1954: Elvis Presley released his first single on Sun Records--"That's All Right".
1957: Bobby Darin, Andy Williams, Chuck Berry and Frankie Lymon performed on Alan Freed's television show "The Big Beat" on ABC.
1958: Manager George Treadwell fired all of the original Drifters and inserted the Five Crowns in their place.
1960: Brian Hyland sang "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" on the popular television show "American Bandstand".
1963: Frank Ifield enjoyed another #1 in the U.K. with "Confessin'".
1964: The Rolling Stones performed at the Hippodrome in Brighton, England.
1965: There were three great singles that were released on this date, one of the best single days ever for music: The Beach Boys released the single "California Girls", Bob Dylan released "Like a Rolling Stone" and We Five released "You Were on My Mind".
1966: Frank Sinatra, age 50, married Mia Farrow, 20 years old. Hey, she was legal.
1967: Elvis Presley began work on his 27th movie, Speedway co-starring Nancy Sinatra, at the MGM Soundstage in Hollywood, California.
1967: The Beatles charted at #1 in the U.K. with "All You Need Is Love".
1968: Bo Diddley performed at the Hippodrome in San Diego, California.
1969: The Spencer Davis Group broke up.
1969: Crosby, Stills & Nash had released their first single on Monday, July 14. Today, it debuted on the chart.
1969: The Soundtrack to "Hair" was #1 on the album chart in its 51st week while another soundtrack--"Romeo & Juliet" was #2. Blood, Sweat & Tears had the #3 album, followed by The Age of Aquarius from the 5th Dimension. The rest of the Top 10: This is Tom Jones, A Warm Shade of Ivory by Henry Mancini & His Orchestra, Tommy from the Who at #7, Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline coming in at #8, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly at #9 and the debut from Crosby, Stills & Nash entered the Top 10 in its fourth week of release.
1969: Jr. Walker & the All-Stars landed at #1 on the R&B chart with "What Does it Take (to Win Your Love)".
1969: Henry Mancini's "Love Theme from "Romeo & Juliet" was number one on the Easy Listening chart for a sixth week.
1973: Clarence White, guitarist of the Byrds, was laid to rest. White had been killed by a drunk driver at the age of 29.
1974: The Eagles performed at the Ozark Mountain Festival in Sedia, Missouri.
1975: The Rolling Stones were in concert in Denver Colorado, where Elton John joined them onstage.
1975: The Bay City Rollers were on top in the U.K. with "Give a Little Love".
1975: The Isley Brothers owned the #1 R&B hit with "Fight the Power Part 1".
1975: Olivia Newton-John's "Please Mr. Please" was the #1 Adult Contemporary song.
10 cc made a big move on the chart
1975: Wings scored at #1 with "Listen to What the Man Said". Van McCoy remained at 2 with "The Hustle" while the British group 10cc moved from 10-3 with "I'm Not in Love". The Eagles were racing up as well with "One of These Nights" and Olivia Newton-John moved "Please Mr. Please to #5. The rest of the Top 10: "Magic" from Pilot, Frankie Valli at position #7 with "Swearin' to God", the Captain & Tennille took a tumble with their former #1 "Love Will Keep Us Together", the Bee Gees had their 22nd hit and fifth Top 10 with "Jive Talkin'" and Gwen McCrae's "Rockin' Chair" was at #10.
1976: Deep Purple split up.
1980: An art exhibit featuring paintings from Joni Mitchell, John Mayall, Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones and Commander Cody opened at Vorpal Gallery in Laguna Beach, California.
1980: Queen had the top U.K. album with The Game.
1980: Billy Joel earned his first gold single--"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me", which also hit #1 on this date. "Coming Up" from Paul McCartney & Wings slipped to #2 and Elton John had hit #29 with "Little Jeannie". The Spinners' "Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time" was fourth followed by the Manhattans, which rose up from 11 to 5 with the great song "Shining Star". The rest of the Top 10: Robbie Dupree's "Steal Away", "Magic" from Olivia, Bette Midler's "The Rose"
at #8, Jermaine Jackson with "Let's Get Serious and Pure Prairie League at 10 with "Let Me Love You Tonight".
