TODAY IN HISTORY – JUNE 29th
1945 - Born this day, [Little] Eva Boyd, born in Belhaven, North Carolina, singer, 1962 US No.1 and UK No.2 single The Loco-Motion. Babysitter for Carole King and Gerry Goffin who asked her to record a song they had just written. Died 10 April 2003.
1948 - Born this day, Ian Paice, musician, drummer, Deep Purple, 1970 UK No.2 single Black Night, 1971 UK No.8 single Strange Kind Of Woman, 1971 UK No.15 single Fireball, 1977 UK No.21 single Smoke On The Water.
1953 - Born this day, Colin Hay, singer, Men At Work, 1983 UK and US No.1 single Down Under.
1957 - Buddy Holly recorded Peggy Sue.
1964 - Touring Australia The Beatles played two shows at the Festival Hall, Brisbane. Over 8,000 fans had waited until after midnight to greet the group as they landed at Brisbane Airport.
1967 - Rolling Stone Keith Richard was found guilty of allowing his house to be used for the illegal smoking of cannabis. He was sentenced to one year in jail and a £500 ($850) fine, (prison number 5855). Mick Jagger was also fined £100 ($170) and given three months in jail on drug charges. Jagger and Richards were both released and granted bail of £7,000 the following day.
1967 - Graham Nash wrote Marakesh Express while on tour with the Hollies in Yugoslavia. He later recorded it with Crosby, Stills & Nash.
1968 - The Small Faces started a six week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Ogden's Nut Gone Flake.' A concept album with a round cover designed to look like a tobacco tin. The album featured the hit 'Lazy Sunday.'
1969 - American soul singer Shorty Long drowned aged 29 after his boat capsized on the Detroit River in Michigan. Had the 1968 US No.8 single 'Here Comes The Judge.' He acted as an MC for many of the Motown Revue shows and tours.
1973 - Ian Gillan quit Deep Purple at the end of a tour in Japan.
1975 - American singer songwriter Tim Buckley died of an overdose of heroin and morphine aged 28. Released nine albums including the 1972 release 'Greetings from L.A.' Buckley is the father of singer songwriter Jeff Buckley.
1976 – Born this day, Brett McKenzie, “Flight of the Conchords”.
1978 - Peter Frampton broke his arm and cracked several ribs when he was involved in a car crash in the Bahamas
1979 - American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Lowell George died of a heart attack. The Little Feat front man was found dead at the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia.
1984 - Singer Bruce Springsteen kicked off his first US tour in three years, before 17,700 fans at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Music critics called the Boss, 'the most exciting performer in rock'.
1985 - David Bowie and Mick Jagger recorded a version of the Martha Reeves and the Vandellas 1964 hit 'Dancing In The Street.' for the forthcoming 'Live Aid' fundraising event. The single went on to become a No.1 UK hit. The original plan was to perform a track together live, with Bowie performing at Wembley Stadium and Jagger at John F. Kennedy Stadium, until it was realized that the satellite link-up would cause a half-second delay that would make this impossible unless either Bowie or Jagger mimed their contribution, something neither artist was willing to do.
1985 - John Lennon's 1965 Rolls-Royce Phantom V limousine, with psychedelic paintwork, sold for a record sum of $3,006,385, (£1,768,462) at a Sotheby's auction in New York.
1988 - Brenda Richie, the wife of Lionel Richie was arrested in Beverly Hills, California after allegedly hitting the singer and a young woman after she found them in bed together. She was released on $5,000 bail and charges against her were eventually dropped.
1991 - Jason Donovan had his third UK No.1 single with 'Any Dream Will Do' a song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for the 1968 musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Donovan was playing the lead role in a new London production of the musical.
1996 - It was reported that US record company bosses were considering random drug tests for pop stars similar to those carried out on athletes to try and reduce the drug death toll in the industry.
1999 - Michael Jackson suffered severe bruising after falling over 50 feet when a bridge collapsed during a concert at Munich's Olympic stadium. Jacko was singing Earth Song at the time of the accident.
1999 - Leif Garrett was arrested for drug possession in Los Angeles.
2002 - American singer and actress Rosemary Clooney died of lung cancer. Had the 1954 UK No.1 single 'This Ole House' appeared in the 1954 movie White Christmas with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. Her nephew, George Clooney was a pallbearer at her funeral.
2004 - Courtney Love was reprimanded by Los Angeles Judge Melissa Jackson for turning up five hours late to a hearing. Love pleaded guilty to a single charge of disorderly conduct and was given a discharge, on condition she paid the victim's medical bills, joins a drug programme and stayed out of trouble.
2007 - Lily Allen was questioned by police over an alleged assault on a photographer outside a nightclub in London. She was freed on police bail after she was quizzed about an alleged assault on a male photographer in his 40s near the Wardour club in London's Soho in March.
