WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY ☕ All comments are welcomed! {check: see more/continue reading/ comments for details/videos/updates. } Jun 17,1910 - Red Foley, Blue Lick Ky, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington) Jun 17, 1910 - Red Foley, American musician (d. 1968) was born. Jun 17,1911-Joseph Vernon Turner Jr. is born in Kansas City, Missouri. He will find fame as blues shouter Big Joe Turner. Jun 17, 1915 - Stringbean, [David Akeman], Ky, banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw) Jun 17,1938-Sonny Boy Williamson 1st records Deep Down In The Ground, Lord Oh Lord Blues and My Baby Ive Been Your Slave, at The Leland Hotel, Aurora, Illinois Jun 17,1940-Chuck Rainey is born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He will find fame as a hugely respected bass player in the fields of pop, rock, jazz fusion and rhythm & blues, working with Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, The Jackson 5, The Rascals and Steely Dan to name but a few. Jun 17,1940-Leadbelly records Easy Rider at RCA at Victor Studio No2, in New York City Jun 17, 1942 - Norman Kuhlice, England, rocker (Swinging Blue Jeans-Youre No Good) was born. Jun 17, 1943 - Barry Manilow, New York City, American singer/pianist (Mandy, I Write the Songs) was born. Jun 17, 1944 - Chris Spedding, rocker was born. Jun 17,1949-US music trade magazine Billboard begins employing the term rhythm and blues in reference to the black charts. Jun 17,1955-James Marshall Hendrix [later to become Jimi Hendrix] leaves Leschi Elementary School in Seattle, Washington, USA, because his father Al can no longer pay for their house at 2603 26th Avenue. They move to 1436 29th Avenue. Jun 17,1955-Bo Diddley, Screamin Jay Hawkins, Ruth Brown, The Diamonds and The Dreams play at the Town Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Jun 17,1960-Henry Mancini has the second of three recording sessions in Los Angeles, California, USA, for his RCA Victor Records album Combo!. On this day Mancini records Far East Blues, Scandinavian Shuffle and other tracks. Jun 17,1962-Freddy King plays the last of three nights at The Hines Farm Blues Club, Swanton, Ohio Jun 17,1963-The Rolling Stones play at Studio 51, Soho, London, UK. Jun 17,1963-The Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers, later to become Manfred Mann, play at The Marquee Club, Oxford Street, London, UK. Jun 17,1963-The Animals continue with a two-month stint at The Star Club, Hamburg, Germany. Jun 17,1964-The Tridents, featuring future rock guitar hero Jeff Beck, play at The Ealing Club, Ealing, London, UK. Jun 17,1965-The Alex Harvey Soul Band plus Long John Baldry and the Hoochie Coochie Men play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, UK. Jun 17,1965-The Yardbirds play in The Pier Pavilion, Worthing, UK. Jun 17,1965-The Yardbirds sign a contract with booking agency Jazz Associates, to play a gig at The Marquee Club, in Soho, London, UK, in the first week of July. The contract specifies that the first ?25 earned from the night will go to the Marquee, the next ?50 to the band, and any balance will be split 50-50, with The Yardbirds paying the supporting act. Jun 17,1965-UK music newspaper Melody Maker reports that The Who are unhappy with the material they have recorded so far for their debut album and are consequently changing their style from RnB to hard pop. Jun 17,1965-The first of four days of the First New York Folk Festival at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA, features Chuck Berry and Johnny Cash. Jun 17,1967-Second day of the Monterey Pop Festival, Monterey, California, USA, featuring Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Mike Bloomfield Thing [aka The Electric Flag], The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Canned Heat, Country Joe And The Fish, Hugh Masakela, The Steve Miller Blues Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Beach Boys, Booker T and the MGs, The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape and Otis Redding. Jun 17, 1970 - Led Zeppelin begins their last European tour Jun 17,1986 - Kate Smith, singer (God Bless America), dies in Raleigh NC at 78 Jun 17,1993-Doctor John delivers the eulogy at a memorial service for blues songwriter, singer and guitarist John Campbell. The urn containing Campbells ashes is then escorted home on a motorcycle by a procession of Hells Angels, in the manner that his wife said would be just as he wanted it. Jun 17, 2008 - Cyd Charisse, American dancer and actress (b. 1922) Jun 17,2013-Blues guitarist Stephen Dale Petit releases a new album, Cracking The Code, in the UK. The album features guest appearances by Dr. John, Hubert Sumlin, Mick Taylor, Patrick Carney and Chris Baber. =================================================== Jun 17, 2014- BOB DYLAN - Bob Dylan-The O2, Dublin, Ireland Tour -Never Ending Tour. =================================================== RESEARCHED BY: Pamela Melenchen/Administrator/ The Railroad Tracks of Bob Dylans Life Facebook group & community pages - https://facebook/notes/the-railroad-tracks-of-bob-dylans-life/the-railroad-tracks-of-bob-dylanmy-new-page/504648119616636
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