This Day In Music - June 19

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1902: Guy Lombardo was born in London, Ontario. He was a Canadian-American bandleader, violinist, and hydroplane racer(!).

1926: The first black musician appeared on Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry show, when DeFord Bailey made his debut - https://youtu.be/Vms7PfcDD4g .

1928: Tommy de Vito (Four Seasons) born in Belleville, New Jersey, U.S. An American musician and singer, best known as a founding member, vocalist, and lead guitarist of the Four Seasons - https://youtu.be/jMcWldfg28s .

1936: Shirley Goodman (of Shirley & Lee, Shirley & Company) is born in New Orleans, Louisiana - https://youtu.be/U0mjlDDk3tE .

1939: Soul singer Al Wilson is born in Meridian, Mississippi - https://youtu.be/rMvy9H5SRIo .

1940: The composer Maurice Jaubert dies in Baccarat Hospital, France at age 40 after being wounded in action. A prolific composer, he scored some of the most important films of the early sound era in France, including Jean Vigo’s Zero for Conduct and L’Atalante, and René Clair’s Quatorze Juillet and Le Dernier Milliardaire.

1942: Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane (vocalist for Spanky & Our Gang) is born in Peoria, Illinois.

1944: Robin Box (White Plains) born. The group was a British pop music group that existed from 1969 to 1976 - https://youtu.be/GTcN4Mm4ZDI .

1950: Ann Wilson, who forms Heart with her sister Nancy, is born in San Diego, California. Heart has sold over 35 million records worldwide - https://youtu.be/Ps7tVvQHLyo .

1953: Larry Dunn, born Lawrence Dunhill in Denver, Colorado, US. American keyboardist, musical director and one of the early members of the music group Earth, Wind, & Fire - https://youtu.be/god7hAPv8f0 .

1959: Mark DeBarge (DeBarge) born in Detroit, Michigan, United States. He is best known for his work as member of 1980s Motown singing family group DeBarge - https://youtu.be/cAQSZhazYk8 .

1962: Nat King Cole records "Ramblin' Rose." - https://youtu.be/OdGphk-XTh8 .

1963: Paula Abdul (her real name) is born in Los Angeles, California. A singer, songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality. She began her career as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers at the age of 18 and later became the head choreographer for the Laker Girls, where she was discovered by The Jacksons - https://youtu.be/0pyxKqdtrH8 .

1963: Simon Wright (drummer for AC/DC) is born in Oldham, Lancashire, England - https://youtu.be/BnYq1ijRR00 .

1965: Crying In The Chapel (Elvis Presley) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/CYOUcV7nlN8 .

1965: "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" by The Four Tops goes to #1 in - https://youtu.be/s3bksUSPB4c .

1967: Paul McCartney confirmed on television his admission to having taken LSD published in Life magazine.

1968: The Rolling Stones scored their seventh No.1 single when 'Jumpin Jack Flash' hit the top of the charts. Keith Richards has stated that he and Jagger wrote the lyrics while staying at Richards' country house, where they were awoken one morning by the sound of gardener Jack Dyer walking past the window. When Jagger asked what the noise was, Richards responded: "Oh, that's Jack – that's jumpin' Jack." - https://youtu.be/G3dFpQzu54w .

1969: The singer Gabrielle, who scores #1 hits with "Dreams" and "Rise," is born Louise Gabrielle Bobb in Hackney, East London. Her date of birth is often erroneously stated as April 16, 1970 - https://youtu.be/G5QPirQITZI .

1969: Metal guitarist Brian Welch (of KoRn) is born in Torrance, California.

1971: Carole King's album Tapestry hits #1 in the , where it stays for 15 weeks. Prior to the release of Tapestry, Carole King was known as half of the song writing duo Goffin and King, whose catchy songs populated the Hot 100 in the '60s. The young married couple churned out dozens of hits, including "The Loco-Motion" for Little Eva, "Take Good Care Of My Baby" for Bobby Vee, and "You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman" for Aretha Franklin - https://youtu.be/VkKxmnrRVHo .

1972: The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face (Roberta Flack) takes the #1 spot in - https://youtu.be/VqW-eO3jTVU .

1973: The Rocky Horror Show musical debuts at London's Royal Court Theatre. Two years later, it starts a brief Broadway run and is adapted into the cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show - https://youtu.be/umj0gu5nEGs .

1978: Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty) takes the #1 spot this week in - https://youtu.be/dU6w56epBdc .

1980: Donna Summer became the first act to sign with Geffen Records - https://youtu.be/09ZSKE38lTU .

1989: Wind Beneath My Wings is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/0iAzMRKFX3c .

1995: Mouth (Merril Bainbridge) is #1 again this week in .

1997: "Jingle Bell Rock" singer Bobby Helms dies from emphysema and asthma at age 63 - https://youtu.be/Tg6YIZH41ZY .

2000: Who The Hell Are You (Madison Avenue) is #1 again this week in .

2004: An audience member hurls a lollipop on stage while David Bowie is performing in Oslo, Norway. The lollipop wedges itself in David Bowie's left eye (which already has an enlarged and frozen pupil following a childhood fight) - https://youtu.be/nT3VDE8zOMw .

2006: Hips Don’t Lie (Shakira ft Wycliffe Jean) enters the chart at #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/DUT5rEU6pqM .

2008: The iTunes Music Store reached 5 billion songs sold.

2010: "California Gurls" hits #1, the first of five Hot 100 chart-toppers from Katy Perry's Teenage Dream album - a feat equalled only by Michael Jackson's Bad - https://youtu.be/F57P9C4SAW4 .

2013: '50s country singer Slim Whitman, who enjoyed a career revival in the '80s thanks to a television direct-marketing campaign, dies of heart failure at age 90 - https://youtu.be/HBuk1HXcz1k .

2014: Lyricist Gerry Goffin, author of over 100 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, many with former wife and song writing partner Carole King, dies at age 75.

2020: Bob Dylan released his 39th studio album Rough and Rowdy Ways. It became Dylan's highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 in more than a decade and it marked his seventh consecutive decade of charting top 40 albums, making him the only artist to date to accomplish this feat.