June 2 Born –
Maurice Kinn (1924) – founder of The New Musical Express publication.
Carl Butler (1927) – Carl Butler and Pearl (“Don’t Let Me Cross
Over”).
Sammy Turner (aka Samuel Black, 1932) – singer ("Lavender-Blue").
Johnny Carter (1934) – The Flamingos and The Dells.
Otis Williams (1936) – Otis Williams and The Charms.
Jimmy Jones (1937) – singer/songwriter ("Handy Man").
Charlie Watts (1941) – drummer for The Rolling Stones.
William Guest (1941) – Gladys Knight and The Pips.
Marvin Hamlisch (1944) – pianist/composer.
Antone Tavares (1945) – Tavares.
Steve Brookins (1951) – drummer for .38 Special.
Micki Steele (1955) – bassist for The Runaways and The Bangles.
Tony Hadley (1960) – vocalist for Spandau Ballet.
Thor Jonsson (1962) – guitarist for The Sugarcubes.
Jeremy Cunningham (1965) – bassist for The Levellers.
B-Real (aka Louis Freese, 1970) – rapper for Cypress Hill.
Dominic Greensmith (1970) – drummer for Reef.
Tim Rice-Oxley (1976) – pianist/vocalist for Keane.
Fabrizio Moretti (1980) – drummer for The Strokes.
June 2 R.I.P. –
Andrés Segovia (1987) – heart attack. Age 94. Classical guitarist.
Sammy Kaye (1987) – Age 77. Big band leader.
Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham (1997) – Age 91. Jazz trumpeter with Benny
Carter and Ricardo Ray.
Helen Carter (1998) – heart disease. Age 70. The Carter Family.
Junior Braithwaite (1999) – murdered. Age 50. Bob Marley and The
Wailers.
Andy Simpkins (1999) – stomach cancer. Age 67. Jazz bassist for Sarah
Vaughan.
Boyd Bennett (2002) – Age 76. Rockabilly singer/songwriter
("Seventeen").
Vince Welnick (2006) – suicide. Age 55. Keyboardist for The Tubes.
Bo Diddley (2008) – heart failure. Age 79. R&B singer/songwriter/
guitarist.
Ray Bryant (2011) – Age 80. Jazz pianist with Sonny Rollins and
Coleman Hawkins.
June 2 album releases –
The Kingston Trio – The Kingston Trio (1958)
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) U.S.
Small Faces – From The Beginning (1967)
Cockney Rebel – The Psychomodo (1974)
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band – Darkness On The Edge Of Town
(1978)
Thin Lizzy – Live And Dangerous (1978)
Cold Chisel – East (1980)
Queen – A Kind Of Magic (1986)
Wilson Phillips – Shadows And Light (1992)
Mariah Carey – MTV Unplugged (1992)
Smashing Pumpkins – Adore (1998)
Rod Stewart – When We Were The New Boys (1998)
June 2 events –
1956 – Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps release their single, "Be-Bop-A-
Lula" b/w "Woman Love."
1958 – DJ Alan Freed is hired by radio station WABC in New York City.
1958 – 17-year old Barry Sadler joins the U.S. Air Force.
1958 – Johnny Mathis releases his single, “A Certain Smile” b/w “Let
It Rain,” on Columbia.
1960 – Bobby Darin makes his debut appearance at the Copacabana night
club in New York City.
1962 – Owen Gray's "Twist Baby" becomes the first release on the newly-
formed UK-based Island Records.
1962 – Ray Charles’ “I Can’t Stop Loving You” hits #1 on the Billboard
Hot 100, and will stay there for five weeks.
1963 – The Rolling Stones play two gigs in one day - an afternoon show
at Studio 51 at the Ken Colyer Jazz Club in Soho, London, and an
evening concert at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, Surrey.
1964 – A day after arriving in America, The Rolling Stones make their
U.S. television debut on The Les Crane Show in New York. In the
evening, the Stones play their first U.S. concert at the high school
in Lynn, Massachusetts, as a warm-up for their tour, which begins on
June 5.
1964 – Gerry and The Pacemakers begin filming their movie, Ferry Cross
The Mersey.
1965 – James Brown releases his single, “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” b/
w “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag, Part II” on King Records.
1965 – The Righteous Brothers, Major Lance, Patty Duke, Diane Renay,
Linda Carr, Marianne Faithfull, The Wellingtons, Billy Preston,
Delaney Bramlett, Bobby Sherman and The Blossoms all appear on
Shindig!
1966 – The Beatles record the backing track for George Harrison’s "I
Want To Tell You" at Abbey Road in five takes.
1967 – The Beatles record brass and woodwind overdubs on to George
Harrison’s “It’s All Too Much” at De Lane Lea Studios in London.
1970 – George Harrison begins recording "Isn't It A Pity" at Abbey
Road studios.
1970 – Bob Dylan records “Mary Ann” and “Mr. Bojangles” at Columbia
Studios in New York City.
1972 – Dion and The Belmonts reunite after 12 years for an oldies show
at Madison Square Garden. The concert is recorded for a live album
release.
1973 – The Electric Light Orchestra begins their first U.S. tour in
San Diego, California.
1976 – Wings set a new indoor attendance record with 67,100 concert
goers at the Seattle Kingdome.
1981 – Prince performs for the first time in England at the Lyceum
Ballroom in London.
1988 – James Brown's wife, Adrienne, claims diplomatic immunity in
traffic court on charges of drugged driving, speeding and criminal
trespass, invoking her status as the wife of the "Ambassador of Soul."
1988 – Former Temptations singer David Ruffin is sentenced to two
years probation in Detroit for possession of cocaine.
1989 – Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman, 52, marries Mandy Smith, 18.
The marriage lasts 17 months.
1992 – Canadian singer k.d. lang admits to being gay in an interview
in Advocate magazine.
1993 – Aerosmith begins their 169-date Get A Grip World Tour at the
Landon Arena in Topeka, Kansas.
1995 – Stone Roses guitarist John Squire smashes his collarbone when
he falls off a bicycle in San Francisco on a day off from the group’s
11-date U.S. tour, causing the cancellation of the rest of the tour
and other dates.
1998 – To promote the release of his new album, Rod Stewart plays
three separate one-hour shows in L.A., starting in the parking lot of
Tower Records, then moving on to the Roxy, and finishing up at the
Whiskey A Go-Go.
1998 – Singer Ann Murray separates from her husband, Bill Langstroth,
after 23 years of marriage.
2002 – During an argument in their hotel room, Paul McCartney throws
Heather Mills' $25,000 engagement ring out the window. It is later
found by grounds crews.
2002 – A wind gust causes Jimmy Buffett to crash his airplane while
attempting to land at Palm Beach International Airport. No one is
injured.
2003 – After public outrage, and legal threats from Yoko Ono, Paul
McCartney ends his attempts to change the songwriting credits to read
"McCartney/Lennon" on certain Beatles songs.
2005 – Franz Ferdinand's frontman Alex Kapranos is detained by Russian
police at Moscow’s airport after being suspected of being an M16 agent
and international spy.
2007 – To mark the 40th anniversary of the record’s release, BBC Radio
2 broadcasts the Geoff Emerick supervised re-recording of the Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album. Oasis, The Fray, Razorlight,
Travis, The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Bryan Adams and The Magic Numbers
all participated in the recordings, which were made on the original
EMI four-track console The Beatles used to record the original 1967
album.
2009 – Cher sues Universal Music Group on behalf of herself and Sonny
Bono for $5 million in unpaid royalties.
2010 – Randy Newman is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame.
2011 – Shania Twain receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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