This Day In Music - June 2

 This Day In Music - June 2

1939 - Charles Miller (d. June 4, 1980) was born in Olathe, Kansas. An American musician best known as the saxophonist and flutist for multicultural California funk band War - https://youtu.be/BsrqKE1iqqo .

1941 - The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is born Charles Robert Watts in London. His graphic arts tuition was used for may sets on their tours - https://youtu.be/dj7yd19aAW0 .

1941 - R&B singer William Guest (of Gladys Knight & The Pips) is born in Atlanta, Georgia.

1944 - Marvin Hamlisch born in New York City - https://youtu.be/vsFGcPujqKE .

1945 - Soul singer Chubby Tavares (of Tavares) is born Antone Lee Tavares in Providence, Rhode Island - it is noted the birthyear foe Antone ranges from 1945 to 1947 and 1950 depending on research source! - https://youtu.be/fMoCaCr-e0Y .

1945 - Lord David Dundas, English musician and actor, known for his film and television scoring born - https://youtu.be/UWdcZqG02Ls .

1952 - Pete Farndon (bassist for The Pretenders) is born in Hereford, England - https://youtu.be/GwdZPzz2qLE .

1955 - Michael Steele (bass guitarist for The Bangles) is born Susan Nancy Thomas in Pasadena, California. She is an early member of The Runaways, an all-girl punk rock group.

1956 - Mack The Knife (Louis Armstrong) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/S-lHrDPjGfQ .

1960 - Tony Hadley (lead singer of Spandau Ballet) is born in Islington, London, England.

1962 - I’ve Been Everywhere (Lucky Starr) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/dpRvAnhHfmc .

1962 - Ray Charles' "I Can't Stop Loving You" hits US #1 for the first of five weeks - https://youtu.be/w-YqaTDDCDM .

1966 - Frank Sinatra was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Strangers In The Night', the singers second UK No.1 - https://youtu.be/Fd_3EkGr0-4 .

1967 - David Bowie released his first album, simply titled “David Bowie” - https://youtu.be/1VOmaKnpgzs .

1968 - Merril Bainbridge was born in Melbourne, Vic.

1972 - Former teen idol Dion performs in a reunion concert with The Belmonts at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

1973 - The Wings album Red Rose Speedway hits the top of the albums chart in the US and "My Love" starts a four-week run as the #1 single on the Hot 100 - https://youtu.be/ZmjN1O1ejS4 .

1979 - Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff" goes to #1 in the US, where it stays for three weeks - https://youtu.be/AqS4aNi0HQY .

1980 - I Got You (Split Enz) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/YmQlBfxh4Us .

1983 - The 12-inch remix of "The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats goes to #1 on the Billboard Dance chart - https://youtu.be/y-F6VRynZ6M .

1984 - Wham!'s "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" hits #1 on the UK singles chart - https://youtu.be/pIgZ7gMze7A .

1986 - Living Doll (Cliff Richard and The Young Ones) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/krn-o11Y8YM .

1987 - Whitney Houston's second album, Whitney, is released. It contains four #1 hits, including the enduring "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)." - https://youtu.be/eH3giaIzONA .

1989 - Rolling Stones bass player Bill Wyman, 52, marries 18-year-old Mandy Smith in a 15-minute civil ceremony held at a registry office in Suffolk, England - https://youtu.be/jKtLZ3u-ktg (another story!).

1997 - Your Woman (White Town) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/lVL-zZnD3VU .

1999 - Junior Braithwaite (of Bob Marley's Wailers) is gunned down in front of a fellow musician's home in Kingston, Jamaica. Junior, age 47, is the third Wailer to be murdered, following Peter Tosh and Carlton Barrett's 1987 deaths.

2003 - Bring Me To Life (Evanescence) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/3YxaaGgTQYM .

2008 - Bo Diddley dies of heart failure at age 79 - https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=WJLy-Fnedy8&feature=share .

2013 - Mandawuy Yunupingu was born on the 17th of September 1956 in Arnhem Land, NT and died on the 2nd of June 2013 aged 56 - https://youtu.be/2uszdyMaC2c .