TODAY IN MUSIC HISTORY - June 18th
1942 - Born this day, Sir [James] Paul McCartney, in Liverpool, England, Grammy Award-winning musician, songwriter, singer. Famous for being a Beatle. Sir Paul is the most successful rock composer of all time. The Beatles scored 30 UK and 35 US top 10 hit singles, including 21 US No.1 singles. Paul married Linda Eastman in 1969, George Harrison and his wife Patti were arrested on the same day and charged with possession of 120 joints of marijuana. Paul's first UK solo hit was Another Day. He has since scored 23 other UK and 30 US top 40 singles. In 1990, he played in front of 184,000 spectators in Rio, creating a new world record for the largest crowd attending a rock concert.
On 16 January 1980, Paul was jailed for nine days in Tokyo for marijuana possession. He was found with 219g of marijuana on his arrival at Narita Airport. When a guest on BBC radio's 'Desert Island Discs', in 1982, his selections included, Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel, Chuck Berry's Sweet Little Sixteen, John Lennon's Beautiful Boy, and Little Richards Tutti Frutti. In 1979, Paul received a medallion cast in rhodium after being declared the most successful composer of all time. From 1962 to 1978, he had written or co-written 43 songs that had sold over a million copies each. Paul appeared at The Cavern Club, Liverpool in 1999. His last gig at the venue was in 1963. The show was filmed for TV and went out live on the internet.
1957 - Born this day, Tom Bailey, musician, singer, keyboards, The Thompson Twins, 1984 UK No.2 single You Take Me Up, 1984 US No.3 and UK No.4 single Hold Me Now.
1961 - Born this day, [Alf] [Genevieve] Alison Moyet, rock singer, Yazoo, 1982 UK No.2 single Only You, solo, 1985 UK No.2 single That Ole Devil Called Love.
1964 - Touring Australia The Beatles played at Sydney Stadium in Sydney. This was Paul McCartney's 22nd birthday and after the show his guests included 17 girls who were winners of the Daily Mirrors 'Why I would like to be a guest at a Beatles birthday party' competition
1973 - Born on this day, Gary Stringer, vocals, Reef, (1996 UK No. 6 single ‘Place Your Hands’, 1997 UK No.1 album ‘Glow).
1975 - Elvis Presley had a face-lift at Mid-South hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
1976 - ABBA gave a performance for Sweden's King on the eve of his wedding.
1977 - Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook of The Sex Pistols were stabbed and beaten in a car park outside a London pub.
1977 - Fleetwood Mac worked Dreams to the No.1 spot on the US pop music charts. It would be the group's only single to reach No.1. It made No.24 in the UK. Fleetwood Mac placed 18 hits on the charts in the 1970s and 1980s.
1977 - Chris Fantz (drums) and Tina Weymouth (bass player) from Talking Heads got married.
1988 - Doctorin' The Tardis by The Timelords was at No.1 on the UK singles chart.
1988 - Rick Astley went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Together Forever, his second US No.1, and a No.2 hit in the UK.
1992 - Died this day, Peter Allen, Oscar-winning singer, songwriter, died of complications of AIDS at the age of 48.
1993 - A&M Records chairman Jerry Moss and vice-chairman Herb Alpert announced they were leaving the company they founded more than 30 years earlier. They had sold A&M in 1990 to Polygram for $500 million. Moss and Alpert started the label in the garage of Alpert's Los Angeles home in 1962. The label was the home to such acts as The Police, Bryan Adams, Joan Baez, Flying Burrito Brothers, The Carpenters, Joe Cocker, Supertramp and Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.
2002 - The ex-husband of Spice Girl Mel B appeared in court on a charge of assaulting a 3-year-old boy. Dancer Jimmy Guizar denied assaulting the child in a play area at London Zoo.
2002 - Billy Joel checked into an alcohol rehabilitation center in Connecticut for a 10-day stay.
2010 - John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to The Beatles song 'A Day In The Life' sold for $1.2m (£810,000) at an auction at Sotheby's in New York. The double-sided sheet of paper with notes written in felt marker and blue ink also contained some corrections and other notes penned in red ink
2011 – Clarence Clemons, the iconic saxophone player from Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band died of complications from a stroke suffered earlier in the month. His final performance was with Lady Gaga in the American Idol final. In a 2009 interview, Clemons described his deep bond with Springsteen, saying “It’s the most passion that you have without sex”.
