June 15

Births

1929: Nigel Pickering (Spanky And Our Gang)

1933: Waylon Jennings (Country Singer)

1941: Harry Nilsson (Singer & Songwriter)

1946: Noddy Holder (Guitar & Vocals for Slade)

1949: Michael Lutz (Bassist for Brownsville Station)

1949: Russell Hitchcock (Vocals for Air Supply)

1951: Steve Walsh (Singer for Kansas)

1956: David Hinds (Guitar & Vocals for Steel Pulse)

1957: Brad Gillis (Guitarist & Vocalist for Night Ranger)

1963: Scott Rockenfield (Drummer for Queensryche)

1966: Michael Britt (Guitar for Lonestar)

1969: Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson) (Rapper)

1976: Gary Lightbody (Guitar & Vocals for Snow Patrol)

1976: Dryden Vera Mitchell (Singer for Alien Ant Farm)

1981: Billy Martin (Lead Guitarist for Good Charlotte)

Events

1956: John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for 1st time as Lennon's rock group Quarrymen perform at a church dinner.

1963: Kyu Sakamoto started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Sukiyaki’, the first-ever Japanese song to do so.

1967: Guitarist Peter Green quit the John Mayall Band. Green went on to form Fleetwood Mac. 

1968: Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 48.

1976, The Sex Pistols recorded their first demos in Clapham's Majestic studios followed by a gig that night at The 100 club, London.

1977, The Sex Pistols held a party on a boat as it sailed down The River Thames in London. The Pistols performed 'Anarchy In The UK' outside The Houses Of Parliament resulting in members from the party being arrested when the boat docked later that day.

1982: Pete Farndon bass player with The Pretenders was fired from the group, he went on to form a group with Topper Headon from The Clash. Farndon was found dead in his bath on 14th April 1983.

1985: Dire Straits started a nine-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with, 'Brothers In Arms'.

1986: U2 and Sting headlined a concert in New Jersey celebrating 25 years of Amnesty International.

1988: During Bruce Springsteen's stay in Rome during a world tour a photographer took a shot of Bruce in his underpants sharing an intimate moment with his backing singer Patti Scialfa. The picture confirmed the rumours that Bruce and Patti were having an affair.

1989: Nirvana's debut album 'Bleach' was released in the US. The title for the album came from a poster 'Bleach Your Works' urging drug users to bleach their needles.

1994: Kristen Pfaff (Bass Guitarist for Hole) was found dead in her apartment by Paul Erickson, a friend with whom she had planned to leave for Minneapolis that day. On the floor there was a bag containing syringes and drug paraphernalia. Pfaff's death was attributed to "acute opiate intoxication," and ruled accidental.

1996: US jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald died in Beverly Hills, California, aged 79. Already blinded by the effects of diabetes, Fitzgerald had both her legs amputated in 1993.

2000: Rapper Flesh-N-Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony was convicted of assault with a firearm and for being an ex-convict in criminal possession of a firearm after threatening a friend with an AK-47.

2002: A rare autographed copy of The Beatles’ album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band sold at auction for $57,800, more than five times the estimated price.