In July 24th in Rock and Roll history: in 1967 Jefferson Airplane received their first Gold record for their second album Surrealistic Pillow; >>>> in 1971 T. Rex reached the top of the U.K. Singles Chart for the first and only time with “Get It On” which spent four weeks at number one; >>>> in 1976 Thin Lizzy peaked at number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “The Boys Are Back in Town”, their only top 40 single in the U.S.; >>>> in 1977 Led Zeppelin performed their final concert in the U.S. at Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland. Rick Derringer & Judas Priest was the opening acts; >>>> in 1978 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band the movie starring Peter Frampton & The Bee Gees opened in theaters. The film also included appearances by Aerosmith, Alice Cooper & Billy Preston. The film went on to be a commercial failure; >>>> in 1990 Judas Priest went to trial in Reno, NV as they were accused of planting subliminal messages in their album Stained Class which led two fans to attempt suicide. They would later be cleared of wrongdoing; >>>> in 1993 U2 entered the Billboard 200 Album Chart at number one with Zooropa which was their fourth album to reach number one in the U.S. where it went on to sell two million copies; >>>> in 1999 Phil Collins married his third wife, Orianne Cevey in Switzerland. Some of the wedding guests included Eric Clapton, Elton John & Mark Knopfler. They would later divorce in 2007; >>>> and in 2003 Bob Dylan’s movie Masked and Anonymous opened in New York City. The movie also starred Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Penelope Cruz & Val Kilmer. The Rock and Roll celebrity birthday persons for July 24th are Paul Geary-drummer for Extreme born in 1961.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 04:20:37 +0000
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