July 1st

Musical birthdays today include soul singer & producer Syl Johnson (89), Twyla Tharp (84), Debbie Harry (80), Strawbs bassist John Ford (77), singer-songwriter & activist Anne Feeney (74), B-52's frontman Fred Schneider (74), classical pianist Nikolai Demidenko 70), Evelyn 'Champagne' King (65), Faith No More keyboardist Roddy Bottum (62), Brazilian pop singer Marisa Monte (58), Missy Elliott (54), Sufjan Stevens (50), and Bianca 'Young B' Dupree (34).  

Shoutout to the Great Beyond for saxophonist & Count Basie sideman Earle Warren, born today in 1914... for Willie Dixon, born in 1915... for bluesman James Cotton, who would have been 90 today... for Delaney Bramlett, who would have been 86... for country singer Keith Whitley, who would have been 71... for composer Erik Satie, who died on this date in 1925... for Steppenwolf bassist Rushton Moreve, killed in a motorcycle accident today in 1981 at the age of 32... for Residents guitarist Philip 'Snakefinger' Lithman, who died in 1987... for original Be-Bop Deluxe guitarist Ian Parkin and DJ Wolfman Jack [né Robert Smith], both of whom died in 1995... for jazz flautist Herbie Mann, who passed away in 2003... for Luther Vandross, who died in 2005... and for operatic soprano Evelyn Lear, who left us today in 2012. 

Also on July 1st: Johann Strauss' Blue Danube Waltz is performed in America for the first time at a summer concert of the Theodore Thomas Orchestra in NYC's Reservoir Square [today's Bryant Park] (1869)... The music division of the Library of Congress in Washington DC is founded (1897)... Arabella, the final collaboration between Richard Strauss and librettist Hugo von Hoffmansthal, premieres at the Dresden Opera (1933)... Elvis appears on NBC- TV's 'The Steve Allen Show' and performs 'Hound Dog', to a live member of the species. TV critic John Crosby slams Presley's performance, calling him an 'unspeakable, untalented and vulgar young entertainer' (1956)... The Dave Brubeck Quartet continue the Time Out sessions, and record the group's signature tune 'Take Five' (1959)... The Beatles record their new single 'She Loves You'/'I'll Get You' at EMI Studios in London in less than four hours (1963)... The Band release their debut album Music from Big Pink (1968)... John & Yoko and family are involved in a car accident in Golspie in the Scottish Highlands that lands both parents in hospital. Lennon will later have the car crushed into a cube and exhibited on his lawn at Tittenhurst Park (1969)... Neil Diamond has the № 1 song on the US singles chart with 'Song Sung Blue' (1972)... 10cc have the № 1 song in Britain with 'I'm Not in Love'. The instrumental break features the repeated spoken phrase: "Be quiet, big boys don't cry...", which was spoken by Kathy Warren, the receptionist at Strawberry Studios in Stockport, where the track was recorded (1975)... Sony introduce the Walkman cassette player (1979)... 'O Canada' is officially adopted as the Canadian national anthem (1980)... A New Jersey-based quintet consider but reject the idea of changing their name to 'Johnny Electric' just before signing their first contract with Phonogram Mercury Records ~ they decided to stick with 'Bon Jovi' (1983)... Rolling Stone Ron Wood is commissioned to paint a group portrait of diners who are regulars at the restaurant The Ivy in London's West End. Elton John and Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant are two pop stars to be included in the canvas (2001)... One week after Michael Jackson's death, The King of Pop occupies the top 9 positions on the Billboard album chart with both originals from his back catalogue, and greatest hits collections in various guises (2009).

June 30th

Musical birthdays today include cellist Michael Van Biel (88), songwriter & producer Tony Hatch (86), pop singer & songwriter Eddie Rambeau (82), ex-Little River Band lead singer Glenn Shorrock (81), Sweet lead guitarist Andy Scott (76), jazz bassist Stanley Clarke (74), ex-Dire Straits guitarist & film score composer Hal Lindes (72), Helix lead singer Brian Vollmer (70), Tommy Keene (67), Dead Can Dance co-founder Brendan Perry (66), All about Eve lead singer Julianne Regan (63), Yngwie Malmsteen (62), Down frontman Phil Anselmo (57), Franz Ferdinand drummer Andy Knowles (43), Cheryl Cole (42).


Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Mississippi Sheiks guitarist Bo Carter, born on this day in 1893... for Lena Horne, born in 1917... for conductor James Lohghran, born in 1931... for folksinger Dave Van Ronk, who would have been 88 today... for folksinger Mark Spoelstra, who would have been 84... for Supremes vocalist Florence Ballard, who would have been 81... for Lee De Forrest, inventor of the Audion tube [which made commercial radio possible], who died on this date in 1961... for country singer Chet Atkins and saxophonist Joe Henderson, both of whom passed away in 2001... and for classical and Broadway singer Harve Presnell, who left us today in 2010. 

Also on June 30th: Charles Mingus records Mingus Plays Piano, his only full album-length solo outing on the instrument... James Brown's Live at the Apollo is released (1963)... The Beatles play the first of three concerts at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo. The first concert is filmed with The Beatles wearing black suits. The following day's performance was also filmed, with The Beatles wearing white suits. There is a heavy police presence, with 3,000 uniformed officers observing each concert played in front of 10,000 fans (1966)... George Harrison knocks Paul McCartney from the top of the US singles chart [where his former bandmate was ruling with 'My Love'] with 'Give Me Love, Give Me Peace On Earth'. His second US № 1, it is the opening track on his album Living in the Material World (1973)... Four days after divorcing Sonny Bono, Cher marries Greg Allman, only to split from him 10 days later. They will be reconciled and carry on a tempestuous 3-year marriage before divorcing... The Jackson Five announce that they were leaving Motown Records for the Epic label. The brothers are forced to change their name to The Jacksons since Motown own the rights to the original name (1975)... Police raid the Malibu, CA home of Neil Diamond searching for drugs ~ they find less than half an ounce of marijuana (1976)... United Artists Records release The Buzzcocks single 'Love You More' ~ at 1 minute 29 seconds, it is the second shortest single ever released. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs 1960 hit 'Stay' remains the shortest chart single at 1 minute 28 seconds (1978)... One-hit wonder Anita Ward has the № 1 song in America and Britain with 'Ring My Bell' (1979)... Police are called in to control over 4,000 Bobby Brown fans trying to see their idol at the HMV Record store in London's Oxford Street; six fans are hospitalised and one has to be given artificial respiration at the scene... The Stone Roses play at Leeds Polytechnic. The gig almost does not take place after a security man who fails to recognise Ian Brown refuses to let the lead singer backstage (1989)... New Kids On The Block start a three week run at № 1 on the US singles chart with 'Step By Step'. The album of the same name is at № 1 in the UK (1990)... Garth Brooks is given a star on Hollywood's Walk Of Fame. The singer has buried the master tapes of his 'Hits' album under the star (1995)... Kinks founder member Dave Davies is left paralysed on the right-hand side of his body after suffering a stroke. The 57-year-old guitarist and brother of fellow Kinks star Ray was on an appearance tour to promote his solo material when he collapsed (2004)... R.E.M. play a five-night series of shows at Dublin's Olympia Theatre. Dubbed ‘working rehearsals’ by the band, many songs from their forthcoming album ‘Accelerate’ will be performed publicly for the first time, some of them still works in progress (2007).

June 29th

Musical birthdays today include composer Vyacheslav Artyomov (85), Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice (77), Dokken frontman Don Dokken (72), ex-Men at Work lead singer Colin Hay (72), Go-Betweens frontman Robert Forster (68), DJ & music broadcaster Mark Radcliffe (67), Bad Religion lead guitarist Greg Hetson (64), classical violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter (62), former Static-X guitarist Tripp Eisen (57), Matthew Good (54), Flight of the Conchords co-founder Bret McKenzie (49), Phantom Planet bassist Sam Farrar (47), ex-Pussycat Dolls vocalist Nicole Scherzinger (47), former Danity Kane vocalist Aundrea Fimbres, (42), and Suburban Legends drummer Derek Lee Rock (41).

Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Nelson Eddy, born on this day in 1901... for Broadway composer Frank Loesser [best remembered for Guys and Dolls], born in 1910... for film score composer Bernard Herrmann, born in 1911... for Eva Boyd AKA Little Eva, who would have been 81 today... for classical pianist Jan Paderewski, who died on this date in 1941... for Eric Dolphy, who passed away in 1964... for Tim Buckley, who died of a drug overdose today in 1975 at the age of 28... for Little Feat founder & frontman Lowell George, who died in 1979... and for Rosemary Clooney, who left us today in 2002.  

