June 24th Happy Birthday to Cootie Williams jazz trumpeter (1910), Arthur Brown (1942), Charlie Whitney - Family (1944), Chris Wood - Traffic (1944), Jeff Beck (1944), Mick Fleetwood (1947), Colin Blunstone - The Zombies (1945), Patrick Moraz - Yes/Moody Blues (1948), John Illsley - Dire Straits (1949), Andy McCluskey - OMD (1959), Marvin Smith jazz drummer (1961), Jeff Cease - The Black Crowes (1967), Curt Smith - Tears for Fears (1961), Richard Zven Kruspe - Rammstein (1967), Glen Medeiros (1970) Chart News 1965 The Hollies at No.1 on the UK chart with Im Alive 1967 The Monkees at No.1 on the US album charts with Headquarters 1977 The Jacksons at No.1 on the UK chart with Show You The Way To Go. 1989 Paul McCartney at No.1 on the UK album chart with Flowers In The Dirt 1989 Richard Marx at No 1 in the US with Satisfied 1989 Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler at No.1 on the UK chart with Back To Life 2007 The White Stripes at No.1 on the UK album chart with Icky Thump 2012 Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa at No.1 on the UK chart with Payphone Gig news 1964 The Beatles played at Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand. 1965 The Rolling stones played at the Messehallen in Oslo 1969 The Doors appeared at The Roach, New Orleans, Louisiana. 1972 David Bowie appeared at the Guildford City Hall, England 1973 The Grateful Dead appeared at the Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon. 1978 Genesis, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Devo, Brand X and The Atlanta Rhythm Section all appeared at Knebworth Park, England 1994 Metallica appeared at Ionia Free Fair, Ionia, Michigan . 2005 The Thrills, The Zutons, Doves, The Killers, White Stripes, Kaiser Chiefs, Ash, The Coral, Keane, New Order, Coldplay, James Blunt, Brian Wilson, Garbage, Primal Scream and Basement Jaxx all appeared at this years UK Glastonbury Festival. I know cos I was there. Music news 1965 John Lennons second book of poetry and drawings, A Spaniard In The Works, was published. 1990 New Kids On The Blocks Donnie Wahlberg spent two days in hospital after falling through an unlocked trapdoor mid-concert in Saratoga Springs, New York. 1999 Eric Clapton put 100 of his guitars up for auction at Christies in New York City to raise money for his drug rehab clinic, the Crossroads Centre in Antigua. His 1956 Fender Stratocaster named Brownie, which was used to record the electric version of ‘Layla’, sold for a record $497,500. The auction helped raise nearly $5 million for the clinic. 2004 A Fender Stratocaster that Eric Clapton nicknamed “Blackie” sold at a Christie’s auction for $959,500 (£564,412) in New York, making it the most expensive guitar in the world. The proceeds of the sale went towards the Crossroads addiction clinic https://facebook/media/set/?set=a.182308161822760.54815.177749688945274&type=1
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