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Cover of the Day, July 20th:
"Folsom Prison Blues" (the live version), #1 C&W, 7/20/68 (The studio version, from 1955, only goes to #4 on the C&W charts), Johnny Cash
Cover of the Day:
"Fever" (Eddie Copely / John Davenport), #1 R&B, 7/21/56 Little Willie John
Brian Eno w/ the Winkies, recorded 2/1974, "Top Gear", BBC Radio London
Today in Music History, July 22nd:
1977: Elvis Costello releases his debut album, "My Aim Is True".
Cover of the Day, July 22nd:
"Soul Finger", #3 R&B, 7/22/67, the Bar-Kays
Today in Musical History, July 23rd:
1994: A year after he dies, the International Astronomical Union names a meter, discovered in 1980, orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, after Frank Zappa.
It is now officially known as Zappafrank.
Cover of the Day:
"Ask Me Now", first recorded by Thelonious Monk during his Blue Note sessions, July 23rd, 1951
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This Mike Neer guy had the idea of doing an album of Monk covers...with steel guitar as the primary instrument, instead of piano - and damned if it doesn't work.
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