Also on June 29th: 13-year-old Franz Liszt gives a demonstration of inventor Sebastian Erard's new and improved piano-forte at London's Drury Lane Theatre (1824)... In London, Edison collaborator and envoy George Edward Gouraud plays a section of a piano arrangement of Handel's oratorio Israel into Egypt for a wax cylinder phonograph ~ the result is the oldest known surviving example of recorded classical music... Wagner's first opera Die Feen [The Fairies], written when the composer was 21, premieres at the Hoftheater in Munich five years after his death (1888)... A free concert is held in London's Hyde Park with Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Roy Harper on the bill. The one-day event is the first free festival to be held in Hyde Park. The concert was organised to coincide with the release of Pink Floyd's second album, A Saucerful of Secrets... The Small Faces start a six week run at № 1 on the UK album chart with Ogden's Nut Gone Flake (1968)... Peter Frampton breaks his arm and cracks several ribs when he is involved in a car crash in the Bahamas (1978)... Bruce Springsteen kicks off the first leg of his Born in the USA Tour with a three night run at the Civic Center in St. Paul, MN. Springsteen & the E Street Band will play a total of 156 shows and close on October 2, 1985 in Los Angeles (1984)...  David Bowie and Mick Jagger record a version of the Martha and the Vandellas 1964 hit 'Dancing In The Street.' for the forthcoming 'Live Aid' fundraising event. The single goes on to become a № 1 UK hit. The original plan was to perform a track together live, with Bowie performing at Wembley Stadium and Jagger at John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, until it was realized that the satellite link-up would cause a half-second delay that would make this impossible unless either Bowie or Jagger lip-synched their contribution, something neither artist was willing to do... John Lennon's 1965 Rolls-Royce Phantom V limousine, complete with psychedelic paintwork, sells for a record sum of $3,006,385 at a Sotheby's auction in NYC (1985)... Oasis make their Top of the Pops debut performing their new single 'Shakermaker' (1994)... George Martin receives a knighthood, and Van Morrison an OBE (1996)... Eminem's mother files a a $10 million defamation of character lawsuit, after taking exception to the line 'My mother smokes more dope than I do' from her son's single 'My Name Is' (2000)... Canada Post issues the limited edition Joni Mitchell stamp. She is being recognised in a series along with three other iconic Canadian recording artists: Paul Anka, Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray (2007).

June 28th

Musical birthdays today include original Procol Harum bassist David Knights (80), operatic baritone Thomas Hampson (70), ex-Inspiral Carpets keyboardist Clint Boon (66), producer and former Nine Inch Nails keybordist Charlie Clouser (62), Bobby Bare, jr. (59), Elmer 'Chayanne' Arce (56), Danielle Brisebois (55), and Killers bassist Mark Stoermer (47).

Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Richard Rodgers, born today in 1902... for saxophonist & big band arranger Jimmy Mundy, born in 1907... for bluesman David 'Honeyboy' Edwards, born in 1915... for cornet player & bandleader Red Nichols, who died on this date in 1965... for Mills Brothers vocalist Harry Mills, who passed away in 1982... for punk singer-songwriter Kevin 'GG' Allin, who died of a drug overdose on this day in 1993 at the age of 36... and for rock impresario and longtime Kiss manager Bill Aucoin, who left us today in 2010. 

Also on June 28th: 'Blue Tango' by Leroy Anderson is recorded in a Decca session with the composer conducting. It is the title track for a collection of light orchestral pieces that goes on to become the first million-selling instrumental album of the LP era (1951)... John Coltrane and Don Cherry collaborate in the first of two sessions that will make up the album The Avant-Garde. The tapes will remain in the vaults of Atlantic Records until 1966, when the label releases the album without Coltrane's input or approval (1960)... Motown release Come and Get These Memories, the debut album from Martha and the Vandellas (1963)... The Small Faces play the Marquee Club in Wardour St. in London. Admission is 7s & 6d, or the equivalent of $1... Merle Haggard records 'The Bottle Let Me down' at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles (1966)... The Beatles record 'Good Night', John's lullaby for his 5-year-old son Julian, with Ringo on lead vocals... Pink Floyd release their second album A Saucerful Of Secrets. It is the last Pink Floyd album on which Syd Barrett appears and the only studio album to which all five band members contribute. The sleeve was designed by Hipgnosis, a new company formed by the band's friends Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey 'Po' Powell, who were paid £110 for their efforts (1968)... The Eagles have their first US № 1 album with One of These Nights. The record has also yielded three top 10 singles with 'Lyin' Eyes', 'Take It to the Limit' and the title track (1975)... Elton John achieves a lifelong ambition when he becomes chairman of the Watford Football Club (1977)... Paul McCartney's 'Coming Up' becomes one of the few live recordings to reach the top of Billboard's Hot 100. American disc jockeys preferred it to the studio version on the flip side of the single (1980)... Burt Bacharach appears at The Royal Albert Hall, London. Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher joins him on-stage for a version of 'This Guy's In Love With You' (1996)... Radiohead have the UK's № 1 album with OK Computer... Dark Side of the Moon' begins its 1056th week on the US album chart. It has long been rumoured that if the album is played while watching The Wizard of Oz movie, and started exactly when the MGM lion roars for the third time during the movie's intro, fascinating connections can be made between the two (1997)... The Spice Girls confirmed they will reform for a world tour to take place in December 2007 and January 2008 with the original line-up, who have not performed on stage since 'Ginger Spice' Geri Halliwell quit in May 1998. The 11 dates announced include a London show on 15 December, eight days after the first date in Los Angeles. Other dates included Cologne, Madrid Beijing, Hong Kong, Sydney and Cape Town. The tour is being put together by Simon Fuller, whose '19' company masterminded the group's global success more than a decade ago (2007).

