1955: Gene Vincent was in a serious accident when a car hit his motorcycle, crushing his leg.
1956: Elvis Presley performed a charity concert for the Memphis Press-Scimitar's Milk Fund.
1958: Buddy Holly and Frankie Avalon performed three concerts at the Buck Lake Ranch in Angola, India.
1958: The Everly Brothers rolled into the #1 position in the U.K. with "All I Have to Do Is Dream".
1959: The Brothers Four recorded the song "Greenfields".
1960: Brian Hyland had the highest-debuting song with "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini".
1960 Connie Francis held down the #1 song for a second week with "Everybody's Somebody's Fool", with "Alley-Oop" from the Hollywood Argyles #2. Brenda Lee moved up from 6 to 3 with "I'm Sorry" while Duane Eddy's great instrumental "Because They're Young" was #4 and the former #1 "Cathy's Clown" by the Everly Brothers was at #5.
1962: Chris Blackwell started Island Records, which would promote U2, Robert Palmer, Bob Marley and many others.
1964: The Beatles announced that their first tour of North America was a complete sellout.
1964: Barbra Streisand spent a second straight week at the top of the Adult Contemporary chart with "People".
1964: One of the hottest songs on this date came from Jan & Dean, who moved up from 60 to 22 with "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena".
1964: One of The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era*, "I Get Around" by the Beach Boys arrived at #1 on this date. Millie Small had #2--"My Boy Lollipop". Johnny Rivers had one of his biggest hits with "Memphis" at 3 and Gerry & the Pacemakers had a nice move (7-4) with "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying". The res of the Top 10: "People" from Barbra Streisand, Peter & Gordon tumbled to 6 with "A World Without Love", the Dixie Cups' former #1 "Chapel of Love" was at 7, the 4 Seasons jumped from 18 to 8 with "Rag Doll", Billy J. Kramer had song #9--"Bad To Me" and the Dave Clark Five" scored an early Top 10 with "Can't You See That She's Mine".
1964: Louis Armstrong's Hello, Dolly! was the #1 album with the Soundtrack to the movie #2. Funny Girl from Barbra Streisand was #3 followed by the Beatles' Second Album and The Third Album from Streisand. The rest of the Top 10: Cotton Candy from Al Hirt, the great Getz/Gilberto album from Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto climbed from 14 to 7, The Academy Award Winning "Call Me Irresponsible" from Andy Williams, Glad All Over by the Dave Clark Five entered the Top 10 and Nancy Wilson had #10--Today, Tomorrow, Forever.
1966: Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos pulled police protection for the Beatles after Marcos's wife (the one that loved all the shoes) claimed that the group wouldn't go to one of her parties. As a result, the Fab Four was later attacked by an angry mob.
1967: Tom Jones was a guest on the debut of "Spotlight" on CBS-TV.
1968: Elvis Presley donated a Rolls Royce to a woman's charity.
1969: Led Zeppelin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chicago, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Canned Heat, Chuck Berry, Delaney and Bonnie, Johnny Winter and Spirit performed at the two-day Atlanta Pop Festival in Byron Georgia.
1969: Grand Funk Railroad performed at that same Atlanta Pop Festival and were signed to a contract by Capitol Records after the concert.
1969: Ray Davies of the Kinks mixed the final album from the Turtles, Turtle Soup.
1970: Cliff Richard released his 50th single, "Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha".
1970: "The Love You Save" by the Jackson 5 was #1 for a third week on the R&B chart.
1971: Donald McPherson of the Main Ingredient died of leukemia shortly before his 30th birthday.
1973: Don Powell, drummer of Slade, was seriously injured in a car crash that claimed the life of his girlfriend.
1974: "The Tony Orlando Show" debuted on CBS-TV.
1976: The Clash made their live debut at the Black Swan in Sheffield, England.
1976: The Eagles were in concert in Tampa, Florida.
1976: Barry White married Glodean James, a member of White's Love Unlimited Orchestra.
1976: Paul Revere from Boise, Idaho got married at King's Amusement Park in Cincinnati, Ohio during intermission of a Raiders concert.
1977: Gary Valentine quit Blondie and Nigel Harrison became the new bass guitarist for Blondie.
