July 16

On this day

  • 1962 - The Beach Boys signed with Capitol Records.
  • 1966 - Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker formed Cream.
  • 1968 - The Fillmore West reopens in the former Carousel Ballroom in San Francisco. Bill Brother & the Holding Company and Sly and the Family Stone open the show.
  • 1972 - Smokey Robinson appeared for the last time with the Miracles in Washington, DC.
  • 1976 - Loggins and Messina announce they are breaking up.
  • 1976 - The Allman Brothers Band calls it quits.
  • 1984 - Roger Waters opened his Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking Tour in Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1989 - Tom Jones lost a paternity suit in New York and was ordered to pay child support to 27-year-old Katherine Berkery.
  • 1991 - Miles Davis is knighted in France.
  • 1992 - Charlie Watts walked off of the Late Show with David Letterman after having a disagreement with a producer.
  • 1993 - A drug possession charge against members of Guns N' Roses is dismissed in Buenos Aires court when it is discovered that the drugs possessed were simply vitamins.
  • 1995 - Queen Latifah was in a car when it was car-jacked; her bodyguard was shot and wounded.
  • 1995 - Wayne Osmond of the Osmonds had surgery for a brain tumor.
  • 2000 - The Spice Girls, the Coors and the Manic Street Preachers were among the artists to sign a petition to the European Commission to end piracy on the internet.
  • 2002 - Buckcherry breaks up after lead singer, Joshua Todd quits.
  • 2002 - A 26-year-old woman dies after falling 30 feet during a Fatboy Slim concert in Brighton, England.
  • 2003 - The reunited Duran Duran play their first American show in Orange County, CA.
  • 2003 - Santana ends the Supernatural Tour and donates $2 million to fight AIDS in South Africa.
  • 2003 - Chrissie Hynde is arrested while protesting a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Paris when she and other members of PITA blocking the street.
  • 2009 - Two stage workers were killed while assembling the stage for a Madonna concert in France.

Records cut

  • 1959 - Poison Ivy - Coasters
  • 1963 - Catch a Wave and In My Room - Beach Boys
  • 1967 - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
  • 1969 - Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard

Records released

  • 1966 - Summer in the City - Lovin' Spoonful (single)
  • 1969 - I'm Free - Who (single)
  • 1971 - Acquiring the Taste - Gentle Giant
  • 1973 - Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (soundtrack) - Bob Dylan
  • 1974 - On the Beach - Neil Young
  • 1982 - The Envoy - Warren Zevon
  • 1983 - Kill 'em All - Metallica
  • 2002 - Busted Stuff - Dave Matthews Band

Broadcasts

  • 1958 - American Bandstand - Johnny Hartman, Big Beats
  • 1959 - American Bandstand - Kenny Loran
  • 1962 - American Bandstand - Freddie Cannon
  • 1965 - Where the Action Is - Bobby Rydell, Steve Alaimo, Paul Revere & the Raiders
  • 1966 - American Bandstand - Kelly Garrett, Danny Hutton
  • 1969 - Dick Cavett Show - Janis Joplin
  • 1969 - Tonight Show - Diana Ross & the Supremes
  • 1976 - Midnight Special - Helen Reddy (host), Elvin Bishop, B.B. King, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Flora Purim, Tribute to Harry Chapin
  • 1977 - American Bandstand - Joe Tex
  • 1999 - Today Show - Beach Boys

#1 US singles

  • 1966 - Hanky Panky - Tommy James & the Shondells
  • 1977 - Da Doo Ron Ron - Shaun Cassidy

#1 US albums

  • 1977 - Barry Manilow Live - Barry Manilow
  • 1994 - The Lion King - Soundtrack
  • 2005 - Somewhere Down in Texas - George Strait

#1 US R&B singles

  • 1977 - Easy - Commodores
  • 1988 - Roses Are Red - The Mac Band Featuring the McCampbell Brothers

#1 US country singles

  • 1955 - I Don't Care - Webb Pierce
  • 1977 - It Was Almost Like a Song - Ronnie Milsap
  • 1983 - The Closer You Get - Alabama
  • 1988 - If You Change Your Mind - Rosanne Cash
  • 1994 - Foolish Pride - Travis Tritt

#1 UK singles

  • 1964 - It's All Over Now - Rolling Stones
  • 2000 - Live is a Rollercoaster - Ronan Keating

#1 UK albums

  • 1977 - The Johnny Mathis Collection - Johnny Mathis
  • 1994 - Music For the Jilted Generation - Prodigy
  • 2000 - Parachutes - Coldplay