DJ Fred’s Rock N’ Roll Factoids For July 15th [VIDEOS]

Elton John scored his first #1 album in the United States on this date in 1972! Was it part of your collection?

Honky Chateau, the album that contained Rocket Man and Honky Cat was titled after Château d'Hérouville, the 18th century French chateau where it was recorded!

By the way, Sir Elton John is the I-95 Artist of the Day!

It was July 15th, 1978, that the Rolling Stones scored their seventh #1 album in the U.S. It was Some Girls. The album cover featured images of Marilyn Monroe, Liza Minnelli, Farah Fawcett and others. It eventually had to be released again with a new cover after lawyers representing the families of the celebrities filled suit. Some Girls produced the hit "Miss You", which fans of the Stones thought was a sell-out disco song.

In 1985, nude photos of Madonna appeared in both Playboy and Penthouse magazines.  In 1977 Madonna had posed nude for photographer Herman Kulkens and was paid $10 an hour for the sessions.  Kulkens eventually sold the photos to the girlies magazines and Madonna didn't seem all that upset about it. Meanwhile after viewing the photos, fans were not all that surprised that the rug didn't match the drapes.

In 1998 Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer suffered burns to his hands, arm and leg while filling up his Ferrari with gas at a station in Scituate on Route 3 south of Boston.  Somehow a leak in the gas hose ignited and Kramer suffered the burns while shielding his face, the Ferrari was destroyed and Aerosmith had to postpone an upcoming tour.

Born on this day in 1946; The lovely Linda Ronstadt!  Ronstadt briefly had a few of the Eagles in her back-up band in the early days, and made a good living singing great hits like "You're No Good" and various cover songs by the likes of Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison.  Ronstadt, who suffers from Parkinson's Disease, was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2014!