1942 - Born this day, Sir [James] Paul McCartney, in Liverpool, England, Grammy Award-winning musician, songwriter, singer. Famous for being a Beatle. Sir Paul is the most successful rock composer of all time. The Beatles scored 30 UK and 35 US top 10 hit singles, including 21 US No.1 singles. Paul married Linda Eastman in 1969, George Harrison and his wife Patti were arrested on the same day and charged with possession of 120 joints of marijuana. Paul's first UK solo hit was Another Day. He has since scored 23 other UK and 30 US top 40 singles. In 1990, he played in front of 184,000 spectators in Rio, creating a new world record for the largest crowd attending a rock concert.
On 16 January 1980, Paul was jailed for nine days in Tokyo for marijuana possession. He was found with 219g of marijuana on his arrival at Narita Airport. When a guest on BBC radio's 'Desert Island Discs', in 1982, his selections included, Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel, Chuck Berry's Sweet Little Sixteen, John Lennon's Beautiful Boy, and Little Richards Tutti Frutti. In 1979, Paul received a medallion cast in rhodium after being declared the most successful composer of all time. From 1962 to 1978, he had written or co-written 43 songs that had sold over a million copies each. Paul appeared at The Cavern Club, Liverpool in 1999. His last gig at the venue was in 1963. The show was filmed for TV and went out live on the internet.
1957 - Born this day, Tom Bailey, musician, singer, keyboards, The Thompson Twins, 1984 UK No.2 single You Take Me Up, 1984 US No.3 and UK No.4 single Hold Me Now.
1961 - Born this day, [Alf] [Genevieve] Alison Moyet, rock singer, Yazoo, 1982 UK No.2 single Only You, solo, 1985 UK No.2 single That Ole Devil Called Love.
1964 - Touring Australia The Beatles played at Sydney Stadium in Sydney. This was Paul McCartney's 22nd birthday and after the show his guests included 17 girls who were winners of the Daily Mirrors 'Why I would like to be a guest at a Beatles birthday party' competition
1973 - Born on this day, Gary Stringer, vocals, Reef, (1996 UK No. 6 single ‘Place Your Hands’, 1997 UK No.1 album ‘Glow).
1975 - Elvis Presley had a face-lift at Mid-South hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
1976 - ABBA gave a performance for Sweden's King on the eve of his wedding.
1977 - Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook of The Sex Pistols were stabbed and beaten in a car park outside a London pub.
1977 - Fleetwood Mac worked Dreams to the No.1 spot on the US pop music charts. It would be the group's only single to reach No.1. It made No.24 in the UK. Fleetwood Mac placed 18 hits on the charts in the 1970s and 1980s.
1977 - Chris Fantz (drums) and Tina Weymouth (bass player) from Talking Heads got married.
1988 - Doctorin' The Tardis by The Timelords was at No.1 on the UK singles chart.
1988 - Rick Astley went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Together Forever, his second US No.1, and a No.2 hit in the UK.
1992 - Died this day, Peter Allen, Oscar-winning singer, songwriter, died of complications of AIDS at the age of 48.
1993 - A&M Records chairman Jerry Moss and vice-chairman Herb Alpert announced they were leaving the company they founded more than 30 years earlier. They had sold A&M in 1990 to Polygram for $500 million. Moss and Alpert started the label in the garage of Alpert's Los Angeles home in 1962. The label was the home to such acts as The Police, Bryan Adams, Joan Baez, Flying Burrito Brothers, The Carpenters, Joe Cocker, Supertramp and Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.
2002 - The ex-husband of Spice Girl Mel B appeared in court on a charge of assaulting a 3-year-old boy. Dancer Jimmy Guizar denied assaulting the child in a play area at London Zoo.
2002 - Billy Joel checked into an alcohol rehabilitation center in Connecticut for a 10-day stay.
2010 - John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to The Beatles song 'A Day In The Life' sold for $1.2m (£810,000) at an auction at Sotheby's in New York. The double-sided sheet of paper with notes written in felt marker and blue ink also contained some corrections and other notes penned in red ink
2011 – Clarence Clemons, the iconic saxophone player from Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band died of complications from a stroke suffered earlier in the month. His final performance was with Lady Gaga in the American Idol final. In a 2009 interview, Clemons described his deep bond with Springsteen, saying “It’s the most passion that you have without sex”.