1954: Sam Phillips gave Memphis DJ Dewey Philips a copy of Elvis Presley's "That's All Right (Mama)" for his radio show. And a superstar was born.
1963: Barbara Lewis reached #1 on the R&B chart with "Hello Stranger".
1963: Kyu Sakamoto remained at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the fifth week in a row with "Sukiyaki".
1963: Little Stevie Wonder's Fingertips, Pt. 2 rolled up from 58 to 18.
The Essex land at #1
1963: The Essex scored a #1 hit with "Easier Said Than Done", toppling "Sukiyaki". Bobby Vinton reached #3 with "Blue On Blue" and Barbara Lewis fell after peaking at #3 with "Hello Stranger". Lesley Gore's former #1 "It's My Party" was at 5. The rest of the Top 10: "One Fine Day", the great song from the Chiffons, Jan & Dean moved from 10-7 with "Surf City", Lonnie Mack's Memphis" was song #8, the Thymes were up to 9 with "So Much In Love" and Rolf Harris had a Top 10 record with "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport".
1964: The Beatles' first movie "A Hard Day's Night" premiered at the Pavilion in London with Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon in attendance at the London Pavilion.
1964: The Supremes released the single "Where Did Our Love Go".
1965: Marty Balin and Paul Kantner formed Jefferson Airplane in San Francisco, California.
1966: Mike D'abo became the new lead singer of Manfred Mann, replacing Paul Jones.
1966: Elvis Preslely's movie "Paradise Hawai'ian Style" opened in theaters.
1967: Jackie Wilson recorded "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher".
1968: Fleetwood Mac, Donovan, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Alexis Korner, T. Rex and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers were at the Woburn Music Festival at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, England.
1968: The Temptations had the top R&B hit with "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)".
Puckett & the Union Gap reach Top 10
1968: Herb Alpert was once again at #1 with "This Guy's In Love with You". Cliff Nobles had jumped up from 15-2 the previous week with "The Horse", one of The Top 100 Instrumentals of the Rock Era*, but he couldn't overtake Alpert on this date. The Rolling Stones had their 22nd hit but only their 11th Top 10 in "Jumpin' Jack Flash" while Sergio Mendes & brasil '66 were at 4 with "The Look of Love". Another of The Top 100 Instrumentals*, "Grazing in the Grass" from Hugh Masekela, jumped from 13 to 5. The Rest of the Top 10: Gary Puckett (from Twin Falls, Idaho) & the Union Gap motored up from 15 to 6 with "Lady Willpower", Merrilee Rush had the original "Angel of the Morning", Shorty Long's novelty hit "Here Comes the Judge" was at #8, Richard Harris was on his way down with "MacArthur Park" and Friend and Lover were stuck at 10 with "Reach Out of the Darkness".
1968: Simon & Garfunkel had three of the Top 10 albums--#1 Bookends, #2 "The Graduate" Soundtrack and at #10, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono were released from a Scottish hospital after being treated for injuries from a car crash.
1970: A very famous song was released to radio stations on that Monday in 1970. Edwin Starr send the single "War" to Program and Music Directors on this date.
1971: The Carpenters hosted the NBC television special "Make Your Own Kind of Music".
1971: Trumpet player, singer and bandleader Louis Armstrong died at the age of 69.
1973: Queen released their debut single "Keep Yourself Alive".
1974: The Faces, Mott the Hoople, Humble Pie and Lindisfarne were among the performers at the Buxton Pop Festival in Derbyshire, England.
1974: "Rock the Boat" by the Hues Corporation was the top song in the U.K.
1974: Band on the Run by Paul McCartney & Wings was the new #1 album, replacing Sundown from Gordon Lightfoot. Marvin Hamlisch had #3 with "The Sting" Soundtrack while Cat Stevens remained at 4 with Buddha and the Chocolate Box and Elton John debuted at #5 with his great album Caribou.
1974: Elton John had the Biggest Mover of the week as "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" climbed from 50-25.
1974: "Annie's Song" by John Denver was the most popular Adult Contemporary song.
