This Day in Music: July 13th

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Born on this day:

1942, Roger McGuinn, singer-songwriter, guitar, The Byrds
1962, Rhonda Vincent, country-bluegrass singer-songwriter, mandolin
1969, Barney Greenway, singer, Napalm Death

1965, Paul McCartney was presented with five Ivor Novello awards at a lunch party at The Savoy in London. John Lennon refused to attend. Paul was 40 minutes late after he had forgotten about the engagement.

1968, Black Sabbath played their first gig at a small backstreet blues club in Birmingham, England.

1976, the first issue of U.K. punk fanzine Sniffin' Glue was published. It carried features on The Stranglers, The Ramones and Blue Oyster Cult. Former bank clerk Mark Perry edited the fanzine.

1978, the BBC announced a ban on The Sex Pistols' latest single “No One Is Innocent,” which featured vocals by Ronnie Biggs, the British criminal notorious for his part in the Great Train Robbery of 1963. At the time of the recording, Biggs was living in Brazil and was wanted by the British authorities, but he was immune from extradition.

1985, at 12:01 p.m. Status Quo kicked off the Live Aid extravaganza, which was held between London’s Wembley Stadium and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. The cream of the rock and roll world took part in the global charity event. TV pictures beamed Live Aid to over 1.5 billion people in 160 countries, making it the biggest live broadcast in history. Artists who appeared included Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, The Who, U2, David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Queen, Tina Turner, The Cars, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Bryan Adams, Hall and Oates, Lionel Richie and Led Zeppelin.

1991, Bryan Adams went to #1 on the U.K. singles chart with “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You),” which featured on the soundtrack for the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. It stayed at #1 for a record-breaking 16 weeks in the U.K., as well as seven weeks at #1 in the States. In 1992 the song took home the Grammy for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture.

1996, over 2,000 guitar players, including Chet Atkins and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, set a new world record for the largest jam session ever when they played “Heartbreak Hotel” for 75 minutes at Nashville's Riverfront Park.

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