What Happened Today In Music, June 1st 1959 was born Alan Wilder (Alan Charles Wilder), English musician, composer, arranger, record producer, and a former member of the electronic band Depeche Mode from 1982 to 1995. Alan Wilder was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 as a member of Depeche Mode. He is a classically trained musician. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubZxoPGVjZo #TodayInMusic
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What Happened Today In Music, June 2nd 1955 was born Michael Steele (Susan Nancy Thomas), American bassist, guitarist, songwriter, and singer, best known as the bass player for the Bangles. In 1983, Steele replaced original bassist Annette Zilinskas as a member of the Bangles. Steele joined just in time to play on the band's first full-length album, All Over the Place. She remained with the Bangles throughout the high point of their career, contributing as bassist, vocalist,…
What Happened Today In Music, June 3rd 1964 was born Kerry King (Kerry Ray King), American musician, best known for being the co-lead guitarist and songwriter of thrash metal band Slayer. He co-founded the band with Jeff Hanneman in 1981. King, along with bassist/vocalist Tom Araya, remained in Slayer for the entire length of the band's career, from 1981 to 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8ZqFlw6hYg BODY COUNT version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPHJLB1ZeAc…
What Happened Today In Music, June 4th 1944 was born Michelle Phillips (Holly Michelle Gilliam), American singer, songwriter, actress, and former model. She rose to fame as a vocalist in the musical quartet the Mamas and the Papas in the mid-1960s. She later established a successful career as an actress in film and television in the 1970s. Phillips is the last surviving original member of the Mamas and the Papas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-aK6JnyFmk #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, June 5th 1952 was born Nicko McBrain (Michael Henry McBrain), English musician and drummer of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, which he joined in 1982. He joined Iron Maiden in time to debut on their fourth album (replacing Clive Burr), Piece of Mind (1983), and has remained with them since, contributing to a total of thirteen studio releases, as well as being the third-longest serving member of the band.…
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What Happened Today In Music, June 6th 1960 was born Steve Vai (Steven Siro Vai), American guitarist, composer, singer, songwriter, and producer. A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983. He embarked on a solo career in 1983 and has released eight solo albums to date. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqdL36VKbMQ #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, June 10th 1941 was born Shirley Owens, American soul singer who was the main lead singer of the hit girl group the Shirelles. Reeves enjoyed a string of hits with the Shirelles throughout the 1960s, the most notable being Will You Love Me Tomorrow. She left the Shirelles in 1975 to begin a solo career. The Shirelles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbxxkwBQk_o #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, June 11th 1949 was born Frank Beard (Frank Lee Beard), the drummer in the American rock band ZZ Top. ZZ Top has released 15 studio albums and sold an estimated 50 million albums worldwide. They have won three MTV Video Music Awards, and in 2004, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Beard is notable as being the only musician in the band without a long beard, an ironic fact considering his last name.…
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What Happened Today In Music, June 12th 1952 was born Pete Farndon (Peter Granville Farndon), English bassist and founding member of the rock band the Pretenders. In addition to playing bass with the group, Farndon sang backup vocals, before a drug problem resulted in his being dismissed from the group on 14 June 1982. He died on 14 April 1983, at the age of 30, after overdosing on heroin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H6re3PCP3E #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, June 13th 1934 was born Uriel Jones, American musician. Jones was a recording session drummer for Motown's in-house studio band, the Funk Brothers, during the 1960s and early 1970s. Hits that Jones played drums on include "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - both versions, by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell in 1967 and the 1970 remake by Diana Ross, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Ain't That Peculiar" by Marvin Gaye, "Cloud Nine" (in which he…
What Happened Today In Music, June 14th 1961 was born Boy George (George Alan O'Dowd), English singer, songwriter, DJ, fashion designer, photographer and record producer. He is the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club. In 2015, Boy George received an Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for Outstanding Services to British Music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EPGhjxm0G0 #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, June 15th 1969 was born Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson), American rapper, actor, and filmmaker. His lyrics on N.W.A's 1988 album Straight Outta Compton contributed to gangsta rap's widespread popularity, and his political rap solo albums of 1990 (AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted) and 1991 (Death Certificate) were critically and commercially successful. He has also had an active film career since the early 1990s. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of…
