June 12 Born –
Archie Bleyer (1909) – bandleader/arranger, founder of Cadence
Records.
Bill Kenny (1914) – The Ink Spots.
Al Fairweather (1927) – British jazz musician, Fairweather-Brown All
Stars.
Vic Damone (aka Vito Farinola, 1928) – American singer/entertainer.
Richard Sherman (1928) – Disney songwriter ("Feed The Birds").
Jim Nabors (1930) – actor/singer.
Charlie Feathers (1932) – Rockabilly artist.
Armando "Chick" Corea (1941) – Jazz keyboardist.
Roy Harper (1941) – British singer/songwriter/guitarist.
Reg Presley (1941) – vocalist for The Troggs.
Len Barry (1942) – The Dovells ("Bristol Stomp").
Howard Cowart (1944) – bassist for John Fred and His Playboy Band.
Barry Bailey (1948) – guitarist for The Atlanta Rhythm Section.
John Wetton (1949) – bassist for King Crimson and Asia.
Brad Delp (1951) – singer for Boston.
Bun E. Carlos (aka Brad Carlson, 1951) – drummer for Cheap Trick.
Pete Farndon (1952) – bassist for The Pretenders.
Jamieson "Junior" Brown (1952) – Country guitarist/singer.
Rocky Burnette (1953) – singer/musician.
John Linnell (1959) – They Might Be Giants.
Michael Hausman (1960) – drummer for 'Til Tuesday.
Grandmaster Dee (aka Drew Carter, 1962) – rapper for Whodini.
Robin Wilson (1965) – lead vocalist for Gin Blossoms.
Bobby Sheehan (1968) – bassist for Blues Traveler.
Bardi Martin (1969) – bassist for Candlebox.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd (aka Ken Brobst, 1977) – guitarist.
June 12 R.I.P. –
Jimmy Dorsey (1957) – lung cancer. Age 53. Band leader.
Johnny Bond (1978) – heart attack. Age 63. Country music artist ("Hot
Rod Lincoln").
Lou Monte (1989) – Age 71. Novelty records singer.
Vivian Carter (1989) – stroke. Age 67. DJ, co-founder of Vee-Jay
Records.
Danny Davis (2008) – heart attack. Age 83. The Nashville Brass.
Carl Gardner (2011) – heart failure. Age 83. The Coasters.
June 12 album releases –
Jimi Hendrix – Band Of Gypsy (1970) UK
John Lennon – Sometime In New York City (1972) UK
Bad Company – Holy Water (1990)
Mariah Carey – Mariah Carey (1990) U.S.
Fugazi – Red Machine (1995)
Sloan – One Chord To Another (1996) Canada
Electric Light Orchestra – Zoom (2001)
Asia – Asia Live (2001)
Roxy Music – Concerto (2001)
Coldplay – Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends (2008)
June 12 events –
1935 – Ella Fitzgerald makes her first recordings with the songs,
"Love And Kisses" and “I’ll Chase The Blues Away” with Chuck Webb and
His Orchestra at Decca.
1942 – Billie Holiday records "Travelin' Light" at Capitol Studios in
Hollywood.
1959 – Sam Cooke insists on racially integrated seating at his
Norfolk, Virginia concert with Jackie Wilson.
1960 – Connie Francis appears on the 12th anniversary show of The Ed
Sullivan Show, singing "Everybody's Somebody's Fool." Other musical
guests include Louis Prima with Keely Smith and Sam Butera and The
Witnesses, and TV’s Dennis The Menace, Jay North, singing “Little Boy
Blues.”
1961 – Frankie Avalon begins a 12-day tour of South America: one of
the first in that country.
1962 – Brenda Lee dislocates her neck while performing on stage at the
Latin Casino in Philadelphia and is hospitalized.
1963 – The Beach Boys record "Little Deuce Coupe" and "Surfer Girl" at
Western in Hollywood, with Brian Wilson assuming full production
duties for the first time.
1964 – The Beatles fly from Sydney to Adelaide and are met by 250,000
people along a 10-mile parade route from the airport to Town Hall.
Later in the day, The Beatles play two shows at Centennial Hall.
Meanwhile, Ringo leaves London for Australia, via San Francisco,
Honolulu and Fiji.
1964 – The Zombies record “She’s Not There,” “Summertime,” and “You
Make Me Feel Good” at Decca Studios in West Hampstead.
1965 – Sonny and Cher make their television debut on American
Bandstand, lip-synching to "I Got You Babe." Also on the show is Eddie
Hodges, who lip-synchs to "New Orleans."
1965 – Tex Ritter joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1966 – The Pink Floyd Sound appears at the Marquee Club in London. In
the audience is future manager Peter Jenner.
1966 – Elvis Presley records “Indescribably Blue” and “I’ll Remember
You” at RCA Studios in Nashville.
1966 – The Dave Clark 5 appear on The Ed Sullivan Show for the 12th
time (setting a record), performing "Look Before You Leap" and "Please
Tell Me Why." Other musical guests include Wayne Newton, Solvi Wang,
and the University of North Carolina Men's Glee Club.
