1957: Elvis Presley released the single "Teddy Bear".
1960: We have those two or three moments in our lives when we have to make an important decision, choose a fork in the road. Drummer Tommy Moore had one of those moments on this date. Tommy decided to return to his job as a forklift driver instead of continuing with the Beatles.
1962: The Beatles recorded a show for the BBC radio program "Here We Go" at the Playhouse Theatre in Manchester, England. Many of the patrons of the Cavern were on hand who had become huge fans of the group.
1964: Manfred Mann recorded "Do Wah Diddy Diddy".
1964: The Rolling Stones held a press conference on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois before police broke it up. The group wasn't smart enough to know you have to let authorities know about things like that in advance.
1966: Elvis Presley began filming his 26th movie "Double Trouble".
1966: The Beatles had a super high debut with "Paperback Writer".
1966: "Paint It Black" became the new #1 song for the Rolling Stones.
1968: John Lennon recorded "Revolution 9" in one studio at Abbey Road while Paul McCartney recorded "Blackbird" in another for their upcoming LP which became known as The White Album.
1968: While the Rolling Stones were recording their upcoming album Beggars Banquet, Olympic Studio in London caught fire. Now that's hot music.
1969: David Bowie timed the release of his single "Space Oddity" to coincide with the first lunar landing by Apollo 11 of the United States.
1969: "The Ballad of John and Yoko" became the 17th number one song for the Beatles in the U.K.
1976: The Carpenters released the album A Kind of Hush.
1976: Fleetwood Mac performed on "The Midnight Special" with guest host Helen Reddy.
1977: "I'm Your Boogie Man" by K.C. & the Sunshine Band unseated "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder, who took one of the biggest falls from #1 in the Rock Era, descending all the way to #9. Fleetwood Mac was at #2 with "Dreams", Marvin Gaye edged up to #3 with "Got To Give It Up" while Bill Conti was at 4 with the second-best version of "Gonna' Fly Now". The rest of the Top 10: Foreigner's first hit "Feels Like the First Time" moved from 9 to 5, Kenny Rogers had song #6--"Lucile", former Linda Ronstadt backup singer Andrew Gold's "Lonely Boy" was #7, Alan O'Day's one and only hit "Undercover Angel" reached the Top 10 and Climax Blues Band fell to 10 with "Couldn't Get It Right".
1978: The Rolling Stones released the album Some Girls.
1979: Chuck Berry plead guilty to charges of income tax evasion and was sentenced to four months in prison.
1979: The Knack released the album Get the Knack.
1983: Loverboy had the highest debuting song with "Hot Girls in Love".
1983: Alex Van Halen, drummer for the group Van Halen, married Valeri Kendall in Los Angeles. Alex's brother Eddie was best man.
1983: "My Love" by Lionel Richie was #1 for the fourth straight week on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1983: Irene Cara was halfway through her run at #1 (three weeks) with "Flashdance...What a Feeling". David Bowie was stuck at 2 with "Let's Dance while the Culture Club edged up to 3 with "Time (Clock of the Heart)". Men At Work dropped with "Overkill" with Lionel Richie's "My Love" moving up to #5. The rest of the Top 10: Michael Jackson's former #1 "Beat It" remained at 6, Thomas Dolby slipped to #7 with "She Blinded Me with Science", Naked Eyes scored a Top 10 with "Always Something There To Remind Me", Styx moved from 14-9 with "Don't Let It End" and Rick Springfield had his 11th hit--"Affair of the Heart".
1988: Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Phil Collins, Dire Straits, Eric Clapton, George Michael, the Eurythmics, Simple Minds and UB40 performed at the 70th birthday tribute for Nelson Mandella at Wembley Stadium in London. The tribute was broadcast to 40 countries with an estimated audience of 1 billion people.
1988: There were three new songs in the Top 10--"Dirty Diana" by Michael Jackson, "Circle in the Sand" from former Go-Go Belinda Carlisle and "The Valley Road from Bruce Hornsby & the Range.
1988: George Michael remained at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the third week with "One More Try".
1988: George Michael's album Faith had been bumped from #1 three times and each time, it returned to the top spot, a remarkable achievement. On this date, it was in week #11 at #1.
1990: Olivia Newton-John was named an environmental ambassador of the United Nations.
1993: The film biography of Ike and Tina Turner "What's Love Got To Do With It" opened at theaters.
1994: "Any Time, Any Place" was the new #1 song on the R&B chart.
1996: Metallica's gig at a small San Francisco, California club was broadcast live via the Internet.
1996: Carl Perkins was awarded a spot on Hollywood's Rock Walk.
1998: Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots missed a scheduled court date and checked himself into a drug rehabilitation center.
1999: Ricky Martin appeared on the NBC-TV show "Today" in New York City.
2000: Aaliyah hit #1 with "Try Again".
2001: Depeche Mode played at the Pepsi Center in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
2001: Sir Paul McCartney married Heather Mills at St. Salvator Church in Ireland.
2002: The Bee Gees released their live album One Night Only on CD.
2006: Nelly Furtado was on top in the U.K. with "Maneater".
Born This Day:
1936: Jud Strunk ("Daisy a Day") was born in Jamestown, New York; died October 5, 1981 when he suffered a heart attack while taking off in his private plane
1940: Joey Dee (leader of the Starliters who had the #1 "Peppermint Twist" in 1961) was born in Passaic, New Jersey
1946: John Lawton of Uriah Heap was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
1947: Glen Leonard of the Temptations was born in Washington, D.C.
