1952: Patti Page hosted a summer replacement series for Perry Como on television.
1952: Eight-year-old Gladys Knight won the talent competition on the nationwide television program "Ted Mack's Amateur Hour".
1956: Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers climbed to #1 in the U.K. with "Why Do Fools Fall in Love".
1957: Paul Anka debuted on the chart with his first single "Diana". It had been released Monday, July 10.
1957: "Searchin' by the Coasters was #1 for the 10th week on the R&B chart.
1961: Monday fell on this date, the day for new releases in the music business. Paul Anka released "Put Your Head on My Shoulder".
1963: Elvis Presley began work on the movie "Viva Las Vegas".
1965: Jan & Dean sang "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" on the television show "Where the Action Is".
1967: Jefferson Airplane and the Doors were in concert at the Anaheim Civic Center in California.
1967: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles was the #1 album in the U.K. Headquarters by the Monkees was #2, followed by the Soundtrack to "The Sound of Music", Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix and the "Fiddler on the Roof" Soundtrack.
1967: Stevie Wonder scored a #1 R&B hit with "I Was Made To Love Her".
1967: The Doors' debut album reached the Top 10.
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1967: Petula Clark took over at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Don't Sleep in the Subway".
1967: "Windy" by the Association spent a third week at #1, with the Music Explosion camped out at #2 with "Little Bit O' Soul". Frankie Valli ("Can't Take My Eyes Off You", Scott McKenzie ("San Francisco") and Petula Clark ("Don't Sleep in the Subway" remained at their positions in a tough top five. The rest of the Top 10: Every Mothers' Son at #6 with "Come On Down to My Boat", the 5th Dimension at 7 with their great song "Up, Up and Away", the Doors entered the Top 10 with "Light My Fire", the 4 Seasons collected their 13th Top 10 and 34th hit song in "C'mon Marianne" and Procol Harum reached #10 with "A Whiter Shade of Pales".
1968: The Rascals released the single "People Got to Be Free".
1969: Judy Collins was in Ibsen's "Peer Gynt" at the New York Shakespeare Festival.
1969: The Rolling Stones released the single "Honky Tonk Women".
1972: Honky Chateau became Elton John's first #1 album, toppling the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street.
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
1972: The Summer of 1972 was turning out to be a good one for music--Bill Withers led the pack with "Lean On Me" but Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose had a strong #2 with "Too Late To Turn Back Now". Billy Preston fell with "Outa-Space", Neil Diamond was at 4 with "Song Sung Blue" and Looking Glass appeared to have a winner in "Brandy", which moved past a lot of good songs from 12 to 5. The rest of the Top 10: Elton John's "Rocket Man", Wayne Newton with "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast", Gilbert O'Sullivan climbed from 20-8 with "Alone Again (Naturally)", Luther Ingram was still wrong with "(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" and Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway reached the Top 10 with "Where is the Love".
1972: Neil Diamond did it again--#1 for "Song Sung Blue" on the Adult Contemporary chart for the seventh week in a row.
1973: Grand Funk released the album We're An American Band.
1973: Sky & the Family Stone, the Kinks, the Edgar Winter Group, Canned Heat and Lindisfarne appeared at the Great Western Express Festival at White City in West London.
1974: Elton John signed a new recording contract with MCA that would pay him $8 million for his next five albums.
1974: The Guess Who released "Clap for the Wolfman".
1974: The First Class released the single "Beach Baby".
1978: Bob Dylan performed before the largest concert audience for a solo performer as 200,000 fans showed up at Blackbushe Airport in England, although a lot of that might have had to do with the fact that Eric Clapton also performed. The Simon & Garfunkel reunion concert drew 600,000 at the Coliseum in Rome, Italy.
1978: Andy Gibb made it five weeks in a row with "Shadow Dancing at #1. Gerry Rafferty had been at #2 for four of those weeks with "Baker Street". ABBA remained at 3 with "Take a Chance On Me" while the O'Jays held on with "Use Ta Be My Girl". The rest of the Top 10: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band with "Still the Same", the Stones rolled up one with "Miss You", Heatwave had song #7--"The Groove Line", Peter Brown's "Dance with Me" was #8, Bonnie Tyler fell with "It's a Heartache" and Donna Summer scored a Top 10 with "Last Dance".
