This Day In Music - June 30

 This Day In Music - June 30

TBA: James Morley was born on this day. A Melbourne singer guitarist, he has worked with an array of well known Australian bands including The Angels.

1917: Lena Horne is born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York - https://youtu.be/80QsgowcQso .

1939: Tony Hatch born Anthony Peter Hatch in Pinner, Middlesex. As Mark Anthony, Hatch wrote songs for Pye artists, including "Messing About on the River" for Josh MacRae. In 1963, Philadelphia teen idol Bobby Rydell hit the charts with "Forget Him" written and produced by Hatch (still writing as Mark Anthony); Hatch produced, arranged and wrote for other American stars such as Chubby Checker, Connie Francis, Pat Boone, Big Dee Irwin and Keely Smith. In 1964 he wrote (under the pseudonym of Fred Nightingale) the Searchers' hit "Sugar and Spice". By mid-1964, Hatch finally began using his own name as a composer regularly, with Tony Hatch being the credited composer of many of Petula Clark's biggest mid-1960s hits, including "Downtown", "I Know a Place", and "Sign of the Times", among others. Though still married to his first wife, Hatch began an affair with Jackie Trent, who had become a frequent song writing collaborator. This ongoing affair was the inspiration for the song "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love". Hatch and Trent married in 1967. Their duet "The Two Of Us" reached number three in the charts in 1967 - https://youtu.be/aZdZFxU2no8 .

1939: Frank Sinatra made his first appearance with Harry James’ band. James wants him to go by "Frankie Satin," but Sinatra refuses. - https://youtu.be/R_bI8ANUSLI .

1941: Larry Henley (Newbeats) born in Odessa, Texas. He was an American singer and songwriter, best known for co-writing the 1989 hit record "Wind Beneath My Wings". He was the lead singer of the pop group the Newbeats, formed in 1964. The group had three hits that charted in the top 20 of Billboard magazine, with one of them, "Bread and Butter", reaching No. 2 on the Billboard charts and selling over a million copies. They toured Australia and New Zealand with Roy Orbison, Ray Columbus and the Invaders and the Rolling Stones on the "Big Beat '65" tour. On December 18, 2014, Henley died of Lewy Body Dementia in Nashville, Tennessee at age 77 - https://youtu.be/ojHLvrbfoiM .

1943: Florence Ballard (of The Supremes) is born in Detroit, Michigan. Ballard sang on 16 top forty singles with the group, including ten No.1 hits. She died February 21st 1976 - https://youtu.be/EBE367JNWSU .

1944: Glenn Shorrock (Glenn Barrie Shorrock) was born in Kent, . He was a founding member of rock bands the Twilights, Axiom, Little River Band and post LRB spin-off trio Birtles Shorrock Goble, as well as being a solo performer. The Twilights had eight consecutive national hit singles including "Needle in a Haystack" and "What's Wrong with the Way I Live". Axiom's top hits were "Arkansas Grass", "Little Ray of Sunshine" and "My Baby's Gone". Little River Band had national and international chart success, including the Shorrock-penned "Emma", "Help Is on Its Way" and "Cool Change" - https://youtu.be/kcSJoIV-Deg .

1949: Andy Scott (lead guitarist for Sweet) is born in Wrexham, Wales. The Sweet had the 1973 No.1 single 'Blockbuster', plus 14 other Top 40 singles. Sweet scored four top-ten hits in the : 'Little Willy', 'Ballroom Blitz', 'Fox On The Run', and 'Love Is Like Oxygen', whilst "Fox On The Run" was a #1 in . - https://youtu.be/qBdFA6sI6-8 .

1953: Hal Lindes (guitarist for Dire Straits from 1980-1985) is born in Monterey, California - https://youtu.be/9ADcFE-si4s .

1956: James Black, a member of Mondo Rock and Men At Work was born.

1956: Philip Adrian Wright (first Director of Visuals, then keyboardist for The Human League) is born in Wakefield, England. Formed in Sheffield, England in 1977 The Human League attained widespread commercial success with their third album Dare in 1981. The album contained four hit singles, including the / No.1 hit 'Don't You Want Me' (#3 ) - https://youtu.be/uPudE8nDog0 .

