Mick Jagger and Keith Richard of the Rolling Stones SPENT THE NIGHT (TOGETHER) IN JAIL for drug possession in 1967, and in 1974 Terry Jacks charted with 'IF YOU GO AWAY'.
JUNE 30
In 1983, Don & Phil, the EVERLY BROTHERS, announced they were RE-UNITING after 10 years apart, and Human League charted with 'LIFE ON YOUR OWN' in 1984.
JULY 1
Motown Records – the pride of DETROIT - was sold to MCA in 1988, eight years after Lipps Inc were peaking at No.2 with ‘FUNKYTOWN’.
JULY 2
David Cassidy’s TV group The PARTRIDGE FAMILY EXITED THE TOP 20 for the last time with ‘Walking In The Rain’ (1973) and Jim Reeves ‘I WON’T FORGET YOU’ entered the Top 20 (1964).
JULY 3
Rolling Stone BRIAN JONES DIED (1969) as did legendary Doors vocalist JIM MORRISON (1971 ), and Charlotte Nilsson peaked at No. 20 with her Eurovision winner ‘TAKE ME TO YOUR HEAVEN’ (1999).
JULY 4
The spiritual home of the flower children generation, The Fillmore West in San Francisco, closed it’s doors for the last time (1971), and The Age Of Love peaked at No. 17 with ‘The Age Of Love’ (1997).
JULY 5
MICHAEL JACKSON announced that he would give all the money he earned from the Jacksons’ Victory tour to a CHILDREN’S CHARITY (1984) and Topol entered the Top 10 with ‘IF I WERE A RICH MAN’ (1969).
JULY 6
Fourteen year old Paul McCartney met 16-year-old John Lennon for the first time (1957) and exactly seven years later The Beatles debut film ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ was given a royal premiere (1964).
JULY 7
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD held the top two places on the chart with their first two hits, ‘Relax’ and Two Tribes’ (1984) and The Village People entered the Top 20 with ‘GO WEST’ (1979).
JULY 8
Thousands of SCREAMING FANS watched teen idols Bros end their sell-out ‘Push’ tour at Wembley (1988) and Donny Osmond peaked at No.1 with ‘PUPPY LOVE’ (1972).
JULY 9
Hit for six- Olivia Newton-John peaked at No. 6 with ‘SAM’ (1977), seven years after her old mentor, Cliff Richard, slipped from his No.6 peak with ‘GOODBYE SAM, Hello Samantha’ (1970).
JULY 10
Teen toppers – 14-YEAR-OLD Donny Osmond headed the chart with his version of ‘Puppy Love’(1972) (an earlier hit for 18-YEAR OLD Paul Anka), and 16-YEAR OLD Glenn Medeiros hit No. 1 with ‘Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You’ (1988).
JULY 11
Tab Hunter (81), Bonnie Pointer (Pointer Sisters) (61), Peter Murphy (Bauhaus)(55), Ritchie Sambora (Bon Jovi) (53) and Lil’ Kim (36) CELEBRATE THEIR BIRTHDAYS, and Lesley Gore peaked at No. 9 with ‘IT’S MY PARTY’ (1963).
JULY 12
Elvis Presley signed his first recording contract with the Sun label (1954) and exactly three years later scored his first UK. No. 1 with ‘All Shook Up’ (1957).
JULY 13
The Bob Geldof inspired all-star ‘LIVE AID’ show took place (1985) and Shalamar scored their biggest hit when ‘A NIGHT TO REMEMBER’ peaked at No. 5 (1982).
JULY 14
Cream announced they were SPLITTING (1968) and The Everly Brothers did the same (1973) while The Partridge Family entered the Top 20 with ‘BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO’ (1972).
JULY 15
Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton starred in at the Blackbush AIRFIELD FESTIVAL, Surrey (1981) and Newton made their chart debut with ‘SKY HIGH’ (1995).
July 16
David Bowie’s ‘Life On Mars’ was peaking at No. 3 (1973) and exactly ten years later he had 10 albums in the UK Top 75 (a record for a British act) (1983).
July 17
Jazz legends BILLIE HOLLIDAY (1959) and JOHN COLTRANE (1967) DIED and Celine Dion and The Bee Gees peaked at No. 5 with ‘IMMORTALITY’ (1998).
July 18
ELTON JOHN BROKE A RECORD held by The Beatles when ‘The One’ became his 50th US Top 40 entry (1992) and The Four Preps peaked at No. 2 with ‘BIG MAN’ (1958).
July 19
Youthful film star MIA FARROW MARRIED Ol’ Blue Eyes, FRANK SINATRA (1966) and the re-issue of ‘YOUNG GIRL’ peaked at No 6 in 1974 by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (1974)
July 20
BEASTIE BOYS FANS were charged with stealing Volkswagen emblems from cars to make them look more like their idols (1987) and The Spice Girls entered the Top 10 for the first time with ‘WANNABE’ (1996).
July 21
The first men LANDED ON THE MOON (1969) and Coolio made his chart debut with ‘FANTASTIC VOYAGE’ (1994).
July 22
THE BEATLES first US album, Introducing The Beatles, was released in the USA and was a COMPLETE FLOP (1963) and Yazz made her chart debut with chart topper ‘THE ONLY WAY IS UP’ (1988).
JULY 23
Two ex-members of Blondie SUED Debbie Harry over her use of the GROUP’S NAME (1998) and The Honeycombs entered the chart with their No. 1 hit ‘HAVE I THE RIGHT’ (1964).
JULY 24
The first ever RIOT at a Rolling Stones concert took place when the group played a weekend gig at Blackpool’s Empress Ballroom (1964) and Elton John peaked at No. 7 with ‘SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING’ (1973).
JULY 25
Folk music fans booed their idol BOB DYLAN when he “sold out” and played an electric set, rather than acoustic one, at the Newport Folk Festival (1965) and Bill Wyman made his solo chart debut with “JE SUIS UN ROCK STAR’ (1981).
JULY 26
A quarter of a century after their peaks, 1950 TEEN IDOLS Bobby Rydell, Fabian and Frankie Avalon kicked off a 50 city ‘Golden Boys Of Bandstand’ tour (1985) and Frank Ifield scored his first chart topper with ‘I REMEMBER YOU’ (1962).
JULY 27
Florence Ballard SACKED from The Supremes (1967), Limahl KICKED OUT of Kajagoogoo (1983) and Mind Of Kane made chart debut with ‘STABBED IN THE BACK’ (1991).
JULY 28
A Music Week survey showed DONNY OSMOND as Top Male Album artist and his younger brother LITTLE JIMMY as Top Male Singles artist (1973) and Will Smith peaked with ‘JUST THE TWO OF US’ (1998).
JULY 29
LOUISE (NURDING) LEFT hitmaking quartet Eternal (1995) and DJ Jurgen and Alice Deejay reached the Top 10 with ‘BETTER OFF ALONE’ (1999).
JULY 30
Kate Bush, who came to fame with ‘WUTHERING HEIGHTS’, was born this day (1958) exactly 140 years to the day that EMILY BRONTE, writer of the world renowned book of that name, also first came into the world (1818).
JULY 31
The Beatles’ boutique Apple GAVE AWAY ALL ITS REMAINING CLOTHES on its last day (1968) and David Dundas cracked the Top 10 with his debut hit ‘JEANS ON’ (1976)