June 4 Born –
Morgana King (aka Maria Messina, 1930) – actress/singer ("Frankie And
Johnny").
Freddy Fender (aka Baldemar Huerta, 1937) – Tex-Mex singer/songwriter.
Cliff Bennett (1940) – Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers.
Michelle Phillips (1944) – The Mamas and The Papas.
Roger Ball (1944) – saxophonist for The Average White Band.
Anthony Braxton (1945) – American multi-woodwind instrumentalist.
Gordon Waller (1945) – Peter and Gordon.
Jimmy McCulloch (1953) – guitarist for Thunderclap Newman and Wings.
Reeves Gabrels (1956) – guitarist for Tin Machine.
Steve Grimes (1957) – guitarist/keyboardist for The Farm.
Selwyn Brown (1958) – keyboardist for Steel Pulse.
Eldra "El" DeBarge (1961) – R&B/pop singer.
Chris Kavanagh (1964) – drummer for Sigue Sigue Sputnik and Big Audio
Dynamite II.
Stefan Lessard (1974) – bassist for The Dave Matthews Band.
June 4 R.I.P. –
Murry Wilson (1973) – heart attack. Age 55. Songwriter, manager of The
Beach Boys.
Joe Santollo (1981) – heart attack. Age 37. The Duprees.
Derek "Lek" Leckenby (1994) – non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Age 51. Herman's
Hermits.
Ronnie Lane (1997) – multiple sclerosis. Age 51. Small Faces.
Angel South (1998) – prostate cancer. Age 55. Guitarist for Chase.
John Hartford (2001) – Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Age 63. Folk/country/
bluegrass multi-instrumentalist.
Freddie Scott (2007) – Age 74. Singer/songwriter ("Cry To Me").
Kevin Kavanaugh (2011) – Age 59. Keyboardist for Southside Johnny and
The Asbury Jukes.
Herb Reed (2012) – heart disease. Age 83. The Platters.
June 4 album releases –
Johnny Cash – At San Quentin (1969)
Donovan – Slow Down World (1976) UK
The Moody Blues – Caught Live + 5 (1977)
The Kinks – One For The Road (1980) U.S.
Motörhead – Another Perfect Day (1983)
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band – Born In The U.S.A. (1984)
Sade – Stronger Than Pride (1988) U.S.
Kool Moe Dee – Funke, Funke Wisdom (1991)
Paul McCartney – Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) (1991) U.S.
Bratmobile – Pottymouth (1993)
Bryan Adams – 18 Til I Die (1996)
Jimmy Buffett – Banana Wind (1996)
Squirrel Nut Zippers – Hot (1996)
Paul McCartney – Memory Almost Full (2007)
June 4 events –
1941 – Helen Forrest, along with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra,
records “When The Sun Comes Out” in New York City.
1942 – Capitol Records opens its first office in a second-floor room
south of Sunset Boulevard. In the afternoon, owner Glenn Wallichs
becomes the first record label owner to present a free record to a
radio disc jockey; in this case Los Angeles DJ Peter Potter.
1954 – Ella Fitzgerald records “Lullaby Of Birdland.”
1956 – Gene Vincent makes his stage debut at the Municipal Auditorium
in his hometown of Norfolk, Virginia.
1958 – Jerry Lee Lewis renews his marriage vows to cousin Myra, since
he wasn't divorced from his first wife when they were married.
1962 – The Beatles rehearse at the Cavern Club for their upcoming EMI
recording session.
1962 – The Beach Boys release their second single, "Surfin' Safari" b/
w "409:" their first release on Capitol Records.
1963 – The Searchers release their debut single, "Sweets For My Sweet"
b/w "It's All Been A Dream."
1963 – The first installment of the Pop Go The Beatles radio show is
aired on the BBC.
1964 – The Beatles play the first date of their first and only world
tour, playing two shows at the K.B. Hallen Gardens in Copenhagen,
Denmark, with Jimmy Nicol on drums.
1966 – Tommy James and The Shondells’ “Hanky Panky” debuts on the
Billboard Hot 100.
1966 – Janis Joplin joins Big Brother and The Holding Company in San
Francisco.
1967 – The Young Rascals appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing "A
Girl Like You" and "Groovin'." Other musical guests include Nancy
Ames, and Harry James and His Orchestra.
1967 – The Monkees win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Procol Harum and Denny Laine all
play at Brian Epstein's Savile Theatre. Paul McCartney and George
Harrison attend the show and witness Hendrix performing "Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band," which had been released just three days
prior.
1969 – Nicky Hopkins quits The Jeff Beck Group.
1969 – The Beatles release their single, "The Ballad Of John And Yoko"
b/w "Old Brown Shoe" in the U.S.
