June 23: Aretha Franklin and Arthur Conley have hits…R.I.P. Bobby “Blue” Bland…

 

June 23, 1967:
Aretha Franklin records "Chain Of Fools", which will reach #2 in the US the following January…

 

Arthur Conley receives a Gold record for "Sweet Soul Music", a song that reached number two in the US on both the Pop and R&B charts. It was one of nine records that Conley put on the Billboard charts between 1967 and 1970…

R.I.P. Bobby “Blue” Bland 

Robert Calvin "Bobby" Bland (January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), né Brooks, also known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland…

Bobby "Blue" Bland, who placed three songs on the Billboard Top 40, including 1962's "Turn On Your Love Light", passed away at the age of 83…

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June 15th in The Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll!!!

June 15, 1959: 

Lloyd Price hits #2 with "Personality"

June 15, 1963:

James Brown hits #18 with

"Prisoner of Love”

June 15, 1968: 

Aretha Franklin hits #7 with "Think"

 June 15, 1974: Stylistics hit #2 with

"You Make Me Feel Brand New”

June 15, 1976:

Hot Chocolate hits #3 with "You Sexy Thing"

 June 15, 1977: L.T.D. hits #4 with
 "(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again”…

A VERY HOT DAY ON THE SOUL SIDE OF THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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June 14th Birthdays in The Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll…

June 14^th –Birthdays:

1936 - Renaldo "Obie" Benson  

hits the planet!!!

(Vocalist for The Four Tops)

 
1941 - Jr. Walker hits the planet!!!

1945 - Rod Argent

  Keyboardist for

The Zombies hits the plane!!! 

1949 - Alan White

Drummer for Yes hits the planet!!!

HEY, it's Only ROCK 'n ROLL...

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June 9, 1973 ~ 1993 in The Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll…

 June 9, 1973:

 

Sylvia Robinson, who had teamed with Micky Baker to score a #11 US hit in 1957 with "Love Is Strange" reaches #3 as a solo artist with "Pillow Talk". Three years earlier she had found success as a songwriter when The Moments took her composition "Love On A Two Way Street” to #3…

June 9, 1993: 

What's Love Got to Do With It?

A film about singer Tina Turner and how she rose to Rock stardom with her husband Ike Turner, opened in US theatres. The film was well received and the stars, Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne, were both nominated for Oscars. Bassett won a Best Actress Golden Globe for her performance as Tina…Check out some footage of the REAL Ike and Tina here…  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHNNY ACE ~ R.I.P.   

John Marshall Alexander, Jr.

(June 9, 1929 – December 25, 1954)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. EXCITEMENT~ R.I.P.  

Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson, Jr.

(June 9, 1934 – January 21, 1984)

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