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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May 27, 1967 and May 27, 1972 on the R 'n B side of The Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll…

May 27, 1967: 

Otis Redding's backup band, The Bar-Kays, enter the US charts with "Soul Finger", an instrumental that will peak at #3 R&B and #17 Pop...

 Six months later, four members of the band died in the plane crash that killed Redding…

  

May 27, 1972:

 The Chi-Lites hit #1 with "Oh Girl"… 

Bar-Kays

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May 15, 1992: 44 year old Barbara Lee Jones of The Chiffons, suffered a fatal heart attack…

 The Chiffons had a string of hits in the mid-60s, including "He's So Fine",

 "One Fine Day" 

 

and "Sweet Talkin' Guy"…

R.I.P Barbara…

Tropical Jon Hisself

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