June 1 Born –
Ada Jones (1873) – singer (“The Yama Yama Man”).
Bart Howard (aka Howard Gustafson, 1915) – songwriter (“Fly Me To The
Moon”).
Cyrus "Johnny" Bond (1915) – Country music artist ("Hot Rod Lincoln").
Nelson Riddle (1921) – band leader and orchestrator.
Marilyn Monroe (aka Norma Baker, 1926) ("Diamonds Are A Girl's Best
Friend").
Andy Griffith (1926) – actor/singer/guitarist.
Pat Boone (1934) – singer.
Jim McCarty (1945) – guitarist for Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels.
Linda Scott (1945) – American singer ("I've Told Every Little Star.")
Ron Wood (1947) – guitarist for Faces and The Rolling Stones.
Charlene D'Angelo (1950) – R&B singer ("I've Never Been To Me").
Tom Robinson (1950) – The Tom Robinson Band.
John Ellis (1952) – guitarist for The Vibrators.
Ronnie Dunn (1953) – Brooks & Dunn.
Alan Wilder (1959) – keyboardist for Depeche Mode.
Simon Gallup (1960) – bassist for The Cure.
Mike Joyce (1963) – drummer for The Smiths.
Damon Minchella (1969) – bassist for Ocean Colour Scene.
Alanis Morissette (1974) – singer/songwriter.

June 1 R.I.P. –
Sonny Boy Williamson (1948) – killed in a robbery. Age 34. Blues
harmonica player.
Nate Nelson (1984) – heart disease. Age 52. The Flamingos and The
Platters.
David Ruffin (1991) – crack cocaine overdose. Age 50. The Temptations.
Ralph Jones (2000) – Age 79. Drummer for Bill Haley and His Comets.
Tito Puente (2000) – heart attack. Age 77. Latin percussionist.

June 1 album releases –
The Kingston Trio – At Large (1959)
The Association – Insight Out (1967)
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) UK
David Bowie – David Bowie (1967)
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (1970) U.S.
The Eagles – Eagles (1972)
Genesis – Three Sides Live (1982)
The Rolling Stones – "Still Life" (American Concert 1981) (1982)
The Police – Synchronicity (1983)
A-ha – Hunting High And Low (1985)
Chris de Burgh – Into The Light (1986)
Terence Trent D'Arby – Vibrator (1995)
Nine Inch Nails – Further Down The Spiral (1995)
The Hives – Oh Lord! When? How? (1996)
Shed Seven – Let It Ride (1998)
Blaque – Blaque (1999)
Michelle Branch – Broken Bracelet (2000)