June 27th

Musical birthdays today include songwriter and Beach Boys sideman Bruce Johnston (83), Radiators guitarist Camile Baudoin (77), Lisa Germano (67), ex-Shapes bassist Brian Helicopter [né Gareth Holder] (67), country singer Lorrie Morgan (66), singer-songwriter & ex-Menudo vocalist Draco Rosa (56),  Sixpence None the Richer lead singer Leigh Nash (49), ex-Your Enemies Friends keyboardist Jennifer Goodridge (45), and Drake Bell (39).  

Shoutout to the Great Beyond for country singer Elton Britt, born on this day in 1913... for jazz pianist Elmo Hope, born in 1923... for country singer Rosalie Allen, born in 1924... for songwriter Doc Pomus [best remembered for 'Save the Last Dance for Me' and 'Viva Las Vegas'], born in 1925... for Jefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington, who would have been 80... for Gun Club frontman Jeffrey Lee Pierce, who would have been 67... for composer George Templeton Strong, who died on this date in 1948... for Seven Year Bitch co-founder & lead guitarist Stefanie Sargent, who died of a drug overdose today in 1992 at the age of 24... for John Entwistle, who passed away in 2002 as the result of a cocaine OD... and for Yes bassist Chris Squire, who left us today in 2015. 

Also on June 27th: Peter & Gordon are at № 1 on both sides of the Atlantic with the Lennon & McCartney song 'World without Love' (1964)... Mick Jagger is found guilty of illegal possession of drugs found in his jacket at a party given by Keith Richards. He is remanded overnight at Lewes jail and given prisoner number 7856. The Stones frontman requests books on Tibet and modern art and two packs of Benson & Hedges cigarettes... The Doors play Brooklyn's legendary Paramount Theater (1967)... Elvis appears on an NBC TV show billed as his 'comeback special'. The program features the King performing on a small, square stage, surrounded by a mostly female audience. Presley is outfitted in black leather and performs many of his early hits... At Abbey Road, The Beatles record 'Everybody's Got Something to Hide except Me and My Monkey' (1968)... The 3-day Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music opens in southwest England. Scheduled to appear are Santana, The Flock, Led Zeppelin, Hot Tuna, Country Joe McDonald, Colosseum, Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, Dr. John, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Canned Heat, It's a Beautiful Day, Steppenwolf, Johnny Winter, John Mayall with Peter Green, Pink Floyd, [who premiere their new suite, 'Atom Heart Mother', which is introduced as ' the Amazing Pudding'], Pentangle, Fairport Convention, and Keef Hartley... At Truro City Hall in Cornwall, the newly formed Queen, featuring Freddie Mercury [still known at this point as Freddie Bulsara] on vocals, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and Mike Grose on bass play their first gig. They are billed as Smile, Brian and Roger's previous band, for whom the booking had been made originally. Original material at this time includes an early version of 'Stone Cold Crazy' (1970)... In Germany on what will prove to be their last tour ever, Led Zeppelin play the Messehalle in Nuremberg. Just three songs into their set, John Bonham collapses on stage, causing the rest of the concert to be cancelled (1980)... Michael Jackson has his first solo № 1 single in Britain with 'One Day in Your Life', originally recorded for his 1975 solo album Michael (1981)... Billy Ray Cyrus goes to the top of the Billboard country chart with 'Achy Breaky Heart'. The song also becomes a crossover hit, peaking at № 4 on the Hot 100 (1992)... Aerosmith become one of the first bands to allow fans to download a free new track from the Internet (1994)... At a free concert in Harlem, NY given by the Fugees and the Wu Tang Clan, a man opens fire with a revolver. No one is hit, but 22 are injured in the panic that ensues (1996)... Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot and Bryan Adams each officially receive a granite star on Canada's Walk of Fame, on King Street in Toronto. They are the first three pop artists to be honoured in the newly recognized group of Canadian stars (1998)... The Beastie Boys have their fourth US № 1 album with To the Five Boroughs (2004)... The Surgeon General of Russia says that The Beatles are to blame for the country's drug problem. Dr. Yevgeny Bryun, the nation's chief medical officer, tells a press conference in Moscow that the country's youth were first introduced to the idea of drug-taking when The Beatles traveled to India to "expand their minds". Bryun adds: "It was after this news entered public consciousness that people in Russia realised you could make money from the sale of drugs. When business then realised it was possible to make money from this association of goods with pleasure, that was when the growth in the demand for drugs started" (2012). 

