Birthdays, Deaths and other announcements

[BeatleloverKT]

I saw the pic. Thought you had a secret twin 😎

[BobH07]

June 9:

Mick Box (Uriah Heep)  73

Dean Felber (Blowfish)   53

[BeatleloverKT]

Also born on June 9th:

Jackie Wilson

Cole Porter 

Les Paul

Jon Lord (Deep Purple)

[BobH07]

RIP  Bonnie Pointer who died from cardiac arrest at 69

[BobH07]

June 10:

Shirley Alston Reeves (Shirelles).      79

Maxi Priest.          59

[BeatleloverKT]

Also born June 10th:

Judy Garland (Over the Rainbow)

Faith Evans

Jimmy Chamberlin (Smashing Pumpkins)

[BobH07]

I hope some of you were able to watch Laurel Canyon on Epix the last two Sundays.

It is a great documentary of the music of the late 60s. 

Artists include Mamas and Papas, Byrds, CSN&Y, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt and many more.

[MaVolta]

@BobH07  -  I didn't get to watch it over the weekend, but assume it will be available for a while. I was going to subscribe to Epix for a while b/c there was another series that I wanted to see. I hope to see Laurel Canyon, sounds really interesting. 

[BobH07]

June 12

Chick Corea.     79

Len Barry.          78

Rocky Burnett   67

Kenny Wayne Shepherd.    43

[BeatleloverKT]

Also born June 12th:

Reg Presley (The Troggs)

Harold Cowart (John Fred&the Playboy band)

Barry Bailey (Atlanta Rhythm Section)

John Wetton (King Crimson, Roxy Music,

Uriah Heep), deceased

Brad Delp (Boston), deceased
Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick)

Pete Fardon (Pretenders), deceased

[BobH07]

June 13

Dennis Locorriere  (Dr Hook)       71

[BeatleloverKT]

Also born June 13th:

Bobby Freeman (Do you want to dance,

covered by many other artists), deceased
Marv Toplin (Miracles)

Howard Lees (Heart)

Russell Javors (Guitarist for Billy Joel)

Rolf Brendel (Nena)

Robbie Merrill (Incubus)

Rivers Cuomo (Weezer)

[BobH07]

On Sunday (June 14th), Epix will be showing (back to back) both episodes of Laurel Canyon.

If you like the music of CSN&Y, The Byrds, Mamas and Papas, Jackson Browne, The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Joni Mitchell etc., it's a must watch.

[BobH07]

Rod Argent.         75

Janet Lennon      74

Boy George.         59

[BeatleloverKT]

Also born on June 14th:

Spooner Oldham (worked with Aretha,

Dylan,Linda Ronstadt and others)

Steve Reed (worked with Aerosmith, Lou

Reed, Alice Cooper)

Alan White (Yes, worked with Lennon&Harrison)

Jim Lea (Slade)

Nick Van Ede (Cutting Crew)

Chris Degarmo (Queensryche)

[BobH07]

June 15

Ruby Nash Garnett (Ruby and Romantics).      86

Russell Hitchcock (Air Supply)      71

Steve Walsh (Kansas).     69

Brad Gillis  (Night Ranger)    63

[BeatleloverKT]

Also born June 15th:

Nigel Pickering (Spanky&our gang)

Waylon Jennings (deceased)

Harry Nilsson (deceased)

Muff Winwood (Spencer Davis group)

Noddy Holder (Slade)

Ice cube

Gary Lightbody (Snow patrol)

[BobH07]

June 16::

Lamont Dozier.           79

Eddie Levert (.O' Jays).  78

James Smith (Stylistics)  70

Gino Vannelli.       68

[BeatleloverKT]

Also born June 16th:

Robbin Thompson (early member of

Springsteen’s band), deceased

Peppy Castro (The blues magoos)

Ian Mosley (Marillion)

Garry Roberts (Boomtown Rats&others)

Tupac Shakur, deceased

John Newman (Love me again)

[BeatleloverKT]

Last night I watched both episodes of

Laurel Canyon. Such a great show, 

loved learning things about the music

behind the scenes. Thank you to 

@BobH07 for the suggestion!

[BobH07]

June 17

Barry Manilow.        77

[BeatleloverKT]

Also born June 17th:

Paul Young (Mike&the Mechanics)

Gregg Rolie (Santana, Journey)

Mike Buck (Fabulous Thunderbirds)

Philip Chevron (Pogues), deceased

Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedy’s)

Bap Kennedy (worked with Van Morrison,

Mark Knopler), deceased

[BobH07]

For SiriusXm subscribers, you can vote for your favorite  American artists of the 60s and their songs will be featured on 60s on 6 beginning July 3rd at noon.

You can vote for 20 at Siriusxm.com/American60s.

Good luck narrowing it down to 20!!

[BeatleloverKT]

I just voted. Gotta wonder who came up
with the  list considering Beatles and

Dave Clark Five were noticably not listed.

But there were many one hit wonders and

some I’d never even heard of. I’ll be

curious to see if my 20 make the cut 😎

[BobH07]

The voting is only for American artists for the 4th.

they will be playing songs from the top 200.

[BeatleloverKT]

Oops must of missed that 🤪

[BobH07]

June 18

Paul McCartney.           78

John Evans (Box Tops)   72

Dizzy Reed (Guns N Roses). 57

Nathan Morris (Boyz II Men)   49

Blake Shelton.    44

[BeatleloverKT]

Happy Birthday to Sir Paul McCartney,

who is 78 today! He gets his own special

mention from me because I could of been

his wife lol   Rock on Paul!! 🥰😍

[BeatleloverKT]

Also FYI regarding Sir Paul’s musical career:

1. He is the most successful rock
composer of all time.

2. Has scored 21 US #1 and 17 UK #1 singles.

3. Has scored over 30 US&UK solo top

40 hit singles.

4. Has written and co-written 188 charted

records, 91 of which reached the top 10

and 33 made it to #1 totaling 1,662 weeks

on the chart. Amazing!!

[MaVolta]

@BobH07   -  I watched the Laurel Canyon documentary, and enjoyed it very much. Thanks for mentioning it. I loved the music from that era. They were fabulous songwriters and musicians who really cared for their craft. You don't see that anymore. 

In a similar vein:  Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice  

It is a documentary by CNN Films, and is currently available for rent on Prime Video and YouTube TV.  At some point, Amazon will probably move it to the Prime free list. I saw it on CNN when it was released, and it is an excellent presentation of her entire career.