On the July 6 edition of Music History Today, John meets Paul, disco hits number one, and Manfred Mann gets a lead singer. Also, happy birthday to 50 Cent and Bill Haley.

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In 1953, singer Dorothy Squires married actor Roger Moore.
In 1957, John Lennon met Paul McCartney and one of the greatest musical partnerships was born.

In 1963, Chubby Checker performed at a concert before the Mets baseball game in New York City.

In 1964, the film A Hard Day's Night by the Beatles premiered in London.

In 1965, Marty Balin started forming the group Jefferson Airplane.

In 1966, Elvis Presley's movie Paradise Hawaiian Style opened.

In 1966, Mike D'abo became the lead singer for Manfred Mann.

In 1967, Pink Floyd performed on British TV's Top of the Pops music show for the first time.

In 1969, Mick Jagger started filming the movie Ned Kelly.

In 1971, Bjorn Ulvaeus & Agnetha Faitskog of ABBA were married.

In 1972, David Bowie created controversy in England when he put his arms around guitarist Mick Ronson during his performance of his song Starman on the British TV show Top of the Pops.

In 1974, the Hues Corporation became the first disco group to hit number one on the Billboard singles chart with Rock the Boat.

In 1977, the event that inspired Pink Floyd's album The Wall happened when Roger Waters yelled at the crowd during Pink Floyd's concert in Montreal for setting off fireworks & being unruly.

In 1978, Tammy Wynette married record producer George Richey.

In 1984, the Jacksons started their Victory tour, which was the last time that Michael toured with his brothers.

In 1988, Neil Young's video for his song This Note's For You, about music artists selling their songs to corporations for commercials, was banned by MTV because it mentioned corporate brands like Coke & Pepsi. The video ended up winning video of the year at that year's MTV Video Music Awards.

In 1990, the animated movie Jetsons the Movie, co-starring the voice of singer Tiffany premiered.

In 1991, BB King & James Brown performed in Zagreb, Croatia.

In 1991, Mary Travers of Peter, Paul, & Mary married restaurant owner Ethan Robbins.

In 1994, the movie Forest Gump opened. The movie spawned a hit soundtrack of songs from the 1950s - 1970s.

In 1999, Richie Havens published the book They Can't Hide Us Anymore, which was his autobiography.

In 2009, Ryan Ross & Jon Walker left the group Panic! at the Disco.

In 2009, Alanis Morissette started her acting role on the TV show Weeds.

In 2016, singer Ciara married football player Russell Wilson.

In 2019, Lil Nas X's song Old Town Road with Billy Ray Cyrus broke the record set by 3 other songs for longest hip hop song at #1 when it started its 13th straight week at #1 on Billboard's hot 100 singles chart. The song would eventually break the record for longest #1 reign on that chart, regardless of genre, & still holds the record at 19 consecutive weeks.

In classical music:

In 1877, Pyotr Tchaikovsky married wife Antonina Miliukova.

In 1975, Dmitri Shostakovich finished his Sonate for Alto Opus 147.

In theater:

In 1946, the Broadway show St Louis Woman closed.

In 1997, the Broadway musical Dream, the Johnny Mercer Musical closed.

On the July 5 edition of Music History Today, Lilith Fair starts and lots of debuts, including the King. Also, happy birthday to Huey Lewis and the RZA.

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In 1943, big band leader Harry James married actress Betty Grable. Coincidentally, Harry passed away on this date 40 years later.

In 1954, Elvis had his first official recording session at Sun Studios. He recorded That's Alright Mama & 3 other songs.

In 1957, Frank Sinatra divorced actress Ava Gardner.

In 1958, Ray Charles recorded his performance at the Newport Jazz Festival for a live album.

In 1961, blues great Slim Harpo performed on American Bandstand, becoming one of the few times that a blues artist performed on the show.

In 1962, Little Eva performed the song Locomotion for the first time on television.

In 1965, Dick Clark's TV show Where the Action Is premiered.

In 1966, Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers had vocal cord surgery.

In 1966, Chas Chandler of the Animals was in the audience during a Jimi Hendrix performance in New York City. Chas decided to become Jimi's manager, based on that performance.

In 1968, John Lennon sold his famous Rolls-Royce with the psychedelic paint scheme.

In 1969, The Rolling Stones gave a free concert in London.

In 1969, the Royal Albert Hall banned rock concerts from taking place after fans rushed the stage during a performance by Chuck Berry & The Who.

In 1974, Linda Ronstadt recorded her song You're No Good.

In 1975, Pink Floyd performed songs from their album Wish You Were Here at the Knebworth Music Festival.

In 1980, drummer Simon Kirke of Bad Company became the last guest performer to play with Led Zeppelin, as the band called it quits after drummer John Bonham's death only 2 months later.

In 1984, The Everly Brothers started their reunion show.

In 1987, Ben E King & Elton John were among those who performed at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala charity concert in London.

In 1989, Rod Stewart accidently knocked himself unconscious after hitting his head while performing on stage.

In 1997, the first Lilith Fair tour started. The all-female tour featured Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, Suzanne Vega, and Jewel.

In 2003, the Lollapalooza concert tour started for the first time in 6 years.

In 2007, Marilyn Manson was divorced by burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese.

In 2014, Jessica Simpson married football player Eric Johnson.

In 2015, Damon Albarn of Blur & The Gorillaz collapsed on stage after a long performance.

In 2018, Stormzy partnered with Penguin Books to create the book publishing imprint #Merky Books.

In 2022, Carlos Santana collapsed on stage during a performance from dehydration.

In classical music:

In 1942, Heitor Villa-Lobos' piece Choros 6/9/11 was first performed.

In 1965, opera star Maria Callas gave her final opera performance.

In theater:

In 1947, the Broadway musical Barefoot Boy With Cheek closed.

This week on the Music Halls of Fame Podcast, we honor the year in music for 1994, along with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 1994 inductee Duane Eddy. We make the case for putting The Runaways into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Plus, our spotlight hall of fame is the Grammy Museum Hall of Fame in Los Angeles, California, along with inductee Dusty in Memphis by Dusty Springfield.

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