1977: Fleetwood Mac released the single "Don't Stop".
1980: The Beach Boys performed in a free concert before 500,000 in Miami, Florida.
1981: "All Those Years Ago" from George Harrison topped the AC chart.
1982: Ozzy Osbourne married his manager, Sharon Arden.
1982: Diana Ross began her first world tour as a solo performer with a show at Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands, New Jersey. Jazz great Miles Davis accompanied her.
1983: President Ronald Reagan's Interior Secretary, James Watt, banned the Beach Boys from performing on the Washington Mall because the music "attracts a bad element".
1984: The Beach Boys held their free concert in Washington, D.C. Sitting in on drums was Ringo Starr.
1985: Dire Straits performed the first of ten nights at Wembley Arena in London.
1985: The Beach Boys performed in Washington, D.C. They were joined onstage by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin who performed "Lucille" with the group.
1986: Farm Aid II, in which John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson were so involve with, featured appearances by the Beach Boys and Julio Iglesias in Austin, Texas. The concert raised $1.3 million for needy farmers.
1987: Keith Richards put the finishing touches on the mixing for the Chuck Berry documentary "Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll".
1987: Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead began a tour in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
1987: The Doobie Brothers, Santana and Bonnie Raitt played at the July 4th Disarmament Festival in the Soviet Union.
1987: The Pet Shop Boys hit #1 in their native U.K. with "It's a Sin".
1988: George Michael released the fifth single from Faith, "Monkey".
1992: John Phillips of the Mamas & Papas had a liver transplant in Los Angeles.
1992: Celine Dion's breakthrough hit, "If You Asked Me To" was #1 for the third week on the AC chart.
1998: The Soundtrack to the great movie "City of Angels" was the #1 album on this date. Never Say Never from Brandy was second followed by MP Da (sic) Last Don by Master P was #3. Soundtracks to "Hope Floats" and "Godzilla" were #4 and 5, respectively. The rest of the Top 10: The Limited Series from Garth Brooks, the Backstreet Boys were still hanging around after 45 weeks with their debut, Come On Over from Shania Twain was #8, Big Willie Style entered the Top 10 and Adore by the Smashing Pumpkins was #10.
1999: Victoria Adams, formerly Posh Spice of the Spice Girls, married David Beckham at Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland.
2001: Madonna played the first of six sold-out shows at Earl's Court Exhibition Centre in London.
2003: It was quite a show in Pontiac, Michigan for the Summer Sanitarium concert--Metallica, Limp Bizkit and the Deftones performed.
2003: Barry White, who definitely heated up the airwaves with his brand of sexy soul music (besides he was just plain cool!) died of kidney failure at the age of 58.
2004: Usher had the top U.K. song with "Burn".
2006: India.Arie was on top of the album charts with Testimony, Volume 1: Life & Relationship.
2007: Bill Pinkney of the original Drifters died of a heart attack at the age of 81.
2008: All four members of ABBA were at the premiere of the movie "Mamma Mia!" in Stockholm, Sweden.
Born This Day:
1911: Mitch Miller, conductor and arranger ("The Yellow Rose of Texas" in 1955), was born in Rochester, New York
1938: Bill Withers was born in Slab Fork, Virginia
1940: Dave Rowberry, keyboardist of the Animals, was born in Mapperley, Nottinghamshire, England
1943: Alan Wilson of Canned Heat has an appropriate birthplace on July 4--Boston, Massachusetts
1948: Jeremy Spencer of Fleetwood Mac and now a solo performer, was born in Hartlepool, County Durham,England
1951: Ralph Johnson, percussion and vocals for Earth, Wind & Fire, was born in Seattle, Washington
1952: Jonathan Waite, lead singer of the Babys and Bad English and a solo performer, was born in Lancaster, Lancashire, England
1958: Kirk Pengilly of INXS was born in Sydney, Australia
1963: Matt Malley, bass guitarist of the Counting Crows
1971: Andrew Creeggan, bassist of Barenaked Ladies, was born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
1972: William Goldsmith, drummer of the Foo Fighters, was born in Seattle, Washington
1978: Stephen McNally of BBMak was born in Liverpool, England Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/07/this-day-in-rock-music-history-july-4.html
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1956: Elvis Presley performed a charity concert for the Memphis Press-Scimitar's Milk Fund.
