June 23rd: On this day |
1957, Lonnie
Donegan was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Gamblin' Man / Putting
On The Style', the singers second UK No.1. It was the last UK No.1 to
be released as a 78rpm as well as a 7' vinyl record. |
1960, Eddie
Cochran was at No.1 in the UK with the single 'Three Steps To Heaven'.
The American singer had been killed 3 months earlier in a car crash
while touring the UK. |
1962, Ray Charles started a 14-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music'. |
1962, The film
soundtrack to 'West Side Story' went to No.1 on the UK charts for the
first time. It spent a total of 13 weeks at No.1 on seven different
occasions. |
1965, The Yardbirds appeared at The City Hall, Salisbury, England, admission 10 shillings, ($1.40). |
1966, The Beatles
had their tenth consecutive UK No.1 single with 'Paperback Writer' /
'Rain'. The track is marked by the boosted bass guitar sound throughout,
partly in response to John Lennon demanding to know why the bass on a
certain Wilson Pickett record far exceeded the bass on any Beatles
records. It was also cut louder than any other Beatles record, due to a
new piece of equipment used in the mastering process.
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1970, Cubby Checker was arrested in Niagara Falls after police discovered marijuana and other drugs in his car. |
1973, 10cc were at
No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Rubber Bullets', the first of three
UK No.1's for the band, (who also had a No.1 as Hotlegs).
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1973, George
Harrison started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with
'Living In The Material World', his second US No.1. His third studio
solo album was the follow-up to 1970's acclaimed All Things Must Pass
and his massive charity project, The Concert for Bangladesh. |
1975, During his 'Welcome To My Nightmare' tour in Vancouver, Canada, Alice Cooper fell from the stage and broke six ribs.
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1975, Bob Marley
and The Wailers played the first of 14 shows over 7 nights at Paul's
Mall in Boston, Massachusetts, as part of their Natty Dread Tour. |
1976, Paul McCartney and Wings played the last date on their Wings Over America tour at the Forum in Los Angeles. |
1984, Duran Duran
started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The
Reflex', the group's first US No.1, was taken from their third album,
Seven and the Ragged Tiger. |
1989, George Michael received the Silver Clef Award for outstanding achievements to British Music. |
1990, 13-year-old
Keith Sorrentino filed a $500,000 (£294,118) lawsuit against Madonna,
claiming he suffered nightmares and bed-wetting problems after an
incident outside Madonna's home when she allegedly flung him to the
ground. |
1990, Elton John
had his first UK solo No.1 single with 'Sacrifice / Healing Hands' after
achieving over 50 previous UK hits and 6 chart toppers in the US. |
1990, Buddy
Holly's Gibson acoustic guitar sold for £139,658 ($237,419) in a
Sotheby's auction. The guitar was in a tooled leather case made by Holly
himself.
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1995, Drummer Alan
White made his live debut with Oasis at Glastonbury Festival. Also
former Take That member Robbie Williams appeared on stage with the band
during the show.
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1996, Bryan Adams
went to No.1 on the UK album chart with '18-Till I Die'. Metallica went
to No.1 on the US album chart with their sixth studio album 'Load'. The
album has now sold over five million copies in America alone.
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2002, The top pop
earners from US sales during 2001 were listed by Rolling Stone magazine
as: Madonna at No.5 with £29.1 million ($49.5 million); Dave Matthews
Band at No.4 with £31 million ($52.7 million); The Beatles at No.3 with
£34.2 million ($58 million); Dr. Dre at No.2 with £37.1 million ($63
million) and, top of the list, U2 with £44.2 million ($75 million).
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2003, Diana Ross
appeared in court and testified that she was coerced and felt
intimidated into taking a breath test that showed her blood alcohol
level was 0.2 (well over the 0.08 limit). The singer said, "If I didn’t
take the breath tests, I was either going to go to the hospital or to
jail". After the hearing, Ross asked the judge if it would be possible
to have court paperwork processed using her married name of Diana Naess.
The City Magistrate said he thought it was "a little late" for that
now.
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2004, UK DJ Tony
Blackburn was suspended by radio station Classic Gold Digital for
playing songs by Cliff Richard which was against station policy.
