1956: The world was introduced to a guy on this date that would become a superstar. Roy Orbison humbly debuted on the chart with "Ooby Dooby".
1959: Russ Conway had the top U.K. hit with "Roulette".
1961: Gary "U.S." Bonds appeared on "American Bandstand".
1962: "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles was #1 on the R&B chart for the fourth week in a row.
1965: Petula Clark and Gerry & the Pacemakers appeared on the television show "Shindig".
1966: John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, which at the time featured Eric Clapton on guitar, performed at the Marquee Club in London.
1966: The Beatles made an appearance on the U.K. television show "Top of the Pops", performing "Paperback Writer" and "Rain".
1966: Cliff Richard appeared on stage with the Reverend Billy Graham at Earl's Court in London and talked about his discovery of the Christian faith.
1967: Pink Floyd released the single "See Emily Play". Not too many people did.
1967: The famous three-day Monterey Pop Festival was the place to be on this date at the Monterey, California Fairgrounds. Simon and Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin became international superstars as a result of the Monterey Pop Festival.
1968: Santana, Steve Miller and Janis Joplin performed at the Fillmore in San Francisco with proceeds going towards keeping the Matrix Club in San Francisco open.
1969: A famous day in music, for this is the day that Zager & Evans released "In the Year 2525". And we inexplicably race to prove them right.
1970: Woodstock Ventures, sponsors of the famous concert and gathering, announced that they had lost more than $1.2 million on the festival.
1970: "In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry ruled the U.K. chart.
1973: The Spinners owned the top R&B song for the second week with "One Of a Kind (Love Affair)".
1973: The Carpenters had the Biggest Mover (69-38) with "Yesterday Once More".
1973: Paul McCartney & Wings spent a third week at #1 with "My Love". Clint Holmes moved to 2 with "Playground In My Mind" and Sylvia remained at #3 with "Pillow Talk". Barry White was at 4 with "I'm Gonna' Love You Just a Little More Baby", while "Daniel" was down to 5 for Elton John and "Frankenstein" slipped to 6 for the Edgar Winter Group. The rest of the Top 10: Billy Preston moved from 14-7 with "Will It Go 'Round In Circles", George Harrison posted his third Top 10 solo hit with "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)", Paul Simon jumped from 17 to 9 with "Kodachrome" and the former #1 from Dawn--'Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" was at #10.
1975: James Taylor released the single "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)".
1975: Don Robey, whose Peacock Records was the home of Little Richard and Bobby Bland, among others, died at the age of 71.
1975: John Lennon sued Attorneys General John Mitchell and Richard Kleindienst of the United States government, charging that he was being denied immigration through selective prosecution and that Mitchell and Kleindienst had harassed him in deportation proceedings.
1976: The television show "The Jacksons" aired for four weeks on CBS.
1977: The play "Beatlemania" opened on Broadway in New York City.
1977: Kenny Rogers rose to #1 in the U.K. with "Lucille".
1978: Mac Davis hosted "The Midnight Special" with guests Rod Stewart, Todd Rundgren and Andrew Gold.
1978: The movie "Grease" (adapted from the famous Broadway play) premiered in New York City.
1979: ELO topped the U.K. album chart with Discovery.
1979: Donna Summer had the hottest song around with "Hot Stuff".
1980: The movie "The Blues Brothers" opened in Chicago. The film starred John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as the Blues Brothers and also included Aretha Franklin, James Brown and Ray Charles.
1982: Donny Van Zandt of .38 Special was arrested on stage during a concert in Tulsa, Oklahoma for public drinking.
1982: James Honeyman Scott, the great guitarist of the Pretenders, died of drugs at the age of 25.
1984: "Let's Hear It For the Boy" made it three weeks atop the R&B chart for Deniece Williams.
1984: Cyndi Lauper held on to #1 with "Time After Time".
1987: The Ben & Jerry ice cream company was given permission to sell a flavor called Cherry Garcia, after longtime Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia.
1988: Pink Floyd played a concert in West Berlin, Germany. More than 2,000 East Berliners lined up at the wall to listen.
