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Music on the 22nd of June in history

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22 Jun 1936 birth Kris Kristofferson, US singer, songwriter, actor, who wrote 'Me And Bobby McGee', and 'Help Me Make It Through The Night.' Acting roles include 'Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid' and 'A Star Is Born' with Barbra Streisand.
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22 Jun 1943 birth Jimmy Castor, US singer, (1972 US No.6 single 'Troglodyte Cave Man').
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22 Jun 1944 birth Peter Asher, Peter and Gordon, (1964 UK & US No.1 single 'World Without Love', written by Lennon & McCartney). Producer and Head of Apple Records in late 60's.
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22 Jun 1947 birth Howard Kaylan, The Turtles, (1967 US No.1 single 'Happy Together', 1967 UK No.4 single 'She'd Rather Be With Me'). Flo and Eddie, worked with Frank Zappa, T Rex, Bruce Springsteen.
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22 Jun 1948 birth Todd Rundgren, US guitarist, singer, producer, Nazz, Utopia, solo, (1972 US No.16 & 1973 UK No.36 single 'I Saw The Light'). Produced Meat Loaf 'Bat Out Of Hell' album.
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22 Jun 1949 birth Alan Osmond, The Osmonds, (1971 US No.1 single 'One Bad Apple', 1974 UK No.1 single 'Love Me For A Reason', plus 9 other US & UK Top 40 singles').
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22 Jun 1953 birth Cyndi Lauper, US singer, (1984 US No.1 single 'Time After Time', UK No.2 single 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun'). Bob Egan Pop Spots
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22 Jun 1956 Elvis Presley started a three-day run playing 10 shows at the Paramount Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. The stage manager was told; "Pull all white lights. Presley works all in color, Presley act has no encore. When he leaves the stage, immediately close curtains."
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22 Jun 1956 birth Derek Forbes, bass, Simple Minds, (1985 US No.1 single 'Don't You, Forget About Me', 1989 UK No.1 single 'Belfast Child', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles).
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22 Jun 1956 birth Green Gartside, Scritti Politti, (1984 UK No.10 single 'Wood Beez, Pray Like Aretha Franklin').
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22 Jun 1957 birth Gary Beers, bass, INXS, (1988 UK No.2 & US No.1 single 'Need You Tonight'). 1987 album 'Kick' has sold over 10m copies in the US alone and features four Top 10 singles; 'Need You Tonight,' 'Devil Inside', 'New Sensation,' and 'Never Tear Us Apart.'
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22 Jun 1959 birth Alan Anton, bass, Cowboy Junkies, (1989 album 'The Trinity Session').
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22 Jun 1961 birth Jimmy Somerville, UK singer, Bronski Beat, (1984 UK No.3 single 'Smalltown Boy'). The Communards, (1986 UK No.1 single 'Don't Leave Me This Way').
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22 Jun 1962 birth Ruby Turner, UK singer, (1987 UK No.24 single 'I'd Rather Go Blind').
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22 Jun 1962 birth Stephen Vaughan, PJ Harvey, (1993 UK No.27 single '50ft Queenie').
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22 Jun 1963 13-year old Stevie Wonder first entered the US singles chart as Little Stevie Wonder with 'Fingertips Parts One and Two.' 'Fingertips' which featured a young Marvin Gaye on drums was the first live, non-studio recording to reach No.1 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States since Johnny Standley's 1952 comic monologue 'It's in the Book'.
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22 Jun 1963 listen to ‘This Day in Music 22nd June’ on Audioboo
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22 Jun 1964 The Beatles played their first ever show in New Zealand at Wellington Town Hall. The local Chief Constable refused a police escort for The Beatles leaving just two policemen to control over 5,000 fans.
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22 Jun 1964 birth Bobby Gillespie, guitar, vocals, Primal Scream, (1994 UK No.7 single 'Rocks'. 1991 UK No. 8 album 'Screamadelica').
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22 Jun 1964 birth Mike Edwards, vocals with English group Jesus Jones who had the 1990 US No.2 hit with 'Right Here Right Now' and the 1991 UK No.7 single 'International Bright Young Thing'.
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22 Jun 1965 birth Tom Cunningham, drums, Wet Wet Wet, (1984 UK No.1 single 'Love Is All Around', which spent 15 weeks at No.1, plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles).
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22 Jun 1968 Herb Alpert started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'This Guys In Love With You'. His first No.1 plus first No.1 for the A&M label and the writer's Bacharach and David's first chart topper. A No.3 hit in the UK.
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22 Jun 1968 The Jeff Beck group featuring Rod Stewart made their US debut at the Fillmore East, New York.
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22 Jun 1968 The Otis Redding album Dock Of The Bay went to No.1 in the UK. The posthumously released album, and his sixth studio album contained a number of singles and B-sides dating back to 1965 and one of his best known songs, the posthumous hit '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay'.
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22 Jun 1969 American singer, actress, Judy Garland, died of a barbiturate overdose aged 47, she was found on the floor of her rented Chelsea home, in London, UK. Made more than two dozen films, played Dorothy in the 1939 film 'Wizard Of Oz', sang 'Over The Rainbow' in the film, (voted the 'Song Of The Century' in a 2001 poll published in America). 1961 US No.1 comeback album 'Judy At Carnegie Hall'.
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22 Jun 1970 Led Zeppelin appeared at Laugardalsholl Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland on the group's one and only visit to Iceland. It is suggested that Robert Plant was inspired to write the lyrics to 'Immigrant Song' during this trip."
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22 Jun 1970 birth Steven Page, guitar, vocals, Barenaked Ladies, (1998 US No.1 & UK No.5 single 'One Week').
