6 June

Pick a Day

6 JUNE

In Music History

Page 1
1 2 3

2022 Jim Seals of the duo Seals & Crofts ("Summer Breeze") dies at 79.

2014 The BBC broadcasts You've Got A Friend: The Carole King Story, named for her 1971 song.

2012 One Direction's video release of Up All Night: The Live Tour debuts at #1 on the Billboard Music Video Sales chart. In the same week, "What Makes You Beautiful" is also peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

2006 Billy Preston, a virtuoso keyboardist who worked with the likes of Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, and The Beatles, dies of kidney failure at age 59 after a long battle with kidney disease and hypertension. His funeral is held in Inglewood, California, on June 20th.

2005 A Los Angeles jury begins deliberation in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial.

2003 Dave Rowberry (keyboardist for The Animals) dies at age 62 of an ulcer hemorrhage.

2002 Ratt guitarist Robbin Crosby dies at 42 of complications from AIDS. He played on four Platinum albums with the band but developed a debilitating drug habit that led to his demise.

2002 Natalie Appleton (of All Saints) marries Liam Howlett (of The Prodigy) in France. They met two years earlier at England's V Festival.

2001 Elton John auctions off 20 vehicles in his car collection, earning $2.75 million. He says he "doesn't have time to drive them anymore."

2000 Rascal Flatts release their self-titled debut album on the new Disney imprint, Lyric Street Records. It sells over 2 million copies in America, the first of five consecutive multi-Platinum albums for the band.

1998 DMX hits #1 in America with his debut album, It's Dark And Hell Is Hot. The ruff and rowdy rapper goes on a tear, with his next four albums also hitting the top.

1993 The Velvet Underground re-form for the first time in 24 years for a show at London's Wembley Arena.

1993 The Who's Tommy, which has been converted into a Broadway play, wins five Tony Awards.

1992 David Bowie and Iman renew their vows in Florence, Italy, after wondering about the legality of their wedding in Switzerland.

1991 Jazz saxophonist Stan Getz dies of liver cancer at age 64. His ashes are poured from his saxophone case by his grandson off the coast of Marina del Rey, California.

Page 1
1 2 3

Heart Release Bad Animals

1987

Heart release their ninth album, Bad Animals, which like their previous album, uses outside songwriters. The big hit from the disc is the #1 ballad "Alone," written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly.


In the early '90s, Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart invest in a Seattle recording studio that is christened Bad Animals, after the album. They record their 1993 album Desire Walks On there, as do many of the Seattle bands that define the grunge sound, Soundgarden, Nirvana and Queensrÿche among them.

Categories

Comments

send your comment
Be the first to comment...

©2024 Songfacts®, LLC