| On this day, July 22nd |
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| 1944 - | Richard Davies of Supertramp is born. The group's biggest selling album is "Breakfast in America" in 1979. It sells more than 1 million copies and tops Billboard's pop album chart for six weeks. | | | 1947 - | Drummer Don Henley of the Eagles is born in Gilmer, Texas. The group has five No. 1 hits. Henley's biggest solo hits are the top five "Dirty Laundry" and "The Boys of Summer." He wins Grammys for Best Male Rock Performance in 1985 and 1989.
| | | 1954 - | Al Di Meola, a jazz fusion guitarist is born in Jersey City, New Jersey. | | | 1954 - | Jazz fusion guitarist Al Di Meola is born in Jersey City, New Jersey. | |
| 2005 - | Lead vocalist Eugene Record founder of The Chi-lites dies of cancer. He was 64. | |
| 1974 - | No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Annie's Song," John Denver. Denver wrote the song in 10 minutes on a ski lift in Switzerland.
| | | 1986 - | No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Sledgehammer," Peter Gabriel. The song is the first single from Gabriel's album "So." | |
| 1977 - | Singer Tony Orlando announces his departure from Dawn during a concert in Cohasset, Mass.
| | | 1999 - | In an unfortunate case of history repeating, East Village art-rockers Jon Spencer Blues Explosion finds that its equipment has been stolen. The theft, which occurs in Vancouver, echoes that of N.Y. avant-garde rockers Sonic Youth, who had a van full of their vintage and customized gear stolen from outside their hotel room in Orange County, Calif. over the July 4 weekend.
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