1954: Radio stations began receiving 45 records as opposed to 78's.
1960: Roy Orbison released "Only the Lonely".
1961: Elvis Presley's movie "Wild in the Country" premiered.
1963: The Beatles released "My Bonnie" in the U.K. under the name Tony Sheridan and the Beatles.
1963: "Another Saturday Night" from Sam Cooke occupied the #1 spot on the R&B chart.
1963: Lesley Gore remained at #1 with "It's My Party" but Kyu Sakamoto was climbing fast (10-2) with "Sukiyaki". The Crystals were at #3 with "Da Doo Ron Ron", Al Martino had "I Love You Because" and the Dovells were at 5 with "You Can't Sit Down". The rest of the Top 10: "Two Faces Have I" from Lou Christie was song #6, Jimmy Soul's "If You Wanna' Be Happy" tumbled to #7, Bill Anderson had #8 with "Still", Nat King Cole's great song "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" moved from 16-9 and the Beach Boys were on their way down with "Surfin' U.S.A.".
1964: The Dave Clark Five released the single "Can't You See That She's Mine".
1966: The new Elvis Presley movie "Paradise Hawaiian Style" opened in theaters.
1967: Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones joined the Beatles in the studio on saxophone to record "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)".
1967: Procol Harum had the #1 U.K. song with "A Whiter Shade of Pale".
1968: The 5th Dimension moved from 95 to 53 with "Stoned Soul Picnic".
1968: "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" from Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell was #1 on the R&B chart.
1968: "This Guy's In Love With You" by Herb Alpert took over at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It would not relinquish that position for 10 weeks.
1968: "Mrs Robinson" from Simon & Garfunkel was #1 again. Archie Bell & the Drells slid up to 2 with "Tighten Up" while Herb Alpert's classic "This Guy's In Love With You" moved from 11-3. Hugo Montenegro's former #1 "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" was at #4 and Tommy James & the Shondells made #5 with "Mony Mony". The rest of the Top 10: Ohio Express remained at 6 with "Yummy Yummy Yummy", Richard Harris had a hit with "MacArthur Park", the Rascals were going down with "A Beautiful Morning", Aretha Franklin her 20th hit and 7th Top 10 with "Think" and the former #1 "Honey", one of the Top Songs of the Rock Era* from Bobby Goldsboro, was now at 10.
1968: The great album Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel was #1 for a third week with the former #1 Soundtrack to "The Graduate" remaining at #2.
1970: The van of Deep Purple was impounded by East German police after it "mistakenly got too close to the border". Silly Deep Purple.
1974: Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones released a solo album.
1974: Rick Wakeman announced he was leaving the group Yes for a solo career.
1974: The great song "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae moved from 93 to 62. It would finish the decade as the top selling song of the 70's.
1974: "Sundown" by Gordon Lightfoot was the new #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1974: Band on the Run by Paul McCartney & Wings was the new #1 album, replacing the Soundtrack to "The Sting" by Marvin Hamlisch. Cat Stevens held down #3 with Buddha and the Chocolate Box while Maria Muldaur was at #4. The rest of the Top 10: John Denver's Greatest Hits remained at 5, Gordon Lightfoot moved to #6 with Sundown, Chicago VII was at #7, Grand Funk slipped with Shinin' On, Joni Mitchell's great album Court and Spark entered the Top 10 and Elton John was at #10, 34 weeks since the release of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
1968: "Band on the Run", one of the Top Songs of the Rock Era* by Paul McCartney & Wings was the new #1 song. "For the Love of Money" by the O'Jays was the only new song in the Top 10.
1978: The Alan Parsons Project released the album I Robot.
1979: It was a "Midnight Special" worth staying up for. Gloria Gaynor hosted Paul McCartney & Wings, Rod Stewart and Bad Company.
1982: Simon and Garfunkel began their first reunion tour in Paris, France.
1985: The Style Council owned the top album in the U.K. with Our Favourite Shop.
1985: "Rock Me Tonight" by Freddie Jackson was #1 on the R&B chart for a second week.
1985: Tears for Fears" were on top with "Everybody Wants To Rule the World". Katrina & the Waves entered the Top 10 with "Walking on Sunshine".
1987: U2 released the single "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For".
1990: Mariah Carey released her famous debut album.
1991: Bruce Springsteen married Patti Scialfa.
1991: Spellbound, featuring "Rush Rush" and "Blowing Kisses in the Wind" from Paula Abdul was the #1 album.
1991: Extreme took over at #1 with "More Than Words". "I Wanna' Sex You Up" from Color Me Badd was #2 but Paula Abdul was making her move with "Rush, Rush". Mariah Carey fell to #4 with "I Don't Wanna' Cry" and Michael Bolton fell to 5 with "Love Is a Wonderful Thing". The rest of the Top 10: R.E.M. at 6 with "Losing My Religion", Hi-Five had the #7 song with "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)", EMF's smash "Unbelievable" was up to #8, Whitney Houston had her 16th hit and 13th Top 10 with "Miracle" and Luther Vandross moved into the list with "Power of Love/Love Power".
