1958: Jerry Lee Lewis bought a full-page ad in Billboard Magazine to explain his second divorce and third marriage to 14 year-old cousin Myra.
1959: Bobby Darin made his Las Vegas debut; he opened for George Burns at the Sahara.
1962: A new artist appeared on the music charts for the first time on this date. Bobby Vinton's first song "Roses Are Red" debuted and he would become one of a handful of artists who hit #1 with his first release.
1962: The Beatles performed at the Cavern Club in Liverpool after a successful stint at the Star Club in Hamburg.
1962: Tony Bennett performed at Carnegie Hall for the first time.
1963: Barbra Streisand and Neil Sedaka performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show".
1963: Andy Williams was the mystery guest on the popular television show "What's My Line".
1963: The Beatles were on top in the U.K. with "From Me To You".
1964: Bob Dylan recorded the album Another Side of Bob Dylan.
1967: The Monkees played the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California.
1969: Brian Jones announced that he was saying "Goodbye" to the Rolling Stones because he didn't agree with the direction the band was going.
1970: Bob Dylan received an honorary Doctorate in Music from Princeton University in New Jersey.
1972: Bruce Springsteen signed a recording contract with CBS Records.
1972: Elvis Presley performed in the first of four sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City. An album was released of the shows--Elvis as Recorded at Madison Square Garden.
1973: The Spinners scored their second R&B #1 of the year (following "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love") with "One of a Kind (Love Affair)".
1973: The Doobie Brothers were rolling up the chart (22-10) with "Long Train Runnin'".
1973: Red Rose Speedway by Paul McCartney & Wings continued to set the pace on the album chart, holding off The Beatles' 1967-1970 collection. They Only Come Out At Night by the Edgar Winter Group peaked at #3 with Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin falling to #4 after just 9 weeks. The rest of the Top 10: The Beatles also had #5 with their 1962-1966 package, The Best of Bread was at #6, Diamond Girl from Seals & Crofts moved up to #7, Focus had #8 with Moving Waves, Pink Floyd slipped to #9 with Dark Side of the Moon after just 13 weeks while Deep Purple closed out the group with Made in Japan.
1975: Janis Ian released her poignant song "At Seventeen".
1978: The Rolling Stones released the album Some Girls. It took several weeks to chart, however.
1979: "We Are Family" was top dog on the R&B chart.
1979: Breakfast in America locked down the #1 spot on the album chart as Supertramp's breakthrough. 2 Hot! by Peaches & Herb held at #2 while Donna Summer's solid Bad Girls album was #3. The rest of the Top 10: Sister Sledge edged up to 4 with We Are Family, Rickie Lee Jones' impressive debut was at #5, the Doobie Brothers slipped to 6 with their former #1 album Minute By Minute, Van Halen II was at #7, Cheap Trick's live winner Cheap Trick At Budokan was #8, Bad Company was at 9 with Desolation Angels and the Bee Gees' finest studio album Spirits Having Flown reached the Top 10.
1979: It was a magical time in music. The Bee Gees landed their sixth consecutive #1 to break the 14 year-old record of five by the Supremes. Donna Summer had to take a back seat with "Hot Stuff.
1980: Christopher Cross released the beautiful song "Sailing".
1982: Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor and Jackson Browne played at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York during Peace Week.
1984: "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper reached #1 with Deniece Williams falling to #2 with "Let's Hear It For the Boy" form the great Soundtrack to "Footloose". Steve Perry edged up to 3 with his first solo hit "Oh Sherrie". The rest of the Top 10: "The Reflex" from Duran Duran, "Sister Christian" at 5 for Night Ranger, Huey Lewis & the News continuing to enjoy success with "The Heart of Rock & Roll", the former #1 "Hello" from Lionel Richie at #7, Irene Cara moving up to 8 with "Breakdance", Laura Branigan climbing to 9 with "Self Control" and the Pointer Sisters enjoying their 18th career hit with "Jump (For My Love)".
