June 24 Born –
Harry Partch (1901) – composer, musician, inventor (Monophone). Phil Harris (1904) – singer/songwriter (“The Thing”). Paul "Oz" Bach (1939) – guitarist for Spanky and Our Gang. Arthur Brown (1942) – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Charlie Whitney (1944) – guitarist for Family. Chris Wood (1944) – Traffic. Jeff Beck (1944) – guitarist for The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group. Colin Blunstone (1945) – singer for The Zombies. Mick Fleetwood (1947) – drummer for Fleetwood Mac. Patrick Moraz (1948) – keyboardist for Yes and The Moody Blues. John Illsley (1949) – bassist for Dire Straits. Derrick "Duckie" Simpson (1950) – Black Uhuru. Astro (aka Terence Wilson, 1957) – vocalist for UB40. George "Andy" McCluskey (1959) – vocalist/bassist for OMD. Curt Smith (1961) – Tears For Fears. Jeff Cease (1967) – guitarist for The Black Crowes. Richard Kruspe (1967) – lead guitarist for Rammstein. Glenn Medeiros (1970) – Portuguese singer/songwriter. June 24 R.I.P. – Jackie Gleason (1987) – Age 71. Actor/TV show host, The Jackie Gleason Orchestra. June 24 album releases – The Rascals – Time Peace: The Rascals’ Greatest Hits (1968) The Beach Boys – Friends (1968) The Beach Boys – Endless Summer (1974) U.S. Average White Band – Cut The Cake (1975) James Taylor – JT (1977) Jackson Browne – Hold Out (1980) The Replacements – The Replacements Stink (1982) (EP) Celtic Frost – Morbid Tales (1984) America – Encore: More Greatest Hits (1991) Marillion – Holidays In Eden (1991) Jamiroquai – Emergency On Planet Earth (1993) Japan Opeth – Morningrise (1996) Mötley Crüe <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6tley_Cr%C3%BCe> – Generation Swine (1997) Del Amitri – Some Other Sucker’s Parade (1997) Bob Marley and The Wailers – Live At The Roxy (2003) Michael McDonald – Motown (2003) Mötley Crüe <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6tley_Cr%C3%BCe> – Saints Of Los Angeles (2008) June 24 events – 1958 – Frank Sinatra records “Blues In The Night,” “Gone With The Wind,” “What’s New?” and “One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)” at Capitol Studios for his upcoming album, Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely. 1964 – Sam Cooke begins his legendary two week engagement at the Copacabana in New York City. 1964 – The Rolling Stones record their first version of "Time Is On My Side" with an organ intro. 1964 – The Beatles play two shows at the Town Hall in Auckland, New Zealand. The shows are almost cancelled when the chief of police refuses to supply security for the group, and only three officers are dispatched to control the concerts. 1965 – Len Barry records "1, 2, 3" at Bell Sound Studios in New York City. 1965 – John Lennon's second book, A Spaniard In The Works, is published. 1966 – The Mothers of Invention open for Lenny Bruce at Fillmore West. 1966 – The Richard Carpenter Trio, featuring sister Karen on drums, wins a Battle of the Bands contest at the Hollywood Bowl. 1966 – The Rolling Stones begin their Aftermath Tour - their fifth tour of the U.S. - with opening acts The McCoys and The Standells at the Manning Bowl in Lynn, Massachusetts. A riot ensues and tear gas is used, ending all concerts at the venue for two decades. 1966 – The Beatles begin their tour of West Germany, Japan and the Philippines with two shows at the Circus-Krone-Bau in Munich, Germany. The second show is filmed by German television network Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF). 1967 – Pink Floyd appears at Caesar's Club in Bedford, Bedfordshire. 1967 – The 5th Dimension makes their television debut on American Bandstand, lip-synching to "Up, Up And Away." 1967 – Jefferson Airplane releases their single, “White Rabbit” b/w “Plastic Fantastic Lover” on RCA. 1967 – Zal Yanovsky leaves The Lovin' Spoonful following their gig at the Forest Hills Music Festival in New York due to legal and deportation issues. 1969 – The Doors appear at The Roach in New Orleans, with opening act White Clover. 1972 – Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman" enters the Hot 100 at #99. 1972 – The Rolling Stones perform two shows in Fort Worth, Texas, and film both shows. 