Music History on July 20

1st Billboard Singles Chart

1940 Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart - "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey, with vocal by Frank Sinatra is #1

Music History

1940 Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer's musical "Walk With Music", closes at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC, after 50 performances

Music History

1942 Time magazine puts Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich on its cover

Like a Rolling Stone

1965 Columbia records release Bob Dylan single "Like a Rolling Stone" [1]

  • 1968 Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117

Engagement of Interest

1968 Jane Asher breaks her engagement with Beatle bassist, singer, and songwriter Paul McCartney, live on BBC-TV's "Dee Time" programme

Music Concert

1968 Judy Garland headlines concert also featuring Count Basie and Jackie Wilson at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; her last US concert

Theatrical Finale

1975 Murray Schisgal's stage comedy "All Over Town", directed by Dustin Hoffman, closes at the Boothe Theatre, NYC, after 233 performances

  • 1982 T Macauly & D Vosburghs musical "Windy City," premieres in London

Famous Photo

1984 Vanessa Williams is asked to resign as Miss America due to publication of nude photos of her