JULY 1
BEATLES IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY IN ROCK. ON JULY 1ST, 1963, THE BEATLES RECORDED WHAT WOULD BE THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE AMERICAN #1 SINGLE, “SHE LOVES YOU.” THEN ON JULY 1ST, 1966, THE BEATLES PLAYED BUDUKON HALL IN JAPAN WHERE A WIDELY DISTRIBUTED BOOTLEGGED RECORDING WAS MADE AND ISSUED UNDER THE TITLE “THREE NIGHTS IN TOKYO.” AND FINALLY ON JULY 1, 1967, THEIR “SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEART’S CLUB BAND” ALBUM WAS NUMBER 1 IN BOTH THE U.S. AND BRITAIN.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BLONDIE FRONTWOMAN DEBORAH HARRY, BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1945.
AND ON THIS DAY IN 1988, VAN HALEN’S “OU812,” WAS NUMBER 1 ON THE ALBUM CHART. “OU812” WAS THE BAND’S SECOND ALBUM WITH LEAD SINGER SAMMY HAGAR.