1956: Elvis Presley sang "Hound Dog" on the Steve Allen television show.
1957: Buddy Holly recorded "Peggy Sue".
1957: Dick Clark announced he was scheduling a series of Dick Clark Caravans.
1959: "Personality" by Lloyd Price reached #1 on the R&B chart.
1959: "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton held down #1 for a 6th week. "Personality" by Lloyd Price was a strong #2 for a third week with "Lonely Boy" from Paul Anka closing to #3 and "Dream Lover" by Bobby Darin coming in at #4.
1960: Monday fell on this date, and of course that meant new releases. Brian Hyland introduced himself to audiences with his first 45, "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini".
1961: Del Shannon had the top song in the U.K. with "Runaway".
1963: The Surfaris rode the wave from 86 to #51 with their great instrumental "Wipe Out".
1963: "Surf City" crashed the Top 10 for Jan & Dean, moving from 20 to 10.
1965: Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones bought the house that once belonged to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
1966: Neil Diamond appeared on the ABC television show "American Bandstand".
1966: The Beatles gave a concert in Tokyo and over 500 police were needed to keep fans from the stage.
1967: Graham Nash wrote the song "Marrakesh Express" while on tour with the Hollies in Yugoslavia.
1967: Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones was found guilty of allowing his property to be used for smoking marijuana and was fined and sentenced to one year in jail. Fellow jailbird Mick Jagger was found guilty of illegal possession of pep pills and was sentenced to three months behind bars.
1968: Pink Floyd performed a free show in London's Hyde Park to promote their new album A Saucerful of Secrets. Jethro Tull and T. Rex also performed.
1968: Aretha Franklin urged people to "Think" with her third week at #1 on the R&B chart.
1968: Herb Alpert owned the #1 Adult Contemporary song for the fourth straight week--"This Guy's In Love With You".
1968: The great album Bookends took over from The Graduate as the #1 album. The Beat of the Brass from Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass was still 3, Disraeli Gears from Cream was #4 and Honey by Bobby Goldsboro was #5.
1969: The Jimi Hendrix Experience played in public for the final time at the Denver Pop Festival in Colorado.
1969: Led Zeppelin played two concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
1969: Shorty Long ("Here Comes the Judge"), singer, songwriter, musician and producer for Motown Records, drowned at the age of 29 when his sailboat sank off of Sandwich Island in Ontario, Canada.
1973: Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left Deep Purple following a concert in Japan.
1974: Neal Peart replaced John Rustey on drums for Rush.
1974: Three superb songs made their first entry into the Top 10 on this date--it was a great summer for music. The Hues Corporation had "Rock the Boat" moving from 12-6, George McCrae's great song "Rock Your Baby" slid up from 15-9 and John Denver climbed up from 27 to 10 with "Annie's Song".
1974: Gordon Lightfoot scored his second #1 as "Sundown" hit the top spot in the country.
1975: The Doobie Brothers and Eagles performed in Oakland, California. Elton John dropped by to sing a song with each group.
1976: Elvis Presley Boulevard was dedicated in Memphis, Tennessee.
1976: Jefferson Starship released their album Spitfire.
1977: Fleetwood Mac performed in New York City's Madison Square Garden.
1978: Peter Frampton was injured in a serious car crash in the Bahamas, suffering a broken arm and cracked ribs.
1979: Lowell George died of a heart attack at the age of 34 while on tour with Little Feat in Arlington, Virginia.
1980: The Eagles were in concert at the Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.
1984: Motown Records shipped two million copies of the Jacksons' album Victory.
1984: Bruce Springsteen performed at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
1985: Mick Jagger and David Bowie recorded their remake of the Martha & the Vandellas classic "Dancing in the Street".
1985: U2 played at Droke Park in Dublin, Ireland.
The Eurythmics had another Top 10 song
1985: Bryan Adams remained at #1 with "Heaven, holding off Phil Collins and "Sussudio". Duran Duran edged to #3 with "A View to a Kill" while Prince & the Revolution were stuck at 4 with "Raspberry Beret". The rest of the Top 10: Madonna had her seventh hit and sixth Top 10 in a row with "Angel", Survivor moved up nicely from 10-6 with "The Search Is Over", Tears for Fears were down to 7 with their former #1 "Everybody Wants To Rule the World", the Eurythmics entered the Top 10 with "Would I Lie To You?" (moving from 14-10), Howard Jones came in at #9 with "Things Can Only Get Better" and the Mary Jane Girls were "In My House".
1991: Paul Abdul commanded the top spot with "Rush, Rush" for a third week in a row.
1987: Whitesnake released the single "Here I Go Again".
1991: Cher had the top album in the U.K. with Love Hurts.
1991: When you're on top of both the popular chart and the Adult Contemporary chart, you own about 2/3 of the rock audience. That's what Paula Abdul had when "Rush, Rush" reached #1 on the AC chart.
1994: Barbra Streisand garnered $16 million in sales from concerts at New York City's Madison Square Garden, setting an all-time record for the largest-grossing concert series of all-time.
1996: Record producer George Martin received Knighthood in Great Britain.
