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Today In R&R History June 25th
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Rock and Roll Birthdays
June 25th
- June 25th Birthday, Songwriter, music publisher and entrepreneur Marshall Sehorn, born in Concord, North Carolina in 1934. He was an A&R man for Bobby Robinson’s Fury and Fire Record labels. He discovered Wilbert Harrison and Lee Dorsey, whom he paired with songwriter Allen Toussaint. He and Toussaint built Sea-Saint Studios in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans. He died of respiratory disease on December 5th, 2006.
- June 25th Birthday, R&B singer Eddie Floyd, born in Montgomery, Alabama in 1937.
- June 25th Birthday, Singer, songwriter Carly Simon, born in The Bronx, New York City in 1945.
- June 25th Birthday, Keyboardist, saxophonist, flutist and singer Ian McDonald, an original member of King Crimson and Foreigner, born in 1946 in Osterley, Middlesex, England. McDonald passed away on February 9th, 2022 at the age of 75.
- June 25th Birthday, Blue Oyster Cult keyboardist and guitarist Allen Lanier, born in Long Island, New York in 1946. He passed away on August 14th, 2013 at the age of 67.
- June 25th Birthday, Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, solo artist and a founding member of Split Enz, Tim Finn, born Brian Timothy Finn in 1952 in Te Awamutu, New Zealand.
- June 25th Birthday, Keyboardist, record producer and an original member of Toto, David Paich, born in Los Angeles, California in 1954.
- June 25th Birthday, Wham singer and solo artist George Michaels, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, Middlesex, England. He passed away on December 25th, 2016 at the age of 53.
- June 25th Birthday, Nickelback guitarist Michael Kroeger, born in Hanna, Canada in 1972.
Today In Rock and Roll History
June 25th
- June 25th, 1956 The second of four consecutive days Gene Vincent records at Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Ken Nelson. Vincent tapes five songs; Waltz of the Wind" written by Fred Rose, "Up a Lazy River," co-written by Hoagy Carmichael and Sidney Arodin, "Ain't She Sweet," co-written by Milton Ager and Jack Yellin, "Gonna Back Up Baby" by Danny Wolfe, and "Race with the Devil," co-written by Gene Vincent and Bill Davis.
- June 25th, 1966 “Paperback Writer” by The Beatles is the No. 1 record in the US.
- June 25th, 1966 Atco Records release “Such A Sweet Thing” by Mary Wells on 45. Wells had left Motown Records two years earlier, claiming she’d signed a contract that paid low royalty rates when she was only seventeen years old. Time lost negotiating her way out of the contract and a subsequent bout with tuberculosis led to modest charts success after her days at Motown. Signing first with 20th Century Records, Atlantic Records subsidiary Atco issued “Such A Sweet Thing,” written by Barrett Strong and recorded with producer Carl Davis. The record entered the singles charts a week later and peaked at No. 99 a week later.
- June 25th, 1966 The Mamas & The Papas release “I Saw Her Again,” co-written by John Phillips and Denny Doherty and produced by Lou Adler. The 45 features a mono mix that omits the orchestral instrumental break and chorus that follows on the true stereo album version. The record went to No. 1 in Canada and No. 5 in the US, on July 30th.
- June 25th, 1966 ABC Records release “She Done Moved” by Southern California band The Spats on 45. The song was co-written by singer Dick Johnson and guitarist Bud Johnson. The record was co-produced by Norman Malkin and Jack Hoffman. “She Done Moved” is considered a Nugget of the garage band era. The band split up in 1968 when several members were drafted.
- June 25th, 1966 B.T. Puppy Records release “See You In September” by The Happenings on 45. Co-written by Sid Wayne and Sherman Edwards, the song was first recorded by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania band The Tempos in June 1959. Their original gained exposure in 1973 when it was included on the soundtrack to American Graffiti. The Happenings’ version was produced by Bob Crewe and peaked at No. 3 on August 27th.
- June 25th, 1967 The Beatles performed “All You Need Is Love” live during the Our World program, an early satellite broadcast viewed around the world by an estimated four hundred million people. Written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon and Paul McCartney, the group’s backing track and orchestra were prerecorded with producer George Martin, while the vocals and George Harrison’s guitar solo were performed live during the broadcast, with members of The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Moon and Graham Nash. Lennon’s lead vocals were rerecorded for the single release of the song on July 7th, only five weeks after The Beatles “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album came out. “All You Need Is Love” was released on 45 on July 17th and peaked at No. 1 on August 19th.
