June 29 Born –
Nelson Eddy (1901) – actor/singer.
Leroy Anderson (1908) – composer ("Blue Tango").
Frank Loesser (1910) – songwriter ("Baby, It's Cold Outside").
Bernard Herrmann (1911) – composer (The Twilight Zone).
Ralph Burns (1922) – bandleader/composer (Funny Girl).
Johnnie Louise Richardson (1935) – Johnnie & Joe (“Over The Mountain,
Across The Sea”).
Leonard Lee (1936) – Shirley & Lee.
Billy Storm (aka Billy Spicer, 1938) – The Valiants and The Gents.
L. Russell Brown (1940) – lyricist ("I Woke Up In Love This Morning").
Roger Ruskin Spear (1943) – multi-instrumentalist for The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah
Band.
"Little" Eva Boyd (1943) – American singer ("The Loco-Motion").
Garland Jeffreys (1943) – singer/songwriter.
Bob Brunning (1943) – bassist for Fleetwood Mac and Savoy Brown.
Carlo Paul Santanna (1947) – guitarist for Paper Lace.
Bill Kirchen (1948) – guitarist for Commander Cody and His Lost Planet
Airmen.
Dervin Gordon (1948) – vocalist for The Equals.
Lincoln Gordon (1948) – guitarist for The Equals.
Ian Paice (1948) – drummer for Deep Purple.
Billy Hinsche (1951) – Dino, Desi and Billy, The Beach Boys.
Colin Hay (1953) – vocalist for Men At Work.
Stedman Pearson (1964) – singer/dancer for Five Star.
Nicole Scherzinger (1978) – Eden’s Crush, The Pussycat Dolls.
Sam Farrar (1978) – bassist for Phantom Planet.
June 29 R.I.P. –
Eric Dolphy (1964) – diabetic coma. Age 36. Jazz saxophonist with John
Coltrane.
Shorty Long (1969) – drowned. Age 29. Songwriter/producer ("Here Comes The
Judge").
Tim Buckley (1975) – morphine and ethanol intoxication. Age 28.
Weldon "Juke Boy" Bonner (1978) – cirrhosis of the liver. Age 46. Blues
singer.
Lowell George (1979) – drug overdose. Age 34. Little Feat.
Richard “Groove” Holmes (1991) – prostate cancer. Age 60. Jazz organist
(“Misty”).
Horst Jankowski (1998) – lung cancer. Age 62. German pianist ("A Walk In
The Black Forest").
Rosemary Clooney (2002) – lung cancer. Age 74.
George McCorkle (2007) – cancer. Age 59. The Marshall Tucker Band.
June 29 album releases –
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968)
Great White – Once Bitten… (1987)
Blind Guardian – Somewhere Far Beyond (1992)
Billy Idol – Cyberpunk (1993)
Jeff Beck and The Big Town Playboys – Crazy Legs (1993)
Styx – Brave New World (1999)
Alice In Chains – Nothing Safe: Best Of The Box (1999)
Mötley Crüe <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6tley_Cr%C3%BCe> –
Supersonic And Demonic Relics (1999)
Grand Funk Railroad – Thirty Years Of Funk: 1969-1999 (1999)
The Cure – The Cure (2004)
Rush – Feedback (2004)
June 29 events –
1956 – Johnnie Ray, along with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra and Chorus,
records “Just Walking In The Rain.”
1957 – The government of *Iran* officially *bans rock* and roll after
declaring *that *dancing to the music is "harmful to health."
1957 – Buddy Holly records "Peggy Sue" and “Oh, Boy!” at Norman Petty's
Studio in Clovis, New Mexico.
1959 – Dick *Clark* announces his first of four "*Caravan of Stars*"
concerts to take place over the course of the next year, with his first
being headlined by The Skyliners.
1960 – The Buddy Holly single, "True Love Ways" b/w "That Makes It Tough,"
is released posthumously in the UK.
1962 – The Contours release their single, "Do You Love Me" b/w "Move, Mr.
Man," on Motown.
1963 – Del Shannon's cover of The Beatles' "From Me To You" hits the
Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first Lennon/McCartney song to hit the U.S.
charts.
1964 – The Beatles play the first two of four shows at the Festival Hall in
Brisbane, Australia.
1965 – The Zombies, Jimmy Clanton, Steve Alaimo and Linda Scott appear on
Where The Action Is.
1966 – Neil Diamond makes his debut appearance on American Bandstand,
lip-synching to "Cherry, Cherry."
1966 – Elvis Presley records “Double Trouble,” “Baby, If You Give Me All Of
Your Love,” “Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On),” “Old MacDonald,”
“I Love Only One Girl” and “It Won’t Be Long” at Radio Recorders in
Hollywood for his Double Trouble movie soundtrack.
1967 – Keith Richards is found guilty in Chichester court in London for
allowing marijuana to be smoked in his home stemming from the drug bust at
his Redlands home in February, and is fined £500 and sentenced to a year in
Wormwood Scrubs prison. Mick Jagger is also brought back for sentencing
after being found guilty two before, and is fined £100 and sentenced to
three months in Brixton prison. Both Jagger and Richards are taken away,
but will appeal their sentences.
1967 – While on tour with The Hollies, Graham Nash writes "*Marrakesh
Express*."
1967 – Frank Sinatra records “The World We Knew (Over And Over)” in New
York City.
