Music History for July 41694 - Composer Louis-Claude Daquin was born. 1826 - Composer Stephen Collins Foster was born. 1895 - The song "America the Beautiful" was first published. 1942 - The Irving Berlin musical, "This is the Army", opened at New York’s Broadway Theatre. 1966 - The Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer In The City" was released. 1967 - Tom Jones appeared on the first telecast of CBS-TV's "Spotlight". 1969 - The Rolling Stones released the single "Honky Tonk Women" in the U.K. 1969 - The Atlanta International Pop Festival began at the Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, GA. It was a two day event that featured 22 acts. 1970 - Casey Kasem hosted radio’s "American Top 40" for the first time. 1980 - The Beach Boys gave a free outdoor performance to an estimated 500,000 people in Washington. 1982 - Ozzy Osbourne married his manager, Sharon Arden. 1982 - Diana Ross began her first solo world tour at Giant Stadium in the Meadowlands. 1985 - In Philadelphia, PA, the Beach Boys were joined on stage by Mr. T on drums. 1995 - At Lollapalooza in George, WA, Courtney Love hit Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill). Love received a suspended one-year sentence and was required to take courses in anger management. 1995 - The Ramones released "Adios Amigos." 2010 - George Michael was arrested "on suspicion of being unfit to drive" after police received reports of a car that had crashed into a building in north London. On September 14, he was sentenced to eight weeks in jail. 2011 - The Adele single "Set Fire to the Rain" was released in the U.K. |