1954: Memphis D.J. Dewey Phillips of WHBQ Radio became the first DJ to play an Elvis Presley song.
1956: The Platters released the single "My Prayer".
1956: Fats Domino spent week #8 atop the R&B chart with "I'm In Love Again".
1957: Elvis Presley had the #1 hit "All Shook Up" in the U.K.
1958: "Yakety Yak" by the Coasters was #1 for a third week on the R&B chart.
1959: The Everly Brothers recorded "Till I Kissed You".
1962: The Beatles performed at Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, in Birkenhead, England
1962: The initial "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" by Neil Sedaka moved from 66 to 26 on this date.
1962: "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles, one of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*, remained at #1 for a seventh week on the R&B chart.
1963: Peter, Paul & Mary were the guests on "What's My Line" on CBS-TV.
1966: The Kinks positioned themselves at #1 on the U.K. chart with "Sunny Afternoon".
1967: Dusty Springfield began a three-week stay at the Copacabana in New York City.
1967: How's this for a combo? Jimi Hendrix opened on a national tour for the Monkees.
1968: The Yardbirds broke up, paving the way for the New Yardbirds to form. That later lineup would become Led Zeppelin.
1969: George Harrison recorded his vocal of "Here Comes the Sun".
1971: Bjorn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Faltskog of ABBA were married in Verum Sweden. Future ABBA member Benny Anderson played organ at the ceremony.
1973: The great disaster movie "The Poseidon Adventure", starring a plethora of great actors, was out and everything was going the movie's way. Maureen McGovern, who recorded her version of the song from the movie, had one red-hot song in "The Morning After", which rocketed up from 86 to 42.
1973: "Yesterday Once More" by the Carpenters moved into the #1 position on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1973: Living in the Material World, while not making The Top 100 Albums of All-Time in the Rock Era*, was a strong contender with weeks at number one already totaling three on this date. Paul Simon had another of the top albums from 1973 with There Goes Rhymin' Simon--in fact you'll find four of The Top 10 Albums for the Year 1973 in the Top 10 from this date. Paul McCartney & Wings fell to 3 with Red Rose Speedway, Pink Floyd edged up to 4 with The Dark Side of the Moon and the Carpenters had #5--Now & Then. The rest of the Top 10: Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy, the great live album Made in Japan by Deep Purple, the essential "blue album" Beatles/1967-1970, Fantasy from Carole King at #9 and Seals & Crofts rounding out the list with Diamond Girl.
Croce moved up the chart with his biggest career hit
1973: Billy Preston played his way up to #1 with "Will It Go Round In Circles". "Kodachrome" from Paul Simon was another smash at #2 while Paul McCartney & Wings slipped to 3 with their former #1 "My Love". Beatles mate George Harrison fell to four from his perch at #1 with "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)". The rest of a great Top 10: "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Jim Croce moved from 12 to 5, Clint Holmes edged up with "Playground In My Mind", Three Dog Night with their 16th hit and 10th Top 10 in "Shambala", the Carpenters with their ninth Top 10 and 13th hit "Yesterday Once More" at #8, Dr. John remained at #9 with "Right Place Wrong Time" and Barry White lent his soul voice to us with "I'm Gonna' Love You Just a Little More Baby".
1975: Keith Richards of that band that showed us how not to live, the Rolling Stones, was arrested for possession of an offensive weapon and reckless driving in Arkansas.
1975: A new group released their first single to radio stations on this date--K.C. & the Sunshine Band was their name and the song was "Get Down Tonight".
1978: The Grateful Dead played at the beautiful Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.
1979: Maxine Nightingale had her biggest hit since "Right Back Where We Started From" in 1977. "Lead Me On" was #1 again on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1979: The double album Bad Girls climbed back to the top on the album chart. The landmark Breakfast in America fell to #2 in its 15th week. Although she could never match her debut, it was indeed a great first album for Rickie Lee Jones. Earth, Wind & Fire had #4 with I Am and Cheap Trick's all-time top album Cheap Trick at Budokan was #5. The rest of the Top 10: Desolation Angels from Bad Company, Sister Sledge at #7 with We Are Family, Anita Ward's Songs of Love, ELO's great album Discovery at #9 and Monolith from Kansas at #10.
1980: Diana Ross released the single "Upside Down" to radio stations on Monday, July 7, 1980.
