This Day In Music - June 6

 This Day In Music - June 6

I doubled up on some artist tracks today because there are a couple of items listed!

1936 - Levi Stubbs (Four Tops) born in Detroit, Michigan‎, U.S‎. - best known as the lead vocalist of The Four Tops, (1965 No.1 single 'I Can't Help Myself', 1967 No.6 single 'Standing In The Shadows of Love'). https://youtu.be/s3bksUSPB4c

1939 - Gary “U.S.” Bonds (Gary Anderson) born in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. - rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, who scored the 1961 No.1 single 'Quarter To Three'. https://youtu.be/YF69PoyXskY

1942 - Howie Kane (Howard Kirchembaum), from Jay and the Americans, who had the 1962 hit with 'She Cried' and the 1969 No.6 single 'This Magic Moment'. https://youtu.be/sBpm8tITIiE

1944 - Peter Albin born in San Francisco, California. American bassist with Big Brother and the Holding Company who with Janis Joplin had the 1971 No.1 single 'Me And Bobby McGee', and the 1971 No.1 album Pearl. https://youtu.be/sfjon-ZTqzU

1946 - American musician and bassist Tony Levin (Anthony Frederick Levin) born in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. A prolific session musician since the 1970s, Levin has played on over 500 albums, including those by Cher, Asia, Alice Cooper, John Lennon, Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks, Pink Floyd, Paul Simon, Dire Straits, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Tom Waits, Buddy Rich, Todd Rundgren, Seal, Warren Zevon, Bryan Ferry, Laurie Anderson and Yes. https://youtu.be/qae25976UgA

1947 - Terry Williams (New Christy Minstrels/First Edition) born in Hollywood California, formed the band The First Edition with musicians Kenny Rogers, Mike Settle, and Thelma Camacho. He is the only member of the group other than Rogers to play on every album by the band. https://youtu.be/PfxgbsXeTdE

1948 - Shorty Beck (Cornelius van der Beek - Shocking Blue) born in Rotterdam . https://youtu.be/aPEhQugz-Ew

1956 - Michael Wallace born in London, England. In 1961, Wallace relocated to Jamaica with his family and settled in uptown Kingston. Member of Jamaican reggae band Third World, who had the 1978 No. 10 single 'Now That We've Found Love'. Wallace was shot dead on 6th July 1999. https://youtu.be/YA8VefF00LM

1959 - (Now And Then) There’s A Fool Such As I is #1 this week in . https://youtu.be/-unOfZiTM_0

1960 - Roy Orbison releases "Only The Lonely." https://youtu.be/kjq4wYuwgxs

1961 - Dee C. Lee (Diane Catherine Sealy) born in Balham, south London, UK. She was a member of the British band Central Line under the aliases Dee Sealy in 1981 and Dee C Lee in 1983. She was also a backing singer for Wham!, and then became a member of The Style Council, as well as performing as a solo artist.

1962 - The Beatles record at Abbey Road for the first time, demoing three songs they wrote themselves: "Love Me Do," "Ask Me Why" and "P.S. I Love You." https://youtu.be/MA5DkiVKSlM

1964 - Can’t Buy Me Love (The Beatles) is #1 this week in . https://youtu.be/h3WJiqc_bEs

1964 - The Dixie Cups' "Chapel Of Love," a Phil Spector wall-of-sound production, hits #1 in , where it stays for three weeks. https://youtu.be/h6axevxj5x0

1964 - An anonymous ad taken out in six American music trade papers states: "In the public interest, watch The Rolling Stones crush The Beatles!"

1965 - The Rolling Stones single "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" was released in the . https://youtu.be/MSSxnv1_J2g

1966 - Roy Orbison’s first wife, Claudette, was killed while riding her motorcycle home in Texas. She and Roy had remarried two months earlier after reconciling from a divorce. She collided with a truck that pulled out from a side road in Gallatin. She was 25. https://youtu.be/Jt_Ibat9Hws

1966 - The Beatles record "Eleanor Rigby." https://youtu.be/twFbweJfUUo

1969 - Rod Stewart signs to the Mercury label. https://youtu.be/EOl7dh7a-6g

1970 - James Shaffer (guitarist for KoRn) is born in Bakersfield, California.

1971 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono joined Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention at New York’s Fillmore East Stadium for a jam session that was Lennon’s first stage appearance in almost 2 years.

1971 - The final edition of The Ed Sullivan Show included Gladys Knight and The Pips.

1975 - "It was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June," according to C.W. McCall's song "Convoy." https://youtu.be/lqYTX7parRw

1977 - Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (Julie Covington) is #1 this week in . https://youtu.be/adUPdnzCAk8

1979 - A gig at a British club gets a good review and leads to a record deal for Def Leppard. https://youtu.be/kKQXG6HAszg

1982 - The "Peace Sunday: We Have a Dream" rally took place at the Rose Bowl. Over 85,000 people showed up at this concert to promote nuclear disarmament.

1983 - Total Eclipse Of The Heart (Bonnie Tyler) is #1 this week in . https://youtu.be/kKQXG6HAszg

1986 - Dick Rowe, the Decca Records executive who rejected The Beatles but signed The Rolling Stones, dies of diabetes at age 64.

1987 - Simple Minds had their third consecutive #1 hit album in with “Live In The City Of Light” following 1984’s “Sparkle In The Rain” and 1985’s “Once Upon A Time”.

1987 - "You Keep Me Hangin' On" hits #1 in for the second time when Kim Wilde's version tops the chart. The Supremes original made the top spot in 1966. https://youtu.be/xJZF-skCY-M

1988 - The Flame (Cheap Trick) is #1 this week in . https://youtu.be/muhFxXce6nA

1990 - 2 Live Crew's "As Nasty As They Wanna Be" declared as the first legally obscene album when Federal District Judge Jose Gonzalez rules that the album violates community obscenity standards.

1992 - Guns N' Roses' "November Rain" video debuts on MTV. The 9-minute epic is the most expensive video ever made to this point, costing $1.5 million. Much of the budget was spent constructing a church in the desert so Slash could solo in front of it. https://youtu.be/8SbUC-UaAxE

1994 - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Prince Symbol) is #1 this week in . https://youtu.be/uFtfrd8_K9k

1995 - Pink Floyd released its two-CD live album "Pulse" in the .

2003 - Dave Rowberry (keyboardist for The Animals) dies at age 62 of an ulcer haemorrhage. https://youtu.be/H2kzqP__uXc

2005 - Don’t Phunk With My Heart (Black Eyed Peas) is #1 this week in . https://youtu.be/P4Bda6_usuc

2006 - Billy Preston, a virtuoso keyboardist who worked with the likes of Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, and The Beatles, dies of kidney failure at age 59 after a long battle with kidney disease and hypertension. https://youtu.be/1LV8u5yTZbE