This Day In Rock History

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This Day In Rock History: June 2nd


Born on this day in music


1941 Charlie Watts, English drummer who joined The Rolling Stones in 1963 and had the 1965 UK & US No.1 single ’(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ and over 35 Top 40 singles and albums. Watts also plays occasional gigs with Charlie Watts and his Big Band. In 2006, Watts was elected into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame. Watts died at a London hospital on 24 August 2021, at the age of 80.


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This Day In Rock History: June 2nd


1951 Steve Brookins (drummer for .38 Special from 1974-1987) is born.

1952 Pete Farndon (bassist for The Pretenders) is born in Hereford, England.

1998 Lynyrd Skynyrd releases their fourth live album, Lyve from Steel Town.


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This Day In Rock History: June 2nd


1978 - Bruce Springsteen's album, "Darkness On The Edge of Town" was released.


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This Day In Rock History: June 2nd


1986, Queen released their 12th studio album, A Kind of Magic. The album is the unofficial soundtrack to the fantasy-action-adventure film, Highlander, and it is the first album Queen released after their highly acclaimed performance at 1985’s Live Aid. A Kind of Magic went straight to the top of the U.K. charts upon its release, and it sold more than 100,000 units in its first week. Despite its embrace by fans, critics’ reactions to the album were mixed. Nevertheless, the album featured four hit singles: "A Kind of Magic," "One Vision," "Friends Will Be Friends," and "Who Wants to Live Forever." Queen supported the album with a European tour that year, which included two sold-out shows at the original Wembley Stadium in London — a combined audience of more than 150,000 people.


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Music History Today Podcast June 2

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: June 2nd


A few albums that was released...


1967 ● The Small Faces —— From The Beginning ► British Rock

1978 ● Thin Lizzy —— Live And Dangerous ► Hard Rock

1998 ● The Smashing Pumpkins —— Adore ► Hard Rock

2015 ● Whitesnake —— Icon ► Arena Rock

2017 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— The Broadcast Archive Radio Broadcast 1975/1994 ► Southern Rock


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This Day In Rock History: June 3rd


1939 Ian Hunter (lead singer of Mott the Hoople) is born Ian Hunter Patterson in Shropshire, England, to a Scottish father.

1942 Curtis Mayfield is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1947 T. Rex drummer Mickey Finn is born Michael Norman Finn outside of London, England.

1950 Glam rocker Suzi Quatro is born in Detroit, Michigan.

1952 Billy Powell (keyboardist for Lynyrd Skynyrd) is born in Corpus Christi, Texas.

1964 Kerry King (guitarist for Slayer) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1965 Mike Gordon (bass guitarist for Phish) is born in Sudbury, Massachusetts.


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This Day In Music History: June 3rd


1965 At an estimated cost of about £11,000, John Lennon takes possession of a new Rolls-Royce Phantom V to replace the used Rolls he had purchased nearly a year earlier. The enormous vehicle measured an astonishing 19 feet, 10 inches long, and six feet, seven inches wide. Not yet adorned with the distinctive Romany paint job that would follow, the car featured a cocktail cabinet, writing table, reading lamps, a television and dark tinted windows.

1982 36-year-old Rusty Day, who sang with both The Amboy Dukes and Cactus, was murdered by unknown assailants at his home in Longwood, Florida. His son, his dog, and a guest named Garth McRae were also killed in the attack. The case remains officially unsolved.

1991 To help pay off his $16 million tax bill, Willie Nelson releases an album of tunes seized by federal agents. The disc was called "Who'll Buy My Memories - The IRS Tapes".

2017 Gregg Allman of The Allman Brothers Band was laid to rest at Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Georgia. He died of complications from cancer on May 27th at the age of 69. Along with his family, those in attendance included bandmates Jaimoe, Dickey Betts and Derek Trucks, as well as former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Peter Frampton, and Gregg's ex-wife Cher.


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This Day In Rock History: June 3rd


2002, Paul McCartney, Sting, Elton John, Brian Wilson, Cliff Richard, Ozzy Osbourne, The Corrs, Will Young, Atomic Kitten and S Club 7 all appeared at The Queen’s Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace, London.

2016, English folk musician and singer-songwriter Dave Swarbrick died aged 75. He was a member of Fairport Convention and one of the most highly regarded musicians produced by the second British folk revival, contributing to some of the most important groups and projects of the 1960s, and he became a much sought-after session musician, which led him throughout his career to work with many of the major figures in folk and folk rock music.


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This Day In Rock History: June 3rd



1943, Born on this day, Michael Clarke, drummer, The Flying Burrito Brothers and The Byrds, who had the 1965 US & UK No.1 single 'Mr Tambourine Man'. Clarke died of liver failure on December 19th 1993.

1970, Deep Purple released their fourth studio album 'Deep Purple In Rock'. This was the first album to feature the classic Mk II lineup of - Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.

1970 The Kinks Ray Davies was forced to make a 6,000 mile round trip from New York to London to record one word in a song. Davies had to change the word 'Coca- Cola' to 'Cherry Cola' on the bands forthcoming single 'Lola' due to an advertising ban at BBC Radio.

2002, Paul McCartney, Sting, Elton John, Brian Wilson, Cliff Richard, Ozzy Osbourne, The Corrs, Will Young, Atomic Kitten and S Club 7 all appeared at The Queen's Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace, London.


source: thisdayinmusic