Here are the Births, Deaths and Events this week in Rock 'n' Roll History |
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Sunday June 28
- The late Cathy Carr ("Ivory Tower") is born in 1936
- Jimmie Rodgers has brain surgery in Hot Springs, Arkansas and doctors discover his skull has miraculously regenerated, 2007
- George Harrison has an operation to remove a cancerous growth from his neck, 1997
- Rod Stewart receives ten stitches in his leg after slipping onstage in Manchester, England, 2007
- Aretha Franklin appears on the cover of Time magazine, 1968
- The "Helen Reddy Show" summer replacement TV series debuts on NBC, 1973
- DJ Murray-the-K's "It's What's Happening, Baby" TV special airs on CBS with the Drifters, the Dave Clark Five, Tom Jones, Gary Lewis, the Supremes and many others, 1965
- The Drifters record "Up On The Roof" in 1962
Monday June 29
- The late "Little Eva" Boyd ("Loco-Motion") is born in 1945
- Rosemary Clooney ("This Old House") dies of lung cancer in 2002
- The late Leonard Lee of Shirley & Lee ("Let The Good Times Roll") is born in 1935
- Billy Hinsche of Dino, Desi & Billy ("I'm A Fool") is born in 1954
- Songwriter L. Russell Brown (wrote "C'mon Marianne", "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree", "I Woke Up In Love This Morning", many others
- Peter Frampton breaks an arm and cracks his ribs in a car crash in the Bahamas, 1978
- Leif Garrett is arrested for drug possession in Los Angeles, 1999
- Mick Jagger and Kaith Richards are found guilty of drug possession by a British court (Keith's conviction is eventually overturned, Mick's is upheld but reduced to a conditional discharge), 1967
- Dick Clark announces his first "Caravan of Stars" tour (to begin in September), 1959
- Neil Diamond makes his TV debut on ABC's "American Bandstand", 1966
- Denny Doherty's autobiographical musical "Dream A Little Dream: The Almost-True Story of the Mamas & the Papas" premieres in Toronto, 2001
- Ringo Starr's and the Monkees' TV commercial for Pizza Hut debuts, 1995
- Graham Nash writes "Marakesh Express" while on tour with the Hollies in Yugoslavia (he later records it with Crosby, Stills & Nash), 1967
- Buddy Holly records "Peggy Sue", 1957
- Johnnie Ray records "Just Walkin' In The Rain", 1956
Tuesday June 30
- "It was a hot afternoon, the last day of June", according to the Bobby Goldsboro song, "Summer (The First Time)"
- The late Florence Ballard of the Supremes ("Back In My Arms Again") is born in 1943
- The late Larry Hall ("Sandy") is born in 1940
- Lena Horne ("Love Me Or Leave Me") is 92
- Chet Atkins (country star and guitarist on many Elvis Presley classics) dies in 2001
- Dave Davies of the Kinks suffers a stroke (but recovers), 2004
- Cher marries Greg Allman (she starts filing for divorce ten days later), 1975
- Police raid Neil Diamond's house and don't find drugs, 1976
- Marvel Comics publishes a Kiss comic book with a vial of their blood mixed into the ink, 1977
- The Jackson 5 announce they will be leaving Motown Records for Epic Records (and changing their name to the Jacksons, because Motown owns the other name), 1975
- The Rockabilly Hall of Fame in Jackson, Tennessee opens in 2001
- Little Richard appears on the CBS-TV soap opera, "The Young And The Restless," performing the wedding of two of the show's characters, 2008
- 25 people are hospitalized after a melee at a Bill Haley concert in Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1956
- San Francisco's Fillmore West concert hall closes in 1971
Wednesday July 1
- The late Bobby Day ("Over And Over") is born in 1930
- Deborah Harry of Blondie ("Call Me") is 64
- The late Delaney Bramlett of Delaney & Bonnie ("Only You Know And I Know") is born in 1939
- Dan Aykroyd of the Blues Brothers ("Soul Man") is 57
- Evelyn "Champagne" King ("Shame") is 49
- Guy Mitchell ("Singing The Blues") dies in 1999
- Herbie Mann ("Hijack") dies of prostate cancer, 2003
