This Day in Music History: June 3

June 3, 2017

We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.

 

Today: June 3.

 

1964: During a photo session, Ringo Starr was taken ill as he suffered from tonsillitis and pharyngitis, just days before a world tour was about to start. After a last-minute phone call from George Martin, session drummer Jimmy Nichol arrived quickly to EMI Studios. There, Nochol and The Beatles ran through 6 songs from their tour repertoire in a quick rehearsal. Jimmy Nichol replaced Ringo Starr and was a Beatle for 11 days.

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1967: Aretha Franklin topped the US singles chart with her version of the song 'Respect' by Otis Redding. It also reached the No.10 spot on the UK chart. Franklin scored her first UK No.1 20 years later with a duet song 'I Knew You Were Waiting', performed together with George Michael.

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1967: 'Light My Fire' by The Doors was released in the US, where it topped the singles chart two months later. When the band was scheduled to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, they were asked to change the line "girl, we couldn't get much higher", because the sponsors felt uncomfortable with the possible reference to drug-taking. The band members agreed and performed a rehearsal using the amended lyrics. However, during the live show, Jim Morrison decided to sing the original lyric. After that, The Doors were informed that they would never appear on the Ed Sullivan show ever again.

 

1970: Deep Purple released 'Deep Purple In Rock', the band's fourth studio album, which features the single 'Child in Time'. This was also the first album that featured the classic Mk II lineup of Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Roger Glover and Ian Paice.

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1977: Bob Marley & the Wailers released Exodus, which features the hits 'Waiting In Vain', 'Jamming', 'One Love' and 'Three Little Birds'. In 1999, Time magazine chose Exodus as the best album of the 20th century.

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1995: Bryan Adams started a five week run at the top of the US singles chart with the song 'Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman'. The song is taken from the film 'Don Juan De Marco' and became his third US solo No.1 hit. It also reached the No.4 spot in the UK.

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2006: Red Hot Chili Peppers topped the UK and US album charts with Stadium Arcadium, their ninth studio album.

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