1954: Elvis Presley quit his job as a truck driver and signed a recording contract with Sun Records.
1957: DJ Alan Freed began a 13-week "Big Beat" show on ABC television with the Everly Brothers, Connie Francis & Frankie Lymon.
1958: The Triumphs form a band in Canton, Ohio. They would later be known as the O'Jays.
1960: Floyd Cramer recorded "Last Date".
1961: Pat Boone performed during a 10-day tour of South Africa in Durban.
1962: The Rolling Stones made their live debut at the Marquee Club in London.
1964: The Beatles performed at the Hippodrome in Brighton, England.
1965: The Beach Boys recorded "Sloop John B".
1965: Monday was the traditional day to release new songs and on this date, Monday, July 12, the Miracles released "Tracks of My Tears".
1965: The Righteous Brothers released "Unchained Melody" as a single.
1968: Cream released the album Wheels of Fire.
1968: Micky Dolenz of the Monkees married Samantha Juste.
1969: Elvis Presley appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
1969: "The Temptations" TV special aired on syndicated television.
1969: Blind Faith performed before a sellout crowd at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1969: I wish African-Americans could put out music like this now--we're starving!!! On this date, Marvin Gaye was at #1 for the sixth consecutive week with "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby".
Blood, Sweat & Tears in the runner-up position
1969: Henry Mancini remained at #1 for the eighth straight week with the beautiful "Love Them From 'Romeo & Juliet'".
1969: Previously unknown Zager & Evans fought through the crowd and after four weeks, had the #1 song with "In the Year 2525", which made one of the biggest leaps to the top (8-1) in the Rock Era. Blood, Sweat & Tears was solid at 2 with "Spinning Wheel" while Oliver moved up with "Good Morning Starshine" and the former #1 "Love Theme From 'Romeo & Juliet'" by Henry Mancini was #4. Three Dog Night's classic "One" was #5 while Tommy James & the Shondells' "Crystal Blue Persuasion edged up to 6.
1970: No longer with Big Brother & the Holding Company, Janis Joplin performed in Louisville, Kentucky.
1971: I've been following music for over 45 years, and I'm hard-pressed to find a day when four singles of this caliber were released--As you know, Monday's are the day that new 45's were released and on this day, CCR released "Sweet Hitch Hiker", Rod Stewart released "Maggie May", Rare Earth released "I Just Want to Celebrate" and Bill Withers released "Ain't No Sunshine".
1971: The Eagles performed together for the first time, as Linda Ronstadt's musicians, for a concert in Disneyland, California.
1973: Hues Corporation recorded "Rock the Boat".
1975: Johnny Nash had the #1 U.K. Song with "Tears on My Pillow".
1975: One of the biggest groups of the mid-70's first charted on this date. K.C. & the Sunshine Band first debuted on the chart with their first single, "Get Down Tonight".
1975: Elton John's song "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" rose from 51 to 25 on this date.
1975: Olivia Newton-John had control of the Adult Contemporary chart with "Please Mr. Please".
1975: "The Hustle" by Van McCoy reached #1 on the R&B chart.
1977: Thin Lizzy performed at the Reading Festival in England.
1979: Ian Pace, drummer of Deep Purple, joined Whitesnake.
1979: Minnie Riperton, who gave us the #1 "Lovin' You" in 1975, died four years later from cancer in Los Angeles. She was 31 years old.
1980: U2 was in concert at the Moonlight in West Hampstead, London.
1980: Olivia Newton-John and ELO paced the U.K. chart with "Xanadu".
1980: Pure Prairie League led the AC chart for the third week with "Let Me Love You Tonight".
1980: Glass Houses was the top album for the fifth week, beating out Just One Night by Eric Clapton. McCartney II was actually #3, the Soundtrack to "The Empire Strikes Back" came in fourth while Pete Townshend's solo effort Empty Glass was #5. The rest of the Top 10: Jermaine Jackson with Let's Get Serious, the Commodores at 7 with Heroes, the former #1 blockbuster Against the Wind by Bob Seger, the Soundtrack to "Urban Cowboy" which starred John Travolta and Debra Winger, and Lipps, Inc. had #10 covered with Mouth To Mouth.
