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Today In Music History: Elvis Goes Pro
Posted at 6:39 AM on July 9, 2009
by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History
Birthdays.
Marc Almond (Soft Cell) is 50.
Jim Kerr (vocals, Simple Minds) is 50.
Courtney Love is 44.
Isaac Brock (singer, guitarist, Modest Mouse) is 34.
Jack White (born John Gillis) is 34.
1946 - Bon Scott (vocals, AC/DC) was born. Scott died in February 1980; the coroner's report stated he had "drunk himself to death."
1983 - The Police started an eight week run at No.1 on the Billboard chart with "Every Breath You Take."
1988 - Cheap Trick went to No.1 with "The Flame", the group's only No.1 single.
1999 - Elton John was fitted with a pacemaker, forcing him to cancel a series of concerts.
2004 - David Bowie was forced to cancel a string of European shows after emergency heart surgery.
It was on this day in 1977 that Elvis Costello quit his day job at Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics to focus on his musical career. It seems appropriate to play his first single to mark the occasion, which would subsequently show up on his debut record My Aim Is True: "Less Than Zero."
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