1997 - Ronnie Lane (Small Faces, Faces) - Pneumonia (51)
2001 - John Hartford - Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (63)
2007 - Freddie Scott (74)
2012 - Herb Reed (Platters) (83)
2013 - Joey Covington (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) - Car accident (67)
2013 - Cornelius "Nini" Harp (Marcels) (73)
On This Day
1937 - Pee Wee King & the Golden West Cowboys debuted at the Grand Ole Opry.
1942 - Capitol Records is launched by Glenn Wallichs. One of his early innovations is the use of promo records to send out to radio DJs.
1956 - Gene Vincent played in public for the first time in Norfolk, VA.
1962 - The Beatles signed with EMI to record demos.
1964 - The Beatles began their first world tour in Copenhagen.
1966 - Janis Joplin joined Big Brother and the Holding Company.
1967 - To Sir With Love, which costarred Lulu, premiered in New York.
1969 - Natives of Glenrowen, Australia start a petition to block Mick Jagger from being cast as local hero Ned Kelly.
1969 - Nicky Hopkins left the Jeff Beck Group.
1974 - David Bowie started his Diamond Dogs tour in Montreal.
1974 - Porter Wagoner performed together at the Grand Ole Opry for the final time.
1975 - The Rolling Stones become the first western rock band to receive a royalty check for songs aired in Russia.
1979 - Chuck Berry played at the White House for Jimmy Carter.
1984 - Lorrie Morgan joined The Grand Ole Opry.
1985 - Elton John sued Dick James Music for the rights to his earlier songs, estimated to be worth $51 million.
1986 - The first of six Conspiracy for Hope concerts for Amnesty International was held at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Those on the bill included U2, Sting, Bryan Adams, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Joan Baez and the Neville Brothers.
1986 - The producers of the show Beatlemania are told to pay $10 million to Apple Corps Ltd. after it was deemed their production was "too much like" the Beatles.
1992 - Smokey Robinson was sued by his half sister, Rose Ella Jones, for royalty payments on songs that she cowrote in the 80's.
1992 - Young Elvis beat old, Las Vegas Elvis in a poll by the U.S. Postal Service to determine which of the two designs would be used for a commemorative stamp.
1993 - Kurt Cobain was arrested for fighting over his collection of firearms.
1994 - Oasis was on the cover of Britain's NME for the first time.
1996 - It was announced that Crowded House had split up.
1997 - The body of Jeff Buckley, who had disappeared on May 29, was discovered floating in the Mississippi River.
1998 - Ray Charles celebrated his 50th year in entertainment with a show at the 15th Chicago Blues Festival.
1998 - Reba McEntire, Brooks and Dunn and Hanson do a charity show to raise funds for the Children's Miracle Network.
1999 - A crowd panic ended a Tim McGraw show in Pontiac, MI when a female concertgoer used mace on a man who she claimed had groped her.
2000 - A fan of Sisqo was shot in the leg at his Phoenix, AZ concert after disputes broke out over $30 parking fees.
2000 - Police arrested Eminem and three of his people after trouble broke out outside a Warren, MI bar.
2001 - Spinal Tap "returned" to the stage at the Toyota Comedy Festival in New York.
2002 - George Michael was booed on a CNN news program when he tried to explain that his new video, that included George Bush and Tony Blair in bed together, was an indictment of Blair and not Bush.
2002 - Wyclef Jean was arrested at a rally protesting the reduction in education spending in the state.
2002 - KISS released the first issue of the new magazine Gene Simmons Toungue and the first edition of KISS Kondomes.
2003 - Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera start their Justified and Stripped Tour.
2004 - Creed split up.
2006 - Loretta Lynn broke her shoulder due to a fall in her home.
2011 - Fire destroyed the home of Trace Adkins.
2017 - Ariana Grande hosted the One Love Manchester concert to benefit the victims of the May 22 terrorist bombings.
Marriages
1958 - Jerry Lee Lewis and Myra Gale Brown (second ceremony as Lewis wasn't divorced when they married for the first time)
1986 - Bob Dylan and Carolyn Dennis
2006 - Tommy Thayer (KISS) and Amber Peek
Recorded
1955 - I Wanted You - The Miracles
1964 - Slow Down - Beatles
1970 - Black Magic Woman - Santana
1970 - I've Lost You - Elvis Presley
1976 - Live at CBGB's New York - Various Artists including Blondie, Mink De Ville, Talking Heads, Tuff Dart.
1979 - Tusk - Fleetwood Mac (USC Trojan Marching band recorded at Dodger Stadium)
Released
1962 - Surfin' Safari / 409 - Beach Boys (single)
1963 - Sweets For My Sweet - Searchers (debut single)
1969 - At San Quentin - Johnny Cash
1975 - If I Could Only Win Your Love - Emmylou Harris (single)
1977 - Give a Little Bit - Supertramp
1980 - One For the Road - Kinks
1983 - Another Perfect Day - Motörhead
1984 - Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
1984 - The Glamorous Life - Sheila E
1991 - Make a Jazz Noise Here - Frank Zappa
1991 - Back on the Bus, Y'all - Indigo Girls
1996 - 18 Til I Die - Bryan Adams
1996 - Load - Metallica
2002 - Let's Go - Avril Lavigne
Awards
1967 - Emmy Awards
Outstanding Comedy Series - The Monkees
Broadcasts
1963 - Pop Goes the Beatles premiered on the BBC in the U.K.
1976 - Midnight Special - Neil Sedaka (host), Kim Carnes, Eric Carmen, Commodores
Number Ones - U.S. Singles
2005 - We Belong Together - Mariah Carey (14 weeks)
Number Ones - U.S. Albums
1949 - South Pacific - Original Cast Album (29 weeks)
1994 - The Crow - Soundtrack (1 week)
2005 - Mezmerize - System of a Down (1 week)
Number Ones - U.S. R&B Singles
1949 - Trouble Blues - Charles Brown Trio (15 weeks)
1966 - It's a Man's Man's Man's World - James Brown (2 weeks)
1977 - Got to Give It Up (Part 1) - Marvin Gaye (2 weeks)
1983 - Juicy Fruit - Mtume (8 weeks)
2005 - We Belong Together - Mariah Carey (14 weeks)
2011 - Motivation - Kelly Rowland Featuring Lil Wayne (6 weeks)
Number Ones - U.S. Country Singles
1949 - Lovesick Blues - Hank Williams & His Drifting Cowboys (1 week)
1983 - Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will) - Waylon Jennings (1 week)
1988 - What She Is (Is a Woman in Love) - Earl Thomas Conley (1 week)
Birthdays
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