This Day in Rock History

July 24th

2003: Bob Dylan’s movie Masked and Anonymous opened in New York City. The movie also starred Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Penelope Cruz & Val Kilmer.

1999: Phil Collins married his third wife, Orianne Cevey in Switzerland. Some of the wedding guests included Eric Clapton, Elton John & Mark Knopfler.

1990: Judas Priest go to trial in Reno, NV as they were accused of planting subliminal messages in their album Stained Class which led two fans to attempt suicide. They would later be cleared of wrongdoing.

1982: Eye of the Tiger by Survivor, written for Rocky III at the request of Sylvester Stallone began a six week run on top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

1976: Elton John finally reached the top of the singles chart in the U.K. with Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, a duet with Kiki Dee.

Birthdays:
Paul Geary-drummer for Extreme born in 1961


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