1974: "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae, which would not only go on to become one of the top hits of the 1970's but one of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*, reached #1 on the R&B chart.
1974: Hues Corporation piloted 'Rock the Boat" to #1, meaning Gordon Lightfoot enjoyed just a one-week stay at the top with "Sundown".
1977: The Eagles performed at the Myriad Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1978: Eddie Mahoney changed his name to Eddie Money in preparation of a career as a recording artist.
1979: Van McCoy ("The Hustle" from 1975) died of a heart attack at the age of 38.
1981: The combination of two huge stars gave us a classic song that was first released on this date--Monday, July 6, 1981. Lionel Richie & Diana Ross teamed up to release the song "Endless Love".
1984: Los Angeles celebrated "Tina Turner Day".
1984: The Jacksons began their Victory Tour at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
1985: Heart released their self-titled album.
1985: Freddie Jackson had one of the top R&B songs of the decade with "Rock Me Tonight", which remained at #1 for a sixth week.
Survivor reached the Top 5
1985: A pretty good Top 10 on this date--"Sussudio" by Phil Collins reached #1. Duran Duran's "A View to a Kill" was #2, followed by Prince's "Raspberry Beret" and the former #1 "Heaven" from Bryan Adams. Survivor climbed to 5 with "The Search Is Over". The rest of the Top 10: the EurythmicsEverytime You Go Away", 'til Tuesday came in at #9 with "Voices Carry" and Madonna was on her way out with "Angel".
1985: No Jacket Required by Phil Collins returned to #1 on the album chart after five weeks away from the top spot.
1987: U2 released the single "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" on this date, the second release from their great album The Joshua Tree.
1991: As it became easier to debut at #1 on the album chart, more acts were getting in on it. Van Halen debuted at the top spot with For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.
1991: "Rush, Rush" from Paula Abdul was the top song on the Adult Contemporary chart for the second week.
1991: Paul Abdul remained at #1 for the fourth week with "Rush, Rush", one of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*. EMF had a great song "Unbelievable" at #2 waiting its turn. Color Me Badd fell with "I Wanna' Sex You Up", Luther Vandross's
1996: Load, which debuted at #1 two weeks previously for Metallica, remained there while Toni Braxton debuted at #2 on the album chart with Secrets.
2003: Skip Battin, bass guitarist and songwriter with the Byrds, New Riders of the Purple Sage and the Flying Burrito Brothers, died of complications from Alzheimer's.
2003: Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters and Liz Phair played a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in Los Angeles.
2003: Beyonce, Shania Twain, Craig David and David Gary appeared together in Hyde Park of London at a charity concert that raised $1.6 million for the Prince's Trust.
2003: Beyonce and Jay-Z had the top song in the U.K. with "Crazy in Love".
2004: The last Live 8 concert was held in Edinburgh to coincide with the opening of the G8 summit in Scotland. Annie Lennox, the Corrs and Snow Patrol were among the performers.
2004: Singer/songwriter Syreeta Wright, who began as a secretary at Motown Records, married Stevie Wonder in 1970 and later had a #1 duet with Billy Preston in 1980 ("With You I'm Born Again", died of bone cancer at the age of 58.
2005: In today's segment of "Inmates Run Rap Music", Lil' Kim was sentenced to 366 days in prison for perjury.
2005: Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in the Live 8 event.
2010: Harvey Fuqua of the Moonglows ("The Ten Commandments of Love from 1958) died of a heart attack at the age of 80.
Born This Day:
1925: Bill Haley was born in Highland Park, Michigan; died February 9, 1981 at the age of 55
1937: Gene Chandler was born in Chicago, Illinois
1940: Dave Rowberry, keyboard player of the Animals beginning in 1965, was born in Mapperley, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
1945: Rik Elswit, guitarist of Dr. Hook, was born in New York City
1949: Michael Shrieve, a drummer of Santana, was born in San Francisco, California
1959: John Keeble, drummer of Spandau Ballet ("True"), was born in London
1963: Tim Bricheno, guitarist for All About Eve, was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
1969: Michael Grant of Musical Youth ("Pass the Dutchie")Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/07/this-day-in-rock-music-history-july-6.html
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