Today in Oldies Music History: June 1

Today In Oldies Music History: June 1

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Births

1915: Johnny Bond
1921: Nelson Riddle
1934: Pat Boone
1945: Jim McCarty (Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, Cactus, Buddy Miles)
1945: Linda Scott
1947: Ron Wood (The Faces, The Rolling Stones)
1950: Graham Russell (Air Supply)

Deaths

1984: Nate Nelson (The Flamingos)
1991: David Ruffin (The Temptations)
1996: Alan Blakely (The Tremeloes)

Events

1956: Doris Day signs a major five-year, million-dollar recording contract with Columbia.
1957: NBC-TV chooses Ricky Nelson as one of Five Stars For Springtime on its variety special of the same name, along with Patti Page, Nat King Cole, Gordon MacRae, and Andy Williams.
1959: BBC-TV's long-running Juke Box Jury series debuts, a panel show where guest stars review and rate the latest record releases.
1959: Johnny Mathis' Johnny's Greatest Hits, the album with the longest chart stay of the era, celebrates its first full year on the charts.
1961: Experimental FM stereo is heard for the first time in the New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Schenectady, NY markets.
1964: Having just graduated high school the day before, a young singer named Dolly Parton heads to Nashville to be discovered.
1964: The Rolling Stones visit the US for the first time, arriving at New York's Kennedy Airport in order to kick off their first American tour, an event which would inspire their song "Flight 505."
1965: Art Garfunkel graduates with a Master's in mathematics from New York's Columbia University.
1967: Fairport Convention makes their stage debut with a performance at St. Michael's Hall in the Golders Green section of London.
1967: Though it was actually rush-released four days earlier, the Beatles hold a press conference and party to celebrate the official release of their new album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
1971: The two-room shack in Tupelo, MS that served as a birthplace and early home for Elvis Presley is opened to the public.
1971: CBS-TV airs what would be the last Ed Sullivan Show, featuring guest performer Gladys Knight. The show would be canceled the next day, having run an astonishing 23 years.
1972: At Abbey Road Studios in London, Pink Floyd begin recording their landmark album Dark Side Of The Moon.
1973: Soft Machine drummer Robert Wyatt is left a paraplegic after falling four stories from his apartment window.
1975: On his 28th birthday, Ron Wood makes his stage debut with the Rolling Stones as the band kicks off its latest US tour at LSU in Baton Rouge, LA.
1992: Natalie Cole announces her separation from her husband, producer Andre Fischer.
1992: Rod Stewart is the proud parent of his fifth child, daughter Renee, by his second wife, model Rachel Hunter.
1997: Kenny Rogers marries his fifth wife, assistant Wanda Miller, at his home in Athens, GA.
1999: Northeastern University dropout Shawn Fanning, 18, invents a file-sharing program he calls Napster.

Releases

1966: The Rolling Stones, Aftermath
1971: Joni Mitchell, Blue
1973: Paul Simon, There Goes Rhymin' Simon
1973: Paul McCartney and Wings, "Live And Let Die"
1975: Willie Nelson, Red Headed Stranger
1977: KISS, Love Gun

Recording

1957: Sam Cooke, "You Send Me"
1964: The Beatles: "Matchbox," "I'll Cry Instead," "Slow Down," "I'll Be Back"
1966: The Beatles, "Yellow Submarine"
1970: Bob Dylan: "Ballad Of Ira Hayes," "Sara Jane"

Charts

1959: Johnny Horton's "The Battle Of New Orleans" hits #1
1963: Lesley Gore's "It's My Party" hits #1
1968: Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" hits #1
1968: Merrilee Rush's "Angel Of The Morning" enters the charts

Certifications

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