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LMFAO may still have the number one single in the country but countless artists that have before them paved the way for their pop breakthrough. This week in music marks the debut of the Billboard charts themselves as well as milestone moments from artists like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Oasis. It also marks the 44-year anniversary of jazz great John Coltrane’s death, so put on some Blue Train and get ready to learn what else happened this week in music history.
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Current Top Five Billboard Hot 100 Singles
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1. LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem”
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2. Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer “Give Me Everything”
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3. Adele “Rolling In The Deep”
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4. Katy Perry “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”
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5. Nicki Minaj “Super Bass”
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1. Usher “U Remind Me”
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2. Blu Cantrell “Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!)”
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3. Eve Featuring Gwen Stefani “Let Me Blow Ya Mind”
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4. 112 “Peaches & Cream”
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5. Lifehouse “Hanging By A Moment”
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July 20, 1940 — Billboard’s first comprehensive record chart was published. The first number one song was “I’ll Never Smile Again” by Frank Sinatra and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
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July 18, 1953 — A truck driver named Elvis Presley made his first ever recording when he paid $3.98 at the Memphis recording service singing two songs, “My Happiness” and “That’s When Your Heartaches Begin” as a gift for his mother.
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July 18, 1964 —The Rolling Stones appeared on the US charts for the first time when their cover of Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away” peaks at #48.
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July 23, 1966 — Frank Sinatra went to #1 on the charts with the album Strangers In The Night.
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July 17, 1967 — Jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane died from liver cancer at Huntington Hospital in Long Island, New York, at the age of 40.
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July 20, 1968 — Cream started a four-week run at #1 with their breakthrough album Wheels Of Fire.
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July 21, 1969 — The Beatles started work on the John Lennon song “Come Together” at Abbey Road studios in London.
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July 17, 1978 — Def Leppard made their live debut at Westfield School, Sheffield, England in front of 150 students.
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July 20, 1986 — The film based on the life of the Sex Pistols’ Sid Vicious, Sid And Nancy, premiered in London, England.
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July 19, 1987 — Bruce Springsteen played his first ever show behind the Iron Curtain when he appeared in East Berlin in front of 180,000 people.
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July 23, 1988 — Richard Marx went to #1 on the singles chart with “Hold On To The Nights.”
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July 17, 1992 — The first night of a North American tour by Guns N’ Roses, Metallica and Faith No More tour opened at RFK Stadium in Washington D.C.
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July 21, 1994 — Oasis played their first ever American show at the now-defunct Wetlands in New York City.
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July 19, 1996 — The Spice Girls made their debut on UK TV music show Top Of The Pops.
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July 22, 2006 — Johnny Cash was at No.1 on the charts with American V: A Hundred Highways. Released posthumously on July 4, the vocal parts were recorded before Cash’s death in 2003 but the instruments were not recorded until 2005.
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July 24, 2007 — Beyonce tripped down twelve stairs while performing “Ring the Alarm” on tour in Orlando, Florida. Video from the the show captured her stepping on her trench coat and then tumbling down twelve steps at the Amway Arena appeared within hours on YouTube.
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July 21 2008, —The Police played the first of two nights at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, during the final leg of their 152-date world Reunion tour. The tour became the third highest grossing tour of all time bringing in over $340 million.
