TODAY IN HISTORY – JUNE 7TH
1917 - Born this day, Dean Martin, actor, singer, 1956 UK and US No.1 single Memories Are Made Of This, plus over 15 other UK top 40 singles. Died 25 December 1995.
1940 - Born this day, Tom Jones [Thomas Woodward], singer, born in Pontypridd, Wales. Took his name from the film Tom Jones. He once had worked as a glove cutter. His second UK No.1 single Green Green Grass Of Home stayed at No.1 for seven weeks and gave Decca Records its first million selling single by a British artist. Tom had his first UK No.1 single with It's Not Unusual in 1965, which also made No.10 in the US. He has since scored over 35 UK top singles. The biggest in the US was the 1971 US No.2 single She's A Lady, plus over 15 other US Top 40 hits.
He made his first major TV appearance on BBC-TVs Billy Cotton Band Show in 1965. Tom went into hospital to have his tonsils removed in 1966, there was speculation that he had in fact had a nose job. Also in the same year Tom needed 14 stitches in his forehead after his Jaguar was involved in a car crash in Marble Arch, London. In 1997 it was reported that Mr Jones was worth over $460 million making him the third richest UK singer. Tom went to No.1 on the UK album chart in 1999 with Reload, making him the oldest artist to score a No.1 album with new material.
1958 - Born this day, Prince Rogers Nelson, otherwise known as Prince, was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was named after the Prince Rogers Jazz Trio led by his father. His step father took him to see James Brown in concert during 1968. He made his live British debut in 1981 at The Lyceum Ballroom, London, (he didn't appear in the UK again for five years). His biggest hit was the 1984 US No.1 single When Doves Cry. Let's Go Crazy, Kiss, Batdance and Cream have also been US No.1's.
Sinead O'Connor had the 1990 world-wide No.1 single with the Prince song, Nothing Compares To U. In 1993, he issued a statement saying he was retiring from studio recordings to concentrate on film and other ventures. It took Prince 37 single releases before he had his first UK No.1 with the 1994 release 'The Most Beautiful Girl In The World'. Prince played a concert in 1990 at Rupert's Nightclub, Minneapolis with the $100 a head ticket proceeds all going to the family of his former bodyguard Charles 'Big Chick' Huntsberry who had died from a heart attack. When, in 1995, he changed his name to Symbol, he was frequently referred to as The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. Other songs include Little Red Corvette, and 1999.
1963 - The Rolling Stones released their debut single, Come On. Recorded the previous month, the track was originally written and released by Chuck Berry in 1961. The B-side was also a cover version, Willie Dixon’s I Want to Be Loved. The single reached No.21 in the UK chart.
1965 - Sony Corporation unveiled its brand new consumer home videotape recorder (CV-2000). It sold for $995
1967 - Born this day, Dave Navarro, Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1992 UK No.26 single Under The Bridge.
1969 - British supergroup Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Rick Grech and Steve Winwood made their live debut at a free concert in London's Hyde Park. Their only album release provoked controversy because the cover featured a topless pubescent girl, holding a silver space ship which some perceived as a phallic symbol. The US record company issued it with an alternative cover which showed a photograph of the band on the front. Rumours about the girl's relationship to the band fuelled the controversy; among them were that she was a groupie kept as a slave by the band members.
1969 - Keith Richards and his partner Anita Pallenburg were involved in a car crash near their home in Sussex. Richards escaped serious injury but Pallenburg was taken to hospital with a broken collarbone and the car was a write-off.
1971 - Don McLean recorded Vincent.
1972 - The musical Grease opened on Broadway.
1974 - The Entertainer, the original music from the motion picture, The Sting, earned a gold record for pianist and conductor, Marvin Hamlisch.
1975 - Elton John's album Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboys, went to No.1 on the US album chart, the first album ever to enter the US chart at No.1.
1975 - John Denver went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Thank God I'm A Country Boy, the singer's third US No.1.
1979 - The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) charged Chuck Berry with tax evasion on the same day he played for the President at the White House.
1982 - Elvis Presley's home Graceland opened to the public.
1986 - Madonna went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Live To Tell, her third US No.1 single, and a No.2 hit in the UK.
1987 - David Bowie played a concert in West Berlin in front of the Reichstag with the speakers pointing towards the nearby Berlin Wall where thousands of young East Berliners stood and listened.
1995 - Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood was admitted to hospital after his ear was leaking blood. The problem was diagnosed as his arm movement from continuous guitar playing.
2002 - Liam Howlett of The Prodigy married former All Saints singer Natalie Appleton at a ceremony in Les Adrets, France. Guests included Liam and Noel Gallagher and former Eurythmic Dave Stewart.
2002 - Virgin Records announced they had dropped Victoria Beckham after her debut solo album which cost over £3m to make had sold only 50,000 copies.
2010 - Former Stereophonics drummer and BBC Radio Wales presenter Stuart Cable, was found dead at him home near Aberdare in Wales aged 40. His new band Killing for Company had been due to appear at the Download rock festival at Donington Park in a few days time. Cable had also been presenting a Rock show on BBC Radio Wales.
2010 - Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh was granted a restraining order against an elderly neighbor who allegedly threatened to kill him. The man was also ordered to pay more than $1,500 in legal fees.
2012 - Bob Welch, an early member of Fleetwood Mac who enjoyed a successful solo career with hits such as 'Ebony Eyes,' was found dead after an apparent suicide at home in Nashville. He was 66. Police said Welch's body was found by his wife Wendy with a single gunshot wound to the chest, and he had left a suicide note. Welch was part of Fleetwood Mac in their early years from 1971 to 1974 and worked on such albums as Future Games and Bare Trees.
