11 JULY
In Music History
1966 Elvis Presley begins filming his 24th motion picture, Double Trouble.
1965 Weezer bass player Scott Shriner is born in Toledo, Ohio.
1962 The Marvelettes release "Beechwood 4-5789."
1960 The Hollywood Argyles' "Alley Oop" hits #1 in America.
1959 Suzanne Vega, known for her songs "Tom's Diner" and "Luka," is born in Santa Monica, California.
1959 Guitarist Richie Sambora is born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He joins Bon Jovi soon after the band form and becomes a primary songwriter along with lead singer Jon Bon Jovi. Sambora says with the band until 2013, when he leaves in the middle of a tour for personal reasons.
1957 Bauhaus lead singer Peter Murphy is born near Northampton, England.
1953 Singer Peter Brown ("Do Ya Wanna Get Funky with Me") is born in Blue Island, Illinois.
1951 On WJW in Cleveland, Alan Freed broadcasts his first "Moondog House Rock and Roll Party," marking the first radio show with the phrase "Rock and Roll" and giving Freed a claim on the origin of the term. More importantly, Freed plays R&B music, which introducing the sound to a new (and mostly white) audience.
1950 Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters is born in Oakland, California.
1950 Film producer/record executive B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva dies in Los Angeles at age 55. He also co-wrote the Al Jolson hit "April Showers," among many others.
1947 Jeff Hanna of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is born in Detroit, Michigan.
1946 John Lawton, lead vocalist for Uriah Heep from 1976 to 1979, is born in Halifax, England.
1946 Dean Martin begins his recording career mere weeks before teaming up with nightclub comic Jerry Lewis.
1944 Country singer Bobby G. Rice is born in Boscobel, Wisconsin.
Jerry Garcia Introduces Line Of Neckties
1992Jerry Garcia, who has a passion for painting and studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, introduces a line of neckties he designed.
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2009 "Boom Boom Pow," after spending 12 weeks at #1, is replaced by another Black Eyed Peas song, "I Gotta Feelin'."
2000 The free Back 2 Basics Tour, sponsored by Napster, kicks off with a show in Detroit. The tour runs for 24 dates and features Limp Bizkit, Cypress Hill, and Cold. The bands take some heat within the industry for working with Napster, a file sharing service that allows users to download songs for free.
1996 The night before a show at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Smashing Pumpkins touring keyboard player Jonathan Melvoin dies at age 34 after shooting heroin with drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, who is fired from the band a few days later (he returns to the fold in 1999). The Sarah McLachlan song "Angel" is inspired by Melvoin's death.
1990 Steven Adler is fired from Guns N' Roses because of his drug use. He is replaced by Matt Sorum, who was previously with The Cult.
1979 The space station Skylab crashes to Earth after six years in space. Leading up to the event, Electric Light Orchestra take out ads in trade magazines dedicating their new single, "Don't Bring Me Down," to Skylab.
1969 David Bowie's "Space Oddity" single is rush-released to beat the moon landing, which happens nine days later.
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