1986: Steve Winwood released the single "Higher Love".
1986: Bob Dylan played at the Sports Arena in San Diego, California.
1988: Fleetwood Mac played at the Waldbuhne in Berlin, West Germany.
1990: "Do You Remember?" by Phil Collins maintained its spot at #1 for a second week on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1990: Wilson Phillips had the new #1 song with "Hold On" from their great debut album sending "Vogue" by Madonna to #2. Bell Biv DeVoe's "Poison" moved up to 3 while Heart's former strong #2 "All I Wanna' Do Is Make Love To You" down to 4. The rest of the Top 10: Roxette's "It Must Have Been Love" from the great movie "Pretty Woman", Janet Jackson's "Alright" at #6, Linear had song #7 with "Sending All My Love", New Kids on the Block moved from 16 to 8 with "Step By Step", M.C. Hammer remained at #9 with "U (sic) Can't Touch This" and Sinead O'Connor's former #1 "Nothing Compares 2 (sic) U (Sic)" at #10.
1993: Glenn Frey released his video "Live in Dublin".
1993: The United States Postal Service unveiled its Legends of American Music stamp collection. Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, Otis Redding, Ritchie Valens, Clyde McPhatter and Dinah Washington were featured in the set.
Michael Bolton scores a Top 10 album
1990: Back when a rap album was actually decent, M.C. Hammer became the first rap act to reach #1 with Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, taking over from Sinead O'Connor's. I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. Brigade from Heart remained at 3 with the Soundtrack to "Pretty Woman" holding steady at 4. The rest of the Top 10: Poison from Bell Biv DeVoe, Soul Provider, the great album by Michael Bolton at #6, Depeche Mode moving up with Violator, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 at #8, Shut Up and Dance by Paula Abdul at 9 and Wilson Phillips moving into the Top 10 with their debut.
1990: Michael Jackson had to be hospitalized with an inflamed rib cartilage in Santa Monica, California.
1991: Amy Grant released the single "Every Heartbeat".
1993: Arthur Alexander, who had a hit with "You Better Move On", died of a heart attack at the age of 53.
1994: Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes of TLC set fire to her boyfriend's (Andre Rison of the Atlanta Falcons) house.
1997: The Spice Girls began filming Spice World the Movie.
1997: Carl Perkins underwent surgery in Memphis to clear blocked arteries in his neck.
1998: The Ronettes appeared in the New York State Supreme Court to testify in their lawsuit against producer Phil Spector. The group charged that Spector, his record label and successive labels breached their contract by not paying royalties since 1963.
2001: The Eagles were in concert at Earl's Court in London, England.
2004: Britney Spears was hospitalized after falling during a video shoot for her single "Outrageous".
2004: Usher's Confessions returned to #1 on the album chart.
2006: Robbie Williams was in concert in Dublin, Ireland.
2007: George Michael played the first of two shows at the new Wembley Stadium in London.
2010: The Black Eyed Peas released the album The E.N.D.
Born This Day:
1929: Johnny Ace; died playing Russian roulette on December 25, 1954
1934: Jackie Wilson was born in Detroit, Michigan; suffered a heart attack on stage in 1975 that put him in a coma; he died January 21, 1984
1941: Jon Lord, respected Deep Purple keyboardist, was born in Leicester, England
1946: Stuart Edwards of Edison Lighthouse
1947: Mitch Mitchell, drummer with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, was born in London
1949: George Bunnell of Strawberry Alarm Clock
1950: Trevor Boulder, bassist of Uriah Heap, was born in Kingston upon Hull, England
1951: Terry Uttley of Smokie ("If You Think You Know How To Love Me")
1954: Peter Byrne, lead singer of Naked Eyes and later Climie Fisher, was born in Bath, Somerset, England
1967: Dean Felber, bassist of Hootie & the Blowfish, was born in Bethesda, Maryland
1970: Ed Simons, keyboard player for the Chemical Brothers
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1959: Bobby Darin made his Las Vegas debut; he opened for George Burns at the Sahara.
