Music History for June 211732 - Composer Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach was born. 1941 - Wayne King and his orchestra recorded "Time Was" with Buddy Clark. 1948 - Columbia Records began the first mass production of the 33 1/3 RPM LP. 1952 - Fats Domino's "Goin' Home" became his first #1 hit. 1955 - Johnny Cash's single "Cry Cry Cry" was released. It was his first single. 1975 - Ritchie Blackmore quit Deep Purple to form Rainbow. 1975 - James Taylor's "How Sweet It Is" was released. 1976 - Elton John and Kiki Dee's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" was released in the U.S and Britain. 1979 - Mick Taylor released his first solo album after leaving the Rolling Stones four years before. 1981 - Donald Fagan and Walter Becker announced the break-up of Steely Dan. 1985 - Ron Howard directed his first music video for "Gravity" by Michael Sembello. 1990 - Little Richard received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. 1999 - Pantera rode a float in the Dallas Stars Stanley Cup victory parade in downtown Dallas. Pantera is responsible for the Stars' theme song. 2010 - Eminem's album "Recovery" was released in the U.S and the U.K. It had been released on June 18 in Australia and Europe (excluding the U.K.) 2011 - The LMFAO album "Sorry for Party Rocking" was released in the U.S. 2011 - The Maroon 5 single "Moves Like Jagger" was released. |