This Day In Music History

July 4th 1969 - Grand Funk Railroad play the Atlanta Pop Festival, in Georgia. Reps from Capitol Records like their show and sign the band. Other acts include Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Canned Heat, Joe Cocker, and Chicago.

July 1st 1969 - John Lennon, Yoko Ono, her daughter Kyoko, and his son Julian were all involved in a car accident in Scotland when Lennon lost control and drove his white Leyland Austin Maxi into a ditch.

June 30th 1966 - The Supremes record 'You Keep Me Hangin' On'. This song would become their 8th number-one single later in the year when it topped the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart for two weeks in November.

June 29th 1968 - Pink Floyd headlines the first free concert at Hyde Park in London to promote the release of their second album 'A Saucerful of Secrets'. Also playing the free concert is Jethro Tull, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Roy Harper.

June 24th 1966 - The Beach Boys host their 'Summer Spectacular' at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Acts include, The Beach Boys, Jefferson Airplane, Lovin' Spoonful, Percy Sledge, the Byrds, and the Sir Douglas Quintet.

June 23rd 1965 - The Yardbirds appear at The City Hall, Salisbury, England. Admission is just 10 shillings, or $1.40. This is one of their last gigs with Jeff Beck on guitar, within a week he would

June 22nd 1963 - Stevie Wonder, at the age of 13, enters the singles charts as Little Stevie Wonder with "Fingertips Part One and Two". The song was the first live, out of studio recording to hit No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart in the US since

June 17th 1971 - Carole King's 'Tapestry" album goes to No. 1 on the US album chart for the first of 15 weeks.

June 16th 1970 - Mungo Jerry hits No.1 on the UK and Canadian singles charts with 'In The Summertime'. It wound only reach #3 on US charts but would go on to become the best selling UK single of 1970 spending seven weeks at No.1.

June 15th 1956 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet at a church dinner in Liverpool, England where Lennon asks McCartney to join his group The Quarrymen.