DEEP PURPLE...Deep Purple
Released: 45 years ago today, June 21, 1969
Highest Chart Position: #162 U.S. Billboard Album Charts
Track Highlights: Lalena, Bird Has Flown
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)
ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JUNE 21
Ray Davies of The Kinks is 70; Joey Molland of Badfinger is 67; Don Airey of Deep Purple is 66; Joey Kramer of Aerosmith is 64; Nils Lofgren is 63; Mike Einziger of Incubus is 38; Brandon Flowers of the Killers is 33;
ON THIS DATE
1966 The Rolling Stones sue 14 hotels in New York that won't let the Stones stay there, saying it hurts their reputation
1968 Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones arrested for marijuana possession for the second time
1975 Ritchie Blackmore quits Deep Purple to form Rainbow
1990 Little Richard gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
2001 John Lee Hooker dies in Los Altos, California at the age of 83
2010 Autopsy results are revealed in the death of Paul Gray of Slipnot. Gray had significant heart disease but also overdosed on morphine and fentanyl
2012 The Black Keys file lawsuits in Los Angeles against Home Depot and Yum! Brands Inc., parent company of Pizza Hut, over unauthorized use of their songs in commercials
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