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2004, Bob Dylan
was awarded an honorary degree by the University of St. Andrews
Scotland's oldest University and made a "Doctor of Music."
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2008, Coldplay
appeared at Madison Square Garden in New York City on the first night of
the North American leg, Viva la Vida, 161-date world Tour. |
2009, Chris Brown
pleaded guilty to one count of assault on his former girlfriend,
Rihanna. The 19 year-old R&B singer was sentenced to five years
probation and ordered to do six months community service. Brown had
faced charges of assaulting Rihanna, 21, during a row in February. The
last-minute plea deal came before a hearing at a Los Angeles court at
which Rihanna was due to give evidence. The Los Angeles County Superior
Court judge also ordered Brown and Rihanna to stay at least 50 yards
from each other, except at entertainment industry events when the
distance is reduced to 10 yards. |
2010, 62-year-old
Gregg Allman underwent a successful liver transplant operation at the
Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Allman had begun a series of
treatments for Hepatitis C, but chronic damage of his liver led doctors
to recommend a transplant. In a statement to the press, Allman said "I
changed my ways years ago, but we can't turn back time. Every day is a
gift." |
June 23rd: Born on this day |
1929, Born on this
day, June Carter Cash, country singer, wife of Johnny Cash. Died 15th
May 2003 aged 73. Had hits with Johnny Cash, 'Ring Of Fire', 'Jackson',
'If I Were A Carpenter'. |
1937, Born on this
day, Niki Sullivan, guitarist, singer, one of the three original
members of Buddy Holly's backing group, The Crickets. He co-wrote a
number of his hit songs and sang back-up vocals on 27 of the 32 songs
Buddy recorded over his brief career. Sullivan died suddenly of a heart
attack on April 6th 2004, at his home in Independence, Missouri aged 66 |
1940, Born on this
day, Adam Faith, singer and actor, (1959 UK No.1 single 'What Do You
Want', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles), acting roles include the
TV series 'Love Hurts.' Faith died on March 8th 2003. |
1940, Born on this
day, Stuart Sutcliffe, original bassist of The Beatles for eighteen
months (January 1960 - June 1961). Sutcliffe was living in Hamburg,
Germany at the time of his death, he died of a brain haemorrhage in an
ambulance on the way to hospital on April 10th 1962, aged 22.
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1956, Born on this
day, Randall Darius Jackson, American musician and record producer, now
best known for being a judge on the US television show American Idol. |
1957, Born on this day, Lee John, Imagination, (1982 UK No.2 single 'Just An Illusion'). |
1960, Born on this
day was American record producer, mixer, engineer, and musician Brendan
O'Brien, who has produced, to date, 14 US No.1 albums for acts such as
Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, The Black Crowes, Red Hot Chili
Peppers and Aerosmith. |
1962, Born on this day, Richard Coles, Communards, (1986 UK No.1 single 'Don't Leave Me This Way'). |
1962, Born on this day, Steve Shelley, drums, Sonic Youth, (1993 UK No.26 single 'Sugar Kane'). |
1965, Born on this
day, Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs, guitar, Oasis, (first single 'Supersonic'
1994 UK No.31, 1996 UK No.1 single 'Don't Look Back In Anger', 1994 UK
No.1 album 'Definitely Maybe' fastest selling UK debut album ever').
Quit the band in Aug 1999.
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1966, Born on this day, James MacPherson, drummer, The Breeders, (1993 UK No.40 'Cannonball EP'). |
1966, Born on this day, Mark Chadwick, guitar, vocals, The Levellers, (1995 UK No.12 single 'Just The One'). |
1975, Born on this day, KT Tunstall, UK singer, songwriter, 2005, UK No.3 album, 'Eye To The Telescope'. |
1980, Born on this day, Jessica Taylor, singer, Liberty X, (2002 UK No.1 single 'Just A Little'). |
1981, Born on this day, Anthony Costa, singer, Blue, (2002 UK No.1 single 'If You Come Back'). |
1984, Born on this day, Aimee Anne Duffy, (Duffy) Welsh singer-songwriter who had the 2008 UK No.1 single ‘Mercy’. |
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