On This Day
We take you back into classic rock’s history and legacy to note important events that happened on this date as well as celebrate the birthdays of major musical artists and mourn their passing.
June 13, 1989: Jerry Lee Lewis Gets Hollywood Star
The piano-playing singer and notorious musical wild man both onstage and off received one of the ultimate symbols of American celebrity on this day.
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June 12, 1982: Ronstadt, Browne at Nuclear Disarmament Rally
A crowd estimated between 750,000 to more than one million gathered on the Great Lawn in Manhattan’s Central Park in support of nuclear disarmament
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June 11, 1966: Formation of Cream Announced
The English weekly music paper Melody Maker revealed the news of the band, known as the first supergroup. Amazing how young their guitarist was…
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June 10, 2016: Rod Stewart Given British Knighthood
Sir Roderick joins classic rockers Paul McCartney, Elton John, Mick Jagger, Tom Jones and Van Morrison as a British knight.
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June 10, 1966: Janis Joplin Makes Big Brother Debut
The Texas-born singer first appeared with the band that launched her to fame on this day at San Francisco’s Avalon Ballroom
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June 9, 2020: UFO Guitarist Paul Chapman Dies on 66th Birthday
The Welsh musician answered an ad in the U.K. weekly Melody Maker for a rock band seeking a second guitarist. He passed the audition
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June 9, 2017: Adam West, TV’s Batman, Dies
The actor was so closely identified with the Caped Crusader that he suffered from typecasting. From 1966-68 the show was one of the hottest on TV
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Happy Birthday, Rock Architect Les Paul
Lester Poisfuss is best known as the developer of the first solid-body electric guitar. Watch his performance with Steve Miller
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50 Years Ago: McCartney’s ‘Band on the Run’ Hits #1
Despite encountering several hurdles, Wings—Paul, Linda and Denny Laine—turned out an absolute classic that produced some of Macca’s best-loved songs.
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