1980: David Bowie made his theatrical debut as the title character in "The Elephant Man" in Denver, Colorado.
1980: Olivia Newton-John celebrated "Magic" as the #1 Adult Contemporary hit.
1981: Odessa, Texas celebrated "Roy Orbison Day", giving Orbison keys to the city.
1986: The Timex Social Club had the #1 R&B song with "Rumors".
1982: Monday was the day for new single releases to radio stations and on this day, John Cougar (Mellencamp) released the follow-up to "Hurts So Good"--"Jack & Diane".
1986: Patti LaBelle registered her only #1 album in Winner in You, toppling Janet Jackson's Control after two weeks. So from Peter Gabriel, the Soundtrack to "Top Gun" and Invisible Touch by Genesis followed. The rest of the Top 10: Billy Ocean's Love Zone, the self-titled Whitney Houston, Like a Rock from Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, The Other Side of Life by the Moody Blues at #9 and 5150 from Van Halen.
1986: Genesis reached #1 with "Invisible Touch" and former Genesis member Peter Gabriel had #2--"Sledgehammer". Janet Jackson's "Nasty" held down position #3 while Kenny Loggins was at 4 with "Danger Zone".
1986: Peter Cetera of Sun Valley, Idaho, picked up his first #1 song away from Chicago when "Glory of Love" topped the AC chart.
1987: Bruce Springsteen performed in East Germany in front of 180,000 people.
1989: James Brown was switched to a medium security cell after $400,000 in cash and checks was discovered in his minimum security cell.
1990 - Vikki Carr opened the ceremonies for dedication of the The Nixon Library. She sang in front of four Presidents, President Nixon, President Ford, President Reagan and President Bush, all which she had performed for at the White House during their terms. Henry Kissinger, Alexander Haig and Gene Autry were also present.
1991: A wax effigy of Gloria Estefan was presented at the Movieland Wax Museum in Los Angeles.
1993: Madonna released the single "Rain".
1993: Janet Jackson released "If".
1995: George Nichopoulous, former doctor for Elvis Presley, lost his medical license 19 years after it made any difference to Presley, for being "too liberal" when prescribing addictive drugs.
1996: The Spice Girls made their live debut on the British television show "Top of the Pops".
1997: Oasis reached #1 on the U.K. chart with "D'You Know What I Mean".
2001: Soul and gospel singer Judy Clay, who sang with the Sweet Inspirations and worked with Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Billy Vera and William Bell, died at the age of 62.
2001: In today's episode of "Inmates Run Rap Music", Russel Jones, rapper of Wu Tang Clan, was sentenced to 2-4 years behind bars for drug possession.
2005: James Blunt led the way in the U.K. with "You're Beautiful".
2006: Thom Yorke debuted at #2 with his solo album The Eraser.
Born This Day:
1931: Thomas Allen, percussionist with War; died on stage of a heart attack August 30, 1988.
1937: George Hamilton IV ("A Rose and a Baby Ruth" from 1956) was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
1941: Vicki Carr ("It Must Be Him") was born in El Paso, Texas
1944: George Frayne (Commander Cody), who sang and played piano in Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen ("Hot Rod Lincoln") was born in Boise, Idaho
1946: Alan Gorrie of the Average White Band ("Pick Up the Pieces" from 1975) was born in Perth, Scotland
1947: Bernie Leadon of the Eagles was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1947: Brian May, elite guitarist of Queen, was born in Twickenham, England
1948: Keith Godchaux, keyboardist of Grateful Dead, was born in San Francisco; died in a car crash July 23, 1979
1952: Allen Collins, great guitarist of Lynyrd Skynyrd and later the Rossington-Collins Band, was born in Jacksonville, Florida; died July 23, 1990 at the age of 37 from chronic pneumonia resulting from a 1986 alcohol-related car accident in which his girlfriend was killed and Collins was paralyzed from the waist down
1960: Kevin Haskins of Love & Rockets was born in Northampton, United KingdomSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/07/this-day-in-rock-music-history-july-19.html
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