1962: A new artist appeared on the music charts for the first time on this date. Bobby Vinton's first song "Roses Are Red" debuted and he would become one of a handful of artists who hit #1 with his first release.
1962: The Beatles performed at the Cavern Club in Liverpool after a successful stint at the Star Club in Hamburg.
1962: Tony Bennett performed at Carnegie Hall for the first time.
1963: Barbra Streisand and Neil Sedaka performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show".
1963: Andy Williams was the mystery guest on the popular television show "What's My Line".
1963: The Beatles were on top in the U.K. with "From Me To You".
1964: Bob Dylan recorded the album Another Side of Bob Dylan.
1967: The Monkees played the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California.
1969: Brian Jones announced that he was saying "Goodbye" to the Rolling Stones because he didn't agree with the direction the band was going.
1970: Bob Dylan received an honorary Doctorate in Music from Princeton University in New Jersey.
1972: Bruce Springsteen signed a recording contract with CBS Records.
1972: Elvis Presley performed in the first of four sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City. An album was released of the shows--Elvis as Recorded at Madison Square Garden.
1973: The Spinners scored their second R&B #1 of the year (following "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love") with "One of a Kind (Love Affair)".
1973: The Doobie Brothers were rolling up the chart (22-10) with "Long Train Runnin'".
1973: Red Rose Speedway by Paul McCartney & Wings continued to set the pace on the album chart, holding off The Beatles' 1967-1970 collection. They Only Come Out At Night by the Edgar Winter Group peaked at #3 with Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin falling to #4 after just 9 weeks. The rest of the Top 10: The Beatles also had #5 with their 1962-1966 package, The Best of Bread was at #6, Diamond Girl from Seals & Crofts moved up to #7, Focus had #8 with Moving Waves, Pink Floyd slipped to #9 with Dark Side of the Moon after just 13 weeks while Deep Purple closed out the group with Made in Japan.
1975: Janis Ian released her poignant song "At Seventeen".
1978: The Rolling Stones released the album Some Girls. It took several weeks to chart, however.
1979: "We Are Family" was top dog on the R&B chart.
1979: Breakfast in America locked down the #1 spot on the album chart as Supertramp's breakthrough. 2 Hot! by Peaches & Herb held at #2 while Donna Summer's solid Bad Girls album was #3. The rest of the Top 10: Sister Sledge edged up to 4 with We Are Family, Rickie Lee Jones' impressive debut was at #5, the Doobie Brothers slipped to 6 with their former #1 album Minute By Minute, Van Halen II was at #7, Cheap Trick's live winner Cheap Trick At Budokan was #8, Bad Company was at 9 with Desolation Angels and the Bee Gees' finest studio album Spirits Having Flown reached the Top 10.
1979: It was a magical time in music. The Bee Gees landed their sixth consecutive #1 to break the 14 year-old record of five by the Supremes. Donna Summer had to take a back seat with "Hot Stuff.
1980: Christopher Cross released the beautiful song "Sailing".
1982: Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor and Jackson Browne played at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York during Peace Week.
1984: "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper reached #1 with Deniece Williams falling to #2 with "Let's Hear It For the Boy" form the great Soundtrack to "Footloose". Steve Perry edged up to 3 with his first solo hit "Oh Sherrie". The rest of the Top 10: "The Reflex" from Duran Duran, "Sister Christian" at 5 for Night Ranger, Huey Lewis & the News continuing to enjoy success with "The Heart of Rock & Roll", the former #1 "Hello" from Lionel Richie at #7, Irene Cara moving up to 8 with "Breakdance", Laura Branigan climbing to 9 with "Self Control" and the Pointer Sisters enjoying their 18th career hit with "Jump (For My Love)".
1986: Steve Winwood released the single "Higher Love".
1986: Bob Dylan played at the Sports Arena in San Diego, California.
