Working together for the first time in a recording studio with Scotty Moore and Bill Black, Elvis Presley fools around during a break with an up-tempo version of 'That's All Right.' Producer Sam Phillips had them repeat the jam and records it. It became Presley's first release on Sun Records.
Billie Holliday's autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues, published by Doubleday in New York
Bill Graham officially converts Carousel Ballroom in San Francisco to Fillmore West
Born on July 5th, 2008
Huey Lewis/Hugh Anthony Cregg - vocals, harmonica; Huey Lewis & the News Michael Monarch - guitarist, songwriter; Steppenwolf Andy Ellison - lead singer, John's Children/Jet/Radio Stars
Dead on July 5th, 2008
Bill Justis (56) - Sun records musical director Tracey Pew (28) - bass player, Birthday Party (epileptic fit) Ernie K Doe Jr (65) - R&B singer; scored one of the biggest hits (possibly the biggest) in the history of New Orleans R&B with "Mother-in-Law," a humorous lament that struck a chord with listeners of all stripes on its way to the top of both the pop and R&B charts in 1961 (kidney and liver failure)
