The Rock History Report for July 18th
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1953 - Elvis Presley recorded "My Happiness" for his mother. It was his first recording.
1964 - The Beatles released their album A Hard Days Night.
1968 - The Grateful Dead released their sophomore effort, Anthem of the Sun.
1970 - Pink Floyd and Deep Purple teamed up to play a free show at London's Hyde Park.
1974 - The United States Justice Department ordered John Lennon out of the country by September 10th. He was denied an extension of his non-immigrant visa by the Immigration and Naturalization Service because of a 1968 guilty plea to a marijuana possession charge in England.
2001 - The original movie Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story premiered on MTV.
2006 - Carmen Electra filed for a divorce from Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro.
Birthdays:
1945 Danny McCulloch of The Animals
1948 Cesar Zuiderwijk of Golden Earring
1958 Nigel Twist of The Alarm
1962 Jack Irons of Pearl Jam and The Red Hot Chili Peppers
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