1958: Buddy Holly and Frankie Avalon performed three concerts at the Buck Lake Ranch in Angola, India.
1958: The Everly Brothers rolled into the #1 position in the U.K. with "All I Have to Do Is Dream".
1959: The Brothers Four recorded the song "Greenfields".
1960: Brian Hyland had the highest-debuting song with "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini".
1960 Connie Francis held down the #1 song for a second week with "Everybody's Somebody's Fool", with "Alley-Oop" from the Hollywood Argyles #2. Brenda Lee moved up from 6 to 3 with "I'm Sorry" while Duane Eddy's great instrumental "Because They're Young" was #4 and the former #1 "Cathy's Clown" by the Everly Brothers was at #5.
1962: Chris Blackwell started Island Records, which would promote U2, Robert Palmer, Bob Marley and many others.
1964: The Beatles announced that their first tour of North America was a complete sellout.
1964: Barbra Streisand spent a second straight week at the top of the Adult Contemporary chart with "People".
1964: One of the hottest songs on this date came from Jan & Dean, who moved up from 60 to 22 with "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena".
1964: One of The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era*, "I Get Around" by the Beach Boys arrived at #1 on this date. Millie Small had #2--"My Boy Lollipop". Johnny Rivers had one of his biggest hits with "Memphis" at 3 and Gerry & the Pacemakers had a nice move (7-4) with "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying". The res of the Top 10: "People" from Barbra Streisand, Peter & Gordon tumbled to 6 with "A World Without Love", the Dixie Cups' former #1 "Chapel of Love" was at 7, the 4 Seasons jumped from 18 to 8 with "Rag Doll", Billy J. Kramer had song #9--"Bad To Me" and the Dave Clark Five" scored an early Top 10 with "Can't You See That She's Mine".
1964: Louis Armstrong's Hello, Dolly! was the #1 album with the Soundtrack to the movie #2. Funny Girl from Barbra Streisand was #3 followed by the Beatles' Second Album and The Third Album from Streisand. The rest of the Top 10: Cotton Candy from Al Hirt, the great Getz/Gilberto album from Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto climbed from 14 to 7, The Academy Award Winning "Call Me Irresponsible" from Andy Williams, Glad All Over by the Dave Clark Five entered the Top 10 and Nancy Wilson had #10--Today, Tomorrow, Forever.
1966: Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos pulled police protection for the Beatles after Marcos's wife (the one that loved all the shoes) claimed that the group wouldn't go to one of her parties. As a result, the Fab Four was later attacked by an angry mob.
1967: Tom Jones was a guest on the debut of "Spotlight" on CBS-TV.
1968: Elvis Presley donated a Rolls Royce to a woman's charity.
1969: Led Zeppelin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chicago, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Canned Heat, Chuck Berry, Delaney and Bonnie, Johnny Winter and Spirit performed at the two-day Atlanta Pop Festival in Byron Georgia.
1969: Grand Funk Railroad performed at that same Atlanta Pop Festival and were signed to a contract by Capitol Records after the concert.
1969: Ray Davies of the Kinks mixed the final album from the Turtles, Turtle Soup.
1970: Cliff Richard released his 50th single, "Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha".
1970: "The Love You Save" by the Jackson 5 was #1 for a third week on the R&B chart.
1971: Donald McPherson of the Main Ingredient died of leukemia shortly before his 30th birthday.
1973: Don Powell, drummer of Slade, was seriously injured in a car crash that claimed the life of his girlfriend.
1974: "The Tony Orlando Show" debuted on CBS-TV.
1976: The Clash made their live debut at the Black Swan in Sheffield, England.
1976: The Eagles were in concert in Tampa, Florida.
1976: Barry White married Glodean James, a member of White's Love Unlimited Orchestra.
1976: Paul Revere from Boise, Idaho got married at King's Amusement Park in Cincinnati, Ohio during intermission of a Raiders concert.
1977: Gary Valentine quit Blondie and Nigel Harrison became the new bass guitarist for Blondie.
