Vince Welnick also joined a long list of dead "Dead" keyboardists...
On Sunday, June 2, 2013 10:59:53 AM UTC-7, Eidem wrote:
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> 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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