June 30 Born –
Lena Horne (1917) – Jazz singer.
June Valli (aka June Foglia, 1928) – singer on Stop The Music and Your Hit
Parade.
Dave Van Ronk (1936) – Folk singer.
Tony Hatch (1939) – British songwriter/arranger/producer.
Larry Hall (1940) – singer, one hit wonder (“Sandy”).
Larry Henley (1941) – vocalist for The Newbeats, songwriter ("The Wind
Beneath My Wings").
Florence Ballard (1943) – The Supremes.
Glenn Sharrock (1944) – Little River Band.
Billy Brown (1946) – The Moments.
Andy Scott (1949) – lead guitarist/vocalist for Sweet.
Stanley Clarke (1951) – bassist.
Hal Lindes (1953) – guitarist for Dire Straits.
Ron Winans (1956) – The Winans.
Adrian Wright (1956) – The Human League.
Doug Sampson (1957) – drummer for Iron Maiden.
Julianne Regan (1962) – singer/songwriter/bassist for All About Eve.
Yngwie Malmsteen (1963) – guitarist.
Peter James Camell (1967) – guitarist for The La's.
Phil Anselmo (1968) – vocalist for Pantera.
Tom Drummond (1969) – bassist for Better Than Ezra.
Andrew Burrows (1979) – drummer for Razorlight.
Fantasia Barrino (1984) – R&B singer.
June 30 R.I.P. –
Lee de Forest (1961) – heart failure. Age 87. Inventor of the Audion (radio
tube amplifier).
Phyllis Hyman (1995) – suicide. Age 45. R&B/soul singer.
Bruce Day (1999) – Age 48. Bassist for Santana and Pablo Cruise.
Chet Atkins (2001) – cancer. Age 77. Guitarist, producer.
Joe Henderson (2001) – emphysema. Age 64. Jazz saxophonist.
Richard "Pistol" Allen (2002) – Age 69. Drummer with the Funk Brothers.
Harve Presnell (2009) – pancreatic cancer. Age 75. Stage and opera singer,
actor (“They Call The Wind Maria”).
Edith “Lolita” Zuser (2010) – cancer. Age 79. Austrian pop singer (“Seemann,
Deine Heimat Ist Das Meer <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_(song)>"
("Sailor, Your Home Is The Sea") aka “Sailor”).
Jimmy Roselli (2011) – Age 85. Singer (“There Must Be A Way”).
June 30 album releases –
James Brown and The Famous Flames – Live At The Apollo (1963)
Buffalo Springfield – Last Time Around (1968)
Stephen Stills – Stephen Stills 2 (1971)
Sly and The Family Stone – Fresh Cream (1973)
KISS – Love Gun (1977)
Queen – The Game (1980)
Madonna – True Blue (1986)
Steve Winwood – Back In The High Life (1986)
Various Artists – La Bamba (1987) (soundtrack)
Biohazard – Biohazard (1990)
Mary Chapin Carpenter – Come On Come On (1992)
Skinny Puppy – Last Rights (1992)
Bonnie Tyler – Natural Force (1992) (re-release)
The Chills – Soft Bomb (1992)
The Clarks – Love Gone Wrong, Suspicion, And Bad Debt (1994)
Iron Savior – Iron Savior (1997)
Cowboy Junkies – Miles From Our Home (1998)
Earth, Wind & Fire – Plugged In & Live (1998)
Extreme – Running Gag (1998)
Black Eyed Peas – Behind The Front (1998)
Santana – The Woodstock Experience (2009)
Wilco – Wilco (The Album) (2009)
June 30 events –
1921 – The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) is formed.
1939 – Frank Sinatra makes his first appearance with the Harry James
Orchestra at the Hippodrome in Baltimore, Maryland.
1953 – The Orioles record "Crying In The Chapel."
1956 – 25 teenagers are hospitalized when a riot breaks out at a Bill
Hailey concert in Asbury Park, New Jersey, prompting local authorities to
ban all further rock concerts.
1957 – The Everly Brothers appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing "Bye
Bye Love." Other musical guests include Frances Farmer, Nancy Whiskey and
The Charles McDevitt Skiffle Group, Bonnie Guitar, and The University of
Georgia Glee Club.
1965 – Jackie DeShannon, Eddie Hodges, and The Velvelettes appear on Where
The Action Is.
