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06/23/2025

Music notes for June 23:

1984 - Duran Duran started a two week run at No.1 on the singles chart with 'The Reflex', the group's first No.1, was taken from their third album, Seven and the Ragged Tiger.

1979 - The Charlie Daniels Band release "The Devil Went Down To Georgia." Daniels plays the fiddle parts for both Johnny and the Devil; he says the Devil part is "just a bunch of noise."

1976 - Paul McCartney and Wings played the last date on their Wings Over America tour at the Forum in Los Angeles. More than 600,000 people attended Wings' 31 shows in the United States and Canada, held between 3 May and 23 June. He would not tour again until 1989.

1975 - During his Welcome To My Nightmare tour in Vancouver, Canada, Alice Cooper fell from the stage and broke six ribs. The singer fell into the photo pit in front of the stage and attempted to continue the show but passed out and was taken to hospital. Photos exist of Alice trying to continue the show with his head wrapped in a bandage.

1973 - George Harrison started a five-week run at No.1 on the album chart with 'Living In The Material World', his second No.1. It featured the #1 single “Give Me Love Give Me Peace on Earth”. His third studio solo album was the follow-up to 1970s acclaimed All Things Must Pass and his massive charity project, The Concert For Bangladesh.

06/22/2025

Music notes for June 22:

Happy birthday Cyndi Lauper. In November she’ll be inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame.

Happy birthday Todd Rundgren. More of an album artist, he did have several hits including “I Saw the Light”, “Hello it’s Me” and “We Gotta Get You a Woman”. He became a member of the Rock Hall of Fame in 2021.

Happy birthday Howard Kaylan, the great lead singer of The Turtles.

Happy birthday Peter Asher. As a member of the British Invasion duo Peter & Gordon, their hits included “World Without Love”, “I Go to Pieces” and “Woman”. Peter went on to become a highly successful record producer working with the likes of Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor and most recently Barbra Streisand.

1985 - Bryan Adams started a two week run at No.1 on the singles chart with 'Heaven', his No.1 single.

1968 - Herb Alpert started a four week run at No.1 on the singles chart with 'This Guys In Love With You'. He hit No. 1 again in 1979 with the instrumental “Rise”

1963 - 13-year old Stevie Wonder first entered the 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

06/21/2025

Music notes for June 21:

Happy birthday Ray Davies of the Kinks.

1986 - Genesis scored a No.1 album with their 13th studio album 'Invisible Touch'. It remained in the charts for 96 weeks. It would g on to sell over 15 million copies worldwide and produced five Top 5 singles, including the title track, “Land of Confusion”, “In
Too Deep”, and “Throwing it all Away”.

1975 - Captain and Tennille started a four week run at No.1 on the singles chart with the Neil Sedaka song 'Love Will Keep Us Together”.

1973 - The band Bread, already having decided to break up, play their last live gig ever in Salt Lake City after one of its tour trucks flips over and destroys most of its gear.

1970 - Art Garfunkel makes his acting debut in the movie Catch-22. Paul Simon was also slated for a role in the film, but was dropped, leading to a rift that broke up Simon & Garfunkel.

1967 - Must be the Summer of Love: There's a free concert in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park celebrating the Summer Solstice. The Grateful Dead, Big Brother & the Holding Company, and Quicksilver Messenger Service all perform.

06/20/2025

WDGY’s Doctor Don presents the Top 5 songs this week in 1971:

1 IT’S TOO LATE / I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE –•– Carole King
2 RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS –•– The Carpenters
3 WANT ADS –•– The Honey Cone
4 BROWN SUGAR –•– The Rolling Stones
5 IT DON’T COME EASY –•– Ringo Starr

HIGH DEBUT OF THE WEEK: AT # 72— LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH –•– The Isley Brothers

IT WOULD PEAK AT #18

06/20/2025

Music notes for June 20:

Happy birthday Lionel Richie. 2003 For his 54th birthday, Lionel Richie receives a special gift: a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. According to Richie, the star's location on Hollywood Blvd. isn't far from the Holiday Inn where The Commodores stayed on their first trip to LA while recording their debut album.

Happy birthday Anne Murray. She was born in Nova Scotia and was the first Canadian female solo singer to reach No. 1 on the chart s with “You Needed Me”.

1978 - Foreigner release their second album, Double Vision. Hits from the set include the title track and "Hot Blooded."

1969 - Two months before Woodstock, the first of a three day Festival in Newport, California takes place featuring Ike and Tina Turner, Marvin Gaye, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Byrds, The Rascals, Steppenwolf, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Janis Joplin, Johnny Winter, Eric Burdon and Love. A three day ticket cost $15 ($131 today) . Jimi Hendrix received $125,000 for his appearance. That’s $1.1 million today. At the time it was the highest fee ever paid to a rock act for a single appearance.

