This Day In Music - June 13

 This Day In Music - June 13

1927: Slim Dusty (David Gordon Kirkpatrick) born in Nulla Nulla Creek New South Wales. Slim Dusty "released more than a hundred albums, selling more than seven million records and earning over 70 gold and platinum album certifications". He was the first Australian to have a No. 1 international hit song, with a version of Gordon Parsons' "A Pub with No Beer". He received an unequalled 45 Golden Guitar and an Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) award. He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and Australian Roll of Renown. At the time of his death, at the age of 76, Dusty had been working on his 106th album for EMI Records - https://youtu.be/et6wYjECxUA .

1940: Bobby Freeman, known for the 1958 hit "Do You Want To Dance," is born in Northern California - https://youtu.be/4T6XIBIjKck .

1946: Jim Keays (Masters Apprentices) died on the 13th of June 2014 in Melbourne, VIC aged 67. He was born on the 9th of September 1946 in Glasgow, Scotland. He fronted the rock band the Masters Apprentices as singer-songwriter, guitarist and harmonica-player from 1965 to 1972 and subsequently had a solo career. The Masters Apprentices had Top 20 hits on the Go-Set National Singles Charts with "Undecided", "Living in a Child's Dream", "5:10 Man", "Think about Tomorrow Today", "Turn Up Your Radio" and "Because I Love You". The band reformed periodically, including in 1987 to 1988 and again subsequently. Keays, as a member of the Masters Apprentices, was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1998 - https://youtu.be/JnMytzzcRGI .

1949: Dennis Locorriere (lead vocalist and guitarist for Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show) is born in Union City, New Jersey - https://youtu.be/QAt_Wy5VV0c .

1949: Red Symons (Skyhooks / Red Faces) was born in Brighton, England. Born Redmond Symons - https://youtu.be/G2fVm8Y70mA

1951: Howard Leese (guitarist for Heart) is born in Hollywood, California - https://youtu.be/OAfxs0IDeMs .

1953: Hi Lili, Hi Lo (Dinah Shore) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/GBqQsAwaaMU .

1959: A Fool Such As I (Elvis Presley) is #1 this week in for another week;

1964: My Guy (Mary Wells) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/loKVdF9G2AQ .

1967: Colin Hay, 14 years old, arrives in Australia with his family, who have left Scotland for better opportunity. He forms the band Men at Work, which becomes one of the most popular acts in the country - https://youtu.be/eZkOn0-yt9E .

1969: Mick Taylor joined The Rolling Stones as Brian Jones' replacement.

1970: The Long And Winding Road went to #1 on the USA singles chart - https://youtu.be/NR0u_qjq2fM .

1970: Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo is born in New York City. He is raised on an ashram (spiritual hermitage) in Pomfret, Connecticut.

1970: Christine McVie released a solo album and then announced her retirement from music. She later came out of retirement.

1972: Clyde McPhatter (original lead vocalist for The Drifters died. Elvis Presley had said that he wished his voice were the equal of McPhatters;

1977: Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (Julie Covington) is #1 this week in for another week;

1980: The all star “Roadie” movie opened in the , starring Meat Loaf as Travis W. Redfish. The soundtrack double album featured Deborah Harry and Blondie, Pat Benatar, Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, Styx and Roy Orbison amongst others;

1983: Total Eclipse Of The Heart (Bonnie Tyler) is #1 this week in for another week;

1986: Big band leader Benny Goodman dies at age 77;

1988: The Flame (Cheap Trick) is #1 this week in for another week;

1994: The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Prince / Symbol) is #1 this week in for another week;

1995: Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette releases her breakthrough album, the alt-rock classic Jagged Little Pill.

2002: Laurie Allen (Bobby and Laurie) died. Bobby & Laurie were an Australian beat pop duo of the 1960s, with Laurie Allen on vocals, guitar and keyboards and Bobby Bright on vocals and guitar. Their regular backing band were the Rondells. The duo's most popular singles were, "I Belong with You" (1964) and "Hitch Hiker" (1966). Their debut album, Bobby and Laurie (1965), was the first for independent label, Go!! Records. Laurie Allen died after a heart attack - https://youtu.be/SNYbawmlOhg .

2005: Don’t Phunk With My Heart (Black Eyed Peas) is #1 this week in for another week.

2010: Country music singer Jimmy Dean dies while watching television at age 81 in Varina, Virginia.

2012 - Graeme Bell (Graeme Bell And His All Stars) died on the 13th of June 2012 in Sydney, NSW aged 97 ( born on the 7th of September 1914 in Richmond, VIC). Graeme was a Dixieland and Classical Jazz Pianist, Composer and Band Leader. Awarded an MBE (1978), Order Of Australia (1990) and entered ARIA Hall Of Fame (1997) - https://youtu.be/L3Clr-63cG0 .

2017: Anita Pallenberg, who lived with Keith Richards for 13 years and had three kids with him, dies at age 75. Pallenberg inspired the Rolling Stones songs "You Got The Silver" and "Happy."