June 19 Born –
Gaetano "Guy" Lombardo (1902) – violinist/bandleader.
Lester Flatt (1914) – Flatt and Scruggs.
Natalicio Lima (1918) – guitarist with Los Indios Tabajaras.
Elmer "Mousey" Alexander (1922) – Jazz drummer.
Charlie Drake (1925) – British actor/singer ("Splish Splash").
Shirley Goodman (1936) – Shirley and Lee ("Let The Good Times Roll").
Tommy DeVito (1936) – The Four Seasons.
Al Wilson (1939) – Soul singer ("Show And Tell").
Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane (1942) – singer for Spanky and Our Gang.
Robin Box (1944) – guitarist for White Plains.
Peter Bardens (1945) – keyboardist for Camel.
Nick Drake (1948) – British singer/songwriter.
Ann Wilson (1950) – vocalist for Heart.
Larry Dunn (1953) – keyboardist for Earth, Wind & Fire.
Mark “Marty” DeBarge (1959) – singer/songwriter/trumpeter for DeBarge.
Dennis Fuller (1959) – The London Boys.
Paula Abdul (1962) – dancer/singer/songwriter.
Simon Wright (1963) – drummer for AC/DC and Dio.
Brian Vander Ark (1966) – vocalist for The Verve Pipe.
Brian "Head" Welch (1970) – former guitarist for Korn.
June 19 R.I.P. –
Bobby Helms (1997) – emphysema. Age 63. Country music singer ("Jingle
Bell Rock").
Duane Roland (2006) – natural causes. Age 52. Guitarist for Molly
Hatchet.
June 19 album releases –
Diana Ross – Diana Ross (1970)
Smokey Robinson – Smokey (1973)
Marvin Gaye – Marvin Gaye Live! (1974)
Trooper – Thick As Thieves (1978)
Oingo Boingo – Only A Lad (1981)
Glen Frey – The Allnighter (1984)
John Waite – Rover’s Return (1987)
Jimmy Page – Outrider (1988)
Reef – Replenish (1995)
Duran Duran – Pop Trash (2000)
Stone Temple Pilots – Shangri-La Dee Da (2001)
311 – From Chaos (2001)
June 19 events –
1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis releases his single, “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’
On” b/w “It’ll Be Me” on Sun Records.
1957 – Tony Bennett records "In The Middle Of An Island" at CBS
Studios in New York City.
1958 – Decca Records rushes Buddy Holly into the studio to record his
first songs as a solo artist, "Early In The Morning" and "Now We're
One," at Decca's Pythian Studios in New York City - the same studio
where Bobby Darin recorded the same songs on April 24 - which became
The Ding Dongs single illegally released by Decca’s Brunswick label in
May.
1958 – Ricky Nelson plays two shows at the PNE Garden Auditorium in
Vancouver, British Columbia.
1960 – The Kingston Trio Show debuts on CBS radio.
1961 – Bobby Darin records “Things” and “You Must Have Been A
Beautiful Baby” at Radio Recorders in Hollywood.
1962 – Nat "King" Cole records "Ramblin' Rose" at Capitol Studios in
Hollywood.
1963 – The Beatles appear at the Playhouse Theatre in London, and
Ringo debuts his Ludwig drum set with the Beatles' logo on the bass
drum head.
1964 – The Beatles release their Long Tall Sally EP, featuring "Long
Tall Sally" and "I Call Your Name" b/w "Slow Down" and "Matchbox."
1965 – The Uxbridge Blues and Folk Festival takes place at Hillingdon
Borough Showground in London, featuring The Who, Solomon Burke, Zoot
Money, Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers, John Mayall's
Bluesbreakers, The Spencer Davis Group, Marianne Faithfull, Long John
Baldry, The Birds, Dave Witting, and The Ray Martin Group.
1967 – In reaction to Paul McCartney's Life magazine interview where
he admits to using LSD, the BBC's Independent Television News (ITN)
interviews McCartney about the claims, which airs on the evening news.
