Well, its sunrise on the freeway as I get back from town on June 11 – Born – Clarence Pinetop Smith (1904) – boogie-woogie jazz pianist. James Pookie Hudson (1934) – The Spaniels. Jud Strunk (aka Justin Strunk, Jr., 1936) – singer/songwriter, banjo player (A Daisy A Day). Wilma Burgess (1939) – Country music singer (Dont Touch Me). Joey Dee (aka Joseph DiNicola, 1940) – Joey Dee and The Starliters. John Lawton (1946) – vocalist for Uriah Heep and The Les Humphries Singers. Glenn Leonard (1947) – The Temptations. Richard Palmer-James (1947) – lyricist for King Crimson. Skip Alan (aka Alan Skipper, 1948) – drummer for The Pretty Things. Frank Beard (1949) – drummer for ZZ Top. Graham Russell (1950) – Air Supply. Lynsey de Paul (1950) – British singer/songwriter. Donnie Van Zant (1952) – singer for .38 Special and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Barry Adamson (1958) – Magazine and Visage. Kevin Wilkinson (1958) – drummer for Squeeze and Howard Jones. Dan Lavery (1969) – Tonic. Steven Drozd (1969) – The Flaming Lips. Tai Anderson (1976) – bassist for Third Day. R.I.P. – Clyde McCoy (1990) – Age 86. Jazz trumpeter (Sugar Blues). Frank Virtue (1994) – Age 71. The Virtues (“Guitar Boogie Shuffle”). Album releases – The Rolling Stones – Got Live If You Want It! (1965) (EP) UK Them – The Angry Young Them (1965) UK Three Dog Night – Suitable For Framing (1969) Wings – Back To The Egg (1979) U.S. The Knack – Get The Knack (1979) Burning Spear – Social Living (1980) Glass Tiger – Thin Red Line (1986) Aaron Neville – Warm Your Heart (1991) Harem Scarem – Mood Swings (1993) Ash – 1977 (1996) U.S. George Clinton and The P-Funk All Stars – T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M. (The Awesome Power of A Fully Operational Mothership) (1996) Brian Wilson – Pet Sounds Live (2002) Gregg Allman – No Stranger To The Dark: The Best Of Gregg Allman (2002) Korn – Untouchables (2002) Events – 1940 – The Ink Spots record Maybe for Decca Records. 1949 – Hank Williams makes his debut at the Grand Ole Opry, and is brought back for six encores. 1957 – Elvis Presley releases his single, Teddy Bear b/w Loving You. 1958 – Jerry Lee Lewis is booed off stage in New York City. A second show is cancelled. 1958 – Elvis Presley holds his last recording session of the 1950’s, recording “I Got Stung” at RCA Studios in Nashville. 1960 – Drummer Tommy Moore quits The Silver Beetles due to lack of work and no money. 1962 – The Beatles are featured on the BBC radio show Here We Go, recorded at the Playhouse Theatre in Manchester. This is the last recording of the group with Pete Best on drums. 1964 – During a second day of recording at Chess Records in Chicago, The Rolling Stones hold an impromptu press conference out front of the studio, which is quickly broken up by police. 1964 – Manfred Mann records Do Wah Diddy Diddy. 1964 – The Beatles arrive in Sydney, Australia, at 2:35am in the middle of a heavy downpour, and are given umbrellas and forced to ride around on a flat-bed truck so the thousands of fans at the airport can get a glimpse of the band. Later in the day, back in England, Ringo Starr is discharged from the hospital after recovering from tonsil surgery, and goes home to pack for Australia. 1964 – Elvis Presley records “Spring Fever,” “Do Not Disturb,” Cross My Heart And Hope To Die,” “I’ve Got To Find My Baby” and “Fort Lauderdale Chamber Of Commerce” at Radio Recorders in Hollywood for his Girl Happy album. 1965 – Buckingham Palace announces that The Beatles will receive the MBE award. 1966 – Elvis Presley begins filming his 26th movie, Double Trouble. 1966 – Melody Maker announces the formation of Cream, with former members of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Manfred Mann, and The Graham Bond Organization. 1966 – French and German media reports that The Whos singer, Roger Daltrey, has been killed in a car crash. In actuality, Pete Townshend was involved in a car accident but was uninjured. 1967 – Melody Maker runs this ad: Freaky lead guitarist, bass and drummer wanted for Marc Bolans new group. Also any other astral flyers like with cars amplification and that which never grows in window boxes, phone Wimbledon 0697. 1967 – The Mamas and The Papas appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing Dedicated To The One I Love and Creeque Alley. Other musical guests include The Gospel Jazz Singers, The Kane Triplets, and opera singer Rouvaun. 1968 – Brian Jones appears in court to answer to his May 21 marijuana bust, and chooses to go to trial by jury. Later in the day, The Rolling Stones are recording Sympathy For The Devil at Olympic Studios in London when the studio mysteriously catches on fire. 1968 – Paul McCartney records Blackbird in Studio 2 at EMI’s Abbey Road studios, while Lennon works on Revolution 9 in Studio 3. 1969 – David Bowie rush releases his single, “Space Oddity” b/w “Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud,” in the UK to coincide with the lunar landing of Apollo 11. 1971 – Drunk Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson puts his hand through a glass door, severing nerves, which keeps him off the drums for the better part of three years. 1976 – AC/DC appears at the City Hall in Glasgow, Scotland, on the first night of their 19-date Lock Up Your Daughters UK tour. 1976 – Wild Cherry releases their single, “Play That Funky Music” b/w “The Lady Wants Your Money.” 1977 – The Clashs Joe Strummer and Topper Headon are kept in jail after being arrested for spraying painting a building the previous day because they failed to show up at a May court hearing regarding the theft of pillow cases from a Holiday Inn. 1983 – After a two-year engagement, drummer Alex Van Halen marries Valeri Kendall in Los Angeles. They stay married for two months. 1988 – Patty Loveless joins the Grand Ole Opry. 1988 – Nelson Mandelas 70th birthday party takes place at Wembley Stadium, with Dire Straits, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Whitney Houston, Phil Collins, Tracey Chapman, UB40, George Michael, Eurythmics and Simple Minds performing. 1990 – The United Nations appoints Olivia Newton-John as Goodwill Ambassador to the Environment. 1992 – At a U2 concert in Stockholm, Sweden, the band is joined on stage by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA for a rendition of Dancing Queen. 1997 – Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall receives a Master of Science Degree at UMIST, Manchester for his fund-raising work following an IRA bombing in the city the previous year. 2001 – Depeche Mode appears at the Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City, Canada, on their Exciter tour. 2002 – Paul McCartney marries Heather Mills at St. Salvators Church in County Monaghan, Ireland. They stay married for six years. 2003 – Adam Ant is arrested for going berserk in a café and taking off his clothes. 2004 – Courtney Love surrenders to police and is charged with assaulting a woman with a bottle and a torch at the home of her former manager and ex-boyfriend on April 25. 2005 – Led Zeppelins Jimmy Page is awarded an OBE at the Queen of Englands Birthday Honours List ceremony. 2008 – The American Federation of Musicians files a federal lawsuit against the producers of American Idol, claiming musicians are underpaid because the show’s live music is re-recorded for re-runs. 2008 – Nancy Sinatra testifies on Capitol Hill and lobbies Congress for royalty payments for musicians from commercial analog radio. 2009 – Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty is arrested in Gloucester for drunk driving and possession of heroin after being pulled over for driving erratically. 2009 – Yoko Ono receives a Lifetime Achievement award from Mojo Magazine. 2009 – Sonny and Cher’s daughter, Chastity, begins undergoing operations to become a man.
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