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1976 The Buzzcocks play live for the first time, opening for The Sex Pistols at the Black Swan in Sheffield, England. They make their mark as one of the more melodic and cerebral punk bands to come of out the UK, and also one of the most enduring; after a breakup in 1981, they re-form in 1989 and remain active for decades.
1976 Paul Revere is married during the intermission of his concert at King's Island Amusement Park in Cincinnati on America's bicentennial.
1974 The Tony Orlando & Dawn TV show debuts on CBS.
1974 Steely Dan (Walter Becker and Donald Fagan) give up live performing after a show in Santa Monica so they can focus on studio work, including the album Katy Lied. They don't tour again until 1993.
1974 Barry White marries Glodean James of Love Unlimited.
1974 Singer Inara George is born in Towson, Maryland, near where her dad, Lowell George, recorded the Feats Don't Fail Me Now album with his band Little Feat. Her middle name is "Maryland" in tribute.
1972 William Goldsmith (drummer for Foo Fighters) is born in Seattle, Washington.
1971 R&B singer Don McPherson (of The Main Ingredient) dies of leukemia at age 29.
1971 Following a week-long celebration with performances by Santana, The Grateful Dead, Boz Scaggs and several other acts that played there since it opened in 1968, San Francisco's Fillmore West concert hall closes.
1971 Andrew Creeggan (original percussionist, keyboardist for Barenaked Ladies) is born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
1969 Grand Funk Railroad, which formed just a few months earlier, play to a huge crowd at the Atlanta Pop Festival. Lead singer Mark Farner sheds his shirt because of the heat and gets such a reaction from the crowd that he decides to play every show shirtless.
1966 The Beatles play two shows in the Philippines, first in the afternoon to a crowd of 30,000, then in the evening to another 50,000. They fly to India the next day.
1966 The Lovin' Spoonful release "Summer In The City."
1964 The Rolling Stones appear on the BBC's Juke Box Jury show as panelists, where they pass judgment on various records. A review in The Daily Sketch calls them "gum-chewing, ill-mannered, ill-humoured, illiberal and illogical jurors."
1964 Millie Small, part of the British Invasion, reaches #2 in America with "My Boy Lollipop."
Abba Reunite for Mamma Mia! Film Premiere
2008The movie Mamma Mia!, featuring the music of ABBA and based on the musical, opens in Sweden where the group attends the screening, briefly reuniting Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, and Agnetha Faltskog.
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1999 Victoria Adams, better known as Posh Spice of The Spice Girls, marries the soccer star David Beckham. The photogenic couple draw lots of press coverage and become known as "Posh and Becks."
1992 The king of all booty songs, Sir Mix-A-Lot's Baby Got Back," hits #1 in America.More
1987 John Fogerty headlines a Vietnam veterans' benefit concert at the Capital Center in Landover, Maryland broadcast by HBO. Performers include Neil Diamond, Stevie Wonder and Kris Kristofferson.More
1982 Ozzy Osbourne and his manager, Sharon Arden, get married. She is the daughter of music mogul Don Arden, and a keen businesswoman. The union results in an MTV reality show, Ozzfest, and three children: Aimee, Kelly and Jack.
1982 Neil Diamond sees the movie E.T. along with the songwriters Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager. That night, they write the song "Heartlight" based on the film.
1970 Casey Kasem debuts the radio show American Top 40, where he counts down the Billboard hits (the #1 song: "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" by Three Dog Night). He hosts the show until 2004, when Ryan Seacrest takes over.More
1964 The Beach Boys score their first #1 hit as "I Get Around" tops the Hot 100, where it stays for two weeks.
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