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Today In Music History: Goodbye Mama Cass

Posted at 6:01 AM on July 29, 2011 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History


Birthdays:

Singer/bassist Geddy Lee of Rush is 58.
Musician/Producer Danger Mouse is 34.


Today in:

1965 - The Beatles' second film, Help, had its royal premiere at London's Pavillion Theatre. Queen Elizabeth II was in attendance.
1966 - Bob Dylan was involved in a motorcycle accident near Woodstock, N.Y. He suffered critical injuries and took months to recover. Because of the secrecy surrounding the incident, the rumors ran rampant that Dylan was in a coma, was a vegetable or dead, would never perform again, was dodging the draft or had lost his mind from drug use.
1968 - Gram Parsons refused to set foot in South Africa, a country that then had an apartheid policy, resulting in the Byrds embarking on their South African tour without him.


Today's Tribute:

Today in 1974, Mama Cass Elliott was found dead in London. Although it was rumored that the former Mamas and Papas lead singer had choked on a ham sandwich, the coroner ruled she had suffered a heart attack. She was 30. Honoring Mama Cass, we played her solo single, "Dream A Little Dream Of Me."

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