Last Month | Yesterday | Tomorrow | Next Month | Every Month   July 3 1940   R&B singer Fontella Bass born in St. Louis, MO. Her debut and biggest hit single,"Rescue Me" for Chess went to #4 on the US charts in 1965, afterwards she married Art Ensemble of Chicago trumpeter Lester Bowie and worked with him. 1946   Matthew Fisher, keyboard player with Procul Harum, born in Croydon, UK. 1946   Country artist Johnny Lee born in Texas City, Texas. 1960   Dance maven Vince Clarke who was in a variety of trend setting electo-music bands, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo, the Assembly and Erasure, born. 1960   Jazzman Lee Collins dies. 1969   Ex-Rolling Stone, Brian Jones, is discovered drowned in his swimming pool at his home, Cotchford Farm, near Hartfield, England. 1971   Doors vocalist Jim Morrison dies of a heart attack in Paris. Only his wife Pam, who died in 1974, and the doctor who signed the death certificate were supposed to have seen the body, fueling rumors that he is still alive. 1972   Bluesman Mississippi Fred McDowell dies of cancer in Memphis. 1973   At the end of a performance at the Hammersmith Odeon while winding up his UK tour, David Bowie announces thatr he is retiring from live performances. It is however his last appearance as Ziggy Stardust. 1974   Squueze play their first live show. 1976   Brian Wilson makes his first on stage appearance with the Beach Boys in 12 years. 1986   Jello Biafra, leader of the punk band Dead Kennedys, is brought to trial in Los Angeles, charged with distribution of harmful material to minors. The material in question was a poster of artist HR Giger's "Penis Landscape" painting which was inserted into what would be the Kennedys' last LP, Frankenchrist. He gets off and signs copies of the LP for jurors after the trial. 1997   Texas blues guitarist Johnny "Clyde" Copeland dies in New York City from complications from heart transplant surgery. 1999   Mark Sandman, bassist for the Boston based Morphine, dies of a massive heart attack onstage at the Giardini del Principe in Palestrina, Italy. The 46 year old played a trademark 2 string bass, and had begun his career in the band, Treat Her Right, then Supergroup, before releasing 3 albums with Morphine.