This Day in Music History – July 6
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Check out what happened this day in music history July 6, featuring 50 Cent, Queen, Alice in Chains, Lil Nas X, Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and more….
| 2019 | “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X broke the record for the longest-running hip-hop song on the Hot 100 with its 13th week in a row at the top of the chart. |
| 1991 | Grunge music makes its first advances into the mainstream landscape as the Alice in Chains album Facelift peaked at #42 in the U.S. while the single off the album, “Man In The Box” soared to #18 on the Mainstream Rock chart. |
| 1985 | Phil Collins’ “Sussudio” hit #1 on the charts where it held the position for a week.. It holds the position for one week. |
| 1975 | Rapper, business man and entrepreneur 50 Cent was born Curtis Jackson III in Queens, New York. |
| 1974 | “Rock The Boat” by The Hues Corporation became the first disco song to top the Hot 100. |
| 1973 | In the UK, Queen released their self-titled debut album, in conjunction with their first single, “Keep Yourself Alive.” The album was released in the U.S. on September 4. |
| 1967 | Pink Floyd appeared on the British TV show Top Of The Pops for the first time, where they performed “See Emily Play.” |
| 1965 | Jackie Wilson released “Higher And Higher.” |
| 1965 | Marty Balin started the process of recruiting members for the band that will wind up becoming Jefferson Airplane. |
| 1957 | Paul McCartney and John Lennon met for the first time at the Village Fete in the Liverpool where Lennon’s group, the Quarrymen, were performing. The next time they met up, Lennon asked McCartney to join his band. |
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