This Day In Music - June 3

 This Day In Music - June 3

1939 - Ian Hunter (lead singer of Mott the Hoople) is born Ian Hunter Patterson in Shropshire, England - https://youtu.be/A5UHI1PtYS8 .

1942 - Curtis Mayfield born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. - https://youtu.be/6Z66wVo7uNw .

1946 - Michael Clarke (The Byrd’s) is born Michael James Dick in Spokane, Washington - https://youtu.be/xVOJla2vYx8 .

1947 - Michael Norman Finn (Mickey Finn - T. Rex) born in Thornton Heath, Surrey, England - https://youtu.be/fGx7nrjn0ic .

1947 - Clive Shakespeare (Sherbet) was born in Southampton, England - https://youtu.be/pv7_VntPKyA .

1950 - Suzi Quatro born in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. - https://youtu.be/xYoogY-UGio .

1951 - Deniece Williams (June Deniece Chandler) born in Gary, Indiana, U.S.

1952 - One time roadie and then fully fledged group member, Billy Powell (Lynyrd Skynyrd), born in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. - https://youtu.be/D0W1v0kOELA .

1954 - Dan Hill, known for the 1977 ballad "Sometimes When We Touch," is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada - https://youtu.be/IATz8ZVTALo .

1955 - Buddy Holly opens for Elvis Presley at a matinee concert in Lubbock, Texas.

1956 - Danny Wilde (Daniel Thomas), singer, songwriter, from American pop rock duo The Rembrandts, born in Houlton, Maine, U.S. - https://youtu.be/q-9kPks0IfE .

1957 - Pat Boone's "Love Letters In The Sand" hits #1 on the US Top 100 and stays for seven weeks. Boone would have two of the Top 5 songs of 1957 ("April Love" is the other), while Elvis has the other three - https://youtu.be/8MCUXitxbTA .

1957 - The Isley Brothers released their first single, the “doo-wop” influenced “The Angels Cried / The Cow Jumped Over The Moon” - https://youtu.be/0_Z1G9Jz6k8 .

1962 - David Cole (David Byron Cole), from American group C+C Music Factory born in Johnson City, Tennessee, U.S. - https://youtu.be/KeiUvptQag4 .

1964 - Ringo Starr collapsed in the middle of a photoshoot with Saturday Evening Post newspaper. After a doctor’s examination, Richard Starkey was diagnosed with tonsillitis and pharyngitis and was put in a private wing of the hospital for bed rest, necessitating a 10 day stand-in (Jimmy Nicol) for concerts in Europe and the Far East.

1964 - Slayer guitarist Kerry King is born in Los Angeles, California.

1967 - "It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty delta day," as Billie Joe McAllister jumps off the Tallahatchee Bridge, according to the Bobbie Gentry song "Ode To Billie Joe." - https://youtu.be/_T4qsvFAkFM .

1967 - Aretha Franklin went to No.1 on the US singles chart with her version of the Otis Redding hit 'Respect' - https://youtu.be/6FOUqQt3Kg0 .

1967 - The Doors 'Light My Fire' was released in the US, where it went on to be No.1 on the singles chart two months later. When The Doors were booked to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show they were asked to change the line "girl, we couldn't get much higher", as the sponsors were uncomfortable with the possible reference to drug-taking. The band agreed to do so, and did a rehearsal using the amended lyrics; however, during the live performance, lead singer Jim Morrison sang the original lyric, after which they were informed they would never appear on the Ed Sullivan show again - https://youtu.be/tEXlWgMOtqc .

1968 - Dave Gleeson (The Screaming Jets - The Angels) was born in Newcastle, NSW.

1969 - Elton John's first album, Empty Sky, is released in the UK and initially sells 4,000 copies. It isn't released in America until 1975.

1970 - The Kinks Ray Davies was forced to make a 6,000 mile round trip from New York to London to record one word in a song. Davies had to change the word 'Coca- Cola' to 'Cherry Cola' on the bands forthcoming single 'Lola' due to an advertising ban at BBC Radio - https://youtu.be/LemG0cvc4oU .

1972 - The Rolling Stones began their "Exile On Main Street" North American tour in Vancouver with Stevie Wonder as the opening act - https://youtu.be/0C8i6tOjt-M .

1972 - The Eagles release "Take It Easy." - https://youtu.be/QjOPoTtMnMU .

1972 - Jethro Tull's concept album Thick As A Brick, complete with an insert from the fictional newspaper St. Cleve Chronicle and Linwell Advertiser, hits #1 in America.

1975 - Ozzie Nelson died at 68. Ozzie was an American band leader, actor, director, and producer. He originated and starred in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, a radio and television series with his wife Harriet and two sons David and Ricky Nelson - https://youtu.be/HlRJr1RRawU .

1978 - Deniece Williams celebrated her 27th birthday when her duet with Johnny Mathis, “Too Much Too Little Too Late”, topped the singles chart - https://youtu.be/a8QlAMcaOBI .

1983 - US session drummer Jim Gordon, murdered his mother by pounding her head with a hammer. A diagnosed schizophrenic, it was not until his trial in 1984 that he was properly diagnosed. Due to the fact that his attorney was unable to use the insanity defence, Gordon was sentenced to sixteen years-to-life in prison in 1984. A Grammy Award winner for co-writing Layla with Eric Clapton, Gordon worked with The Beach Boys, John Lennon, George Harrison Frank Zappa and many other artists.

1985 - We Are The World (USA for Africa) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/9AjkUyX0rVw .

1991 - 3 A.M. Eternal (The KLF) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/HDsCeC6f0zc .

1992 - Arkansas governor Bill Clinton, campaigning for US president, makes a whistle stop on The Arsenio Hall Show, where he plays the Elvis Presley hit "Heartbreak Hotel" on the saxophone to a cheering, youthful audience - https://www.c-span.org/video/...

1993 - The Australian band Midnight Oil, of "Beds Are Burning" fame, appear on MTV's Unplugged. Not all the band members are happy with the format, but drummer Rob Hirst is pleasantly surprised: "We spent a few weeks stripping the whole thing down, and what we found was underneath the grunt of the amps and the drums, there were actually some really good, melodic songs." - https://youtu.be/Jo3yiCPav0A .

1996 - Until It Sleeps (Metallica) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/zbKM_VAbd5o .

2002 - Without Me (Eminem) is #1 this week in - https://youtu.be/pyb13N80DZQ .

2006 - At the Rock am Ring Festival in Nürburgring, Germany, Metallica perform their classic album Master Of Puppets in its entirety for the first time ever.