1967 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney contribute backing vocals on The
Rolling Stones song "We Love You" at Olympic Studios in London.
1968 – Elvis Presley's 27th movie, Speedway, co-starring Nancy
Sinatra, premieres in Charlotte, North Carolina.
1970 – Drummer Mick Fleetwood marries Jenny Boyd at the Kiln House in
London, and becomes George Harrison’s brother-in-law.
1972 – Elvis Presley appears at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
1972 – With help from her mother, a barefoot Ronnie Spector “escapes”
her husband Phil's Beverly Hills mansion for the last time, leaving
behind her adopted sons, three-year old Donté and six-year old twins,
Louis and Gary. Within days she files for divorce.
1973 – Grand Funk Railroad records “We’re An American Band” at
Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, with Todd Rundgren producing.
1976 – The Who, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Little Feat, Outlaws
and Streetwalkers all appear at the Swansea City Football Club in
Wales.
1978 – Dire Straits appear at Eric’s Club in Liverpool.
1978 – The Thompson Twins perform at the Limit Club in Sheffield.
1978 – The Jam appears at King George’s Hall in Blackburn, Lancashire,
with opening act The Jolt.
1982 – The largest political rally in U.S. history occurs when a
million people cram into New York's Central Park for the Rally for
Nuclear Disarmament, featuring music by Bruce Springsteen, Jackson
Browne, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt and Gary "U.S." Bonds.
1982 – Simon and Garfunkel perform at Feyenoord Stadion in Rotterdam,
Holland.
1987 – The L.A. Coroner's Office rules Paul Butterfield's May 4th
death a heart attack from years of drug and alcohol abuse.
1988 – A dozen of Canada's top songwriters are honored in Vancouver
for songs that have been played on Canadian radio over 100,000 times.
Winners include for Gene MacLellan for "Snowbird," "Put Your Hand In
The Hand," and "The Call," and Burton Cummings for "Stand Tall,"
"Break It To Them Gently" and "These Eyes."
1989 – Graceland opens the Elvis Presley Autoland Museum, featuring
more than 20 of Presley's cars.
1990 – David Bowie performs at the Deer Creek Music Center in
Noblesville, Indiana, on his Sound + Vision Tour.
1992 – Songwriter Tommy Page, along with Jordan Knight and Danny Wood
of New Kids On The Block, are acquitted of copyright infringement
charges brought by the estate of Percy Sledge for the song, "I'll Be
Your Everything," charging that their song borrowed heavily from
Sledge's tune of the same name.
1992 – Singer k.d. lang cancels a show in Owen Sound, Ontario, when
local beef farmers threaten to block the parking areas with their
tractors after lang appears in an anti-meat ad campaign.
1994 – 86-year old Cab Calloway suffers a massive stroke at his home
in White Plains, New York. He will never fully recover.
2000 – In an interview with Curve magazine, Sinead O'Connor announces
that she's a lesbian.
2000 – Bruce Springsteen is resoundingly booed at Madison Square
Garden when he introduces his new song, "American Skin (41 Shots),"
which protests the NYPD killing of an unarmed man.
2001 – A three mile section of Highway 92 in Paulding County, Georgia,
is re-named Travis Tritt Highway in honor of their hometown boy.
2002 – Music impresario Clive Calder sells the remainder of his Zomba
Music Group company to BMG Music for $2 billion, after selling shares
to BMG in 1991 and 1996. The Zomba Corporation was started in 1974 by
Calder, and partners Ralph Simon and producer John “Mutt” Lang.
2003 – The Songwriter's Hall of Fame inducts Little Richard, Van
Morrison, Queen, and Phil Collins at their annual ceremony.
2004 – Terri Clark joins the Grand Ole Opry: the first and only
Canadian female singer to be added.
2004 – Lee Ryan, of the British boy band Blue, is found guilty of
criminal damage and ordered to pay £500 compensation relating to an
incident outside the London nightclub 10 Rooms the previous December.
In court, Ryan admits to throwing punches at a photographer after
being bombarded by paparazzi when he was leaving the club, but claims
he was provoked into doing so, which Judge Caroline Tubbs accepts,
dismissing the assault charges.
2005 – Pink Floyd announces they will reunite for Live 8: the first
time Roger Waters will play with the other three since 1981.
2006 – Prince receives a Lifetime Achievement award at the 10th Annual
Webby Awards for his innovative use of the Internet.
2007 – The Canada Post issues a series of stamps honoring Canadian
recording artists, including Paul Anka, Joni Mitchell, Gordon
Lightfoot and Anne Murray.
2008 – Amy Winehouse performs at the Garage Gallery at the Center for
Contemporary Culture in Moscow for Russian billionaire Roman
Abramovich and his girlfriend Daria Zhukova. She is paid £1 million
for the one hour gig.
2011 – E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemens suffers a massive
stroke in his New Jersey home. He will be dead in six days.
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