Today's 23 June Music in History

Photo for the article Today's 23 June Music
  • 1956 "Transfusion" by Nervous Norvous peaks at #8

Chubby Checker Busted

1970 American rock singer Chubby Checker arrested for marijuana possession

  • 1973 "Cyrano" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 49 performances
  • 1973 Jule Styne and Bob Merrill's musical "Sugar", a musical adaptation of 1959 film "Some Like It Hot" starring Robert Morse, Tony Roberts, and Elaine Joyce, closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 506 performances

Cooper Falls off Stage

1975 Rocker Alice Cooper falls off the stage in Vancouver and breaks six ribs

  • 1979 "My Sharona" single released by The Knack
  • 1979 Supertramp's "Breakfast in America" becomes No. 1 album in the US featuring "Take the Long Way Home"
  • 1981 "This Was Burlesque" opens at Princess Theater NYC for 28 performances

Chuck Berry Busted

1990 Police find marijuana at rock and roll legend Chuck Berry's home

Glastonbury Festival

1995 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Oasis, Pulp, and The Cure headline; other performers include Sinéad O'Connor, Tanita Tikaram, Simple Minds, War, Indigo Girls, and Jeff Buckley

  • 1996 "Tartuffe: Born Again" closes at Circle in Sq NYC after 29 performances

Glastonbury Festival

2000 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: The Chemical Brothers, Travis, and David Bowie headline; other performers include G. Love & Special Sauce, David Gray, Willie Nelson, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Macy Gray

Dylan Accepts Doctorate

2004 Bob Dylan accepts honorary doctorate of music degree from the University of St Andrews, Scotland's oldest university

  • 2016 Los Angeles court decision clears Led Zeppelin of stealing riff from "Stairway to Heaven" from band Spirit

Britney Fights Conservatorship

2021 Britney Spears requests a judge to end her court-ordered conservatorship, stating, "I think this conservatorship is abusive. I don't think I can live a full life."

Newport Folk Festival

2022 Singer-songwriter Paul Simon makes his Newport Folk Festival debut, joining headliner Nathaniel Rateliff for four songs at the end of his set tributing the songwriter

Glastonbury Festival

2023 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Arctic Monkeys, Guns 'n' Roses, and Elton John headline; other performers include Foo Fighters (in a surprise appearance), Rickie Lee Jones, Lizzo, Little Nas X, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp, Fred Again, and The War on Drugs

Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride

2023 Jason Mraz releases his album "Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride" on his 46th birthday



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