On the July 7 edition of Music History Today, Live Earth happens, the King of Pop gets a public goodbye, and terror takes away a calypso artist. Also, lots of big birthdays today including Ringo Starr and Gustav Mahler.

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In 1943, Broadway singer Hannah Williams divorced boxer Jack Dempsey.

In 1950, Johnny Cash joined the United States Air Force. While he was enlisted, he became one of the soldiers who intercepted and deciphered a Soviet military message that said that Joseph Stalin had passed away.

In 1956, 12 people were injured during a riot at a Fats Domino concert in San Jose, California.

In 1956, Johnny Cash performed at the Grand Ole Opry for the first time.

In 1957, the Coasters started their week of shows at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.

In 1965, Otis Redding recorded the song Respect.

In 1968, the Yardbirds played together for the last time, then broke up.

In 1972, the Jackson 5 started their tour. Their opening act was a group who got their big break with this opening slot: the Commodores.

In 1975, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd married model Ginger Hasenbein.

In 1980, Led Zeppelin played their last concert with John Bonham on drums.

In 1984, Frankie Valli of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons married wife Randy Clohessy.

In 1986, Boy George entered rehab for treatment for heroin addiction.

In 1992, Spinal Tap finished their reunion tour.

In 1995, The Neville Brothers were among the performers at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.

In 1997, Michael Jackson's album Thriller was certified to have sold 25 million copies in America.

In 2001, Sharon Coor of the Coors married husband Gavin Bonnar.

In 2005, terrorists struck 4 different targets in London, including the London tube system. Included among the 52 people who died was calypso artist Arthur Edlin Frederick, who was killed in one of the tube bombings.

In 2007, the Live Earth charity concerts, which were 12 concerts on 7 continents to call attention to climate change, took place.

In 2009, Michael Jackson's public funeral was held and televised in Los Angeles.

In 2018, the Cure held their 40th anniversary concert.

In 2022, a bidder paid $1.7 million for the only copy of a special recording of a Bob Dylan record. Dylan had done a new recording of his song Blowin' In The Wind, which was pressed on a new format called Ionic Original, which uses aluminum instead of vinyl but you can still play it like a vinyl record.

In classical music:

In 1956, the opera Ballad of Baby Doe premiered.

In 1988, Hungary held a state funeral for composer Bela Bartok, whose body had been brought back to Budapest from New York City. Bartok had passed away in New York in 1945.

In 1990, opera singers Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, & Jose Carreras recorded their first Three Tenors concert. The recording became the biggest selling classical album of all time.

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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On the July 3 edition of Music History Today, two artists pass away under controversial circumstances, a couple of artists make their debuts, Ziggy played guitar for the last time, and a movie renews interest in a rock and roll pioneer. Also, happy birthday to Aaron Tippin.

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On this date:

In 1895, Scott Joplin copyrighted his song A Picture Of Her Face.

In 1958, the Andy Williams TV Show debuted on ABC.

In 1969, James Brown & George Benson were among those who performed at the Newport Jazz Festival.

In 1970, the Atlanta International Pop Festival started. Grand Funk Railroad & Jimi Hendrix were among the performers.

In 1970, American Top 40 syndication radio countdown show premiered with Casey Kasem. He would host it for 34 years.

In 1973, at a concert in London, David Bowie retired the Ziggy Stardust persona.

In 1975, Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night was arrested for cocaine possession in his hotel room during the first night of the band's tour.

In 1976, Brian Wilson played with the Beach Boys for the first time in 12 years.

In 1982, police broke up a riot at the Stopera concert hall in Amsterdam.

In 1985, the movie Back to the Future premiered. What's the music connection? The movie renewed interest in Chuck Berry; specifically, the song Johnny B. Goode. Also, we learned that Marty McFly invented rock and roll. Who knew?

In 1990, Slick Rick was arrested for attempted murder and other crimes related to trying to kill his cousin, who had threatened his family. Slick Rick was later given a pardon.

In 1995, the group TLC filed for bankruptcy protection.

