Sunday, June 1, 2014

June 1, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
BAD COMPANY...Bad Company  (1974)
Released: 40 years ago today, June 1, 1974
Highest Chart Position: #1 Billboard Album Charts
Track Highlights: Movin' On, Can't Get Enough, Bad Company, Ready For Love
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)

 ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JUNE 1
Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones is 67; Simon Gallup of The Cure is 54; Mike Joyce formerly with the Smiths is 51; Alanis Morissette is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1964 The Rolling Stones arrive in new York for their very first U.S. tour
1967 It was 47 years ago today, Sgt. Pepper's taught the band to play, as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles is released
1968 Dave Mason returns to Traffic but leaves once again in October 1968
1969 John Lennon records "Give Peace A Chance" during a bed-in for peace in Montreal with his wife Yoko Ono. Making an appearance on the recording are Tommy and Dick Smothers, Derek Taylor, Murray the K and Timothy Leary
1971 The two-room shack in Tupelo, Mississippi where Elvis Presley was born opens as a tourist attraction
1972 The Eagles by the Eagles is released
1975 On his 28th birthday Ron Wood performs in concert for the first time as a Rolling Stone in Baton Rogue, Louisiana
1999 Enema Of The State by Blink 182 is released
2011 Buffalo Springfield start their first tour in 43 years in Oakland, California
2013  Sammy Hagar's hometown of Fontana, California name a street after him: Hagar Way

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