June 2

 

The most important rock & roll album ever made, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released on this day in 1967 in the US and you can hear it in it's entirety tonight at 9pm eastern time at WMMA.rocks

 

Today in 1989, 52-year-old Bill Wyman married 19-year-old Mandy Smith. The marriage lasted 17 months...

 

On this day in 2008, Bo Diddley died of heart failure at his home in Archer, Florida at age 79...

 

Vince Welnick, the 5^th Grateful Dead keyboardist died on this day in 2006...

 

The late Charlie Watts (The Rolling Stones) was born on this day in 1941...

 

Today in 2006, Muscle Shoals Sound Studios was added to the National Historic Register...

 

Classical guitarist Andres Segovia died on this day in 1987 at age 94...

 

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen was released today in 1978...