June 14 Born –
Edward Bowes (1874) – radio personality, Major Bowes’ Amateur Hour.
Cliff Edwards (aka Ukulele Ike, 1895) – voice actor, singer. Voice of
Jiminy Crickett.
Joseph "Nappy" Lamare (1905) – Jazz guitarist/banjoist/singer for Bob
Crosby.
John Scott Trotter (1908) – musical director for Bing Crosby.
Burl Ives (1909) – folk singer.
Cy Coleman (aka Seymour Kaufman, 1929) – Jazz pianist/songwriter
(“Witchcraft”).
Junior Walker (aka Autry Mixon, Jr., 1931) – Junior Walker and The All
Stars.
Renaldo "Obie" Benson (1936) – The Four Tops.
Rod Argent (1945) – keyboardist for The Zombies and Argent.
Barry "The Fish" Melton (1947) – guitarist for Country Joe and The
Fish.
Alan White (1949) – drummer for The Plastic Ono Band and Yes.
Jim Lea (1949) – bassist for Slade.
Nick Van Eede (1958) – vocalist for Cutting Crew.
Boy George (aka George O'Dowd, 1961) – Culture Club.
Chris Degarmo (1963) – guitarist for Queensrÿche.
Matt Freeman (1966) – bassist for Rancid.
MC Ren (aka Lorenzo Patterson, 1969) – rapper for N.W.A.
Chris Chaney (1970) – bassist for Jane's Addiction and Slash.
Billie Myers (1971) – British singer/songwriter (“Kiss The Rain”).
Siobhán Donaghy (1984) – The Sugarbabes.
June 14 R.I.P. –
Wynonie Harris (1969) – esophageal cancer. Age 53. R&B singer ("Who
Threw The Whisky In The Well").
Charles Miller (1980) – murdered. Age 40. Saxophonist/flutist for War.
Alan Jay Lerner (1986) – lung cancer. Age 67. Broadway musical
lyricist.
Pete De Freitas (1989) – motorcycle accident. Age 27. Drummer for Echo
and The Bunnymen.
Henry Mancini (1994) – pancreatic cancer. Age 70. Composer, conductor.
Rory Gallagher (1995) – complications from a liver transplant. Age 47.
Blues guitarist/singer/songwriter.
Jimmy Knepper (2003) – Parkinson's disease. Age 75. Jazz trombonist
with Charles Mingus.
Bob Bogle (2009) – non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Age 75. Guitarist for The
Ventures.
June 14 album releases –
The Beatles – Beatles VI (1965) U.S.
Aretha Franklin – Aretha Now (1968)
Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
The Grateful Dead – Workingman's Dead (1970)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus (1971)
Simon and Garfunkel – Simon And Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits (1972)
Barclay James Harvest – Everyone Is Everybody Else (1974)
Todd Rundgren – Initiation (1975)
Chicago – Chicago X (1976)
Blue Öyster Cult – Cultösaurus Erectus (1980)
Pete Townshend – All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes (1982)
Corey Hart – Boy In The Box (1985)
Mike Oldfield – Amarok (1990)
Gloria Estefan – Mi Terra (1993)
Arrested Development – Zingalamaduni (1994)
Foo Fighters – In Your Honor (2005)
Bush – Best Of: ‘94-’99 (2005)
June 14 events –
1949 – Frankie Laine and the Judd Conlon Rhythmaires record "That
Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)."
1950 – Hank Williams records his third version of “Honky Tonk Blues.”
Like the first two recordings, this one will also remain unreleased.
1957 – Ava Gardner's divorce from Frank Sinatra becomes final.
1958 – Fats Domino records "I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday" at Cosimo
Studio in New Orleans.
1959 – Connie Francis appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, singing
"Lipstick On Your Collar" and “My Mammy.” Also on the show is Brook
Benton, who sings "Endlessly."
1961 – Gene Vincent is knocked unconscious when he is mobbed after a
show at the Majestic Theatre in Newcastle and is accidently knocked
down a flight of stairs.
1961 – Patsy Cline and her brother, Sam, sustain serious injuries when
they are involved in a head-on collision on Old Hickory Boulevard in
Nashville.
1964 – London railway workers open an abandoned tea chest and discover
12-year old Carol Dryden, who had mailed herself to The Beatles.
1964 – Ringo Starr rejoins The Beatles in Melbourne, Australia.
1964 – The Mannish Boys, featuring David (Bowie) Jones, audition for
the UK television talent show, Opportunity Knocks.
1965 – The Beatles record three Paul McCartney songs, "I've Just Seen
A Face," "I'm Down" and "Yesterday" at Abbey Road studios.
1966 – The Beatles spend seven hours recording "Here, There And
Everywhere," but will scrap the tapes and re-make the song on the
16th.
