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Happy 4th of July!!! On the July 4 edition of Music History Today, Posh married Becks, we hailed the chief for the first time, and Ariana licked donuts. Born on the 4th of July was Post Malone.
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On this date:
In 1828, Hail to the Chief was performed for the first time. It was for President John Quincey Adams.
In 1831, the song America, otherwise known as My Country Tis of Thee & whose music comes from the British national anthem God Save the King, premiered in Boston.
In 1955, Gene Vincent was seriously hurt when his motorcycle was hit by a car in Virginia.
In 1959, the Island Records label was founded in Jamaica.
In 1966, the Beatles played 2 shows in the Philippines to a total of 80,000 people. They were then attacked for accidentally insulting Philippine's President Ferdinand Marcos's wife Imelda.
In 1969, Grand Funk Railroad & Janis Joplin were among those who performed on day 2 of the first Atlanta International Pop Festival.
In 1970, 200,000 people saw Jimi Hendrix, BB King, among others perform at the 1970 Atlanta International Pop Festival.
In 1974, Barry White married singer Glodean James.
In 1974, the Tony Orlando & Dawn TV show premiered.
In 1974, Steely Dan stopped concert-performing to focus on making records, much like the Beatles did. They went back to touring in 1993.
In 1976, the Clash played live for the first time.
In 1976, The Ramones performed a genre defining concert at the Roundhouse in Camden, London.
In 1976, Paul Revere of Paul Revere & the Raiders got married on stage during his band's concert.
In 1977, Gary Valentine left Blondie. He was replaced by Nigel Harrison.
In 1980, the Beach Boys performed a free concert in Washington DC.
In 1982, Ozzy Osbourne married manager & promoter Sharon Arden.
In 1982, Neil Diamond, Burt Bacharach, & Carole Bayer Sager wrote the song Heartlight, based on the movie E.T., which they had all seen that day.
In 1986, Bob Dylan & John Mellencamp were among those who performed at the Farm Aid II benefit concert.
In 1987, John Fogerty & Neil Diamond were among those who performed at a Vietnam Veterans benefit concert.
In 1987, Genesis finished their Invisible Touch tour.
In 1992, Mamas & the Papas member John Phillips received a liver transplant.
In 1993, The Four Tops performed at the Meadow Brook Music Festival in Michigan.
In 1995, Hole frontwoman Courtney Love punched Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill during a fight backstage at a Lollapalooza concert.
In 1997, Roberta Flack performed with the Boston Pops for their 4th of July concert in Boston.
In 1998, Lionel Richie performed at the Party in the Park Prince's Trust Charity concert in London.
In 1999, Victoria Adams, Posh Spice of the Spice Girls, married David Beckham.
In 2002, George Harrison's attacker, Michael Abram, was released from a mental health program only 19 months after he almost killed Harrison.
In 2008, the movie based on the ABBA musical Mama Mia premiered in Sweden. All 4 members of ABBA showed up to the premiere, reuniting for the first time since their breakup over 20 years earlier.
In 2010, George Michael was involved in an auto accident. He was later arrested & charged with driving under the influence of cannabis, for which he served a month in jail.
In 2013, Tina Turner married record executive Erwin Bach.
In 2014, Jesse Wood of Reef married TV presenter Fearne Cotton.
In 2014, Australian singer Rolf Harris was sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting underaged girls.
In 2015, Vanessa Williams married husband Jim Skrip.
In 2015, Billy Joel married equestrian rider Alexis Roderick.
In 2015, Ariana Grande had her infamous donut licking incident at a donut shop in California.
In 2020, Kanye West announced that he was running for President.
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