This Day in Rock Music History: June 24

    1957:  It was a magical time on the R&B chart.  "Searchin'" by the Coasters, which would go on to become one of The Top R&B Songs of the Rock Era* with 12 weeks at #1, spent a third week at the top.
    1959:  Ricky Nelson sang "I Got a Feeling" on his family's television program "The Ozzie & Harriet Show".
    1963:  A famous day in the Rock Era, as Peter, Paul & Mary released the Bob Dylan-penned classic "Blowin' in the Wind" on Monday, June 24, 1963.




    1964:  Sam Cooke kicked off a two-week gig at the Copacabana nightclub in New York City.
    1964:  The Beatles played the first of two concerts at Auckland Town Hall in Australia.
    1965:  The Hollies had the #1 U.K. hit with "I'm Alive".
    1965:  John Lennon published his second book--"A Spaniard in the Works".
    1966:  Lynn, Massachusetts found out what it was like to invite the Rolling Stones to perform in their city.  The Stones debuted their tour at the Manning Bowl.  The experience was so pleasurable that police had to use tear gas on the crowd and thus all rock concerts were banned at the Bowl because of one very bad apple.
    1966:  The Beach Boys lined up quite a show at their Summer Spectacular at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California.  Jefferson Airplane, Lovin' Spoonful, the Byrds, Percy Sledge and the Sir Douglas Quintet performed for the crowd.




    1967:  "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane earned the highest debut of the week after being released on Monday, June 19.
    1967:  The 5th Dimension performed "Up, Up and Away" on "American Bandstand".
    1967:  "Respect" by Aretha Franklin spent week #6 at the top on the R&B chart.




    1967:  It was one of the best times in music history.  "Groovin'" by the Young Rascals spent a second week at #1 with fellow member of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era* "Respect" from Aretha Franklin still at #2 after a turn at #1.  The Turtles had a solid #3 with "She'd Rather Be With Me".  A third representative of The Top 500 Songs* was also in the Top 10 at the same time--"Windy" from the Association.  The rest of a great Top 10:  "Little Bit O' Soul" from the Music Explosion, Scott McKenzie moved from 20-6 with his anthem "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)", Jefferson Airplane's smash "Somebody To Love" was at #7, yet another big hit (Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You") was moving into the Top 10, Spanky & Our Gang had song #9 with "Sunday Will Never Be the Same" and the Grass Roots scored their first Top 10 song with "Let's Live For Today".
    1967:  The Beatles debuted at #8 on the album chart with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".
    1969:  "The Ballad of John and Yoko" by the Beatles rose to #1 in the U.K.
    1972:  Gilbert O'Sullivan was gaining attention with his release "Alone Again (Naturally)", which rose from #88 the previous week to #59 on this date.





    1972:  "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers took over at the top of the R&B chart.
    1972:  Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose had a huge hit on their hands with "Too Late To Turn Back Now", which moved from 23 to 10.
    1975:  The U.S. attorney in Newark, New Jersey indicted 19 music business executives, including Arista CEO Clive Davis, on income tax evasion and payola.
    1977:  The Jacksons owned the #1 U.K. song with "Show You the Way To Go".
    1978:  If you were near England on this date, I hope you went to the concert at Knebworth Park.  Jefferson Starship, Genesis, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the Atlanta Rhythm Section, Jeff Beck and Devo performed.
    1978:  The O'Jays remained at #1 on the R&B chart with "Use Ta Be My Girl".
    1978:  It was a pretty solid week for music with "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb spending a second week at #1.  "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty would never get higher than #2; in fact it is one of the top #2 songs of the Rock Era--it would spend six weeks behind Andy Gibb.  "It's a Heartache" from Bonnie Tyler was third followed by the former #1 "You're the One That I Want" from Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta.  The rest of the Top 10:  ABBA with their 11th hit "Take a Chance On Me", Carly Simon at #6 with "You Belong To Me", the O'Jays entered the Top 10 with "Use Ta Be My Girl", Sweet's dynamic "Love Is Like Oxygen" was song #8, Bob Seger scored a Top 10 with "Still the Same" and Peter Brown edged up one to #10 with "Dance With Me".





    1978:  The album took over at #1 for Fleetwood Mac's classic Rumours on January 11, so that meant on this date Saturday Night Fever was spending its 23rd consecutive week at the top.  Feels So Good by Chuck Mangione was #2 followed by Gerry Rafferty's excellent City to City.  The rest of the Top 10:  London Town from Wings, The Soundtrack to "FM" at #5, So Full of Love from the O'Jays at #6, the Commodores reached #7 with Natural High, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band entered the Top 10 at #8 with Stranger in Town, Jefferson Starship's fine album Earth was at #9 and Bruce Springsteen moved from 39-10 with Darkness on the Edge of Town.
    1980:  Jackson Browne released the album Hold Out.
    1981:  Contrary to what you may read elsewhere, "Endless Love" by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie was not released on this date.  As shown earlier in the week on Inside the Rock Era, the song was released on Monday, June 19 so that radio stations could add the song and report the numbers to the trade magazines, who then would print their magazines and report on Saturday, June 24 that the song did well enough to debut on the chart, five days after its release.
    1984:  Jimmy Page joined Yes on stage in Dortmund, Germany to perform the Beatles' "I'm Down".
    1985:  It was a Monday on this date, and that meant new 45's for radio stations to play.  Two great ones arrived on desks on this particular Monday--"The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News and "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams.  Both would go on to become major hits.
    1988:  Steve Winwood released the album Roll With It.
    1988:  No one would want to be UB40 bass player Earl Falconer on this date--he had some things to deal with.  Falconer was sent to jail for six months after admitting to causing his brother's death in an automobile accident.
    1989:  Paul McCartney scored a #1 U.K. album with Flowers in the Dirt.
    1989:  Soul II Soul began four weeks atop the U.K. chart with "Back To Life".
    1989:  Simply Red reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with their remake of the great Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes song "If You Don't Love Me By Now".





