VVN Music Almanac: Music Almanac: June 6

Births:

1885 - Gid Tanner (Skillet Lickers) (d. 1960)
1936 - Levi Stubbs (Four Tops) (d. 2008)
1939 - Gary "U.S." Bonds (73)
1942 - Howie Kane (Jay & the Americans) (70)
1942 - Larry Taylor (Canned Heat) (70)
1943 - Joe Stampley (69)
1944 - Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream) (68)
1944 - Peter Albin (Big Brother & the Holding Company) (68)
1947 - Terry Williams (First Edition) (65)
1948 - Richard Sinclair (Caravan) (64)
1949 - Holly Near (63)
1951 - Dwight Twilly (61)
1959 - Bobby Bluebell (Bluebells) (53)
1960 - Steve Vai (52)
1961 - Tom Araya (Slayer) (51)
1961 - Dee C Lee (Style Council) (51)
1964 - Jay Bentley (Bad Religion) (48)
1965 - David Ben White (Brother Beyond) (47)
1966 - Sean Yseult (White Zombie) (46)
1970 - James Shaffer (Korn) (42)
1974 - Uncle Kracker (Matthew Shafer) (38)
1978 - Carl Barât (Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things) (34)
1987 - Kyle Falconer (The View) (25)

Deaths:

1966 - Claudette Frady-Orbison (wife of Roy Orbison) - Motorcycle accident (25)
1970 - Lonnie Johnson - Complications from being hit by a car while walking, stroke (71)
1976 - Tara Richards (son of Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg) - Respiratory failure (10-weeks)
1986 - Dick Rowe (the man who didn't sign the Beatles to Decca) - Diabetes
1991 - Stan Getz - Liver cancer (64)
1996 - William Palmer (inventor of magnetic tape recording)
2002 - Robin Crosby (Ratt) - Heroin overdose (42)
2003 - Dave Rowberry (Animals) - Ulcer hemorrhage (62)
2006 - Billy Preston - Malignant hypertension & kidney disease (59)
2010 - Marvin Isley (Isley Brothers) - Complications of diabetes (56)

On This Day:

1960 - Bing Crosby received a platinum disc representing his 200 millionth record sold.
1960 - Tony Williams left the Platter to go solo.
1968 - The Rolling Stones added new words to Sympathy for the Devil about the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
1969 - Rod Stewart signed with Mercury Records.
1970 - Syd Barrett played his first show since leaving Pink Floyd. David Gilmour was on hand to assist.
1971 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono came on stage to jam with Frank Zappa at New York's Fillmore East.
1977 - The very first rock golf tournament under the Fairway to Heaven name is run by the Doobie Brothers.
1977 - Stevie Wonder surprised students at UCLA as a guest lecturer.
1979 - A show that Def Leppard played in Sheffield led to a recording contract with Phonogram Records.
1980 - The movie Urban Cowboy opens. The soundtrack spawned numerous hits from Johnny Lee, Mickey Gilley, Anne Murray and more.
1982 - The Peace Sunday: We Have a Dream concert at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena included Tom Petty, Crosby Stills and Nash, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Stevie Nicks and Jackson Browne.
1987 - Michael Jackson announced he was breaking from the Jehovah's Witnesses.
1990 - A Florida federal judge rules that the album As Nasty As They Want to Be by 2 Live Crew is obscene.
1994 - Paul Stanley of Kiss and his wife Pamela became the parents of a baby boy.
1997 - Ray Wilson of Stiltskin is announced as the replacement for Phil Collins in Genesis.
2000 - Pat DiNizio of the Smithereens files to run for New Jersey senate.
2000 - Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones checks into rehab to end his alcohol addiction prior to the upcoming Rolling Stones tour.
2003 - The management of Six Flags in Darien Lake, NY invoke a clause that allows them to ban Marilyn Manson from performing during Ozzfest.
2004 - Eric Clapton held his Crossroads Festival in Dallas, TX.
2005 - The band Something Corporate cancels their summer shows when singer Andrew McMahon announces he has leukemia.

Marriages:

1992 - David Bowie and Iman (repeated vows after determining the first ones may not have been legal)

Recorded:

1962 - Love Me Do plus three others - Beatles (their first recording session & the first time they met George Martin))

Released:

1956 - My Prayer - Platters (single)
1960 - Only the Lonely - Roy Orbison (single)
1970 - Third - Soft Machine
1970 - Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (single)
1972 - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
1972 - Looking Glass - Looking Glass
1975 - Made in the Shade - Rolling Stones
1975 - Metamorphosis - Rolling Stones
1978 - The Cars - Cars
1981 - Juju - Siouxsie & the Banshees
1981 - Talk Talk Talk - Psychedelic Furs
1983 - Allies - Crosby, Stills & Nash
1986 - Storms of Life - Randy Travis
1987 - Band Animals - Heart
1988 - Provision - Scritti Politti
1988 - Sur la Mer - Moody Blues
1989 - World in Motion - Jackson Browne
1989 - In Step - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
1995 - Let Your Dim Light Shine - Soul Asylum
2000 - Brutal Planet - Alice Cooper
2005 - X&Y - Coldplay
2006 - Laugh Now, Cry Later - Ice Cube
2006 - It's Alive - New Cars
2006 - The River in Reverse - Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

Broadcasts:

1964 - Hollywood Palace - Swingle Singers, Wayne Newton
1966 - Where the Action Is - B.J. Thomas, Knickerbockers
1971 - Ed Sullivan - Gladys Knight & the Pips (the final show of the series)

Number Ones - U.S. Singles:

1964 - Chapel of Love - Dixie Cups (3 weeks)
1987 - You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde (1 week)
1998 - The Boy is Mine - Brandy and Monica (13 weeks)

Number Ones - U.S. Albums:

1953 - The Music of Victor Herbert and Sigmund Romberg - Mantovani (1 week)
1964 - Hello, Dolly! - Original Cast (1 week)
1992 - Totally Krossed Out - Kris Kross (1 week (1 previous week at number 1))
1998 - It's Dark and Hell is Hot - DMX (1 week)
2009 - Relapse - Eminem (2 weeks)

Number Ones - U.S. Country Singles:

1953 - Take These Chains From My Heart - Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys (4 weeks*)
1964 - Together Again - Buck Owens (2 weeks)
1970 - Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty (4 weeks)
1981 - Anywhere There's a Jukebox - Razzy Bailey (1 week)
1987 - I Will Be There - Dan Seals (1 week)
1998 - I Just Want to Dance With You - George Strait (3 weeks)
2009 - Then - Brad Paisley (3 weeks)

Number Ones - U.K. Singles:

1970 - Yellow River - Christie (1 week)
1987 - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston (2 weeks)
1993 - (I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You - UB40 (2 weeks)
1999 - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunglasses) - Baz Luhrmann (1 week)
2004 - I Don't Wanna Know - Mario Winans Featuring P Diddy and Enya (2 weeks)
2010 - Gettin' Over You - David Guetta and Chris Willis Featuring Fergie and LMFAO (1 week)