25 JUNE
In Music History
1988 Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Hillel Slovak dies of a drug overdose at age 26.
1987 Songwriter Boudleaux Bryant dies of cancer at age 67 in Knoxville, Tennessee. He co-wrote many hit songs with his wife Felice Bryant, including The Everly Brothers' "All I Have to Do Is Dream" and "Bye Bye Love."
1975 Frank Zappa's last album with The Mothers of Invention, One Size Fits All, is released.
1974 Mario Calire (drummer for The Wallflowers) is born in Buffalo, New York.
1973 Bobby Darin marries his second wife, legal secretary Andrea Yeager. They divorce just four months later, shortly before Darin's death.
1972 Mike Kroeger (bassist for Nickelback) is born in Hanna, Alberta, Canada.
1970 Chicago release "25 or 6 to 4" from Chicago II.
1969 The Hollies record "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother."
1969 Sly & the Family Stone record "Hot Fun in the Summertime."
1969 The Guess Who's "These Eyes" is certified gold.
1968 Rapper Candell "Candyman" Manson is born in Los Angeles, California.
1964 Cake lead singer John McCrea is born in California. His lyrics often take unexpected turns, like in "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" where the girl has "fingernails that shine like justice." Says McCrea, "I describe the way things feel or smell or look rather than telling people exactly what I think."
1961 Elvis Presley records "Little Sister" at RCA Studio B in Nashville.
1954 David Paich (keyboardist for Toto) is born in Los Angeles, California.
1952 Tim Finn (of Crowded House) is born in Te Awamutu, New Zealand. He forms the Finn Brothers with Crowded House bandmate and brother Neil Finn.
Michael Jackson Dies
2009Fifty-year-old Michael Jackson is found dead in the Los Angeles mansion he is renting. The shocking news spreads quickly through social media outlets, and Jackson is the subject of numerous tributes over the next few weeks.
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2014 Beyoncé and Jay-Z kick off their On The Run tour with a show in Miami, with the couple co-headlining. The tour is one of the most profitable ever on a per-show basis, averaging over $5 million per concert.
1993 Nora Ephron's romantic comedy Sleepless In Seattle, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, opens in theaters. With songs from Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, and Harry Connick, Jr., the movie spawns a hit soundtrack and renews interest in standards.More
1967 The Beatles premiere the song "All You Need Is Love" to 400 million people on a worldwide TV program.
1963 George Michael is born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in London. He becomes a teen idol in the UK with the duo Wham! then makes the transition to serious solo artist with the 1984 song "Careless Whisper."
1943 Carly Simon is born in New York City. Her dad is Richard L. Simon, co-founder of Simon & Schuster publishing. (Simon's birthdate is often reported as June 25, 1945, but birth records prove she was born in 1943.)
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