Birthdays:
Dave White - Danny & The Juniors (1940)
Archie Bell & The Drells (1944)
Greg Errico - Sly and The Family Stone (1946)
Barry Gibb - singer, songwriter, producer, The Bee Gees (1947)
Bruce Foxton - The Jam (1955)
Gloria Estefan (1957)
J.D. Fortune - INXS, winner of the 2005 CBS reality television series Rock Star: INXS (1973)
Babydaddy (Scot Hofman) - Scissor Sisters (1976)
Joseph Mark Trohman - Fall Out Boy (1984)
They Are Missed:
Jerry Reed ("When You're Hot, You're Hot") died from complications of emphysema in 2008.
In 2005, R L Burnside, a blues singer and guitarist who found latter-day success working with the John Spencer Blues Explosion, died in Memphis (age 78).
Born on this day in 1933, Conway Twitty. He died on June 5, 1993.
Boxcar Willie (Lecil Martin) - Singer, songwriter, known as "The Singing Hobo" (September 1, 1931 – April 12, 1999)
History:
The Texas duo of Buddy Holly and Bob Montgomery auditioned for radio station KDAV's Sunday Party in 1953. The duo started a slot on Sunday afternoon that became known as The Bob and Buddy Show.
In 1955, after complaints from his neighbors, rock 'n' roll fan Sidney Adams was fined £3 and 10 shillings, ($9.80) by a London Court after playing Bill Haley's 'Shake Rattle and Roll' all day at full volume.
Elvis Presley shared his success with his family in 1956 by purchasing his mother a pink Cadillac.
19 year old Jerry Lee Lewis arrived at Sun Records in 1956 hoping for an audition, only to find that owner Sam Phillips was on vacation in Florida. Jerry Lee recorded some demos that Phillips would hear when he returned.
The Biggest Show Of Stars package tour kicked off at Brooklyn Paramount in 1957 and featured: Buddy Holly & The Crickets, The Drifters, The Everly Brothers and Frankie Lymon. On some dates artists were unable to play because of segregation laws.
Tommy Roe went to #1 in 1962 with "Sheila." The record was a re-recorded version of a song that was first released in 1960 when Roe was part of a group called The Satins.
James Brown appeared on "Shindig!" in 1965 performing "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag." Also on the show was Booker T. & the MG's.
The Byrds played the first of an 11 night run at the Whisky-a-go-go, Hollywood, California in 1966.
Guitarist Boz Scaggs joins the San Francisco based Steve Miller Band in 1967. Scaggs stays with the group through two albums (Children of the Future and Sailor) before heading out on a solo career in 1969.
In 1967, the four Beatles held a meeting at Paul McCartney's house in London to decide upon their next course of action following the death of manager Brian Epstein. They decided to postpone their planned trip to India and to begin the already-delayed production of the Magical Mystery Tour movie. They have two songs already recorded for the movie, ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ and ‘Your Mother Should Know’.
David Bowie released "John, I'm only Dancing" in the UK in 1972. However, due to the song's supposedly gay lyrics, it's not released in the US until 1976, on the greatest hits LP ChangesOneBowie.
Bob Dylan's soundtrack to the film, "Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid" entered the LP charts in 1973. It includes "Knockin' On Heaven's Door."
In 1973, the Rolling Stones open their first European tour since 1971 at Vienna's Stadthalle, the first stop of the 20 city tour. The band wanted to play on the other side of the iron curtain but were denied.
In 1976, Ode Records president Lou Adler and employee Neil Silver were kidnapped at Adler's house in Malibu. The two were released after paying a $25,000 ransom. A week later, a California couple were charged with the crime, but a third accomplice got away.
Blondie, featuring former Playboy Bunny Debra Harry, signed their first major record company contract with Chrysalis Records in 1977.
Billy Idol's former band, Generation X, released their debut single, "Your Generation" in 1977. Elton John reviews it for a British newspaper calling it "really dreadful garbage. The Ramones do this sort of thing so much better."
INXS made their live debut in Sydney, Australia in 1979.
U2 released their first record in 1979, an EP entitled, U2-3 in their native Ireland.
In 1983, Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer of the Clash, fired guitarist Mick Jones, accusing him of "drifting apart from the original concept of the band." Jones goes on to form Big Audio Dynamite, and the Clash soon break up.
Tina Turner's "What's Love Got To Do With It" peaked at #1 on the pop chart in 1984.
Paul McCartney released his Press to Play LP in 1986.
Madness announced they were splitting up in 1986. The band achieved over 20 Top 40 UK hits including the No.1 'House Of Fun', (they re-formed in 1992 and again in 1999).
Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum was opened with a seven-hour concert with dozens of stars in 1995.
David Bowie opened his online internet service provider business, Bowienet in 1998. The service offers basic internet services and exclusive Bowie news and releases.
"Rock N Roll Train," the first single from AC/DC's album "Black Ice," was used in commercials promoting the CBS show Criminal Minds in 2008.
In 2009, the Black Crowes unfurl “Before The Frost...” A second album, “...Until The Freeze,” is free exclusively through a download code included in “Before The Frost...” So you have to buy one to get the other. The discs were recorded live earlier in the year during a five-night stint at ex-Band singer/drummer Levon Helm's studio in Woodstock, NY.
Also in 2009, Kurt Cobain appears as a playable character in the Guitar Hero 5 video game. The late Nirvana frontman's avatar performs "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and a previously unreleased live version of "Lithium." The 85-song video game also has Kings Of Leon's "Sex On Fire," Blur's "Song 2" and Sublime's "What I Got." Looking for a Classic Rock Guitar Hero? Well, there’s a Santana avatar that accompanies a live version of "No One To Depend On."
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