1973 – Al Kooper re-joins his first band, Blues Project, on stage at a show in Central Park in New York City. 1973 – The Grateful Dead perform at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. 1974 – Lynyrd Skynyrd releases their single, "Sweet Home Alabama" b/w "Take Your Time." 1975 – Former Columbia president Clive Davis, Philadelphia International’s Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and 16 others are all charged with payola practices and tax evasion in New Jersey. 1977 – On the way back to his hotel following his concert in Madison, Wisconsin, Elvis Presley spots two teenagers beating up a gas station attendant. Presley has his driver stop the limo and jumps out, striking a karate pose and yelling, "I'll take you on!" Seeing who their intruder is, the three fighters stop fighting, the station attendant runs back to his office, and the two teenagers apologize to Elvis. 1977 – Gregg Allman hosts The Midnight Special, with guests Booker T and The MGs, Elvin Bishop, Bad Company, Jerry Lee Lewis and Jennifer Warnes. 1978 – Genesis, Jefferson Starship, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Devo, Brand X, Atlanta Rhythm Section and Roy Harper all play at Knebworth Park. 1984 – Jimmy Page joins Yes on stage in Dortmund, Germany, to jam on The Beatles song "I'm Down." 1988 – UB40 bass player Earl Falconer is sent to prison for six months after admitting to causing his brother's death in a car accident. 1989 – Garth Brooks makes his Grand Ole Opry debut. 1989 – The Beatles get their first #1 hit on the Country charts with Roseanne Cash's version of "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party." 1989 – Paul Simon plays the first of two nights in Gorky Park in Moscow, Russia, on his Graceland Tour. 1990 – New Kids On The Block's Donnie *Wahlberg* falls through an unlocked stage trapdoor and is hospitalized for two days. 1991 – Frank Zappa takes part in the Adieu Soviet Army concert, organized in Prague as the farewell to the last soldiers of the Soviet Red Army, leaving a free Czechoslovakia. This is one of Zappa's last appearances on stage. The concert is recorded for album release. 1992 – High school drop-out Billy Joel receives an honorary diploma from his alma mater, Hicksville High School in Long Island. 1992 – In Toronto, *Donny Osmond* begins a year-long run in the stage musical Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. 1993 – *Hank Williams*' illegitimate daughter, Jett, receives a portion of the country music legend's estate from his son, Hank Jr. 1998 – As part of the Chet Atkins Musician’s Day celebration, a tribute concert to Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings is held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, with *Cash* making his first public appearance since announcing his battle with Shy-Drager Syndrome by joining Kris Kristofferson on stage for the last verse of “Sunday Morning Coming Down.” Other artists at the event include Gillian Welch, Marty Stuart, John Anderson, Travis Tritt, Mark Knopfler and Dave Rawlings. 1999 – Christie's and Eric Clapton auction off 100 of his guitars, raising $5,072,350 for his Crossroad rehab center in Antigua. 2000 – Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines marries actor Adrian Pasdar. They are still married. 2000 – *KISS auctions* some of the band's accumulated memorabilia and takes in $876,000 on the first day of the two-day auction in Los Angeles. 2003 – Former boyfriend of ABBA's Agnetha *Fältskog*, *Gert van der Graaf*, once deported from Sweden for stalking the singer, is arrested near the singer's island retreat for violating a restraining order. 2005 – The 25th Glastonbury Festival begins in Pilton, Somerset. Artists performing during the three-day festival include The White Stripes, Elvis Costello, The Killers, The Undertones, Coldplay, New Order, Keane, Taj Mahal, Primal Scream, Brian Wilson, Garbage, Van Morrison, Jools Holland, The Zutons, Hayseed Dixie, Fatboy Slim, KT Tunstall, The La’s, Echo & The Bunnymen and many others. 2008 – A 36-year-old *Nashville* man is arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication after he grabs *Cher* by the waist at Tootsies Orchid Lounge. -- 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.