1996: It was a pretty solid Top 10 other than the #1 song--Toni Braxton had a huge double-sided #2 smash with "Youre Makin' Me High" and "Let It Flow". Tracy Chapman remained at 3 with "Give Me One Reason". The rest of the Top 10: "Always Be My Baby" from Mariah Carey was her 19th hit, her 15th To 10 and, being a former #1, it was her 11th chart-topper, "Because You Loved Me" was another former #1 from Celine Dion at #6, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen teamed up for the "Theme From 'Mission: Impossible", Los Del Rio entered the Top 10 for the first time after 28 weeks on the chart with "Macarena" (It would go on to become one of the biggest hits of the Rock Era), the Tony Rich Project slipped to #9 with their smash "Nobody Knows" and Alanis Morissette was at 10 with "Ironic".
1999: Leif Garret was arrested at an apartment in Los Angeles for drug possession.
1999: Michael Jackson suffered severe bruises as the result of a 50-foot fall when a bridge collapsed at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2000: Trouble was catchy once you joined the Rolling Stones. Ron Wood checked himself into a rehab center for alcohol addiction.
2000: Eight people were trampled to death after falling in the mud in front of the stage at a Pearl Jam concert at the Roskilde Festival near Copenhagen, Denmark.
2003: Robbie Williams performed in front of 62,000 fans in Murryayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland.
2003: Beyonce had the top album in the U.K. with Dangerously in Love.
2003: Monica owned the #1 U.S. album with After the Storm.
2004: Beyonce captured Best Female R&B artist, Jay-Z won Best Male Hip-Hop Artist and "Crazy in Love" won for Best Collaboration at the BET Awards. Outkast was named Best Group while their single "Hey Ya!" won for Video of the Year.
2006: In today's edition of "Inmates Run Rap Music", DMX was sentenced to return home (jail) in White Plains, New York after he failed to appear at a traffic violation hearing. Then he could be with all of his "homies"!
Born This Day:
1938 Billy Storm of the Alley Cats was born in Dayton, Ohio
1940: L. Russell Brown, who wrote "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree", "C'mon Marianne" and others
1942: Gilberto Gil was born in Salvador, Brazil
1943: Little Eva was born in Bellhaven, North Carolina
1948: Ian Paice, drummer of Deep Purple, was born in Nottingham, England
1953: Colin Hay of Men at Work was born in Kilwinning, Scotland
1960: Evelyn "Champagne" King was born in the Bronx, New York
1978: Nicole Scherzinger, lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, was born in Honolulu, Hawai'i
1979: Tim McChord, bass guitarist for Evanescence, was born in Sacramento, California
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1957: Buddy Holly recorded "Peggy Sue".
1957: Dick Clark announced he was scheduling a series of Dick Clark Caravans.
1959: "Personality" by Lloyd Price reached #1 on the R&B chart.
1959: "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton held down #1 for a 6th week. "Personality" by Lloyd Price was a strong #2 for a third week with "Lonely Boy" from Paul Anka closing to #3 and "Dream Lover" by Bobby Darin coming in at #4.
1960: Monday fell on this date, and of course that meant new releases. Brian Hyland introduced himself to audiences with his first 45, "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini".
1961: Del Shannon had the top song in the U.K. with "Runaway".
1963: The Surfaris rode the wave from 86 to #51 with their great instrumental "Wipe Out".
1963: "Surf City" crashed the Top 10 for Jan & Dean, moving from 20 to 10.
1965: Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones bought the house that once belonged to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
1966: Neil Diamond appeared on the ABC television show "American Bandstand".
1966: The Beatles gave a concert in Tokyo and over 500 police were needed to keep fans from the stage.
1967: Graham Nash wrote the song "Marrakesh Express" while on tour with the Hollies in Yugoslavia.
1967: Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones was found guilty of allowing his property to be used for smoking marijuana and was fined and sentenced to one year in jail. Fellow jailbird Mick Jagger was found guilty of illegal possession of pep pills and was sentenced to three months behind bars.
1968: Pink Floyd performed a free show in London's Hyde Park to promote their new album A Saucerful of Secrets. Jethro Tull and T. Rex also performed.
1968: Aretha Franklin urged people to "Think" with her third week at #1 on the R&B chart.
1968: Herb Alpert owned the #1 Adult Contemporary song for the fourth straight week--"This Guy's In Love With You".
1968: The great album Bookends took over from The Graduate as the #1 album. The Beat of the Brass from Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass was still 3, Disraeli Gears from Cream was #4 and Honey by Bobby Goldsboro was #5.
1969: The Jimi Hendrix Experience played in public for the final time at the Denver Pop Festival in Colorado.
1969: Led Zeppelin played two concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
1969: Shorty Long ("Here Comes the Judge"), singer, songwriter, musician and producer for Motown Records, drowned at the age of 29 when his sailboat sank off of Sandwich Island in Ontario, Canada.
1973: Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left Deep Purple following a concert in Japan.
1974: Neal Peart replaced John Rustey on drums for Rush.
1974: Three superb songs made their first entry into the Top 10 on this date--it was a great summer for music. The Hues Corporation had "Rock the Boat" moving from 12-6, George McCrae's great song "Rock Your Baby" slid up from 15-9 and John Denver climbed up from 27 to 10 with "Annie's Song".
