June 28 Born –
Richard Rodgers (1902) – Broadway and film composer.
David “Honeyboy” Edwards (1915) – Delta blues singer/guitarist.
George Morgan (1924) – Country music singer ("Candy Kisses").
Cathy Carr (aka Angelina Cordovano, 1936) – Singer ("Ivory Tower").
Bobby Harrison (1943) – drummer for Procol Harum.
David Knights (1945) – bassist for Procol Harum.
Clint Boon (1959) – keyboardist for Inspiral Carpets.
Charlie Clouser (1963) – keyboardist for Nine Inch Nails.
Saul Davies (1965) – guitarist for James.
Bobby Bare, Jr. (1966) – singer/songwriter.
Mark Stoermer (1977) – bassist for The Killers.
Kellie Pickler (1986) – Country music singer.
June 28 R.I.P. –
José Iturbi (1980) – heart failure. Age 84. Spanish conductor,
harpsichordist/pianist.
Harry Mills (1982) – Age 68. The Mills Brothers.
Howard Roberts (1992) – prostate cancer. Age 62. Session guitarist with the
Wrecking Crew.
Kevin "GG" Allin (1993) – heroin overdose. Age 36. The Jabbers.
Joya Sherrill (2010) – leukemia. Age 85. Jazz singer with Duke Ellington.
June 28 album releases –
Martha Reeves and The Vandellas – Come And Get These Memories (1963)
Manfred Mann – Mighty Garvey! (1968)
Elton John – Caribou (1974)
The Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight (1980)
Jon Lord – Before I Forget (1982)
Robert Plant – Pictures At Eleven (1982)
Men At Work – Cargo (1983)
AC/DC – Fly On The Wall (1985)
Amy Grant – Lead Me On (1988)
Ozzy Osbourne – Live & Loud (1993)
Da Brat – Funkdafied (1994)
House Of Pain – Same As It Ever Was (1994)
Limp Bizkit – Gold Cobra (2011)
David Cook – This Loud Morning (2011)
June 28 events –
1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis makes his U.S. television debut, singing "Whole
Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" on The Steve Allen Show.
1959 – The Ed Sullivan Show celebrates its 12th anniversary with Lloyd
Price, performing “Personality, and Frankie Avalon, who performs “A Boy
Without A Girl.” Also on the show is Duke Ellington.
1962 – The Drifters record "Up On The Roof," "Another Night With The Boys"
and "I Feel Good All Over" at Atlantic Studios in New York City..
1964 – Frank Sinatra appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, singing "My Kind Of
Town." Also on the show are Connie Francis, singing "Will You Still Be
Mine?" and Bobby Vinton singing "Mama Don't Allow."
1965 – Where The Action Is debuts on ABC-TV, featuring Paul Revere and The
Raiders as the house band, with guests Jan and Dean, Dee Dee Sharp and
Linda Scott.
1965 – The television special, Murray The K – It's What's Happening, Baby,
airs on CBS-TV <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS-TV>, featuring The
Supremes, The Ronettes, Jan and Dean<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_%26_Dean>
, Mary Wells <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wells>, The Dave Clark
5<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Clark_Five>
, Gary Lewis and The
Playboys<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lewis_and_the_Playboys>
, The Temptations, Little Anthony and The Imperials, The Righteous
Brothers, Martha and The Vandellas, Tom
Jones<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)>
, Patti LaBelle <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_LaBelle> and The
Bluebelles <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bluebelles>, The
Drifters<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drifters>and
The Miracles <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miracles>.
1966 – Elvis Presley records “Could I Fall In Love,” “City By Night” and
“There Is So Much World To See” at Radio Recorders in Hollywood for his
Double Trouble movie soundtrack.
1966 – The Small Faces appear at the Marquee Club in London.
1966 – Gary Lewis and The Playboys, Bobby Freeman, and Bob Kuban and The
In-Men appear on Where The Action Is.
1967 – Spanky and Our Gang record "Lazy Day" at Bell Sound Studios in New
York.
1968 – Elvis Presley films the gospel medley portion of his upcoming
"comeback" special.
1968 – Aretha Franklin appears on the cover of Time magazine under the
banner "The Sound Of Soul."
1968 – The Beatles record their first version of "Good Night," with each of
the Beatles playing.
1970 – The Kinks release their single, "Lola" b/w "Mindless Child Of
Motherhood" in the U.S.
1973 – The Helen Reddy Show debuts on NBC as the summer replacement series
for The Flip Wilson Show.
1973 – Madison Square Garden hosts a British Invasion revival concert,
featuring Gerry and The Pacemakers, Herman's Hermits, The Searchers and
Wayne Fontana.
1975 – Tim Buckley plays the final night of his tour in Dallas. He will be
dead in 24 hours.
1980 – Paul McCartney's live version of "Coming Up" reaches #1 on the
Billboard Hot 100, making it one of the few live recordings to ever hit #1
on the charts.
1986 – Wham! gives their farewell concert at Wembley, with special guest
Elton John.
1988 – Berry Gordy sells Motown to MCA and Boston Ventures for $61 million.
1990 – For the first time ever, Paul McCartney plays a selection of John
Lennon songs at his concert at Kings Dock in Liverpool.
1990 – Police raid the home of Chuck Berry looking for "massive amounts of
cocaine," and come away with guns, home-made porn tapes and marijuana and
hashish, but no cocaine.
1993 – Wilson Pickett pleads guilty to drunk driving charges in New Jersey
and is sentenced to a year in jail, a $5,000 fine and 200 hours of
community service, stemming from a 1992 incident in which Pickett hit an
86-year old woman crossing the street.
1996 – Burt *Bacharach* appears at the *Royal Albert* Hall in London, where
Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher joins him on stage for a version of "This
Guy's In Love With You."
1996 – Def Leppard kicks off their Slang Tour at the Blossom Music Center
in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
1997 – *Bob Seger is uninjured when he crashes* his *car* on the Trans-*
Canada* Highway near Nipigon, Ontario.
1997 – George Harrison secretly undergoes surgery to remove a cancerous
lump from his throat.
2007 – The Spice Girls announce plans to reunite for an 11 date tour.
2007 – Jimmie Rodgers undergoes surgery to replace a metal plate in his
head.
2007 – British singer Lily Allen is arrested for assaulting a photographer
as she was a leaving a nightclub.
2007 – Two stage crew workers - Benno Goldewijk from Holland, and Spaniard
Alfredo Pecina Matias - fall 33 feet to their deaths dismantling the
Rolling Stones' Bigger Bang tour stage in Madrid. A third crewman also
falls and sustains major injuries when he lands on another person below,
who is also hurt.
2010 – Nearly 45 years after dropping out of St. John's High School in
Winnipeg, The Guess Who's Burton Cummings gets an honorary high school
diploma.
2012 – Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe is arrested before the band's
scheduled show at Prague's Hard Rock Café and charged with manslaughter,
stemming from an incident in 2010 at the band's show at Club Abaton in
Prague, when a fan jumped on the stage and was injured in a tussle. The fan
later died, supposedly as a result of those injuries.
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