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Today In R&R History June 3rd
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Rock and Roll Birthdays
June 3rd
- June 3rd Birthday, Blues singer and guitarist Memphis Minnie, born Lizzie Douglas in Tunica County, Mississippi in 1897.
- June 3rd Birthday, Blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player Jimmy Rogers, born in Ruleville, Mississippi in 1924. He passed away on December 19th, 1997 at the age of 73.
- June 3rd Birthday, Beat poet and solo artist Allen Ginsburg, born in 1926 in Newark, New Jersey. Ginsburg died of a heart attack on May 5th, 1997 at the age of 70.
- June 3rd Birthday, Motown/Funk Brother guitarist Eddie “Chank” Willis, born in Grenada, Mississippi in 1936. He passed away on August 20th, 2018 at the age of 82.
- June 3rd Birthday, Singer, songwriter, solo artist Ian Hunter, an original member of Mott The Hoople, born Ian Hunter Patterson in Oswestry, Shropshire, England in 1939.
- June 3rd Birthday, Singer, songwriter, an original member of The Impressions, Curtis Mayfield born in Chicago, Illinois in 1942. Mayfield died on December 25th, 1999 at the age of 57.
- June 3rd Birthday, Michael Clarke, drummer for The Byrds, born in 1946 in Spokane, Washington. Clarke died on December 19th, 1993 at the age of 47.
- June 3rd Birthday, Iggy Pop and The Stooges bassist Dave Alexander, born in Whitmore Lake, Michigan in 1947. He died on February 10th, 1975.
- June 3rd Birthday, T-Rex percussionist Mickey Finn, born Thornton Heath in 1947 in Surrey, England. He died on January 11th, 2003 at the age of 55.
- June 3rd Birthday, Singer, bassist, actress and solo artist Suzi Quatro, born in Detroit, Michigan in 1950. Quatro played the role of Leather Tuscadero on the American sitcom Happy Days.
- June 3rd Birthday, Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell born in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1952. He died on January 28th, 2008 at the age of 56.
Today In Rock and Roll History
June 3rd
- June 3rd, 1957 The Isley Brothers, Ronald, Rudolph and Kelly, released their first record, “Angels Cried.” Although it failed to catch on, The Isleys would go on to have hits in five straight decades.
- June 3rd, 1964 Tamla Records release “I Like It Like That” by The Miracles on 45. Produced by Smokey Robinson, who co-wrote the song with Marv Tarplin, the record peaked at No. 27 on August 8th.
- June 3rd, 1966 Soul Records release Jimmy Ruffin’s “What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted” on 45. The track was arranged by Paul Rizer, who co-wrote the song with James Dean and William Weatherspoon, “What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted” was co-produced by Weatherspoon and William Stevenson. Backing vocals on the track were recorded by Motown vocal group The Originals. Ruffin’s first chart single peaked at No. 7 on October 29th.
- June 3rd, 1966 The Kinks’ “Sunny Afternoon” is released on 45 in Britain. Written by the Kinks’ Ray Davies, the lyrics of the song reference the high progressive tax structure in Britain in the 1960’s. The writing style furthered The Kinks evolution from power chord-based songs to other styles, with “Sunny Afternoon” reflecting a British music hall influence. Session pianist Nicky Hopkins played on the track. The record went to No. 1 in Britain on July 7th and peaked at No. 14 in the US on October 1st.
- June 3rd, 1967 “It’s Cold Outside” by The Choir enters the singles charts on Roulette Records. The song was written by guitarist Dann Klawon although that and the singles’ B-side were credited to Denny Klawson. First issued on the independent Canadian American Records label, Roulette picked it up for national distribution. Three members of the band later became founding members of The Raspberries, Dave Smalley, Wally Bryson and Jim Bonfanti. The record peaked at No. 68 on June 24th.
- June 3rd, 1967 Mercury Records release “One By One” by Blues Magoos on 45. The song was co-written by guitarist Peppy Castro under his given name, Emil Thielhelm and bassist Ronnie Gilbert and produced by Longhair Productions, a production company owned and operated by Art Polhemus and Bob Wyld. The band’s last charting single entered a week later and peaked at No. 71 on July 1st.
- June 3rd, 1967 Mercury Records release “Daylight Savin’ Time” by Keith on 45. The song was co-written by the record’s producer Jerry Ross and Mort Shuman. Keith’s final charting single peaked at No. 79 on July 8th.
- June 3rd, 1967 Philips Records release “C’mon Marianne” by the 4 Seasons featuring The Sound Of Frankie Valli on 45. Produced by Bob Crewe, the record was released less than a month after Frankie Valli’s first solo record, “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You,” went to No. 2. The song was co-written by L. Russell Brown and Raymond Bloodworth. It was the 4 Seasons last Top Ten hit of the 1960’s. The record entered the charts a week later and peaked at No. 9 on July 15th.