1974: Gordon Lightfoot scored his second #1 as "Sundown" hit the top spot in the country.
1975: The Doobie Brothers and Eagles performed in Oakland, California. Elton John dropped by to sing a song with each group.
1976: Elvis Presley Boulevard was dedicated in Memphis, Tennessee.
1976: Jefferson Starship released their album Spitfire.
1977: Fleetwood Mac performed in New York City's Madison Square Garden.
1978: Peter Frampton was injured in a serious car crash in the Bahamas, suffering a broken arm and cracked ribs.
1979: Lowell George died of a heart attack at the age of 34 while on tour with Little Feat in Arlington, Virginia.
1980: The Eagles were in concert at the Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.
1984: Motown Records shipped two million copies of the Jacksons' album Victory.
1984: Bruce Springsteen performed at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
1985: Mick Jagger and David Bowie recorded their remake of the Martha & the Vandellas classic "Dancing in the Street".
1985: U2 played at Droke Park in Dublin, Ireland.
The Eurythmics had another Top 10 song
1985: Bryan Adams remained at #1 with "Heaven, holding off Phil Collins and "Sussudio". Duran Duran edged to #3 with "A View to a Kill" while Prince & the Revolution were stuck at 4 with "Raspberry Beret". The rest of the Top 10: Madonna had her seventh hit and sixth Top 10 in a row with "Angel", Survivor moved up nicely from 10-6 with "The Search Is Over", Tears for Fears were down to 7 with their former #1 "Everybody Wants To Rule the World", the Eurythmics entered the Top 10 with "Would I Lie To You?" (moving from 14-10), Howard Jones came in at #9 with "Things Can Only Get Better" and the Mary Jane Girls were "In My House".
1991: Paul Abdul commanded the top spot with "Rush, Rush" for a third week in a row.
1987: Whitesnake released the single "Here I Go Again".
1991: Cher had the top album in the U.K. with Love Hurts.
1991: When you're on top of both the popular chart and the Adult Contemporary chart, you own about 2/3 of the rock audience. That's what Paula Abdul had when "Rush, Rush" reached #1 on the AC chart.
1994: Barbra Streisand garnered $16 million in sales from concerts at New York City's Madison Square Garden, setting an all-time record for the largest-grossing concert series of all-time.
1996: Record producer George Martin received Knighthood in Great Britain.
1996: It was a pretty solid Top 10 other than the #1 song--Toni Braxton had a huge double-sided #2 smash with "Youre Makin' Me High" and "Let It Flow". Tracy Chapman remained at 3 with "Give Me One Reason". The rest of the Top 10: "Always Be My Baby" from Mariah Carey was her 19th hit, her 15th To 10 and, being a former #1, it was her 11th chart-topper, "Because You Loved Me" was another former #1 from Celine Dion at #6, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen teamed up for the "Theme From 'Mission: Impossible", Los Del Rio entered the Top 10 for the first time after 28 weeks on the chart with "Macarena" (It would go on to become one of the biggest hits of the Rock Era), the Tony Rich Project slipped to #9 with their smash "Nobody Knows" and Alanis Morissette was at 10 with "Ironic".
1999: Leif Garret was arrested at an apartment in Los Angeles for drug possession.
1999: Michael Jackson suffered severe bruises as the result of a 50-foot fall when a bridge collapsed at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2000: Trouble was catchy once you joined the Rolling Stones. Ron Wood checked himself into a rehab center for alcohol addiction.
2000: Eight people were trampled to death after falling in the mud in front of the stage at a Pearl Jam concert at the Roskilde Festival near Copenhagen, Denmark.
2003: Robbie Williams performed in front of 62,000 fans in Murryayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland.
2003: Beyonce had the top album in the U.K. with Dangerously in Love.
2003: Monica owned the #1 U.S. album with After the Storm.
2004: Beyonce captured Best Female R&B artist, Jay-Z won Best Male Hip-Hop Artist and "Crazy in Love" won for Best Collaboration at the BET Awards. Outkast was named Best Group while their single "Hey Ya!" won for Video of the Year.
2006: In today's edition of "Inmates Run Rap Music", DMX was sentenced to return home (jail) in White Plains, New York after he failed to appear at a traffic violation hearing. Then he could be with all of his "homies"!
Born This Day:
1938 Billy Storm of the Alley Cats was born in Dayton, Ohio
1940: L. Russell Brown, who wrote "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree", "C'mon Marianne" and others
1942: Gilberto Gil was born in Salvador, Brazil
1943: Little Eva was born in Bellhaven, North Carolina
1948: Ian Paice, drummer of Deep Purple, was born in Nottingham, England
1953: Colin Hay of Men at Work was born in Kilwinning, Scotland
1960: Evelyn "Champagne" King was born in the Bronx, New York
1978: Nicole Scherzinger, lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, was born in Honolulu, Hawai'i
1979: Tim McChord, bass guitarist for Evanescence, was born in Sacramento, California
1979: Richard Breen, singer for Five, was born in LondonSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-day-in-rock-music-history-june-29.html
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