Today, in the history of Rock and Roll June 5th: 1952: Drummer Nicko McBrain is born. He is in the Streetwalkers and Trust before joining Iron Maiden in ‘83 - three years after the groups self-titled debut album. 1955: Gladys Presley, Elvis mother, awakens suddenly in Memphis, convinced that her boy is in danger; at that moment, Elvis first pink Cadillac catches on fire while en route from Fulton, AR. Elvis is unharmed. 1956: Richard Lofthouse Butler, founder of the Psychedelic Furs and Love Spit Love, is born in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London. 1956: Elvis Presley appears on the last broadcast of Milton Berles Texaco Star Theater, performing his brand-new song, Hound Dog, and also I Want You, I Need You, I Love You. Elvis hip-swinging dancing to Hound Dog shocks the nation, leading the press to describe it as like the mating dance of an aborigine and that the singer clearly had no future in the music business. 1959: A young kid named Robert Zimmerman, a greaser of sorts known for his long hair and black leather jackets, graduates from Hibbing High School in Hibbing, MN. Within a few years, he would become a New York folksinger and change his name to Bob Dylan. 1964: David Jones and his band, The King Bees, releases his first single, Liza Jane. Within five years, he will become famous as David Bowie, having changed his last name to avoid confusion with the Monkees Davy Jones. 1968: The favorite for the Democratic party nomination for President, Sen. Robert Kennedy, is assassinated after a rousing speech in Los Angeles, inspiring David Crosby to write Long Time Gone and the Rolling Stones to add the line Who killed the Kennedys? to their new song-in-progress, Sympathy For The Devil. 1969: The Doors concert documentary Feast Of Friends premieres at the Cinematheque in Los Angeles. 1971: Grand Funk Railroad beats the Beatles 1965 Shea Stadium record gross for a concert, after manager Terry Knight has the idea to raise ticket prices at Shea just enough to make that possible. 1974: Sly Stone marries his first wife, Kathy Silva, onstage before his show at Madison Square Garden. Bishop Stewart, the singers uncle, officiates before the crowd of 19,000; Silva files for divorce five months later. 1974: Patti Smith’s version of “Hey Joe (originally by the Leaves and covered Jimi Hendrix and others) is her first recording. 1975: Syd Barrett, ex-Pink Floyd member and founder who was forced from the band after becoming an acid casualty, quietly appears in the Abbey Road studios during recording of the bands album Wish You Were Here, which was largely written about him. No one notices Barrett, and he soon leaves as quietly as he entered. 1975: The Rolling Stones become the first artists to be granted royalties from the Soviet Union whenever their records are sold there. 1979: Muddy Waters, 64, marries his third wife, 25-year-old Marva Jean Brooks, in Chicago with Eric Clapton as best man. 1983: U2 performs at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado. It’s raining and foggy which only adds to the atmosphere. The show is filmed and recorded, with tracks appearing on the EP Under A Blood Red Sky. 1987: The Princes Trust Rock Gala is held for the fifth time at Wembley Arena in London. The annual charity event features the music of George Harrison, who performs While My Guitar Gently Weeps with Eric Clapton; and Ringo Starrs version of With A Little Help From My Friends, featuring Jeff Lynne. Other performers include Elton John, Phil Collins, Dave Edmunds, and Ben E. King. 1987: Sly Stone surrenders to authorities in Fort Meyers, FL for violating his probation (for cocaine possession). 1988: Patti Boyd, ex-wife of George Harrison, files for divorce from Eric Clapton, who once wrote the song Layla about her. 1989: The Doobie Brothers begin their reunion tour, their first with their original lineup since 1975. 1999: MTV Movie Awards get as bad as the Grammys. Aerosmith wins the “Best Song In A Movie” award for “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” from the “Armageddon” soundtrack. 2003: Animals’ keyboardist Dave Rowberry dies in London at age 62. Rowberry joined The Animals after the group had a falling out with founder/leader Alan Price. Rowberry stayed until the original group disbanded in the mid-60s. 2004: Ted Nugent performs for soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen at a U.S. installation in Iraq. Country singer Toby Keith also hits the stage. The pair had previously performed for U.S. service members in Kosovo, Germany and Italy. 2004: Bruce Springsteens sax player Clarence Clemons marries Dr. Meng Yanhong in Fushun City, China, the bride`s home town. Even though Gina is a Chinese citizen, she lives in Dublin operating a clinic for traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture and massage. The couple met in Dublin the previous year during the European leg of Springsteen`s tour. 2006: Carlos Santana stops by the Macys store in New Yorks Herald Square to promote his new men’s fragrance. A portion of the proceeds raised from the event benefit Santana’s Milagro Foundation. 2006: Elton John is inducted into Mojo magazines Hall of Fame at the third annual Honours List ceremony in London. David Gilmour (Lifetime Achievement Award), Queens Brian May (Les Paul Award) and the Pretenders Chrissie Hynde (Songwriter Award) are also recognized. 2007: Paul McCartney delivers Memory Almost Full. Its the first release by Starbucks Hear Music label. Its a very personal record . . . drawing from memory, like memories from being a kid, from Liverpool and from summers gone, says McCartney of the 13-track collection he began working on in ’03. 2007: To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the famed Monterey International Pop Festival theres a two-CD set with live performances by Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix and The Who. 2007: Bruce Springsteen With The Sessions Band Live In Dublin, a two-CD and DVD package chronicling concerts Springsteen gave with the Seeger Sessions Band the previous November, is released. The set features Folk tunes (penned by Pete Seeger and others) plus reworked versions of original Springsteen tunes. 2007: Lucy O’Donnell, a former schoolmate of John Lennon’s son Julian, claims that she was the subject of a painting by Julian that inspired The Beatles song Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. 2008: Ozzy Osbourne is awarded undisclosed libel damages from the Daily Star over an article in the British tabloid that claimed Ozzy was physically unfit to host the previous Februarys Brit Awards. The newspaper reported that Osbourne was in such poor health that he collapsed twice before the show and needed an electric scooter to move around the set. The publication also issues a formal apology. Osbourne donates a portion of the settlement to his wife’s colon cancer charity. 2008: James Taylor sings the US National Anthem at tonights Game One of the NBA finals in Boston. Releases: 1971: James Taylor, Youve Got A Friend Recording: 1968: The Beatles, Dont Pass Me By 1970: Elvis Presley: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Got My Mojo Working, Keep Your Hands Off Of It, How The Web Was Woven, Its Your Baby, You Rock It, Stranger In The Crowd, Ill Never Know, Mary In The Morning 1970: Bob Dylan: If Dogs Run Free, Went To See The Gypsy, What Its All About, Winterlude, I Forgot To Remember, The Man In Me, Father Of Night, Lily Of The West (Flora) 1974: Patti Smith, Hey Joe
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