Archive for July 3, 2010

1854 – Composer Leos Janacek was born.

1879 – Composer Philippe Gaubert was born.

1941 – Cab Calloway and his orchestra recorded the standard, “St. James Infirmary.”

1969 – Brian Jones (formerly of the Rolling Stones) was found dead in his swimming pool at his Cotchford Farm, Hartfield, England, home.

1971 – Jim Morrison (Doors) died in Paris at age 27.

1975 – Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) was arrested for cocaine possession.

1995 – Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) pled innocent to drug charges.

2002 – Sony/ATV Publishing announced it would buy a country music catalog from Gaylord Entertainment for $157 million.

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