1991: "I Don't Wanna' Cry" by Mariah Carey was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, which by that time had taken over as the top music format.
1996: Accomplished songwriter Carole Bayer Sager married Robert Davy.
1996: Toni Braxton had an incredible debut at #7 with "You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow". The double-sided hit was one of the highest debuts of the Rock Era.
1996: The Score by the Fugees was #1 on the album chart for the third week. Soundgarden debuted at #2 with Down on the Upside. Jagged Little Pill from Alanis Morisette was still hanging around at #4 after 50 weeks.
1999: Prince released "The Hits Collection" home video.
2003: Evanescence rose to #1 in the U.K. with "Bring Me to Life".
2003: Dave Buckner, drummer of Papa Roach, announced his engagement to Mia Tyler, the daughter of Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler.
2003: Peter Garrett of Midnight Oil was made a Member of the Order of Australia by Queen Elizabeth II.
2004: T-Boz of TLC filed for divorce from husband, Mack 10, alleging the rapper was unfaithful and threatened to kill her. What about rap music didn't T-Boz understand?
2010: The Eagles appeared at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Born This Day:
1940: Nancy Sinatra was born in Jersey City, New Jersey
1940: Sherman Garnes of Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers
1941: Clarence Haskins of Funkadelic was born in Elkhorn, West Virginia
1942: Chuck Negron, who once sang with Three Dog Night but doesn't any longer, was born in the Bronx, New York
1944: Boz Scaggs was born in Canton, Ohio
1947: Mick Box, guitarist of Uriah Heap, was born in Walthamstow, England
1950: Fun-loving drummer Alex Van Halen was born in Nijmegen, Netherlands
1953: Bonnie Tyler was born in Swansea, Wales
1953: Jeff Rich, drummer of Status Quo
1960: Mick Hucknall of Simply Red was born in Manchester, England
1962: Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran was born in Moseley, England
1965: Rob Pilatus of Milli Vanilli was born in Frankfurt, Germany; died of drugs and alcohol April 2, 1998
1967: Neil Mitchell, keyboard player for Wet Wet Wet
1970: Nicci Gilbert of Brownstone
1977: Kanye West was born in Atlanta, GeorgiaSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-day-in-rock-music-history-june-8.html
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1960: Roy Orbison released "Only the Lonely".
1961: Elvis Presley's movie "Wild in the Country" premiered.
1963: The Beatles released "My Bonnie" in the U.K. under the name Tony Sheridan and the Beatles.
1963: "Another Saturday Night" from Sam Cooke occupied the #1 spot on the R&B chart.
1963: Lesley Gore remained at #1 with "It's My Party" but Kyu Sakamoto was climbing fast (10-2) with "Sukiyaki". The Crystals were at #3 with "Da Doo Ron Ron", Al Martino had "I Love You Because" and the Dovells were at 5 with "You Can't Sit Down". The rest of the Top 10: "Two Faces Have I" from Lou Christie was song #6, Jimmy Soul's "If You Wanna' Be Happy" tumbled to #7, Bill Anderson had #8 with "Still", Nat King Cole's great song "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" moved from 16-9 and the Beach Boys were on their way down with "Surfin' U.S.A.".
1964: The Dave Clark Five released the single "Can't You See That She's Mine".
1966: The new Elvis Presley movie "Paradise Hawaiian Style" opened in theaters.
1967: Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones joined the Beatles in the studio on saxophone to record "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)".
1967: Procol Harum had the #1 U.K. song with "A Whiter Shade of Pale".
1968: The 5th Dimension moved from 95 to 53 with "Stoned Soul Picnic".
1968: "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" from Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell was #1 on the R&B chart.
1968: "This Guy's In Love With You" by Herb Alpert took over at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It would not relinquish that position for 10 weeks.
1968: "Mrs Robinson" from Simon & Garfunkel was #1 again. Archie Bell & the Drells slid up to 2 with "Tighten Up" while Herb Alpert's classic "This Guy's In Love With You" moved from 11-3. Hugo Montenegro's former #1 "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" was at #4 and Tommy James & the Shondells made #5 with "Mony Mony". The rest of the Top 10: Ohio Express remained at 6 with "Yummy Yummy Yummy", Richard Harris had a hit with "MacArthur Park", the Rascals were going down with "A Beautiful Morning", Aretha Franklin her 20th hit and 7th Top 10 with "Think" and the former #1 "Honey", one of the Top Songs of the Rock Era* from Bobby Goldsboro, was now at 10.
1968: The great album Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel was #1 for a third week with the former #1 Soundtrack to "The Graduate" remaining at #2.
