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Deaths
2010 : "It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty delta day", as Billie Joe McAllister jumps off the Tallahatchee Bridge, according to the Bobbie Gentry song, Ode To Billie Joe |
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Awards and Honors (2)
| 1955 : Buddy Holly opens for Elvis Presley at a matinee concert in Lubbock, Texas. After the show, they sign autographs in a promotional appearance at the Johnson-Connelley Pontiac car dealership. |
| 1963 : The mayor of Aurora, IN, declares today "Lonnie Mack Day" in honor of the native guitarist, recently on the charts with his famous instrumentals "Memphis" and "Wham!" |
Births (23)
| 1906 : Josephine Baker |
| 1913 : Dakota Staton |
| 1927 : Boots Randolph |
| 1942 : Curtis Mayfield |
| 1943 : Michael Clarke (The Byrds) |
| 1946 : Eddie Holman |
| 1947 : Dave Alexander (The Stooges) |
| 1947 : Mickey Finn (T-Rex) |
| 1949 : Ian Hunter is born Ian Hunter Patterson in Shropshire to a Scottish father. He was the eldest of two sons. |
| 1950 : Suzi Quatro |
| 1950 : Florian Pilkington-Miksa (Curved Air) |
| 1951 : Deniece Williams |
| 1952 : Billy Powell (Lynyrd Skynyrd) |
| 1954 : Dan Hill |
| 1956 : Danny Wilde (The Rembrandts) |
| 1961 : El Debarge (DeBarge) |
| 1962 : David Cole (C and C Music Factory) |
| 1964 : Kerry King (Slayer) |
| 1965 : Mike Gordon (Phish) |
| 1968 : Samantha Sprackling (Republica) |
| 1971 : Ariel and Gabriel Hernandez (No Mercy) |
| 1974 : Kelly Jones (Stereophonics) |
| 1985 : Tavion La'Corey Mathis (Pretty Ricky) |
Certifications and Milestones (1)
| 1970 : Jimi Hendrix' Band Of Gypsies is certified gold. |
Charts (14)
| 1950 : Perry Como's "Hoop-Dee-Doo" hits #1. |
| 1957 : Pat Boone's "Love Letters In The Sand" hits #1. |
| 1959 : Billboard Magazine responds to the growing popularity of stereophonic recordings by splitting its album chart in two: one chart for mono, one for stereo. |
| 1967 : Aretha Franklin's Respect hits #1. |
| 1972 : The Staple Singers' I'll Take You There hits #1. |
| 1972 : Jethro Tull's LP Thick As A Brick hits #1. |
| 1978 : Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams' "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" hits #1. |
| 1989 : Michael Damian's Rock On hits #1 on the US singles chart. |
| 1989 : Queen's The Miracle hits #1 on the UK album charts. |
| 1989 : The Fine Young Cannibals' The Raw & The Cooked start a seven-week run at No.1 on the US album chart |
| 1995 : Bryan Adams' Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? starts a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart. |
| 2001 : Shaggy's Angel starts a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart. His album Hot Shot also goes to No.1 on the UK album chart. |
| 2001 : Staind's Break The Cycle starts a three-week run at No.1 on the US album chart. |
| 2006 : Red Hot Chili Peppers' Stadium Arcadium hits #1 on both the UK and US album charts. |
Concerts and Festivals (5)
| 1964 : The Rolling Stones make their U.S. debut performance at the Manning Bowl in Lynn, MA. |
| 1971 : The Band appear at London's Royal Albert Hall during a European tour. |
| 1972 : With Martha Reeves and Stevie Wonder opening, The Rolling Stones kick off their Exile On Main Street tour in Vancouver, BC. The 32 date tour would gross $4 million, making it the richest rock tour in history at that time. |
| 1990 : The Big Day, free festival takes place in Glasgow, Scotland with Wet Wet Wet, Deacon Blue, Hothouse Flowers, Sheena Easton, Texas, Hue and Cry, John Martyn, Eddi Reader, Average White Band and others. Channel 4 TV runs a six-hour live broadcast from the event. |
| 2002 : Paul McCartney and Aretha Franklin are the performers at Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee celebrating the 50th year of her reign. |
Deaths (7)
| 1953 : Florence Beatrice Price |
