On July 7th in Rock and Roll history: in 1966 The Kinks reached the top of the U.K. Singles Chart for the third and final time with “Sunny Afternoon” which spent two weeks at number one; >>>> in 1968 The Yardbirds broke up which led Jimmy Page to form The New Yardbirds, who would later become better known as Led Zeppelin; >>>> in 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; >>>> in 1980 Led Zeppelin performed their last concert with their original lineup at the Eissporthalle in West Berlin, Germany; >>>> in 1984 The Cars peaked at number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Magic”; >>>> in 1984 Bruce Springsteen reached number one on the Billboard 200 Album Chart with Born in the U.S.A. which would spend seven non-consecutive weeks on top of the chart and go on to sell 15 million copies in the U.S.; >>>> in 1986 David Lee Roth released his debut full-length solo album “Eat ‘Em and Smile” which featured Steve Vai on guitar. Roth would later release a Spanish version of Eat ‘Em and Smile titled Sonrisa Salvaje; >>>> in 1988 MTV banned Neil Young’s music video for the corporate sponsorship attacking “This Note’s For You” which featured a Michael Jackson-lookalike with hair on fire. Over one year later it would win Best Video of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards; >>>> in 2006 Syd Barrett, founding member of Pink Floyd died of pancreatic cancer after a long battle with diabetes. He was 60 years old; >>>> and in 2007 Twelve concerts took place around the world as part of Live Earth to raise awareness of global warming. These concerts took place in London, New York, Washington D.C., Sydney, Johannesburg, Tokyo, Kyoto, Hamburg, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai, Rome and Antarctica. Some of the artists that performed included The Police, Roger Waters, Bon Jovi, Metallica, Cat Stevens & Spinal Tap. The Rock and Roll celebrity birthday person for July 7th is Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) born in 1940. Happy 73rd Ringo!
Posted on: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 04:19:01 +0000
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