1970: The van of Deep Purple was impounded by East German police after it "mistakenly got too close to the border". Silly Deep Purple.
1974: Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones released a solo album.
1974: Rick Wakeman announced he was leaving the group Yes for a solo career.
1974: The great song "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae moved from 93 to 62. It would finish the decade as the top selling song of the 70's.
1974: "Sundown" by Gordon Lightfoot was the new #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1974: Band on the Run by Paul McCartney & Wings was the new #1 album, replacing the Soundtrack to "The Sting" by Marvin Hamlisch. Cat Stevens held down #3 with Buddha and the Chocolate Box while Maria Muldaur was at #4. The rest of the Top 10: John Denver's Greatest Hits remained at 5, Gordon Lightfoot moved to #6 with Sundown, Chicago VII was at #7, Grand Funk slipped with Shinin' On, Joni Mitchell's great album Court and Spark entered the Top 10 and Elton John was at #10, 34 weeks since the release of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
1968: "Band on the Run", one of the Top Songs of the Rock Era* by Paul McCartney & Wings was the new #1 song. "For the Love of Money" by the O'Jays was the only new song in the Top 10.
1978: The Alan Parsons Project released the album I Robot.
1979: It was a "Midnight Special" worth staying up for. Gloria Gaynor hosted Paul McCartney & Wings, Rod Stewart and Bad Company.
1982: Simon and Garfunkel began their first reunion tour in Paris, France.
1985: The Style Council owned the top album in the U.K. with Our Favourite Shop.
1985: "Rock Me Tonight" by Freddie Jackson was #1 on the R&B chart for a second week.
1985: Tears for Fears" were on top with "Everybody Wants To Rule the World". Katrina & the Waves entered the Top 10 with "Walking on Sunshine".
1987: U2 released the single "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For".
1990: Mariah Carey released her famous debut album.
1991: Bruce Springsteen married Patti Scialfa.
1991: Spellbound, featuring "Rush Rush" and "Blowing Kisses in the Wind" from Paula Abdul was the #1 album.
1991: Extreme took over at #1 with "More Than Words". "I Wanna' Sex You Up" from Color Me Badd was #2 but Paula Abdul was making her move with "Rush, Rush". Mariah Carey fell to #4 with "I Don't Wanna' Cry" and Michael Bolton fell to 5 with "Love Is a Wonderful Thing". The rest of the Top 10: R.E.M. at 6 with "Losing My Religion", Hi-Five had the #7 song with "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)", EMF's smash "Unbelievable" was up to #8, Whitney Houston had her 16th hit and 13th Top 10 with "Miracle" and Luther Vandross moved into the list with "Power of Love/Love Power".
1991: "I Don't Wanna' Cry" by Mariah Carey was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, which by that time had taken over as the top music format.
1996: Accomplished songwriter Carole Bayer Sager married Robert Davy.
1996: Toni Braxton had an incredible debut at #7 with "You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow". The double-sided hit was one of the highest debuts of the Rock Era.
1996: The Score by the Fugees was #1 on the album chart for the third week. Soundgarden debuted at #2 with Down on the Upside. Jagged Little Pill from Alanis Morisette was still hanging around at #4 after 50 weeks.
1999: Prince released "The Hits Collection" home video.
2003: Evanescence rose to #1 in the U.K. with "Bring Me to Life".
2003: Dave Buckner, drummer of Papa Roach, announced his engagement to Mia Tyler, the daughter of Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler.
2003: Peter Garrett of Midnight Oil was made a Member of the Order of Australia by Queen Elizabeth II.
2004: T-Boz of TLC filed for divorce from husband, Mack 10, alleging the rapper was unfaithful and threatened to kill her. What about rap music didn't T-Boz understand?
2010: The Eagles appeared at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Born This Day:
1940: Nancy Sinatra was born in Jersey City, New Jersey
1940: Sherman Garnes of Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers
1941: Clarence Haskins of Funkadelic was born in Elkhorn, West Virginia
1942: Chuck Negron, who once sang with Three Dog Night but doesn't any longer, was born in the Bronx, New York
1944: Boz Scaggs was born in Canton, Ohio
1947: Mick Box, guitarist of Uriah Heap, was born in Walthamstow, England
1950: Fun-loving drummer Alex Van Halen was born in Nijmegen, Netherlands
1953: Bonnie Tyler was born in Swansea, Wales
1953: Jeff Rich, drummer of Status Quo
1960: Mick Hucknall of Simply Red was born in Manchester, England
1962: Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran was born in Moseley, England
1965: Rob Pilatus of Milli Vanilli was born in Frankfurt, Germany; died of drugs and alcohol April 2, 1998
1967: Neil Mitchell, keyboard player for Wet Wet Wet
1970: Nicci Gilbert of Brownstone
1977: Kanye West was born in Atlanta, GeorgiaSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-day-in-rock-music-history-june-8.html
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