Music History for July 81882 - Composer Percy Aldridge Grainger was born. 1958 - The first gold record album was presented by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The award went to the soundtrack "Oklahoma!" 1969 - Marianne Faithfull took an overdose of barbiturates on the set of the movie "Ned Kely." 1970 - "The Everly Brothers Show" was launched on ABC-TV as a summer series. 1972 - The Who's "Join Together" was released in the U.S. 1978 - Exile's "Kiss You All Over" was released. 1985 - "Playboy" and "Penthouse" magazines went on sale with nude pictures of Madonna. 1996 - The Spice Girls debut single "Wannabe" was released in Great Britain. 1998 - Two armed men broke into the home of Foxy Brown (a.k.a. Inga Marchand). Brown and her mother were both in the apartment but suffered no injuries. 1998 - The Roy Orbison Estate filed a $12 million royalty suit against Sony Music Entertainment Inc. |