On June 29th in Rock and Roll history: in 1956 in a step back for rock, Elvis Presley appears on Steve Allen’s TV show to sing “Hound Dog” to an actual basset hound; >>>> in 1957 Buddy Holly recorded “Peggy Sue;” >>>> in 1969 The Jimi Hendrix Experience played their final concert together at the Denver Pop Festival, which took place at Mile High Stadium; >>>> in 1973 Deep Purple performed their last concert with Ian Gillan singing for them in Japan. David Coverdale would go on to replace Gillan although Gillan rejoined the band in 1984 & continues to sing for them to this day; >>>> in 1978 Peter Frampton was in a car accident in the Bahamas in which Frampton suffered a broken arm and cracked ribs; >>>> in 1984 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band kicked off their tour in support of Born in the U.S.A. at the Civic Center in St. Paul, MN; >>>> in 1985 Mick Jagger & David Bowie recorded their cover of “Dancing in the Street” & filmed the video in 12 hours; >>>> in 1999 Styx released their thirteenth album Brave New World which was their last album to feature original singer & keyboardist Dennis DeYoung. The album peaked at 175 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart; >>>> in 2000 Sting and his band-mates lost simultaneous chess matches against World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov at ABC television studios in New York City’s Times Square. Kasparov defeated them all in 50 minutes; >>>> also in 2000 in Jacksonville, FL, vandals pull up the grave of Lynryd Skynyrd frontman Ronnie Van Zant & the ashes of guitarist Steve Gaines. Their remains were moved to an undisclosed burial site very shortly afterwards; >>>> and in 2010 Rush kicked off their Time Machine Tour at the Journal Pavilion in Albuquerque, NM. During this tour they performed Moving Pictures in its entirety for the first time. The Rock and Roll celebrity birthday persons for June 29th includes: Billy Storm (born William Spicer) – songwriter and tenor singer from the mid 50’s through early 70’s with the groups The Chavelles, The Gents, The Valiants, The Untouchables, The Electras, The Freedoms, The Alley Cats and Africa; singer Little Eva (Eva Narcissus Boyd) born in Belhaven, N.C. in 1945. She was discovered by songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin while baby-sitting their daughter. Her biggest hit was “The Loco-Motion,” a No. 1 song in 1962; Ian Paice-drummer for Deep Purple & Whitesnake born in 1948; singer Colin Hay of Men at Work is born in 1953; Don Dokken – lead singer and founder of heavy metal band Dokken born in 1953; and Evelyn “Champagne” King born in the Bronx, N.Y. in 1960. She is discovered at Sigma Studios, where she is a cleaning woman. Her biggest hit is the million-selling top 10 single “Shame” in 1978. On a side note referencing Billy Storm above, note one of his early bands was The Chavelles. Greenville, SC also had a band of the same name in simular time period. In fact, Greenvilles Robert Jones whom owns and operates Robert Jones Pianos on North Main Street was the lead singer and keyboard player.
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 09:52:21 +0000
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