Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Jun2,1904 | Johnny Weissmuller | #BTD Jun2,1904 #JohnnyWeissmuller RIP actor, swimmer 5 #Olympic gold medals swimming & 1 bronze water polo, 1st to break 1 minute for 100-meter freestyle; 52 US national champ, set >50 world records. Became 6th actor to portray Edgar Rice Burroughs's ape man #Tarzan in 12 films | |
| BTD Jun2,1924 | Maurice Kinn | #BTD Jun2,1924 #MauriceKinn RIP music promoter, 1952 bought the New Musical Express #NME for £1,000 ($1400). One of the most influential figures in international music. Kinn staged the 1st all-star jazz concerts at Royal Albert Hall & started the 1st UK charts on record sales | |
| BTD Jun2,1936 | Otis Williams | #BTD Jun2,1936 #OtisWilliams singer Otis Williams and The #Charms 1954 R&B #1 & US #15 "Hearts of Stone" & 1956 R&B #5 & US #11 "Ivory Tower", +5 other US R&B Top20 singles | |
| BTD Jun2,1937 | Jimmy Jones | #BTD Jun2,1937 #JimmyJones RIP singer, songwriter 1960 US #2 and UK #3 "Handy Man", 1960 UK #1 & US #3 "Good Timin'" both gold singles, +2 UK Top40 singles | |
| BTD Jun2,1941 | Charlie Watts | #BTD Jun2,1941 #CharlieWatts drummer The #RollingStones 1964 1st UK #1 "It's All Over Now" & 1965 1st US #1 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", +46 UK Top40s with 7 #1s and 40 US Top40s with 7 other #1s. Started as drummer, doubling as designer of record sleeves @RollingStones | |
| BTD Jun2,1941 | Stacy Keach | #BTD Jun2,1941 #StacyKeach (Walter Stacy Keach Jr) director, producer, actor film/TV such as 1984–85 Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer; 1997–98 Mike Hammer, Private Eye; 2000–02 Titus; 2005–07 Prison Break; 2011 Lights Out; 2016 Crowded; 2017–20 Man with a Plan #HBday @StacyKeach1 | |
| BTD Jun2,1941 | William Guest | #BTD Jun2,1941 #WilliamGuest RIP singer The #Pips & Gladys Knight & the Pips 1973 US #1 "Midnight Train To Georgia" & other hits with Gladys Knight such as the LP "I Feel a Song" 1996 inducted into the @rockhall of Fame with Gladys Knight & the Pips | |
| BTD Jun2,1944 | Marvin Hamlisch | #BTD Jun2,1944 #MarvinHamlisch RIP pianist, composer 1 of 15 artists to win #Emmy, #Grammy, #Oscar & a #Tony award. This collection of all four is referred to as an "EGOT", +Pulitzer Prize for "A Chorus Line" 1 of only 2 people with all 5. Composer #RichardRodgers the other | |
| BTD Jun2,1950 | Chubby Tavares | #BTD Jun2,1950 #ChubbyTavares (Antone Lee Tavares) the #Tavares (also known as The Tavares Brothers) 1974 US R&B #1 "She's Gone", 1976 UK #4 & US #15 "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel", +7 US & 20 US R&B Top40 singles with 2 more #1s and in 2012 embarked on a solo career | |
| BTD Jun2,1959 | Micki Steele | #BTD Jun2,1959 #MickiSteele also Michael Steele (born Susan Thomas) guitarist, songwriter, singer in The #Runaways and The #Bangles 1986 UK & US #2 "Manic Monday", 1986 US #1 & UK #3"'Walk Like An Egyptian" and 1989 UK & US #1 "Eternal Flame", +4 US and 6 UK Top40 singles | |
| BTD Jun2,1960 | Tony Hadley | #BTD Jun2,1960 #TonyHadley singer, songwriter #SpandauBallet 1983 UK #1 "True", +16 other UK Top40 singles @SpandauBallet and solo career #HBday @TheTonyHadley | |
| OTD Jun2,1896 | Guglieimo Marconi | #OTD Jun2,1896 #GuglieimoMarconi applies for a British Patent #12039 "Improvements in Transmitting Electrical impulses and Signals, and in Apparatus therefor", which becomes the 1st patent for a radio wave based communication system. Opening a window for popular #music & #radio | |
| OTD Jun2,1925 | Miller Huggins | #OTD Jun2,1925 New York Yankees manager #MillerHuggins starts #LouGehrig in place of regular 1st baseman #WallyPipp. 14 years later, Gehrig had played 2,130 consecutive games @Yankees | |
| OTD Jun2,1953 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Jun2,1953 #ElvisPresley graduates from L.C. Humes High School in Memphis, Tennessee | |
