This Day in Rock History - June 19 1947 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Peg O’ My Heart,” The Harmonicats. 1962 – Nat “King” Cole records his future No. 2 hit “Ramblin’ Rose.” 1965 – The Kinks and the Moody Blues both play their first American date at New York’s Academy of Music. 1965 – The Rolling Stones score their first #1 on the American charts with “Satisfaction”. 1966 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Paperback Writer,” The Beatles. 1967 – Paul McCartney tells a British television audience that he has taken LSD. It had worn off by the time he got around to recording “Silly Love Songs.” 1971 – Almost exactly a year to the day after the appearance of ‘Gasoline Alley’, Rod Stewart releases his self-produced masterpiece, ‘Every Picture Tells a Story.’ 1973 – On ABC tonight you can watch the special Roberta Flack … The First Time Ever 1973 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show, starring Tim Curry, opens at a London theater,. Also, making his first time ever appearance is Meatloaf. 1976 – The Bay City Rollers kick off their first U.S. tour in Atlantic City, N.J. 1976 – On HBO tonight you can watch Bette Midler perform live in the new show Standing Room Only. 1977 – Led Zeppelin play a one-off show in San Diego between six gigs in New York and six gigs in Los Angeles. Jimmy Page is apparently so out of it from his heroin habit that he has to be physically carried onto the plane to California. 1980 – Donna Summer is the first act signed by David Geffen to his new Geffen Records label. 1982 – Asia live up to their “supergroup” tag when their self-titled debut tops the albums chart. 1982 – Rainbow hits #40 with “Stone Cold” this day in rock history! 1984 – Tickets for Bruce Springsteen’s 10-night stand at New Jersey’s Meadowlands go on sale. Twenty-four hours later, 202,000 tickets have been snatched up. 1986 – Genesis hits #3 in the US with ‘Invisible Touch’ this day in rock history! 1988 – Michael Jackson performs in West Berlin, attracting a crowd of 3,000 East Berliners who listen to the gig from the other side of the wall that divides the city 1988 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Foolish Beat,” Debbie Gibson.
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