1949: Frank Beard, the only member of ZZ Top who doesn't have a beard, was born in Frankston, TexasSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-day-in-rock-music-history-june-11.html
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1960: We have those two or three moments in our lives when we have to make an important decision, choose a fork in the road. Drummer Tommy Moore had one of those moments on this date. Tommy decided to return to his job as a forklift driver instead of continuing with the Beatles.
1962: The Beatles recorded a show for the BBC radio program "Here We Go" at the Playhouse Theatre in Manchester, England. Many of the patrons of the Cavern were on hand who had become huge fans of the group.
1964: Manfred Mann recorded "Do Wah Diddy Diddy".
1964: The Rolling Stones held a press conference on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois before police broke it up. The group wasn't smart enough to know you have to let authorities know about things like that in advance.
1966: Elvis Presley began filming his 26th movie "Double Trouble".
1966: The Beatles had a super high debut with "Paperback Writer".
1966: "Paint It Black" became the new #1 song for the Rolling Stones.
1968: John Lennon recorded "Revolution 9" in one studio at Abbey Road while Paul McCartney recorded "Blackbird" in another for their upcoming LP which became known as The White Album.
1968: While the Rolling Stones were recording their upcoming album Beggars Banquet, Olympic Studio in London caught fire. Now that's hot music.
1969: David Bowie timed the release of his single "Space Oddity" to coincide with the first lunar landing by Apollo 11 of the United States.
1969: "The Ballad of John and Yoko" became the 17th number one song for the Beatles in the U.K.
1976: The Carpenters released the album A Kind of Hush.
1976: Fleetwood Mac performed on "The Midnight Special" with guest host Helen Reddy.
1977: "I'm Your Boogie Man" by K.C. & the Sunshine Band unseated "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder, who took one of the biggest falls from #1 in the Rock Era, descending all the way to #9. Fleetwood Mac was at #2 with "Dreams", Marvin Gaye edged up to #3 with "Got To Give It Up" while Bill Conti was at 4 with the second-best version of "Gonna' Fly Now". The rest of the Top 10: Foreigner's first hit "Feels Like the First Time" moved from 9 to 5, Kenny Rogers had song #6--"Lucile", former Linda Ronstadt backup singer Andrew Gold's "Lonely Boy" was #7, Alan O'Day's one and only hit "Undercover Angel" reached the Top 10 and Climax Blues Band fell to 10 with "Couldn't Get It Right".
1978: The Rolling Stones released the album Some Girls.
1979: Chuck Berry plead guilty to charges of income tax evasion and was sentenced to four months in prison.
1979: The Knack released the album Get the Knack.
1983: Loverboy had the highest debuting song with "Hot Girls in Love".
1983: Alex Van Halen, drummer for the group Van Halen, married Valeri Kendall in Los Angeles. Alex's brother Eddie was best man.
1983: "My Love" by Lionel Richie was #1 for the fourth straight week on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1983: Irene Cara was halfway through her run at #1 (three weeks) with "Flashdance...What a Feeling". David Bowie was stuck at 2 with "Let's Dance while the Culture Club edged up to 3 with "Time (Clock of the Heart)". Men At Work dropped with "Overkill" with Lionel Richie's "My Love" moving up to #5. The rest of the Top 10: Michael Jackson's former #1 "Beat It" remained at 6, Thomas Dolby slipped to #7 with "She Blinded Me with Science", Naked Eyes scored a Top 10 with "Always Something There To Remind Me", Styx moved from 14-9 with "Don't Let It End" and Rick Springfield had his 11th hit--"Affair of the Heart".
1988: Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Phil Collins, Dire Straits, Eric Clapton, George Michael, the Eurythmics, Simple Minds and UB40 performed at the 70th birthday tribute for Nelson Mandella at Wembley Stadium in London. The tribute was broadcast to 40 countries with an estimated audience of 1 billion people.
1988: There were three new songs in the Top 10--"Dirty Diana" by Michael Jackson, "Circle in the Sand" from former Go-Go Belinda Carlisle and "The Valley Road from Bruce Hornsby & the Range.
1988: George Michael remained at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the third week with "One More Try".
1988: George Michael's album Faith had been bumped from #1 three times and each time, it returned to the top spot, a remarkable achievement. On this date, it was in week #11 at #1.
1990: Olivia Newton-John was named an environmental ambassador of the United Nations.
1993: The film biography of Ike and Tina Turner "What's Love Got To Do With It" opened at theaters.
1994: "Any Time, Any Place" was the new #1 song on the R&B chart.
1996: Metallica's gig at a small San Francisco, California club was broadcast live via the Internet.
1996: Carl Perkins was awarded a spot on Hollywood's Rock Walk.
1998: Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots missed a scheduled court date and checked himself into a drug rehabilitation center.
1999: Ricky Martin appeared on the NBC-TV show "Today" in New York City.
2000: Aaliyah hit #1 with "Try Again".
2001: Depeche Mode played at the Pepsi Center in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
2001: Sir Paul McCartney married Heather Mills at St. Salvator Church in Ireland.
2002: The Bee Gees released their live album One Night Only on CD.
2006: Nelly Furtado was on top in the U.K. with "Maneater".
Born This Day:
1936: Jud Strunk ("Daisy a Day") was born in Jamestown, New York; died October 5, 1981 when he suffered a heart attack while taking off in his private plane
1940: Joey Dee (leader of the Starliters who had the #1 "Peppermint Twist" in 1961) was born in Passaic, New Jersey
1946: John Lawton of Uriah Heap was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
1947: Glen Leonard of the Temptations was born in Washington, D.C.
1949: Frank Beard, the only member of ZZ Top who doesn't have a beard, was born in Frankston, TexasSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-day-in-rock-music-history-june-11.html
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