1980: Led Zeppelin performed for the final time prior to drummer John Bonham's death.
1984: "If Ever You're In My Arms Again", which ranks #26 on The Top 100 Adult Contemporary Songs of the 80's, first reached #1 on this date for Peabo Bryson.
1984: Prince's powerful song "When Doves Cry" reached #1 on this date, leapfrogging Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark". The Pointer Sisters had #3--"Jump (For My Love)" and Laura Branigan remained at #4 with "Self Control". The rest of the Top 10: Duran Duran was down to 5 with the former #1 song "The Reflex", Billy Idol's top career hit "Eyes Without a Face", Cyndi Lauper was at 7 with "Time After Time", Ann Wilson and Mike Reno were up to 8 with "Almost Paradise", Huey Lewis and the News had song #9--"The Heart of Rock and Roll" and ZZ Top stepped up to #10 with "Legs".
1984: You could go broke buying all the great albums on this date--Bruce Springsteen hit #1 after just three weeks with Born in the U.S.A., Sports was still at #2 for Huey Lewis & the News and the "Footloose" Soundtrack was hanging around at #3. If the Cars had a better album than their debut this was it--Heartbeat City at #4 while Lionel Richie was at #5 with Can't Slow DownShe's So Unusual from Cyndi Lauper, 1984 by Van Halen, the Scorpions at #8 with Love At First Sting, Billy Idol came crashing into the Top 10 with Rebel Yell and Duran Duran was at #10 with Seven and the Ragged Tiger.
1986: Bob Dylan performed a second gig with the Grateful Dead, joining them for three songs.
1990: The Rolling Stones were in concert at Wembley Stadium in London.
1990: Janet Jackson moved from 93 to 44 with "Come Back To Me".
1990: Lisa Stansfield had the top R&B song with "You Can't Deny It".
1990: Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em by M.C. Hammer which is perhaps the only rap album worth its weight in crap, was #1 on this date.
1990: Michael Bolton bolted up to #1 on the AC chart with "When I'm Back On My Feet Again".
1999: Coolio was sentenced to 10 days in jail, 40 hours of community service and two years probation for illegally possessing a firearm.
2000: Bobby Brown was released from a jail in Florida after serving 26 days for violation of his probation. Brown had received the sentence in 1996 from a drunk driving episode.
2001: Coldplay, the Stereophonics, Nelly Furtado, David Gray, the Proclaimers and Muse were among the performers at the T in the Park Festival in Scotland.
2003: R.E.M. performed "Permanent Vacation" for the first time in 20 years at a concert in Vienna, Austria.
2003: John Mayer and the Counting Crows began their summer tour that would last through September.
2006: Sid Barrett, founding member of Pink Floyd, died of complications from diabetes at age 60.
2007: Live Earth was a summer spectacular featuring 100 artists on all seven continents over 24 hours. The event was organized by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Concerts were held in Washington, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg, London, Hamburg, Tokyo, Shanghai and Sydney. Madonna, Genesis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snow Patrol, Duran Duran, Crowded House, UB40, James Blunt, the Foo Fighters, Enrique Iglesias and Joss Stone were among the many performers.
2009: Family and friends bid farewell to Michael Jackson at an emotional memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
2010: Frankie Valli and Les Paul were inducted into the New Jersey Music Hall of Fame.
Born This Day:
1940: Ringo Starr was born in Dingle, England
1941: Singer/guitarist Chan Romero, who wrote "Hippy Hippy Shake" was born in Billings, Montana
1944: Warren Entner, singer, songwriter, organist and guitarist with the great 60's band Grass Roots; later a manager for Quiet Riot and Rage Against the Machine, was born in Boston, Massachusetts
1945: Jim Rodford, who helped cousin Rod Argent form Argent and later was a member of the Kinks, was born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
1947: Peter Banks, guitarist of Yes, was born in Barnet, North London
1947: David "Scar" Hodo of the Village People was born in Palo Alto, California
1949: Rhino Rheinhardt of Iron Butterfly
1962: Mark White of the Spin Doctors ("Two Princes) was born in New York City
1963: Vonda Shepard
1988: Ilan Rubin, drummer of Lostprophets and with Nine Inch Nails for their final tour, was born in San Diego, CaliforniaSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/07/this-day-in-rock-music-history-july-7.html
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1956: The Platters released the single "My Prayer".
