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July 19

1902 Jazzman Buster Bailey born in Memphis, Tennessee.
1937 George Hamilton IV, country singer, born in Winston Salem, North Carolina. His first big hit: " A Rose and a Baby Ruth."
1946 Alan Gorrie, bass player for the Average White Band, born in Perth, Scotland.
1947 Bernard Leadon born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bernie was guitarist for the Flying Burrito Brothers. In 1971 he formed the Eagles with three members of Linda Ronstadt's backing group.
1947 Brian Harold May, guitarist for Queen, born in Hampton Hill, Twickenham (nr Lanson), UK.
1948 Kieth Goldchaux, pianist for the Grateful Dead, born. Keith was killed in a car accident in California in 1980.
1954 Sun Records officially releases Elvis Presley's debut single, "That's All Right Mama," backed with "Blue Moon of Kentucky."
1972 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards arrested in Warwick, Rhode Island on charges of assault and obstructing police after an altercation with a photographer.
1973 Clarence White, guitarist for the Byrds, dies after having been hit by a car in Lancaster, California.
1975 Country singer Lefty Frizzell (William Orville Frizzell) dies after suffering a stroke.
1980 David Bowie opens in the stage version of The Elephant Man in Denver. This is his first time on stage as a legitimate actor.
1986 Fresh '86, a massive UK Hip Hop and Rap festival, begins in Wembley Arena.