This Day in Music History: July 23
July 23, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: July 23.
1977: John Bonham (Led Zeppelin drummer) was charged with assault after a concert at the Oakland Coliseum in California. Bonham and band manager Peter Grant had the help of their bodyguard in roughing up a security employee at the venue. After he pleaded guilty to misdemeanors, the accused settle out of court for two million dollars. The tour was eventually cancelled due to the death of Robert Plant's son a few days later.
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1980: Keith Godchaux, a keyboard player with The Grateful Dead died after being involved in a car accident and he was 32. He co-wrote songs with Lowell George (of Little Feat) and was a member of The New Riders of the Purple Sage.
1994: The International Astronomical Union decided to name an asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter after Frank Zappa who had died the previous December.
2005: Queen's 1985 Live Aid performance was voted the best rock concert ever by over 7,000 UK Sony Ericsson music fans. Radiohead were voted the best festival act for their 1997 Glastonbury performance and Bob Dylan's 1966 Manchester Free Trade Hall gig won the best ever solo gig.
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2006: George Michael was photographed in London's Hampstead Heath with a 58-year-old unemployed van driver and was accused of engaging in anonymous public sex. He threatened that he would to sue both the News of the World tabloid who photographed the incident and van driver Norman Kirtland for slander, Michael said that he openly cruised for anonymous sex and that this was not an issue in his relationship with partner Kenny Goss.
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