Rock History June 25
1966, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Love, Captain Beefheart, The Lovin Spoonful and Percy Sledge all appeared at The Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California.
1966, Jackie Wilson was arrested for inciting a riot and refusing to obey a police order at a nightclub in Port Arthur, Texas. Wilson had a crowd of 400 whipped into a frenzy and refused to stop singing when requested to do so by police. He was later convicted of drunkenness and fined $30.
1966, Neil Diamond makes his first appearance on American Bandstand, serenading Dick Clark with “Solitary Man.”
1967, During a north American tour The Jimi Hendrix Experience gave a free afternoon concert in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. They then played another two shows that evening at the Fillmore West.
1967, 200 million people saw The Beatles perform “All You Need Is Love,” broadcast live via satellite as part of the TV global link- up, Our World. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Graham Nash, Keith Moon and Gary Leeds provided backing vocals.
1969, The Hollies recorded “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother.” Elton John played piano on the session.
1969, Sly & the Family Stone record “Hot Fun in the Summertime.”
1970, Hall & Oates record together for the first time as Whole Oats.
1971, The Allman Brothers Band played at Fillmore East in New York City.
1972, David Bowie performed at Greyhound in London England.
1972, Led Zeppelin’s North American tour stops at the Forum in Inglewood, California.
1977, Marvin Gaye went to number one on the US singles chart with “Got To Give It Up,” his third US chart topper.
1978, The Grateful Dead performed at Autzen Stadium on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene.
1983, The Police scored their fourth UK number one album with Synchronicity, also a chart topper in the US and featuring the singles “Every Breath You Take” and “Wrapped Around Your Finger.”
1984, Purple Rain, the sixth studio album, and the soundtrack to the 1984 film of the same name, was released by Prince. It was the first to feature his band the Revolution. The first two singles from the album, “When Doves Cry” and “Let’s Go Crazy”, topped the US singles charts, and were hits around the world, while the title track went to number two on the Billboard Hot 100
1987, Songwriter Boudleaux Bryant died. Wrote with his wife Felice, The Everly Brothers hits, “Bye Bye Love”, “All I Have To Do Is Dream”, “Wake Up Little Susie” and “Raining In My Heart”, a hit for Buddy Holly.
1993, The very first three-day Glastonbury Festival in England featured Suede, Belly, Lemonheads, The Orb, Red Hot Chili Peppers The Black Crowes, Lenny Kravitz, The Verve, Porno For Pyros and Teenage Fan Club. Tickets cost £58.
2009, Michael Jackson died at the age of 50, after suffering heart failure at his home in Beverly Hills. The eighth child of the Jackson family, he debuted with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964.
Born on June 25: Eddie Floyd, soul singer (1935); Clint Warwick, The Moody Blues (1940); Carly Simon (1945); Allen Lanier, Blue Oyster Cult (1946); Tim Finn, Split Endz, Crowded House (1952); David Paich, Toto (1954), George Michael (1963)
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Grateful Dead, Hall & Oates, Jackie Wilson, Jimi Hendrix. The Beatles, Love, Marvin Gaye, Neil Diamond, Sly and the Family Stone, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Hollies, The Police.