June 1 events –
1955 – Patsy Cline records “Honky Tonk Merry Go Round,” “A Church, A
Courtroom, And Then Goodbye,” “Turn The Cards Slowly” and “Hidin’ Out”
at her first recording session held at Bradley Film and Record Studios
in Nashville. All four songs will appear on Cline’s 1957 EP, Songs By
Patsy Cline.
1956 – Doris Day signs a five-year recording contract with Columbia
Records.
1957 – Ricky Nelson, Nat "King" Cole, Patti Page, Gordon McRae and
Andy Williams all appear on Five Stars For Springtime, on NBC-TV.
1957 – Sam Cooke records “You Send Me” in Los Angeles.
1959 – Juke Box Jury debuts on BBC-TV.
1959 – Johnny Mathis' Greatest Hits album completes its first year on
Billboard's album chart, where it will remain for another 8 1/2 years.
1959 – The Browns record “The Three Bells” at RCA Studios in
Nashville.
1959 – Johnny Horton’s “The Battle Of New Orleans” hits #1 on the
Billboard Hot 100.
1959 – The Kingston Trio records “A Worried Man” at Capitol Studios in
Hollywood.
1961 – Radio markets in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago participate
in an experimental FM stereo broadcast.
1964 – While on tour in the UK, Carl Perkins visits The Beatles at
Abbey Road studios, who, in their excitement of having an early music
hero in their presence, record Perkins’ song “Matchbox.” During the
day, the group also records “I’ll Cry Instead,” “Slow Down” and “I’ll
Be Back.”
1964 – A day after graduating high school, Dolly Parton moves to
Nashville to begin a career in music.
1964 – The Rolling Stones are greeted by 500 waiting fans upon their
arrival at the newly-christened John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to
begin their first U.S. tour. After a brief press conference, the
Stones are delivered to radio station WINS and Murray the K’s Swinging
Soiree radio show, where Murray plays their record “Not Fade Away” and
interviews the group.
1965 – Art Garfunkel graduates from New York's Columbia University
with a Masters Degree in Mathematics.
1965 – Bob Dylan records two concert specials for BBC-TV at the BBC
Television Centre in Shepherds Bush Green, London, in front of a live
studio audience.
1966 – The Beatles spend 12 hours at Abbey Road recording the sound
effects for "Yellow Submarine."
1967 – Fairport Convention makes their stage debut at St. Michael's
Hall in the Golders Green section of London.
1967 – The Beatles throw a party in London for the release of their
new album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
1968 – The Rolling Stones release their single, "Jumpin' Jack Flash" b/
w "Child Of The Moon" in the U.S.
1969 – John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Derek Taylor, Tommy Smothers, Timothy
Leary and a host of others record "Give Peace A Chance" in Room 1742
of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada.
1969 – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Lesley Gore and Mason
Williams appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1970 – Bob Dylan records "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes" and “Sara Jane” at
Columbia Studios in New York.
1971 – The two-room shack where Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo,
Mississippi, is opened to the public.
1971 – Chicago performs at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
1972 – Pink Floyd begins recording what will become The Dark Side Of
The Moon at Abbey Road studios.
1973 – Former Soft Machine drummer Robert Wyatt falls out of a fourth
floor apartment window during a party in Maida Vale and is left a
paraplegic.
1973 – Wings release their single, "Live And Let Die" b/w "I Lie
Around."
1974 – The New Musical Express publishes its 100 Greatest Albums list,
with The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds at #3, Bob Dylan's Blonde On Blonde at
#2, and The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper at #1.
1975 – On his 28th birthday, Ron Wood makes his stage debut as the new
guitarist for The Rolling Stones at the Louisiana State University
Assembly Center in Baton Rouge.
1977 – Bob Marley and The Wailers play the first of four nights at the
Rainbow Theatre in London.
1977 – Billy Joel plays the first of four nights in the Isaac Stern
Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, wrapping up his year-long Turnstiles
tour.
1978 – U2 performs at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin,
Ireland.
1979 – Chuck Berry performs at the White House for President and Mrs.
Carter.
1981 – The first issue of the heavy metal magazine, Kerrang, is
published, with AC/DC on the cover.
1985 – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band begin their Born In The
U.S.A. Tour at Slane Castle in Dublin, Ireland.
1991 – Sting appears on the first airing of the Soviet rock music TV
show, Rock Steady.
1992 – Singer Natalie Cole separates from her husband, Rufus drummer
Andre Fisher, after only three years of marriage.
1997 – Bob Dylan is discharged from a Los Angeles hospital after being
treated for histoplasmosis.
1997 – Kenny Rogers marries his fifth wife, Wanda Miller. They are
still married.
1999 – Northeastern University dropout Shawn Fanning, 18, invents a
file-sharing program he calls Napster.
2000 – The Dixie Chicks begin their first tour as headliners at the
Winnipeg Auditorium in Canada, on their Fly tour. Patty Griffin is the
opening act.
2000 – Canadian singers Cory Hart and Julie Masse get married in Santa
Fe, New Mexico. It is the second marriage for both, and they are still
married today.
2003 – Slipknot bassist, Paul Gray, is involved in a car accident and
is arrested for possession of marijuana, cocaine, drug paraphernalia
and drunk driving in his hometown of Des Moines, Iowa.
2005 – Former White Stripes frontman Jack White marries British model
Karen Elson in a canoe on the Amazon River.
2006 – The 1994 debut album by Oasis, Definitely Maybe, is voted the
Greatest Album of All Time in a survey by the New Musical Express to
mark 50 years of the official UK Albums Chart. The Beatles come in
second and third with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and
Revolver, Radiohead is fourth with OK Computer, and (What's The Story)
Morning Glory, also by Oasis, is voted fifth.
2009 – Country singers George Strait and Reba McEntire perform at the
new Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas: the first concert at the venue.
2012 – Madonna kicks off her MDNA World Tour in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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