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This Day in Music: July 20th

Born on this day:

1945, John Lodge, bass, vocals, The Moody Blues
1945, Kim Carnes, singer
1947, Carlos Santana, guitar, Santana
1952, Jay Jay French, guitar, Twisted Sister
1956, Paul Cook, drums, Sex Pistols,
1964, Chris Cornell, vocals, guitar, Soundgarden

1954, The Blue Moon Boys made their live debut appearing on the back of a flatbed truck outside a new drug store in Memphis. The band line up was Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore and Bill Black. The name was taken from a song they had recorded just two weeks previously, 'Blue Moon of Kentucky.'

1968, Cream started a four-week run at #1 on the U.S. album chart with Wheels on Fire.

1968, Iron Butterfly’s second album, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, entered the U.S. album chart for the first time. The album contained the 17-minute title track that filled the second side of the LP that went on sell over four million copies in the U.S. alone.

1976, The Buzzcocks made their live debut supporting The Sex Pistols and Slaughter & The Dogs at The Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester. For more on this story, see This Day in Music Spotlight.

1991, EMF went to #1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Unbelievable” it spent 14 weeks on the chart before reaching the top.

1996, Gary Barlow scored his first U.K. #1 single with “Forever Love" taken from his debut album Open Road. Barlow became the first member of Take That to top the charts with a solo record.

1999, The Rolling Stones reported a gross income of $337 million, (£168m), from almost two years of touring from their Bridges to Babylon and No Security tours. The Stones had played to over 5.6 million people, selling out all but 20 shows.

2000, The Evergreen Ballroom in Lacey, Washington was destroyed by a fire. During the ballroom's heyday in the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, many of music's greats played there: Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Duke Ellington, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Ike & Tina Turner and Fats Domino. Glen Campbell had lived in the kitchen at the venue for a while before he became famous.