1965 – Jerry Lee Lewis, Chad and Jeremy, Jackie Wilson, The Righteous
Brothers, Glen Campbell, Bobby Sherman, The Blossoms, and Donna Loren all
appear on Shindig!
1966 – The Beatles arrive in Japan, and in the evening play the first of
five concerts over three days at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo.
1966 – The Supremes begin recording "You Keep Me Hangin' On" at Hitsville
U.S.A. in Detroit.
1966 – Neil Diamond, The Cryan’ Shames, and Tina Mason appear on Where The
Action Is.
1969 – Fleetwood Mac, Pentangle and Duster Bennett appear at the Royal
Albert Hall's "Pop Proms."
1971 – Paul Revere and The Raiders' only #1 song, "Indian Reservation," is
certified gold by the RIAA.
1972 – The Opryland U.S.A. amusement park opens in suburban Nashville,
Tennessee.
1975 – Cher marries Gregg Allman four days after her divorce from Sonny
Bono is finalized. She will file for divorce from Allman in ten days, yet
they will stay married for four years.
1975 – The Jackson 5 announces they are leaving Motown for Epic Records,
and are changing their name to The Jacksons.
1976 – On an anonymous tip, the Los Angeles police and sheriff's department
raid the home of Neil Diamond looking for drugs, and find less than an
ounce of marijuana. Charges are later dropped.
1976 – Stuart Goddard places an ad in the classified section of Melody
Maker, saying, "Beat on a bass with the B-Sides." Andy Warren answered the
ad and the pair went on to form Adam and The Ants.
1977 – Marvel Comics publishes the KISS Comic Book.
1978 – United Artists releases The Buzzcocks single "Love You More," and at
1 minute 29 seconds it is the second shortest single ever released. Maurice
Williams and The Zodiacs 1960 hit "Stay" is the shortest at 1 minute 28
seconds.
1978 – Martin Mull hosts The Midnight Special, with guests Flo & Eddie,
Mink De Ville, Robert Palmer, and Jethro Tull on film.
1981 – Jerry Lee Lewis is rushed to a Memphis hospital in critical
condition from a bleeding stomach ulcer.
1983 – After a ten year split, The Everly Brothers announce they are
reuniting for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
1989 – Police are called in to control over 4,000 Bobby Brown fans trying
to see him at the HMV Record Store on Oxford Street in London. Six fans are
hospitalized.
1989 – The Stone Roses play at Leeds Polytechnic in England.
1991 – Frank Zappa plays the last of three nights in Budapest, Hungary, and
jams with Hungarian musicians who are celebrating the ousting of Soviet
troops after 46 years.
1995 – Garth Brooks receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1996 – Two days before its release in music stores on CD, Neil Young's new
album,
Broken Arrow, premieres on the Internet.
1998 – Country music singers Vince and Janis Gill are divorced after 18
years of marriage.
1999 – Madison Square Garden hosts "Eric Clapton and Friends," a benefit
concert for Clapton's Crossroads rehab center, featuring Bob Dylan, Sheryl
Crow and Mary J. Blige.
2000 – Ron Wood checks into rehab in London for alcohol abuse.
2004 – The Kinks' Dave Davies suffers a stroke while exiting an elevator at
Broadcasting
House <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting_House>, where he’s been
promoting his current album,
Bug<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_(Dave_Davies_album)>,
and is taken to University College Hospital in Euston, paralyzed on his
right side and unable to speak. Davies will remain in the hospital until
August 27.
2004 – Pete Doherty is fired from The Libertines because of his drug
addictions.
2004 – Gloria Estefan announces her retirement from touring.
2005 – Backstreet Boy Nick Carter pleads guilty to drunk driving charges
and is fined $1,200 and ordered into a three month out-patient alcohol
treatment program.
2007 – R.E.M. plays the first of five nights at the Olympia Theatre in
Dublin, Ireland, and record all the shows for a live album release.
2008 – Little Richard appears as a marrying minister on the CBS soap opera
The Young And The Restless.
2009 – U2 begins their 360° Tour at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain. The tour
will run - with sporadic starts and stops - for two years.
2011 – Canada Post issues four stamps honoring Canadian music icons Robbie
Robertson, Bruce Cockburn, Anna & Kate McGarrigle and Ginette Reno.
2012 – Bob Dylan begins the European leg of his Never Ending Tour 2012 at
the Hop Farm Festival at Hop Farm Country Park in Kent, England, with
opening act Mark Knopfler.
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