New Jersey 101.5 » Wings http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:13:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 This Weekend in Music History http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-24/ http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-24/#comments Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:07:01 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=273668 June 2nd, 1984 – Wham! had their first No.1 with ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go Go.’ Written and produced by George Michael. The song was born from a note which Andrew Ridgeley, the other half of Wham!, left for his parents reading “Wake me up up before you go.” The typo on the note inspired the duo to double up the “go”

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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.

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June 1st
1964 - The Rolling Stones land at Kennedy Airport for their debut US tour.  They are met by over 500 fans as they exited the airplane.

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1969 - Neil Diamond sets a record at the Los Angeles Forum when he sells out nine shows in a row.

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1963 - Stevie Wonder arrived in the UK for appearances on the TV shows 'Ready Steady Go!' and 'Thank Your Lucky Stars.'

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