JULY 8
THE BRITISH BAND QUEEN FORMED ON THIS DAY IN 1970, WHEN GUITARIST BRIAN MAY AND DRUMMER ROGER TAYLOR RECRUITED SCHOOL PAL FRED BULSARA AND FORMED THE BAND. BULSARA SOON BECAME KNOWN AS FREDDIE MERCURY AND SIX MONTHS LATER BASSIST JOHN DEACON WAS ADDED TO COMPLETE THE LINE-UP. THEIR FIRST ALBUM WOULD BE RELEASED IN THE SUMMER OF ’73.
ROCK SHOWS WERE TEMPORARILY BANNED AT LONDON’S ROYAL ALBERT HALL ON THIS DAY IN 1971, AFTER A RIOT BROKE OUT AT A MOTT THE HOOPLE CONCERT.
AND NUMBER 1 ON THE CHARTS DURING THE WEEK OF JULY 8TH, 1965 WAS “MR. TAMBOURINE MAN,” A BOB DYLAN TUNE RECORDED BY THE BYRDS.