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
- János Starker (Hungarian cello player). Smiley Lewis - US R&B singer, songwriter George Rochberg - Composer
Dead on July 5th, 2008
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) Don Lusher (82) - British jazz trombonist and band leader; spent nine years as lead trombone with the Ted Heath Jazz Band and toured the USA several times, taking over as leader in 1969 after Heath's death. He also led the trombone section on many of Frank Sinatra's European tours. Régine Crespin (80) - French operatic soprano, later a mezzo-soprano, who excelled in both the French and German repertoire. (liver cancer)