- DJ Wolfman Jack dies from a heart attack, 1995
- Ringo Starr divorces his first wife, Maureen, 1975
- John Lennon receives 17 facial stitches, and Yoko Ono gets 14 of her own, after a car crash in Scotland, 1969
- Connie Francis receives a $2.5 million judgement against the motel in which she was sexually assaulted two years earlier, 1976
- Rolf Harris is inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Hall of Fame in Melbourne, 2008
- Sam Phillips sells the legendary Sun Records studio in Memphis, 1969
- Brenda Lee goes into a recording studio for the first time, at the age of eleven (recording her version of "Jambalaya"), 1956
- Elvis Presley sings "Hound Dog" on NBC-TV's "Steve Allen Show" while dressed in a tuxedo and singing to a real dog, 1956
Thursday July 2
- Tom Springfield of the Springfields ("Silver Threads & Golden Needles" and brother of Dusty) is 73
- Leapy Lee (Graham-- "Little Arrows") is 67
- The late Paul Williams of the Temptations ("My Girl") is born in 1939
- Marvin Rainwater ("Gonna Find Me A Bluebird") is 84
- Mick Jagger's daughter, Jade makes him a grandfather, 1992
- Mountain forms in 1969
- Liverpool renames its airport after native son John Lennon, 2001
- "The Lawrence Welk Show" premieres on ABC-TV, 1955
- Rick Nelson stars in the short-lived (it lasts three months) TV series, "Malibu U" on ABC in 1967
- Elvis Presley's "King Creole" movie opens (he's already serving in the U.S. Army), 1958
- Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" (his first recordings with all of the Jordanaires), 1956
Friday July 3
- Fontella Bass ("Rescue Me") is 69
- Judith Durham of the Seekers ("I Know I'll Never Find Another You") is 66
- Jim Morrison of the Doors ("Touch Me") dies of "acute respiratory distress", 1971
- Boots Randolph ("Yakety Sax") dies after suffering a subdural hematoma, 2007
- Brian Jones (who had just quit the Rolling Stones) drowns in his own swimming pool, 1969
- Colin Cooper, lead singer of the Climax Blues Band ("Couldn't Get It Right") dies of cancer, 2008
- Elvis Presley meets Gene Vincent at Grand Central Station in New York City, 1956
- Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock" reaches #1 on the Billboard charts and the rock era begins in earnest, 1955
- Brian Wilson appears onstage with the Beach Boys for the first time in twelve years, in Anaheim, California, 1976
- Casey Kasem counts down his first "American Top 40" (KDEO in El Cajon, California airs the program a day before the other six affiliates), 1970
- Ray Charles' first album (self-titled) is released, 1957
Saturday July 4
- "Saturday in the park, I think it was the Fourth of July", says the song by Chicago
- Bill Withers ("Use Me") is 71
- John Waite of the Babys ("Isn't It Time") is 54
- Mitch Miller ("Children's Marching Song") is 98
- Bill Pinkney of the original Drifters ("Money Honey") dies of a heart attack, 2007
- "Big" Al Downing ("The Story Of My Life") dies of leukemia, 2005
- Barry White ("I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby") dies of liver failure, 2003
- Barry White marries Glodean James of Love Unlimited, 1974
- Paul Revere is married during the intermission of his concert at King's Island Amusement Park in Cincinnati on America's bicentennial, 1976
- Gene Vincent's leg is crushed when his motorcycle is struck by a car in Franklin, Virginia, 1955
- John Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas receives a liver transplant in Los Angeles, 1992
- The four members of ABBA reunite for the premiere of the "Mama Mia!" movie in Stockholm, 2008
- The Beatles accidentally snub Phillipine first lady Imelda Marcos, and her husband pulls their police protection. A mob then attacks the Fab Four, 1966
- Ringo Starr sits in with the Beach Boys during their Miami concert, 1984
- The "Tony Orlando & Dawn" TV show debuts on CBS, 1974
- The Brothers Four begin recording "Greenfields", 1959
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