Music History for June 51865 - "Onward Christian Soldiers" was presented for the first time. 1941 - Gene Krupa and his band recorded "After You've Gone" with Roy Eldridge on trumpet. 1942 - Sammy Kaye and his orchestra recorded "I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen." 1956 - Elvis Presley made his second appearance on Milton Berle's Texaco Star Theatre. Today in Elvis History 1956 - Gene Vincent's Be-Bop-A-Lula was released. 1959 - Bob Zimmerman graduated from high school in Hibbing, MN. He later changed his name to Bob Dylan. 1964 - David Jones and The King Bees released their first record, Liza Jane. David Jones later became known as David Bowie. 1969 - The Doors documentary Feast of Friends premiered. 1971 - James Taylor's You've Got A Friend was released. 1972 - Maureen McGovern quit her job as a full-time secretary for a new career as a full time singer. 1974 - Sly Stone married Kathy Silva onstage during a concert in New York City. 1974 - Patti Smith recorded her first song. It was her version of Hey Joe. 1977 - Alice Cooper's pet boa constrictor was bitten by a rat it was trying to eat, and died. 1979 - Muddy Waters (64 years old) married Marva Jean Brooks on her 25th birthday. 1995 - Kelley Deal (Breeders) pled guilty to drug possession charges. She was sentenced to treatment in a rehabilitation center. 1996 - An arrest warrant was issued for former Milli Vanilli member Rob Pilatus after he disappeared from a drug treatment center in Los Angeles. He turned up 6 days later at another center. 2001 - Alicia Key's debut album Songs in A Minor was released. 2003 - The Metallica album "St. Anger" was released. 2014 - It was reported that the Malaysian Home Ministry's Publication Control and Quranic Text unit had banned the Jimi Hendrix Experience album Axis: Bold as Love. The decision was made based on the album's cover too closely resembling various forms of the Lord Vishnu. |