1945 - Born this day, [Little] Eva Boyd, born in Belhaven, North Carolina, singer, 1962 US No.1 and UK No.2 single The Loco-Motion. Babysitter for Carole King and Gerry Goffin who asked her to record a song they had just written. Died 10 April 2003.
1948 - Born this day, Ian Paice, musician, drummer, Deep Purple, 1970 UK No.2 single Black Night, 1971 UK No.8 single Strange Kind Of Woman, 1971 UK No.15 single Fireball, 1977 UK No.21 single Smoke On The Water.
1953 - Born this day, Colin Hay, singer, Men At Work, 1983 UK and US No.1 single Down Under.
1957 - Buddy Holly recorded Peggy Sue.
1964 - Touring Australia The Beatles played two shows at the Festival Hall, Brisbane. Over 8,000 fans had waited until after midnight to greet the group as they landed at Brisbane Airport.
1967 - Rolling Stone Keith Richard was found guilty of allowing his house to be used for the illegal smoking of cannabis. He was sentenced to one year in jail and a £500 ($850) fine, (prison number 5855). Mick Jagger was also fined £100 ($170) and given three months in jail on drug charges. Jagger and Richards were both released and granted bail of £7,000 the following day.
1967 - Graham Nash wrote Marakesh Express while on tour with the Hollies in Yugoslavia. He later recorded it with Crosby, Stills & Nash.
1968 - The Small Faces started a six week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Ogden's Nut Gone Flake.' A concept album with a round cover designed to look like a tobacco tin. The album featured the hit 'Lazy Sunday.'
1969 - American soul singer Shorty Long drowned aged 29 after his boat capsized on the Detroit River in Michigan. Had the 1968 US No.8 single 'Here Comes The Judge.' He acted as an MC for many of the Motown Revue shows and tours.
1973 - Ian Gillan quit Deep Purple at the end of a tour in Japan.
1975 - American singer songwriter Tim Buckley died of an overdose of heroin and morphine aged 28. Released nine albums including the 1972 release 'Greetings from L.A.' Buckley is the father of singer songwriter Jeff Buckley.
1976 – Born this day, Brett McKenzie, “Flight of the Conchords”.
1978 - Peter Frampton broke his arm and cracked several ribs when he was involved in a car crash in the Bahamas
1979 - American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Lowell George died of a heart attack. The Little Feat front man was found dead at the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia.
1984 - Singer Bruce Springsteen kicked off his first US tour in three years, before 17,700 fans at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Music critics called the Boss, 'the most exciting performer in rock'.
1985 - David Bowie and Mick Jagger recorded a version of the Martha Reeves and the Vandellas 1964 hit 'Dancing In The Street.' for the forthcoming 'Live Aid' fundraising event. The single went on to become a No.1 UK hit. The original plan was to perform a track together live, with Bowie performing at Wembley Stadium and Jagger at John F. Kennedy Stadium, until it was realized that the satellite link-up would cause a half-second delay that would make this impossible unless either Bowie or Jagger mimed their contribution, something neither artist was willing to do.
1985 - John Lennon's 1965 Rolls-Royce Phantom V limousine, with psychedelic paintwork, sold for a record sum of $3,006,385, (£1,768,462) at a Sotheby's auction in New York.
1988 - Brenda Richie, the wife of Lionel Richie was arrested in Beverly Hills, California after allegedly hitting the singer and a young woman after she found them in bed together. She was released on $5,000 bail and charges against her were eventually dropped.
1991 - Jason Donovan had his third UK No.1 single with 'Any Dream Will Do' a song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for the 1968 musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Donovan was playing the lead role in a new London production of the musical.
1996 - It was reported that US record company bosses were considering random drug tests for pop stars similar to those carried out on athletes to try and reduce the drug death toll in the industry.
1999 - Michael Jackson suffered severe bruising after falling over 50 feet when a bridge collapsed during a concert at Munich's Olympic stadium. Jacko was singing Earth Song at the time of the accident.
1999 - Leif Garrett was arrested for drug possession in Los Angeles.
2002 - American singer and actress Rosemary Clooney died of lung cancer. Had the 1954 UK No.1 single 'This Ole House' appeared in the 1954 movie White Christmas with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. Her nephew, George Clooney was a pallbearer at her funeral.
2004 - Courtney Love was reprimanded by Los Angeles Judge Melissa Jackson for turning up five hours late to a hearing. Love pleaded guilty to a single charge of disorderly conduct and was given a discharge, on condition she paid the victim's medical bills, joins a drug programme and stayed out of trouble.
2007 - Lily Allen was questioned by police over an alleged assault on a photographer outside a nightclub in London. She was freed on police bail after she was quizzed about an alleged assault on a male photographer in his 40s near the Wardour club in London's Soho in March.