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Music on the 7th of July in history

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07 Jul 1928 birth Mary Ford, US singer, (1953 UK No.7 single with Les Paul, 'Vaya Con Dios'). Ford died from cancer on 30th September 1977.
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07 Jul 1932 birth Joe Zawinul, pianist, Miles Davis band, Weather Report, (1976 single 'Birdland', 1977 album Heavy Weather').
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07 Jul 1933 birth J.J. Barrie, US singer, one hit wonder with 1976 UK No.1 single 'No Charge'.
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07 Jul 1940 birth Richard Starkey, (Ringo Starr), drums, vocals, Rory Storm, The Beatles. Sang lead vocals on one track on most Beatles albums, (The Beatles scored 21 US No.1 & 17 UK No.1 singles). Solo (1974 US No.1 & UK No.4 single 'You're Sixteen' plus 9 other US Top 40 hits). Ringo Starr and his all Star Band, (featuring; Howard Jones, Ian Hunter, Peter Frampton, Greg Lake).
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07 Jul 1944 birth Warren Entner, Grass Roots, (1968 US No.5 single 'Midnight Confessions', plus 13 other US Top 40 singles).
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07 Jul 1945 birth Jim Rodford, Argent, (1972 UK No.5 single 'Hold Your Head Up').
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07 Jul 1947 birth Rob Townsend, drummer, Family, (1971 UK No.4 single 'In My Own Time'), Blues Band.
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07 Jul 1950 birth David Hodo, vocals, The Village People, (1978 US No.2 & 1979 UK No.1 single 'YMCA').
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07 Jul 1952 birth Lynval Golding, guitar, The Specials, (1981 UK No.1 single 'Ghost Town').
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07 Jul 1957 Elvis Presley scored his first UK No.1 with 'All Shook Up', (his tenth UK single release). It stayed at No.1 for seven weeks.
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07 Jul 1962 David Rose and his Orchestra went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Stripper'.
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07 Jul 1962 The Beatles played at Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, in Birkenhead. The show was a dance for the local golf club, the capacity of the hall was 450, but 500 people squeezed in to hear and see The Beatles.
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07 Jul 1962 birth Clive Jackson, Doctor And The Medics, (1986 UK No.1 single 'Spirit In The Sky').
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07 Jul 1962 birth Mark White, bass, The Spin Doctors, (1993 UK No.3 & US No.7 single 'Two Princess').
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07 Jul 1963 The Rolling Stones made their UK TV debut when they appeared on 'Thank Your Lucky Stars.' Also appearing on the show was, Mickie Most, The Cadets, Helen Shapiro and Gordon Mills. The group made a total of 13 appearances on the show between 1963 and 1966.
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07 Jul 1963 birth Vonda Shepard, US singer, songwriter, (1998 UK No.10 single 'Searchin' My Soul', featured in TV show Ally McBeal).
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07 Jul 1966 The Kinks were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Sunny Afternoon', the group's third and last UK No.1.
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07 Jul 1969 George Harrison recorded his new song 'Here Comes the Sun' with just two other Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at Abbey Road in London. John Lennon was absent recovering from a car crash in Scotland.
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07 Jul 1971 26-year-old pop star Bjorn Ulvaeus and 21-year-old Agnetha Faltskog married in Verum, Sweden. 3000 fans arrived and in the chaos a police horse stepped on the brides foot, causing her slight injury.
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07 Jul 1973 Billy Preston started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Will It Go Round In Circles', his first of two US chart toppers.
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07 Jul 1978 The Grateful Dead played the first of four nights at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.
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07 Jul 1980 Led Zeppelin played their last-ever concert when they appeared at Eissporthalle, West Berlin at the end of a European tour. The set included: 'Black Dog', 'The Rain Song', 'Hot Dog', 'All My Love', 'Trampled Under Foot', 'Since I’ve Been Loving You', 'Kashmir', 'Stairway To Heaven' and 'Rock And Roll'. They finished the show with a 17-minute version of 'Whole Lotta Love'.
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07 Jul 1981 birth Synyster Gates (Brian Elwin Haner, Jr.), American guitarist, songwriter of Avenged Sevenfold, who had the 2010 US No.1 album Nightmare and the 2013 US No.1 album Hail to the King.
