July 10th
1965 Rolling Stones’ ’60s defining song, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” is #1 in the U.S.
1965 “Beatles VI” tops the Billboard chart.
The set holds “Eight Days A Week” and numerous covers.
1995 Offspring’s “Smash” has sold 5-million units.
The band’s third studio set is certified by the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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1943 Guitarist/singer Jerry Miller (Moby Grape) is born in Tacoma, WA.
1949 Vocalist Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio) is born in Cortland, NY.
1950 Greg Kihn, frontman for The Greg Kihn Band, has a birthday.
1969 Guitarist Eric Clapton states that Cream will disband following their current tour.
1969 Late Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones in buried in Cheltenham. He’d been fired from the group (by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards) only weeks earlier and died under mysterious circumstances. All the Stones, expect Jagger, attend the memorial service.
1979 Chuck Berry is sentenced to four months in prison. The IRS says Berry owes $200,000.
1989 The Monkees receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It’s in front of the Vogue Theatre.
1999 Limp Bizkit start a three-week run at #1 on the Billboard 200 with “Significant Other,” their first U.S. chart topper.
2006 Pearl Jam announce the launch of their ’06 Carbon Portfolio Strategy which earmarks $100,000 in donations from the band to nine environmental-related organizations to help offset carbon emissions produced through touring and other activities. “We (are investing) in the future health of our planet and its delicate ecosphere,” says guitarist Stone Gossard.
2010 Never say never. Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and David Gilmour appear on stage just two months after Waters said the two would never perform together again. The Oxfordshire, U.K. concert raises $525,000 for the Hoping Foundation, which generates funds for young Palestinian refugees.
2012 Slash (Guns N’ Roses) gets the 2,473rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “Slash is widely considered one of the greatest Rock guitarists of all time,” says Ana Martinez, producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.
2017 Five Finger Death Punch’s Ivan Moody says he will be returning to the group following his treatment for his “addiction issues.” Moody dropped off the band’s European tour following an onstage meltdown. Tommy Vext filled in.
2018 Florence Welch (Florence And The Machine) publishes her first book. “Useless Magic” features Welch’s lyrics, poetry and artwork.
2023 Ozzy Osbourne cancels his Power Trip festival appearance citing health issues. “My body is telling me that I’m just not ready yet,” explains Ozzy. He doesn’t want his first show in nearly five years to be “half-assed.” Judas Priest is named Ozzy’s replacement.
2024 The Killers are awarded two Guinness World Records titles for “Mr. Brightside.” The song spends 416 non-consecutive weeks on the chart. It also earns the record for the longest stay in the U.K. singles chart by a group – also at 416 weeks. Ironically, the U.K,’s biggest single never reached #1.
2024 Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer is sued for wrongful death after striking and killing 47-year-old Israel Sanchez, with his GMC SUV, while the victim was walking in a crosswalk on his way to get groceries. The suit, filed in California by the victim’s daughter, alleges that Klinghoffer was distracted by his phone.
2025 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club demand, in writing, that the Department of Homeland Security stop posting/airing a recruitment video that uses the band’s version of “God’s Gonna Cut You Down.”
2025 Ronnie James Dio, who succumbed to gastric cancer in 2010, is honored — on what would have been his 83rd birthday — with the dedication in his name of a room in the UCLA Center for Oral/Head & Neck Oncology Research (COOR).
