The Quarry Men The front-page headline of the Liverpool Evening Express on July 6, 1957, read “MERSEYSIDE SIZZLES,” in reference to th...
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July 02, 1977 : “Gonna Fly Now (Theme From ‘Rocky’)” is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts
On this day in 1977, Hollywood composer Bill Conti scores a #1 pop hit with the single “ Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky) .” Bill Co...
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July 01, 1979 : The first Sony Walkman goes on sale
The transistor radio was a technological marvel that put music literally into consumers’ hands in the mid-1950s. It was cheap, it was re...
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June 30, 1975 : Cher marries Greg Allman
On June 30, 1975, less than one week after her divorce from Sonny Bono became final , Cher — America’s most famous newly single woman — ...
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June 29, 1967 : The Stones fight the law, and the law wins
On June 29, 1967, Keith Richards sat before magistrates in Chichester, West Sussex, England, facing charges that stemmed from the infam...
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June 28, 1928 : Louis Armstrong records “West End Blues”
On June 28, 1928, a 26-year-old Louis Armstrong walked into a Chicago recording studio with five fellow jazz instrumentalists and walked...
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