- June 3rd, 1967 An edited for 45 release version of “Light My Fire” by The Doors enters the singles charts on Elektra Records. Co-written collectively by The Doors and produced by Paul A. Rothchild in August 1966, Rothchild brought in Larry Knechtel to double the keyboard bass lines for the recording. The song would hit No. 1 on July 29th and sell over a million copies, nearly a year after it was recorded.
- June 3rd, 1967 “Don’t Sleep In The Subway” by Petula Clark enters the singles charts following a May release on Warner Brothers Records. Co-written by the track’s producer Tony Hatch with Jackie Trent, the record was a No. 1 hit for Clark in Britain in July and at No. 5, Clark’s final Top Ten hit in the US, on July 8th.
- June 3rd, 1967 Aretha Franklin scored her only solo, US No. 1 hit on this date with Otis Redding’s “Respect.”
- June 3rd, 1967 ABC Records release “Little Miss Sunshine” by Tommy Roe on 45. Written by Tommy Roe and produced by Steve Clark, the record entered the singles charts on June 10th for one week and peaked at No. 99.
- June 3rd, 1970 Nine days before its scheduled release date, The Kinks’ Ray Davies makes the round trip flight to England from America to re-record two words in the song “Lola” after receiving news that the BBC was refusing to air the song with the original words, “Coca-Cola.” The BBC had a ban on advertising in song lyrics, prompting the rerecording. The songwriting credit went to Davies, although his brother Dave claims he helped write the music for the song. Initial sessions for “Lola” took place from April through May at Morgan Studios in Willesden, London with Davies producing. The mono single version used the words “cherry cola” while the stereo album version uses the name “Coca-Cola.” The single came out in Britain on June 12th, went to No. 2 and reached No. 9 in America on October 24th.
- June 3rd, 1970 Harvest Records in Britain release “In Rock” by Deep Purple. The LP was recorded with new vocalist Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover at IBC, De Lane Lea and EMI Studios in London. The band produced the record themselves. The De Lane Lea sessions were engineered by Martin Birch, who would become Deep Purple’s long-time producer. A big hit in Britain where it went to No. 4 with a No. 2 hit single, “Black Night,” in America, the album spent twenty-one weeks on the charts and peaked at No. 143 on November 7th.
- June 3rd, 1970 Tamla Records release “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” by Stevie Wonder on 45. The song was co-written by Syreeta Wright, Lee Garrett, Stevie Wonder and his mother, Lula Mae Hardaway. Wonder produced the track. The record entered the charts on June 27th and peaked at No. 3 on August 8th.
- June 3rd, 1970 Jimi Hendrix’s live album “Band of Gypsies” is awarded a Gold Record.
- June 3rd, 1970 Epic Records issue “The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown)” by Fleetwood Mac on 45, following a May 9th release in Britain. Written by Mac guitarist Peter Green, the single didn’t chart in America but reached No. 4 in England.
- June 3rd, 1971 David Bowie records a ten-song live set for the BBC Radio series In Concert. All but one song from the show was broadcast on June 20th.
- June 3rd, 1971 Columbia Records release “Watching The River Flow” by Bob Dylan on 45. The song was written and recorded by Dylan at Black Rock Studios in New York City, produced by Leon Russell. Playing on “Watching The River Flow” were Jesse Ed Davis on guitar, Carl Radle on bass, Jim Keltner on drums and Leon Russell on piano. The record peaked at No. 41 on August 7th.
- June 3rd, 1972 “Vanilla Olay” by Jackie DeShannon enters the singles charts. The record was originally released as the B-side of “Only Love Can Break Your Heart.” “Vanilla Olay” was written by DeShannon and produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin. The record peaked at No. 76 on July 22nd.
- June 3rd, 1972 “Getting It On” and its B-side, “Ride Sally Ride,” by Dennis Coffey and The Detroit Guitar Band enters the singles charts. “Getting It On” was Coffey’s first single, co-written by Coffey and the single’s producer Mike Theodore, originally issued in October 1970. Sussex Records reissued the record in May 1972 with a solo Dennis Coffey on the flip side, when it peaked at No. 93 on June 17th.
- June 3rd, 1972 Harvest Records release “Obscured By Clouds,” the seventh studio album by Pink Floyd. Recorded from February 23rd though April 6th during two recording sessions at Chateau d’Heroville Studios in France, recorded for French film maker Barbet Schroeder for his movie La Vallee with the band acting as their own producer. The album came out on June 15th in the US and peaked at No. 46 on August 19th.
