This Day in Music History: July 12
July 12, 2017We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: July 12.
1954: Elvis Presley, only 19 years old, signed a recording contract with Sun Records. Presley also gave in his notice at his day job at The Crown Electric Company. Sam Phillips from Sun Records wanted at first to use Presley to make demos of songs which were meant for other musicians and artists, but soon realized Presley was the man that could bridge the gap between white and black performances.
1962: Ray Charles topped the UK singles chart with the country ballad 'I Can't Stop Loving You', originally by Don Gibson. It was Charles' only UK No.1 hit and is taken from his Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music album.
1962: The Rolling Stones made their live debut at the Marquee Jazz Club, London. Dick Taylor played the bass (later of The Pretty Things) and Mick Avory played the drums (later of The Kinks). Billed as The Rollin’ Stones, the band members were paid £20 for the show, which is equivalent to £330 in 2010.
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1969: Zager and Evans started a six week run at the top of the US singles chart with the song 'In The Year 2525, (Exordium And Terminus)'. The song also topped the UK chart, which made them the only one hit wonders ever to top both the UK and US singles charts.
1980: Olivia Newton-John and the Electric Light Orchestra topped the UK singles chart with 'Xanadu', which is taken from the film of the same name. The song gave Olivia Newton-John her third UK No.1 single.
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1986: Simply Red had their first US No.1 single with the song 'Holding Back The Years'. Mick Hucknall, singer of the band, wrote the song when he was only 17 years old, while living at his father's house. However, the chorus of the song came to him many years later.
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1991: Take That released 'Do What U Like', the band's debut single. unfortunately, it was a commercial failure, as it peaked at No. 82 on the UK Singles Chart. The low-budget video for the song features the band members getting naked, showing their bare buttocks and smearing jelly over themselves. As a result, the video was banned from daytime television.
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