June 18 Born –
Jeanette MacDonald (1903) – actress/singer (Naughty Marietta).
James "Kay" Kyser (1905) – bandleader, Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical
Knowledge.
Ray McKinley (1910) – Jazz drummer with Glenn Miller and the Dorsey
Brothers.
Sammy Cahn (1913) – songwriter/lyricist ("Three Coins In The
Fountain").
Don "Sugarcane" Harris (1938) – violinist/guitarist.
Carl Radle (1942) – bassist for Derek and The Dominos and Eric
Clapton.
Paul McCartney (1942) – The Beatles and Wings.
Richard Perry (1942) – record producer.
Sandy Posey (1944) – singer ("Single Girl").
Rick Griffin (1944) – Grateful Dead psychedelic album cover/poster
artist.
Ricky Gazda (1952) – trumpeter for Southside Johnny and The Asbury
Jukes.
Jerome Smith (1953) – guitarist for KC and The Sunshine Band.
Alison Moyet (1961) – British singer/songwriter.
Darren "Dizzy" Reed (1963) – keyboardist for Guns 'N Roses.
Simon "Sice" Rowbottom (1969) – singer/guitarist for The Boo Radleys.
Nathan Morris (1971) – Boyz II Men.
Gary Stringer (1973) – vocalist for Reef.June 18 R.I.P. – George Melachrino (1965) – Age 56. Composer, orchestra leader. Peter Allen (1992) – AIDS-related throat cancer. Age 48. Songwriter/ entertainer. Hank Medress (2007) – lung cancer. Age 68. Singer/producer, The Tokens. Clarence Clemens (2011) – complications from a stroke. Age 69. Saxophonist. June 18 album releases – The Yardbirds – Remember (1971) Elvis Presley – Elvis: As Recorded At Madison Square Garden (1972) Joe Walsh and Barnstorm – The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get (1973) Donny Hathaway – Extension Of A Man (1973) Brand X – Unorthodox Behavior (1976) John Cougar – John Cougar (1979) King Crimson – Beat (1982) Dolly Parton – Burlap & Satin (1983) Rod Stewart – Camouflage (1984) Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – From Her To Eternity (1984) “Weird Al” Yankovic – Dare To Be Stupid (1985) Alias – Alias (1990) Cher – Love Hurts (1991) U.S. 3rd Bass – Derelicts Of Dialect (1991) Patti Smith – Gone Again (1996) The Ramones – Greatest Hits Live (1996) Little Feat – Live From Neon Park (1996) Primitive Radio Gods – Rocket (1996) AFI – Very Proud Of Ya (1996) June 18 events – 1948 – Columbia Records unveils its new 33 1/3 RPM long playing phonograph record in New York City. 1956 – 19-year-old University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student George Hamilton IV records two songs, "A Rose And A Baby Ruth" and “If You Don’t Know” at the university’s WUNC radio station for the Chapel Hill record label, Colonial Records. 1957 – Jimmie Rodgers records “Honeycomb” and “Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring” at Bell Sound Studios in New York City. 1958 – Jimmie Rodgers records “You Understand Me,” “Are You Really Mine,” “The Wizard,” “Gotta Lotta Tunes In My Guitar” and “Liza” at Bell Sound Studios in New York City. 1958 – Connie Francis records "Stupid Cupid" at Metropolitan Studios in New York City. 1958 – Marty Robbins records the Burt Bacharach/Hal David song "Sittin' In A Treehouse" at Columbia Studios in New York City. 1958 – Buddy Knox records “The Girl With The Golden Hair,” “C’mon Baby” and “Somebody Touched Me” at Bell Sound Studios in New York City. 1958 – Ritchie Valens records “Donna,” “Framed” and “Come On, Let’s Go” at Gold Star Studios in Hollywood. 1959 – Fats Domino records "I Want To Walk You Home" at Cosimo Studio in New Orleans. 1963 – Elvis Presley releases his single, "(You're The) Devil In Disguise" b/w "Please Don't Drag That String Around." 1964 – The Beatles perform at Sydney Stadium in Australia. After the show, a birthday party is thrown for Paul McCartney at the Chevron Hotel. 1967 – The final day of the Monterey Pop Festival features Ravi Shankar, The Blues Project, Big Brother and The Holding Company, The Group With No Name, Buffalo Springfield, The Grateful Dead, The Mamas and The Papas, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and The Who. 1967 – The Beatles found the Apple Records label. 1967 – Spanky and Our Gang appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing "Sunday Will Never Be The Same." Other musical guests include Diahann Carroll, The Rubin Mitchell Trio, and opera singer Robert Merrill. 1972 – Elvis Presley performs at the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas. 1972 – Jethro Tull appears at Memorial Auditorium in Dallas, Texas, with opening act The Eagles. 1974 – Rare Earth drummer Peter Hoorelbeke is arrested for throwing his drumstick into the crowd after their concert. 1976 – Seals & Crofts host The Midnight Special, with guests Freddy Fender, Thelma Houston, Billy Joel, Eddie Kendricks, Tanya Tucker, and Genesis on film. 1976 – Singer Phil May quits The Pretty Things. 1976 – ABBA gives a special live performance in Stockholm for Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia Sommerlath on the eve of their wedding. 1977 – The Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook are stabbed and beaten in a parking lot outside a London pub. 1977 – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers appear at the Friar’s Club in Aylesbury, with opening act Boomtown Rats. 1984 – The disastrous movie Rhinestone, starring Dolly Parton, opens in theaters. 1988 – Bruce Springsteen separates from his first wife, actress Julianne Phillips, after only three years of marriage. 1988 – Depeche Mode plays the final date of their Music For The Masses Tour at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. 1993 – After selling their company to Polygram Records in 1990 for $500 million, Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss quit A&M Records - the company they started in 1962 - mid-way through their five-year contract as advisors due to a breach of the integrity clause. 1997 – U2 appears at the Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California, with opening act Oasis. 1998 – Curtis Mayfield's right leg is amputated below the knee due to an incurable infection at a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. 1998 – David Cassidy begins selling a two-CD set - Old Trick, New Dog, and David Cassidy's Partridge Family Favorites - on the QVC cable channel. 2000 – Rapper Nate Dogg (aka Nathaniel Hale) is arrested by a S.W.A.T. team at his home in Pomona, California, for kidnapping his girlfriend, assaulting her, and lighting her car on fire. During the arrest, an unlicensed gun is also found. Dogg is jailed overnight, and is released the next day after paying $1 million bail. 2002 – U2 loses their bid to prevent the demolition of Hanover Quay Studios in Dublin, Ireland. 2002 – Billy Joel checks into Connecticut's Silver Hill Hospital to sober up and dry out for ten days. 2002 – U2's Edge (David Evans) marries his girlfriend of ten years, Morleigh Steinberg. They are still married. 2003 – Pop Idol creator Simon Fuller becomes the first British music manager since Brian Epstein to hold the top three positions in the U.S. singles charts. 2004 – The funeral for Ray Charles is held at the First AME Church in Los Angeles, featuring tribute performances by Stevie Wonder, Glen Campbell, B.B. King, Wynton Marsalis, and Willie Nelson. 2008 – The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites in Los Angeles sues Phil Spector for $100,000 for failing to pay for accommodations for his attorneys during his murder trial. 2010 – John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for "A Day In The Life" fetches $1.2 million at an auction at Sotheby's in New York. 2011 – A portion of 36th Street in Chicago is re-named Sam Cook Way. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
