THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY (June 24th): 1944: Jeff Beck was born 1944: Michael John Kells (Mick) Fleetwood was born 1944: Arthur Brown (The Crazy World of Arthur Brown) was born 1944: Chris Wood (Traffic, saxophone and flute) was born -- he died in 1983. 1945: Colin Blunstone (Zombies, vocals) was born 1949: John Illsley (Dire Straits, bass) was born 1964, The Beatles played the first of two nights at Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand. 1966: With the McCoys and the Standells opening, the Rolling Stones 1966 tour begins at the Manning Bowl in Lynn, Massachusetts, inciting yet another crowd riot that the police counteract with tear gas. Rock concerts are banned from the venue for nearly two decades 1966: The Mothers of Invention open for none other than Lenny Bruce at the Fillmore in San Francisco 1966: John Lennons second whimsical book of original prose, poetry, and drawings, entitled A Spaniard In The Works, is published in his native England 1967: Led by Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd make their TV debut performing their hit single See Emily Play on BBCs Top Of The Pops 1967: 5th Dimension make their TV debut performing their hit single Up, Up And Away on ABCs American Bandstand 1967: Guitarist Zal Yanovsky quits the Lovin Spoonful after their gig at the Forest Hills Music Festival in New York 1967: The Monkees LP Headquarters hits #1 1967: Procol Harums A Whiter Shade Of Pale enters the charts 1972: At tonights show in Fort Worth, TX, the Rolling Stones film the performance that would become the quadrophonic concert documentary Ladies And Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones 1972: Helen Reddy releases I Am Woman 1973: Legendary rock organist Al Kooper rejoins his first band, Blues Project, onstage during a concert in Central Park 1977: En route to his hotel while on tour in Madison, WI, Elvis spots an altercation between two young men and a gas station attendant and immediately gets out of his limo, striking a karate pose, shouting Ill take you on! When all three get a glimpse of their intruder, however, they immediately forget the fight and ask for pictures and photographs 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 (tickets cost £6 or $10) 1984: Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin joins Yes onstage in Dortmund, Germany for a cover of the Beatles Im Down, further fueling rumors that the guitarist will assemble a new band called XYZ (Ex-Yes and Zeppelin) 1989: The Beatles finally get a US #1 Country hit when Rosanne Cashs cover of I Dont Want To Spoil The Party reaches the top spot 1993: Hank Williams illegitimate daughter Jett, is awarded a piece of the country legends estate from his son, Hank Jr 1998: Johnny Cash makes his first public appearance since announcing his battle with Shy-Drager Syndrome, walking onstage at Kris Kristoffersons latest Nashville concert to sing Cashs hit Sunday Morning Coming Down, written by Kris 1999: Eric Clapton put 100 guitars up for auction at Christies in New York City to raise money for his drug rehab clinic (Crossroads Centre in Antigua) -- Brownie, the 56 Strat used to record Layla, went for $497,500 (the auction raised almost $5 million) 2000: Preparing for retirement, KISS begin auctioning off their quarter-century of band memorabilia, netting $876,000 2004: Blackie, another Eric Clapton Fender Stratocaster, sold at a Christies auction for $959,500 in New York (the most expensive guitar in the world) 2013: Alan Myers (Devo, drums) died aged 58 in Los Angeles, California, following a long bout with cancer
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