EVENTS ON JUNE 30 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day June 30 in 1973 – George Harrison scored his second No.1 single in the US with ‘Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)’….

EVENTS ON JUNE 29 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day June 29 in 1961 – Singer-songwriter Del Shannon started a three-week stint at No.1 on the UK Singles chart with ‘Runaway’….

EVENTS ON JUNE 28 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day June 28 in 1957 – Skiffle singer Lonnie Donegan started a two-week stint at No.1 in the UK with the double A-side single ‘Gamblin’…

EVENTS ON JUNE 27 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day June 27 in 1958 – With his rendition of ‘On the Street Where You Live’, traditional pop music singer Vic Damone started a…

EVENTS ON JUNE 26 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day June 26 in 1953 – Eddie Fisher and Sally Sweetland went to No.1 in the UK with ‘I’m Walking Behind You’. With this, Fisher became the first…

EVENTS ON JUNE 25 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day June 25 in 1964 – Roy Orbison scored his second number one single in the UK with ‘It’s Over’ which held the top spot for…

EVENTS ON JUNE 24 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day June 24 in 1955 – With his rendition of ‘Unchained Melody’, Jimmy Young hit No.1 on the UK Singles chart for the first…

EVENTS ON JUNE 23 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day June 23 in 1951 – Nat King Cole had the best-selling single in the US with ‘Too Young’. It stayed at the top…

EVENTS ON JUNE 22 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day June 22 in 1968 – With his studio album ‘The Dock of the Bay’, Ottis Redding went to No.1 in the UK. The album…

EVENTS ON JUNE 21 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day June 21 in 1969 – The cast of the Broadway rock musical Hair topped the US Billboard 200 chart with their eponymous album….