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In Music History
1959 Chuck Berry releases his third studio album, Chuck Berry Is On Top.
1959 Bo Diddley releases Go Bo Diddley.
1959 John Linnell of They Might Be Giants is born in New York City.
1958 Meredith Brooks, best known for her 1997 hit "Bitch," is born in Oregon.
1957 Big band leader Jimmy Dorsey dies of throat cancer at age 53.
1953 Rock and roll singer Rocky Burnette, son of rock and roll pioneer Johnny Burnette, is born Jonathan Burnette in Memphis, Tennessee.
1951 Brad Delp (lead vocalist for Boston) is born in Peabody, Massachusetts.
1951 Bun E. Carlos (drummer for Cheap Trick) is born Brad Carlson in Rockford, Illinois.
1949 John Wetton, frontman for King Crimson and Asia, is born in Derbyshire, England.
1948 Barry Bailey (lead guitarist for Atlanta Rhythm Section) is born.
1942 '60s singer-songwriter Len Barry is born Leonard Borisoff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1941 Reg Presley (lead singer for The Troggs) is born Reginald Maurice Ball in Andover, Hampshire, England.
1941 Folk rocker Roy Harper is born in Rusholme, Manchester, England.
1941 Jazz keyboardist Chick Corea is born Armando Anthony Corea in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
1935 Ella Fitzgerald records "Love And Kisses" and "I'll Chase The Blues Away."
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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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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