July 12th
2004: Apple announced that 100 million
songs had been sold via its iTunes Music Store, 15 months after opening.
1992: Axl Rose was arrested at New York’s Kennedy Airport on riot charges dating back to a July 2, 1991 Guns N’ Roses concert in St. Louis.
1983: Traffic’s saxophone player Chris Wood died of pneumonia at Birmingham, England’s Queen Elizabeth hospital. He was 39 years old.
1962: The Rolling Stones made their live debut at London’s Marquee Club.
1957: Alan Freed hosted the premiere of Friday Night Rock ‘n’ Roll on ABC. The show would be cancelled when southern ABC affiliates were enraged when Frankie Lymon danced with a white girl.
1954: Elvis Presley signed his first record contract with Sam Phillips’ Sun Records.
Birthdays:
Christine McVie-keyboardist and singer for Fleetwood Mac born in 1943
Eric Carr-drummer for Kiss born in 1950
1992: Axl Rose was arrested at New York’s Kennedy Airport on riot charges dating back to a July 2, 1991 Guns N’ Roses concert in St. Louis.
1983: Traffic’s saxophone player Chris Wood died of pneumonia at Birmingham, England’s Queen Elizabeth hospital. He was 39 years old.
1962: The Rolling Stones made their live debut at London’s Marquee Club.
1957: Alan Freed hosted the premiere of Friday Night Rock ‘n’ Roll on ABC. The show would be cancelled when southern ABC affiliates were enraged when Frankie Lymon danced with a white girl.
1954: Elvis Presley signed his first record contract with Sam Phillips’ Sun Records.
Birthdays:
Christine McVie-keyboardist and singer for Fleetwood Mac born in 1943
Eric Carr-drummer for Kiss born in 1950