- June 25th, 1968 Sessions for The Bee Gees next LP “Idea” conclude at IBC Studios in London with their manager Robert Stigwood co-producing with the Brothers Gibb. Eleven of the twelve tracks on the album were co-written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb. “Idea” came out in August in the US where it peaked at No. 17 on October 19th and September 20th in Britain, charting at No. 4.
- June 25th, 1968 Tamla Records release “You Met Your Match” by Stevie Wonder on 45. The track was Stevie’s first self-produced record and the first recording to feature Wonder playing the clavinet. Co-written by Stevie Wonder, his mother Lula Mae Hardaway and Don Hunter, the record entered the singles charts in July and peaked at No. 35 on August 17th.
- June 25th, 1969 Sly & The Family Stone record “Hot Fun In The Summertime.” Written and produced by Sylvester Stone, the song was released just before the band’s high-profile appearance at the Woodstock Festival. Incorporating a string section on the song, a rarity for a Family Stone recording, the single was released on July 21st and peaked at No. 2 on October 18th.
- June 25th, 1969 The Beatles record the basic tracks for “Polythene Pam and “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window” at EMI Studios in London with producer George Martin. “Polythene Pam” dated to songs John Lennon wrote in 1968. “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window” was inspired by a break-in by fans at Paul McCartney's London home in early spring 1969. The Beatles played through the song during the January 1969 Get Backsessions. 39 takes of both songs were taped with No. 39 chosen as the best on which the band built the song medley with overdubs the next day.
- June 25th, 1969 Initial sessions begin for The Hollies recording of “He Aint Heavy, He’s My Brother” with producer Ron Richards. The song features a pre-fame Elton John on piano and was completed on August 7th. Released September 26th, the 45 entered the charts in December reached No. 7 stateside on March 21st, 1970 and No. 3 in Britain.
- June 25th, 1970 Jimi Hendrix, Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell record the master take of “Astro Man” at Electric Lady Studios in New York City with Hendrix and Eddie Kramer co-producing. Safter work on a new Hendrix ballad called “Drifting,” they recorded the master take six of “Freedom.”
- June 25th, 1970 Motown Records release “Everybody’s Got The Right To Love” by The Supremes on 45. Written by Lou Stallman and produced by Frank Wilson, the track features Supremes’ vocalist Jean Terrell, with the backing vocals of Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong. The record entered the singles charts in July and peaked at No. 21 on September 5th.
- June 25th, 1971 Track Records in the UK release “Won’t Get Fooled Again” by The Who on 45. The song was written by Pete Townshend and co-produced by Kit Lambert, Chris Stamp and Pete Kameron, engineered by Glyn Johns. Issued on July 17th in the US, the single was an edited version of the “Who’s Next” album track and peaked at No. 15 on September 18th.
- June 25th, 1972 The first day of sessions through July 30th with producer Joe Wissert for British vocalist and film and stage actor Murray Head’s first solo album. Head was the voice of Judas Iscariot in the original cast album of “Jesus Christ Superstar.” “Nigel Lived” was released by Columbia Records in the US, CBS in England, in 1973. The concept album tells the story of a young singer, Nigel, who moves to London seeking fame and fortune in the music business. Michael and Peter Giles, Phil Chen, Cozy Powell and Ray Cooper were among the many who recorded sessions for the record.
- June 25th, 1973 Columbia Records release “Chicago VI” by Chicago. It was the first Chicago LP recorded at Caribou Ranch Studios in Nederland, Colorado, producer Jim Guercio’s custom built recording facility and the first of five consecutive No. 1 albums for the group. The album featured the singles “Just You ‘n’ Me” and “Feelin’ Stronger Everyday.” The record peaked at No. 1 on July 28th.
- June 25th, 1975 RCA Records release “Fame” by David Bowie on 45 and a month later, July 18th in Britain. Co-written by Bowie, John Lennon and Carlos Alomar, the track was one of two songs on which Lennon appeared on Bowie’s “Young Americans” LP. With most of the album finished in 1974, the tracks were recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City in January. The record entered the charts three days later and became Bowie’s first No. 1 single on September 20th.
