Music History for June 221611 - Composer Pablo Bruna was born. 1763 - Composer Etienne-Nicolas Mehul was born. 1959 - Chuck Berry's "Memphis" was released. 1963 - The Surfaries single "Wipe Out" was released. 1963 - "Fingertips - Pt 2," by Stevie Wonder, was released. 1967 - The drug possession trial of Rolling Stone members Mick Jagger and Keith Richards opened in London. 1968 - The Jeff Beck group made its U.S. debut in New York at The Fillmore East. 1968 - Mason Williams' "Classical Gas" was released. 1969 - Blind Faith's first and only LP was released. 1981 - Mark David Chapman pled guilty to killing John Lennon. 1990 - Billy Joel became the first rock artist to perform at Yankee Stadium. 1998 - The Metallica single "Fuel" was released. 2017 - In Los Angeles, CA, a jury found that Led Zeppelin did not steal a riff from another song and use i tin the introduction of "Stairway to Heaven." |