This Day in Rock Music History: June 26

    1955:  Decca Records announced that Bill Haley & the Comets had sold three million records in 13 months.
    1955:  Elvis Presley played the first of three concerts at Kessler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi.
    1961:  Little did we realize it at the time, but a group that would enjoy tremendous success in the 70's and 80's was first introduced on this date.  The Spinners debuted on the chart with their first single, "That's What Girls Are Made For".



    1961:  The Marcels performed on the television show "American Bandstand" with their #1 smash "Blue Moon".
    1961:  "Quarter To Three" by Gary U.S. Bonds hit #1.  
    1963:  John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote "She Loves You" at their hotel in Newcastle, England.
    1964:  The Beatles released the album A Hard Day's Night.
    1964:  The Beatles played two concerts at Town Hall in Dunedin, South Island New Zealand.
    1965:  The Four Tops held on to #1 for the fourth week on the R&B chart with "I Can't Help Myself".



    1965:  "Mr. Tambourine Man" by the Byrds reached #1 in a super Top 10.  The Four Tops fell to 2 after three weeks at #1 with "I Can't Help Myself",  Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs remained at #3 with the Rolling Stones climbing from 26 to 4 with "Satisfaction".  The rest of the Top 10:  Herman's Hermits at #5 with "Wonderful World", Elvis had song #6--"Crying in the Chapel", the Yardbirds moved up two with "For Your Love", Patti Page had #8 with "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte", the Beach Boys' former #1 "Help Me Rhoda" was at #9 and Johnny Rivers moved from 15-10 with "Seventh Son".
    1966:  The Beatles returned to Hamburg, Germany for a concert, the city whose clubs gave them their start in the early 1960's.
    1969:  Joni Mitchell was a guest on the Mama Cass Television Program on ABC-TV.



    1971:  Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds moved from 19-8 with "Don't Pull Your Love".
    1971:  Emerson, Lake & Palmer topped the U.K. album chart with Tarkus.
    1971:  Carole King reached #1 for the first of five weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart with "It's Too Late".
    1972:  Jim Croce released "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" while Mac Davis released the single "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me" on this date.
    1973:  Keith Richards' troubles continued as police raided his home in London.  They found guns, ammunition, Mandrax and Chinese heroin and arrested Richards once again.
    1975:  Bob Dylan released the album The Basement Tapes.
    1975:  Sonny and Cher divorced.
    1976:  Neil Diamond moved from 55 to 24 with "If You Know What I Mean".
    1976:  America registered the #1 AC song on this date with "Today's the Day".
    1977:  Elvis Presley performed for the final time at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana.
    1978:  Monday meant releases to radio stations, and on this date Foreigner released the single "Hot Blooded".





    1980:  The Eagles were in concert in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
    1981:  Monday was the usual date of release for singles, but radio stations began receiving Foreigner's new 45 "Urgent" on a Friday so they could play it over the weekend.  I know because I "camped out" at the post office box waiting to receive it so I could take it back to KFXD and be one of the first in the nation to play it (which we were).
    1982:  Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music married Lucy Helmore in Sussex, England.
    1982:  "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor moved from 42 to 19 on this date.



    1982:  Asia spent a second week at #1 on the album chart with their self-titled debut.  Tug of War by Paul McCartney held on to 2 and Van Halen remained at #3 with Diver Down.  Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I was #4 followed by Human League's Dare and Willie Nelson's Always on My Mind.  The rest of the Top 10:  Toto IV was #7, Aldo Nova came in eighth, Rick Springfield remained at #9 with Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet and American Fool by John Cougar (Mellencamp) first entered the Top 10 of the album chart at #10.
    1982:  Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder held down #1 for a sixth week with "Ebony and Ivory".
    1986:  James Hetfield, guitarist of Metallica, broke his wrist skateboarding.  The group was forced to cancel one date and Hetfield only sang vocals (with John Marshall taking his place on guitar) for the remainder of the tour. 
    1993:  Ronald Isley married Angela Winbush.
    1993:  Janet Jackson monopolized the singles chart as "That's the Way Love Goes' remained at #1 for the seventh week in a row.
    2000:  It's pretty bad when you have your own mother against you.  Eminem gave his deposition in a $10 million civil suit filed by his mother, Deborah Mathers-Briggs.  Ms. Mathers-Briggs claimed that Eminem defamed her character in songs and interviews.


    Born This Day:
    1910:  Colonel Tom Parker (Andreas van Kuijk), Elvis Presley's manager; died January 21, 1997  


    1940:  Billy Davis, Jr. of the 5th Dimension was born in St. Louis, Missouri
    1941:  Brenda Wood ("Gimme' Little Sign") was born in Shreveport, Louisiana
    1942:  Larry Taylor, bass guitarist with Canned Heat, was born in Brooklyn, New York
    1943:  Georgie Fame, a keyboard player with Van Morrison and later a solo artist, was born in Lancashire, England
    1950:  Junior Daye of Sweet Sensation ("Sad Sweet Dreamer" from 1974) was born in Kingston, Jamaica
    1955:  Mick Jones, guitarist of the Clash was born in Brixton, England





    1956:  Chris Isaak was born in Stockton, California
    1957:  Patti Smyth ("Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough duet with Don Henley) was born in New York City
    1959:  Stef Burns, guitarist of Huey Lewis and the News, was born in Oakland, California
    1960:  Chris Duffy of Waterfront ("Cry" from 1989) 
    1961:  Terri Nunn, singer with Berlin, was born in Los Angeles, California
    1969:  Colin Greenwood, bass guitarist for Radiohead, was born in Oxford, England
    1969:  Mark Decloedt, drummer of EMF, was born in Gloucester, England
    1973:  Gretchen Wilson was born in Pocahontas, Illinois

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