Today in Oldies Music History: June 11

Today In Oldies Music History: June 11

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Births

1934: Pookie Hudson (The Spaniels)
1936: Jud Strunk
1939: Wilma Burgess
1940: Joey Dee (Joey Dee and the Starliters)
1946: John Lawton (Uriah Heep)
1948: Skip Alan (Them, The Pretty Things)
1949: Frank Beard (ZZ Top)

Deaths

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Events

1949: Hank Williams shoots into superstardom overnight when he performs his new single, "Lovesick Blues," at Nashville's "Grand Old Opry." He's called back for a record six encores.
1958: Jerry Lee Lewis finds that the marriage scandal involving his 14-year-old second cousin has migrated back to the States when he is booed off a New York stage. The second show is canceled due to poor ticket sales, and Lewis' career, for the time being anyway, is ruined.
1964: The Rolling Stones hold an attention-grabbing "press conference" in the middle of Michigan Avenue in Chicago, just outside Chess Studios; it's promptly broken up by the local police.
1965: Buckingham Palace announces that the Beatles are to be awarded the MBE (Members of the British Empire) award by Queen Elizabeth II, an award traditionally only presented to upper-crust members of the community. Several members immediately return their awards, complaining that they have become "debased."
1966: Elvis Presley begins shooting his 26th film, Double Trouble, in Hollywood.
1966: Britain's Melody Maker reports that one of the first "supergroups," Cream, has formed from former members of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Manfred Mann, and the Graham Bond Organization.
1966: European radio is abuzz with rumors that Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who, has been killed in an auto accident days earlier. In fact, guitarist Pete Townshend was in the wreck, but survived with minor injuries.
1968: During the recording of the Rolling Stones' new song, "Sympathy For The Devil," London's Olympic Studio mysteriously catches fire.
1971: A drunken Dennis Wilson, drummer for the Beach Boys, accidentally puts his hand through the glass door of his home, severing nerves that keep him from his instrument for the better part of three years.
1990: The United Nations appoints Olivia Newton-John as its first Goodwill Ambassador to the environment.
1992: U2 has ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Anderson join them onstage at their concert in Stockholm for a rendition of ABBA's 1975 smash "Dancing Queen."
2002: Three hundred guests, including Elton John, David Gilmour, Chrissie Hynde, and former bandmate Ringo Starr, attend the wedding of Paul McCartney to former model and current activist Heather Mills at St. Salvator Church in Glaslough, Ireland. Paul's three children from his first marriage all attend; Mills walks down the aisle holding eleven "McCartney" roses specially developed for the occasion. The couple would divorce in 2008.
2008: Nancy Sinatra appears before the US Congress pleading for legislation that would require all performers, not just songwriters, to get paid for songs played on commercial analog radio.

Releases

1969: David Bowie, "Space Oddity"
1976: Wild Cherry, "Play That Funky Music"
1976: The Carpenters, A Kind Of Hush

Recording

1940: The Ink Spots, "Maybe"
1958: Elvis Presley, "I Got Stung"
1964: Elvis Presley: "Cross My Heart And Hope To Die," "Spring Fever," "Do Not Disturb"
1964: Manfred Mann, "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
1965: The Rolling Stones, Got Live If You Want It!
1968: The Beatles: "Blackbird," "Revolution 9"

Charts

1966: The Rolling Stones' "Paint It, Black" hits #1
1977: KC and the Sunshine Band's "I'm Your Boogie Man" hits #1

Certifications

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