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June 18, 2022: Music World Serenades Paul McCartney on 80th Birthday
“They say it’s your birthday!” Many of his fellow music stars took to social media to help him celebrate in words and song
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June 18, 1942: Dominos’ Bassist Carl Radle Born
Tulsa, OK-born Radle played with Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Delaney and Bonnie, Leon Russell, Duane Allman, and Derek and the Dominos but died young
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Bon Jovi 17-Album Box Set Contest
One Best Classic Bands reader is going to get the massive new collection, Bon Jovi: The Albums. Click for complete details and to enter
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June 17, 1972: Pigpen Plays Final Dead Show
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan was a singer/keyboard & harmonica player with the Grateful Dead who last played with them on this day in 1972, and died the next year
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June 16, 1965: Dylan Records ‘Like a Rolling Stone’
By the spring of 1965, Dylan already knew that he wanted to make a change in his music. On this date he set that change in “stone.”
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June 16, 1967: Monterey Pop Festival Begins
Considered the first major rock festival, the three day event featured some of the top acts in contemporary music. Check out the amazing performances
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June 16, 2016: NY Post Mistakenly Declares Meat Loaf Dead
The ‘Bat Out of Hell’ singer fell while performing at a Canadian concert. The paper reported that he had died, in some of its editions
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TV Host James Corden Sings with Queen—And Nails It!
When the host of TV’s “Late Late Show” boasted that he’d make a better frontman for Queen than singer Adam Lambert, well, guess what happened next?
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June 15, 1989: Nirvana Releases Bleach LP
The first album by the trio initially sold some 40,000 copies. Their success eventually made it the biggest release in their label’s history
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June 14, 1975: Frampton Records ‘Alive!’ Concert
A concert at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom is recorded and used for a number of the tracks of Frampton’s breakout album
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