TODAY IN HISTORY - JUNE 13TH
1948 - Born this day, Dennis Locorriere, musician, guitarist, singer, Dr. Hook, 1972 UK No.2 single Sylivia's Mother, 1976 UK No.2 single A Little Bit More, 1976 UK No.5 single If Not You, 1978 UK No.14 single More Like The Movies, 1979 UK No.1 single When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman, 1980 UK No.8 single Better Love Next Time, 1980 UK No.4 single Sexy Eyes, plus 5 other charts hit singles. 1976 UK No.5 album A Little Bit More, 1981 UK No.2 album Dr Hook Greatest Hits, 1992 UK No.3 album Completely Hooked - The Best of Dr Hook, 1999 UK No.8 album Love Songs.
1964 - The Beatles performed another two shows at Centennial Hall, Adelaide, South Australia. For the four shows that The Beatles performed in Adelaide there were 12,000 tickets, for which 50,000 requests had been placed. The two shows on this day were drummer's Jimmy Nicol's last as a "temporary Beatle". Ringo Starr (who had been ill), re-joined The Beatles in Melbourne the next day.
1969 - The Rolling Stones held a photo call in Hyde Park to introduce new guitarist Mick Taylor.
1970 - Born this day, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer, 1995 UK No.12 single Buddy Holly.
1970 - Mungo Jerry started a seven week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with In The Summertime. The best selling single of 1970 and a hit in 26 other countries.
1970 - Born this day, David Gray, singer, songwriter. David was born in Manchester, but grew up in the Welsh fishing village of Solva. White Ladder was the second biggest selling album of 2001. The platinum selling White Ladder was recorded on a 4 track in his bedroom. 2000 UK No.5 single Babylon. On 21 March 2000, ATO Records released White Ladder in the US.
1972 - Clyde McPhatter, original lead vocalist with The Drifters, died of a heart attack in New York. Joined Billy Ward & the Dominoes in 1950, formed The Drifters in 1953, had several solo hits including 1962 'Lover Please,' was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
1975 - John Lennon made his last ever TV appearance when he appeared on 'Salute To Sir Lew Grade', performing 'Slippin And Slidin', and 'Imagine'. The performance was recorded at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on April 18, 1975.
1975 - Peter Frampton played the first of two nights at the Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California. Recordings from these two shows were used as part of his #1 double album 'Frampton Comes Alive'.
1981 - Smokey Robinson was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with a song he wrote in the late 60's. 'Being With You', the American singers first solo No.1.
1995 - Alanis Morissette released Jagged Little Pill, it went on to sell over 15 million copies world-wide and made her the first female Canadian to score a US No.1 album.
2000 - Bobby Brown admitted he was an alcoholic, saying, 'I have a disease, I am an addict, I am an alcoholic.' The singer made the admission while appearing in a Florida court.
2003 - The elder statesmen of music were rewarded in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list for their services to music. Sting was awarded an CBE, Gerry Marsden an MBE, Errol Brown an MBE and Pink Floyd’s Dave Gilmour an CBE.
2005 - Michael Jackson was cleared of all charges of child abuse by a jury of eight women and four men at the end of a 16-week hearing in Santa Maria, California. Jackson was found not guilty of all 10 charges including abusing a 13-year-old boy, conspiracy to kidnap and supplying alcohol to a minor to assist with a felony.
2008 - A Chicago jury acquitted R. Kelly of all 14 charges of child pornography against him. The US singer was found not guilty of making an explicit sex video that prosecutors had said showed him having sex with a girl as young as 13. Both Kelly and the alleged victim, now 23, denied they were the people shown on the tape, which the jury saw. The defence argued that the man in the tape did not have a large mole on his back as does Mr Kelly, and that the tape could have been doctored.
1948 - Born this day, Dennis Locorriere, musician, guitarist, singer, Dr. Hook, 1972 UK No.2 single Sylivia's Mother, 1976 UK No.2 single A Little Bit More, 1976 UK No.5 single If Not You, 1978 UK No.14 single More Like The Movies, 1979 UK No.1 single When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman, 1980 UK No.8 single Better Love Next Time, 1980 UK No.4 single Sexy Eyes, plus 5 other charts hit singles. 1976 UK No.5 album A Little Bit More, 1981 UK No.2 album Dr Hook Greatest Hits, 1992 UK No.3 album Completely Hooked - The Best of Dr Hook, 1999 UK No.8 album Love Songs.
1964 - The Beatles performed another two shows at Centennial Hall, Adelaide, South Australia. For the four shows that The Beatles performed in Adelaide there were 12,000 tickets, for which 50,000 requests had been placed. The two shows on this day were drummer's Jimmy Nicol's last as a "temporary Beatle". Ringo Starr (who had been ill), re-joined The Beatles in Melbourne the next day.
1969 - The Rolling Stones held a photo call in Hyde Park to introduce new guitarist Mick Taylor.
1970 - Born this day, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer, 1995 UK No.12 single Buddy Holly.
1970 - Mungo Jerry started a seven week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with In The Summertime. The best selling single of 1970 and a hit in 26 other countries.
1970 - Born this day, David Gray, singer, songwriter. David was born in Manchester, but grew up in the Welsh fishing village of Solva. White Ladder was the second biggest selling album of 2001. The platinum selling White Ladder was recorded on a 4 track in his bedroom. 2000 UK No.5 single Babylon. On 21 March 2000, ATO Records released White Ladder in the US.
1972 - Clyde McPhatter, original lead vocalist with The Drifters, died of a heart attack in New York. Joined Billy Ward & the Dominoes in 1950, formed The Drifters in 1953, had several solo hits including 1962 'Lover Please,' was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
1975 - John Lennon made his last ever TV appearance when he appeared on 'Salute To Sir Lew Grade', performing 'Slippin And Slidin', and 'Imagine'. The performance was recorded at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on April 18, 1975.
1975 - Peter Frampton played the first of two nights at the Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California. Recordings from these two shows were used as part of his #1 double album 'Frampton Comes Alive'.
1981 - Smokey Robinson was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with a song he wrote in the late 60's. 'Being With You', the American singers first solo No.1.
1995 - Alanis Morissette released Jagged Little Pill, it went on to sell over 15 million copies world-wide and made her the first female Canadian to score a US No.1 album.
2000 - Bobby Brown admitted he was an alcoholic, saying, 'I have a disease, I am an addict, I am an alcoholic.' The singer made the admission while appearing in a Florida court.
2003 - The elder statesmen of music were rewarded in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list for their services to music. Sting was awarded an CBE, Gerry Marsden an MBE, Errol Brown an MBE and Pink Floyd’s Dave Gilmour an CBE.
2005 - Michael Jackson was cleared of all charges of child abuse by a jury of eight women and four men at the end of a 16-week hearing in Santa Maria, California. Jackson was found not guilty of all 10 charges including abusing a 13-year-old boy, conspiracy to kidnap and supplying alcohol to a minor to assist with a felony.
2008 - A Chicago jury acquitted R. Kelly of all 14 charges of child pornography against him. The US singer was found not guilty of making an explicit sex video that prosecutors had said showed him having sex with a girl as young as 13. Both Kelly and the alleged victim, now 23, denied they were the people shown on the tape, which the jury saw. The defence argued that the man in the tape did not have a large mole on his back as does Mr Kelly, and that the tape could have been doctored.