Today in Music History: Queen Play Their First Official Gig
July 02, 2014

History Highlight:
Today in 1971, Queen appeared at Surrey College, England. This was the group's first gig with the line-up of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon.
Also, Today In:
1956 - Elvis's first sessions to use the Jordanaires on back-up vocals produced "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel."
1975 - David Bowie received his fourth Gold record for Young Americans, which contained two of his biggest hits, the #1 "Fame" and the title song.
1988 - Michael Jackson became the first artist to have five number one singles from one album when "Dirty Diana" went to the top of the US charts. The other four chart-toppers from the LP Bad were the title track, "I Just Can't Stop Loving You," "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Man in the Mirror."
2008 - The gravestone of former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis was stolen.
