TODAY IN ROCK: JULY 8 Louis Jordan was born in Brinkley, AR. Johnnie Johnson is born. Jai Johanny Jaimoe Johanson, of the Allman Brothers Band, is born in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Amos Milburn hits #1 on the R&B chart with Roomin House Boogie. Charles Brown hits #2 on the R&B chart with Seven Long Days and #1 on the R&B chart with Black Night. Both singles are released on Aladdin records. Roses Are Red (My Love) (Bobby Vinton) was a hit. The Everly Brothers cracks the U.S. Top Forty for the last time, with the autobiographical song Bowling Green, written by their British bass player. Bill Withers hits #1 with Lean On Me. Billy Preston hits #2 with Outa-Space The OJays hit #3 with Use Ta Be My Girl. Bad Girls (Donna Summer) was a hit. Three days after Tom Petty kicks off a tour with the Heartbreakers, his Full Moon Fever solo disc peaks at #3. Warrant hits #27 with Down Boys. Peter Gabriel hits #41 in the US with In Your Eyes. A Very Fine Love, recorded in Nashville by Dusty Springfield, is released.
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