On June 14th in Rock and Roll history: in 1965 Paul McCartney went into the studio for the first of two days to record “Yesterday” which would become the most recorded song in history with over 3,000 recorded covers of the song to date; >>>> in 1970 Grand Funk Railroad unveiled their $100,000 Closer to Home block long billboard on New York City’s Times Square; >>>> also in 1970 Derek and the Dominos performed their first gig at the Lyceum Theatre in London; >>>> and in 1970 The Beatles had their last original single, “The Long and Winding Road,” which hit number 1; >>>> in 1974 David Bowie kicked off his tour in support of Diamond Dogs at the Forum in Montreal; >>>> in 1980 Billy Joel reached number one on the Billboard 200 Album Chart for the second time with Glass Houses which spent six weeks on top of the chart; >>>> in 1980 Peter Gabriel reached number one on the U.K. Album Chart for the first time with his third self-titled album which spent two weeks on top; >>>> in 1982 The Pretenders fired founding bassist Pete Farndon, due to the bassist’s battle with heroin addiction; >>>> in 1995 Police in Columbus, OH received 20 complaints of noise that a Ted Nugent concert was too loud. Nugent did not turn down the volume because he was within the legal noise limits; >>>> and in 2011 great saxophone player Clarence Clemmons, known for his work in the E Street band with Bruce Springsteen and with his own band Clarence Clemmons and the Red Bank Robbers, had a second surgery after he suffered a Stroke on June 12th. Sadly Clemmons died from complications on June 18th. The Rock and Roll celebrity birthday persons for June 14th are Rod Argent-keyboardist for The Zombie & Argent born in 1945, Alan White-drummer for Yes born in 1949 and Chris DeGarmo-guitarist for Queensryche born in 1963.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:55:50 +0000
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