1988: Fleetwood Mac played at the Waldbuhne in Berlin, West Germany.
1990: "Do You Remember?" by Phil Collins maintained its spot at #1 for a second week on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1990: Wilson Phillips had the new #1 song with "Hold On" from their great debut album sending "Vogue" by Madonna to #2. Bell Biv DeVoe's "Poison" moved up to 3 while Heart's former strong #2 "All I Wanna' Do Is Make Love To You" down to 4. The rest of the Top 10: Roxette's "It Must Have Been Love" from the great movie "Pretty Woman", Janet Jackson's "Alright" at #6, Linear had song #7 with "Sending All My Love", New Kids on the Block moved from 16 to 8 with "Step By Step", M.C. Hammer remained at #9 with "U (sic) Can't Touch This" and Sinead O'Connor's former #1 "Nothing Compares 2 (sic) U (Sic)" at #10.
1993: Glenn Frey released his video "Live in Dublin".
1993: The United States Postal Service unveiled its Legends of American Music stamp collection. Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, Otis Redding, Ritchie Valens, Clyde McPhatter and Dinah Washington were featured in the set.
Michael Bolton scores a Top 10 album
1990: Back when a rap album was actually decent, M.C. Hammer became the first rap act to reach #1 with Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, taking over from Sinead O'Connor's. I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. Brigade from Heart remained at 3 with the Soundtrack to "Pretty Woman" holding steady at 4. The rest of the Top 10: Poison from Bell Biv DeVoe, Soul Provider, the great album by Michael Bolton at #6, Depeche Mode moving up with Violator, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 at #8, Shut Up and Dance by Paula Abdul at 9 and Wilson Phillips moving into the Top 10 with their debut.
1990: Michael Jackson had to be hospitalized with an inflamed rib cartilage in Santa Monica, California.
1991: Amy Grant released the single "Every Heartbeat".
1993: Arthur Alexander, who had a hit with "You Better Move On", died of a heart attack at the age of 53.
1994: Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes of TLC set fire to her boyfriend's (Andre Rison of the Atlanta Falcons) house.
1997: The Spice Girls began filming Spice World the Movie.
1997: Carl Perkins underwent surgery in Memphis to clear blocked arteries in his neck.
1998: The Ronettes appeared in the New York State Supreme Court to testify in their lawsuit against producer Phil Spector. The group charged that Spector, his record label and successive labels breached their contract by not paying royalties since 1963.
2001: The Eagles were in concert at Earl's Court in London, England.
2004: Britney Spears was hospitalized after falling during a video shoot for her single "Outrageous".
2004: Usher's Confessions returned to #1 on the album chart.
2006: Robbie Williams was in concert in Dublin, Ireland.
2007: George Michael played the first of two shows at the new Wembley Stadium in London.
2010: The Black Eyed Peas released the album The E.N.D.
Born This Day:
1929: Johnny Ace; died playing Russian roulette on December 25, 1954
1934: Jackie Wilson was born in Detroit, Michigan; suffered a heart attack on stage in 1975 that put him in a coma; he died January 21, 1984
1941: Jon Lord, respected Deep Purple keyboardist, was born in Leicester, England
1946: Stuart Edwards of Edison Lighthouse
1947: Mitch Mitchell, drummer with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, was born in London
1949: George Bunnell of Strawberry Alarm Clock
1950: Trevor Boulder, bassist of Uriah Heap, was born in Kingston upon Hull, England
1951: Terry Uttley of Smokie ("If You Think You Know How To Love Me")
1954: Peter Byrne, lead singer of Naked Eyes and later Climie Fisher, was born in Bath, Somerset, England
1967: Dean Felber, bassist of Hootie & the Blowfish, was born in Bethesda, Maryland
1970: Ed Simons, keyboard player for the Chemical Brothers
1978: Matthew Bellamy, vocalist and guitarist for Muse, was born in Cambridge, EnglandSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-day-in-rock-music-history-june-9.html
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