1980: Linda Ronstadt made her acting debut as Mabel in "The Pirates of Penzance" at the New York City Shakespeare Festival in Central Park.
1982: Bill Justis, who had the #45 Instrumental of the Rock Era* ("Raunchy") died of cancer in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 55.
1989: It was a pretty good Top 10 as Simply Red reached the pinnacle with "If You Don't Know Me By Now" and Madonna challenged with "Express Yourself". The Fine Young Cannibals dropped with their former #1 "Good Thing" and Martika had a strong song in "Toy Soldiers". The rest of the Top 10: Milli Vanilli with "Baby Don't Forget My Number", Prince slid up to #6 with "Batdance", Natalie Cole was at position #7, Expose's "What You Don't Know", the Doobie Brothers posted their 26th hit and fifth Top 10 (and first in nine years) with "The Doctor" and newcomer Love & Rockets had people excited about "So Alive".
1990: Troy Dixon of Heavy D & the Boyz died from an accidental fall at the age of 22.
1991: Monday, July 15 was the day for new releases and on this date, Bonnie Raitt released "Something to Talk About".
1991: C + C Music Factory released the single "Things That Make You Go Hmmmm..."
1992: Aretha Franklin sang the United States national anthem at the Democratic National Convention in New York City.
1992: Olivia Newton-John had a mastectomy and began seven grueling months of chemotherapy.
1994: Phil Collins announced that he was filing for divorce from wife Jill.
1994: Wet Wet Wet made it six weeks in a row at #1 in the U.K. with their remake of "Love Is All Around".
1995: Sinead O'Connor announced that she would not perform at Lollapalooza because she was pregnant.
1995: The classic "Waterfalls" by TLC remained at #1.
1996: Eric Clapton released the single "Change the World".
1997: Ary Groenhuijzen, keyboardist with the Teddy Bears (The #1 "To Know Him Is To Love Him" from 1958), died.
1998: Joey Kramer, drummer of Aerosmith, suffered second-degree burns when the car that he was filling up with gas caught fire.
1999: The original Drifters got together for a performance on "The Today Show" on NBC-TV.
1999: Bob Weire of the Grateful Dead married wife Natasha.
2000: Paul Young of Sad Cafe and Mike + the Mechanics died of a heart attack at his home in Manchester, England at the age of 53.
2001: Usher reached #1 in the U.K. with the album 8701.
2002: Bob Seger captained a boat that won its division in the 78th annual Port Huron-to-Mackinac Island Sailboat Race.
2004: P. Diddy had suddenly developed a conscious. He met with Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry at the NAACP Convention in Philadelphia and Young Republicans in New York City to talk about issues important to young people.
2003: The Eagles released the single "Hole in the World".
2006: Avril Lavigne married Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 in Montecito, California.
2006: India.Arie had the top album with Testimony: Volume 1, Life & Relationship.
2010: Robbie Williams rejoined Take That for their first album in 15 years.
Born This Day:
1936: H.B. Barnum, producer of the O'Jays and the 5th Dimension, was born in Houston, Texas
1944: Millie Jackson ("Hurts So Good" from 1973)
1945: Peter Lewis of Moby Grape was born in Los Angeles, California
1948: Artimus Pyle, drummer with Lynyrd Skynyrd, was born in Louisville, Kentucky
1949: Trevor Horn, who was a member of the Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star" and produced songs by Yes ("Owner of a Lonely Heart"), Frankie Goes to Hollywood ("Relax"), and Seal ("Crazy"), was born in Hertfordshire, England
1952: Jeff Carlisli of .38 Special
1953: Alicia Bridges ("I Love the Night Life" from 1978) was born in Lawndale, North Carolina
1956: Marky Ramone of the Ramones was born in Brooklyn, New York
1973: John Dolmayan, songwriter and drummer with System of a Down, was born in Beirut, Lebanon
1977: Ray Toro, guitarist for My Chemical Romance, was born in Kearney, New JerseySource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/07/this-day-in-rock-music-history-july-15.html
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1952: Eight-year-old Gladys Knight won the talent competition on the nationwide television program "Ted Mack's Amateur Hour".
