TODAY IN HISTORY – July 19th
1947 - Born this day, Bernie Leadon, musician, guitar, singer, The Eagles, 1977 US No.1 and UK No.8 single Hotel California and four other US No.1 singles, quit the band in January 1976.
1947 - Born this day, [Harold] Brian May, guitar, Queen, 1975 UK No.1 single Bohemian Rhapsody, also No.1 again in 1991. Plus over 40 other UK top 40 singles. 1980 US No.1 single Crazy Little Thing Called Love, and solo, 1992 UK No.5 single Too Much Love Will Kill You.
1952 - Born this day, Allen Collins, musician, guitar, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1975 US No.19 and 1982 UK No.21 single Freebird. Died 23 January 1990.
1954 - Sun Records released the first Elvis Presley single, 'That's All Right', a cover of Arthur Crudup's 1946 tune 'That's All Right, Mama'. Only about 7,000 original copies were pressed, but the disc became a local hit in Memphis.
1966 - At the age of 50, singer and actor Frank Sinatra married 20-year-old actress Mia Farrow at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. The May-December marriage caused a stir in Hollywood circles. Two years later, while Farrow was filming Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby, Sinatra sent his lawyer to the movie set to inform his wife that he was filing for divorce.
1966 - The Monkees recorded their TV theme song.
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. The Beatles had been selected to represent the UK for the first-ever global-wide satellite broadcast. The group agreed to be shown in the studio recording a song written especially for the occasion, (which was aired on June 25). John Lennon wrote ‘All You Need is Love’ which was thought to sum up the 1967 'summer of love' and The Beatles' sympathies.
1972 - Mike Jagger and Keith Richards were arrested in Warwick, Rhode Island on charges of assault after a fight broke out with a newspaper photographer.
1975 - Paul McCartney and Wings went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Listen To What The Man Said. It was his fourth US No.1, and also was a No.6 hit in the UK.
1975 - The Bay City Rollers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Give A Little Love', the group's second and final UK No.1.
1976 - Deep Purple split up at the end of an UK tour. David Coverdale went on to form Whitesnake, Jon Lord and Ian Paice formed a band with Tony Ashton. The classic line up of Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord & Paice reformed in 1984. Glenn Hughes returned to Trapeze and Tommy Bolin put together his own band, (but would die before the end of the year)
1980 - Queen scored their third UK No.1 album with The Game, featuring the single Another One Bites The Dust.
1980 - Billy Joel earned his first gold record with It's Still Rock and Roll to Me, which reached the top of the Billboard pop music chart. He would score additional million-sellers with Just the Way You Are, My Life, Uptown Girl, for girlfriend and later, wife and supermodel Christie Brinkley, and We Didn't Start the Fire. Joel reached the top only one other time, with Tell Her About It in 1983.
1981 - It was Roy Orbison Day in Odessa, Texas. Orbison was given the keys to the city, and performed for the crowd, the first time in Odessa in 15 years.
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.
1986 - The electro-pop trio Berlin's recording of Take My Breath Away entered the pop record charts. It was used as the love theme in the Paramount hit film, Top Gun. It stayed on Billboard's charts for 13 weeks, and was No.1 for one week. It later received the Best Song Oscar.
1987 - Bruce Springsteen played his first live 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.
1989 - James Brown changed accommodations behind bars after $40000 in cash and cheques was discovered in his minimum security cell. The Godfather of Soul had been given a six year sentence the previous December after several run-ins with the law, including illegal gun possession, resisting arrest, assault and leading the authorities on a number of car chases. His new home was at a medium security cell at the Stevenson Correctional Institute.
1991 - Steven Adler ex drummer with Guns N' Roses, filed a suit in Los Angeles county court alleging that he was fraudulently removed from the group and that the band introduced him to hard drugs.
1997 - Oasis went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with D'You Know What I Mean.
2002 - The Billy Joel musical Movin' Out premiered in Chicago.
2005 - James Blunt was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'You're Beautiful', from his debut album 'Back To Bedlam'. The UK singer songwriters first No.1, spent 5 weeks at the top of the charts.
2010 - Ozzy Osbourne and his former Black Sabbath band mate Tony Iommi settled a long-running legal dispute over the use of the group's name. Ozzy had filed suit against the guitarist in May of last year, accusing Iommi of falsely proclaiming to be the sole owner of the Black Sabbath name by lodging an application with the US Patent and Trademark Office. The pair released a joint statement confirming they have settled the dispute "amicably"
1947 - Born this day, Bernie Leadon, musician, guitar, singer, The Eagles, 1977 US No.1 and UK No.8 single Hotel California and four other US No.1 singles, quit the band in January 1976.
