1963: The Beatles performed at the new Brighton Tower in England, with Gerry & the Pacemakers opening.
1964: 250,000 people in Australia are on hand to greet the Beatles in Melbourne.
1965: Paul McCartney recorded the song "Yesterday". 1965: Bob Dylan recorded "Like A Rolling Stone."
1965: Sonny & Cher released the single "I Got You Babe".
1967: The Monkees began recording "Daydream Believer".
1967: The Doors were in concert at Steve Paul's Scene in New York City with Jimi Hendrix in attendance.
1969: Mick Taylor was introduced as the new guitarist of the Rolling Stones, taking over from Brian Jones, who left because he didn't like the musical direction the band was headed.
1969: The Beatles had the #1 song in the U.K. with "The Ballad of John and Yoko", their first single released in stereo.
1969: "Crystal Blue Persuasion", the great song from Tommy James and the Shondells, moved from 89 to 57.
1969: Marvin Gaye spent a second week at the top of the R&B chart with "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby". It would hold off all challengers for four more weeks.
1969: "Love Theme From "Romeo & Juliet", one of the Top Instrumentals of the Rock Era*, was #1 on the AC chart for a second week.
1969: The Soundtrack to "Hair" was #1 on the album chart for the eighth week. Blood, Sweat & Tears spent their 12th week in the Top 3 with their debut, while Nashville Skyline by Bob Dylan was #3.
1970: Eric Clapton's new band, Derek and the Dominoes, made their first appearance in Britain.
1970: Grand Funk purchased a billboard in New York's Times Square to advertise their new single "Closer to Home".
1971: Frank Sinatra announced that he was retiring from show business.
1972: The Greatest Hits album of Simon and Garfunkel was released.
1972: Led Zeppelin played the first of two shows at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.
1972: Simon and Garfunkel and Peter, Paul & Mary played a benefit concert for United States presidential contender George McGovern at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1975: Gwen McCrae watched husband George score a #1 R&B and Top 40 smash with "Rock Your Baby", then went into the recording studio and recorded "Rockin' Chair", which became the #1 R&B song on this date.
1975: The classic song "Wildfire" reached #1 for Michael Murphey on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1975: Elton John's album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, which debuted at #1, continued as the top album in the land. New entries in the Top 10 included Stampede from the Doobie Brothers, Four Wheel Drive by Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Spirit of America from the Beach Boys.
1975: America scored their second #1 song (following their debut "A Horse with No Name" in 1972) with "Sister Golden Hair". The Captain & Tennille were closing fast (12-2) with their debut hit "Love Will Keep Us Together" and Linda Ronstadt moved to challenge with "When Will I Be Loved". Grand Funk had a solid hit with "Bad Time at #4 and Chicago was stuck at 5 with "Old Days". The rest of the Top 10: "I'm Not Lisa" from Jessi Colter, Major Harris at 7 with "Love Won't Le Me Wait", John Denver tumbled to #8 with "Thank God I'm a Country Boy", the former #1 "Philadelphia Freedom" was amazingly back in the Top 10 for the Elton John Band and Joe Simon was at #10 with "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)".
1979: Little Feat announced they were breaking up.
1980: The movie "Roadie", starring Meat Loaf, debuted in theaters.
1980: "Little Jeannie" by Elton John climbed to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It was Elton's 5th AC #1, following "Daniel", "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", "Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word" and "Mama Can't Buy You Love".
The Pretenders remained in the Top 10
1980: Glass Houses took over at #1 on the album chart, giving Billy Joel his second #1 album. Against the Wind slipped to 2 after 6 weeks at the top. Just One Night by Eric Clapton was surprisingly up to 3 with Pink Floyd slipping to #4 with The Wall. The rest of the Top 10: Mouth To Mouth by Lipps, Inc., Van Halen's Women and Children First at #6, the debut from Christopher Cross up to #7, Middle Man from Boz Scaggs at #8, the Pretenders' great debut at #9 and the Soundtrack to "The Empire Strikes Back" moving from 17-10.
1981: The "No Nukes" concert, featuring Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and others, was held at the Hollywood Bowl.
1982: The Pretenders fired bass player Pete Farndon.
1986: Queen scored a #1 album in the U.K. with A Kind of Magic.
1986: "Glory of Love" was the Biggest Mover, climbing from 62-49.
1986: "Nasty" by Janet Jackson reached #1 on the R&B chart.
1986: "On My Own", the duet pairing Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald, reached #1 after 13 weeks, replacing Madonna's "Live To Tell" at the top spot. "I Can't Wait" from Nu Shooz was #3 with Billy Ocean's "There'll Be Sad Song (To Make You Cry)" at #4, his fifth Top 10 in his last six releases. The rest of the list: "Crush On You" from the Jets, Whitney Houston's former #1 "Greatest Love Of All", George Michael's first solo hit "A Different Corner" at #7, Howard Jones moved up from 14-8 with "No One Is To Blame", Mike + the Mechanics on their way down with "ALL I Need Is a Miracle" and Level 42's "Something About You" at #10.