1956: Fats Domino spent week #8 atop the R&B chart with "I'm In Love Again".
1957: Elvis Presley had the #1 hit "All Shook Up" in the U.K.
1958: "Yakety Yak" by the Coasters was #1 for a third week on the R&B chart.
1959: The Everly Brothers recorded "Till I Kissed You".
1962: The Beatles performed at Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, in Birkenhead, England
1962: The initial "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" by Neil Sedaka moved from 66 to 26 on this date.
1962: "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles, one of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*, remained at #1 for a seventh week on the R&B chart.
1963: Peter, Paul & Mary were the guests on "What's My Line" on CBS-TV.
1966: The Kinks positioned themselves at #1 on the U.K. chart with "Sunny Afternoon".
1967: Dusty Springfield began a three-week stay at the Copacabana in New York City.
1967: How's this for a combo? Jimi Hendrix opened on a national tour for the Monkees.
1968: The Yardbirds broke up, paving the way for the New Yardbirds to form. That later lineup would become Led Zeppelin.
1969: George Harrison recorded his vocal of "Here Comes the Sun".
1971: Bjorn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Faltskog of ABBA were married in Verum Sweden. Future ABBA member Benny Anderson played organ at the ceremony.
1973: The great disaster movie "The Poseidon Adventure", starring a plethora of great actors, was out and everything was going the movie's way. Maureen McGovern, who recorded her version of the song from the movie, had one red-hot song in "The Morning After", which rocketed up from 86 to 42.
1973: "Yesterday Once More" by the Carpenters moved into the #1 position on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1973: Living in the Material World, while not making The Top 100 Albums of All-Time in the Rock Era*, was a strong contender with weeks at number one already totaling three on this date. Paul Simon had another of the top albums from 1973 with There Goes Rhymin' Simon--in fact you'll find four of The Top 10 Albums for the Year 1973 in the Top 10 from this date. Paul McCartney & Wings fell to 3 with Red Rose Speedway, Pink Floyd edged up to 4 with The Dark Side of the Moon and the Carpenters had #5--Now & Then. The rest of the Top 10: Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy, the great live album Made in Japan by Deep Purple, the essential "blue album" Beatles/1967-1970, Fantasy from Carole King at #9 and Seals & Crofts rounding out the list with Diamond Girl.
Croce moved up the chart with his biggest career hit
1973: Billy Preston played his way up to #1 with "Will It Go Round In Circles". "Kodachrome" from Paul Simon was another smash at #2 while Paul McCartney & Wings slipped to 3 with their former #1 "My Love". Beatles mate George Harrison fell to four from his perch at #1 with "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)". The rest of a great Top 10: "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Jim Croce moved from 12 to 5, Clint Holmes edged up with "Playground In My Mind", Three Dog Night with their 16th hit and 10th Top 10 in "Shambala", the Carpenters with their ninth Top 10 and 13th hit "Yesterday Once More" at #8, Dr. John remained at #9 with "Right Place Wrong Time" and Barry White lent his soul voice to us with "I'm Gonna' Love You Just a Little More Baby".
1975: Keith Richards of that band that showed us how not to live, the Rolling Stones, was arrested for possession of an offensive weapon and reckless driving in Arkansas.
1975: A new group released their first single to radio stations on this date--K.C. & the Sunshine Band was their name and the song was "Get Down Tonight".
1978: The Grateful Dead played at the beautiful Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.
1979: Maxine Nightingale had her biggest hit since "Right Back Where We Started From" in 1977. "Lead Me On" was #1 again on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1979: The double album Bad Girls climbed back to the top on the album chart. The landmark Breakfast in America fell to #2 in its 15th week. Although she could never match her debut, it was indeed a great first album for Rickie Lee Jones. Earth, Wind & Fire had #4 with I Am and Cheap Trick's all-time top album Cheap Trick at Budokan was #5. The rest of the Top 10: Desolation Angels from Bad Company, Sister Sledge at #7 with We Are Family, Anita Ward's Songs of Love, ELO's great album Discovery at #9 and Monolith from Kansas at #10.
1980: Diana Ross released the single "Upside Down" to radio stations on Monday, July 7, 1980.
1980: Led Zeppelin performed for the final time prior to drummer John Bonham's death.
1984: "If Ever You're In My Arms Again", which ranks #26 on The Top 100 Adult Contemporary Songs of the 80's, first reached #1 on this date for Peabo Bryson.