1965 - The Beatles began a 14-day European tour with two performances at the Palais Des Sports in Paris, France. The Beatles' set list for this tour: ‘Twist and Shout’, ‘She's a Woman’, ‘I'm a Loser’, ‘Can't Buy Me Love’, ‘Baby's In Black’, ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, ‘A Hard Day's Night’, ‘Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby’, ‘Rock and Roll Music’, ‘I Feel Fine’, ‘Ticket to Ride’, and ‘Long Tall Sally’.

06/19/2025

Music notes for June 19th:

Happy birthday Ann Wilson, the fabulous lead singer of Heart. They has sold over 35 million records worldwide, placed 29 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, and have scored top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2010s.

Happy birthday Elaine McFarlane, the Queen of Sunshine pop and the lead singer of the 60’s group Spanky & Our Gang who gave us “Sunday Will Never Be the Same”, “Like to Get to Know You” and “Lazy Day”.

2014 - The late Gerry Goffin passed away. He wrote the lyrics to Carole King’s melodies. He wrote dozens of hits over two decades, including 'The Loco-Motion', 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow' and '(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman'. After their divorce in 1968, Goffin continued writing songs, including a hit for Whitney Houston 'Saving All My Love for You' in 1985.

1971 - Carole King started a five week run at No.1 on the singles chart with 'It's Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move'. Both songs were from her million selling Tapestry album.

1965 - The Four Tops went to No.1 on the singles chart with 'I Can't Help Myself'. Lead singer Levi Stubbs had not been satisfied with the recording session and was promised that he could do it again the following day, but no other session ever took place. The track that became a hit was just the second take of the song.

06/18/2025

Music notes for June 18:

Happy birthday Sir Paul McCartney, the most successful rock composer of all time. McCartney first met John Lennon on July 6th 1957, who was impressed that Paul could tune a guitar. With The Beatles he scored 21 No.1 singles plus McCartney has scored over 30 solo Top 40 hit singles. He has written and co-written 188 charted records, of which 91 reached the Top 10 and 33 made it to No.1 totaling 1,662 weeks on the chart.

2010 - John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to The Beatles song 'A Day In The Life' sold for $1.2m at an auction at Sotheby's in New York. The double-sided sheet of paper with notes written in felt marker and blue ink also contained some corrections and other notes penned in red ink.

1977 - Fleetwood Mac went to No.1 on the singles chart with 'Dreams', the group's first and only No. 1. Stevie Nicks has stated she wrote the song at the Record Plant studio in Sausalito, California, in about 10 minutes.

1964 - Touring Australia The Beatles played at Sydney Stadium in Sydney. This was Paul McCartney 22nd birthday and after the show his guests included 17 young women who were winners of the Daily Mirrors 'Why I would like to be a guest at a Beatles birthday party' competition.

06/17/2025

Music notes for June 17:

Happy birthday Barry Manilow. Too many hit songs to list, but among them are Mandy, I Write the Songs”, Copacabana, Could it be Magic and Ready to Take a Chance.

2012 - Bruce Springsteen played his longest show when he turned in a three-hour-and-48-minute, 32-song, set at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid. (This surpassed the previously longest show, Dec. 31, 1980 at the Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, New York, which clocked in at 3:43).

1985 - The famously reclusive Bob Dylan opens up on the syndicated radio show Rockline, taking calls from fans.

1978 - Andy Gibb became the first solo artist in the history of the charts to have his first three releases reach No.1, when 'Shadow Dancing' hit the top of the chart. Spending seven weeks at No.1 it became the best selling single in the in 1978.

1973 - Dolly Parton recorded 'I Will Always Love You' in RCA's Studio "B" in Nashville. Written for her one-time partner and mentor, Porter Wagoner, (the two were splitting professionally at the time).

1972 - The Rolling Stones album Exile on Main Street started a four-week run at the top of the charts. The double album, regularly regarded as one of the band's best, ’Happy' and 'Tumbling Dice'.

1971 - Carole King went to No.1 on the album chart with Tapestry for the first of 15 consecutive weeks. The album contained ‘It's Too Late’, ‘I Feel the Earth Move’, ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow’’ and ‘You've Got a Friend’. The cover photograph taken at King's Laurel Canyon home shows her sitting in a window frame, holding a tapestry she hand-stitched herself, with her cat Telemachus at her feet.

