TODAY IN HISTORY – JUNE 16TH
1941 - Born this day, Lamont Dozier, (Holland/Dozier/Holland), producer, songwriter, wrote for Motown, Supremes, Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Freda Payne, Chairmen Of The Board.
1956 - Be-Bop-A-Lula by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps was released on Capitol Records. Vincent was called Capitol's answer to Elvis Presley. The tune became Vincent Eugene Craddock's biggest hit of three, Lotta Lovin', Dance to the Bop to make the pop music charts. Vincent died in 1971.
1965 - Bob Dylan recorded 'Like A Rolling Stone' at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City, in the sessions for the forthcoming 'Highway 61 Revisited' album. Session musicians included Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, whose Hammond organ on 'Like A Rolling Stone' became one of rock's most recognizable sounds.
1966 - The Beatles made a surprise live appearance on the UK television program Top of the Pops, performing ‘Paperback Writer’ and ‘Rain’. It became The Beatles' last live musical television appearance, with the sole exception of the June 1967 worldwide transmission of ‘All You Need Is Love’.
1970 - Mungo Jerry were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'In The Summertime'. It went on to become the best selling UK single of 1970 spending seven weeks at No.1 and was a hit in 26 other countries. The UK release was a maxi-single playing at 33 rpm, (whereas singles generally played at 45 rpm).
1973 - Suzi Quatro had her first UK No.1 single with the Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman song 'Can The Can'. 10CC were at No.2 with 'Rubber Bullets' and Fleetwood Mac at No.3 with 'Albatross.'
1977 - Kenny Rogers was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Lucille'. It was the American Country music singer's first of two UK No.1's.
1978 - The film adaptation of Grease, a huge hit on the Broadway stage, premiered in New York City. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John starred. Several hit songs came out of the motion picture: Grease, by Frankie Valli, You're The One That I Want, and Summer Nights, both sung by Travolta and Newton-John. The first two songs were platinum 2,000,000+ sellers, while the third was a million-seller.
1979 - Anita Ward was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Ring My Bell.
1979 - The Electric Light Orchestra started a 5 week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with Discovery their first No.1 LP. It featured the tracks Shine A Little Love, Don't Bring Me Down, and The Diary Of Horace Wimp.
1980 - The movie The Blues Brothers premiered in Chicago, Illinois. The movie starred John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, formerly of NBC's Saturday Night Live. The pair played Jake and Elwood Blues. James Brown, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin performed. Cab Calloway also appeared with a rendition of his classic Minnie the Moocher.
1982 - Pretenders guitarist James Honeyman-Scott died following sustained cocaine and heroin addiction.
1984 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood had their second UK No.1 single with 'Two Tribes.' It stayed at No.1 for nine weeks making Frankie Goes To Hollywood the first band to have their first two singles go to the top of the UK chart. During this run the group's previous single 'Relax' climbed back up the charts to No.2.
1988 - Vince Neil of Motley Crue married mud wrestler Sharisse Rudell.
1990 - Roxette started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with It Must Have Been Love, taken from the film Pretty Woman, it became the duo's third US No.1, and a No.3 hit in the UK.
1990 - Born on this day, English singer and musician John Newman, best known for the track 'Love Me Again' which peaked at No.1 on the UK singles Chart in July 2013
1994 - Kristen Pfaff, bass player with Hole was found dead in her bathtub due to a heroin overdose aged 26.
1999 - Cher launched her Believe tour in Phoenix, Arizona. The CD had become a worldwide smash, and the single made Cher, at 52, the oldest woman to have a song hit No.1 on the charts. It was the first time in nearly a decade that the exotic, charismatic diva had gone on a concert tour. To an enthusiastic sell-out crowd, she performed the hits from her Believe album, and many of the public's favourites spanning the previous three decades.
1999 - Screaming Lord Sutch was found dead after hanging himself. The singer turned politician was 58. He was the first long-haired pop star-boasting hair over 18 inches long and the self-styled lord (real name David Sutch), was Britain's longest-serving political leader, standing in nearly 40 elections.
2001 - Four-year-old Daniel Karven-Veres drowned in Tommy Lee's swimming pool while attending a birthday party for Lee's 5-year-old son, Brandon. His parents, James Veres and Ursula Karven, sued Lee for negligence, claiming they should have been told that a swimming pool was involved, (their son could not swim). Lee was cleared by a jury in April 2003
2002 - 46 years after his first hit, Elvis Presley started a four week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with A Little Less Conversation, (Elvis vs JXL), giving Elvis a total of 18 UK No.1 singles, the most by any artist in chart history. This also set a new record for the longest span of No.1 hit’s with 44 years, 11 months and 9 days. His first No.1 was All Shook Up in 1957.
2007 - Rod Stewart married model girlfriend Penny Lancaster on the Italian Riviera just outside the resort of Portofino. The 62 year old singer was previously married to models Alana Hamilton and Rachel Hunter and has seven children in total.
