June 5 Born –
Gordon "Specs" Powell (1922) – Jazz drummer, CBS musician.
Bill Hayes (1925) – American singer ("The Ballad Of Davy Crockett").
Pete Jolly (aka Peter Ceragioli, Jr., 1932) – pianist with Ray
Conniff, TV theme musician.
Floyd Butler (1937) – vocalist for The Friends Of Distinction.
Michael Davis (1943) – bassist for The MC5.
Don Reid (1945) – The Statler Brothers.
John Du Cann (1946) – guitarist for Atomic Rooster.
Freddie Stone (aka Fred Stewart, 1947) – guitarist for Sly and The
Family Stone.
Laurie Anderson (1947) – American singer/songwriter.
Tom Evans (1947) – songwriter/guitarist for Badfinger.
Frank Esler-Smith (1948) – keyboardist for Air Supply.
Ronnie Dyson (1950) – singer/actor, leading role in Broadway's "Hair."
Michael "Nicko" McBrain (1952) – drummer for Pat Travers and Iron
Maiden.
Kenny G (aka Ken Gorelick, 1956) – sax player.
Richard Butler (1956) – lead singer for The Psychedelic Furs.
Maggie Dunne (1964) – bassist/keyboardist for Fuzzbox.
Stefan Schönfeldt (1965) – guitarist for The Wannadies.
Brian McKnight (1969) – R&B singer/songwriter.
Mark Wahlberg (1971) – Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch.
Dominic Chad (1972) – guitarist for Mansun.
Aaron "P-Nut" Willis (1974) – bassist for 311.
Pete Wentz (1979) – bassist and lyricist for Fall Out Boy.June 5 R.I.P. – Jim Hodder (1990) – drowned. Age 42. Drummer for Steely Dan. Conway Twitty (1993) – abdominal aortic aneurysm. Age 59. Ish Kabibble (1994) – respiratory failure. Age 86. Cornetist. Mel Tormé (1999) – stroke. Age 73. Singer/songwriter. Dee Dee Ramone (2002) – heroin overdose. Age 50. Bassist for The Ramones. Danny Bank (2010) – Age 88. Jazz saxophonist/clarinetist with Miles Davis and Gil Evans. June 5 album releases – The Kingston Trio – Goin’ Places (1961) Elvis Presley – Pot Luck (1962) Barclay James Harvest – Barclay James Harvest (1970) George Harrison – Somewhere In England (1981) Heart – Private Audition (1982) Five Star – Luxury Of Life (1985) Alphaville – Afternoons In Utopia (1986) Paul McCartney – Flowers In The Dirt (1989) New Kids On The Block – Step By Step (1990) Van Morrison – Days Like This (1995) Kasey Chambers – The Captain (2000) U.S. Radiohead – Amnesiac (2001) Styx – Styx World: Live 2001 (2001) Metallica – St. Anger (2003) Bruce Springsteen and The Sessions Band – Live In Dublin (2007) June 5 events – 1937 – Pee Wee King and The Golden West Cowboys join the Grand Ole Opry. 1942 – Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra records "I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen." 1954 – Billboard magazine announces that beginning in July radio stations will receive 45s rather than 78s from record labels. 1955 – Elvis Presley's pink Cadillac catches fire on the way to a show in Fulton, Arkansas. Elvis is uninjured. 1955 – Nashville celebrates "Eddy Arnold Day." 1956 – Elvis Presley appears on the final broadcast of Milton Berle's Texaco Star Theater, performing "Hound Dog" and “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You.” The performance - Presley’s second on the show - is one of the highlights of his career. 1957 – Bill Justis records “Raunchy” at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, with Elvis Presley’s guitarist, Scotty Moore, on bass. 1957 – Fats Domino records "The Big Beat" at Cosimo Recording Studio in New Orleans. 1959 – Robert Zimmerman graduates from Hibbing High School in Minnesota. 1964 – The King Bees - featuring Davie Jones (Bowie) – release their debut single, "Liza Jane" b/w "Louie, Louie Go Home" on the Vocalion Pop label. 1964 – The Rolling Stones' first American tour officially gets underway when the group performs at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino. 1966 – David Bowie presents an afternoon show, The Bowie Showboat, at the Marquee club in London, billed as “Three hours of music and mime.” 1968 – The Beatles begin recording Ringo Starr's first song contribution, “Don't Pass Me By.” 1968 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience appears on Dusty Springfield's It Must Be Dusty! television show, performing “Stone Free” and “Voodoo Child,” before dueting with Dusty on “Mockingbird.” 