1968 – Elvis Presley records “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Hound Dog,” “All Shook
Up,” “Can’t Help Falling In Love,” “Jailhouse Rock” and “Love Me Tender” at
NBC Studios for the soundtrack album of his “comeback” special.
1968 – The very first rock concert in Hyde Park is held, featuring Pink
Floyd, Jethro Tull, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Roy Harper. Admission is free.
1969 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays their final gig together at the
Denver Pop Festival.
1969 – Led Zeppelin, The Liverpool Scene and Bloodwyn Pig all play two
shows at the Royal Albert Hall.
1970 – Liza Minelli's first television special, Liza, airs on NBC,
featuring songwriters Anthony Newley, Jimmy Webb and Randy Newman.
1971 – The Memphis City Council votes to change Elvis' home street, Highway
51 South, to Elvis Presley Boulevard.
1973 – Following their concert in Osaka, Japan, Deep Purple's Ian Gillan
and Roger Glover abruptly quit the band.
1973 – Songwriter Paul Williams hosts The Midnight Special, with guests
Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, Brewer & Shipley, Electric Light
Orchestra, King Harvest, and Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen.
1974 – Neil Peart replaces John Rutsey on drums in Rush.
1975 – *Elton* John appears onstage with The *Doobie* Brothers in Oakland,
California, for an impromptu duet on the *Doobies'* hit, "Listen To The
Music."
1977 – Fleetwood Mac appears at Madison Square Garden on their Rumours Tour.
1978 – While driving with his girlfriend, Peter Frampton is severely
injured in a car crash in the Bahamas, breaking his arm and several other
bones and receiving a concussion.
1978 – David Bowie plays the first of three nights at Earls Court in London
on his Low/Heroes World Tour.
1979 – Ray Parker, Jr. hosts The Midnight Special, with guests England Dan
& John Ford Coley, Dolly Parton, McFadden & Whitehead, and Anita Ward.
1984 – Bruce Springsteen begins his Born In The U.S.A. Tour, playing the
first of three nights at the St. Paul Civic Center in Minnesota, with Nils
Lofgren and Patti Scialfa making their E Street Band debuts. During the
concerts, Springsteen films the video for his song “Dancing In The Dark.”
1985 – John Lennon's psychedelic Rolls Royce Phantom sells for $2,299,000
at an auction by Sotheby's.
1985 – Mick Jagger and David Bowie record their cover version of "Dancing
In The Street" in a 12-hour session at Abbey Road, as part of the Live Aid
series of events.
1988 – Lionel Richie's wife Brenda is arrested for assault after finding
him in bed with another woman. She is released on $5,000 bail.
1994 – Oasis makes their television debut on BBC's Top Of The Pops,performing
their new single "Shakermaker."
1995 – Pizza Hut debuts their spoof Beatles reunion commercial, starring
Ringo Starr, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork.
1996 – George Martin is knighted, and Van Morrison receives the OBE at
Buckingham Palace.
1996 – The Prince’s Trust charity concert takes place in Hyde Park in
London. Artists include Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Alanis Morrissette, Jools
Holland, Gary Glitter, Imogen Heap, and The Who, who perform Quadrophenia
in its entirety.
1998 – George Harrison announces that he is undergoing chemo therapy
treatments for throat cancer.
1999 – Former teen heartthrob Leif Garrett is arrested for cocaine
possession after buying the drugs from an undercover policeman in L.A.
1999 – During a benefit concert at Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany, *Michael
Jackson falls* more than 50 feet after the bridge he's performing on
collapses. Michael finishes the show, but is seen afterward for back
injuries.
2000 – Eight people are trampled to death in front of the stage during
Pearl Jam's performance at the Roskilde Festival near Copenhagen, Denmark.
2000 – The casket of Ronnie Van Zant and the cremation urn of Steve Gaines
are vandalized at Jacksonville Memorial Gardens. Van Zant's unopened casket
is found outside the mausoleum along with Gaines' spilled ashes and urn.
2000 – Mother of rapper Eminem, Debbie Mathers-Briggs, files a $10 million
defamation of character civil lawsuit against her son for the lyric, "My
mother smokes more dope than I do," from his song "My Name Is."
2001 – Dream A Little Dream: The Almost-True Story Of The Mamas And The
Papas, a stage musical penned by former Papa Denny Doherty, premieres in
Toronto.
2001 – Al Jardine sues the remaining members of The Beach Boys and Brother
Records, Inc. (BRI) for breach of fiduciary duties, being excluded from the
group, and the right to use the name "Beach Boys, Family & Friends" for his
touring group.
2002 – Billy Joel checks out of Silver Hill Hospital after an 11 day stay
to sober up.
2004 – Courtney Love arrives to a Manhattan court five hours late to answer
to charges of injuring a club patron on March 18 with a microphone stand.
Love pleads guilty to a single charge of disorderly conduct and is given a
discharge on the condition she pays the victim's medical bills and joins a
drug program and stays out of trouble.
2007 – English singer and actress Lily Allen is picked up and questioned by
police over an alleged assault on a photographer in March outside the
Wardour nightclub in London. She is freed on bail.
2007 – Canada Post issues four stamps honoring Canadian music icons Joni
Mitchell, Paul Anka, Anne Murray and Gordon Lightfoot.
2012 – Photographers boycott The Stone Roses’ reunion concerts in
Manchester in a dispute over the use of their images, claiming a contract
issued by the band is unfair as it expects them to surrender all rights to
their pictures. The National Union of Journalists supports the boycott.
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