1989: The Glastonbury Festival took place in the U.K. with Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, the Hot House Flowers, the Waterboys, Suzanne Vega and Fairground Attraction among the performers.
1989: Smokey Robinson introduced a new woman's fragrance on the market called "Smoke".
1990: The great movie "Pretty Woman" was out, and from the film, Roxette moved to #1 with "It Must Have Been Love".
1993: The United States Postal Service unveiled a new set of stamps featuring Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, Otis Redding, Ritchie Valens, Clyde McPhatter and Dinah Washington.
1994: Kristen Ptaff of Hole died of heroin at age 26.
1996: Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Smashing Pumpkins, Beck, Rage Against the Machine, Sonic Youth, Richie Havens, Yoko Ono, the Fugees and the Beastie Boys performed at the Tibetan Freedom Concert at Golden Gate Park. Over 100,000 fans attended.
1996: Metallica had the top album with "Load".
1997: Radiohead released the album OK Computer.
1999: Cher debuted her "Believe Tour" at America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.
1999: Phil Collins was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2004: Ben Shabalala, a former member of the South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo that was featured on Paul Simon's landmark Graceland album was shot to death in Durban, South Africa.
2004: Velvet Revolver owned the #1 album with Contraband.
2005: "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey was the #1 song for a fourth week.
2007: Rod Stewart married Penny Lancaster in Italy.
2008: Coldplay began a world tour at the Brixton Academy in London.
Born This Day:
1941: Lamont Dozier of the famous Motown songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland, was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1942: Eddie Levert of the O'Jays (and father of Gerald Levert) was born in Canton, Ohio
1946: Ian Matthews of Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort and a solo performer ("Shake It" from 1978) was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
1949: Peppi Castro of the Blues Magoos and Balance ("Breaking Away")
1950: James Smith of the Stylistics
1952: Gino Vannelli ("I Just Wanna' Stop", "Living Inside Myself" and "Nightwalker") was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1954: Gerry Roberts, guitarist of the Boomtown Rats
1958: Patrick Waite of Musical Youth; died February 13, 1993 at the age of 35
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1959: Russ Conway had the top U.K. hit with "Roulette".
1961: Gary "U.S." Bonds appeared on "American Bandstand".
1962: "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles was #1 on the R&B chart for the fourth week in a row.
1965: Petula Clark and Gerry & the Pacemakers appeared on the television show "Shindig".
1966: John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, which at the time featured Eric Clapton on guitar, performed at the Marquee Club in London.
1966: The Beatles made an appearance on the U.K. television show "Top of the Pops", performing "Paperback Writer" and "Rain".
1966: Cliff Richard appeared on stage with the Reverend Billy Graham at Earl's Court in London and talked about his discovery of the Christian faith.
1967: Pink Floyd released the single "See Emily Play". Not too many people did.
1967: The famous three-day Monterey Pop Festival was the place to be on this date at the Monterey, California Fairgrounds. Simon and Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin became international superstars as a result of the Monterey Pop Festival.
1968: Santana, Steve Miller and Janis Joplin performed at the Fillmore in San Francisco with proceeds going towards keeping the Matrix Club in San Francisco open.
1969: A famous day in music, for this is the day that Zager & Evans released "In the Year 2525". And we inexplicably race to prove them right.
1970: Woodstock Ventures, sponsors of the famous concert and gathering, announced that they had lost more than $1.2 million on the festival.
1970: "In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry ruled the U.K. chart.
1973: The Spinners owned the top R&B song for the second week with "One Of a Kind (Love Affair)".
1973: The Carpenters had the Biggest Mover (69-38) with "Yesterday Once More".
1973: Paul McCartney & Wings spent a third week at #1 with "My Love". Clint Holmes moved to 2 with "Playground In My Mind" and Sylvia remained at #3 with "Pillow Talk". Barry White was at 4 with "I'm Gonna' Love You Just a Little More Baby", while "Daniel" was down to 5 for Elton John and "Frankenstein" slipped to 6 for the Edgar Winter Group. The rest of the Top 10: Billy Preston moved from 14-7 with "Will It Go 'Round In Circles", George Harrison posted his third Top 10 solo hit with "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)", Paul Simon jumped from 17 to 9 with "Kodachrome" and the former #1 from Dawn--'Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" was at #10.