1956: Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers climbed to #1 in the U.K. with "Why Do Fools Fall in Love".
1957: Paul Anka debuted on the chart with his first single "Diana". It had been released Monday, July 10.
1957: "Searchin' by the Coasters was #1 for the 10th week on the R&B chart.
1961: Monday fell on this date, the day for new releases in the music business. Paul Anka released "Put Your Head on My Shoulder".
1963: Elvis Presley began work on the movie "Viva Las Vegas".
1965: Jan & Dean sang "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" on the television show "Where the Action Is".
1967: Jefferson Airplane and the Doors were in concert at the Anaheim Civic Center in California.
1967: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles was the #1 album in the U.K. Headquarters by the Monkees was #2, followed by the Soundtrack to "The Sound of Music", Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix and the "Fiddler on the Roof" Soundtrack.
1967: Stevie Wonder scored a #1 R&B hit with "I Was Made To Love Her".
1967: The Doors' debut album reached the Top 10.
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1967: Petula Clark took over at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Don't Sleep in the Subway".
1967: "Windy" by the Association spent a third week at #1, with the Music Explosion camped out at #2 with "Little Bit O' Soul". Frankie Valli ("Can't Take My Eyes Off You", Scott McKenzie ("San Francisco") and Petula Clark ("Don't Sleep in the Subway" remained at their positions in a tough top five. The rest of the Top 10: Every Mothers' Son at #6 with "Come On Down to My Boat", the 5th Dimension at 7 with their great song "Up, Up and Away", the Doors entered the Top 10 with "Light My Fire", the 4 Seasons collected their 13th Top 10 and 34th hit song in "C'mon Marianne" and Procol Harum reached #10 with "A Whiter Shade of Pales".
1968: The Rascals released the single "People Got to Be Free".
1969: Judy Collins was in Ibsen's "Peer Gynt" at the New York Shakespeare Festival.
1969: The Rolling Stones released the single "Honky Tonk Women".
1972: Honky Chateau became Elton John's first #1 album, toppling the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street.
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
1972: The Summer of 1972 was turning out to be a good one for music--Bill Withers led the pack with "Lean On Me" but Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose had a strong #2 with "Too Late To Turn Back Now". Billy Preston fell with "Outa-Space", Neil Diamond was at 4 with "Song Sung Blue" and Looking Glass appeared to have a winner in "Brandy", which moved past a lot of good songs from 12 to 5. The rest of the Top 10: Elton John's "Rocket Man", Wayne Newton with "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast", Gilbert O'Sullivan climbed from 20-8 with "Alone Again (Naturally)", Luther Ingram was still wrong with "(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" and Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway reached the Top 10 with "Where is the Love".
1972: Neil Diamond did it again--#1 for "Song Sung Blue" on the Adult Contemporary chart for the seventh week in a row.
1973: Grand Funk released the album We're An American Band.
1973: Sky & the Family Stone, the Kinks, the Edgar Winter Group, Canned Heat and Lindisfarne appeared at the Great Western Express Festival at White City in West London.
1974: Elton John signed a new recording contract with MCA that would pay him $8 million for his next five albums.
1974: The Guess Who released "Clap for the Wolfman".
1974: The First Class released the single "Beach Baby".
1978: Bob Dylan performed before the largest concert audience for a solo performer as 200,000 fans showed up at Blackbushe Airport in England, although a lot of that might have had to do with the fact that Eric Clapton also performed. The Simon & Garfunkel reunion concert drew 600,000 at the Coliseum in Rome, Italy.
1978: Andy Gibb made it five weeks in a row with "Shadow Dancing at #1. Gerry Rafferty had been at #2 for four of those weeks with "Baker Street". ABBA remained at 3 with "Take a Chance On Me" while the O'Jays held on with "Use Ta Be My Girl". The rest of the Top 10: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band with "Still the Same", the Stones rolled up one with "Miss You", Heatwave had song #7--"The Groove Line", Peter Brown's "Dance with Me" was #8, Bonnie Tyler fell with "It's a Heartache" and Donna Summer scored a Top 10 with "Last Dance".
