This Day In Music - June 11

 This Day In Music - June 11

Lots of listening today...

TBA - Ian Lees born (Bass - Moving Pictures). Early in his career, Ian played with numerous semi-professional bands. On becoming fully professional, he was a founding member of the very successful band, Moving Pictures - https://youtu.be/OzQKECQgjW8 .

1934 - R&B singer James "Pookie" Hudson (of The Spaniels) is born in Des Moines, Iowa. The 1954 hit 'Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite' was featured in such films as Three Men and a Baby and American Graffiti - https://youtu.be/eGGxdS0SBmg .

1936 - Jud Strunk, comedian and songwriter known for the 1973 ballad "Daisy A Day," is born in Jamestown, New York - https://youtu.be/PCbm_4cxMxY .

1940 - Joey Dee of Joey Dee and the Starliters is born Joseph DiNicola in Passaic, New Jersey and scored the 1962 No.1 single 'Peppermint Twist, Part 1' - https://youtu.be/7WIvZu4dPQQ .

1947 - Richard Palmer-James (vocalist, guitarist for Supertramp, songwriter for King Crimson) is born in Bournemouth, England - https://youtu.be/J9JOut9yh5g .

1947 - Glenn Leonard of The Temptations is born in Washington, DC. - https://youtu.be/A8KqoRTe_x8 .

1948 - Pat Wilson was born Patricia Mary Higgins and was a Singer / Journalist who wrote for Go Set magazine under the name "Mummy Cool" 1971 - 1972. Pat was married to Ross Wilson 1969 - 1989 - https://youtu.be/svSOepHyPvc .

1949 - ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard is born in Frankston, Texas - https://youtu.be/eUDcTLaWJuo .

1949 - Hank Williams makes his debut at the Grand Ole Opry, where he plays his new single "Lovesick Blues" and earns an amazing six encores - https://youtu.be/Kgard4nAU-A .

1950 - Graham Russell (Cyril Graham Russell - Air Supply) was born in Sherwood, Nottingham, England. In 1968, he moved to Australia and in 1975 joined the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar and met Russell Hitchcock on the first day and became instant friends. After 18 months in Jesus Christ Superstar, Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock formed the band under the name which Graham Russell had seen in a dream, a giant bright lights plate in which could be read "Air Supply" - https://youtu.be/GiHQvPbaKvE .

1950 - Lynsey De Paul (Lyndsey Monckton Rubin) born in Southwark, London, United Kingdom - https://youtu.be/htBfNPyKKoI

1952 - Donnie Van Zant (guitarist, vocalist for .38 Special, Van Zant) is born in Jacksonville, Florida.

1955 - Melody Of Love (Four Aces) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/-LFvkl0YRP8 .

1957 - Elvis Presley releases "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" b/w "Loving You." - https://youtu.be/jf9Wg2OkSbE .

1958 - Jerry Lee Lewis finds that the marriage scandal involving his 14-year-old second cousin has migrated back to the States when he is booed off a New York stage. His second show is cancelled due to poor ticket sales, and Lewis' career, for the time being anyway, is ruined.

1960 - Drummer Tommy Moore made the fateful decision to quit The Beatles and return to his job of driving a forklift at Garston bottle works. He was briefly replaced by Norman Chapman, who was called into National Service after just three gigs. After going drummer less and mostly jobless for a few weeks, the band hired Pete Best on August 12th, only one day before they were to go to Hamburg to play a string of club dates.

1960 - Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport (Rolf Harris) is #1 this week in .

1964 - Elvis Presley records "Cross My Heart And Hope To Die," "Spring Fever," and "Do Not Disturb.".

1965 - The Rolling Stones released the EP "Got Live If You Want It" in the - https://youtu.be/6VGXNV0Sglw .

1966 - The Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black," featuring Brian Jones on sitar, hits #1 in

1966 - European radio stations mistakenly reported that The Who's lead singer Roger Daltrey was dead. Actually, it was guitarist Pete Townshend who had been injured in a car accident a few days earlier.