What Happened Today In Music, June 15th 1946 was born Demis Roussos (Artemios Ventouris-Roussos), Greek vocalist and performer who had an internationally acclaimed career, as a single recording artist and bandleader. As a band member he is best remembered for his work in the progressive rock music act Aphrodite's Child with Vangelis (https://noise.cash/post/1q63580v). Roussos sold over 60 million albums worldwide. He died in the morning of 25 January 2015.…
What Happened Today In Music, June 16th 1971 was born Tupac Shakur (Lesane Parish Crooks), American rapper, songwriter, and actor. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential rappers of all time. Much of Shakur's work has been noted for addressing contemporary social issues that plagued inner cities, and he has often been considered a symbol of activism against inequality. Shakur is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 75 million…
What Happened Today In Music, June 17th 1958 was born Jello Biafra (Eric Reed Boucher), American singer and spoken word artist. He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys. Dead Kennedys' lyrics were usually political in nature, satirizing establishment political figures (liberal and conservative) and authority in general, as well as popular culture. The group released a total of four studio albums and one EP before…
What Happened Today In Music, June 17th 1976 Blondie released their debut single 'X Offender'. Written by Gary Valentine and Debbie Harry, the title of the song was originally 'Sex Offender', written about an 18-year-old boy being arrested for having sex with his younger girlfriend. Debbie Harry changed the lyrics so that the song was about a prostitute being attracted to the police officer that had arrested her. Private Stock, the band’s label insisted that the single be…
What Happened Today In Music, June 18th 1942 was born Paul McCartney (Sir James Paul McCartney), English singer, songwriter, musician, and record and film producer who gained worldwide fame as co-lead vocalist and bassist for the Beatles. After the group disbanded in 1970, he pursued a solo career and formed the band Wings. McCartney is one of the most successful composers and performers of all time. He has written or co-written 32 songs that have topped the Billboard Hot…
What Happened Today In Music, June 18th 1961 was born Alison Moyet (Geneviève Alison Jane Moyet), English singer, songwriter and performer noted for her powerful bluesy contralto voice. She came to prominence as half of the duo Yazoo (also known as Yaz), but has since mainly worked as a solo artist. Her worldwide album sales have reached a certified 23 million, with over 2 million singles sold. Moyet was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021…
What Happened Today In Music, June 19th 1970 was born Brian Welch (Brian Philip Welch), also known by his stage name Head, an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is one of the guitarists and founding member of the nu metal band Korn. After becoming a born again Christian, Welch left the band in 2005 to focus on life as a father and to pursue his own solo career. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-VSfwxl4Fc #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, June 19th 1962 was born Paula Abdul (Paula Julie Abdul), American singer, songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality. Her debut studio album Forever Your Girl (1988) became one of the most successful debut albums at that time, selling seven million copies in the United States and setting a record for the most number-one singles from a debut album on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Abdul was one of the original judges on…
What Happened Today In Music, June 20th 1942 was born Brian Wilson (Brian Douglas Wilson), American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who founded the Beach Boys. The Beach Boys are one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful bands of all time, selling over 100 million records worldwide. Wilson's honors include inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Beach Boys) and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, as well as two…
What Happened Today In Music, June 20th 1949 was born Lionel Richie (Lionel Brockman Richie Jr.), American singer, songwriter, musician, and television personality. During the 1970s, he recorded with the funk band the Commodores, and his solo career made him one of the most successful balladeers of the 1980s. Over the course of his career, Richie has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. He won the Grammy…
