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Well it has been gone since July 31st 07.... Time to bump it back up to the front page.

This Day in Music History

June 17th

2005 - Karl Mueller, bassist and founding member of the Minneapolis-based rock act Soul Asylum, dies at his home. He was 41. Diagnosed with throat cancer in May 2004, Mueller underwent radiation treatment and was said to have been in and out of the hospital in recent months.

1995 - Rod Stewart sets an attendance record for Wembley Stadium with a concert crowd of 90,000. The 1985 Live Aid concert drew 72,000.

1984 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: ``The Reflex,'' Duran Duran. It is the group's first No. 1 hit in the United States.

1972 - Paul McCartney releases ``Mary Had a Little Lamb.'' The musical version of the nursery rhyme reaches No. 28 on Billboard's Hot 100 and No. 9 in Great Britain.

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July 4th Happy Independence Day USA...

This day in music history

1938 - Singer/songwriter Bill Withers is born in Slab Fork, W.Va. His biggest hit is the 1972 million-selling No. 1 song ``Lean on Me.'' A 1987 remake by Club Nouveau also hits No. 1 and sells 1 million copies.

1982 - Ozzy Osbourne marries his manager, Sharon Arden.

1987 - ``The July Fourth Disarmament Festival'' in the Soviet Union features the Doobie Brothers, Santana, Bonnie Raitt and Soviet music groups.

1995 - The Ramones release ``Adios Amigos.'' It's speculated to be the band's last album ever.

1995 - At Lollapalooza in George, Wash., Courtney Love belts Bikini Kill singer Kathleen Hanna. Charged with assault, Love receives a suspended one-year sentence and is required to take courses in anger management.
I'm from W.VA now i have something to br proud of my state other than Brad Paisley

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Today is a good one for Jimi fans

June 18

1997 - Country Music Association entertainers of the year Brooks & Dunn play a special show for their fan club at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. In keeping with tradition, both Brooks and Dunn stick around to meet and sign autographs for all 2,000-plus who turn out for the annual gathering. The pair starts signing at 9 p.m. and wraps things up a 5 a.m. the following morning.

1996 - Beck's fourth full-length album, "Odelay," is released.

1968 - The Hendrix album ``Electric Ladyland,'' released

1967 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience makes its debut performance at the Monterey (Calif.) Pop Festival.

1965 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: ``I Can't Help Myself,'' Four Tops.

1942 - Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, England. The Beatles have 20 No. 1 songs, more than any other recording act, and McCartney by himself or in duets has another nine. His biggest post-Beatles hits are ``Ebony and Ivory,'' a duet with Stevie Wonder that stays at No. 1 for seven weeks, and ``Say Say Say,'' a duet with Michael Jackson that tops the pop chart for six weeks.

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Every day was pretty eventful huh.

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hottrod wrote:
Every day was pretty eventful huh.


yeah, but some days I think it is a reach to call the events "Music History"

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It's kind of a coincidince that all these things happened on the same day of a different year too.

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History does seem to like some days better than others.


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hottrod wrote:
It's kind of a coincidince that all these things happened on the same day of a different year too.


Yeah it is...I kind of wonder if there wasn't bigger significance for some of those days then we know. Like Jimi for example, I wonder if they realized that they were releasing Electric Ladyland a year to the day after he lit the guitar on fire at (literally) at Monterey

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Slow day in Music History...

June 19th

1998 - Loretta Lynn makes a special appearance on the Friday Night Opry, opening with her first No. 1 country hit, "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin'," from 1966, and follows with "We've Come a Long Way Baby" from 1978. To round out her night, Lynn performs "How Great Thou Art" without accompaniment, for which she receives a standing ovation and finishes with her signature tune "The Coal Miner's Daughter."

1980 - Donna Summer is the first act signed by David Geffen to his new Geffen Records label.

1951 - Ann Wilson of Heart is born

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JAM76 wrote:
Slow day in Music History...

June 19th

1998 - Loretta Lynn makes a special appearance on the Friday Night Opry, opening with her first No. 1 country hit, "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin'," from 1966, and follows with "We've Come a Long Way Baby" from 1978. To round out her night, Lynn performs "How Great Thou Art" without accompaniment, for which she receives a standing ovation and finishes with her signature tune "The Coal Miner's Daughter."

1980 - Donna Summer is the first act signed by David Geffen to his new Geffen Records label.

1951 - Ann Wilson of Heart is born


Must have been ladies day


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June 20th

Another slow day

1965 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: ``Mr. Tambourine Man,'' The Byrds.

1942 - Brian Wilson is born in Ingleside, Calif. He is the leader, bassist, composer and producer of the surf-rock group the Beach Boys. He quits touring due to nervous exhaustion in 1965. His daughters, Carnie and Wendy, make up two-thirds of the trio Wilson Phillips.

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June 20 1948 the Ed sullivan show The Toast of the Town began and we all no what that went on to become. Some of the great rock band first.

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June 20 1948 the Ed sullivan show The Toast of the Town began and we all no what that went on to become. Some of the great rock band first.


Thats a good one... We will have to holler at Fender to get that added to their Calender

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Hello Jam76,

Today is Chet Atkins Birthday
He was born back in '24.

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