| OTD Jun2,1953 | Queen Elizabeth | #OTD Jun2,1953 The coronation of #QueenElizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor) who began her reign as Queen of the United Kingdom & the other Commonwealth realms on Feb6,1952. She is the world's oldest reigning monarch and the longest serving British monarch @RoyalFamily | |
| OTD Jun2,1960 | Silver Beetles, Beatles | #OTD Jun2,1960 The #SilverBeetles (for those that may not know later The #Beatles) perform at The Institute. They're paid $15 & #AllanWilliams manager & booking agent receives a commission of $1.50 | |
| OTD Jun2,1962 | Ray Charles | #OTD Jun2,1962 #RayCharles starts a 5wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with the #DonGibson country ballad "I Can't Stop Loving You" Also #1 in the UK on Jul12 | |
| OTD Jun2,1964 | Ferry Cross The Mersey | #OTD Jun2,1964 Production begins on the film “Ferry Cross The Mersey” starring Gerry and the #Pacemakers. 1st film to be shot on location in #Liverpool; #GerryMarsden wrote 9 new songs for the film. "Ferry Cross the Mersey" is the theme song for the film | |
| OTD Jun2,1965 | George Harrison | #OTD Jun2,1965 #GeorgeHarrison and #BrianEpstein attend the premiere of #RichardLester's movie "The Knack..and How to Get It" based on the play by #AnnJellicoe. A nervous schoolteacher observing the sexual revolution in London, wishes to gain "the knack", a way to seduce women | |
| OTD Jun2,1966 | Frank Sinatra | #OTD Jun2,1966 #FrankSinatra starts a 3wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Strangers In The Night" written by Bert Kaempfert with English lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder. On Jul2 Frank Sinatra will spend 1wk at #1 on the Hot100 Singles Chart @franksinatra | |
| OTD Jun2,1966 | Top 5 singles UK | #OTD Jun2,1966 Top 5 singles on the UK Singles Chart at #1 #FrankSinatra "Strangers In The Night"; #2 The #RollingStone "Paint It, Black"; #3 #Troggs "Wild Thing"; #4 #Merseys "Sorrow"; #5 The Mamas and the Papas "Monday Monday" What an array of artists and songs! | |
| OTD Jun2,1967 | Beatles | #OTD Jun2,1967 "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is released by The #Beatles in the US. The LP spent 27wks at #1 in the UK & 15wks in the US | |
| OTD Jun2,1970 | Crosby Stills Nash Young | #OTD Jun2,1970 #CrosbyStillsNashYoung had their 1st show at the Fillmore East NY for a live album "4 Way Street" The LP will reach #1 on Apr24,1971. The 1970 recordings continue thru Jun7; +The LA Forum Jun26 thru Jun28,1970 and the Auditorium Theatre Chicago on Jul5,1970 | |
| OTD Jun2,1973 | Paul McCartney and Wings | #OTD Jun2,1973 #PaulMcCartney and #Wings reach #1 on the US Album Charts with "Red Rose Speedway" Wings: Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Henry McCullough, Denny Seiwell; with Hugh McCracken, David Spinozza and recording engineers Alan Parsons & Dixon Van Winkle | |
| OTD Jun2,1973 | Paul McCartney and Wings | #OTD Jun2,1973 #PaulMcCartney and #Wings start a 4wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "My Love" written by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney. The lead single from the 1973 album "Red Rose Speedway" | |
| OTD Jun2,1974 | David Bowie | #OTD Jun2,1974 #DavidBowie jumps straight to #1 and starts a 4wk run on the UK Album Chart with "Diamond Dogs" The cover is controversial because of the hybrid's genitalia | |
| OTD Jun2,1979 | Donna Summer | #OTD Jun2,1979 #DonnaSummer is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Hot Stuff" written by Pete Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer & Keith Forsey. Donna Summer's 2nd US #1, next week Jun9 she will drop to #2 but returns to #1 for 2 additional weeks starting on Jun16 | |
| OTD Jun2,1984 | Deniece Williams | #OTD Jun2,1984 #DenieceWilliams is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Let's Hear It For The Boy" for the last week of a 2wk run at #1 @NiecyOfficial | |
| OTD Jun2,1990 | Madonna | #OTD Jun2,1990 #Madonna is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Vogue" for the last week of a 3wk run at #1 @Madonna |