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22 Jun 1971 The second Glastonbury Festival in England took place. Held over 5 days to coincide with the summer solstice, (the weather was, for a British 'summer' very good). Acts who appeared included: Melanie, Quintessence, David Bowie, The Edgar Broughton Band, Pink Fairies, Terry Reid - with David Lyndley and Linda Lewis, Gong, Hawkwind, Arthur Brown, Brinsley Schwarz, Fairport Convention, Family and Traffic. Over 7,000 fans attended the event.
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22 Jun 1973 David Bowie released the single 'Life On Mars', which peaked at No.3 on the UK chart. The track also featured guest piano work by Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman.
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22 Jun 1976 birth Sally Polihronas, Bardot, winners of the Australian Popstars reality show, (2000 Australian No.1 single ‘Poison’, and 2000 Australian No.1 self-titled album).
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22 Jun 1980 Don McLean had his second UK No.1 single with the Roy Orbison song 'Crying'. The song had been a No.2 US hit for Orbison in July 1961. In 1987, Orbison re-recorded the song as a duet with k.d. lang as part of the soundtrack for the motion picture, Hiding Out. Their collaboration won the Grammy Award.
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22 Jun 1981 Mark Chapman pleaded guilty to the charge of murdering John Lennon in 1980. He was later sentenced to 20 years to life.
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22 Jun 1981 birth Chris Urbanowicz, guitarist, Editors, (2007 UK No.1 album ‘An End Has a Start’).
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22 Jun 1985 Bryan Adams started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Heaven', his first No.1 single, it made No.35 in the UK. The song had been featured in the film 'Night In Heaven'.
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22 Jun 1988 American session guitarist Jesse Ed Davis died of a heroin overdose after collapsing in a laundry room in Venice, California, aged 43. Worked with Conway Twitty, The Monkees, John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Leonard Cohen, Keith Moon, Jackson Browne, Steve Miller, Harry Nilsson and Taj Mahal.
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22 Jun 1988 Dennis Lobban was convicted of the murder of reggae star Peter Tosh, and was sentenced to hang by a Jamaican court.
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22 Jun 1990 Ry Cooder and David Lindley, The Cure, Happy Mondays, Sinead O'Connor, Deacon Blue, De La Soul, Adamski, Blue Aeroplanes, Julian Cope, Del Amitri, Jesus Jones, James and The Pale Saints all appeared on the first day of this years Glastonbury Festival. A three day ticket cost £38.
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22 Jun 1992 Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was rushed to hospital after a gig in Belfast, Northern Ireland suffering from acute stomach pains brought on by ulcers.
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22 Jun 1992 Three members of M.C. Hammer's tour crew were wounded in a drive in shooting incident, three days later Joseph Mack, a dancer in Hammer's entourage was shot on stage during a concert in Nevada.
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22 Jun 1996 The brother of singer Diana Ross, Arthur Ross and his wife were murdered by suffocation in the basement of their rented Detroit home. The badly decomposed bodies were discovered after neighbors complained of a foul odor coming from the house. Two men were later charged with murder and robbery. Arthur Ross had written songs for Marvin Gaye, The Miracles and Madonna.
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22 Jun 1997 Hanson went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut album 'Middle Of Nowhere.'
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22 Jun 2000 After giving himself various new identities' during the 90's, The Artist Formally Known As Prince announced he wanted to be known as Prince again.
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22 Jun 2000 Mick Jagger was ordered to reveal his financial worth and income to a New York court in his child support battle with the mother of his last child, Brazilian model Luciana Morad.
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22 Jun 2002 U2 guitarist 'The Edge' married his girlfriend of ten years Morleigh Steinberg in Eze in the south of France. The couple first met when she was a belly dancer on the bands Zoo TV tour. Guest's included Bono, Eurythmics Dave Stewart and Lenny Kravitz.
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22 Jun 2003 Clay Aiken, runner-up in the 2003 US American Idol went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'This Is The Night.' Luther Vandross was at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Dance With My Father'.
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22 Jun 2003 Evanescence were at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Fallen'.
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22 Jun 2008 Coldplay went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Viva La Vida', their first UK No.1. History was made by this single, as it had no physical CD-single release in the UK, being available by internet download only. The song won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 2009.
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22 Jun 2011 It was reported in the Irish press that Bono's wandering peahen was causing havoc for some south Dublin residents. The peahen the less spectacular-coloured female partner to a male peacock had arrived in the Ard Mhuire housing estate in Killiney near to where the singer lived. One newspaper ran the headline: "Bono's cock drives me nuts". Local woman Susan McKeon said she first noticed the bird at night. "It had a tiny head and a huge body. It was actually quite ugly but I don't think it's fully grown."
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22 Jun 2012 MP Andrew Turner called for a review of procedures after thousands of rock fans were delayed for hours heading to the Isle of Wight Festival. After heavy rain cars were unable to park on waterlogged fields - leading to gridlock as about 55,000 people headed to the site. Some fans were stuck in traffic for up to 16 hours on the way to the festival. Elbow, Lana Del Rey, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam all appeared at this year's festival.
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22 Jun 2013 'Blurred Lines' by Robin Thicke started a 13 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart. Featuring American rapper T.I. and American singer and producer Pharrell, the video was made in two versions; the first video features models Emily Ratajkowski, Jessi M'Bengue, and Elle Evans being topless, the second features them covered. The topless version of the video was removed from YouTube for violating the site's terms of service regarding nudity, though it was later restored, but flagged as inappropriate. 'Blurred Lines" peaked at No.1 in 14 countries.
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