 

June 26th

Musical birthdays today include jazz pianist & film score composer Dave Grusin (91), former 5th Dimension vocalist Billy Davis, Jr. (87), Gilberto Gil (83), singer & keyboardist Georgie Fame [né Clive Powell] (82), Mick Jones (70), Chris Isaak (69), ex-Scandal lead singer Patty Smyth (68), former Sundays lead singer Harriet Wheeler (62), Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood (56), country singer Gretchen Wilson (52), and OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder (46). 

Shoutout to the Great Beyond for bluesman Big Bill Broonzy, born on this day in 1893... for Colonel Tom Parker, born in 1909... for saxophonist Arthur Doyle, who would have been 81 today... for jazz guitarist Zachary Breaux, who would have been 65... for Sonny Rollins sidemen Clifford Brown and Richie Powell, both killed in a road accident today in 1956... for producer & record company executive Lou Reizner, who died in 1977... and for Mexican banda singer Sergio 'El Shaka' Vega, murdered today in 2010 at the age of 40. 

Also on June 26th: Bruno Walter conducts the posthumous premiere of Mahler's 9th Symphony in Vienna (1912)... Elvis, backed by Scotty Moore and Bill Black, plays the first of three nights at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, MS. The local paper runs a preview which reads: ‘A good looking youngster who has become a juke-box favorite with his 'That's Alright, Mama' and 'Blue Moon of Kentucky' Presley is expected to repeat some of his hit tunes at the Airmen's Club show in addition to mixing up a few country tunes with some "bop" and novelty numbers' (1955)... On sabbatical from the Miles Davis Quintet, John Coltrane sits in on the Thelonious Monk septet session that will become the album Monk's Music. Coltrane's name will appear only as a footnote on the back cover of the LP (1957)... Gary 'U.S.' Bonds starts a two-week run at № 1 on the US chart with 'Quarter To Three'. Before Bonds recorded this version, it was an instrumental by The Church Street Five called 'A Night With Daddy G.' Bond's manager added lyrics to it and had him record it (1961)... As their tour down under continues, The Beatles play two shows at the Town Hall, Dunedin, South Island, NZ. The flight from Auckland to Dunedin was tense due the receipt of an anonymous threat that a 'germ bomb' had been placed on board the aircraft. Meanwhile, the Hard Day's Night soundtrack album, numerous illicit copies of which have been leaked to radio stations in the US, is released in America some ten days ahead of what was to have been the simultaneous stateside and British release (1964)... The Byrds have the № 1 song in America with their debut single 'Mr. Tambourine Man' (1965)... Joni Mitchell appears live on ABC TV's 'The Mama Cass Show' (1969)... Cher and Sonny Bono are divorced after 10 years of marriage (1974)... Columbia Records release Bob Dylan & the Band's Basement Tapes, a 2 LP selection of tracks that the musicians recorded during Dylan's recovery from his 1966 motorcycle accident (1975)... Elvis makes his last ever live stage appearance when he appears at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, IN. The last two songs he performs are ‘Hurt’ and ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water.’ Before the show, the King was presented with a plaque commemorating the 2 billionth record to come out of RCA’s pressing plant (1977)... One hit wonder Charlene is at № 1 on both sides of the Atlantic with 'I've Never Been To Me'. The song was originally recorded in 1976 and was reissued by Motown records in 1982, by which time Charlene had moved to England and was working in a bakery in Ilford, east London (1982)...  Elton John is reported to be in talks with a City finance house to secure a £25 million loan, using his back catalogue of hits as security.  The star is reputed to have been putting up to £250,000 a week on credit cards (1999)... Britney Spears' hometown of Kentwood, LA announces that a new museum, due to open early next year, will include a section displaying fan mail, platinum records and genuine items of the singer's clothing (2000)... The readers of Total Guitar Magazine vote Celine Dion’s rendition AC/DC's ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’ as the world's worst cover version ever. The publication's editor Stephen Lawson pronounces Dion's cover a "sacrilege". On the best cover versions list, Jimi Hendrix comes in first with his version of the Bob Dylan song ‘All Along the Watchtower'; The Beatles' rendition of ‘Twist and Shout’, (first recorded by The Top Notes), is in second place, followed by the Guns N' Roses version of the Paul McCartney & Wings song ‘Live and Let Die' (2008). 

