On This Day, July 14 in Music History
EVENTS ON JULY 14 IN MUSIC HISTORY
On this day July 14 in 1962 – Bobby Vinton started a four-week run at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart with ‘Roses Are Red (My Love)’. The song was an international hit that year and it also topped the charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, and South Africa.
1967 – David Bowie released ‘Love You till Tuesday’ as a single on Deram Records. The song featured on his self-titled debut studio album and it failed to chart.
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1979 – With ‘Bad Girls’, Donna Summer started a five-week stint at number one on the US Singles chart on this day July 14 in music history. This was her second chart-topper of the year as she previously topped the Hot 100 chart with ‘Hot Stuff’ on June 2.
2001 – Alicia Keys hit number one on the US Billboard 200 chart with her debut studio album ‘Songs in A Minor’. The album topped the charts in Australia and the Netherlands as well, and it earned Alicia five Grammy Awards.
2001 – House music DJ Roger Sanchez reached number one on the UK Singles chart with ‘Another Chance’ on this day July 14. The song also reached No.1 in Australia and Romania.
2005 – American composer, pianist and music arranger Joseph “Joe” Harnell died on this day at the age of 80 from heart failure.
2007 – Singer and actress Miley Cyrus reached number one in the US on this day July 14 with her double album ‘Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus’.
2007 – Electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers scored their fifth consecutive number one album in the UK with ‘We Are the Night’. The album also won them a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album.
2012 – With ‘Payphone’, Maroon 5 and Wiz Khalifa started a two-week run at number one on the UK Singles chart on this day July 14 in music history.
2012 – The number one album in the United States on this day was the fifth studio release ‘Living Things’ by the rock band Linkin Park.
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2015 – Canadian singer David Somerville died on this day July 14 at the age of 81. Best remembered as the co-founder and lead singer of the vocal quartet The Diamonds.
2016 – With their seventh studio album ‘California’, rock band Blink-182 went to number one in the UK for the first time ever. The album also topped the charts in the US, Canada, Czech Republic, and Scotland.
2018 – Canadian rapper Drake returned to number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for the third time with ‘Nice for What’. He also started a five-week run at No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart on this day July 14 in with his fifth studio album ‘Scorpion’. The album topped the charts in twelve other countries, including the UK and Canada.
2022 – The number one album in the United Kingdom on this day was ‘Last Night in the Bittersweet’ by the singer and songwriter Paolo Nutini.
2022 – Production duo LF System hit number one on the UK Singles chart with ‘Afraid to Feel’ for the first of eight consecutive weeks on this day July 14 in music history.
BORN ON JULY 14 IN MUSIC HISTORY
1901 – British composer Gerald Raphael Finzi was born in London on this day July 14 in music history.
1912 – American folk music singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Woodrow “Woody” Guthrie was born on this day in Okemah, Oklahoma. His work has inspired the likes of Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, and so on.
1920 – Country and gospel music songwriter and guitarist Marijohn Wilkin was born on this day July 14 in Nashville, Tennessee.
1933 – American country music singer and songwriter Delano “Del” Reeves was born in Sparta, North Carolina. Best known for songs such as ‘Girl on the Billboard’, ‘Looking at the World Through a Windshield’, and ‘The Belles of Southern Bell’.
1945 – Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and session musician James “Jim” Gordon was born on this day July 14 in Los Angeles, California. Best known as the drummer of the blues rock supergroup Derek and the Dominos.
1950 – American drummer and session musician Andrew Newmark was born in New York. Best known as a member of Sly and the Family Stone, and for his work with the likes of David Bowie, Pink Floyd, and John Lennon.
1952 – Multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and audio engineer Robert “Bob” Casale also known as Bob 2 was born in Kent, Ohio on this day July 14 in music history. He rose to fame as a member of the new wave band Devo.
1952 – Bassist and founding member of the new wave band Ultravox, Christopher Allen also known by his stage name Chris Cross was born in London, England.
1953 – American singer and model Beverle “Bebe” Buell was born on this day July 14 in Portsmouth, Virginia. She is the mother of actress Liv Tyler whose father is Aerosmith‘s frontman Steven Tyler.
1955 – English bass guitarist Matthew Seligman was born on this day in Wimbledon, London. Best known as a member of the new wave bands Thompson Twins and The Soft Boys.
1965 – Russian keyboardist, composer and producer Igor Khoroshev was born on this day July 14 in Moscow. He rose to fame as a member of the progressive rock band Yes from 1997 until 2000.
1966 – Singer-songwriter and guitarist Tanya Donelly was born in Newport, Rhode Island. Best known as the co-founder of the bands Throwing Muses, Belly, and The Breeders.
1966 – Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Ellen Reid was born in Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada on this day July 14 in music history. Best known as a founding member of the rock band Crash Test Dummies
1971 – Founding member and lead guitarist of the rock band The Verve, Nicholas “Nick” McCabe was born on this day in Haydock, England.
1975 – American rapper, songwriter and DJ Jaime Luis Gomez also known by his stage name Taboo was born on this day July 14 in Los Angeles, California. He rose to fame as a member of the Black Eyed Peas.
1987 – Co-founder and frontman of the pop rock band Imagine Dragons, Daniel “Dan” Reynolds was born on this day in Las Vegas, Nevada.