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July, 3

  • 2000 DirecTV broadcasts the 1939 film “The Wizard Of Oz,” with Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side Of The Moon” in sync on the alternate Second Audio Program (SAP). While no one involved with Pink Floyd has ever admitted to any link between the bands seminal 1973 album and the classic film, urban legend purports that the album was conceived as an alternate soundtrack to Dorothy’s adventures in Oz.
  • 1999 John Michael Montgomery provides pre-race entertainment for the NASCAR Winston Cup PEPSI 400 race at Daytona International Speedway.
  • 1988 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “The Flame,” Cheap Trick.
  • 1986 Depression era singer and bandleader Rudy Vallee dies. His biggest hit is “Stein Song (University of Maine)” in 1930.
  • 1977 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Undercover Angel,” Alan O’Day.
  • 1971 Jim Morrison of the Doors dies of a heart attack in Paris at age 27. All eight of the albums recorded before Morrison’s death are certified gold for sales of more than 500,000 copies. The group’s two No. 1 songs are “Light My Fire” and “Hello, I Love You.”
  • 1970 The Allman Brothers Band appears at the Atlanta Pop Festival.
  • 1957 Laura Branigan is born in Brewster, N.Y. Her biggest hit is “Gloria,” a million-selling record that stays at No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for three weeks in 1982.