- June 3rd, 1972 “Beautiful Sunday” by British singer Daniel Boone enters the singles charts following a March release on Mercury Records. “Beautiful Sunday” was co-written by Daniel Boone and David Wayne Balfe under the name R. McQueen and produced by Larry Page. The track was a huge international hit, charting in New Zealand, France, Japan, South Africa, Mexico, Britain and Germany. The single peaked in America at No. 15 on September 16th.
- June 3rd, 1972 “I’ll Take You There” by The Staple Singers reaches No. 1 on the US singles charts.
- June 3rd, 1972 Reprise Records release “Metal Guru” by T Rex on 45. The song was written by Marc Bolan. Produced by Tony Visconti from the forthcoming LP “The Slider,” the song was a No. 1 hit on the British singles charts.
- June 3rd, 1972 ABC Dunhill Records release “The Runway” by The Grass Roots on 45. Co-written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Parker, the songwriting duo responsible for hits by Small Faces, Four Tops, Glen Campbell as well as The Grass Roots’ “Two Divided By Love.” The track was co-produced by Steve Barri, Rob Grill and Warren Entner. “The Runway” reached No. 39 on July 22nd, the final Grass Roots single the reach the Top Forty.
- June 3rd, 1977 Island Records release “Exodus” by Bob Marley and The Wailers. Much of “Exodus” was recorded in London, while Marley recuperated from an assassination attempt. The success of the album made Marley a major international star. In Britain, the album was a big hit, peaking at No. 8. In America, “Exodus” peaked at No. 20 on August 20th.
- June 3rd, 1978 Dave Mason’s cover version of “Will You Still Love Me” enters the singles charts following a May release on Columbia Records. A Gerry Goffin and Carole King song, Mason produced the track with Ron Nevison. “Will You Still Love Me” peaked at No. 39 on July 8th.
- June 3rd, 1978 The movie theme song of the film FM (No Static At All) by Steely Dan enters the singles charts on MCA Records. The track was built up from a click track with Donald Fagen playing piano and Walter Becker handling all the bass and guitar work, including the solo on the song’s outro. This was the only time on a Steely Dan song where the two performed most of the instrumental work themselves, recorded over several sessions in Los Angeles at Capitol Studios, the Armand Steiner Soundlab, Studio 55 and The Village Recorder. Co-written by Fagen and Becker, “FM (No Static At All)” peaked at No. 22 on July 29th.
- June 3rd, 1978 “Hot Love Cold World” by Bob Welch enters the singles charts on Capitol Records. Co-written by Welch and engineer John Henning and produced by John Carter, the track was originally issued as the B-side of Welch’s hit single “Sentimental Lady.” “Hot Love Cold World” peaked at No. 31 on July 15th.
- June 3rd, 1978 “That Once In A Lifetime” by former Aphrodite's Child singer Demis Roussos enters the singles charts on Mercury Records. The song was co-written by former Motown staff writers Dino Fekaris and the track’s producer Freddie Perren. The record peaked at No. 47 on July 22nd.
- June 3rd, 1985 Warner Brothers Records release “Boys And Girls,” the sixth solo album by Roxy Music front man Bryan Ferry. Co-produced by Ferry and Rhett Davies at six different studios in America, England, Australia and The Bahamas. A large cast of session players appeared on the album, including David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler, Tony Levin and David Sanborn. The album peaked at No. 63 on July 20th.
Miscellaneous June
- June 1948 Recorded in April, Aristocrat Records release “I Can’t Be Satisfied” backed with “I Feel Like Going Home” by Muddy Waters on 78 rpm record. Both songs were written by Muddy Waters, who most likely reworked the song from earlier standards with slide guitar work in the style of Robert Johnson.
- Muddy Waters “I Can’t Be Satisfied” b/w “I Feel Like Going Home”
- June 1960 Warwick Records release “Shy” backed with “Just A Boy” by Jerry Landis on 45. Landis was one of a few different stage names used by Paul Simon early in his music career. Both songs were written by Simon as Jerry Landis and produced by Morty Croft.
- Jerry Landis “Shy” b/w “Just A Boy”
- June 1961 Emmy Records release “Sixteen Tons” backed with “Breaktime” by The Masters on 45. Produced by Gary Price at PAL Studios in Cucamonga, California, the A-side was a cover version of the Merle Travis song. The B-side was co-written by Ronnie Williams, Paul Buff and Frank Zappa and features Zappa on guitar, Williams on drums and bass and Buff on piano.
- The Masters “Sixteen Tons” b/w “Breaktime”
- June 1963 “Mr. Clean” backed with “Jessie Lee” by Mr. Clean is recorded at PAL Studios in Cucamonga, California. The tracks were issued on 45 on Original Sound Records later that month. Both songs were written by Frank Zappa, who actually was Mr. Clean. Zappa plays guitar, drums and backing vocals on Mr. Clean” and plays guitar, drums and percussion on the B-side. Paul Buff played bass guitar on the songs and electric piano on the A-side.
