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Today Is Friday June 23rd In Music History

By Chris O'Kelley
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 11: Jon Bon Jovi of Bon Jovi performs on stage at Etihad Stadium on December 11, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

Ya’ll, happy almost the weekend.  Today Is Friday, June 23rd In Music History.  As we step back and crack open the books today from Gregg Allman and Duran Duran,  let’s get it!

Friday, June 23rd

2016 – American bluegrass artist Ralph Stanley who was known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing, Died at age 89.
2010 – 62-year-old Gregg Allman underwent a successful liver transplant operation at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Allman had begun a series of treatments for Hepatitis C.
2009 – Chris Brown pleaded guilty to one count of assault on his former girlfriend, Rihanna
2004 – Bob Dylan was awarded an honorary degree by the University of St. Andrews Scotland’s oldest University and made a “Doctor of Music.”
1995 – Drummer Alan White made his live debut with Oasis
1990 – Elton John had his first UK solo No.1 single with ‘Sacrifice / Healing Hands’ after achieving over 50 previous UK hits and 6 chart toppers in the US.
1989 – George Michael received the Silver Clef Award for outstanding achievements to British Music.
1984 – Duran Duran started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘The Reflex’, the group’s first US No.1

Happy Birthday

1975 – Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall.
1962 – Steve Shelley, drummer with American alternative rock band Sonic Youth
1956 – Randall Darius Jackson, American musician, and record producer, is now best known for being a judge on the US television show American Idol.
1940 – Stuart Sutcliffe, original bassist of The Beatles for eighteen months.
1929 – American singer, songwriter, actress June Carter Cash, wife of Johnny Cash

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