Music History
Jul 5 Greek-American soprano Maria Callas makes her final opera stage appearance in the title role of Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" at Convent Garden, London, England
- Jul 6 Psychedelic rock band "Jefferson Airplane" forms in San Francisco, California
Respect
Jul 7 Otis Redding records the song "Respect" at Stax Studios in Memphis, Tennessee; it later becomes a signature piece for Aretha Franklin
- Jul 10 Beatles' "VI" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
- Jul 10 Rolling Stones score their 1st US #1 single "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Music History
Jul 15 Leonard Bernstein premieres his "Chichester Psalms" for chorus and orchestra at Philharmonic Hall, NYC
- Jul 23 The Beatles' single "Help" is released in the UK
Flora, the Red Menace
Jul 24 John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "Flora, the Red Menace", Their first collaboration stars Liza Minnelli (19) in her Broadway debut, closes at Alvin Theater, NYC, after 87 performances and a Tony Award for Liza
- Jul 24 Rock group "The Animals" 1st time in British charts
- Jul 25 Bob Dylan is booed by sections of the crowd at the Newport Folk Festival for performing with an electric guitar, beginning of folk-rock
- Jul 29 Beatles movie "Help" has Royal World Premiere at the London Pavilion Theatre in the West End of London; of Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon attend
Music History
Jul 30 Charles Ives' "From the Steeples & the Mountains" premieres
Music History
Jul 30 Duke Ellington's "Golden Brown & the Green Apple" premieres
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