1969 – The Doors concert documentary, Feast Of Friends, premieres at the Cinematheque in L.A. 1970 – Bob Dylan records "If Dogs Run Free," "Went To See The Gypsy," "What It's All About," "Winterlude," "I Forgot To Remember," "The Man In Me," "Father Of Night" and "Lily Of The West” at Columbia Studios in New York City. 1971 – Grand Funk Railroad beats The Beatles' Shea Stadium record for gross concert earnings when manager Terry Knight adjusts the ticket prices to do just that. 1971 – James Taylor’s “You’ve Got A Friend” debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 at #80. 1972 – Maureen McGovern quits her secretarial job to pursue a singing career. 1974 – Bobbie Gentry's Happiness Hour variety show debuts on CBS and runs for four weeks. 1974 – Sly Stone marries his first wife, Kathy Silva, on stage before a show at Madison Square Garden. 1974 – Patti Smith records both sides of her debut single, “Hey Joe” and “Piss Factory,” at Electric Ladyland Studios in New York City. 1975 – Syd Barrett arrives at Abbey Road Studios unannounced while Pink Floyd is recording songs for their Wish You Were Here album. No one recognizes Barrett, and when Roger Waters finally realizes who he is, he is reduced to tears. 1976 – The Who, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Little Feat, The Outlaws and Streetwalkers all play at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland. 1977 – Alice Cooper's boa constrictor dies when the rat it's been given for breakfast bites it. 1979 – Muddy Waters, 64, marries his third wife, Marva Jean Brooks, 25. 1983 – U2 performs at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado and records the show for a live album release. 1986 – HBO airs Fats Domino And Friends, featuring Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ron Wood, Paul Schaffer and others. 1987 – The 4th Annual Prince's Trust Rock Gala is held at Wembley, featuring George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Phil Collins, Dave Edmunds, Bryan Adams, Tony Hadley, Midge Ure, Alison Moyet and others. 1987 – Sly Stone surrenders to authorities in Fort Meyers, Florida, for violating his parole for cocaine possession. 1988 – Patti Boyd files for divorce from Eric Clapton. 1988 – The Pet Shop Boys make their live stage debut at the Piccadilly Theatre in London. 1989 – The Doobie Brothers begin their reunion tour: their first with all original members in 14 years. 1993 – Mariah Carey marries the president of Sony Music, Tommy Motolla. 1997 – Oasis' Noel Gallagher marries Meg Matthews at The Little Church of the West (where Elvis married Priscilla) in Las Vegas. 1999 – Frankie Laine, 86, marries his second wife, Marcia Ann Kline. 2001 – The opening date of Madonna’s Drowned World Tour, slated for the Kölnarena in Cologne, Germany, is cancelled due to “technical difficulties.” The next day’s concert at the same venue is also cancelled. 2002 – Charges against Dionne Warwick for her May 13th arrest on marijuana possession are dropped when a plea bargain deal is met, which includes a drug treatment program. 2003 – UK broadcasting authorities investigate a grandfather who set up a pirate radio station in Wakefield, Yorkshire, to play '60s music because "talentless boy bands and dance music" had invaded regular radio. 2003 – Rapper R. Kelly is forbidden to travel from Chicago to L.A. for a video shoot after being charged with 21 counts of child pornography. 2003 – Dwight Yoakam receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 2004 – Ted Nugent and Toby Keith perform for 500 armed forces soldiers in Iraq on a USO tour. 2004 – Jennifer Lopez marries singer Marc Anthony. 2007 – Jurors in the Phil Spector murder trial are shown the bloody gun said to be used in the murder. 2008 – James Taylor sings "The Star Spangled Banner" at Game 2 of the NBA finals. 2008 – Ozzy Osbourne wins his libel lawsuit again the Daily Star newspaper for an article that said Osbourne was ill at the Brit Awards, had fallen over twice, and was moved around in a Johnny cart. 2009 – The Dave Matthews Band performs on The Today Show on NBC. 2010 – A phone-in poll on BBC-TV's I'm In A Rock Band votes Led Zeppelin the nation's favorite band. 2010 – Elton John plays at Rush Limbaugh's wedding as the acerbic radio personality marries his fourth wife, Kathryn Rogers. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. 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