1956: "I'm in Love Again" from Fats Domino was #1 on the R&B chart for a ninth week.
1958: "Yakety Yak" by the Coasters maintained the #1 position for a seventh week on the R&B chart.
1962: The Beatles played at the Regent Dansette in Rhyl, Wales.
1962: "Roses Are Red" by Bobby Vinton edged up to #1.
1964: The Rolling Stones topped the U.K. chart with "It's All Over Now".
1965: Herman's Hermits appeared on the television show "Where the Action Is".
1967: The Who opened for Herman's Hermits on the Who's first American tour, performing at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon on this date.
1969: The Who released the single "I'm Free".
1969: Bob Dylan showed up to perform with The Band at the Mississippi River Rock Festival.
1971: The Byrds and James Taylor headlined the U.K. Lincoln Folk Festival.
1972: The Eagles performed at the Warehouse in New Orleans, Louisiana on their first tour.
1973: The Everly Brothers announced their breakup during a concert a Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California.
1973: The Carpenters had the #1 Adult Contemporary song for a second week with "Yesterday Once More".
1973: Billy Preston continued to hold on to #1 with "Will it Go 'Round in Circles" and Paul Simon peaked at 2 with "Kodachrome". Jim Croce was moving up with "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and Three Dog Night was up to 4 with "Shambala". The rest of the Top 10: George Harrison was on his way down with the former #1 "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)", the Carpenters had the #6 song--"Yesterday Once More", Clint Homes placed "Playground in My Mind" at #7, Deep Purple debuted in the Top 10 with "Smoke on the Water", Paul McCartney & Wings were at 9 with their former #1 "My Love" and Dr. John closed out the list with "Right Place Wrong Time".
1979: "Lead Me On" by Maxine Nightingale was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for a second week.
1979: Donna Summer had her fifth Top Five song in a row and this time, she reached the top with "Bad Girls". Anita Ward's worthless "Ring My Bell" was #2 followed by Summer's first hit from the album--"Hot Stuff" at #3. "Chuck E.'s in Love" by Rickie Lee Jones was #4 with Kenny Rogers holding steady at #5 with "She Believes in Me". The rest of the Top 10: "Boogie Wonderland" from Earth, Wind & Fire with the Emotions, TV star David Naughton's "Makin' It" at #7, Cheap Trick with "I Want You to Want Me", ELO with their 16th hit "Shine a Little Love" and John Stewart mined a Top 10 song with "Gold".
1980: Allen Klein, former manager of both the Beatles and Rolling Stones, served two months of jail time for cheating on his tax return.
1980: Bryan Ferry collapsed in his hotel room in France and was flown back to London after suffering from a kidney infection.
1982: The movie "Pink Floyd's the Wall" debuted at the Leicester Square Empire in London.
1982: Van Halen began their American tour at the Richmond County Civic Center in Augusta, Georgia.
1984: Philippe Wynne, former lead singer of the Spinners, died of a heart attack while singing in Oakland, California.
1984: "Ghostbusters" from Ray Parker, Jr. moved from #19 to #8 on this date.
1987: Steve Miller was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1988: Michael Jackson performed the first of seven sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium in London.
1992: Megadeth released the album Countdown to Extinction.
1992: Olivia Newton-John announced that she had breast cancer. Thankfully, she has made it through so far and best wishes for many more happy years.
1998: A party was held in New York City's Central Park to celebrate triple platinum status for Sarah McLachlan's album Surfacing.
2000: The Go-Go's rejoined to record a new album, go on tour, write a book and star in a movie.
2001: The Eagles were in concert in Lucca, Switzerland.
2002: Gareth Gates had the #1 U.K. song with "Anyone of Us".
2002: The Red Hot Chili Peppers were on top of the album chart in the U.K. with By the Way.
2004: Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks gave birth to her second child, a boy named Beckett.
2005: Joe Harnell, who recorded the #79 Instrumental of the Rock Era ("Fly Me to the Moon") died of liver failure at the age of 80.
2007: A pair of glasses worn by John Lennon during the 1966 tour of Japan attracted a price of 750,000 pounds for an online auction.
2009: Shirley Jones, formerly with the Partridge Family, appeared on an episode of "The Cleaner" on HBO-TV.
2009: Fans from all over the world gathered at London's O2 Arena, where Michael Jackson's concerts would have been held had he lived.
2010: Bono announced that he had fully recovered from emergency back surgery back in May.
2010: It was announced that Bob Geldof's global Live Aid concert was being made into a movie called "When Harvey Met Bob".
Born This Day:
1948: Tommy Mottola, record executive with Columbia, was born in The Bronx, New York; married Mariah Carey in 1993, divorced in 1997
1952: Chris Cross, bassist with Ultravox, was born in Tottenham, London, England
1965: Igor Khoroshev, keyboard player of Yes from 1997-2001, was born in Moscow, Russia
1966: Ellen Reid, keyboardist and vocalist of the Crash Test Dummies, was born in Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada
1971: Nick McCabe, guitarist with the Verve, was born in St. Helen's, Lancashire, England
1975: Taboo of the Black-Eyed Peas was born in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California
1975: Tameka Cottle, singer-songwriter of Xscape, was born in College Park, Georgia
1978: Ruben Studdard was born in Frankfurt Am Main, GermanySource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/07/this-day-in-rock-music-history-july-14.html
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