1977: Fleetwood Mac released the single "Don't Stop".
1980: The Beach Boys performed in a free concert before 500,000 in Miami, Florida.
1981: "All Those Years Ago" from George Harrison topped the AC chart.
1982: Ozzy Osbourne married his manager, Sharon Arden.
1982: Diana Ross began her first world tour as a solo performer with a show at Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands, New Jersey. Jazz great Miles Davis accompanied her.
1983: President Ronald Reagan's Interior Secretary, James Watt, banned the Beach Boys from performing on the Washington Mall because the music "attracts a bad element".
1984: The Beach Boys held their free concert in Washington, D.C. Sitting in on drums was Ringo Starr.
1985: Dire Straits performed the first of ten nights at Wembley Arena in London.
1985: The Beach Boys performed in Washington, D.C. They were joined onstage by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin who performed "Lucille" with the group.
1986: Farm Aid II, in which John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson were so involve with, featured appearances by the Beach Boys and Julio Iglesias in Austin, Texas. The concert raised $1.3 million for needy farmers.
1987: Keith Richards put the finishing touches on the mixing for the Chuck Berry documentary "Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll".
1987: Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead began a tour in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
1987: The Doobie Brothers, Santana and Bonnie Raitt played at the July 4th Disarmament Festival in the Soviet Union.
1987: The Pet Shop Boys hit #1 in their native U.K. with "It's a Sin".
1988: George Michael released the fifth single from Faith, "Monkey".
1992: John Phillips of the Mamas & Papas had a liver transplant in Los Angeles.
1992: Celine Dion's breakthrough hit, "If You Asked Me To" was #1 for the third week on the AC chart.
1998: The Soundtrack to the great movie "City of Angels" was the #1 album on this date. Never Say Never from Brandy was second followed by MP Da (sic) Last Don by Master P was #3. Soundtracks to "Hope Floats" and "Godzilla" were #4 and 5, respectively. The rest of the Top 10: The Limited Series from Garth Brooks, the Backstreet Boys were still hanging around after 45 weeks with their debut, Come On Over from Shania Twain was #8, Big Willie Style entered the Top 10 and Adore by the Smashing Pumpkins was #10.
1999: Victoria Adams, formerly Posh Spice of the Spice Girls, married David Beckham at Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland.
2001: Madonna played the first of six sold-out shows at Earl's Court Exhibition Centre in London.
2003: It was quite a show in Pontiac, Michigan for the Summer Sanitarium concert--Metallica, Limp Bizkit and the Deftones performed.
2003: Barry White, who definitely heated up the airwaves with his brand of sexy soul music (besides he was just plain cool!) died of kidney failure at the age of 58.
2004: Usher had the top U.K. song with "Burn".
2006: India.Arie was on top of the album charts with Testimony, Volume 1: Life & Relationship.
2007: Bill Pinkney of the original Drifters died of a heart attack at the age of 81.
2008: All four members of ABBA were at the premiere of the movie "Mamma Mia!" in Stockholm, Sweden.
Born This Day:
1911: Mitch Miller, conductor and arranger ("The Yellow Rose of Texas" in 1955), was born in Rochester, New York
1938: Bill Withers was born in Slab Fork, Virginia
1940: Dave Rowberry, keyboardist of the Animals, was born in Mapperley, Nottinghamshire, England
1943: Alan Wilson of Canned Heat has an appropriate birthplace on July 4--Boston, Massachusetts
1948: Jeremy Spencer of Fleetwood Mac and now a solo performer, was born in Hartlepool, County Durham,England
1951: Ralph Johnson, percussion and vocals for Earth, Wind & Fire, was born in Seattle, Washington
1952: Jonathan Waite, lead singer of the Babys and Bad English and a solo performer, was born in Lancaster, Lancashire, England
1958: Kirk Pengilly of INXS was born in Sydney, Australia
1963: Matt Malley, bass guitarist of the Counting Crows
1971: Andrew Creeggan, bassist of Barenaked Ladies, was born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
1972: William Goldsmith, drummer of the Foo Fighters, was born in Seattle, Washington
1978: Stephen McNally of BBMak was born in Liverpool, England Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/07/this-day-in-rock-music-history-july-4.html
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