1983: Chris Wood, founding member and saxophone player for Traffic, died of pneumonia at the age of 39 in Birmingham, England.
1986: The Moody Blues had scored a big comeback as "Your Wildest Dreams" was #1 again on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Kenny Loggins had a big hit from "Top Gun"
1986: Simply Red reached #1 with "Holding Back the Years in its 15th week of release. Genesis was up strong from 6 to 2 with "Invisible Touch" while the previous #1 from Billy Ocean--"There'll Be Sad Songs" fell to 3. Janet Jackson's "Nasty" was song #4 and El DeBarge had a solo hit away from family with "Who's Johnny". The rest of the Top 10: Peter Gabriel with "Sledgehammer", Kenny Loggins with "Danger Zone", Howard Jones on his way down with "No One Is To Blame", the Moody Blues at 9 with "Your Wildest Dreams" and the Fabulous Thunderbirds entered the Top 10 with "Tuff Enuff".
1988: Michael Jackson arrived in the U.K. for the first solo performances of his career.
1992: The city of Dallas, Texas unveiled a memorial to Buddy Holly, who was from Lubbock.
1992: Axl Rose was arrested at JFK airport in New York on a St. Louis, Missouri warrant. Rose was wanted on charges resulting from a disastrous 1991 Guns N' Roses concert in which Rose incited a riot.
1993: Prince performed a concert at his Paisley Park Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota to benefit a community radio station.
Melvoin of the Smashing Pumpkins was found dead from drugs in a New York City hotel.
1997: Anthony Keidis broke his wrist in a motorcycle accident in Los Angeles. If I were driving in Los Angeles, I would want all the protection I could get.
1997: Shawn Colvin debuted at #8 with "Sunny Came Home".
1997: The incredible album Pieces of You re-entered the Top 10 after 72 weeks of release.
1998: The Spice Girls backed out of a promise to perform a free concert at Toronto's City Hall, choosing instead to appear on the Canadian television show "MuchMusic".
1999: In today's segment of "Inmates Run Rap Music", DMX was arrested in Trinidad in the middle of a concert for using obscene language. Good to see some countries have held to their principles.
1999: Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit wasn't a rapper, but had the same values system. He was arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota for kicking a local security guard in the head during a Limp Bizkit performance.
2001: New Orleans named its airport after Louis Armstrong.
2003: Rob Halford of Judas Priest announced he had rejoined the group for their first album and tour in 13 years.
2003: R.E.M., Coldplay, the White Stripes and the Cardigans performed at the two-day T in the Park Festival in Scotland.
2008: Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones left his wife of 23 years and took up with an 18-year-old Russian cocktail waitress.
2008: Earl Nelson, who sang in the duo Bob and Earl and also sang backing vocals on Jackson 5 remake of "Rockin' Robin" died in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He was 79.
2008: George Martin, producer of the Beatles, was honored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences as the most successful producer of all-time.
2010: The state of California declared it "Pat Boone Day".
2010: Gerry Marsden of Gerry & the Pacemakers received an honorary fellowship from Liverpool's John Moores University.
Born This Day:
1943: Christine McVie was born in Birmingham, England
1947: Wilko Johnson, guitarist of Dr. Feelgood, was born in Canvey Island, Essex, England
1948: Walter Egan ("Magnet and Steel" and "Hot Summer Nights") was born in Jamaica, New York
1949: John Wetton, bass guitarist for King Crimson, was born in Willington, Derby, England
1950: Eric Carr, drummer for Kiss, was born in Brooklyn, New York; died November 24, 1991of heart cancer
1952: Phil Kramer, bass guitarist for Iron Butterfly, was born in Youngstown, Ohio; his date of death was placed at February 12, 1995 after photographers found his body at the bottom of Decker Canyon near Malibu, California four years after he was reported missing (his death was ruled a probably suicide)
1952: Liz Mitchell, singer of Boney M ("Rivers of Babylon") was born in Clarendon, Jamaica
1960 Ray Gillen of Black Sabbath was born in New York City; died December 1, 1993
1962: Dan Murphy, guitarist of Soul Asylum, was born in Duluth, Minnesota
1963: Alan Duvall of UB40
1976: Tracie Spencer ("This House" from 1990) was born in Waterloo, Iowa
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1957: DJ Alan Freed began a 13-week "Big Beat" show on ABC television with the Everly Brothers, Connie Francis & Frankie Lymon.
