30, 1966: WILD THING by the Troggs hits Number One...

July 30, 1966: The Troggs reach #1 with

 "Wild Thing"…  

Then Jimi Hendrix made it REALLY famous, closing out his Monterrey  set with the tune…  

  

And, of course, Animal does a decent cover version, too…

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July 25th: Capitol Records gets its first #1 hit on this date in 1942 and Big Mama Thornton passed away on this date in 1984 and a whole lot more happened on this date, too, IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

July 25^th

 IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

July 25, 1942:
Capitol Records achieved their first #1 hit with a song called "Cow CowBoogie" 

 by 17-year-old Ella Mae Morse, accompanied by Freddie Slack and His Orchestra...

 Although Ella Mae's follow-up recordings sold fairly well, she never obtained a huge following, but continued to make records until 1957… 

1943 - Jim McCarty - drummer for the Yarbirds (NOT to be confused with Detroit’s Guitarist Extraordinaire, Jim McCarty of Rockets, Detroit Wheels, Cactus, Mystery Train, Seger, etc.  fame) hits the planet... 

July 25, 1960: 
The Ventures "Walk Don't Run" enters the US Pop chart and introduces the instrumental Surf sound to Rock 'n' Roll. The song will peak at #2 a month later…

 

July 25, 1964:
The Animals debut single "House of the Rising Sun" entered the UK chart at #16. The next week it will be #3 and seven days later it's number one…  

July 25, 1984:

American Rhythm and Blues singer Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton died of a heart attack at the age of 57. Her version of "Hound Dog" topped the Billboard R&B chart for seven weeks in 1952…

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