1969, The Rolling Stones were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Honky Tonk Women,' the group's 8th and last UK No.1.  | 1977, Barry Manilow went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Looks Like We Made It', his third US No.1. Not a hit in the UK. |  | 1977, Who drummer Keith Moon joined Led Zeppelin on stage during a gig at The Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles playing a duet with Zeppelin drummer John Bonham before taking to the microphone and attempting to sing.
| | 1980, Cliff Richard received his OBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace. | | | 1983, Paul Young had his first UK No.1 single with his version of the Marvin Gaye song 'Wherever I Lay My Hat, (That's My Home.)' The song title was parodied by the UK indie band Super Furry Animals with their 1999 song 'Wherever I Lay My Phone (That's My Home)'. | | 1983, Yazoo went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their second and final release 'You And Me Both'.  | 1983, The Police kicked off the North American leg of their Synchronicity 107-date world tour at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois. The Police also went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Synchronicity', which spent a total of seventeen weeks at No.1. | | | 1988, After forty-nine weeks on the US album chart, 'Hysteria' by Def Leppard went to the No.1 position. | | | 1988, Richard Marx went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Hold On To The Nights', his first US No.1 single. | | | 1989, Ringo Starr kicked off his first tour since the break-up of the Beatles with a show in Dallas. His backup band included guitarist Joe Walsh, organist Billy Preston and Bruce Springsteen's sax man Clarence Clemons. | | | 1994, The International Astronomical Union named an asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter after Frank Zappa, who had died the previous December. | | 2000, Farrah Franklin left Destiny's Child after only five months with the group, the remaining trio of Beyonce, Kelly, and Michelle said that Farrah was not kicked out, but had all agreed that Farrah and Destiny's Child should part ways.
| 2000, *NSYNC went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'It's Gonna Be Me.' | | 2000, The Corrs started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'In Blue'.  2003, James Brown announced his separation from his fourth wife using an advertisement featuring the Disney character Goofy. The 70-year-old placed the notice in Variety magazine, it featured a picture of himself, his wife Tomi Rae and their two-year-old son, James Joseph Brown II, posing with Goofy at Walt Disney World.
2004, A 21 year-old man was arrested after being involved in a fight with Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty in Kentish Town, London. Doherty ran off before police arrived after being beaten up by three men.  2005, Queen's 1985 Live Aid performance was voted the best rock concert ever by over 7,000 UK Sony Ericsson music fans. Radiohead were voted the best festival act for their 1997 Glastonbury performance and Bob Dylan's 1966 Manchester Free Trade Hall gig won the best ever solo gig.  2006, Razorlight started a two week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with their second album and first No.1 'Razorlight.'  | 2006, McFly scored their 5th UK No.1 single with 'Please Please'. | | | 2006, George Michael was accused of engaging in anonymous public sex, after being photographed in London's Hampstead Heath with a 58-year-old unemployed van driver. Despite stating that he intended to sue both the News of the World tabloid who photographed the incident and van driver Norman Kirtland for slander, Michael stated that he openly cruised for anonymous sex and that this was not an issue in his relationship with partner Kenny Goss. | | | 2008, Kid Rock was sentenced to a year on probation and fined $1,000 (£501) for his part in a fight in an Atlanta waffle restaurant in 2007. The 37-year-old, also received 80 hours community service and six hours of anger management counselling. The rapper pleaded no contest to one count of battery. Four other assault charges were dropped. Kid Rock had been performing at a gig in Atlanta before stopping off in his tour bus in the early hours of the morning. The fight took place when an argument broke out with another customer at the restaurant. | | | 2008, A waxwork model of Amy Winehouse was unveiled at Madame Tussauds. The singer's parents, Mitch and Janis, revealed the model, 'complete with trademark beehive and sailor tattoos', at the London attraction. Earlier in the week her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, was jailed for 27 months for attacking a pub landlord and perverting the course of justice. | | | 2010, Surgical instruments allegedly used to conduct Elvis Presley's autopsy were removed from an upcoming auction amid doubts about their authenticity. Forceps, needle injectors, rubber gloves and a toe tag were among the items that were expected to fetch about $14,000 at Chicago, Illinois' Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. The so-called "memorabilia" was supposedly kept by a senior embalmer at the Memphis Funeral Home where the singer's body was stored prior to his funeral, but the claims were questioned after another employee revealed that the equipment was sterilized and used again in other autopsies. THIS IS TOTALLY GROSS IN MY OPINION.LL | | | | July 23rd: Born on this day | | | 1935, Born on this day, Cleveland Duncan, The Penguins, (1954 US No.8 single 'Earth Angel, Will You Be Mine'). | | | 1942, Born on this day, Madeline Bell, UK singer, Blue Mink, (1970 UK No.3 single 'Melting Pot'). | | | 1945, Born on this day, Dino Danelli, drums, The Young Rascals, (1967 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Groovin'). | | | 1946, Born on this day, Andy Mackay, sax, woodwind, Roxy Music, (1972 UK No.4 single 'Virgina Plain' and 15 other UK Top 40 singles') | | | 1947, Born on this day, David Essex, UK singer, actor, (1974 UK No.1 single 'Gonna Make You A Star', plus 18 other UK Top 40 singles, 1974 US No.5 single, 'Rock On'). | | | 1947, Born on this day, Tony Joe White, US singer, songwriter, (1969 US No.8 single, 'Polk Salad Annie', 1970 UK No.22 single 'Groupie Girl', wrote 'Steamy Windows', UK No.13 single for Tina Turner). | | | 1950, Born on this day, Blair Thorton, guitar, Bachman Turner Overdrive, (1974 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet').
