Music History for
June 2
Today's:
1857 - Composer Sir Edward William Elgar was born.
1967 - In the U.S., "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was released by the Beatles. It was released on June 1 in the U.K. and around the world.
Today in Beatles History
1972 - Dion & The Belmonts reunited for one show at Madison Square
Garden.
1978 - Bruce Springsteen's album, "Darkness On The Edge of Town" was
released.
1989 - Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones) married 19 year old model Mandy
Smith. They divorced 2 years later.
1993 - Ronald Ray Howard's murder trial began in Austin, TX. Howard killed a state trooper after listening to Tupac Shakur's "2Pacalypse Now" album. Howard was convicted and sentenced to death.
2000 - The RIAA certified Garth Brooks' "Double Live" at the 13 million
level. This matched the highest-certified live album record
held by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's "Live 1975-1985."
2003 - The New York Philharmonic announced that it would return to Carnegie Hall. The orchestra cited Carnegie's acoustics as a key reason for the move.
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