June 26th Happy Birthday to Colonel Tom Parker (1909), Dave Grusin - jazz pianist/composer (1934), Reggie Workman - jazz bassist (1937), Billy Davis Jr - 5th Dimension (1938), Larry Taylor - Canned Heat (1942), Richard McCarken - Taste (1948), Junior Daye - Sweet Sensation (1950), Mick Jones - The Clash (1955), Ivan Julian - Richard Hell and the Voidoids (1955), Chris Isaak (1956), Chris Duffy - Waterfront (1960), Terri Nunn - Berlin (1961), Harriet Wheeler - The Sundays (1963), Pär Wiksten - The Wannadies (1966), Colin Greenwood - Radiohead (1969), Mark Decloedt - EMF (1969), Gretchen Wilson (1973), Nathan Followill - Kings of Leon (1979) Chart News 1961 Gary U.S. Bonds at No.1 on the US charts with Quarter To Three 1965 The Byrds at No.1 on the US singles chart with Mr Tambourine Man 1971 Emerson Lake and Palmer at No.1 on the UK chart with their second album Tarkus. 1976 The Real Thing at No.1 on the UK chart with You To Me Are Everything 1982 Charlene at No.1 on the UK chart with Ive Never Been To Me. 1988 Bros at No.1 on the UK chart with I Owe You Nothing 1993 Gabrielle at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Dreams. 1993 Jamiroquai at No.1 on the UK album chart with Emergency On Planet Earth 2011 Jason Derulo at No.1 on the UK chart with Dont Wanna Go Home Gig news 1955 Elvis Presley (Scotty Moore and Bill Black) played at the Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi 1964 The Beatles played two shows at Town Hall, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. 1966 The Rolling Stones played two shows, a matinee show at The Coliseum in Washington DC and an evening show at The Baltimore Civic Centre in Maryland. 1977 Elvis Presley made his last ever live stage appearance when he appeared at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. Presley would die less than two months later. The last two songs he performed were ‘Hurt’ and ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water.’ 2005 Tickets for a forthcoming Rolling Stones gig at the Hollywood Bowl were set to become the most expensive in rock n roll history. Fans would have to pay up to £249 for a seat - £2 per minute to watch the Stones. Music news 1969 Joni Mitchell appeared on the ABC TV Mama Cass Television Program from Los Angeles, California. 1974 Cher divorced Sonny Bono after 10 years of marriage. 2008 Total Guitar magazine voted Celine Dion’s rendition of the AC/DC track ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’ as the worlds worst cover version ever https://facebook/media/set/?set=a.182673131786263.54972.177749688945274&type=1
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