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Playlist :  Friday June 26, 2026

Broadcast Bulletin (Daily Updates)

June 30, 1922  — Fiddler Eck Robertson cuts "Sallie Gooden" and, with fiddler Henry Gilliland, "Arkansas Traveler" for Victor, the first country music records produced by a commercial label.
               1953 — The Orioles record their biggest hit, "Crying In The Chapel" (#11 pop, #1 R&B), a cover of country singer Darrell Glenn's original that year (pop #6). (The song is one of the most covered of 1953, with versions by June Valli, Ella Fitzgerald, Art Lund, Ken Griffin, and Rex Allen.)

July 1, 1956 — The family-friendly Steve Allen Show on NBC-TV doesn't want Elvis Presley shaking his pelvis, so he sings "Hound Dog" to a basset hound, both dressed in formal wear.
            1969 — Sam Phillips sells his legendary Sun Records studio in Memphis, the venue that spawned Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Roy Orbison.

July 2, 1956 — Elvis records "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel," which make up his only double-sided #1 smash. Altogether, 39 of his records are double-sided Hot 100 hits between 1956 and 1968, 25 of them in the Top 40 and five in the Top 10 — more than any other performer.
            1962 — Jimi Hendrix is honorably discharged from the U.S. Army after serving a little more than one year of his three-year commitment. The reason is "unsuitability," as his superiors agree he will never be a good soldier, in part because he's more interested in his guitar than his rifle. He quickly begins working with touring revues backing major R&B performers. Between 1964 and '66, he briefly joins several top acts in succession, including the Isley Brothers, Little Richard, King Curtis, and Joey Dee & The Starliters, but is unable to adapt to the discipline their performances require.

July 3, 1969 — Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones is found dead at age 27 in his swimming pool in England. The death is ruled accidental, although Jones, who had just quit the band, has high levels of alcohol in his blood.

Sources:
Eight Days a Week (Ron Smith)
On This Day in Black Music History (Jay Warner)
Chronology of American Popular Music, 1900-2000 (Frank Hoffman)

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Early Beatles News       

1966 - The Beatles

The Beatles played the first of three concerts at the Nippon Budokan Hall, Japan. The concert was filmed with The Beatles wearing black suits. The following day's first performance was also filmed; with The Beatles wearing white suits. There was a strict police presence with 3,000 police observing each concert played in front of 10,000 fans.

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