June 21 Born –
Nick Noble (aka Nicholas Valkan, 1926) – singer ("The Tip Of My Fingers").
Helen Merrill (1930) – Jazz singer.
Lalo Schifrin (1932) – film and television composer ("Theme from Mission:
Impossible").
Ocie "O.C." Smith (1932) – American singer ("Little Green Apples").
Deodato (aka Eumir Deodato de Almeida, 1943) – Brazilian
pianist/composer/producer.
Jon Hiseman (1944) – drummer for Colosseum.
Miguel Vicens Danus (1944) – Los Bravos ("Black Is Black").
Ray Davies (1944) – The Kinks.
Brenda Holloway (1946) – singer/songwriter for Motown, ("Every Little Bit
Hurts").
Joey Molland (1947) – Badfinger.
Don Airey (1948) – keyboardist for Deep Purple and Whitesnake.
Greg Munford (1949) – singer for Strawberry Alarm Clock.
Joey Kramer (1950) – drummer for Aerosmith.
Alan Silson (1951) – guitarist for Smokie.
Nils Lofgren (1951) – singer/songwriter, guitarist for The E Street Band.
Marcella Detroit (1952) – Backing singer for Eric Clapton, Shakespears
Sister.
Mark Brzezicki (1957) – drummer for Big Country.
Kathy Mattea (1958) – Country singer/songwriter.
Tim Simenon (1967) – British hip-hop producer.
Pat Sansone (1969) – multi-instrumentalist for Wilco.
Mike Einziger (1976) – guitarist for Incubus.
Brandon Flowers (1981) – vocalist for The Killers.
June 21 R.I.P. –
Angus MacLise (1979) – tuberculosis. Age 41. Drummer for Velvet Underground.
Bert Kaempfert (1980) – stroke. Age 56. Orchestra leader, composer
("Wonderland By Night").
June Christy (1990) – kidney failure. Age 64. Jazz singer with The Stan
Kenton Orchestra.
Al Fairweather (1993) – Age 66. British jazz musician, Fairweather-Brown
All Stars.
John Lee Hooker (2001) – Age 83. Blues singer/songwriter/guitarist.
Matt Dennis (2002) – Age 88. Singer/songwriter/pianist with Tommy Dorsey
and Dick Haymes.
Chris Sievey (2010) – cancer. Age 54. The Freshies.
Richard Adler (2012) – Age 90. Composer/lyricist ("Whatever Lola Wants").
June 21 album releases –
The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers – Bare Wires (1968)
Deep Purple – Deep Purple (1969) U.S.
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos – Ruby (1971)
Mick Taylor – Mick Taylor (1979)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Daylight Again (1982)
Marilyn – Despite Straight Lines (1985)
Mötley Crüe <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6tley_Cr%C3%BCe> – Theatre
Of Pain (1985)
White Lion – Pride (1987)
Steve Winwood – Roll With It (1988)
Big Daddy Kane – Long Live The Kane (1988)
Anita Baker – Compositions (1990)
Poison – Flesh & Blood (1990)
Uncle Tupelo – No Depression (1990)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – Creepin On Ah Come Up (1994)
Sinergy – Beware The Heavens (1999)
The Jackson 5 – Live At The Forum (2010)
Weather Report – Live At Offenbach 1978 (2011)
June 21 events –
1955 – Johnny Cash releases his single, "Cry! Cry! Cry!" b/w "Hey Porter,"
on the Sun label.
1955 – Elvis Presley performs two shows at the City Auditorium in Beaumont,
Texas.
1955 – Perry Como records “Tina Marie” at Webster Hall in New York City.
1955 – The Four Lads record "Moments To Remember" at Columbia Studios in
New York City.
1958 – Bobby Darin's "Splish Splash" enters the U.S. charts.
1961 – Bobby Vee records "Take Good Care Of My Baby" in Los Angeles.
1962 – The Beatles open for Bruce Channel at the Tower Ballroom in Wallasey.
1963 – The Rolling Stones play at the Ricky Tick Club, behind the Star and
Garter Hotel in Windsor, Berks.
1966 – In just under nine hours, The Beatles record and mix "She Said, She
Said" at Abbey Road studios.
1966 – Reg Calvert, manager of The Fortunes and Screaming Lord Sutch, and
founder of the pirate station Radio City, is shot to death by would-be
partner and competitor, Oliver Smedley, founder of Radio Caroline.
1966 – Freddy Cannon, The Robbs, and Paul Revere and The Raiders appear on
Where The Action Is.
1966 – Jimmy Page makes his stage debut with The Yardbirds at the Marquee
Club: the last time The Yardbirds will play there.
1966 – The Rolling Stones sue 14 New York hotels for $4.9 million for
refusing the group accommodations during their U.S. tour.
1966 – Tom Jones crashes his Jaguar and needs 14 stitches in his forehead.
1966 – Simon and Garfunkel record "The Dangling Conversation."
1967 – San Francisco's Golden Gate Park hosts the Summer Solstice "Do-In,"
featuring The Grateful Dead, Big Brother and The Holding Company and
Quicksilver Messenger Service.
