On July 17, 1996, Bryan James Chandler aka Chas Chandler died aged 57. He was musician (bass), singer, record producer and manager, best known as bassist of The Animals and manager of Nick Drake, Slade and Jimi Hendrix.
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Soul Asylum: Delayed Reaction
On July 17, 2012, “429 Records” label released “Delayed Reaction”, the tenth Soul Asylum studio album. It was recorded 2010 – 2012, and was produced by Dave Pirner, Dan Murphy, Tommy Stinson, Michael Bland and John Fields.
Personnel:
- Dave Pirner – vocals, guitar
- Dan Murphy – vocals, guitar
- Tommy Stinson – bass
- Michael Bland – drums, percussion
Track listing:
All tracks by Dave Pirner.
- Gravity
- Into the Light
- The Streets
- By the Way
- Pipe Dream
- Let’s All Kill Each Other
- Cruel Intentions
- The Juice
- Take Manhattan
- I Should’ve Stayed in Bed
The Temptations: With a Lot of Soul
On July 17, 1967, “Gordy” label released “The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul”, the fifth Temptations (The) studio album. It was recorded 1966 – 1967, in Hitsville, Detroit, and was produced by Norman Whitfield, Smokey Robinson, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Frank Wilson and Ivy Jo Hunter.
Personnel:
- David Ruffin– vocals (baritone, tenor)
- Eddie Kendricks– vocals (tenor, falsetto)
- Paul Williams– vocals (baritone)
- Melvin Franklin– vocals (bass)
- Otis Williams– vocals (tenor, baritone)
Track listing:
- (I Know) I’m Losing You – Cornelius Grant, Edward Holland, Jr., Norman Whitfield
- Ain’t No Sun Since You’ve Been Gone – Cornelius Grant, Sylvia Moy, Norman Whitfield
- All I Need – Frank Wilson, E. Holland, Dean Taylor
- (Loneliness Made Me Realize) It’s You That I Need – Holland, Norman Whitfield
- No More Water in the Well – Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers
- Save My Love for a Rainy Day – Roger Penzabene, Norman Whitfield
- Just One Last Look – Holland–Dozier–Holland
- Sorry is a Sorry Word – Holland, Ivy Jo Hunter
- You’re My Everything – Cornelius Grant, Roger Penzabene, Norman Whitfield
- Now That You’ve Won Me – Smokey Robinson
- Two Sides to Love – Sylvia Moy, Norman Whitfield
- Don’t Send Me Away – Eddie Kendricks, Smokey Robinson
Tame Impala: Currents
On July 17, 2015, “Modular” label released “Currents”, the third Tame Impala studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 2015, at Kevin Parker’s home studio in Fremantle, Australia, and was produced by Kevin Parker. At the 2015 “ARIA Music Awards”, “Currents” was awarded “Best Rock Album”; “Album of the Year”; Kevin Parker won “Engineer of the Year” award and “Producer of the Year” and Tame Impala were named “Best Group”
Personnel:
- Kevin Parker– vocals, all instruments, engineer, mixing
- Rob Grant – engineer, mixing advisor
- Greg Calbi– mastering
- Robert Beatty – design
- Matthew C. Saville – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Kevin Parker.
- Let It Happen
- Nangs
- The Moment
- Yes I’m Changing
- Eventually
- Gossip
- The Less I Know the Better
- Past Life
- Disciplies
- Cause I’m a Man
- Reality in Motion
- Love / Parnoia
- New Person, Same Old Mistakes
John Coltrane
On July 17, 1967,John William Coltrane, died aged 40. He was musician (saxophones) and composer, played key role in the process of modernizing of jazz music. With the spiritual dimension in his music and superb technique as saxophonist, he influenced innumerable musicians from various music genres. Coltrane has worked with some of the most important musicians in the jazz history including Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hartman, Pharaoh Sanders and Dizzy Gillespie. His 1965 album “A Love Supreme” is regarded as one of the best and most important jazz album of all times.
Billie Holiday
On July 17, 1959, Eleonora Fagan aka Billie Holiday, died aged 44. Nicknamed “Lady Day” by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday is one of the true jazz icons and one of the most influential singers of all time. Famous jazz critics Leonard Feather, said about her: “Billie Holiday’s voice was the living intensity of soul in the true sense of that greatly abused word. As a human being, she was sweet, sour, kind, mean, generous, profane, lovable and impossible, and nobody who knew her expects to see anyone quite like her again.”
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