    1989:  Richard Marx had his fifth consecutive Top 10 song out of the gate and on this date, "Satisfied" became #1 for him.  New Kids on the Block were toppled with "I'll Be Loving You (Forever).  Neneh Cherry challenged with "Buffalo Stance".  The rest of the Top 10:  Bette Midler's former #1 classic "Wind Beneath My Wings" was at #6, Donna Summer's last big hit, her 30th career hit and 14th Top 10--"This Time I Know It's For Real" was up to #7, Bobby Brown tumbled with "Every Little Step", Natalie Cole scored a Top 10 with "Miss You Like Crazy" at #9 and Waterfront were stuck at 10 with "Cry".
    1990:  Perry Bamonte was the newest member of the Cure, replacing Roger O'Donnell.
    1991:  Monday fell on June 24, and that meant the time for new releases.  One of them particularly stood out on that day--"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" by Bryan Adams.  Enough radio stations added the song to their playlists that it could chart on the following Saturday.
    1992:  Donny Osmond began a year-long run by appearing in the musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
    1994:  Metallica was in concert at the Ionia Free Fair in Ionia, Michigan.



    1995:  Pulse from Pink Floyd debuted at #1 on the album chart, knocking Cracked Rear View by Hootie & the Blowfish from the top spot.  The Soundtrack to "Pocahontas" was third, followed by the incredible album Throwing Copper from Live, in its 59th week on the chart.  Another excellent album, CrazySexyCool by TLC was up to 5.  The rest of the Top 10:  It was easy by then to debut high on the chart due to lackluster music and Soul Asylum took full advantage with Let Your Dim Light Shine, the debut from John Michael Montgomery was at #7, Primus debuted at #8 with Tales from the Punchbowl, Boyz II Men were at 9 with II in its 41st week on the chart and the Soundtrack to "Friday" fell to #10.
    1995:  Bryan Adams had his 22nd career hit "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" at the top of the chart for a fourth week.  
    1997:  LaToya Jackson and her husband/manager Jack Gordon were divorced.




    1999:  Eric Clapton raised over $5 million for his drug dependency treatment center in the West Indies and his Crossroads Centre at Antigua by selling 100 of his guitars.  The 1956 sunburst Fender that he used to write the song "Layla" fetched $497, 500.
    2000:  The members of KISS must have spent all their money--they auctioned off memorabilia from their past tours that brought in $876,000 on the first day.
    2000:  Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks married actor Adrian Pasdar in Las Vegas, Nevada.




    2003:  Beyonce Knowles released her debut solo album Dangerously in Love.
    2003:  Liz Phair released her self-titled fourth album.
    2003:  For people who couldn't make the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Hollywood Rock Walk was created.  On this date, Lou Reed was honored.
    2003:  Michelle Branch released the album Hotel Paper.
    2003:  In today's edition of "Inmates Run Rap Music", we find three members of Snoop Dogg's security team in familiar territory, being arrested for misdemeanor crimes at an awards show no less (the BET Awards in Los Angeles).
    2004:  Due to the abundance of material on this date, you get an extended version of "Inmates Run Rap Music".  In our second segment, we find DMX arrested for drugs and weapons charges for stealing a car from the parking lot of John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City.
    2005:  Coldplay, Brian Wilson, Garbage and the White Stripes were among the performers at the U.K. Glastonbury Festival.
    2006:  Kevin Richardson left the Backstreet Boys.
    2007:  The White Stripes had the #1 album in the U.K. with Icky Thump.

    Born This Day:
    1939:  Oz Bach, bassist and co-founder of Spanky and Our Gang, was born in Paw Paw, West Virginia
    1944:  Arthur Brown (leader of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown) was born in Whitby, England

     



    1944:  Elite guitarist Jeff Beck was born in Wallington, England
    1944:  Chris Wood, flute and saxophone player and co-writer with Traffic, was born in Harborne, Birmingham, England



    1945:  Colin Blunstone, the great vocalist and songwriter for the Zombies ("She's Not There") was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England


    1947:  Mick Fleetwood was born in Redruth, England1948:  Patrick Moraz, progressive rock keyboard player of Yes and the Moody Blues, was born in Villars-Ste-Croix, Morges, Switzerland
    1949:  John Illsley, bass guitarist for Dire Straits, was born in Leicester, England
    1957:  Terence Wilson of UB40 was born in Birmingham, England
    1957:  Jeff Cease, guitarist for the Black Crowes, was born in Nashville, Tennessee
    1959:  Andy McCluskey, vocalist and guitarist for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, was born in Heswall, Wirall, England
    1961:  Curt Smith of Tears for Fears was born in Bath, England
    1970:  Glenn Medeiros ("Nothing's Gonna' Change My Love For You" from 1987) was born in Lihue, Kaua'i, Hawai'i
    1973:  Mario Calire, drummer of the Wallflowers, was born in Buffalo, New York
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