| 1975 : Ozzie Nelson |
| 1981 : Joe Santollo (The Duprees) |
| 2009 : Koko Taylor |
| 2010 : "It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty delta day", as Billie Joe McAllister jumps off the Tallahatchee Bridge, according to the Bobbie Gentry song, Ode To Billie Joe |
| 2011 : Benny Spellman |
| 2011 : Andrew Gold |
Health Issues (2)
| 1959 : Stricken with tonsillitis while in the Army, Elvis Presley enters the base hospital in Germany and remains there for six days, during which a fruitless search is undertaken for a doctor who will operate on the famous throat. The inflammation is instead allowed to run its course. |
| 1964 : During a photo shoot for The Saturday Evening Post, an exhausted Ringo Starr collapses and is rushed to the hospital, where he is diagnosed with tonsillitis and pharyngitis. Jimmy Nicol replaces him on the Beatles tour. |
Incidents (3)
| 1968 : Valerie Solanas shoots Andy Warhol and art critic and curator Mario Amaya at Warhol's studio in New York City. Solanas had been to see Warhol after asking for the return of a script which had apparently, been misplaced. Warhol is seriously wounded in the attack and barely survives. |
| 1983 : Already undergoing psychiatric treatment and suffering from, among other things, voices in his head, Derek and the Dominos drummer Jim Gordon brutally murders his own mother with a hammer and knife in their home. Gordon, who co-wrote the band's biggest hit, Layla, is sentenced to life in prison. |
| 2003 : Barry Manilow suffers a broken nose after he accidentally walked into a wall at his home in Palm Springs, CA and knocked himself unconscious. Although he passed out for four hours, he doesn't endure any lasting effects as doctors determines that surgery is not necessary. |
Legal Issues (2)
| 1988 : A judge rejects the defense of James Brown's wife Adrienne, who claims diplomatic immunity in an effort to get out of traffic tickets. Her reasoning is that two years earlier, Congressman Douglas Bernard, Jr. called her husband the "#1 Ambassador" as part of James Brown Appreciation Day. The judge didn't go for it. |
| 2000 : Allman Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts is arrested after allegedly trashing his house, threatening his wife's life, and then disappearing. He is captured and ordered to get psychiatric help. |
Miscellaneous (4)
| 1949 : Elvis Presley, still an 8th grader, receives his final grades for the year at Humes High School, including an "A" in language but only a "C" in music. Four years later to the day, he would graduate. |
| 1970 : With the BBC refusing to air The Kinks' new single, Lola, due to its reference to "Coca-Cola" (brand names being a no-no for the corporation), lead singer Ray Davies is forced to fly all the way from London to New York to record the words "cherry cola" for an alternate release. |
| 1972 : Joe Cocker, The Beach Boys, Melanie, Richie Havens and Sha Na Na all appear at the Crystal Palace Garden Party, England. |
| 1982 : Elvis Presley's fabled home, Graceland, is opened to the public. |
Recordings (4)
| 1952 : Frank Sinatra, "Birth Of The Blues" |
| 1966 : The Beatles, I Want To Tell You |
| 1970 : The Kinks, Lola |
| 1970 : Bob Dylan: "Kingston Town (Jamaica)," "Can't Help Falling In Love With You," Long Black Veil, "Lily Of The West," "One More Weekend" |
Releases (6)
| 1957 : The Isley Brothers, "The Angel's Cried" |
| 1967 : The Doors, Light My Fire |
| 1970 : Stevie Wonder releases "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" as a 45RPM vinyl single. The single reached #3 on Billboard's Hot R&B charts, and was later played following rally speeches by American presidential candidate Barack Obama. |
| 1972 : The Eagles, Take It Easy |
| 1972 : Pink Floyd, Obscured By Clouds |
| 1991 : Willie Nelson, Who'll Buy My Memories: The IRS Tapes |
TV, Radio, Press (2)
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