| July 19 |
| 1947 |
Bernie Leadon, guitarist for the Eagles and Queen guitarist Brian May are born. |
| 1948 |
Keith Godchaux, keyboard player for the Grateful Dead is born. |
| 1954 |
That's All Right Mama, the first single by Elvis Presley is released by Sun Records. |
| 1969 |
Honky Tonk Women is released by The Rolling Stones. |
| 1969 |
The Spencer Davis Group breaks up and Steve Winwood goes on to join Traffic. |
| 1972 |
After being involved in a altercation with a newspaper photographer, five members of the Rolling Stones party including Kick Jagger and Keith Richards are stopped at the Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island and charged with assault and misdemeanors and taken to jail. They were in route to Boston for a concert. Fearing a riot, Boston Mayor Kevin White calls the Governor of Rhode Island and request they be released on bond. They are eventually released, but arrive 4 hours late. |
| 1973 |
Clarence White of the Byrds is laid to rest in California. He had been struck by a drunk driver two days earlier outside a Palmdale Nightclub. |
| 1975 |
Aerosmith's "Sweet Emotion" peaks at #36 on the singles chart. |
| 1976 |
Deep Purple breaks up. |
| 1980 |
The Rolling Stones album Emotional Rescue enter the charts on its way to #1. |
| 1980 |
Jackson Browne's "Hold Out" enters the album chart. |
| 1991 |
Former Guns n' Roses drummer Steven Adler filed a lawsuit against the band. He claimed the other members had forced him to use heroin, then made him quit the band while he tried to kick his drug habit. |
| 1995 |
Elvis Presley's former doctor Dr. George Nichopoulous, loses his medical license for being "too liberal" in prescribing addicitive drugs. |
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