This Date In Music History-June 3

Birthdays:

Dan Hill ("Sometimes When We Touch") turns 55.

Eddie Holman ("Hey There Lonely Girl") is 63.

Deniece Williams ("Let's Hear It For The Boy") is 58.

Suzi Quatro turns 59.

Ian Hunter - Mott the Hoople (1946)

El Debarge – Debarge (1961)

Kerry King - Slayer (1964)

John Paul Jones - Led Zeppelin (1946)

Mike Gordon – Phish (1965)


They Are Missed:

Born on this day in 1952, Billy Powell, keyboards, Lynyrd Skynyrd. He died at the age of 56 of a suspected heart attack in Florida on Jan 28, 2009. Powell called police saying he was having trouble breathing and emergency services tried to resuscitate the musician but he was pronounced dead an hour later.

Mike Clark of the Byrds was born in 1944 (died of liver failure on December 19th 1993)

Born on this day in 1947, Dave Alexander, bass, Iggy Pop And The Stooges. Died 10th February 10, 1975.

The late Boots Randolph ("Yakety Sax") was born in 1927

Josephine Baker was born in 1906.

Mickey Finn, T Rex, percussion, (1947-2002)

Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999)


History:

In 1967, Jefferson Airplane appeared on American Bandstand, playing "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love."

In 1991, as part of "Operation: Pay My $16 Million in Back Taxes," Willie Nelson released Who'll Buy My Memories: The IRS Tapes. The government seized all the recordings on the album as assets.

In 1983, session drummer Jim Gordon murdered his mother by pounding her head with a hammer. A diagnosed schizophrenic, it was not until his trial in 1984 that he was properly diagnosed. Due to the fact that his attorney was unable to use the insanity defense, Gordon was sentenced to sixteen years-to-life in prison in 1984. A Grammy Award winner for co-writing Layla with Eric Clapton, Gordon worked with The Beach Boys, John Lennon, George Harrison Frank Zappa and many other artists.

In 1949, Elvis Presley received an 'A' in language but only a 'C' in music on his 8th grade report card at Humes High School in Memphis, Tennessee.

Brothers Leonard and Phillip Chess launch Chess Records in Chicago in 1950. The label released countless influential Blues recordings.

Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen announced in 2004 that he was running for president. He is the first to admit that his bid is "to be considered for entertainment purposes only." Still, Kaukonen promoted a nonviolent, anti-hatred and pro-compassion platform with a foreign policy based on the need for "visual peace." He does not get the keys to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley appeared together at an autograph session at a Lubbock, Texas car dealership in 1955.

In 1970, the Kinks' Ray Davies flew to England from America to re-record the words "cherry cola" in the song, "Lola,” after the British Broadcasting Corporation refused to air it with the original words, "Coca-Cola.”

The Doors epic "Light My Fire" was released in 1967.

Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion in Memphis, TN, opened as a tourist attraction in 1982.

Aretha Franklin hits #1 with "Respect" in 1967.

The autobiographical "Creque Alley" peaked at #5 in 1967. It is the Mamas and the Papas' sixth and final Top Ten hit.