1967 – The Monkees begin recording "Daydream Believer" at RCA Studios
in Hollywood.
1967 – The Doors appear at Steve Paul's The Scene in New York City.
1967 – The Beatles record the basic backing track for "All You Need Is
Love" at Olympic Studios in London.
1968 – The Grateful Dead and The Jeff Beck Group perform at Fillmore
East in New York City.
1969 – John Lennon and Yoko One appear on The David Frost Show.
1970 – Derek and The Dominos make their stage debut at the Lyceum
Theatre in London.
1970 – Blood, Sweat & Tears becomes the first Western act to play
behind the "iron curtain" when they open their tour in Yugoslavia.
1970 – Grand Funk Railroad unveils their block-long, $100,000 "Closer
To Home" billboard in New York City promoting their new single.
1971 – The first Hard Rock Café opens in London.
1972 – A benefit concert for presidential hopeful George McGovern is
held at Madison Square Garden, featuring Simon and Garfunkel and
Peter, Paul and Mary.
1972 – The Rolling Stones appear at the Tucson Civic Center in
Arizona, and police are forced to use tear gas when 300 people try to
storm the gates at the venue.
1972 – Elvis Presley plays the first of two nights at the Milwaukee
Auditorium Arena in Wisconsin.
1972 – Led Zeppelin appears at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New
York.
1974 – David Bowie begins his Diamond Dogs Tour at the Montreal Forum
in Quebec, Canada.
1975 – Janis Ian releases her single, “At Seventeen” b/w “Stars.”
1977 – Led Zeppelin plays the last of six nights at Madison Square
Garden on the last American tour.
1979 – Little Feat announces their break up.
1984 – Madame Tussaud's unveils a wax figure of Culture Club's Boy
George on the singer’s 23rd birthday.
1986 – Bob Geldof receives an honorary knighthood for his humanitarian
activities.
1986 – At an Ozzy Osbourne/Metallica concert at the Long Beach Arena,
four guys jump off a balcony during Metallica's set. Three are
seriously injured, while one breaks his neck and dies.
1987 – 800 beds are moved on to the beach at Saunton Sand in North
Devon for the photo shoot for Pink Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
album cover.
1987 – Madonna plays the first date of her Who's That Girl World Tour
at Osaka Stadium in Japan.
1988 – Chuck Berry is sued by a woman for $5 million, alleging that
Berry punched her in the face during an argument.
1989 – Carole King receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1989 – Singer Bruce Cockburn receives an honorary degree from York
University in Toronto, Canada, for his work in aid of humanitarian
causes.
1991 – Nirvana appears at the Palladium in Hollywood, California.
1993 – A Pepsi ad campaign featuring Ray Charles is pulled when
syringes are found by customers in several cans of Pepsi, prompting a
tampering investigation.
1995 – Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley are interviewed for the
first time since their secret marriage by Diane Sawyer on ABC's
Primetime Live.
1996 – Beatles producer George Martin is knighted by Queen Elizabeth
II.
1997 – Country music singer Terri Clark suffers a fractured cheekbone
after she is hit in the face with a softball thrown by Country music
artist Doug Supernaw at a City of Hope celebrity/charity ballgame at
Greer Stadium in Nashville.
2000 – Oasis’ Noel Gallagher takes first place in Melody Maker's
annual “Un-Coolest People in Rock” survey, with Marilyn Manson coming
in second, and Robbie Williams in third.
2002 – Mick Jagger is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
2002 – Former East 17 singer Brian Harvey is sent to jail for 56 days
for violating a restraining order taken out by his estranged wife.
2002 – In England, Michael Jackson tours Parliament and the House of
Lords, accompanied by magician David Blaine and psychic Uri Geller.
2004 – James Brown pleads no contest to domestic violence charges
stemming from an incident in January when he assaulted his wife.
2006 – Shakira kicks off her 99-date Oral Fixation World Tour at the
Zaragoza Exhibition Center in Zaragoza, Spain.
2006 – Rufus Wainwright performs the first of two nights at Carnegie
Hall, re-creating and performing the legendary 1961 Judy (Garland) At
Carnegie Hall concert album. Both shows are recorded for album
release.
2007 – Bob Dylan wins Spain's Prince of Asturias Arts Award, one of
the country's most prestigious honors. Jury chairman José Llado
Fernandez-Urrutia called Dylan “a living legend of popular music and
the guiding star of a generation that dreamed of changing the world.”
2012 – Ringo Starr's birthplace in the Dingle area of Liverpool is
saved from the threat of demolition after Beatles fans and city
residents successfully lobby to save the house, along with 15 others
in the area, with the Liverpool City Council agreeing to give locals
the opportunity to fix up the properties.
2012 – Gordon Lightfoot and Bob Seger are inducted into the
Songwriter’s Hall of Fame at a ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel
in New York City.
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