Steve,
Kenny G was with Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra (along with Lee
Ritenour and Ray Parker Jr.) and also Jeff Lorber Fusion.
Please don't ask me how I knew that!
On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 10:28:36 AM UTC-7, Eidem wrote:
>
> 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.
>
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