1960: Murray James Cook was born in Cowra, Australia. Cook was one of the founding members of the children's band the Wiggles from 1991 to 2012. Cook provided guitar, vocals, and song writing in the group, and remained involved with its creative and production aspects after his retirement - https://youtu.be/meh2An-QEzE .

1962: Julianne Regan (All About Eve) born in Coventry, Warwickshire (now West Midlands), England. She achieved success in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the lead singer of the band All About Eve, who had the 1988 No.10 single 'Martha's Harbour' - https://youtu.be/mJqsjsybc30 .

1962: Si Senor (I Theenk?) (Rob E. G.) moves to #1 on the chart - https://youtu.be/q3CVMLs5hz8 .

1965: I Told The Brook (Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs) took #1 on the chart - https://youtu.be/yUSA5KjoKFg .

1966: The Supremes made the studio recording of "You Keep Me Hangin' On." - https://youtu.be/oZkGaAqK-Nk .

1973: George Harrison's "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" dislodges Paul McCartney and Wings' "My Love" from the #1 spot on the US singles charts - https://youtu.be/s-KAvPbO8JY .

1973: "It was a hot afternoon, the last day of June," Bobby Goldsboro sings in "Summer (The First Time)." - https://youtu.be/wfj8ihmHZ-Y .

1975: Cher, four days after her divorce from Sonny, married Gregg Allman. Within 10 days, they announced they were splitting. They reconciled; they split. Eventually, it lasted long enough for them to become parents to Elijah Blue Allman.

1975: The Jackson 5 announce they will be leaving Motown Records for Epic Records and changing their name to The Jacksons because Motown owns The Jackson 5 name - https://youtu.be/jZpoDbFHwE4 .

1980: Steve Murphy was born. A member of Angel Awake, a unique and edgy Alternative Rock band based in Sydney from 2011.

1983: Bo Gentry (Robert Allan Ackoff, producer songwriter noted for work with Tommy James and The Shondells) died - https://youtu.be/GpGEeneO-t0 .

1983: The Everly Brothers announced they would reunite 10 years after Phil smashed his guitar and stormed off stage in Hollywood. They would perform at London's Royal Albert Hall in September (1983) - https://youtu.be/_kUMwl2BvPY .

1984: Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing In The Dark" reaches its chart peak of #2 on the Hot 100. The song spends four weeks at runner-up, held off the last three by Prince's "When Doves Cry." Springsteen never does reach #1 (except as a writer: Manfred Mann's Earth Band took "Blinded by the Light" to #1 in 1977), but the next six singles from his Born In The U.S.A. album all hit the Top 10 - https://youtu.be/129kuDCQtHs .

1986: Steve Winwood released "Back in the High Life." - https://youtu.be/Adw772km7PQ .

1997: When I Die (No Mercy) moves to #1 on the charts - https://youtu.be/GJq36IRz3Ds .

2000: During a Pearl Jam concert at Denmark's Roskilde Festival, nine people are crushed to death as the crowd rushes the stage. Several people fall and can't get up, and in addition, crowdsurfers are falling into the open area. Pearl Jam stops the show and asks people to back up, but it is too late. Investigations conclude that the events were an accident, and many European venues ban crowdsurfing. The Pearl Jam song "Love Boat Captain" refers to the events with the line "Lost nine friends we'll never know... two years ago today." - https://youtu.be/6XWqLJQ_7_k .

2001: Chet Atkins, a country guitarist and forerunner of the burgeoning Nashville sound of the '50s, dies of cancer at age 77. He recorded over 100 albums during his career, produced records for Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves and Waylon Jennings. He was a major influence on George Harrison and Mark Knopfler - https://youtu.be/CExqCRNFt6o .

2004: Dave Davies of The Kinks suffers a massive stroke while walking out of a BBC building in London. Completely incapacitated for a few days, he gradually recovers, re-learning how to walk and play guitar over the next few years - https://youtu.be/0YLbzo-qo_w.

2009: U2 launch their 360 tour with a show in Barcelona. 109 shows later, the tour finishes with $735 million in earnings, blowing away the $558 million record set by The Rolling Stones on their 2005-2007 A Bigger Bang tour - https://youtu.be/Z5_h4jeEuJk .

2009: Spinal Tap start (and end) their One Night Only World Tour at Wembley Arena in London - https://youtu.be/TOSDrT_eDhk .

2015: Apple launched its membership service Apple Music.