TODAY IN HISTORY – JUNE 1st
1845 - A homing pigeon completed an 11,000 km trip, from Namibia to London, in 55 days.
1926 - Born this day, Marilyn Monroe [Norma Jean Baker Mortenson], actress (Some Like It Hot), was born in Los Angeles, California. Died in 1962.
1947 - Born this day, Ron Wood [Ronald David Wood], in Hillingdon, Middlesex, rock musician, guitarist, Small Faces, 1967 UK No.3 single Itchycoo Park and 1968 UK No.1 album Ogden's Nut Gone Flake, Faces, 1972 UK No.6 single Stay With Me, Rolling Stones, joined in 1975, 1978 US No.1 and UK No.3 single Miss You.
1950 - Born on this day, Charlene, singer, (1982 UK No.1 & US No.3 single 'I've Never Been To Me').
1950 - Born on this day, Tom Robinson, singer, songwriter, Cafe Society, Sector 27, (1977 UK No.5 single with Tom Robinson Band, '2-4-6-8- Motorway').
1950 - Born this day, Graham Russell, singer, Air Supply, 1980 UK No.11 single All Out Of Love, 1981 US No.1 single The One That You Love.
1961 - Elvis Presley was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Surrender', his eighth UK No.1. The song was based on the 1911 Italian song, 'Return To Sorrento.'
1964 - Leslie Gore's hit single, It's My Party, rose to the No.1 spot on Billboard's record charts on this date, and stayed there for 2 weeks. Gore was just 17 when she recorded the song, and she became one of the youngest solo female artists in music history to top the charts (1963).
1964 - The Rolling Stones were met by over 500 fans as they arrived on BA flight 505 at Kennedy Airport for their debut US tour. The Stones held a press conference and then guested on the prestigious "5th Beatle", DJ Murray The K's radio show. The first date took place on 5th June in San Bernardino, California.
1966 - During a 12 hour session at Abbey Road studios, The Beatles added overdubs on 'Yellow Submarine', with John Lennon blowing bubbles in a bucket of water and shouting "Full speed ahead Mister Captain!" Roadie Mal Evans played on a bass drum strapped to his chest, marching around the studio with The Beatles following behind (conga-line style) singing "We all live in a yellow submarine."
1967 - The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released. One of the first, critically-acclaimed rock albums, Sgt. Pepper's became the No.1 album in the world and was at the top of the US album list for 15 weeks. It topped the charts all over the world, holding the No.1 slot in Britain for 27 weeks and for 19 in America. It received four Grammys including Best Album. (It was released in the US the next day).
1968 - Born this day, Jason Donovan, actor, singer, 1989 UK No.1 single Too Many Broken Hearts plus 15 other UK top 40 hit singles. (Neighbours). (Joseph and his amazing technicolour coat).
1968 - Simon and Garfunkel went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Mrs Robinson. Featured in the Dustin Hoffman and Ann Bancroft film The Graduate, the song was also a UK hit for the Lemonheads in 1992.
1971 - The two room shack in Tupelo, Mississippi, where Elvis Presley was born on 8 January 1935, was opened to the public as a tourist attraction.
1972 - The first day of recording took place at Abbey Road Studios on what would become Pink Floyds album Dark Side Of The Moon.
1973 - Former Soft Machine drummer Robert Wyatt broke his spine after attempting to leave a party by climbing down a drainpipe and falling three stories. It left Wyatt permanently crippled and confined to a wheelchair.
1974 - Born this day, Alanis Morrissette, singer, songwriter, 1996 US No.4 and UK No.11 single Ironic from her album Jagged Little Pill which has sold more then 27 million copies, making it the best ever selling record by a female performer.
1977 - Bob Marley and The Wailers played the first of four nights at the Rainbow Theatre in London. There were six nights booked at the Rainbow, but the last two shows were cancelled due to a serious toe injury Marley received, (in a friendly football game with French journalists just before the tour's start in Paris). Subsequently the tour's second leg in the United States was postponed and then cancelled.