1975: James Taylor released the single "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)".
1975: Don Robey, whose Peacock Records was the home of Little Richard and Bobby Bland, among others, died at the age of 71.
1975: John Lennon sued Attorneys General John Mitchell and Richard Kleindienst of the United States government, charging that he was being denied immigration through selective prosecution and that Mitchell and Kleindienst had harassed him in deportation proceedings.
1976: The television show "The Jacksons" aired for four weeks on CBS.
1977: The play "Beatlemania" opened on Broadway in New York City.
1977: Kenny Rogers rose to #1 in the U.K. with "Lucille".
1978: Mac Davis hosted "The Midnight Special" with guests Rod Stewart, Todd Rundgren and Andrew Gold.
1978: The movie "Grease" (adapted from the famous Broadway play) premiered in New York City.
1979: ELO topped the U.K. album chart with Discovery.
1979: Donna Summer had the hottest song around with "Hot Stuff".
1980: The movie "The Blues Brothers" opened in Chicago. The film starred John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as the Blues Brothers and also included Aretha Franklin, James Brown and Ray Charles.
1982: Donny Van Zandt of .38 Special was arrested on stage during a concert in Tulsa, Oklahoma for public drinking.
1982: James Honeyman Scott, the great guitarist of the Pretenders, died of drugs at the age of 25.
1984: "Let's Hear It For the Boy" made it three weeks atop the R&B chart for Deniece Williams.
1984: Cyndi Lauper held on to #1 with "Time After Time".
1987: The Ben & Jerry ice cream company was given permission to sell a flavor called Cherry Garcia, after longtime Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia.
1988: Pink Floyd played a concert in West Berlin, Germany. More than 2,000 East Berliners lined up at the wall to listen.
1989: The Glastonbury Festival took place in the U.K. with Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, the Hot House Flowers, the Waterboys, Suzanne Vega and Fairground Attraction among the performers.
1989: Smokey Robinson introduced a new woman's fragrance on the market called "Smoke".
1990: The great movie "Pretty Woman" was out, and from the film, Roxette moved to #1 with "It Must Have Been Love".
1993: The United States Postal Service unveiled a new set of stamps featuring Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, Otis Redding, Ritchie Valens, Clyde McPhatter and Dinah Washington.
1994: Kristen Ptaff of Hole died of heroin at age 26.
1996: Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Smashing Pumpkins, Beck, Rage Against the Machine, Sonic Youth, Richie Havens, Yoko Ono, the Fugees and the Beastie Boys performed at the Tibetan Freedom Concert at Golden Gate Park. Over 100,000 fans attended.
1996: Metallica had the top album with "Load".
1997: Radiohead released the album OK Computer.
1999: Cher debuted her "Believe Tour" at America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.
1999: Phil Collins was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2004: Ben Shabalala, a former member of the South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo that was featured on Paul Simon's landmark Graceland album was shot to death in Durban, South Africa.
2004: Velvet Revolver owned the #1 album with Contraband.
2005: "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey was the #1 song for a fourth week.
2007: Rod Stewart married Penny Lancaster in Italy.
2008: Coldplay began a world tour at the Brixton Academy in London.
Born This Day:
1941: Lamont Dozier of the famous Motown songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland, was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1942: Eddie Levert of the O'Jays (and father of Gerald Levert) was born in Canton, Ohio
1946: Ian Matthews of Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort and a solo performer ("Shake It" from 1978) was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
1949: Peppi Castro of the Blues Magoos and Balance ("Breaking Away")
1950: James Smith of the Stylistics
1952: Gino Vannelli ("I Just Wanna' Stop", "Living Inside Myself" and "Nightwalker") was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1954: Gerry Roberts, guitarist of the Boomtown Rats
1958: Patrick Waite of Musical Youth; died February 13, 1993 at the age of 35
1971: Tupac Shakur (Lesane Parish Crooks); shot September 13th, 1996Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-day-in-rock-music-history-june-16.html
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