Music History
Jul 5 At Knebworth Festival in England, Pink Floyd debut their album "Wish You Were Here" with pyrotechnics and an exploding plane which flies into the stage
Music History
Jul 6 Dmitri Shostakovich completes Sonate for alto, opus 147
Gladys Knight and The Pips
Jul 10 Gladys Knight and Pips Summer Series premieres on NBC-TV
- Jul 25 Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban's musical "A Chorus Line", opens at the Shubert Theatre, NYC; for record setting longest-running Broadway show run of 6,137 performances, and 10 Tony Award wins
Fame
Jul 25 RCA releases David Bowie single "Fame", with cameo appearance by John Lennon
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