1941 - Born this day, Lamont Dozier, (Holland/Dozier/Holland), producer, songwriter, wrote for Motown, Supremes, Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Freda Payne, Chairmen Of The Board.
1956 - Be-Bop-A-Lula by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps was released on Capitol Records. Vincent was called Capitol's answer to Elvis Presley. The tune became Vincent Eugene Craddock's biggest hit of three, Lotta Lovin', Dance to the Bop to make the pop music charts. Vincent died in 1971.
1965 - Bob Dylan recorded 'Like A Rolling Stone' at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City, in the sessions for the forthcoming 'Highway 61 Revisited' album. Session musicians included Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, whose Hammond organ on 'Like A Rolling Stone' became one of rock's most recognizable sounds.
1966 - The Beatles made a surprise live appearance on the UK television program Top of the Pops, performing ‘Paperback Writer’ and ‘Rain’. It became The Beatles' last live musical television appearance, with the sole exception of the June 1967 worldwide transmission of ‘All You Need Is Love’.
1970 - Mungo Jerry were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'In The Summertime'. It went on to become the best selling UK single of 1970 spending seven weeks at No.1 and was a hit in 26 other countries. The UK release was a maxi-single playing at 33 rpm, (whereas singles generally played at 45 rpm).
1973 - Suzi Quatro had her first UK No.1 single with the Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman song 'Can The Can'. 10CC were at No.2 with 'Rubber Bullets' and Fleetwood Mac at No.3 with 'Albatross.'
1977 - Kenny Rogers was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Lucille'. It was the American Country music singer's first of two UK No.1's.
1978 - The film adaptation of Grease, a huge hit on the Broadway stage, premiered in New York City. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John starred. Several hit songs came out of the motion picture: Grease, by Frankie Valli, You're The One That I Want, and Summer Nights, both sung by Travolta and Newton-John. The first two songs were platinum 2,000,000+ sellers, while the third was a million-seller.
1979 - Anita Ward was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Ring My Bell.
1979 - The Electric Light Orchestra started a 5 week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with Discovery their first No.1 LP. It featured the tracks Shine A Little Love, Don't Bring Me Down, and The Diary Of Horace Wimp.
1980 - The movie The Blues Brothers premiered in Chicago, Illinois. The movie starred John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, formerly of NBC's Saturday Night Live. The pair played Jake and Elwood Blues. James Brown, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin performed. Cab Calloway also appeared with a rendition of his classic Minnie the Moocher.
1982 - Pretenders guitarist James Honeyman-Scott died following sustained cocaine and heroin addiction.
1984 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood had their second UK No.1 single with 'Two Tribes.' It stayed at No.1 for nine weeks making Frankie Goes To Hollywood the first band to have their first two singles go to the top of the UK chart. During this run the group's previous single 'Relax' climbed back up the charts to No.2.
1988 - Vince Neil of Motley Crue married mud wrestler Sharisse Rudell.
1990 - Roxette started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with It Must Have Been Love, taken from the film Pretty Woman, it became the duo's third US No.1, and a No.3 hit in the UK.
1990 - Born on this day, English singer and musician John Newman, best known for the track 'Love Me Again' which peaked at No.1 on the UK singles Chart in July 2013
1994 - Kristen Pfaff, bass player with Hole was found dead in her bathtub due to a heroin overdose aged 26.
1999 - Cher launched her Believe tour in Phoenix, Arizona. The CD had become a worldwide smash, and the single made Cher, at 52, the oldest woman to have a song hit No.1 on the charts. It was the first time in nearly a decade that the exotic, charismatic diva had gone on a concert tour. To an enthusiastic sell-out crowd, she performed the hits from her Believe album, and many of the public's favourites spanning the previous three decades.
1999 - Screaming Lord Sutch was found dead after hanging himself. The singer turned politician was 58. He was the first long-haired pop star-boasting hair over 18 inches long and the self-styled lord (real name David Sutch), was Britain's longest-serving political leader, standing in nearly 40 elections.
2001 - Four-year-old Daniel Karven-Veres drowned in Tommy Lee's swimming pool while attending a birthday party for Lee's 5-year-old son, Brandon. His parents, James Veres and Ursula Karven, sued Lee for negligence, claiming they should have been told that a swimming pool was involved, (their son could not swim). Lee was cleared by a jury in April 2003
2002 - 46 years after his first hit, Elvis Presley started a four week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with A Little Less Conversation, (Elvis vs JXL), giving Elvis a total of 18 UK No.1 singles, the most by any artist in chart history. This also set a new record for the longest span of No.1 hit’s with 44 years, 11 months and 9 days. His first No.1 was All Shook Up in 1957.
2007 - Rod Stewart married model girlfriend Penny Lancaster on the Italian Riviera just outside the resort of Portofino. The 62 year old singer was previously married to models Alana Hamilton and Rachel Hunter and has seven children in total.