Today in Oldies Music History: June 12

Today In Oldies Music History: June 12

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Births

1927: Al Fairweather
1928: Vic Damone
1941: Chick Corea
1941: Roy Harper
1942: Len Barry
1943: Reg Presley (The Troggs)
1948: Barry Bailey (Atlanta Rhythm Section)
1951: Brad Delp (Boston)
1951: Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick)

Deaths

1957: Jimmy Dorsey
1978: Johnny Bond
1989: Lou Monte

Events

1959: Sam Cooke insists on racially integrated seating for tonight's dual-headlining show with Jackie Wilson in Norfolk, VA.
1961: Frankie Avalon begins a 12-day tour of South America, one of the first rock tours to play on the continent.
1962: Brenda Lee dislocates her neck while performing at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, NJ, and is hospitalized; one year later to the day, the teen idol finally graduates from the showbiz-friendly high school Hollywood Professional.
1965: Sonny and Cher make their US television debut, singing "Just You" on ABC-TV's American Bandstand.
1966: The Dave Clark Five break a record by becoming the first rock band to make 12 appearances on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show.
1968: Elvis Presley's 27th film, Speedway, starring Nancy Sinatra, premieres in Charlotte, NC.
1982: The largest political rally in US history occurs when three-quarters of a million people cram into New York's Central Park for the Rally for Nuclear Disarmament, a musical protest featuring Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, and Gary "U.S." Bonds.
1987: The Los Angeles Coroner's Office rules that blues legend Paul Butterfield died from a heart attack caused by decades of drug and alcohol abuse.
1989: The Elvis Presley Autoland Museum, a section of Graceland devoted to twenty of the King's vintage cars, opens to the public.
1992: Jordan and Danny of New Kids on the Block are acquitted in copyright-infringement charges stemming from their song "I'll Be Your Everything," which the estate of Percy Sledge claimed borrowed heavily from Sledge's 1975 song of the same name.
1994: Cab Calloway suffers a stroke in his hometown of Rochester, NY, the beginning of a series of medical events which will lead to his death a few months later.
2000: Bruce Springsteen debuts his new song, "American Skin (41 Shots)," which protests the NYPD killing of unarmed suspect Amadou Diallo, to resounding boos at Madison Square Garden.
2003: In New York, the Songwriters' Hall of Fame inducts new members Little Richard, Van Morrison, Queen, and Phil Collins.

Releases

1959: Chuck Berry, Chuck Berry Is On Top
1959: Bo Diddley, Go Bo Diddley
1972: John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Some Time In New York City

Recording

1935: Ella Fitzgerald: "Love And Kisses," "I'll Chase The Blues Away"
1942: Billie Holiday, "Travelin' Light"
1963: The Beach Boys: "Little Deuce Coupe," "Surfer Girl"
1964: The Zombies, "She's Not There"
1966: Elvis Presley: "Indescribably Blue," "I'll Remember You," "If Every Day Was Like Christmas"
1973: Grand Funk Railroad, "We're An American Band"

Charts

1957: Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" enters the country charts
1965: The Supremes' "Back In My Arms Again" hits #1
1971: Honey Cone's "Want Ads" hits #1

Certifications

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