June 14th
2002: Mick Jagger became Sir Mick Jagger
when he was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
1986: Three people died after falling from a balcony during at a concert featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica.
1982: The Pretenders fired founding bassist Pete Farndon, due to the bassist’s battle with heroin addiction.
1979: Little Feat announced that they were breaking up. Two weeks later, vocalist Lowell George died of a heart attack.
1970: Derek and the Dominos performed their first gig at the Lyceum Theatre in London.
1965: Paul McCartney went into the studio for the first of two days to record Yesterday, which would become the most recorded song in history.
Birthdays:
Rod Argent-keyboardist for The Zombie & Argent born in 1945
Alan White-drummer for Yes born in 1949
Chris DeGarmo-guitarist for Queensryche born in 1963
1986: Three people died after falling from a balcony during at a concert featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica.
1982: The Pretenders fired founding bassist Pete Farndon, due to the bassist’s battle with heroin addiction.
1979: Little Feat announced that they were breaking up. Two weeks later, vocalist Lowell George died of a heart attack.
1970: Derek and the Dominos performed their first gig at the Lyceum Theatre in London.
1965: Paul McCartney went into the studio for the first of two days to record Yesterday, which would become the most recorded song in history.
Birthdays:
Rod Argent-keyboardist for The Zombie & Argent born in 1945
Alan White-drummer for Yes born in 1949
Chris DeGarmo-guitarist for Queensryche born in 1963
