Today in Oldies Music History: June 23

Today In Oldies Music History: June 23

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Births

1929: June Carter Cash
1937: Niki Sullivan (The Crickets)
1940: Stu Sutcliffe
1940: Adam Faith
1941: Robert Hunter (Grateful Dead)
1944: Rosetta Hightower (The Orlons)

Deaths

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Events

1960: Paul Anka opens at New York's Copacabana nightclub, the youngest act ever to do so at the time.
1963: Del Shannon's cover of the Beatles' "From Me To You" hits the bottom of the Billboard Hot 100, thus becoming the first Lennon-McCartney composition to ever make the US charts.
1967: John Entwistle of The Who marries his first wife, childhood sweetheart Alison Wise.
1970: Chubby Checker and three passengers are arrested in Niagara Falls after police discover marijuana and other, unidentified capsules in the rocker's car. The charges are later dropped, however.
1972: Smokey Robinson appears onstage for the last time with his group The Miracles in Washington, DC.
1975: Alice Cooper falls off the stage during his Welcome To My Nightmare tour stop in Vancouver, breaking six ribs in the process.
1976: Paul McCartney wraps up the Wings Over America tour at the Forum in Los Angeles, marking last time the ex-Beatle would tour until 1989.
1977: Who drummer Keith Moon joins Led Zeppelin onstage in Los Angeles for rousing versions of "Rock And Roll" and a drum duet on "Moby Dick," both pounded out on tympani.
1990: Actor Gary Busey, best-known for his lead role in the controversial 1978 biopic The Buddy Holly Story, purchases one of Buddy's guitars, complete with tooled leather case made by the rocker, in auction for approximately $240,000.
1994: The Barry Manilow tribute musical Copacabana opens in London.
2000: Michael Jackson is sued by a German promoter for $21 million after the singer cancels two once-in-a-lifetime millennial New Year's concerts.
2003: Diana Ross pleads not guilty to drunk driving charges in Tucson after being discovered with a 0.2 BAC, claiming that the arresting officer threatened her with injury if she didn't take the breath test.
2004: St. Andrews University in Scotland presents Bob Dylan with an honorary doctorate in Music.

Releases

1965: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, "The Tracks Of My Tears"
1970: Elvis Presley, On Stage: February 1970
1975: Jefferson Starship, Red Octopus
1979: The Charlie Daniels Band, "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"

Recording

1959: Eddie Cochran, "Somethin' Else"
1967: Aretha Franklin, "Chain Of Fools"
1967: The Beatles, "All You Need Is Love"
1968: Elvis Presley: "If I Can Dream," "Memories"
1973: B.W. Stevenson, "My Maria"

Charts

1951: Nat "King" Cole's "Too Young" hits #1
1962: Ray Charles' LP Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music hits #1
1973: George Harrison's LP Living In The Material World hits #1
1979: Supertramp's LP Breakfast In America hits #1

Certifications

1967: Arthur Conley's "Sweet Soul Music" is certified gold