June 19

Births

1902: Guy Lombardo (Band Leader)

1936: Tommy DeVito (Lead Guitar & Vocals for The Four Seasons)

1939: Al Wilson (R&B Singer)

1942: Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane (Spanky and Our Gang)

1948: Nick Drake (Singer)

1950: Ann Wilson (Singer in Heart)

1953: Larry Dunn (Keyboards for Earth, Wind and Fire)

1963: Paula Abdul (Singer)

1963: Simon Wright (Drummer for AC/DC)

1970: Brian “Head” Welch (Guitar for Korn)

Events

1958: Buddy Holly records his first solo songs, "Early In The Morning" and "Now We're One," at Decca's Pythian Temple Studios in New York.

1960: At the height of the folk-music boom, The Kingston Trio premier their own self-titled weekday show on CBS radio.

1963: For the first time, Ringo Starr uses his new Ludwig drum kit, complete with the famous "Beatles" logo, onstage as the group performs at London's Playhouse Theatre.

1965: The Four Tops went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Can't Help Myself'. Lead singer Levi Stubbs had not been satisfied with the recording session and was promised that he could do it again the following day, but no other session ever took place. The track that became a hit was just the second take of the song.

1967: Answering questions about a controversial interview he'd recently given to the Daily Mirror, Paul McCartney shocks the British public by admitting on BBC television that he's taken LSD four times.

1973: A strange musical ode to sci-fi and other Fifties kitsch starring Tim Curry, The Rocky Horror Show, opens as a stage show at the Royal Court's Theatre Upstairs in London.

1973: Roberta Flack's first (and last) television special, Roberta Flack... The First Time Ever, also starring The Blossoms and Seals & Crofts, airs on ABC.

1976: "Rollermania" hits the US as the Bay City Rollers begin their first-ever American tour with a concert in Atlantic City.

1977: Six men wielding knives and iron bars outside Shepherd's Bush underground station beat up Paul Cook from The Sex Pistols. Cook required 15 stitches to a head wound.

1980: David Geffen's new self-titled record label makes its first signing... disco diva Donna Summer.

1997: Country singer Bobby Helms died from emphysema and asthma at the age of 63 .

2000: At Bob Dylan's concert in Portland, OR, British sign-language expert Professor Patrick Ladd "signs" the folk-rocker's famous lyrics for the hearing-impaired.