1982 - Madness were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with House Of Fun. It was the group's only No.1 from 27 UK Top 40 hits.
1991 - Died this day, former Temptations singer David Ruffin, at the age of 50 in Philadelphia, after visiting a local 'crack' house. Ruffin died of a drug overdose soon after an unidentified man dropped him off at a hospital. Ruffin had been battling drug addiction for several years. The Temptations were Motown's most successful male group, notching more than ten hit singles which included My Girl, Since I Lost My Baby, I Can't Get Next to You and Papa Was a Rollin' Stone. 1971 US No.1 and UK No.8 single Just My Imagination and re-issued My Girl UK No.2 in 1992), solo, 1975 US No.9 and UK No.10 single Walk Away From Love.
1992 - Born this day, Renee, a daughter to Rachel Hunter and Rod Stewart.
2003 - Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was arrested on drugs and drink-driving charges after he collided with a car after going through a red light in his home town of Des Moines, Iowa. Gray, (who wears a pig mask on stage) then tried to write a cheque for $1,000 (£600) to the other driver, who then called the police. Gray failed two alcohol tests at the scene and was arrested for possession of marijuana, cocaine and drug paraphernalia, as well drink-driving.
2005 - White Stripes singer Jack White married his girlfriend, British model Karen Elson in a canoe on the Amazon in Brazil.
2005 - Crazy Frog was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Axel F'. It started as a mobile phone ring tone, the single is based on Harold Faltermeyer's film theme, which reached No.2 in 1985.
2006 - The 1994 debut album by Oasis, Definitely Maybe, was voted the greatest album of all time in a survey to mark 50 years of the Official UK Albums Chart. The Beatles came in second and third place with ‘Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band’ and ‘Revolver’, ‘OK Computer’ by Radiohead was fourth and ‘(What's the Story) Morning Glory’’ by Oasis was voted fifth.
1845 - A homing pigeon completed an 11,000 km trip, from Namibia to London, in 55 days.
1926 - Born this day, Marilyn Monroe [Norma Jean Baker Mortenson], actress (Some Like It Hot), was born in Los Angeles, California. Died in 1962.
1947 - Born this day, Ron Wood [Ronald David Wood], in Hillingdon, Middlesex, rock musician, guitarist, Small Faces, 1967 UK No.3 single Itchycoo Park and 1968 UK No.1 album Ogden's Nut Gone Flake, Faces, 1972 UK No.6 single Stay With Me, Rolling Stones, joined in 1975, 1978 US No.1 and UK No.3 single Miss You.
1950 - Born on this day, Charlene, singer, (1982 UK No.1 & US No.3 single 'I've Never Been To Me').
1950 - Born on this day, Tom Robinson, singer, songwriter, Cafe Society, Sector 27, (1977 UK No.5 single with Tom Robinson Band, '2-4-6-8- Motorway').
1950 - Born this day, Graham Russell, singer, Air Supply, 1980 UK No.11 single All Out Of Love, 1981 US No.1 single The One That You Love.
1961 - Elvis Presley was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Surrender', his eighth UK No.1. The song was based on the 1911 Italian song, 'Return To Sorrento.'
1964 - Leslie Gore's hit single, It's My Party, rose to the No.1 spot on Billboard's record charts on this date, and stayed there for 2 weeks. Gore was just 17 when she recorded the song, and she became one of the youngest solo female artists in music history to top the charts (1963).
1964 - The Rolling Stones were met by over 500 fans as they arrived on BA flight 505 at Kennedy Airport for their debut US tour. The Stones held a press conference and then guested on the prestigious "5th Beatle", DJ Murray The K's radio show. The first date took place on 5th June in San Bernardino, California.
