Archive for July 4, 2010

1694 – Composer Louis-Claude Daquin was born.

1826 – Composer Stephen Collins Foster was born.

1832 – The song “America” was sung in public for the first time at the Park Street Church in Boston, MA.

1895 – The song “America the Beautiful” was first published.

1942 – The Irving Berlin musical, “This is the Army”, opened at New York’s Broadway Theatre.

1964 – The Rolling Stones’ “Tell Me” was released.

1967 – Tom Jones appeared on the first telecast of CBS-TV’s “Spotlight”.

1970 – Casey Kasem hosted radio’s “American Top 40″ for the first time.

1976 – Elton John and Kiki Dee’s “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” was released.

1980 – The Beach Boys gave a free outdoor performance to an estimated 500,000 people in Washington.

1982 – Ozzy Osbourne married his manager, Sharon Arden.

1982 – Diana Ross began her first solo world tour at Giant Stadium in the Meadowlands.

1985 – In Philadelphia, PA, the Beach Boys were joined on stage by Mr. T on drums.

1990 – 2 Live Crew released the single “Banned in the U.S.A.”

1995 – At Lollapalooza in George, WA, Courtney Love hit Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill). Love received a suspended one-year sentence and was required to take courses in anger management.

1995 – The Ramones released “Adios Amigos.”

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