1967 - Liberty Records runs an ad in the British music magazine New Musical Express that reads: "Liberty wants talent. Artists/composers/singers/musicians to form a new group." Among the thousands of applicants are lyricist Bernie Taupin and musician Elton John. The label teams them up, resulting in one of the greatest songwriting duos in rock history

06/16/2025

Music notes for June 16:

1980 - The movie The Blues Brothers, adapted from John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd's classic SNL skit, premieres in Chicago. A love letter of sorts to '60s R&B and soul, it will help re-establish the careers of its musical co-stars, including James Brown, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin.

1976 - The first episode of the variety show The Jacksons, starring eight of the nine musical Jackson siblings (Jermaine has other commitments) airs on CBS. It runs for 12 episodes.

1972 - David Bowie unveils his landmark album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. His breakthrough LP, it sells over 7 million copies and is hailed as one of the greatest albums of all time.

1967 - The three day Monterey Pop Festival in California began. All the proceeds went to charity when all the artists agreed to perform for free, the 'Summer of Love' was born. The festival saw the first major US appearances by The Who, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. Also on the bill: The Byrds, Grateful Dead, Otis Redding, Simon And Garfunkel, The Steve Miller Band, Canned Heat, The Mamas & the Papas, Jefferson Airplane, Buffalo Springfield and The Electric Flag. John Phillips, of The Mamas & the Papas wrote, 'San Francisco, (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)' to promote the festival, which later became a hit for Scott McKenzie.

1966 - The Beatles made a surprise live appearance on the UK television program Top Of The Pops performing 'Paperback Writer' and ‘Rain’. It became The Beatles' last live musical television appearance, with the sole exception of the June 1967 worldwide transmission of ‘All You Need Is Love’.

06/15/2025

Music notes for June 15:

The late Hary Nilsson born this date. He hit #1 with “Without You”, a song written and first recorded by Badfinger. He also had a hits with “Everybody’s Talking from the movie “Midnight Cowboy”, “Coconut” and “Jump Into the Fire”. As a songwriter, he composed “One”, the first big hit for Three Dog Night.

1985 - Dire Straits started a nine-week run at No.1 on the album chart with, Brothers In Arms. It featured the hits “Walk of Life”, “Money for Nothing” and “So Far Away”.

1977 - Former 5th Dimension singers Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. host a summer TV variety series on CBS. They are the first African American married couple to host a network television series.

1973 - Motown Records released ‘Let's Get It On’ by Marvin Gaye. The track became Gaye's most successful single for Motown and one of his most well-known songs hitting #1 on the Billboard singles chart.

Music notes for June 14:Happy birthday Rod Argent a member of the 60’s British Invasion band The Zombies. Their hits inc...
06/14/2025

Music notes for June 14:

Happy birthday Rod Argent a member of the 60’s British Invasion band The Zombies. Their hits include “Tell Her No”, “She’s Not There” and “Time of the Season”. As the leader of his own band Argent he had a hit with “Hold Your Head Up” in 1973.

2012- Ringo Starr's birthplace in Liverpool was saved from the threat of demolition. The house, a run-down three-bedroom Victorian terrace, was one of 400 buildings marked for demolition in the Di**le area of Liverpool, but Beatles fans and city residents had successfully lobbied to save the house, along with 15 others in the area. The Liverpool City Council has agreed to give locals the opportunity to fix up the properties.

2002 - Cher starts her Living Proof: The Farewell Tour. Planned for 59 dates, it ends up at 325, bringing in 260 million dollars. It's billed as her final tour, though she ends up returning to music years later.

2002 - Mick Jagger became a Sir when he was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honors. . It was claimed that the Queen avoided personally giving Jagger his knighthood because she thought he was an inappropriate candidate for the honor.

1980 - Billy Joel started a six-week run at No.1 on the album chart with 'Glass Houses', his second No.1 album. The album features Joel's first song to peak at No.1 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart, 'It's Still Rock and Roll to Me.

1975 - America's "Sister Golden Hair" hits #1. The song is produced by George Martin and contains a guitar riff borrowed from George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord.

1970 - A billboard taking up an entire city block to promote Grand Funk Railroad goes up in New York City's Times Square. It costs Capitol Records about $100,000 ($828,000 today)but pays off when their Closer To Home album sells over 2 million copies and they sell out Shea Stadium the next summer.

06/13/2025

WDGY’s Doctor Don presents the Top 5 songs this week in 1978:

1 SHADOW DANCING –•– Andy Gibb
2 YOU’RE THE ONE THAT I WANT –•– John Travolta and Olivia Newton-Jhon
3 BAKER STREET –•– Gerry Rafferty
4 IT’S A HEARTACHE –•– Bonnie Tyler
5 TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE –•– Johnny Mathis / Deniece Williams

HIGH DEBUT OF THE WEEK: AT #67 — SONGBIRD –•– Barbra Streisand

IT WOULD PEAK AT #25

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