 

 

June 25th

Musical birthdays today include soul singer Eddie Floyd (88), Carly Simon (82), ex-Split Enz frontman Tim Finn (73), Iron Butterfly keyboardist Martin Gerschwitz (73), Toto keyboardist David Paich (71), Pop Culture Suicides lead guitarist Tim 'Zim Zum' Linton (56), and Argentine pop singer Chenoa [née María Falomir] (50). 

Shoutout to the Great Beyond for jazz guitarist Johnny Smith, born on this day in 1922... for Zydeco accordionist Clifton Chenier, born in 1925... for original Moody Blues bassist Clint Warwick, who would have been 83... for Blue Öyster Cult founding member Allen Lanier and King Crimson and Foreigner co-founder Ian McDonald, both of whom who would have been 79... for George Michael, who would have been 62... for composer Georg Philipp Telemann, who died on this date in 1767... for songwriter & Capitol records co-founder Johnny Mercer, who died in 1976... for songwriter Boudleaux Bryant, who passed away in 1987... for longtime Atlantic Records producer & arranger Arif Mardin, who died in 2006... and for Michael Jackson, who left us today in 2009.  

Also on June 25: Wagner's opera Die Walküre is staged for the first time in Munich (1870)... 19-year-old Arturo Toscanini makes his conducting debut, when the conductor of the orchestra of the opera company with which he is touring as a chorus master is fired two hours before the curtain is to go up on a production of Aida in Rio de Janeiro (1886)... The Dave Brubeck Quartet convene at Columbia's 30th St. Studios in NYC for the first of the sessions that will produce the Time Out album (1959)... Jackie Wilson is arrested for inciting a riot and refusing to obey a lawful order at a nightclub in Port Arthur, TX. Wilson had a crowd of 400 whipped into a frenzy and refused to stop singing when requested to do so by police. He is later convicted of drunkenness and fined $30 (1966)...  During a North American tour, The Jimi Hendrix Experience give a free afternoon concert in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. They then play another two shows in the evening at the Fillmore West... An estimated 200 million people see The Beatles perform 'All You Need Is Love' live via satellite as part of the 'Our World' global TV link-up. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Graham Nash, Keith Moon and Gary Leeds provide backing vocals (1967)... The Hollies record 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother'. The ballad was written by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell (who had terminal lymphatic cancer). The pair met in person only three times, but managed to collaborate on the song. The track also features a then largely unknown session pianist named Elton John (1969)... Marvin Gaye has his third US № 1 single with 'Got to Give It up' (1977)... The Police have the top album in both the US nd the UK with Synchronicity (1983)... Debbie Gibson becomes the youngest woman ever to write, record and produce a US № 1 single when 'Foolish Beat' tops the stateside chart (1988)... Bruce Springsteen is a surprise guest on David Letterman's farewell show as host of NBC's Late Night... The annual Glastonbury Festival opens in SW England. Headliners at the three-day event include Suede, Belly, Lemonheads, The Orb, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Crowes, Lenny Kravitz, Verve, Porno For Pyros and Teenage Fan Club. Tickets cost £58 for the full three days... Country singer Lyle Lovett marries Julia Roberts at St. James Lutheran Church in Marion, IN (1993)... Rapper DMX is arrested on charges that he and another man tried to steal a car from JFK Airport. DMX [né Earl Simmons] and Jackie Hudgins were detained after the city's Port Authority police interrupted a dispute. The pair are arrested on charges of attempted robbery, criminal impersonation and criminal mischief. A spokesman said a preliminary investigation indicates that Mr. Simmons may have identified himself as a federal agent (2004)... Country star Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman are married in a small private ceremony in Sydney, Australia (2006).