This Day In Music History

This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
Janis Joplin - Photo by Evening Standard / Getty Images JUNE 10TH 1966 - Janis Joplin, performs for the first time since joining Big Brother & the Holding Company as their new lead singer. Big Brother & the Holding Company were part of the 1965 San Francisco  psychedelic music scene
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
June 8th 1967 - British band Procol Harum hit No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale'. With little promotion, it reached #5 on the US charts as well, and became one of fewer than 30 singles to sell more then 10 million copies.
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
June 2nd 1967 - David Bowie releases his self titled debut album in the UK. This is the same day The Beatles, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", came out. "David Bowie" would later be released in the US in August and was a commercial failure at the time.
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
May 27th 1957 - Buddy Holly releases his only No. 1 hit, "That'll Be the Day." The song had its genesis in a trip to the movies by Holly, Jerry Allison and Sonny Curtis in June 1956.
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
May 20th 1967 - Aretha Franklin's "Respect" returns to the top of the charts after being dislodged by Martha & the Vandellas. Aretha's signature song is her version of Otis Redding's original which tells a much different story.

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