1965 - Bob Dylan
appeared on stage at the Newport Jazz Festival with an electric guitar. It was his first non-acoustic set.
appeared on stage at the Newport Jazz Festival with an electric guitar. It was his first non-acoustic set.
's "
" released.1975 - "A Chorus Line
" debuted on Broadway. The show closed in 1990 after 6,137 performances.
" debuted on Broadway. The show closed in 1990 after 6,137 performances.1990 - Rosanne Barr sang the National Anthem in San Diego before a Padres baseball game. She was booed for her performance.
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| Mick Jagger |
," premiered in Beirut
) born in Kent, England
), born in Norfolk, England
."
" premiered in Hollywood, CA.July 27
), died at 66
" released.1976 - John Lennon finally had his request for permanent residency in the United States approved and granted his green card.
1976 - Tina Turner
filed for a divorce from Ike.
filed for a divorce from Ike.
to play in Budapest, Hungary. |
| J.S. Bach |
), died at 631750 - Johann Sebastian Bach
died after an unsuccessful eye operation.
died after an unsuccessful eye operation.
"1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis made his television debut on "The Steve Allen Show."
), died at age 591995 - Michael Jackson's video "You Are Not Alone
" premiered.
" premiered.July 29
1856 - Robert Schumann
, German pianist/composer, died at 46
, German pianist/composer, died at 46
's "
" released. 
film "
!" premiered in London.1973 - $180,000 stolen from Led Zeppelin's
deposit box at the Drake Hotel in New York City, NY
deposit box at the Drake Hotel in New York City, NY
), choked to death in London at age 32July 30
1792 - The French national anthem "La Marseillaise
" by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, first sung in Paris by 500 Marseillaisian men.
" by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, first sung in Paris by 500 Marseillaisian men.1936 - George "Buddy" Guy, US blues guitarist, born in Lettsworth, LA
1941 - Paul Anka
, singer, born in Ottawa, Ontario
, singer, born in Ottawa, Ontario1954 - Elvis Presley made his professional debut in Memphis. It was his first concert to be advertised.
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| The world's first saxophone band. England 1870. |
1845 - The French Army introduced the saxophone to its military band, invented by Adolphe Sax of Belgium.
1886 - Franz Liszt, [Ferencz], Hungarian pianist/composer, died at 74
1979 - James Taylor
played a free concert in New York's Central Park to help the city's campaign to restore the park's Sheep Meadow.
played a free concert in New York's Central Park to help the city's campaign to restore the park's Sheep Meadow.2007 - The iTunes Music Store reached 3 billion songs sold.
God I miss Roseanne
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