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07 Jul 1984 Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Born In The USA'. The album went on to spend a total of 139 weeks on the US chart. Its also one of three albums (Michael Jackson's Thriller and Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814) to produce seven Top-ten US singles.
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07 Jul 1984 Prince started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'When Doves Cry', his first US No.1 which went on to sell over 2 million copies, it made No. 4 in the UK.
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07 Jul 1988 birth Ilan Rubin, drummer, Lostprophets, (2006 UK No.1 album 'Liberation Transmission').
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07 Jul 1989 It was announced that for the first time compact discs were out selling vinyl albums. This week's UK No.1 album was 'Emergency On Planet Earth' by Jamiroquai.
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07 Jul 1990 The Rolling Stones played the last of three sold out nights at Wembley Stadium, London as part of the bands 'Urban Jungle' tour.
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07 Jul 1999 It was reported that to attract young people to their mobile vans UK ice cream sellers would start to play pop hits as music instead of the traditional chimes. Spice Girls and Oasis hits would be the first to be played.
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07 Jul 2000 Bobby Brown was released from jail. The singer was released early from the North Broward Detention Centre after receiving a 10-day reprieve for good behaviour.
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07 Jul 2000 Eminem's wife, Kimberly Mathers, was hospitalised after she slit her wrists following her husband's show as part of the Up in Smoke Tour at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. Also on this day, Eminem scored his first UK No. single with 'The Real Slim Shady', taken from his second album The Marshall Mathers LP the song was a No.4 hit in the US.
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07 Jul 2001 Stereophonics, David Gray, The Dandy Warhols, The Proclaimers, Paul Weller, Texas, Coldplay, Beck, Toploader, Ash, Starsailor, Nelly Furtado, James and Muse all appeared at this years T In The Park festival, Scotland, weekend tickets, £64.
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07 Jul 2003 It was reported that Britney Spears had made $500.000 profit after selling her 5 bedroom home in Los Angeles. The singer had paid £1.8m for the house 2 years ago and sold for £2.3m.
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07 Jul 2005 Members of The Hollies asked High Court judge to jail one of their founder members claiming bass player Eric Haydock had flouted a court order made in 1998 not to play under their name. Haydock formed the group in Manchester, England in the early 1960’s with Allan Clarke and Graham Nash (who left in 1966). Haydock was working in a group calling itself Eric Haydock's Hollies.
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07 Jul 2006 Syd Barrett died from complications arising from diabetes aged 60.
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07 Jul 2007 Ozzy Osbourne became the first artist to be honoured on Birmingham's own Hollywood-style Walk of Fame. The singer, from Aston, told more than 1,000 fans on Broad Street that the brass paving star meant more to him that than any Hollywood accolade. Organisers named other local pop stars who could be joining Ozzy for the walk included Duran Duran, Jamelia, Robert Plant and UB40.
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07 Jul 2007 Snow Patrol Keyboard player Tom Simpson was arrested in connection with a failed court appearance in Glasgow. He was later released and the band went on to headline the T in the Park festival in Scotland. Amy Winehouse pulled out of her slot from the event suffering from "exhaustion".
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07 Jul 2007 The Live Earth concerts took place around the world with The Police closing the days events in New Jersey.
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07 Jul 2009 Michael Jackson's family and fans said farewell to the pop superstar at an emotional memorial service. The singer's coffin was placed in front of the stage during the event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles after an earlier private funeral. Jackson's daughter Paris, 11, fought back tears to describe him as "the best father you could ever imagine". Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey paid tribute before the family joined a sombre finale on stage. Motown boss Berry Gordy, who signed the Jackson Five, ended his tribute with the words: "Michael, thank you for the joy, thank you for the love. You will live in my heart forever."
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07 Jul 2010 Paul McCartney joined Ringo Starr onstage at a concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall to help celebrate the former Beatle drummer's 70th birthday. With Ringo's All Starr Band joined by Yoko Ono, Joe Walsh, Angus Young and Steven Van Zandt, Paul belted out "Birthday" and Ringo delivered "With A Little Help From My Friends".
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