a day like today in history
New data every Monday and Tuesday of the anniversary of the music.
JULY 5 , 1954
ELVIS PRESLEY
Elvis Presley records, at Sun Records studios, 'I love you because', 'Blue moon of Kentucky' and 'That's all right'. In twenty-four hours, when the Memphis announcer Dewey Phillips begins to broadcast the recording of the songs that Sam Phillips (producer and owner of Sun) has passed him, the history of western popular music will change completely: rock and roll will take letter identity and the first star that will represent it will be being born. Nothing would ever be the same again.
July 5 , 2003
Bebu Silvetti died at the age of 69, he was an Argentine singer-songwriter, pianist, arranger and music producer.
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Known for his theme: Spring Rain.
July 5 , 1950
Huey Lewis (real name Hugh Anthony Gregg III) is born in New York.
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Rock singer at the helm of Huey Lewis and The News, began his career in 1971 and his greatest success came in 1983 with the album Sports.
July 5, 1956
British musician Tory Crimes is born. He was the original drummer for the British punk band The Clash. He played in other renowned groups such as Black Sabbath and Johnny Thunders for short periods of time until he began practicing as a chiropractor in 1994.
July 5 , 1969
Bassist Roger Waters and guitarist Syd Barrett founded the British band Pink Floyd in London, one of the most influential in rock history. Drummer Nick Mason and keyboardist Richard Wright were the other two initial members of the group, which recorded 15 albums of which more than 300 million copies have been sold.
TOPIC LIST NO.1 JUNE 5 in the 1970s (Billboard)
NEIL DIAMOND
June 29, 1972
It reaches No. 1 on Billboard with the song Song Song Blue.
HUMAN LEAGUE
June 29, 1982
Reaches No. 3 on Billboard with the song Don't you want me
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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
June 29, 1992
Reaches No. 3 on Billboard with the song Under the Bridge
HECTOR LAVOE
HECTOR LAVOE DIES
June 29, 1993, he spent his last years in New York performing in front of people who sadly saw him deteriorate on the stage, until he died of cardiac arrest at Memorial Hospital in Queens.