1958: The Triumphs form a band in Canton, Ohio. They would later be known as the O'Jays.
1960: Floyd Cramer recorded "Last Date".
1961: Pat Boone performed during a 10-day tour of South Africa in Durban.
1962: The Rolling Stones made their live debut at the Marquee Club in London.
1964: The Beatles performed at the Hippodrome in Brighton, England.
1965: The Beach Boys recorded "Sloop John B".
1965: Monday was the traditional day to release new songs and on this date, Monday, July 12, the Miracles released "Tracks of My Tears".
1965: The Righteous Brothers released "Unchained Melody" as a single.
1968: Cream released the album Wheels of Fire.
1968: Micky Dolenz of the Monkees married Samantha Juste.
1969: Elvis Presley appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
1969: "The Temptations" TV special aired on syndicated television.
1969: Blind Faith performed before a sellout crowd at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1969: I wish African-Americans could put out music like this now--we're starving!!! On this date, Marvin Gaye was at #1 for the sixth consecutive week with "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby".
Blood, Sweat & Tears in the runner-up position
1969: Henry Mancini remained at #1 for the eighth straight week with the beautiful "Love Them From 'Romeo & Juliet'".
1969: Previously unknown Zager & Evans fought through the crowd and after four weeks, had the #1 song with "In the Year 2525", which made one of the biggest leaps to the top (8-1) in the Rock Era. Blood, Sweat & Tears was solid at 2 with "Spinning Wheel" while Oliver moved up with "Good Morning Starshine" and the former #1 "Love Theme From 'Romeo & Juliet'" by Henry Mancini was #4. Three Dog Night's classic "One" was #5 while Tommy James & the Shondells' "Crystal Blue Persuasion edged up to 6.
1970: No longer with Big Brother & the Holding Company, Janis Joplin performed in Louisville, Kentucky.
1971: I've been following music for over 45 years, and I'm hard-pressed to find a day when four singles of this caliber were released--As you know, Monday's are the day that new 45's were released and on this day, CCR released "Sweet Hitch Hiker", Rod Stewart released "Maggie May", Rare Earth released "I Just Want to Celebrate" and Bill Withers released "Ain't No Sunshine".
1971: The Eagles performed together for the first time, as Linda Ronstadt's musicians, for a concert in Disneyland, California.
1973: Hues Corporation recorded "Rock the Boat".
1975: Johnny Nash had the #1 U.K. Song with "Tears on My Pillow".
1975: One of the biggest groups of the mid-70's first charted on this date. K.C. & the Sunshine Band first debuted on the chart with their first single, "Get Down Tonight".
1975: Elton John's song "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" rose from 51 to 25 on this date.
1975: Olivia Newton-John had control of the Adult Contemporary chart with "Please Mr. Please".
1975: "The Hustle" by Van McCoy reached #1 on the R&B chart.
1977: Thin Lizzy performed at the Reading Festival in England.
1979: Ian Pace, drummer of Deep Purple, joined Whitesnake.
1979: Minnie Riperton, who gave us the #1 "Lovin' You" in 1975, died four years later from cancer in Los Angeles. She was 31 years old.
1980: U2 was in concert at the Moonlight in West Hampstead, London.
1980: Olivia Newton-John and ELO paced the U.K. chart with "Xanadu".
1980: Pure Prairie League led the AC chart for the third week with "Let Me Love You Tonight".
1980: Glass Houses was the top album for the fifth week, beating out Just One Night by Eric Clapton. McCartney II was actually #3, the Soundtrack to "The Empire Strikes Back" came in fourth while Pete Townshend's solo effort Empty Glass was #5. The rest of the Top 10: Jermaine Jackson with Let's Get Serious, the Commodores at 7 with Heroes, the former #1 blockbuster Against the Wind by Bob Seger, the Soundtrack to "Urban Cowboy" which starred John Travolta and Debra Winger, and Lipps, Inc. had #10 covered with Mouth To Mouth.
1983: Chris Wood, founding member and saxophone player for Traffic, died of pneumonia at the age of 39 in Birmingham, England.
