July 9
DAVID BOWIE STARTED RECORDING SESSIONS IN LONDON TODAY IN 1972 FOR THE CONCEPT ALBUM ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’ WHICH FEATURES THE TITLE TRACK, “STARMAN” AND “SUFFRAGETTE CITY”.
TODAY IN 1983 THE POLICE START AN EIGHT-WEEK RUN AT #1 ON THE U.S. SINGLES CHART WITH “EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE” FROM THE BAND’S ALBUM ‘SYNCHRONICITY’. STING WINS SONG OF THE YEAR AND THE POLICE WIN BEST POP PERFORMANCE AT THE 1984 GRAMMY AWARDS.
AND FINALLY, FOUR ROCKSTARS WERE BORN TODAY: MITCH MITCHELL, DRUMMER FOR THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE IN 1947, ICONIC AC/DC FRONTMAN BON SCOTT, IN 1946, JIM KERR OF THE SIMPLE MINDS CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY #65 AND JACK WHITE OF THE WHITE STRIPES TURNS 49.