What Happened Today In Music, June 20th 1960 was born John Taylor (Nigel John Taylor), English musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor, who is best known as the bass guitarist for new romantic band Duran Duran, of which he was a founding member. Duran Duran was one of the most popular bands in the world during the 1980s, Taylor played with Duran Duran from its founding in 1978 until 1997, when he left to pursue a solo recording and film career. He recorded a dozen…
What Happened Today In Music, June 21st 1951 was born Nils Lofgren (Nils Hilmer Lofgren), American rock musician, recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Along with his work as a solo artist, he has been a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band since 1984, a member of Neil Young's Crazy Horse, and founder/frontman of the band Grin. Lofgren was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band in 2014.…
What Happened Today In Music, June 21st 1981 was born Brandon Flowers (Brandon Richard Flowers), American musician, best known as the lead singer and keyboardist of the Las Vegas-based rock band The Killers. In addition to his work with The Killers, Flowers has released two solo albums, Flamingo (2010) and The Desired Effect (2015). The Killers are considered one of the biggest rock bands of the 21st century, and the most successful act to ever emerge from Nevada, selling…
What Happened Today In Music, June 22nd 1953 was born Cyndi Lauper (Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper), American singer, songwriter, actress and activist. Lauper has sold over 50 million records worldwide. She has won awards at the Grammys, Emmys, Tonys, the New York's Outer Critics Circle, MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), Billboard Awards, and American Music Awards (AMAs). An inductee into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Lauper is known for her…
What Happened Today In Music, June 23rd 1962 was born Steve Shelley (Steven Jay Shelley), American drummer. He is best known as a member of the alternative rock band Sonic Youth. He joined Sonic Youth in 1985. After gaining a large underground following and critical praise in the late 1980s, the band experienced mainstream success throughout the 1990s and 2000s. In 2011, following the separation and subsequent divorce of Gordon and Moore, the band played their final shows in…
What Happened Today In Music, June 24th 1949 was born John Illsley (John Edward Illsley), English musician, best known as bass guitarist of the rock band Dire Straits. As one of the founding band members, with guitarist brothers Mark and David Knopfler, and drummer Pick Withers, Illsley played a role in the development of Dire Straits' sound. Illsley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Dire Straits in 2018. He has produced two albums of his own,…
What Happened Today In Music, June 25th 1963 was born George Michael (Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou), English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham! and later embarked on a solo career. At the time of his death, Michael had sold over 115 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He achieved seven number-one songs on the UK Singles Chart and eight number-one…
What Happened Today In Music, June 26th 1955 was born Mick Jones (Michael Geoffrey Jones), British musician, singer and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, co-founder and songwriter for The Clash until 1983. The Clash were an English rock band formed in London in 1976 who were key players in the original wave of British punk rock. They also contributed to the post-punk and new wave movements that emerged in the wake of punk and employed elements of…
What Happened Today In Music, June 27th 2002 John Entwistle (John Alec Entwistle), English musician and songwriter, bassist for the rock band the Who, died in Room 658 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. He was 57 years old. The Clark County medical examiner determined that his death was due to a heart attack induced by an undetermined amount of cocaine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjN5uHRIcjM #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, June 28th 1965 was born Saul Davies, British musician best known as a member of the rock band James. Davies is a multi-instrumentalist whose primary instruments are the violin, guitar and percussion. He join band in 1989 and stay until the 2001 when the band became inactive. With the band's reformation in 2007, Davies was confirmed as part of the reformed line-up and joined the band on their reunion tour in April of that year, and played on the…
What Happened Today In Music, June 29th 1948 was born Ian Paice (Ian Anderson Paice), English musician, best known as the drummer and only remaining original member of the English rock band Deep Purple. Paice has also worked with Whitesnake and Gary Moore. As a member of Deep Purple, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 8 April 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdJHRkVU1P0 #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, June 30th 1968 was born Phil Anselmo (Philip Hansen Anselmo), American heavy metal musician best known as the vocalist for Pantera, Down, and Superjoint Ritual, amongst other musical projects. He is the owner of Housecore Records. He joined Pantera in 1987, and stay with them until 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkFqg5wAuFk #TodayInMusic