1952 – Patti Page made her TV debut in a summer replacement series for Perry Como.
1973 – Ray Davies announced that he was leaving The Kinks. He returned to the group within the week.
1978 – Bob Dylan performed before the largest open-air concert audience (for a single artist). About 200,000 fans turned out at Blackbushe Airport in England.
1980 – Linda Ronstadt made her dramatic debut in “The Pirates Of Penzance” at the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park.
1986 – Columbia Records dropped Johnny Cash after 28 years. Johnny signed with Polygram the next year.
1992 – Aretha Franklin sang the U.S. national anthem at the Democratic National Convention in New York City.
1994 – Phil Collins announced that he was seeking a divorce from his wife Jill.
1995 – Sinead O’Connor dropped out of Lollapalooza because she was pregnant. She was replaced with Elastica.
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