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Post by admin on Jul 13, 2022 22:52:09 GMT
13 Jul 1968 Black Sabbath played their first gig at a small backstreet Blues club in Birmingham, England.
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Post by admin on Jul 13, 2022 23:03:35 GMT
13 Jul 1974 Elton John started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with his eighth studio release, Caribou, and his third No.1 album. The album contained the singles, 'Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me', and 'The Bitch Is Back'.
- and on the same date 11 years later.
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Post by admin on Jul 13, 2022 23:11:13 GMT
13 Jul 1985 At 12.01 Status Quo started the Live Aid extravaganza, held between Wembley Stadium, London and The JFK Stadium, Philadelphia. The cream of the world's biggest rock stars took part in the worldwide event, raising over £40million. TV pictures beamed to over 1.5bn people in 160 countries made it the biggest live broadcast ever known. Artists who appeared included Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, The Who, U2, David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Queen, Tina Turner, The Cars, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Bryan Adams, Hall and Oates, Lionel Richie and Led Zeppelin.
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Post by admin on Jul 13, 2022 23:14:09 GMT
13 Jul 1985 Duran Duran became the first artists to have a No.1 on the US singles chart with a James Bond theme when 'A View To A Kill', went to the top of the charts.
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Post by admin on Jul 17, 2022 21:13:45 GMT
18 Jul 1978 Def Leppard made their live debut at Westfield School, Sheffield, England in front of 150 students.
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Post by admin on Jul 20, 2022 20:36:08 GMT
21 Jul 1977 Despite protests, The Sex Pistols made their first appearance on the UK music show Top Of The Pops where they lip-synched to their third single, 'Pretty Vacant'. The performance helped push the song up the charts to No.7.
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Post by admin on Jul 20, 2022 20:47:45 GMT
21 Jul 1979 Tubeway Army scored their first UK No.1 album with 'Replicas'. The band led by lead singer Gary Numan were the first band of the post-punk era to have a synthesizer-based hit, with their single 'Are 'Friends' Electric?'
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Post by admin on Jul 20, 2022 21:02:45 GMT
21 Jul 1987 Guns N’ Roses released their debut album on Geffen Records: Appetite For Destruction featured the singles 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'Sweet Child o' Mine', and 'Paradise City'. The album now has worldwide sales in excess of 28 million, 18 million of which are in the US, making it the best-selling debut album of all time there.
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Post by admin on Jul 20, 2022 21:07:57 GMT
born 21 Jul 1981 Paloma Faith, British singer-songwriter and actress. Her 2009 debut album Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?, featured the top twenty singles 'Stone Cold Sober' and 'New York'.
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Post by admin on Jul 26, 2022 23:18:46 GMT
Worth a look at their full catalogue. All covers but talented bunch of real quality:
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Post by admin on Jul 28, 2022 21:19:20 GMT
born 29 Jul 1953 Geddy Lee, bass, vocals, Rush, (1980 UK No.13 single 'Spirit Of Radio' 1982 US No. 21 single 'New World Man'). Lee was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on May 9, 1996. The trio was the first rock band to be so honoured, as a group.
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Post by Hodgy on Jul 29, 2022 12:18:48 GMT
Worth a look at their full catalogue. All covers but talented bunch of real quality: Very impressive. b0252 Good to see Crumpy on Lead guitar and a thin Barry Fry on Bass  Jessie’s girl. |
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Post by Hodgy on Jul 29, 2022 12:43:57 GMT
Stumbled across this chap after seeing Molly McCanns UFC walk out clip. Jamie Webster - great song and album too.
Time to start pt3. Keeps crashing again.
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Jessie’s girl.