June 26 Born –
William "Big Bill" Broonzy (1903) – Country blues singer/songwriter. "Colonel" Tom Parker (1909) – manager of Elvis Presley, Eddy Arnold and Hank Snow. Richard Maltby, Sr. (1914) – conductor/arranger/band leader (“The Man With The Golden Arm”). Billy Davis, Jr. (1938) – The 5th Dimension. Larry Taylor (1942) – session bassist, Canned Heat. Georgie Fame (aka Clive Powell, 1943) – British singer. Richard "Charlie" McCracken (1948) – bassist for Taste. Derek Longmuir (1950) – drummer for The Bay City Rollers. Junior Daye (1950) – Sweet Sensation. Ivan Julian (1955) – guitarist for Richard Hell and The Voidoids. Michael "Mick" Jones (1955) – guitarist/vocalist for The Clash. Chris Isaak (1956) – singer/songwriter. Patty Smyth (1957) – vocalist for Scandal. Stef Burns (1959) – guitarist for Huey Lewis and The News. Terri Nunn (1961) – vocalist for Berlin. Harriet Wheeler (1963) – vocalist for The Sundays. Par Wiksten (1966) – Swedish singer/songwriter/guitarist for The Wannadies. Colin Greenwood (1969) – bassist for Radiohead. Jussi Sydänmaa (1972) – Finnish guitarist for Lordi. Gretchen Wilson (1973) – Country music artist. Paul Phillips (1975) – guitarist for Puddle Of Mudd. Nathan Followill (1979) – drummer for Kings Of Leon. Jason Schwartzman (1980) – actor, drummer for Phantom Planet. June 26 R.I.P. – Vernon Presley (1979) – heart failure. Age 63. Benny Powell (2010) – died in the hospital after back surgery. Age 80. Jazz trombonist. June 26 album releases – The Beatles – A Hard Day's Night (1964) U.S. The Rolling Stones – Flowers (1967) U.S. Bad Company – Bad Co. (1974) Bob Dylan and The Band – The Basement Tapes (1975) The Grateful Dead – Steal Your Face (1976) Trooper – Two For The Show (1976) Icehouse – Sidewalk (1984) Bad English – Bad English (1989) Crosby, Stills and Nash – Live It Up (1990) Cameo – Real Men Wear Black (1990) The Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust (1995) Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour Of Bewilderbeast (2000) Lou Reed – American Poet (2001) Miley Cyrus – Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus (2007) June 26 events – 1933 – The musical variety radio show, The Kraft Program, debuts on NBC radio. The show will change its name to Kraft Music Hall the following year. 1941 – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, with Ivie Anderson on vocals, records "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" in Hollywood. 1952 – Kay Starr records “Side By Side,” “I Just Couldn’t Take It, Baby,” “The Breeze” and “It’s The Talk Of The Town” at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. 1954 – Sun Records owner Sam Phillips calls Elvis Presley's home and asks him to come down and record a couple of songs, “Without You” and “Rag Mop.” 1955 – Elvis Presley plays the first of three nights at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. 1955 – Decca Records announces that Bill Haley and His Comets have sold three million records in 13 months, mostly on the power of "Rock Around The Clock." 1956 – In an article in *LOOK* magazine entitled "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Controversy," swing band leader *Benny Goodman* comments about rock music, saying, "I guess it's okay, man. At least it has a beat." 1958 – At the Capitol Tower in Hollywood, Frank *Sinatra* records "It's A Lonesome Old Town" and "Goodbye" for his upcoming Frank *Sinatra* Sings For Only The Lonely album. 1961 – The Marcels make their U.S. television debut on American Bandstand, lip-synching to "Blue Moon." 1961 – Brenda Lee releases her single, “Dum Dum” b/w “Eventually” on Decca Records. 1961 – Roy Orbison records "Crying" at RCA Studios in Nashville. 1963 – Following a show at the Majestic Ballroom in Newcastle upon-Tyne, John Lennon and Paul McCartney retire to their hotel room and write "She Loves You." 1963 – Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas record both songs for their second single, "Bad To Me" and "I Call Your Name" at Abbey Road studios. 1964 – Marianne Faithfull releases her single, "As Tears Go By" b/w "Greensleeves." 1964 – The Rolling Stones release their single, "It's All Over Now" b/w "Good Times, Bad Times" in the UK. 1964 – The Beatles fly from Auckland to Dunedin, New Zealand, with the threat of a “germ bomb” on the airplane. The flight comes off without a hitch, but once again police protection at the airport and hotel is non-existent. Despite the odds, The Beatles perform two evening shows at Dunedin’s Town Hall. 1965 – The Walker Brothers' John Maus "Walker" marries Kathy Young. 1966 – The Rolling Stones plays two shows - an afternoon show at the Washington Coliseum in D.C., and an evening show at the Baltimore Civic Center. The Standells and The McCoys open both shows. 1969 – John Sebastian, Joni Mitchell and Mary Travers appear on the only episode of The Mama Cass Show on ABC. The show was aired only one time, and has never been seen again. 1971 – New York radio stations WNEW-FM and WPLJ-FM debut Don McLean's "American Pie" in its entirety. 1973 – Model Marsha Hunt files a paternity suit in a London courtroom against Mick Jagger, claiming he is the father of her two-year old daughter, Karis. 1973 – Keith Richards and girlfriend Anita Pallenburg are arrested at their Cheyne Walk home for possession of heroin, illegal pharmaceuticals, and guns and ammo. 1975 – Sonny and Cher's divorce becomes finalized. 1976 – Peter Frampton releases his single, “Baby, I Love Your Way” b/w “It’s A Plain Shame.” 1977 – Elvis Presley gives what will be his final concert at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. 1982 – Roxy Music's Brian Ferry marries London socialite and model Lucy Helmore. 1982 – Marie Osmond marries basketball player Steve Craig in Salt Lake City, Utah. 1992 – Elton John and Eric Clapton play the first of three sold-out nights together at Wembley. 1993 – Ronald Isley marries his collaborator Angela Winbush. 1996 – Van Halen announces that Sammy Hagar has left the band and they are working once again with David Lee Roth. 1996 – Garth Brooks makes a surprise appearance at Nashville's Fan Fair, and sets a world record by staying and signing autographs for 23 straight hours. 2000 – The military-themed Kentwood Museum in Kentwood, Louisiana, begins making space for a wing dedicated to hometown girl, Britney Spears. 2001 – The Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, causes an uproar among theologians when he rejects an application from former Cockney Rebel member Andrew Brown (now a minister of the Unitarian church) to complete an MA in theology because Brown did not belong to a mainstream church. 2004 – Morrissey plays the second of two nights at the Royal Festival Hall in London on his Meltdown Tour. 2005 – The Rolling Stones announce they will be playing the Hollywood Bowl on their Bigger Bang World Tour - their first appearance at the venue since 1966. Tickets for the show are $454.50. 2008 – Total Guitar magazine votes Celine Dion’s rendition of AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" as the world's worst cover version ever, with editor Stephen Lawson calling the cover "sacrilege." 2011 – The red and black calfskin jacket worn by Michael Jackson in his Thriller video is sold by Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills for $1.8 million. 2012 – Hundreds of fans are cheated out of the chance to see The Stone Roses' weekend reunion concerts in Manchester after websites take their money and fail to deliver tickets. Two sites, Aossatickets.com and theticketwebsite.net, sold tickets without delivering any, then disappeared. -- 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.
