This Day in Music History: June 7

June 7, 2017

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

 

Today: June 7.

 

1963: The Rolling Stones released 'Come On', their debut single. The single was recorded the month before and was originally written and released by Chuck Berry in 1961. The B-side was also a cover version, the song 'I Want to Be Loved' by Willie Dixon. It single reached the No.21 spot in the UK chart.

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1969: British supergroup Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Rick Grech, Ginger Baker and Steve Winwood made their live debut at a free concert in Hyde Park in London. Their only album release provoked controversy because the album cover featured a topless pubescent girl, that held a silver space ship that some perceived as a phallic symbol. The US record company issued it with a different cover that showed a photograph of the band members on the front. There were also rumors about a relationship of the girl with the band members and that also fueled the controversy. There was even a rumor that the girl was actually a groupie of the band that was kept as a slave by the band members.

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1969: 'Tommy', the fourth album by The Who, entered the UK chart, peaking at the No.2 spot. It was one of two full-scale rock operas from the band, the second one was the 'Quadrophenia' in 1973. The double album tells the story of a deaf, dumb and blind boy who becomes the leader of a messianic movement. Tommy was the first musical work that was billed overtly as a rock opera.

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1975: 'Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboys', the ninth studio album by Elton John, topped the US album chart. It was the first album ever that entered the US chart straight to the No.1 position. It is a concept album that gives an autobiographical glimpse at the struggles John (Captain Fantastic) and Taupin (the Brown Dirt Cowboy) had during the early years of their musical careers in London.

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1986: Doctor And The Medics started a three-week run at the top of the UK charts with their version of the song 'Spirit In The Sky', originally a 1970 hit by Norman Greenbaum.

 

1986: Madonna topped the US singles chart with 'Live To Tell'. It was Madonna's third US No.1 single and a No.2 hit in the UK.

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1997: Hanson started a three-week run at the top of the UK singles chart with 'MMMbop'. They were originally called The Hanson Brothers, when Zak Hanson who was the lead singer was only 13-years-old at the time of the hit. It was one of the biggest debut singles of all time and topped the charts in 27 different countries worldwide.

 

2012: Bob Welch, who was an early member of the band Fleetwood Mac and also had a successful solo career with hits like 'Ebony Eyes,' was found dead after an apparent suicide at home in Nashville. He was 66 years old. Police said that his body was found by his wife Wendy with a single gunshot wound to the chest. Also, a suicide note was found. He was part of Fleetwood Mac in their early years from 1971 to 1974 and worked on the albums albums Future Games and Bare Trees.

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