Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Jun4,1924 | Dennis Weaver | #BTD Jun4,1924 #DennisWeaver (William Dennis Weaver) RIP actor many film and TV such as playing Deputy Chester on "Gunsmoke" & Marshal McCloud on the TV series "McCloud" | |
| BTD Jun4,1937 | Freddy Fender | #BTD Jun4,1937 #FreddyFender (Baldemar Huerta) RIP singer, guitarist 3 US Country #1s in 1975 "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" (also a US #1), "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" (US #8) and "Secret Love" (US #20), +13 US Country Top40s with 1 more #1 single | |
| BTD Jun4,1940 | Cliff Bennett | #BTD Jun4,1940 #CliffBennett (Clifford Bennett) singer of Cliff Bennett and the #RebelRousers 1964 UK #9 "One Way Love", 1966 UK #6 "Got To Get You Into My Life" | |
| BTD Jun4,1940 | Vince Eager | #BTD Jun4,1940 #VinceEager (Roy Taylor) singer, the death of best friend #EddieCochran was a turning point in career. Disgusted with the way #LarryParnes commercialized the accident & began to get away from the Parnes Stable of popstars. Starred in the West End musical Elvis | |
| BTD Jun4,1944 | Michelle Phillips | #BTD Jun4,1944 #MichellePhillips (Holly Michelle Gilliam) singer, songwriter, actress with The Mamas and the Papas 1966 US #1 & #3 UK Monday Monday, +10 other US Top40s and TV such as 1979–1984 Fantasy Island, 1983–1986 Hotel, 1987–1993 Knots Landing. 1998 inducted in @rockhall | |
| BTD Jun4,1944 | Roger Ball | #BTD Jun4,1944 #RogerBall (Broughty Ferry) saxophonist, keyboardist, songwriter with #AWB Average White Band 1975 US #1, UK #6 and R&B #5 single "Pick Up The Pieces", +11 R&B Top40 singles @AverageWhiteBnd | |
| BTD Jun4,1945 | Gordon Waller | #BTD Jun4,1945 #GordonWaller (Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller) RIP singer, guitarist #PeterandGordon; Peter and Gordon 1964 UK & US #1 "A World Without Love", +6 UK and 9 US Top40 singles | |
| BTD Jun4,1952 | Jimmy McCulloch | #BTD Jun4,1952 #JimmyMcCulloch RIP guitarist #ThunderclapNewman 1969 UK #1 Something In The Air & Paul McCartney and #Wings from 1974-77; 1975 US #1 & UK #6 Listen to What the Man Said, 1976 US #1 & UK #2 Silly Love Songs Died of heart failure due to drugs & alcohol on Sep27,1979 | |
| BTD Jun4,1954 | Raphael Ravenscroft | #BTD Jun4,1954 #RaphaelRavenscroft RIP saxophonist, composer, author played sax riff on #GerryRafferty's 1978 US #2 & UK #3 "Baker Street" Paid £27.50 for the session | |
| BTD Jun4,1956 | Reeves Gabrels | #BTD Jun4,1956 #ReevesGabrels guitarist, songwriter, record producer worked with #DavidBowie 1987-1999 & member of #TinMachine and The #Cure from 2012 and solo career. 2019 inducted in @rockhall of Fame as a memeber of The Cure #HBday @reevesgabrels | |
| OTD Jun4,1934 | Dorsey Brothers | #OTD Jun4,1934 The #DorseyBrothers record "Annie’s Cousin Fannie" released as "Annie's Cousin Fannie is a Sweetie of Mine" Glenn Miller composed & sang in the song. His name is misspelled on the label #BIGBAND | |
| OTD Jun4,1942 | Glenn Wallichs | #OTD Jun4,1942 #GlennWallichs launches #CapitolRecords US. Invented art of record promotion by sending copies of new releases to DJs @CapitolRecords | |
| OTD Jun4,1955 | Mickey Rooney | #OTD Jun4,1955 The #MickeyRooney Show "Hey Mulligan" airs on the NBC network for the last time. His first TV role after the "Andy Hardy" films | |
| OTD Jun4,1960 | Silver Beetles, Beatles | #OTD Jun4,1960 The #SilverBeetles (later the Beatles) play at the Grosvenor Ballroom were fights breakout on the dance floor. They kept playing, despite the chaos | |
| OTD Jun4,1961 | Faron Young | #OTD Jun4,1961 #FaronYoung peaks at #12 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Hello Walls" written by Willie Nelson. Young is at #1 on the US Country charts. Great song @WillieNelson | |
| OTD Jun4,1961 | Ricky Nelson | #OTD Jun4,1961 #RickyNelson is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Travellin' Man" written by Jerry Fuller. Nelson falls to #2 next week, returning to #1 Jun18 for 1wk. The B-side is a Gene Pitney song "Hello Mary Lou" The 45 becomes a double A side UK #2 Jul6 | |
| OTD Jun4,1961 | Beatles | #OTD Jun4,1961 The #Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West Germany | |
| OTD Jun4,1962 | Beatles | #OTD Jun4,1962 The #Beatles are at The Cavern Club rehearsing for their 1st recording session at Abbey Road on Jun6. The rehearsal began at 7pm, there were no scheduled performances that evening. The following day they drove from Liverpool to London @cavernliverpool | |
| OTD Jun4,1962 | Beatles | #OTD Jun4,1962 The #Beatles record contract at #EMI (Electric and Musical Industries) on the Parlophone record label is set up. Waiting for final EMI signing and studio visit Jun6. And so it began @parlophone @emimusic | |
| OTD Jun4,1963 | Beatles | #OTD Jun4,1963 The #Beatles still working on the 17th date tour with #RoyOrbinson they perform at the Town Hall in Birmingham. The Roy Orbinson Tour is the only time Beatles perform here @ROYORBISON | |
| OTD Jun4,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Jun4,1964 The #Beatles play at KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark on the 1st date of a 27-day world tour. Ringo Starr is still sick so #JimmyNicol is sitting in on drums | |