1966 - During a 12 hour session at Abbey Road studios, The Beatles added overdubs on 'Yellow Submarine', with John Lennon blowing bubbles in a bucket of water and shouting "Full speed ahead Mister Captain!" Roadie Mal Evans played on a bass drum strapped to his chest, marching around the studio with The Beatles following behind (conga-line style) singing "We all live in a yellow submarine."
1967 - The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released. One of the first, critically-acclaimed rock albums, Sgt. Pepper's became the No.1 album in the world and was at the top of the US album list for 15 weeks. It topped the charts all over the world, holding the No.1 slot in Britain for 27 weeks and for 19 in America. It received four Grammys including Best Album. (It was released in the US the next day).
1968 - Born this day, Jason Donovan, actor, singer, 1989 UK No.1 single Too Many Broken Hearts plus 15 other UK top 40 hit singles. (Neighbours). (Joseph and his amazing technicolour coat).
1968 - Simon and Garfunkel went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Mrs Robinson. Featured in the Dustin Hoffman and Ann Bancroft film The Graduate, the song was also a UK hit for the Lemonheads in 1992.
1971 - The two room shack in Tupelo, Mississippi, where Elvis Presley was born on 8 January 1935, was opened to the public as a tourist attraction.
1972 - The first day of recording took place at Abbey Road Studios on what would become Pink Floyds album Dark Side Of The Moon.
1973 - Former Soft Machine drummer Robert Wyatt broke his spine after attempting to leave a party by climbing down a drainpipe and falling three stories. It left Wyatt permanently crippled and confined to a wheelchair.
1974 - Born this day, Alanis Morrissette, singer, songwriter, 1996 US No.4 and UK No.11 single Ironic from her album Jagged Little Pill which has sold more then 27 million copies, making it the best ever selling record by a female performer.
1977 - Bob Marley and The Wailers played the first of four nights at the Rainbow Theatre in London. There were six nights booked at the Rainbow, but the last two shows were cancelled due to a serious toe injury Marley received, (in a friendly football game with French journalists just before the tour's start in Paris). Subsequently the tour's second leg in the United States was postponed and then cancelled.
1982 - Madness were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with House Of Fun. It was the group's only No.1 from 27 UK Top 40 hits.
1991 - Died this day, former Temptations singer David Ruffin, at the age of 50 in Philadelphia, after visiting a local 'crack' house. Ruffin died of a drug overdose soon after an unidentified man dropped him off at a hospital. Ruffin had been battling drug addiction for several years. The Temptations were Motown's most successful male group, notching more than ten hit singles which included My Girl, Since I Lost My Baby, I Can't Get Next to You and Papa Was a Rollin' Stone. 1971 US No.1 and UK No.8 single Just My Imagination and re-issued My Girl UK No.2 in 1992), solo, 1975 US No.9 and UK No.10 single Walk Away From Love.
1992 - Born this day, Renee, a daughter to Rachel Hunter and Rod Stewart.
2003 - Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was arrested on drugs and drink-driving charges after he collided with a car after going through a red light in his home town of Des Moines, Iowa. Gray, (who wears a pig mask on stage) then tried to write a cheque for $1,000 (£600) to the other driver, who then called the police. Gray failed two alcohol tests at the scene and was arrested for possession of marijuana, cocaine and drug paraphernalia, as well drink-driving.
2005 - White Stripes singer Jack White married his girlfriend, British model Karen Elson in a canoe on the Amazon in Brazil.
2005 - Crazy Frog was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Axel F'. It started as a mobile phone ring tone, the single is based on Harold Faltermeyer's film theme, which reached No.2 in 1985.
2006 - The 1994 debut album by Oasis, Definitely Maybe, was voted the greatest album of all time in a survey to mark 50 years of the Official UK Albums Chart. The Beatles came in second and third place with ‘Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band’ and ‘Revolver’, ‘OK Computer’ by Radiohead was fourth and ‘(What's the Story) Morning Glory’’ by Oasis was voted fifth.