Friday, July 16, 2010

July 15 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Linda Ronstadt!

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Musicians Born On July 15

1939 Tommy Dee (writer of 'Three Stars')
1945 Peter Lewis (Moby Grape)
1946 Linda Ronstadt (You're No Good)
1949 Trevor Horne (producer)
1956 Joe Satriani

Linda Ronstadt, Baby Your No Good, Linda Ronstadt Birthday July 15

Number 1 In The Charts On July 15

1989 Soul II Soul: 'Club Classics Vol. 1' UK LP
1996 Gary Barlow : Forever Love : UK single

Linda Ronstadt, Baby Your No Good, Linda Ronstadt Birthday July 15

Various Music Events On July 15

1954 Treniers record 'Say Hey (the Willie Mays Song)' for OKEH label, produced by 21-year-old Quincy Jones

1966 Percy Sledge earns gold disc in the US for 'When a Man Loves a Woman'

1967 Van Morrison scores first solo US hit with 'Brown-Eyed Girl'

1977 Ray Davies announces he is leaving Kinks. Brother Dave, as surprised as anyone, tells the press that split is only temporary. He is right

1978 Renaissance's 'Northern Lights' hits UK chart

1978 Bob Dylan performs to 200,000 fans at Blackbushe Airport

1989 Stevie Ray Vaughan's 'In Step' hits UK LP chart

1989 Guns N'Roses 'Patience' single and Milli Vanilli's 'Baby don't Forget My Number' go gold

1989 Tom Petty's 'Full Moon Fever' and Simply Red's 'A New Flame ' go gold in the US

1989 As 'The Doctor' jumps to No. 9, Doobie Brothers return to US Top 10 for first time in nine years. (Their Cycles LP is No. 19)

1989 Pink Floyd play to more than 200,000 people in Venice at a free concert.


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