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In Music History
1977 Blues rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd is born Kenny Wayne Brobst in Shreveport, Louisiana.
1972 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release Some Time In New York City.
1971 Honey Cone's "Want Ads" hits #1 in America.
1969 Bardi Martin (bassist for Candlebox) is born.
1968 The movie Speedway, starring Elvis Presley as a race car driver and Nancy Sinatra as his love interest, opens in theaters.
1966 Elvis Presley records "Indescribably Blue," "I'll Remember You," and "If Every Day Was Like Christmas."
1966 The Dave Clark Five break a record by becoming the first rock band to make 12 appearances on Ed Sullivan Show.
1965 The Supremes' "Back in My Arms Again" hits #1 in America, giving them five consecutive chart-toppers.
1964 The Zombies record "She's Not There."
1963 Along with "Little Deuce Coupe," The Beach Boys record "Surfer Girl" at Western Recorders in Hollywood. They first recorded the song in February 1962 with terrible results.
1963 Brenda Lee graduates from the showbiz-friendly high school Hollywood Professional, having already earned 12 Top 10 records.
1962 Brenda Lee dislocates her neck while performing at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and is hospitalized.
1962 Drew "Grandmaster Dee" Carter (of Whodini) is born in Brooklyn, New York.
1961 Frankie Avalon begins a 12-day tour of South America, one of the first rock tours to play on the continent.
1960 Michael Hausman (drummer for 'Til Tuesday) is born.
Rockers Rally For "No Nukes"
1982As part of the "No Nukes" movement during the Cold War, the largest political rally in US history takes place when about 750,000 people go to New York's Central Park for the Rally for Nuclear Disarmament, which features performances by Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, and Gary "U.S." Bonds.
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Featured Events
2015 Dave Grohl falls off the stage and breaks his leg during a Foo Fighters show in Gothenburg, Sweden. He gets medical attention but returns to finish the show, propped up while someone holds his leg. The rest of their European tour is cancelled while he gets surgery, but the tour resumes on July 4 in Washington, DC, with Grohl performing from a custom-made guitar throne.
2009 At the Bonnaroo festival, Beastie Boys play together for the last time, as Adam Yauch (MCA) is soon diagnosed with cancer.
2001 After launching their mainstream career with Enema Of The State, pop-punk hitmakers blink-182 return with a masturbatory pun: Take Off Your Pants And Jacket. The band's resentment over being expected to write catchy radio singles ironically results in two catchy hits, leading to the album's milestone chart debut.More
1999 Jennifer Lopez hits #1 in America with her first single, "If You Had My Love," which stays on top for five weeks.
1990 Mariah Carey releases her self-titled debut album. It sells 9 million in America, where all four of its singles ("Vision Of Love," "Love Takes Time," "Someday," "I Don't Wanna Cry") hit #1.
1966 After buying pot from an undercover cop posing as a student at his high school, Steven Tallarico is arrested and charged with drug possession. He is given a year's probation and labelled a "Youthful Offender," which later keeps him from getting drafted. Tallarico later becomes Steven Tyler and forms Aerosmith.
1965 Sonny and Cher make their US television debut, singing "Just You" on American Bandstand.
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