1986: Incredibly, the album Whitney Houston was still at #1 nearly a year after its release.
1989: Pete DeFreitas, drummer of Echo & the Bunnymen dies in a motorcycle accident.
1989: Carole King received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1994: Henry Mancini died at the age of 70.
1995: Michael Jackson and wife Lisa Marie Presley appeared on television for a live interview with Diane Sawyer.
1995: Rory Gallagher died in London.
1997: Only in 1997 could a song of this caliber do this--"I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans debuted at #1. To let you know how hard it was, they replaced "MMMBop" by Hanson at #1.
1997: Spice by the Spice Girls was #1 on the album chart for the fourth straight week.
2003: Queen Elizabeth awarded Gerry Marsden of Gerry & the Pacemakers a Member of the Order of the British Empire medal.
2003: Queen Elizabeth conferred upon Sting the title of Commander of the British Empire.
2004: Warner Brothers bought out Madonna's shares in Maverick Records, a label she had owned for 12 years. Alanis Morissette and the Deftones recorded on Maverick.
2006: AFI had the top album with Decemberunderground.
2010: Michael Jackson was posthumously inducted and Aretha Franklin was inducted to the Apollo Theater Hall of Fame in Harlem, New York.
Born This Day:
1909: Burl Ives ("A Holly Jolly Christmas") was born in Hunt City, Illinois; died of oral cancer from smoking April 14, 1995
1931: Junior Walker ("Shotgun") was born in Blytheville, Arkansas; died of cancer at the age of 64 on November 23, 1995 in Battle Creek, Michigan
1945: Rod Argent, vocalist and keyboardist of the Hollies, the Zombies and Argent, was born in St. Albans, England
1949: Alan White, drummer with John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band as well as Yes, was born in Pelton, County Durham, England
1952: Jim Lea of Slade ("Run Runaway") was born in Wolverhampton, England
1958: Nick Van Eede of the Cutting Crew was born in Cuckfield, West Sussex, England.
1961: Boy George (George O'Dowd) was born in Bexley, Kent, England
1963: Chris Degarmo of Queensryche was born in Wenatchee, Washington
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1964: 250,000 people in Australia are on hand to greet the Beatles in Melbourne.
1965: Paul McCartney recorded the song "Yesterday". 1965: Bob Dylan recorded "Like A Rolling Stone."
1965: Sonny & Cher released the single "I Got You Babe".
1967: The Monkees began recording "Daydream Believer".
1967: The Doors were in concert at Steve Paul's Scene in New York City with Jimi Hendrix in attendance.
1969: Mick Taylor was introduced as the new guitarist of the Rolling Stones, taking over from Brian Jones, who left because he didn't like the musical direction the band was headed.
1969: The Beatles had the #1 song in the U.K. with "The Ballad of John and Yoko", their first single released in stereo.
1969: "Crystal Blue Persuasion", the great song from Tommy James and the Shondells, moved from 89 to 57.
1969: Marvin Gaye spent a second week at the top of the R&B chart with "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby". It would hold off all challengers for four more weeks.
1969: "Love Theme From "Romeo & Juliet", one of the Top Instrumentals of the Rock Era*, was #1 on the AC chart for a second week.
1969: The Soundtrack to "Hair" was #1 on the album chart for the eighth week. Blood, Sweat & Tears spent their 12th week in the Top 3 with their debut, while Nashville Skyline by Bob Dylan was #3.
1970: Eric Clapton's new band, Derek and the Dominoes, made their first appearance in Britain.
1970: Grand Funk purchased a billboard in New York's Times Square to advertise their new single "Closer to Home".
1971: Frank Sinatra announced that he was retiring from show business.
1972: The Greatest Hits album of Simon and Garfunkel was released.
1972: Led Zeppelin played the first of two shows at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.
1972: Simon and Garfunkel and Peter, Paul & Mary played a benefit concert for United States presidential contender George McGovern at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1975: Gwen McCrae watched husband George score a #1 R&B and Top 40 smash with "Rock Your Baby", then went into the recording studio and recorded "Rockin' Chair", which became the #1 R&B song on this date.
1975: The classic song "Wildfire" reached #1 for Michael Murphey on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1975: Elton John's album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, which debuted at #1, continued as the top album in the land. New entries in the Top 10 included Stampede from the Doobie Brothers, Four Wheel Drive by Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Spirit of America from the Beach Boys.