1968 – The Beatles finish recording "Revolution 1," and both that song and
"Revolution 9" are mixed to stereo.
1968 – Pink Floyd plays two shows - the first at the Commemoration Ball at
Balliol College in Oxford, then an evening gig at the Middle Earth Club in
London.
1969 – The second day of Newport '69 takes place in Costa Mesa, California,
featuring Albert Collins <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Collins>, Brenton
Wood <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenton_Wood>, Buffy Ste.
Marie<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_Ste._Marie>,
Charity, Creedence Clearwater
Revival<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creedence_Clearwater_Revival>
, Eric Burdon and War <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Burdon_and_War>,
Friends
Of Distinction <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_of_Distinction>, Jethro
Tull <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(band)>, Lee
Michaels<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Michaels>
, Love <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_(band)>,
Steppenwolf<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppenwolf_(band)>
and Sweetwater <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetwater_(band)>.
1969 – The two-day Toronto Pop Festival begins at Varsity Stadium,
featuring The Modern Rock Quartet, Kensington Market, Man, Eric Anderson,
Carla Thomas and The Barkays, Al Kooper, The Band, The Bonzo Dog Band,
Elephant’s Memory, Rotary Connection, Johnny Winter, The Velvet
Underground, and Sly and The Family Stone.
1969 – Zager and Evans release their single, "In The Year 2525" b/w "Little
Kids."
1970 – Pete Townshend is detained at Memphis International Airport when an
employee overhears Townshend's conversation with someone describing the new
Who album, Tommy, as an "atomic bomb." The employee hears the word "bomb,"
and the airport is searched.
1973 – Bread plays their final concert at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake
City, Utah.
1975 – Ritchie Blackmore quits Deep Purple to form Rainbow with Ronnie
James Dio.
1975 – Elton John, The Beach Boys, The Eagles, Joe Walsh and Rufus all
appear at Wembley Stadium.
1976 – Wings plays the first of three nights at the L.A. Forum.
1976 – Elton John and Kiki Dee release their single, "Don't Go Breaking My
Heart" b/w "Snow Queen."
1977 – Johnny Rotten is once again attacked and beat up outside Dingwalls
music club.
1977 – Aerosmith appears at the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort
Worth, Texas.
1980 – The Beach Boys, Santana, Mike Oldfield, Elkie Brooks, Lindisfarne
and The Blues Band all appear at Knebworth Park in England. The Beach Boys
record and film their portion of the show.
1980 – French police arrest the group The Stranglers for allegedly starting
a riot at Nice College, which causes $20,000 in damages.
1981 – Walter Becker and Donald Fagen announce the split of Steely Dan.
1985 – The 9th Glastonbury Festival begins near Pilton, Somerset, with the
first of three days of music. Festival acts include The Style Council, Echo
& The Bunnymen, Joe Cocker, The Modern Lovers, Third World, Somo Somo, Aswad,
Boomtown Rats, Clannad, The Colour Field, Ian Dury, King, The Pogues,
Midnight Oil, The Thompson Twins, Misty In Roots, The Blue Aeroplanes, The
Untouchables, Maria Muldaur, Black Roots, Blurt, James, The Mighty
Lemondrops and others.
1987 – Madonna makes her stage debut in Japan, appearing at the Korakuen
Dome in Tokyo on her Who’s That Girl Tour.
1988 – The Rascals re-unite for a brief tour: their first in 18 years.
1989 – The New Kids On The Block release their single, “Hangin’ Tough” b/w
“Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind).”
1990 – Little Richard gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1992 – Guitarist Michael Lamper marries Star Trek: Next Generation actress
Marina Sitris. They are still married.
1992 – The Orb releases their single “Blue Room,” which clocks in at 39
minutes and 58 seconds - two seconds shorter than the maximum permitted for
a single under UK chart rules.
1994 – George Michael loses his lawsuit against Sony, claiming his 15-year
old contract with them is unfair because they have the option of not
releasing material they deem is not commercially successful.
1998 – Whitney Houston's husband, Bobby Brown, is arrested at the Beverly
Hills Hotel for sexual battery on a young woman staying there.
2000 – 39-year old Karen McNeil is jailed for stalking Guns ‘N Roses singer
Axl Rose.
2003 – Johnny Cash makes a surprise appearance at the Carter Family Fold in
Hiltons, Virginia: his first since the death of his wife, June.
2003 – R.E.M. begins their first world tour in four years at the Tivoli in
Utrecht, Holland.
2006 – Former Village People lead singer *Victor Willis* pleads no contest
to drug possession charges.
2007 – After dating for 18 years, Tony Bennett marries teacher Susan Crow.
2010 – *Billboard* magazine estimates that *Michael Jackson's* album
catalog has generated about $383 million in sales, and that MJ Inc. has
earned at least $1 billion in the year since his death.
2011 – In an article in People magazine, Glen Campbell discloses that he
has Alzheimer's disease.
2011 – A 300-year old Lady Blunt Stradivarius violin, made in 1721 and once
belonging to the granddaughter of Lord Byron, sells at an auction for $16
million.
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