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Today in Music History: Queen Play Their First Official Gig

July 02, 2014

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Queen: Brian May, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon and Roger Taylor.
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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.

Today in Music History: Queen Play Their First Official Gig