1986: The Moody Blues had scored a big comeback as "Your Wildest Dreams" was #1 again on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Kenny Loggins had a big hit from "Top Gun"
1986: Simply Red reached #1 with "Holding Back the Years in its 15th week of release. Genesis was up strong from 6 to 2 with "Invisible Touch" while the previous #1 from Billy Ocean--"There'll Be Sad Songs" fell to 3. Janet Jackson's "Nasty" was song #4 and El DeBarge had a solo hit away from family with "Who's Johnny". The rest of the Top 10: Peter Gabriel with "Sledgehammer", Kenny Loggins with "Danger Zone", Howard Jones on his way down with "No One Is To Blame", the Moody Blues at 9 with "Your Wildest Dreams" and the Fabulous Thunderbirds entered the Top 10 with "Tuff Enuff".
1988: Michael Jackson arrived in the U.K. for the first solo performances of his career.
1992: The city of Dallas, Texas unveiled a memorial to Buddy Holly, who was from Lubbock.
1992: Axl Rose was arrested at JFK airport in New York on a St. Louis, Missouri warrant. Rose was wanted on charges resulting from a disastrous 1991 Guns N' Roses concert in which Rose incited a riot.
1993: Prince performed a concert at his Paisley Park Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota to benefit a community radio station.
Melvoin of the Smashing Pumpkins was found dead from drugs in a New York City hotel.
1997: Anthony Keidis broke his wrist in a motorcycle accident in Los Angeles. If I were driving in Los Angeles, I would want all the protection I could get.
1997: Shawn Colvin debuted at #8 with "Sunny Came Home".
1997: The incredible album Pieces of You re-entered the Top 10 after 72 weeks of release.
1998: The Spice Girls backed out of a promise to perform a free concert at Toronto's City Hall, choosing instead to appear on the Canadian television show "MuchMusic".
1999: In today's segment of "Inmates Run Rap Music", DMX was arrested in Trinidad in the middle of a concert for using obscene language. Good to see some countries have held to their principles.
1999: Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit wasn't a rapper, but had the same values system. He was arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota for kicking a local security guard in the head during a Limp Bizkit performance.
2001: New Orleans named its airport after Louis Armstrong.
2003: Rob Halford of Judas Priest announced he had rejoined the group for their first album and tour in 13 years.
2003: R.E.M., Coldplay, the White Stripes and the Cardigans performed at the two-day T in the Park Festival in Scotland.
2008: Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones left his wife of 23 years and took up with an 18-year-old Russian cocktail waitress.
2008: Earl Nelson, who sang in the duo Bob and Earl and also sang backing vocals on Jackson 5 remake of "Rockin' Robin" died in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He was 79.
2008: George Martin, producer of the Beatles, was honored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences as the most successful producer of all-time.
2010: The state of California declared it "Pat Boone Day".
2010: Gerry Marsden of Gerry & the Pacemakers received an honorary fellowship from Liverpool's John Moores University.
Born This Day:
1943: Christine McVie was born in Birmingham, England
1947: Wilko Johnson, guitarist of Dr. Feelgood, was born in Canvey Island, Essex, England
1948: Walter Egan ("Magnet and Steel" and "Hot Summer Nights") was born in Jamaica, New York
1949: John Wetton, bass guitarist for King Crimson, was born in Willington, Derby, England
1950: Eric Carr, drummer for Kiss, was born in Brooklyn, New York; died November 24, 1991of heart cancer
1952: Phil Kramer, bass guitarist for Iron Butterfly, was born in Youngstown, Ohio; his date of death was placed at February 12, 1995 after photographers found his body at the bottom of Decker Canyon near Malibu, California four years after he was reported missing (his death was ruled a probably suicide)
1952: Liz Mitchell, singer of Boney M ("Rivers of Babylon") was born in Clarendon, Jamaica
1960 Ray Gillen of Black Sabbath was born in New York City; died December 1, 1993
1962: Dan Murphy, guitarist of Soul Asylum, was born in Duluth, Minnesota
1963: Alan Duvall of UB40
1976: Tracie Spencer ("This House" from 1990) was born in Waterloo, Iowa
1977: Dominic Howard, drummer of Muse, was born in Stockport, EnglandSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/07/this-day-in-rock-music-history-july-12.html
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