1975: America scored their second #1 song (following their debut "A Horse with No Name" in 1972) with "Sister Golden Hair". The Captain & Tennille were closing fast (12-2) with their debut hit "Love Will Keep Us Together" and Linda Ronstadt moved to challenge with "When Will I Be Loved". Grand Funk had a solid hit with "Bad Time at #4 and Chicago was stuck at 5 with "Old Days". The rest of the Top 10: "I'm Not Lisa" from Jessi Colter, Major Harris at 7 with "Love Won't Le Me Wait", John Denver tumbled to #8 with "Thank God I'm a Country Boy", the former #1 "Philadelphia Freedom" was amazingly back in the Top 10 for the Elton John Band and Joe Simon was at #10 with "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)".
1979: Little Feat announced they were breaking up.
1980: The movie "Roadie", starring Meat Loaf, debuted in theaters.
1980: "Little Jeannie" by Elton John climbed to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It was Elton's 5th AC #1, following "Daniel", "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", "Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word" and "Mama Can't Buy You Love".
The Pretenders remained in the Top 10
1980: Glass Houses took over at #1 on the album chart, giving Billy Joel his second #1 album. Against the Wind slipped to 2 after 6 weeks at the top. Just One Night by Eric Clapton was surprisingly up to 3 with Pink Floyd slipping to #4 with The Wall. The rest of the Top 10: Mouth To Mouth by Lipps, Inc., Van Halen's Women and Children First at #6, the debut from Christopher Cross up to #7, Middle Man from Boz Scaggs at #8, the Pretenders' great debut at #9 and the Soundtrack to "The Empire Strikes Back" moving from 17-10.
1981: The "No Nukes" concert, featuring Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and others, was held at the Hollywood Bowl.
1982: The Pretenders fired bass player Pete Farndon.
1986: Queen scored a #1 album in the U.K. with A Kind of Magic.
1986: "Glory of Love" was the Biggest Mover, climbing from 62-49.
1986: "Nasty" by Janet Jackson reached #1 on the R&B chart.
1986: "On My Own", the duet pairing Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald, reached #1 after 13 weeks, replacing Madonna's "Live To Tell" at the top spot. "I Can't Wait" from Nu Shooz was #3 with Billy Ocean's "There'll Be Sad Song (To Make You Cry)" at #4, his fifth Top 10 in his last six releases. The rest of the list: "Crush On You" from the Jets, Whitney Houston's former #1 "Greatest Love Of All", George Michael's first solo hit "A Different Corner" at #7, Howard Jones moved up from 14-8 with "No One Is To Blame", Mike + the Mechanics on their way down with "ALL I Need Is a Miracle" and Level 42's "Something About You" at #10.
1986: Incredibly, the album Whitney Houston was still at #1 nearly a year after its release.
1989: Pete DeFreitas, drummer of Echo & the Bunnymen dies in a motorcycle accident.
1989: Carole King received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1994: Henry Mancini died at the age of 70.
1995: Michael Jackson and wife Lisa Marie Presley appeared on television for a live interview with Diane Sawyer.
1995: Rory Gallagher died in London.
1997: Only in 1997 could a song of this caliber do this--"I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans debuted at #1. To let you know how hard it was, they replaced "MMMBop" by Hanson at #1.
1997: Spice by the Spice Girls was #1 on the album chart for the fourth straight week.
2003: Queen Elizabeth awarded Gerry Marsden of Gerry & the Pacemakers a Member of the Order of the British Empire medal.
2003: Queen Elizabeth conferred upon Sting the title of Commander of the British Empire.
2004: Warner Brothers bought out Madonna's shares in Maverick Records, a label she had owned for 12 years. Alanis Morissette and the Deftones recorded on Maverick.
2006: AFI had the top album with Decemberunderground.
2010: Michael Jackson was posthumously inducted and Aretha Franklin was inducted to the Apollo Theater Hall of Fame in Harlem, New York.
Born This Day:
1909: Burl Ives ("A Holly Jolly Christmas") was born in Hunt City, Illinois; died of oral cancer from smoking April 14, 1995
1931: Junior Walker ("Shotgun") was born in Blytheville, Arkansas; died of cancer at the age of 64 on November 23, 1995 in Battle Creek, Michigan
1945: Rod Argent, vocalist and keyboardist of the Hollies, the Zombies and Argent, was born in St. Albans, England
1949: Alan White, drummer with John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band as well as Yes, was born in Pelton, County Durham, England
1952: Jim Lea of Slade ("Run Runaway") was born in Wolverhampton, England
1958: Nick Van Eede of the Cutting Crew was born in Cuckfield, West Sussex, England.
1961: Boy George (George O'Dowd) was born in Bexley, Kent, England
1963: Chris Degarmo of Queensryche was born in Wenatchee, Washington
1983: Siobhan Donaghy of the Sugababes was born in London, EnglandSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-day-in-rock-music-history-june-14.html
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