This Day in Music History – June 14th

1961 – Patsy Cline sustained serious head injuries and a fractured hip in a car accident in Madison, TN.

1965 – Paul McCartney recorded the song “Yesterday.”

1969 – Mick Taylor was introduced as the new guitarist for The Rolling Stones.

1970 – Grand Funk Railroad spent $100,000 for a block long billboard in New York’s Times Square to advertise their album “Closer to Home.”

1970 – Derek and the Dominoes made their live debut in London.

1970 – The Grateful Dead released their “Workingman’s Dead” LP.

1971 – In London, the first Hard Rock Cafe opened.

1979 – A “No Nukes” concert took place at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA. The acts included Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Stephen Stills and more.

1980 – The movie “Roadie,” starring Meat Loaf, debuted.

1982 – The Pretenders fired Pete Farndon.

1988 – The Fat Boys filed a $5 million law suit against Miller Beer and Joe Piscopo for using their likeness in a Miller Lite “Rappin “Fats” Piscopo commercial.

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