In 1995, Jewel performed on TV for the first time.

In 1996, Cliff Richard sang during a rain delay at the Wimbledon tennis tournament.

In 1996, Layne Staley played with Alice in Chains for the last time.

In 1996, Will Smith & Jeff Goldblum's movie Independence Day premiered.

In 1998, the group Westlife formed.

In 2002, Will Smith's movie Men in Black II premiered.

In 2004, Glenn Danzig got into a fight with a member of the band North Side Kings backstage during their concert. Glenn had the North Side Kings kicked off of the tour so a member of the Kings punched him in the face.

In 2009, singer Cheb Mami was sentenced to prison for kidnapping his ex-girlfriend & trying to force her to get an abortion.

In 2011, Little Richard performed on stage for the first time since he had surgery that didn't go well a couple of years earlier.

In 2020, Ryan Adams apologized online for his behavior towards women, a year & a half after several women, including his ex wife Mandy Moore, publicly accused him of the behavior. Ryan blamed his behavior on alcohol abuse but said that he had gone to rehab & had gotten better.

In 2020, the filmed performance of the Broadway musical Hamilton premiered on Disney Plus streaming service.

In 2021, Black Shelton married Gwen Stefani.

In theater: In 1954, the musical Wonderful Town closed on Broadway.

On this week's episode of the Music History In Depth Podcast, we discuss an event that was laced with racial undertones that became a riot that killed disco, a concert event for the ages, and we say happy birthday to the Mother of the MP3.

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On the July 2 edition of Music History Today, the Live 8 concerts take place, Elvis records 2 classics, and a riot breaks out at a Guns N' Roses concert. Plus, it's Ashley Tisdale's birthday!!

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On this date:

In 1918, jazz legend Duke Ellington married his wife Edna Thompson.
In 1955, The Lawrence Welk Show premiered on TV.
In 1956, Elvis recorded the classic songs Hound Dog and Don't Be Cruel.

In 1958, Elvis's movie King Creole opened in theaters.

In 1962, Jimi Hendrix was honorably discharged from the US Army.

In 1963, Barbra Streisand played Las Vegas for the first time, as Liberace's opening act.

In 1964, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson married her husband Sigmund Galloway.

In 1967, Rick Nelson's TV show Malibu U premiered.

In 1969, Barbra Streisand started her month-long mini residency at the International Hotel in Las Vegas.

In 1973, Brian Eno left Roxy Music.

In 1976, Tina Turner left Ike Turner.

In 1980, Sheena Easton, who wasn't famous at that point, was part of a BBC TV show about artists trying to make it big called The Big Time. Two months later, Sheena's first single 9 To 5 Morning Train made her big in Great Britain.

In 1980, Mickey Hart & Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead were arrested for trying to break up a drug bust by inciting a riot.

In 1986, Prince's movie, Under the Cherry Moon, was released. The movie co-starred a then unknown actress Kristin Scott Thomas.
In 1990, the group Tesla recorded an acoustic concert in Philadelphia that became their album Five Man Acoustical Jam.

In 1991, a riot broke out at a Guns N' Roses concert in St. Louis when Axl Rose cut a concert short after seeing someone taking photos.

In 1991, Ice Cube's movie Boyz N The Hood premiered.

In 1994, Billie Joe Armstrong married wife Adrienne Nesser.

In 2005, the Live 8 concerts, a sequel of sorts to Live Aid, took place to raise money and to bring awareness to poverty.

In 2007, entertainer Wayne Brady divorced dancer Mandie Taketa.

In 2014, Jewel announced that she was divorcing rodeo cowboy Ty Murray.
In classical music:

In 1900, the classical piece Finlandia from Jean Sibilius premiered.

In theater:

In 1949, the Broadway show High Button Shoes closed.

In 1960, the musical Once Upon a Mattress closed on Broadway.

In 1972, the musical Fiddler on the Roof closed on Broadway.

In 1989, the musical Sarafina closed on Broadway.

In award ceremonies that were held on July 2:

In 2001, Liverpool's airport was renamed after John Lennon.