June 26, 2026
Gold Star Oldies USA, Pop and Country News
Singer David Clayton Thomas, Lead Singer for BS&T, has passed away
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Playlist : Friday June 26, 2026
Dale Hawkins — Susie-Q (1957)
Robin Luke — Susie Darlin’ (1958)
The Everly Brothers — Wake Up Little Suzie (1957)
The Spinners — Wake Up Susan (1976)
Clarence “Frogman” Henry — Little Suzy (1961)
Dion — Runaround Sue (1961)
Linda Laurie — Stay At Home Sue (1961)
Tooter Boatman — Susie’s House (ca. 1958)
Johnny Burnette — Sweet Suzie (1963)
The Buckinghams — Susan (1968)
Chubby Checker — Oh Susannah (1960)
Del Shannon — Sue’s Gotta Be Mine (1963)
Little Richard — Groovy Little Suzie (1964)
Bobby Vee — Suzie Baby (1959)
Ritchie Valens — That’s My Little Suzie (1959)
Bobby Lee Trammell — My Susie J—My Susie Jane (1958)
Tiny Topsy — Cha Cha Sue (1958)
Big Joe Turner — Bump Miss Susie (1951)
Johnny Cash — A Boy Named Sue (1969)
Creedence Clearwater Revival — Susie Q (1968)
Pop Albums Turning 60 in June 2026
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- 1. The Cyrkle — Red Rubber Ball
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Release date: June 30, 1966
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Type: Debut pop LP
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Why it matters: Bright, clean AM‑radio pop; includes the Paul Simon–co‑written hit “Red Rubber Ball.”
Broadcast Bulletin (Daily Updates)
June 26, 1977 — Elvis Presley's final concert is held in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is dead less than eight weeks later of a heart attack.
June 27, 1953 — Jackie Wilson makes his recording debut with the Dominoes on "You Can't Keep A Good Man Down," taking over as lead vocalist from Clyde McPhatter, who forms the Drifters that year.
1960 — After charting thirteen Top 40 singles, six of them in the Top 10, Connie Francis becomes the first solo female singer to reach #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 with "Everybody's Somebody's Fool." She has three more #1 hits and many more in the Top 40.
June 28, 1846 — French inventor Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone — actually, 14 variations of them — instruments that combine woodwind and brass sounds. They first find their way into military bands in the 19th century, but not popular music until the 1920s.
1968 — Aretha Franklin appears on the cover of Time magazine, which anoints her "Lady Soul."
June 29, 1953 — The Drifters record their first song, "Lucille," which becomes their third R&B hit (#7) when issued in 1954.
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)
Birthdays Singers and Song Writers
1940 - Billy Davis Jr
American musician Billy Davis Jr, who had the 1977 US No.1 & UK No.7 single 'You Don't Have To Be A Star'. He is best known as a member of the 5th Dimension along with his wife, Marilyn McCoo.
Early Beatles News
1964 - The Beatles
During a world tour, The Beatles played two shows at Town Hall, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. The flight from Auckland to Dunedin was tense due the receipt of an anonymous threat that a "germ bomb" had been placed on board the aircraft.
Music History UPDATE
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