| 1952, Born on this day, Janis Siegel, singer, Manhattan Transfer, (1977 UK No.1 'Chanson D'amour', 1981 US No.7 single 'Boy From New York City'). | | | 1957, Born on this day, Dennis Greaves, guitar, vocals, Nine Below Zero, UK R&B group. | | | 1961, Born on this day, Martin Gore, keyboards, Depeche Mode, (1984 UK No.4 single 'People Are People', plus over 25 other UK Top 40 singles, 1990 US No.8 single, 'Enjoy The Silence'). | | | 1964, Born on this day, Nick Menza, drums, Megadeth, (1990 UK No.13 single 'No More Mr Nice Guy', 1992 US No.2 album 'Countdown To Extinction'). | | | 1964, Born on this day, Tim Kellett, keyboards & trumpet, Simply Red, (1986 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Holding Back The Years'), Olive, (1997 UK No.1 single 'You're Not Alone'). | | | 1965, Born on this day, Rob Dickinson, vocals, Catherine Wheel, (1992 UK No.35 single 'I Want To Touch You'). | | | 1965, Born on this day, Slash, (Saul Hudson), guitar, Guns N' Roses, (1988 US No.1 & 1989 UK No.6 single 'Sweet Child O' Mine', 1991 US & UK No.1 album, 'Use Your Illusion II'). Velvet Revolver, (2004 US No.1 & UK No.11 album 'Contraband'). | | | 1970, Born on this day, Sam Watters, vocals, Color Me Bad, (1991 UK No.1 single 'I Wanna Sex You Up', 1991 US No.1 single 'I Adore Mi Amor'). | | | 1971, Born on this day, Alison Krauss, singer songwriter, winner of 1996 Rolling Stone's critic's choice best country artist. 2007 US & UK No.2 album 'Raising Sand' with Robert Plant. | | | 1971, Born on this day, Dalvin DeGrate, (Mr Dalvin), vocals, Jodeci, (1995 UK No.17 single 'Freak 'N' You'). | | | 1971, Born on this day, Chad Gracey, drummer, Live, (1997 US No.1 album 'Secret Samadhi'). | | 1973, Born on this day, Fran Healy, vocals, guitar, Travis, (1999 UK No.1 album 'The Man Who', 1999 UK No.10 single 'Why Does It Always Rain On Me', plus over 10 other UK Top 40 singles).
 | | 1980, Born on this day, Michelle Williams, Destiny's Child, (2000 US No.1 single 'Say My Name', 2001 US & UK No.1 single and album 'Survivor'). | | | 1980, Born on this day, Steve 'Stevo 32' Jocz, drummer, Sum 41, (2001 UK No 13 single 'In Too Deep', 2001 UK No. 7 album 'All Killer No Filler'). | | Died on this day 1979, Keyboard player with The Grateful Dead Keith Godchaux died after being involved in a car accident aged 32. He co-wrote songs with Lowell George (of Little Feat) and was a member of The New Riders of the Purple Sage. | 1995, Two R.E.M. fans died at Dublin's Slane Castle gig, one drowned in the River Boyne and the other was allegedly pushed from a bridge. | | | 1996, Rob Collins, keyboard player with The Charlatans died in a car crash, aged 29. Collins had been recording keyboard parts for the Charlatans 5th album 'Tellin' Stories' at a studio in Wales. An investigation into the accident showed that Collins had consumed a sizable amount of alcohol and was not wearing a seatbelt. He died from head injuries on the roadside shortly after the accident having been thrown through the windscreen. 2004, American guitarist Bill Brown died of smoke inhalation in a house fire. Member of The Ozark Mountain Daredevils and The Titanic Blues Band. | | | |
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