1966 - Hitch Hiker (Bobby and Laurie) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/rY1Bu2fgck4 .

1966 - Printed in this week's music weekly Melody Maker's ad's pages, 'Freaky lead guitarist, bass and drummer wanted for Marc Bolan's new group. Also any other astral flyers like with car's amplification and that which never grows in window boxes, phone Wimbledon 0697.' The band who formed as Tyrannosaurus Rex, went on to release four underground folk albums before becoming known as T. Rex. - https://youtu.be/wZkTh_T75QY .

1966 - Donovan becomes the first rock star busted for drugs by the newly vigilant London drug squad - https://youtu.be/CHxfOZH8cew

1969 - Ballad Of John And Yoko (Beatles) starts a 3wk run at #1 on chart - https://youtu.be/hwzHeAnFqrk .

1971 - A drunk Dennis Wilson, drummer for The Beach Boys, accidentally puts his hand through the glass door of his home, severing nerves that keep him from his instrument for the better part of three years.

1973 - Tie A Yellow Ribbon (Dawn, ft Tony Orlando) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/_dggAQk5peA .

1976 - The Carpenters release A Kind Of Hush - https://youtu.be/zVYPHeuCvgk .

1976 - AC/DC started their first headline tour of Britain in Scotland (where a number of band members were born) - https://youtu.be/-sUXMzkh-jI .

1976 - Wild Cherry release "Play That Funky Music." - https://youtu.be/MDZsNksbw2Q .

1977 - Exodus (Bob Marley) enters album chart, whilst on this day in 1988, Ziggy Marley entered the singles chart with “Tomorrow People” - https://youtu.be/AM8M-HHSbp0 .

1977 - KC and the Sunshine Band's "I'm Your Boogie Man" hits #1 in America - https://youtu.be/_Ee3C2m3OXE .

1979 - Lay Your Love On Me (Racey) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/ofDCsRhT57o .

1983 - Naked Eyes peaked in the top 10 singles with “Always Something There To Remind Me” which failed to chart in Top 40 - https://youtu.be/lVrELhxOFnM .

1984 - Hello (Lionel Ritchie) is #1 this week in .

1988 - Dozens of big-name acts, including Peter Gabriel, Sting, Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder, rock the stage at the Free Nelson Mandela Concert at Wembley Stadium in London. When Stevie Wonder has an equipment problem, Tracy Chapman, who released her debut album two months earlier, covers for him in prime time, giving her career a huge boost - in August her album goes to #1 in - https://youtu.be/DwrHwZyFN7M

1990: -All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You (Heart) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/OAfxs0IDeMs .

1991 - Lynyrd Skynyrd return to recording with "Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991". It's their sixth album, following Street Survivors, but is their first since the plane wreck that took three band-members lives in 1977 - https://youtu.be/ye5BuYf8q4o .

1992 - U2 invites ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson to join them onstage at their concert in Stockholm for a rendition of ABBA's 1976 smash "Dancing Queen." - https://youtu.be/kT2WpKZCSmE

1996 - A Metallica concert at a small club in San Francisco was broadcast live via the Internet.

2001 - Angel (Shaggy ft Rayvon) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/XWJrPzAUzAs .

2007 - Umbrella (Rihanna ft Jay-Z) is #1 this week in .

2011 - Pink Floyd's 1973 album The Dark Side Of The Moon, re-entered the Billboard Album chart at No. 47, and reached the milestone of 1,000 weeks on Billboard's charts - https://youtu.be/pgXozIma-Oc .

2016 - 22-year-old Christina Grimmie, known for placing third on Season 6 of The Voice, is killed when gunman Kevin James Loibl opens fire at a meet-and-greet at The Plaza Live theatre in Orlando, Florida. The singer's brother, Marcus Grimmie, tackles Loibl, who fatally shoots himself during the scuffle.