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Rock and Metal history, a day like today July 15

1947: Guitarist Peter Banks, a founding member of Yes who is with the band until 1970, is born Peter William Brockbanks in Chipping Barnet, North London, England.

1948: Thomas Delmer Pyle is born in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1974, under the name Artimus Pyle, he joins the band Lynyrd Skynyrd. His musical career with Skynyrd earns him induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.

1956: Marky Ramone (drummer for The Ramones) is born Marc Steven Bell in Brooklyn, New York.

- Ian Curtis is born in Macclesfield, England. In 1976 he joins Joy Division, one of the most influential and critically acclaimed UK alternative bands. Following the singer's death in May 1980, the remaining members of the band continue to write and perform as New Order.

- Joe Satriani is born in Westbury, New York. Satriani started playing in a San Francisco-based band called Squares. Early in his career, Satriani worked as a guitar instructor, with many of his former students achieving fame, including Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan, and Alex Skolnick.Satriani is considered a highly technical guitarist, and has been referred to as a top guitar virtuoso.

1957: Elvis Presley's tenth UK chart hit, "All Shook Up", becomes his first to reach the top, where it will stay for the next seven weeks.

1967: The Doors and The Jefferson Airplane both played an afternoon and evening show to over 8,000 fans at Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California.

1978: The Rolling Stones' Some Girls album hits #1 in America.

- Bob Dylan performed before the largest open-air concert audience (for a single artist). About 200,000 fans turned out at Blackbushe Airport in England.

1989: 200,000 people turn out for a free Pink Floyd concert in Venice, Italy.

- Simply Red had the number one song in the country with their version of “If You Don’t Know Me By Now.”

2000: Paul Young, frontman with Sad Café and lead singer on the Mike + the Mechanics hit "All I Need Is A Miracle," dies of a heart attack at age 53.

2010: The group Take That announced that Robbie Williams had rejoined the band to record their first ablum since Williams left the band 15 years before.

2012: Queen were crowned top of the patriotic pops in a survey of 100,000 music fans. The band's anthem We Are The Champions was named number one by fans who were asked what song made them proud to be British. The track, which got to number two in 1977, picked up 13,000 votes in the survey carried out among users of the Lucky Voice website. It was followed by the Oasis hit Wonderwall which was nominated by 11,000 karaoke singers and then Let It Be by The Beatles which got 10,000 votes. Elton John's Candle In The Wind and London Calling by The Clash rounded off the top five.

2018: "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses becomes the first '90s video to pass a billion views on YouTube. The next closest '90s video is "Zombie" by The Cranberries, at 739 million.