1984: Prince's powerful song "When Doves Cry" reached #1 on this date, leapfrogging Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark". The Pointer Sisters had #3--"Jump (For My Love)" and Laura Branigan remained at #4 with "Self Control". The rest of the Top 10: Duran Duran was down to 5 with the former #1 song "The Reflex", Billy Idol's top career hit "Eyes Without a Face", Cyndi Lauper was at 7 with "Time After Time", Ann Wilson and Mike Reno were up to 8 with "Almost Paradise", Huey Lewis and the News had song #9--"The Heart of Rock and Roll" and ZZ Top stepped up to #10 with "Legs".
1984: You could go broke buying all the great albums on this date--Bruce Springsteen hit #1 after just three weeks with Born in the U.S.A., Sports was still at #2 for Huey Lewis & the News and the "Footloose" Soundtrack was hanging around at #3. If the Cars had a better album than their debut this was it--Heartbeat City at #4 while Lionel Richie was at #5 with Can't Slow DownShe's So Unusual from Cyndi Lauper, 1984 by Van Halen, the Scorpions at #8 with Love At First Sting, Billy Idol came crashing into the Top 10 with Rebel Yell and Duran Duran was at #10 with Seven and the Ragged Tiger.
1986: Bob Dylan performed a second gig with the Grateful Dead, joining them for three songs.
1990: The Rolling Stones were in concert at Wembley Stadium in London.
1990: Janet Jackson moved from 93 to 44 with "Come Back To Me".
1990: Lisa Stansfield had the top R&B song with "You Can't Deny It".
1990: Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em by M.C. Hammer which is perhaps the only rap album worth its weight in crap, was #1 on this date.
1990: Michael Bolton bolted up to #1 on the AC chart with "When I'm Back On My Feet Again".
1999: Coolio was sentenced to 10 days in jail, 40 hours of community service and two years probation for illegally possessing a firearm.
2000: Bobby Brown was released from a jail in Florida after serving 26 days for violation of his probation. Brown had received the sentence in 1996 from a drunk driving episode.
2001: Coldplay, the Stereophonics, Nelly Furtado, David Gray, the Proclaimers and Muse were among the performers at the T in the Park Festival in Scotland.
| 2001: Radiohead and Beck were on the same bill at South Park in Oxford, England. |
| 2001: Janet Jackson was at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon. 2002: Oasis had the top U.K. album with Heathen Chemistry. 2002: Nelly was on top of the United States album chart with Nellyville. |
2003: R.E.M. performed "Permanent Vacation" for the first time in 20 years at a concert in Vienna, Austria.
2003: John Mayer and the Counting Crows began their summer tour that would last through September.
2006: Sid Barrett, founding member of Pink Floyd, died of complications from diabetes at age 60.
2007: Live Earth was a summer spectacular featuring 100 artists on all seven continents over 24 hours. The event was organized by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Concerts were held in Washington, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg, London, Hamburg, Tokyo, Shanghai and Sydney. Madonna, Genesis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snow Patrol, Duran Duran, Crowded House, UB40, James Blunt, the Foo Fighters, Enrique Iglesias and Joss Stone were among the many performers.
2009: Family and friends bid farewell to Michael Jackson at an emotional memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
2010: Frankie Valli and Les Paul were inducted into the New Jersey Music Hall of Fame.
Born This Day:
1940: Ringo Starr was born in Dingle, England
1941: Singer/guitarist Chan Romero, who wrote "Hippy Hippy Shake" was born in Billings, Montana
1944: Warren Entner, singer, songwriter, organist and guitarist with the great 60's band Grass Roots; later a manager for Quiet Riot and Rage Against the Machine, was born in Boston, Massachusetts
1945: Jim Rodford, who helped cousin Rod Argent form Argent and later was a member of the Kinks, was born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
1947: Peter Banks, guitarist of Yes, was born in Barnet, North London
1947: David "Scar" Hodo of the Village People was born in Palo Alto, California
1949: Rhino Rheinhardt of Iron Butterfly
1962: Mark White of the Spin Doctors ("Two Princes) was born in New York City
1963: Vonda Shepard
1988: Ilan Rubin, drummer of Lostprophets and with Nine Inch Nails for their final tour, was born in San Diego, CaliforniaSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/07/this-day-in-rock-music-history-july-7.html
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