Today in Rock n' Roll History

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1942 Roger McGuinn (the Byrds) is born.

1978 The BBC announced a ban on The Sex Pistols' latest single ‘No One Is Innocent’, which featured vocals by Ronnie Biggs, the British criminal notorious for his part in the Great Train Robbery of 1963. At the time of the recording, Biggs was living in Brazil, and was still wanted by the British authorities, but immune from extradition.

1985The Live Aid concerts are held in Philadelphia and London.

1985 Led Zeppelin re-forms (with Phil Collins replacing the late John Bonham on drums) for the Live Aid benefit concert in Philadelphia.

1986 Invisible Touch (Genesis) was a hit.

1991 Bryan Adams went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Everything I Do I Do It For You' which featured on the soundtrack for the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. It stayed at No.1 for a record-breaking 16 weeks, (breaking a record held since 1955), also a No.1 in the US (for 7 weeks) and a hit in 16 other countries. Won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture in 1992.

1994 Elton John and Billy Joel team up for a joint tour for the first time. The union of two piano-playing rock and roll superstars virtually guarantees sellouts

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1971 The Byrds, James Taylor, Steeleye Span, Sandy Denny, Tom Paxton and The Incredible String Band all appeared at the UK Lincoln Folk Festival, tickets £2.00.

1973 a drunk driver killed Clarence White of The Byrds while he was loading equipment after a gig in Palmdale, California.

1988 Michael Jackson gave himself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for setting a new attendance record, when he played the first of seven nights at Wembley Stadium in London. The shows on his Bad World Tour were attended by a total of 504,000 fans beating the record previously held by Genesis, with four sold out nights.

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1946 Linda Ronstadt is Born.
　
1965 This weeks US Top three singles, No.3 The Byrds, 'Mr Tambourine Man', No.2 The Four Tops, 'I Can't Help Myself' and at No.1 The Rolling Stones with (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.
　
1972 Elton John hits #6 with "Rocket Man," a song whose words and music make a timely play on the U.S. space program.

1981 Joe Walsh appeared at the SDSU Open Air Theatre, San Diego, California.

1999 The U.S. leg of the Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band reunion tour commences with the first of 15 sold-out shows at New Jersey's Continental Airlines Arena.

2000 Sad Cafe singer Paul Young died of a heart attack at his Manchester home aged 53. ‘Run Home Girl’ was a hit for Sad Cafe in the US, ‘Everyday Hurts’ was a UK No.3 hit in 1979. Joined Mike Rutherford and Paul Carrack in Mike and the Mechanics and had the hits ‘The Living Years’ and ‘Silent Running’.

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1966 Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton formed Cream, the three piece group only lasted 2 years, leaving behind some classic recordings including ‘Sunshine of Your Love,’ ‘Badge,’ ‘Strange Brew,’ and ‘White Room.’

1975 Neil Young's 'Tonight's the Night,' an inspired by and dedicated to a pair of musical acquaintances who died of drug overdoses, is released.

1982 Peter Gabriel inaugurates WOMAD Festival, spotlighting culture and music from around the world.

1994 The film soundtrack to 'The Lion King' started a nine-week run at No.1 on the US album chart.

1994 The three tenors - Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti - perform at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles to an audience who pay $1,000 a seat.

1996 John Panozzo, drummer with Styx, died from cirrhosis of the liver, aged 48.

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1949 Mick Tucker (The Sweet) is Born.
　
1967 The Beatles single ‘All You Need Is Love’ / ‘Baby You’re A Rich Man’ (originally called ‘One Of The Beautiful People’) was released in the US. It became The Beatles 14th US No.1.

1987 The Ozzy Osbourne Band started a 16-week tour of US prisons.

2004 Half of the 4,500 people in the audience walked out of Linda Ronstadt's show at the Aladdin Resort and Casino in Las Vegas after the singer dedicated an encore of ‘Desperado’ to filmmaker Michael Moore and urged the crowd to see his film Fahrenheit 9/11.

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1953 Elvis Presley records a song ("My Happiness") supposedly for his mother's birthday (which actually was in April) at Sun Records in Memphis (he is noticed by the secretary there and it eventually leads to a contract).

1970 Pink Floyd, Roy Harper, Kevin Ayers, and the Edgar Broughton Band, all appeared at a free concert held in Hyde Park, London, England.

1973 Bruce Springsteen played the first of four nights at Max's Kansas City in New York City, New York, supported by Bob Marley and The Wailers who were on their first ever North American tour.

1980 Billy Joel held the top position of both the US albums and singles charts. His album Glass Houses contained his first and biggest number 1 hit, ’It’s Still Rock ’n’ Roll to Me.’

2001 Kiss, added another product to their ever-growing merchandising universe: the "Kiss Kasket." The coffin featured the faces of the four founding members of the band, the Kiss logo and the words "Kiss Forever." Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell was buried in one after he was shot and killed on-stage in Dec 2004.

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1947 Bernie Leadon is born.

1947 Brian May is born.
　
1954 Sun Records released the first Elvis Presley single 'That's All Right / Blue Moon Of Kentucky' which made the local Memphis chart.

1967 The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'All You Need Is Love' the group's 12th UK No.1 single.


1972 Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were arrested in Warwick, Rhode Island on charges of assault after a fight broke out with a newspaper photographer.

1975 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band rehearsed for a full 19 hours at The Record Plant in New York City the day before their Born To Run Tour kicked off.

1980 Queen scored their third UK No.1 album with 'The Game', featuring the single 'Another One Bites The Dust'.

1976 Deep Purple split up for the first time.

1986 Genesis went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Invisible Touch'. The bands former lead singer Peter Gabriel was at No.2 with 'Sledgehammer'.

1987 Bruce Springsteen played his first ever show behind the Iron Curtain when he appeared in East Berlin in front of 180,000 people. The show was broadcast on East German TV.

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1940 Billboard's first comprehensive record chart was published. The magazine had previously published best-seller lists submitted by the individual record companies, but the new chart combined the top sellers from all major labels. Their first number one song was ‘I'll Never Smile Again’ by Frank Sinatra and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
　
1947 Carlos Santana is born.

1968 Cream started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Wheels On Fire'.

1986 To celebrate his 39th birthday, Carlos Santana plays a reunion concert with the original members of his band.

1996 Gary Barlow scored his first UK No.1 single with 'Forever Love' taken from his debut album Open Road. Barlow became the first member of Take That to top the charts with a solo record.


1999 The Rolling Stones reported a gross income of $337 million, (£168m), from almost two years of touring from their Bridges to Babylon and No Security tours. The Stones had played to over 5.6 million people, selling out all but 20 shows.

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1947 Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) is born
　
1969 The Beatles started work on the John Lennon song ‘Come Together’ at Abbey Road studios in London.
　
1977 Linda Ronstadt joins the Rolling Stones onstage at their Tucson, Arizona concert, singing "Tumblin' Dice" with them.

1987 Paul McCartney finishes recording Russian-language versions of rock 'n' roll songs for his Soviet Union-only release Choba B CCCP.


1990 Roger Waters 'The Wall' took place at the Berlin Wall in Potzdamer Platz, Berlin. Over 200.000 people attended and the event was broadcast live throughout the world, Van Morrison, Bryan Adams, Joni Mitchell, The Scorpions, Cyndi Lauper, Sinead O'Connor and others took part.

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1990 Roger Waters 'The Wall' took place at the Berlin Wall in Potzdamer Platz, Berlin. Over 200.000 people attended and the event was broadcast live throughout the world, Van Morrison, Bryan Adams, Joni Mitchell, The Scorpions, Cyndi Lauper, Sinead O'Connor and others took part.

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