1 June

1914–41: Sonny Boy Williamson

1947: Ronnie Wood

1967: Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club by the Beatles to be officially released in the UK.

2 June

1941: Charlie Watts

1964: The Beatles’ second album (With The Beatles in the UK and Australia) becomes the quickest album to make No.1 on the US charts – in its second week of release.

3 June

1924: James ‘Jimmy’ Rodgers

1942: Curtis Mayfield

1946: John Paul Jones (John Baldwin)

1964: The Beatles embark on a world tour – leaving Ringo behind suffering from exhaustion and tonsillitis. He joins them in time for some of the Australian shows.

4 June

1937: Freddie Fender

1965: The Rolling Stones’ ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ – their first US No.1 hit - enters the US charts.

5 June

1954: Billboard reports that from next month major record labels will supply radio stations with 45  rpm singles rather than the popular 78 rpm singles.

1957: Dale Hawkins‘Suzie Q’debuts on the pop charts and peaks at No.29. Creedence Clearwater Revival revive it 11 years later. 

1959: Bob Zimmerman graduates from Hibbing High School in Minnesota enrols at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis.

1976: The eponymous debut album by New York punk pioneers, The Ramones, enters the album charts.

1979: Muddy Waters, aged 64, marries Mavis Jean Brooks on her 25th birthday.

6 June

1939: Gary ‘US’ Bonds

1944–73: Clarence White

1952: Dwight Twilley

1956: Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps’ first and biggest hit, ‘Be Bop A Lula’, is released.

1962: The Beatles, following an unsuccessful audition for Decca Records, audition for EMI producer George Martin at Parlophone Studios in London.

1971: John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on stage for the first time since 1969, joining Frank Zappa for a jam at the Fillmore East.

7 June

1921: Tal Farlow

1940: Tom Jones

1958: Prince (Rodgers Nelson)

1963: Decca Records releases ‘C’mon/I Want to be Loved’ – the Rolling Stones’ first record release.

1969: The Who’s rock opera Tommy enters the charts.

8 June

1940: Nancy Sinatra

1944: Boz Scaggs

1946: James Harman

1969: Brian Jones announces his departure from the Rolling Stones. Jones’ replacement is Mick Taylor, ex–John Mayall guitarist.

9 June

1902: Nehemia ‘Skip’ James

1929: Johnny ‘Ace’ Alexander

1934–84: Jackie Wilson

1944: Jon Lord (Deep Purple)

1947: Mitch Mitchell

1972: John Hammond of Columbia Records signs a singer/songwriter from Asbury Park, New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen.

10 June

1910–76: Howlin’ Wolf

1964: The Rolling Stones record at Chicago’s Chess Recording Studio.

1966: The Beatles’ ‘Rain’ – their first song to use the reversed-tape effect – is released.

1967: In Woodstock, NY, Bob Dylan and the Band begin recording the long–unreleased sessions that eventually become The Basement Tapes.

11 June

1920: Shelly Manne, drummer

1965: The Rolling Stones EP Got Live if You Want It is released in the UK.

12 June

1932: Charlie Feathers

1941: Chick Corea, pianist/composer

1941: Reg Presley of the Troggs

1947: Rocky Burnette

1965: The Beatles are awarded their MBEs at Buckingham Palace.

13 June

1905: Doc Cheatham, jazz trumpeter

1940: Bobby Freeman (‘Do You Want to Dance’)

1972: Clyde McPhatter dies (born 15 November 1933)

1986: Benny Goodman dies aged 87.

1970: The Beatles’ last No.1 single in US, ‘The Long and Winding Road’.

1980: The Blues Brothers movie released in the US.

14 June

1943: Muff Winwood

1949: Alan White

1964: The Beatles arrive in Melbourne for their Australia–NZ tour.

15 June

1939: Waylon Jennings

1941: Harry Nilsson

1965: Bob Dylan records ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ at Columbia A Studio in New York.

1968: Peter Green leaves the Bluesbreakers.

16 June

1941: Lamont Dozier

1964: The Beatles appear at Melbourne’s Festival Hall. Rhythms Editor encounters Ringo’s Teddy Bear in elevator.

17 June

1928: James Brown

1944: Chris Spedding

1966: Peter Green joins John Mayall’s Blues Breakers.

18 June

1942: James Paul McCartney

1938: Don ‘Sugarcane’ Harris

1948: Nick Drake (died 25 Nov 1974)

19 June

1957: Jerry Lee Lewis records ‘Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On’.

1965: Lee Dorsey’s ‘Ride Your Pony’ enters the R&B chart in the US.

20 June

1928: Eric Dolphy, jazz reedman

1933: Leslie ‘Lazy Lester’ Johnson

1942: Brian Wilson

1949: Bob Andrews (currently working in New Orleans)

1964: The Rolling Stones release ‘Not Fade Away’ in the US.

1965: The Beatles open their tour of Europe in Paris.

21 June

1941: Jon Hiseman

1944: Ray Davies (the Kinks)

1981: Steely Dan disbands.

22 June

1937: Kris Kristofferson

1948: Todd Rundgren

1979: Mick Taylor releases first solo LP.

23 June

1910: Milt Hinton, bassist

1940: Adam Faith (Jerry Nelhams)

1848: The saxophone patented by Antoine Joseph Sax.

24 June

1944: Jeff Beck

1945: Colin Blunstone of the Zombies

1947: Mick Fleetwood

1960: The second annual Newport Folk Festival opens with Joan Baez, John Lee Hooker, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, the Weavers and Mahalia Jackson.

25 June

1925: Clifton Chenier

1935: Eddie Floyd

1966: The Yardbirds release ‘Over, Under, Sideways, Down.’

26 June

1893: Big Bill Broonzy

1937: Reggie Workman, bassist

1942: Larry Taylor

1956:Chris Isaak

1942: CBS introduces 33–1/3 RPM records.

27 June

1929: Big Moose Walker

1944: Bruce Johnston – the Beach Boys

1971: Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East after three years.

28 June

1969: Jimi Hendrix announces a new basisst, Billy Cox, and a new approach.

29 June

1948: Ian Paice (Deep Purple)

1975: Tim Buckley dies.

1979: Lowell George of Little Feat dies at age 34 of a heart attack related to drug problems and obesity.

30 June

1936: Dave Van Ronk

1951: Stanley Clarke

1961: Johnny O’Keefe quits the rock show Six O’Clock Rock on the ABC after hosting it for three years.

1975: Skyhooks’ ‘Ego is Not a Dirty Word’ is released.

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