1969 – Hundreds of people in Glenrowan, Australia, sign a petition
protesting against the casting of Mick Jagger in the role of the
Australian folk hero Ned Kelly.
1970 – Bob Dylan records “Bring Me Water,” “Three Angels,” “Tomorrow
Is A Long Time,” "Big Yellow Taxi" and “New Morning” at Columbia
Studios in New York City.
1970 – Elvis Presley begins five days of sessions in Studio B at RCA
Studios in Nashville, beginning every night at 6pm and going until
dawn. The sessions will produce 34 tracks.
1970 – Santana begins recording “Black Magic Woman.”
1971 – The Bobby Sherman T.V. Special airs on ABC, with guests The 5th
Dimension.
1975 – The Rolling Stones receive a royalty check for album sales in
Russia, becoming the first Western act to do so.
1975 – Glen Campbell records ”Pencils For Sale,” “I’d Build A Bridge”
and "Country Boy (You've Got Your Feet In L.A.)" at Sound Labs in
Hollywood.
1976 – The Talking Heads appear at CBGB’s in New York City.
1976 – The Sex Pistols play a pivotal gig at the Free Trade Hall in
Manchester, with many future UK rockers in the audience.
1984 – Tina Turner releases her single, "What's Love Got To Do With
It?" b/w "Don't Rush The Good Things."
1984 – Sheila E. releases her single, “The Glamorous Life” b/w “The
Glamorous Life (Part II),” on Warner Brothers.
1984 – Lorrie Morgan joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1985 – Elton John sues Dick James Music for $51 million for the return
of early song rights and unpaid royalties. Elton will lose the lawsuit
and the rights to his songs, however Dick James Music is order to pay
the singer past due royalties.
1986 – Producers of the stage and screen Beatlemania Company lose a
lawsuit brought by Apple Corps, claiming exploitation of the Beatles'
image and their music, and are forced to pay $10 million in fines and
interest.
1986 – The first of six Conspiracy of Hope concerts is held at the Cow
Palace in San Francisco on behalf of Amnesty International. Over the
next 11 days, other concerts will be held in L.A., Denver, Atlanta,
Chicago and New Jersey. The shows are headlined by U2, Sting and Bryan
Adams, and also feature Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Joan Baez, and The
Neville Brothers.
1992 – Priscilla Presley announces that the U.S. Post Office's "Thin
Elvis" stamp beat out the "Fat Elvis" stamp in popularity.
1992 – Billed as The Honking Donkeys, Iron Maiden plays a show at the
Oval pub in Norwich in front of 400 people.
1992 – Smokey Robinson's half sister, Rose Ella Jones, sues the singer
for unpaid songwriting royalties.
1993 – Kurt Cobain is arrested after a domestic dispute with Courtney
Love, who claims they were fighting about his gun collection.
1994 – The "supergroup" that provided the soundtrack to the Beatles'
Hamburg-days movie, Backbeat, reunites at the MTV Movie Awards. Mike
Mills of R.E.M., Dave Grohl of Nirvana, Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum,
Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Don Fleming of Gumball, and Greg Dulli
of Afghan Whigs perform songs from the film.
1996 – Crowded House announces their split.
1997 – The body of Jeff Buckley is found floating in the Wolf River in
Memphis, Tennessee, five days after he went missing while taking a
swim.
1998 – Ray Charles reunites with his legendary touring band in Chicago
to celebrate his 50th year in the music business.
1998 – George and Ira Gershwin posthumously receive a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2000 – A teenage fan is shot in the leg outside a concert by R&B star
Sisqó in Phoenix, Arizona, when violence erupts after concert-goers
begin objecting to parking fees of $30 at the venue.
2002 – George Michael is jeered and heckled by live audience members
during a CNN phone interview.
2002 – Wyclef Jean is arrested for disorderly conduct for attempting
to perform - which is forbidden by the event’s permit - at a protest
against $1.2 billion in education cuts in the New York school systems.
P. Diddy, Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, LL Cool J, Erykah Badu, Foxy Brown and
The Wu-Tang Clan are also at the rally to show their support.
2004 – Former singer for Brother Beyond and Worlds Apart, Nathan Moore
pleads guilty in Highbury Corner magistrates court to soliciting
sexual favors on May 27 from a woman he thought was a prostitute. He
is fined £250 and ordered to pay £50 court costs.
2011 – Country music star Trace Adkins' Brentwood, Tennessee home
burns to the ground and is a total loss.
2012 – Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee concert takes place outside
Buckingham Palace in London, featuring Elton John, Paul McCartney,
Cliff Richard, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Madness, Annie Lennox and
many others, to mark the Queen's 60th anniversary.
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