June 8

Births

1940: Nancy Sinatra (Singer)

1941: Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins (Guitar for Funkadelic)

1942: Chuck Negron (Vocals for Three Dog Night)

1944: Boz Scaggs (Singer / Songwriter)

1947: Mick Box (Guitar for Uriah Heep)

1951: Bonnie Tyler (Singer)

1951: Tony Rice (Bluegrass Guitarist)

1954: Greg Ginn (Guitar for Black Flag)

1960: Mick Hucknall (Singer / Songwriter for Simply Red)

1962: Nick Rhodes (Keyboards for Duran Duran)

1965: Rob Pilatus (Vocals ? for Milli Vanilli)

1970: Nicci Gilbert (Singer for Brownstone)

1977: Kayne West  (Rapper)

1979: Derek Trucks (Guitarist & Singer)

Events

1954: US record labels started to supply radio stations with 45rpm discs for the first time, replacing the 78 records.

1963: The Crystals' "Da Doo Ron Ron" peaked at No.3 on the US singles chart. Produced by Phil Spector, who used a multi-track recording system to build the song layer upon layer to achieve a result that become known as a "wall of sound". Backing musicians include Glen Campbell on guitar, Leon Russell on piano, Hal Blain on drums and Nino Tempo on sax.

1967: Procol Harum were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale', the group's only UK No.1. In 2004 the song was named the most played record of the past 70 years. More than 900 recorded versions by other artists are known.

1967: The Beatles 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' went to No.1. Costing  $42,500 to produce the album was recorded over 700 hours of studio time. It was also the first album to print the lyrics on the sleeve. The album spent 27 weeks at No.1.

1969: Having already been fired for his worsening drug use, Brian Jones officially announces that he is leaving the Rolling Stones, saying that he "no longer see(s) eye to eye (with the group about) the discs we are cutting." In less than a month he will be found dead.

1970: Deep Purple had their van and equipment impounded by East German police while on an European tour, after mistakenly driving too close to the border.

1974: Bill Wyman became the first Rolling Stone to release a solo album with 'Monkey Grip', (it peaked at No.99 in the US).

1974: Dolly Parton was at No.1 on the US country chart with 'I Will Always Love You'. The Parton penned song later became a worldwide hit for Whitney Houston in 1992.

1974: Keyboard player Rick Wakeman announced that he was leaving Yes.

1979: Marianne Faithfull married Ben Brieley of punk rock band The Vibrators.

1985: Tears For Fears started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World', the group's first US No.1.

1987: Yogi Horton a session drummer with Luther Vandross, jumped to his death from a 17th floor hotel window, having told his wife he was tired of Living in the shadow of Vandross.  He also worked with The B-52's, Diana Ross and Debbie Harry.

1989: At a Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior's press conference, vegetarian Chrissie Hynde claimed that she once firebombed a McDonalds restaurant. The following day a McDonalds in Milton Keynes, England was firebombed and Hynde was threatened with legal action.

1990: Mariah Carey released her self-titled debut album.

1991: Bruce Springsteen married Patti Scialfa, at their Beverley Hills home in California.

1998: Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller and Martin Carr from The Boo Radleys were all involved in a fight at Dingwalls, Camden in London. 

2000: Sinead O'Connor revealed that she was a lesbian in an article that would later be published by "Curve" in their July-August 2000 issue.

2002: Jennifer Lopez separated from her second husband, dancer Cris Judd, after just nine months of marriage.

2002: Months of secrecy surrounding Sir Paul McCartney's wedding plans were blown when John Leslie the owner of the 17th century Castle Leslie in Co Monaghan, let slip to reporters that Sir Paul had booked the Castle for the wedding.

2007: George Michael was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and banned from driving for two years at Brent Magistrates court, north London. The 43-year-old who was arrested last October after being found slumped at the steering wheel of his car pleaded guilty to driving while unfit, blaming "tiredness and prescribed drugs" for the offence.

2011:  Rapper Ja Rule turned himself in to begin serving a two-year sentence on a gun charge stemming from his 2007 arrest in New York City.

2012: Lauryn Hill was charged with willfully failing to file income tax returns in the US. Authorities said the singer earned more than $1.6m during the three years that she failed to file returns. US prosecutors said her main source of income during the period 2005 - 2007 was royalties from her music and films. According to court papers, the 37-year-old owned four corporations - Creations Music, Boogie Tours, LH Productions 2001 and Studio 22.