June 8 Born –
Robert Preston Meservey (1918) – singer/actor (The Music Man).
James Darren (aka James Ercolani, 1936) – actor/singer ("Goodbye Cruel
World").
Nancy Sinatra (1940) – singer.
Sherman Garnes (1940) – Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers.
Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins (1941) – The Parliaments and Parliament-
Funkadelic.
Chuck Negron (1942) – former vocalist for Three Dog Night.
Boz Scaggs (aka William Scaggs, 1944) – singer/songwriter.
Julie Driscoll (1947) – British singer for Brian Auger and The
Trinity.
Bonnie Tyler (aka Gaynor Hopkins, 1951) – Welsh singer/songwriter
("Total Eclipse Of The Heart").
Jeff "Worzel" Rich (1953) – drummer for Status Quo and Climax Blues
Band.
Michael "Mick" Hucknall (1960) – vocalist for Simply Red.
Nick Rhodes (aka Nicholas Bates, 1962) – keyboardist for Duran Duran.
Rob Pilatus (1964) – Milli Vanilli.
Neil Mitchell (1965) – keyboardist for Wet Wet Wet.
Jef Streatfield (1971) – guitarist for The Wildhearts.
Kanye West (1977) – rapper.
Derek Trucks (1979) – guitarist for The Allman Brothers Band and The
Tedeschi Trucks Band.
Alex Band (1981) – singer/songwriter for The Calling.
June 8 R.I.P. –
Jimmy Rushing (1972) – leukemia. Age 70. Vocalist for Count Basie's
Orchestra.
Yogi Horton (1987) – suicide. Age 33. Session drummer for artists and
TV commercials.
Crispian St. Peters (2010) – Age 71. British singer ("You Were On My
Mond").
Alan Rubin (2011) – lung cancer. Age 68. Trumpeter for The Blues
Brothers.
Steve Popovich (2011) – Age 68. Founder of Cleveland International
Records.
June 8 album releases –
Marvin Gaye – The Soulful Moods Of Marvin Gaye (1961)
Bob Dylan – Self Portrait (1970)
Bobby Womack – The Facts Of Life (1973)
Wings – Back To The Egg (1979) UK
The Who – The Kids Are Alright (soundtrack) (1979)
Survivor – Eye Of The Tiger (1982)
Siouxsie and The Banshees – Hyæna (1984)
Faith No More – Angel Dust (1992)
Urge Overkill – Saturation (1993)
Black Sabbath – Forbidden (1995)
Brandy – Never Say Never (1998)
The Delgados – Peloton (1998)
The Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication (1999)
Def Leppard – Euphoria (1999)
The Apples In Stereo – Her Wallpaper Reverie (1999)
June 8 events –
1942 – Bing Crosby records “Adeste Fideles,” “Silent Night” and “God
Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.”
1959 – The Clovers record three Leiber & Stoller songs - "Love Potion
No. 9," "Stay Awhile" and "Lovey" - under the songwriters’ guidance at
the group's first session for Atlantic Records.
1961 – Elvis Presley's movie, Wild In The Country, premieres in
Memphis.
1962 – Filming wraps up on Elvis Presley's 11th movie, Girls! Girls!
Girls!
1962 – Skeeter Davis records "The End Of The World" at RCA Studios in
Nashville.
1963 – The Essex’s “Easier Said Than Done” hits the Billboard Hot 100
at #81.
1966 – Elvis Presley releases his single, “Love Letters” b/w “Come
What May.” In the afternoon, Elvis’ 21st movie, Paradise, Hawaiian
Style, opens in theaters.
1966 – The Beatles record "Good Day Sunshine" at Abbey Road studios.
1966 – Simon and Garfunkel record “Patterns” in New York City.
1967 – Rolling Stone Brian Jones records a saxophone overdub at Abbey
Road on The Beatles' song "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)."
1968 – Gary Puckett and The Union Gap release their single, "Lady
Willpower" b/w "Daylight Stranger."
1969 – Having already been fired from the group, Brian Jones announces
that he is leaving The Rolling Stones. He will be dead in less than a
month.
1970 – On tour in East Germany, Deep Purple's van and equipment are
impounded by police when the group travels a little too close to the
Soviet border.
1974 – Rick Wakeman leaves Yes to pursue a solo career.
1979 – Marianne Faithfull marries her second husband, The Vibrators'
Ben Brieley.
1989 – At a Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior's press conference, noted
vegetarian Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders claims that she once
firebombed a McDonalds. True or false, she will regret the comment.
1989 – Rod Stewart is the first artist to perform at the newly-opened
Skydome in Toronto, Canada.
1991 – Bruce Springsteen marries his back-up singer, Patti Scialfa, at
their home in Beverly Hills.
1996 – Singer/songwriter Carole Bayer Sager marries her third husband,
former Warner Brothers chairman and Los Angeles Dodgers CEO, Robert
Davy. They are still married.
1998 – Paul McCartney holds a memorial service for his late wife Linda
at St. Martin in the Fields church in Trafalgar Square in London.
George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Elton John and Billy Joel are among the
700 in attendance.
1998 – Oasis' Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, and Martin Carr of The Boo
Radleys are all involved in a brawl at Dingwalls in London.
2001 – AC/DC, The Offspring, Queens Of The Stone Age and Megadeth all
appear at the Milton Keynes National Bowl in England.
2002 – Singer Jennifer Lopez separates from her second husband, dancer
Cris Judd, after just nine months of marriage.
2002 – Months of secrecy surrounding Paul McCartney's wedding plans to
Heather Mills are blown when 84-year old John Leslie - owner of the
17th century Castle Leslie in Glaslough, Co. Monaghan - lets it slip
to reporters that McCartney has booked the Castle for his wedding.
2006 – Barbra Streisand announces her first tour in a decade.
2007 – George Michael is sentenced to 100 hours of community service
and banned from driving for two years in Brent Magistrates Court in
North London, after pleading guilty to driving while unfit - blaming
"tiredness and prescribed drugs" for the offense - the previous
October when he was found slumped at the steering wheel of his car.
2008 – Rolling Stone magazines lists the Top 50 Guitar Songs of all
time, the top 5 being: #5 -"Brown Sugar" (The Rolling Stones), #4 -
"You Really Got Me" (The Kinks), #3 - "Crossroads" (Cream, live
version), #2 - "Purple Haze" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) and #1 -
"Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry).
2009 – The Apollo Theatre in Harlem celebrates its 75th anniversary
with a concert, featuring Prince, Mariah Carey, Gerald Levert, Anita
Baker, The O’Jays and Patti LaBelle. During the event, Quincy Jones
and Patti LaBelle are inducted into the Apollo Hall of Fame.
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