THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY (June 25th): 1935: Eddie Floyd (an American soul singer) was born 1939: Harold Melvin was born and he collected a few Blue Notes along the way -- he died in 1997 and, hopefully, you knew him by then 1940: Clint Warwick (The Moody Blues, bass) was born -- he died in 2004 1945: Carly Simon was born -- between her parents, there was much anticipation 1946: Allen Lanier (Blue Oyster Cult, guitar and keyboards) was born 1946: Ian McDonald (King Crimson and Foreigner, saxophone) was born 1964: Roy Orbison had the #1 song on the UK singles charts with Its Over 1966: Paperback Writer began a two-week run at #1 on the US singles charts for The Beatles (their twelfth #1) 1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience played a free afternoon concert in Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco, before playing two shows at the Fillmore West that evening 1969: He Aint Heavy, Hes My Brother was recorded by The Hollies -- the ballad was written by Bob Russell (dying of lymphoma at the time) and Bobby Scott and featured Reginald Kenneth Dwight on piano 1983: In the UK, Synchronicity, by The Police, was at #1 on the album charts
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:42:48 +0000
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