| OTD Jun4,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Jun4,1964 The #Beatles release in Sweden the single "Roll Over Beethoven" written by Chuck Berry and "Please Mr. Postman" written by Brian Holland on Odeon Records @OdeonRecords | |
| OTD Jun4,1965 | Beatles | #OTD Jun4,1965 The #Beatles release in the UK the EP (Extended Play) "Beatles For Sale No. 2" on the Parlophone records label. Side A has "I'll Follow the Sun" and "Baby's in Black"; Side B has "Words of Love" and "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" @parlophone | |
| OTD Jun4,1966 | Percy Sledge | #OTD Jun4,1966 #PercySledge is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "When A Man Loves A Woman" for the last week of a 2wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jun4,1967 | Jimi Hendrix | #OTD Jun4,1967 #JimiHendrix is at Saville Theatre London plays #Beatles title track from new album Paul McCartney "Jimi opened, the curtains flew back and he came walking forward, playing 'Sgt. Pepper' and it had only been released on the Thursday ... the ultimate compliment" | |
| OTD Jun4,1967 | Beatles | #OTD Jun4,1967 The #Beatles start a 23 week run at #1 on the UK Album charts with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Eventually staying at #1 on and off the #1 spot for a total of 28 weeks and remains in the Top100 for 271 weeks | |
| OTD Jun4,1967 | Monkees | #OTD Jun4,1967 The #Monkees win The Emmy Award for "Best Comedy Series" Holding the Emmy's are Micky Dolenz on left and Michael Nesmith on right @TheMonkees @TheEmmys @TheMickyDolenz1 | |
| OTD Jun4,1968 | Beatles | #OTD Jun4,1968 The #Beatles record overdubs for the song "Revolution" written by John Lennon; credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song has not yet been split into 1 & 9. John Lennon tries changing his voice by singing on his back | |
| OTD Jun4,1969 | Tommy Roe | #OTD Jun4,1969 #TommyRoe is at #1 on the UK Singles Chart with "Dizzy" written by Roe and Freddy Weller with instrumental backing provided by the Los Angeles session musicians the Wrecking Crew. Roe was a #1 on Mar15 for 4wks in the US | |
| OTD Jun4,1969 | Beatles | #OTD Jun4,1969 The #Beatles release in the US the single "The Ballad of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe" on the #Apple Records label | |
| OTD Jun4,1970 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Jun4,1970 #ElvisPresley begins 5 days of recording at the RCA Records studio B in Nashville. Elvis started at 6pm working until dawn @RCARecords | |
| OTD Jun4,1977 | Stevie Wonder | #OTD Jun4,1977 #StevieWonder is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Sir Duke" for the last week of a 3wk run at #1. A tribute to Duke Ellington. Lyrics also refer to Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald @StevieWonder | |
| OTD Jun4,1983 | Irene Cara | #OTD Jun4,1983 #IreneCara is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Flashdance ... What A Feeling" for the 2nd week of a 6wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jun4,1983 | US Festival '83' | #OTD Jun4,1983 4th and final day (Country Day) of the 4 day US Festival '83' in California, featuring Ricky Skaggs, Hank Williams Jr & more @RickySkaggs @HankJr | |
| OTD Jun4,1984 | Bruce Springsteen | #OTD Jun4,1984 #BruceSpringsteen releases the LP "Born In The USA" Springsteen's most successful album with 7 Top10 singles. The E Street Band: Roy Bittan, Clarence Clemons, Danny Federici, Garry Tallent, Steven Van Zandt and Max Weinberg @springsteen | |
| OTD Jun4,1988 | George Michael | #OTD Jun4,1988 #GeorgeMichael is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "One More Try" for the 2nd week of a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jun4,1989 | Cliff Richard | #OTD Jun4,1989 #CliffRichard's 100th single "The Best Of Me" debuts at #2 on UK Singles Chart, his 26th Top3 UK single. The song originally released by #DavidFoster 1983, the title-track of his debut solo LP. Richard chose it for his 100th single milestone | |
| OTD Jun4,1989 | Jason Donovan | #OTD Jun4,1989 #JasonDonovan jumps straight to #1 on the UK singles chart with his cover of "Sealed With A Kiss" written by Peter Udell and Gary Geld. 1st Australian artist to enter chart at #1 | |
| OTD Jun4,1989 | Madonna | #OTD Jun4,1989 #Madonna's single "Express Yourself" written by Madonna and Stephen Bray becomes Madonna's 18th UK Top5 hit single, a new record for a female artist @Madonna | |
| OTD Jun4,1998 | Van Halen | #OTD Jun4,1998 #VanHalen cancels a show at the Docks club in Hamburg, Germany, after a piece of ceiling plaster fell & hit Alex Van Halen the drummer @VanHalen | |
| OTD Jun4,2016 | Bobby Curtola | #OTD Jun4,2016 #BobbyCurtola RIP dies at the age of 73. #Canadian singer, teen idol 1962 CAN #5 & US #41 "Fortuneteller", 1962 CAN #11 & US #92 "Aladdin", 1963 CAN #3 "Indian Giver", +28 Top40 CAN singles | |
| OTD Jun4,2020 | Steve Priest | #OTD Jun4,2020 #StevePriest RIP dies at the age of 72. Bass guitarist, vocals #Sweet 1973 UK #1 "Blockbuster" & 1975 UK #2 "Fox On The Run", +14 UK and 5 US Top40 singles |