1980: Linda Ronstadt made her acting debut as Mabel in "The Pirates of Penzance" at the New York City Shakespeare Festival in Central Park.
1982: Bill Justis, who had the #45 Instrumental of the Rock Era* ("Raunchy") died of cancer in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 55.
1989: It was a pretty good Top 10 as Simply Red reached the pinnacle with "If You Don't Know Me By Now" and Madonna challenged with "Express Yourself". The Fine Young Cannibals dropped with their former #1 "Good Thing" and Martika had a strong song in "Toy Soldiers". The rest of the Top 10: Milli Vanilli with "Baby Don't Forget My Number", Prince slid up to #6 with "Batdance", Natalie Cole was at position #7, Expose's "What You Don't Know", the Doobie Brothers posted their 26th hit and fifth Top 10 (and first in nine years) with "The Doctor" and newcomer Love & Rockets had people excited about "So Alive".
1990: Troy Dixon of Heavy D & the Boyz died from an accidental fall at the age of 22.
1991: Monday, July 15 was the day for new releases and on this date, Bonnie Raitt released "Something to Talk About".
1991: C + C Music Factory released the single "Things That Make You Go Hmmmm..."
1992: Aretha Franklin sang the United States national anthem at the Democratic National Convention in New York City.
1992: Olivia Newton-John had a mastectomy and began seven grueling months of chemotherapy.
1994: Phil Collins announced that he was filing for divorce from wife Jill.
1994: Wet Wet Wet made it six weeks in a row at #1 in the U.K. with their remake of "Love Is All Around".
1995: Sinead O'Connor announced that she would not perform at Lollapalooza because she was pregnant.
1995: The classic "Waterfalls" by TLC remained at #1.
1996: Eric Clapton released the single "Change the World".
1997: Ary Groenhuijzen, keyboardist with the Teddy Bears (The #1 "To Know Him Is To Love Him" from 1958), died.
1998: Joey Kramer, drummer of Aerosmith, suffered second-degree burns when the car that he was filling up with gas caught fire.
1999: The original Drifters got together for a performance on "The Today Show" on NBC-TV.
1999: Bob Weire of the Grateful Dead married wife Natasha.
2000: Paul Young of Sad Cafe and Mike + the Mechanics died of a heart attack at his home in Manchester, England at the age of 53.
2001: Usher reached #1 in the U.K. with the album 8701.
2002: Bob Seger captained a boat that won its division in the 78th annual Port Huron-to-Mackinac Island Sailboat Race.
2004: P. Diddy had suddenly developed a conscious. He met with Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry at the NAACP Convention in Philadelphia and Young Republicans in New York City to talk about issues important to young people.
2003: The Eagles released the single "Hole in the World".
2006: Avril Lavigne married Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 in Montecito, California.
2006: India.Arie had the top album with Testimony: Volume 1, Life & Relationship.
2010: Robbie Williams rejoined Take That for their first album in 15 years.
Born This Day:
1936: H.B. Barnum, producer of the O'Jays and the 5th Dimension, was born in Houston, Texas
1944: Millie Jackson ("Hurts So Good" from 1973)
1945: Peter Lewis of Moby Grape was born in Los Angeles, California
1946: Linda Ronstadt was born in Tucson, Arizona
1948: Artimus Pyle, drummer with Lynyrd Skynyrd, was born in Louisville, Kentucky
1949: Trevor Horn, who was a member of the Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star" and produced songs by Yes ("Owner of a Lonely Heart"), Frankie Goes to Hollywood ("Relax"), and Seal ("Crazy"), was born in Hertfordshire, England
1952: Jeff Carlisli of .38 Special
1953: Alicia Bridges ("I Love the Night Life" from 1978) was born in Lawndale, North Carolina
1956: Marky Ramone of the Ramones was born in Brooklyn, New York
1973: John Dolmayan, songwriter and drummer with System of a Down, was born in Beirut, Lebanon
1977: Ray Toro, guitarist for My Chemical Romance, was born in Kearney, New JerseySource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/07/this-day-in-rock-music-history-july-15.html
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