- June 1963 Vigah! Records release “Hey Nelda” backed with “Surf Along” by Ned and Nelda on 45. The A-side was a parody of “Hey Paula” by Paul and Paula. Both songs were co-written by Frank Zappa and Ray Collins. Collins sang co- lead vocals with Zappa, who plays guitar and drums with Paul Buff on piano, organ and bass. The song was recorded in May at PAL Recording Studio in Cucamonga, California.
- Ned and Nelda “Hey Nelda” b/w “Surf Along”
- June 1964 Snap Records out of Niles, Michigan release “Pretty Little Redbird” backed with “Penny Wishing Well” by The Shondells.
- The A-side was written by producer J.D. Deafenbaugh. “Pretty Wishing Well” was written by Tommy (James) Jackson.
- The Shondells “Pretty Little Redbird” b/w “Penny Wishing Well”
- June 1965 RIC Records release “Boss Barracuda” by The Catalinas on 45. Written and produced by Bobby Darin, the studio band included Bruce Johnston, Hal Blaine, and other members of The Wrecking Crew.
- The Catalinas “Boss Barracuda”
- June 1965 Elektra Records release “Bleeker and McDougal,” the first album by folk-rock pioneer Fred Neil. Produced by Gordon Anderson and engineered by Paul Rothchild, Felix Pappalardi and John Sebastian both played sessions for the LP.
- June 1966 Penthouse Records release “Reconsider Baby” by Bobby Jamerson on 45. Written by Jameson, the recording session was produced and arranged by Frank Zappa, although the label credited Norm Ratner with producing the disc. Jameson wrote the song as a response to Percy Sledge’s “When A Man Loves A Woman.”
- Bobby Jameson “Reconsider Baby”
- June 1967 Buddah Records release “Safe As Milk,” the debut album by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band. The LP was co-produced by Richard Perry and Bob Krasnow at RCA Studios in Los Angeles in the Spring of 1967.
- June 1971 Atlantic Records release “Album II” by Loudon Wainwright III. The record was recorded at Intermedia Sounds in Boston, Massachusetts with Wainwright and Milton Kramer co-producing. Kate McGarrigle sings on the song “Old Paint.”
- June 1972 Reprise Records release “Henry The Human Fly,” the first solo album by Fairport Convention guitarist Richard Thompson. Co-produced by Thompson and John Wood at Sound Techniques Studio in London, Fairport band mates Sandy Denny and Ashley Hutchins both make guest appearances on the LP.
- June 1974 Island Records release LP “In Search Of Eddie Riff” by Roxy Music saxophone player Andy MacKay. The record was produced by Andy MacKay at Island Studios in London in January 1974. Playing on the LP were Eddie Jobson, Phil Manzanera and Paul Thompson from Roxy Music, Deep Purple’s Roger Glover and others.
- June 1976 Private Stock Records release “X Offender” backed with “In The Sun,” the first single by Blondie. The A-side was co-written by singer Debbie Harry and Bassist Gary Valentine. In The Sun” was written by guitarist Chris Stein. The record was co-produced by Craig Leon and Richard Gottehrer, “X Offender” was a different take from the one issued on the band’s debut LP.
- Blondie “X Offender”
- June 1977 German electronic music duo Cluster, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius record sessions with Brian Eno at Conny Plank’s Studios in Cologne, Germany. Joined on the sessions by bassist Holger Czukay from the band Can and Asmus Tietchens on synthesizer, Sky Records released an LP from the recordings, the ambient “Cluster and Eno” album later in 1977.
- June 1979 Virgin Records release “Force Majeure,” the ninth LP by Tangerine Dream. Produced by Edgar Froese and Chris Frank at Hansa Studios in Berlin in August and September 1978, the album reached No. 26 on the British charts.
- June 1979 “Capricorn Records release “Can’t Take It With You” by The Allman Brothers Band on 45. The song was co-written by Dickie Betts and Don Johnson. Produced by Tom Dowd, the record peaked at No. 105 in July.
- The Allman Brothers Band “Can’t Take It With You”
- June 1981 A&M Records in the US release “One Step Ahead” by Split Enz on 45. The song was written by Neil Finn, produced from the LP “Waiata” by David Tickle.
- Split Enz “One Step Ahead”
- June 1982 Warner Brothers Records release the title track from The B-52’s “Mesopotamia” EP as a 45. The song was co-written by band members Keith Strickland, Ricky Wilson, Fred Schneider and Kate Pierson. “Mesopotamia” was produced by David Byrne form Talking Heads.
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