- June 25th, 1975 DiscReet Records release “One Size Fits All” by Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention. Recorded at Record Plant and Paramount Studios in Los Angeles and Caribou Ranch in Nederland, Colorado, with Zappa producing, Johnny “Guitar” Watson and Captain Beefheart played on the LP, in addition to the re-formed Mothers lineup. The record peaked at No. 26 on August 23rd.
- June 25th, 1975 Warner Brothers Records release “Alice Cooper Goes To Hell,” the second solo album by Alice Cooper. Produced by Bob Ezrin at Soundstage Studios in Toronto, Canada, the Record Plant East in New York City and RCA Recording Studios in Los Angeles, lyrically, it was a conceptual follow-up to Cooper’s previous LP “Welcome To My Nightmare.” Dick Wagner, Steve Hunter and John Tropea play guitars on the record. Tony Levin played bass and Jim Gordon and Allan Schwartzberg played drums. The record peaked at No. 27 on December 18th.
- June 25th, 1976 ABC Records release “Whistle Down The Wire,” the third album by David Crosby and Graham Nash. Craig Doerge, David Lindley, Danny Kortchmar, Tim Drummond and Russ Kunle were among the musicians who played on the record. Co-produced by the pair at Rudy Recorders in San Francisco and the Sound Lab in Los Angeles, the LP peaked at No. No. 26 on September 18th.
- June 25th, 1977 “Remember The Days Of The Old Schoolyard” by Cat Stevens enters the singles charts on A&M Records. The song was written by Cat Stevens, who co-produced the track with David Kershenbaum. The middle section of the song was sung as a duet with British singer Elkie Brooks. The record peaked at No. 33 on August 6th.
- June 25th, 1977 “Sing It, Shout It” by Starz enters the singles charts on Capitol Records. The song was co-written by Sean Delaney with the entire band and produced by Jack Douglas. The record peaked at No. 66 on July 9th.
- June 25th, 1977 “The Doodle Song” by Scottish singer and songwriter Frankie Miller enters the singles charts on Chrysalis Records. Miller wrote the song. The record was produced by Chris Thomas from Miller’s album “Full House.” “The Doodle Song” peaked at No. 71 on July 9th.
- June 25th, 1977 “Swayin’ To The Music (Slow Dancing)” by Johnny Rivers enters the singles charts on Big Tree Records. Written by Jack Tempchin under the title “Slow Dancing,” the song originally was a No. 61 hit in 1976 for the band Funky Kings, of which Tempchin was a member. The Johnny Rivers’ version was produced by Rivers and peaked at No. 10 on October 22nd.
- June 25th, 1982 Neutron Records in Britain release “Lexicon Of Love,” the first album by ABC. The LP entered the British charts at No. 1, featuring four UK hit singles. The record was produced by Trevor Horn. Out on Mercury Records in the US in August “Lexicon Of Love” peaked at No. 24 on January 29th, 1983.
- June 25th, 1982 Mercury Records in Britain release “Come On Eileen” by Dexys Midnight Runners on 45. Co-written by group members Kevin Rowland and Jim Paterson with Billy Adams and co-produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, the record was issued the following January in America and peaked at No. 1 on April 23rd, 1983.
- June 25th, 1984 Warner Brothers release the “Purple Rain” soundtrack by Prince and The Revolution. The record was recorded at four different studios in Minnesota, New York City and Los Angeles as well as live tracks taped at the First Avenue venue in Minneapolis. The album featured the hits “When Doves Cry,” “Let’s Go Crazy,” “I Would Die 4 U,” “Take Me With You” and the “Purple Rain” title track. The record peaked at No. 1 on August 4th.and spent twenty-four consecutive weeks there, eventually selling over thirteen million copies.
- June 25th, 1991 Capitol Records release “Luck Of The Draw” by Bonnie Raitt. Raitt co-produced the LP with Don Was at three Hollywood studios, Ocean Way, Capitol and Conway. The large cast of studio musicians on the album include Scott Thurston, Ivan Neville, Bruce Hornsby, Benmont Tench, Ian McLagen, Richard Thompson, Robben Ford, Rick Fataar, Jeff Porcaro, Delbert McClinton, David Lasley and Kris Kristofferson. The album charted for one hundred and twenty weeks and peaked at No. 2 on August 17th.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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