1967 – The Beatles do more recording on the "All You Need Is Love"
backing track, including the "love, love, love" backing vocals.
1969 – The Doors appear at the PNE Garden Auditorium in Vancouver.
1972 – Elvis Presley performs at the Henry Levitt Arena in Wichita
Falls, Kansas.
1973 – The stage show, Rocky Horror Picture Show, opens at the Royal
Court Theatre in London.
1973 – Roberta Flack's first and only television special, The First
Time Ever, airs on ABC-TV, with guests Seals & Crofts and The
Blossoms.
1974 – The Delinquents, featuring future Clash member Mick Jones, make
their live debut in the student union at Queen Elizabeth College in
Kensington.
1976 – Future Smiths singer Steve Morrissey has a letter published in
Record Mirror and Disc asking the editor why their paper hasn't run
any articles about The Sex Pistols.
1976 – The Bay City Rollers begin their first U.S. tour in Atlantic
City, New Jersey.
1977 – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers and The Boomtown Rats play the
Rainbow Theatre in London.
1977 – For a second night in a row, The Sex Pistols' Paul Cook is
beaten by six guys carrying knives and iron bars, and requires 15
stitches in a head wound.
1978 – The Rolling Stones appear at the Palladium in New York City.
1980 – Donna Summer is the first act to be signed to Geffen Records.
1980 – Boxcar Willie makes his debut appearance at the Grand Ole Opry.
1982 – Riders In The Sky join the Grand Ole Opry.
1987 – Guns 'N Roses make their UK stage debut at the Marquee Club in
London.
1987 – Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream introduces their new flavor, Cherry
Garcia, in honor of Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, who gave the
company permission to name an ice cream after him.
1988 – More than 3,000 East Germans gathered at the Berlin Wall to
hear Michael Jackson performing a concert on the other side.
1990 – Prince plays the first of 12 sold-out nights at Wembley Arena:
the dates of which will span the course of his three-month European
Nude Tour.
1992 – The Greenpeace "Stop Sellafield" concert takes place at the G-
Mex Centre in Manchester, featuring U2, Big Audio Dynamite II, Public
Enemy and Kraftwerk.
1998 – The second Lilith Fair Tour, featuring Sarah McLachlan, Paula
Cole, Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman, Joan Osborne and many others,
begins in Portland, Oregon.
2000 – Bob Dylan's concert in Portland, Oregon features British sign-
language expert Professor Patrick Ladd, who "signs" the lyrics for the
hearing impaired.
2000 – The Slim Shady Show - an Eminem animated cartoon series
featuring 26 weekly five-minute “webisodes” with Eminem providing all
the voices - begins airing on the Internet with its first installment,
“Groped By An Angel.”
2003 – In Southwark Crown Court in London, So Solid's G-man is jailed
for four years after being found guilty by a jury of possessing a
loaded handgun.
2006 – Ex-Savage Garden frontman Darren Hayes marries his boyfriend of
two years, Richard Cullen.
2007 – Attorneys for Brittney Spears demand that Tampa radio station
WFLZ remove billboards around town showing Spears with a shaved head
with the slogans "Total Nut Jobs," "Shock Therapy" and "Certifiable."
2009 – North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, holds a festival in honor of
their late great native son, Oliver, singer of "Good Morning
Starshine" fame.
2010 – Green Day performs for 80,000 at Wembley Arena in London.
2011 – On the first night of her "comeback" European tour, a drunk Amy
Winehouse is booed many times during the course of her concert in
Belgrade, for mumbling through songs, throwing her microphone and
leaving the stage.
2012 – The former chief financial officer for Pearl Jam, Rickey
Goodrich, is charged in Washington’s King County Superior Court with
33 counts of theft - 25 first degree and 8 second degree - for
stealing at least $380,000 from the Seattle band's management company
over the course of several years.
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