1917 - Born this day, Dean Martin, actor, singer, 1956 UK and US No.1 single Memories Are Made Of This, plus over 15 other UK top 40 singles. Died 25 December 1995.
1940 - Born this day, Tom Jones [Thomas Woodward], singer, born in Pontypridd, Wales. Took his name from the film Tom Jones. He once had worked as a glove cutter. His second UK No.1 single Green Green Grass Of Home stayed at No.1 for seven weeks and gave Decca Records its first million selling single by a British artist. Tom had his first UK No.1 single with It's Not Unusual in 1965, which also made No.10 in the US. He has since scored over 35 UK top singles. The biggest in the US was the 1971 US No.2 single She's A Lady, plus over 15 other US Top 40 hits.
He made his first major TV appearance on BBC-TVs Billy Cotton Band Show in 1965. Tom went into hospital to have his tonsils removed in 1966, there was speculation that he had in fact had a nose job. Also in the same year Tom needed 14 stitches in his forehead after his Jaguar was involved in a car crash in Marble Arch, London. In 1997 it was reported that Mr Jones was worth over $460 million making him the third richest UK singer. Tom went to No.1 on the UK album chart in 1999 with Reload, making him the oldest artist to score a No.1 album with new material.
1958 - Born this day, Prince Rogers Nelson, otherwise known as Prince, was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was named after the Prince Rogers Jazz Trio led by his father. His step father took him to see James Brown in concert during 1968. He made his live British debut in 1981 at The Lyceum Ballroom, London, (he didn't appear in the UK again for five years). His biggest hit was the 1984 US No.1 single When Doves Cry. Let's Go Crazy, Kiss, Batdance and Cream have also been US No.1's.
Sinead O'Connor had the 1990 world-wide No.1 single with the Prince song, Nothing Compares To U. In 1993, he issued a statement saying he was retiring from studio recordings to concentrate on film and other ventures. It took Prince 37 single releases before he had his first UK No.1 with the 1994 release 'The Most Beautiful Girl In The World'. Prince played a concert in 1990 at Rupert's Nightclub, Minneapolis with the $100 a head ticket proceeds all going to the family of his former bodyguard Charles 'Big Chick' Huntsberry who had died from a heart attack. When, in 1995, he changed his name to Symbol, he was frequently referred to as The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. Other songs include Little Red Corvette, and 1999.
1963 - The Rolling Stones released their debut single, Come On. Recorded the previous month, the track was originally written and released by Chuck Berry in 1961. The B-side was also a cover version, Willie Dixon’s I Want to Be Loved. The single reached No.21 in the UK chart.
1965 - Sony Corporation unveiled its brand new consumer home videotape recorder (CV-2000). It sold for $995
1967 - Born this day, Dave Navarro, Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1992 UK No.26 single Under The Bridge.
1969 - British supergroup Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Rick Grech and Steve Winwood made their live debut at a free concert in London's Hyde Park. Their only album release provoked controversy because the cover featured a topless pubescent girl, holding a silver space ship which some perceived as a phallic symbol. The US record company issued it with an alternative cover which showed a photograph of the band on the front. Rumours about the girl's relationship to the band fuelled the controversy; among them were that she was a groupie kept as a slave by the band members.
1969 - Keith Richards and his partner Anita Pallenburg were involved in a car crash near their home in Sussex. Richards escaped serious injury but Pallenburg was taken to hospital with a broken collarbone and the car was a write-off.
1971 - Don McLean recorded Vincent.
1972 - The musical Grease opened on Broadway.
1974 - The Entertainer, the original music from the motion picture, The Sting, earned a gold record for pianist and conductor, Marvin Hamlisch.
1975 - Elton John's album Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboys, went to No.1 on the US album chart, the first album ever to enter the US chart at No.1.
1975 - John Denver went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Thank God I'm A Country Boy, the singer's third US No.1.
1979 - The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) charged Chuck Berry with tax evasion on the same day he played for the President at the White House.
1982 - Elvis Presley's home Graceland opened to the public.
1986 - Madonna went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Live To Tell, her third US No.1 single, and a No.2 hit in the UK.
1987 - David Bowie played a concert in West Berlin in front of the Reichstag with the speakers pointing towards the nearby Berlin Wall where thousands of young East Berliners stood and listened.
1995 - Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood was admitted to hospital after his ear was leaking blood. The problem was diagnosed as his arm movement from continuous guitar playing.
2002 - Liam Howlett of The Prodigy married former All Saints singer Natalie Appleton at a ceremony in Les Adrets, France. Guests included Liam and Noel Gallagher and former Eurythmic Dave Stewart.
2002 - Virgin Records announced they had dropped Victoria Beckham after her debut solo album which cost over £3m to make had sold only 50,000 copies.
2010 - Former Stereophonics drummer and BBC Radio Wales presenter Stuart Cable, was found dead at him home near Aberdare in Wales aged 40. His new band Killing for Company had been due to appear at the Download rock festival at Donington Park in a few days time. Cable had also been presenting a Rock show on BBC Radio Wales.
2010 - Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh was granted a restraining order against an elderly neighbor who allegedly threatened to kill him. The man was also ordered to pay more than $1,500 in legal fees.
2012 - Bob Welch, an early member of Fleetwood Mac who enjoyed a successful solo career with hits such as 'Ebony Eyes,' was found dead after an apparent suicide at home in Nashville. He was 66. Police said Welch's body was found by his wife Wendy with a single gunshot wound to the chest, and he had left a suicide note. Welch was part of Fleetwood Mac in their early years from 1971 to 1974 and worked on such albums as Future Games and Bare Trees.