1947 - Born this day, [Harold] Brian May, guitar, Queen, 1975 UK No.1 single Bohemian Rhapsody, also No.1 again in 1991. Plus over 40 other UK top 40 singles. 1980 US No.1 single Crazy Little Thing Called Love, and solo, 1992 UK No.5 single Too Much Love Will Kill You.
1952 - Born this day, Allen Collins, musician, guitar, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1975 US No.19 and 1982 UK No.21 single Freebird. Died 23 January 1990.
1954 - Sun Records released the first Elvis Presley single, 'That's All Right', a cover of Arthur Crudup's 1946 tune 'That's All Right, Mama'. Only about 7,000 original copies were pressed, but the disc became a local hit in Memphis.
1966 - At the age of 50, singer and actor Frank Sinatra married 20-year-old actress Mia Farrow at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. The May-December marriage caused a stir in Hollywood circles. Two years later, while Farrow was filming Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby, Sinatra sent his lawyer to the movie set to inform his wife that he was filing for divorce.
1966 - The Monkees recorded their TV theme song.
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. The Beatles had been selected to represent the UK for the first-ever global-wide satellite broadcast. The group agreed to be shown in the studio recording a song written especially for the occasion, (which was aired on June 25). John Lennon wrote ‘All You Need is Love’ which was thought to sum up the 1967 'summer of love' and The Beatles' sympathies.
1972 - Mike Jagger and Keith Richards were arrested in Warwick, Rhode Island on charges of assault after a fight broke out with a newspaper photographer.
1975 - Paul McCartney and Wings went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Listen To What The Man Said. It was his fourth US No.1, and also was a No.6 hit in the UK.
1975 - The Bay City Rollers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Give A Little Love', the group's second and final UK No.1.
1976 - Deep Purple split up at the end of an UK tour. David Coverdale went on to form Whitesnake, Jon Lord and Ian Paice formed a band with Tony Ashton. The classic line up of Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord & Paice reformed in 1984. Glenn Hughes returned to Trapeze and Tommy Bolin put together his own band, (but would die before the end of the year)
1980 - Queen scored their third UK No.1 album with The Game, featuring the single Another One Bites The Dust.
1980 - Billy Joel earned his first gold record with It's Still Rock and Roll to Me, which reached the top of the Billboard pop music chart. He would score additional million-sellers with Just the Way You Are, My Life, Uptown Girl, for girlfriend and later, wife and supermodel Christie Brinkley, and We Didn't Start the Fire. Joel reached the top only one other time, with Tell Her About It in 1983.
1981 - It was Roy Orbison Day in Odessa, Texas. Orbison was given the keys to the city, and performed for the crowd, the first time in Odessa in 15 years.
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.
1986 - The electro-pop trio Berlin's recording of Take My Breath Away entered the pop record charts. It was used as the love theme in the Paramount hit film, Top Gun. It stayed on Billboard's charts for 13 weeks, and was No.1 for one week. It later received the Best Song Oscar.
1987 - Bruce Springsteen played his first live 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.
1989 - James Brown changed accommodations behind bars after $40000 in cash and cheques was discovered in his minimum security cell. The Godfather of Soul had been given a six year sentence the previous December after several run-ins with the law, including illegal gun possession, resisting arrest, assault and leading the authorities on a number of car chases. His new home was at a medium security cell at the Stevenson Correctional Institute.
1991 - Steven Adler ex drummer with Guns N' Roses, filed a suit in Los Angeles county court alleging that he was fraudulently removed from the group and that the band introduced him to hard drugs.
1997 - Oasis went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with D'You Know What I Mean.
2002 - The Billy Joel musical Movin' Out premiered in Chicago.
2005 - James Blunt was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'You're Beautiful', from his debut album 'Back To Bedlam'. The UK singer songwriters first No.1, spent 5 weeks at the top of the charts.
2010 - Ozzy Osbourne and his former Black Sabbath band mate Tony Iommi settled a long-running legal dispute over the use of the group's name. Ozzy had filed suit against the guitarist in May of last year, accusing Iommi of falsely proclaiming to be the sole owner of the Black Sabbath name by lodging an application with the US Patent and Trademark Office. The pair released a joint statement confirming they have settled the dispute "amicably"