Today In Oldies Music History: June 22

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Births

1913: Dotty Todd
1930: Roy Drusky
1936: Kris Kristofferson
1936: Verne Allison (The Dells)
1937: Chris Blackwell
1942: Steve Weber (The Holy Modal Rounders)
1943: Jimmy Castor
1944: Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon)
1947: Howard Kaylan (The Turtles)
1948: Todd Rundgren
1949: Alan Osmond (The Osmonds)

Deaths

1969: Judy Garland
1988: Jesse Ed Davis
1990: Kripp Johnson (The Dell-Vikings)

Events

1846: Adolphe Sax patents his new musical instrument in Paris, a new style of woodwind called the Saxophone that would function more as a member of the brass family.

Although his patent would be challenged by other craftsmen, his instrument became an integral part of jazz, rock and roll, and ska.
1957: Liverpool skiffle group The Quarrymen, later to morph into the Beatles, play their first major gig at a local fete by performing on the back of a coal truck. Four years later to the day, the Beatles (with Pete Best on drums) would have their first formal recording session, performing "My Bonnie," "When The Saints Go Marching In," "Why Can't You Love Me Again," "Nobody's Child," and "Take Out Some Insurance On Me Baby" while backing singer Tony Sheridan. The sessions, produced by Bert Kaempfert in Hamburg, Germany, also feature "Ain't She Sweet" and the instrumental "Cry For A Shadow," which are both performed by the group alone.
1961: Elvis Presley's seventh movie, a serious drama called Wild In The Country, opens nationwide in US theaters.
1964: Barbra Streisand signs a $200,000 ten-year contract with CBS for a series of television specials.
1968: The Jeff Beck Group makes its US stage debut in New York at the Fillmore East ballroom.

1968:Rolling Stone first reports on the existence of an unissued Bob Dylan album recorded with The Band during his extended convalescence at Woodstock, NY; it would finally see the light of day in 1975 as The Basement Tapes.
1975: Eric Clapton joins the Rolling Stones for a version of "Sympathy For The Devil" during the band's Madison Square Garden concert.
1981: John Lennon's murderer pleads guilty to his crime and is sentenced to 20 Years to Life in New York's Attica State prison. He has since been up for parole five times, and has been denied every time.
1988: Peter Tosh's murderer, Dennis Lobban, is sentenced to hanging by a court in his native Jamaica. Lobban, who was known to Tosh, and two others had murdered the reggae star in his home the previous year after a failed robbery.
1990: Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium, the first rocker ever to do so.
1996: Diana Ross' brother, Motown songwriter Arthur Ross, is murdered along with his wife by two robbers at his home in Detroit.

Releases

1959: Chuck Berry, "Memphis"
1963: The Surfaris, "Wipe Out"
1969: Blind Faith, Blind Faith

Recording

1967: The Young Rascals, "How Can I Be Sure"

Charts

1959: Fabian's "I'm A Tiger" enters the charts
1963: Stevie Wonder's "Fingertips (Pt. 1)" enters the charts
1968: Herb Alpert's "This Guy's In Love With You" hits #1
1974: Gordon Lightfoot's LP Sundown hits #1

Certifications

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