June 24, 2026

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Pop Albums Turning 60 in June 2026

- 1. The Cyrkle — Red Rubber Ball
- Release date: June 30, 1966
- Type: Debut pop LP
- Why it matters: Bright, clean AM‑radio pop; includes the Paul Simon–co‑written hit “Red Rubber Ball.”

Broadcast Bulletin (Daily Updates)

June 23, 1954 — "Sh-boom" by the Chords begins its successful music chart run. Although the version by Canada's Crew-Cuts reaches #1 on the pop survey for seven weeks later that summer, the Chords' rendition is a #2 R&B hit, a crossover #5 pop hit, and an oldies classic (enshrined in the Grammy Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame), making it one of the few R&B records to surpass its white cover in all-time sales. It is the group's only hit record.
1963 — "From Me To You" by Del Shannon appears on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, the first John Lennon-Paul McCartney composition to chart in the United States. It reaches #77.

June 24, 1966 — The final Beatles world tour begins in Munich, Germany.

June 25, 1969 — Sly & The Family Stone record "Hot Fun In The Summertime." It reaches #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and #3 R&B later that summer.

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

1947 - Mick Fleetwood

Mick Fleetwood, drummer and co-founder of the rock band Fleetwood Mac who had the 1968 UK No.1 hit 'Albatross' and the hits 'Man of the World' and 'Oh Well. In 1977 they scored the US No.1 single 'Dreams' taken from their worldwide No.1 album Rumours which spent 31 weeks on the US chart.

1944 - Jeff Beck

English rock guitarist Jeff Beck. He replaced Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds. As a solo artist, he released the 1967 single 'Hi-Ho Silver Lining', before forming The Jeff Beck Group, which featured Rod Stewart. His 1975 album Blow By Blow was produced by George Martin and set a new standard of jazz-rock fusion music. Beck had previously formed Beck, Bogart and Appice with Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice, and later recorded with The Honeydrippers, (alongside Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and Nile Rodgers), who had the 1984 US No.3 single Sea Of Love. Beck died on 10 January 2023 from a bacterial meningitis infection at a hospital near Riverhall, England, he was 78 years old.

Early Beatles News

1965 - John Lennon

John Lennon's second book of poetry and drawings, 'A Spaniard In The Works', was published. The book consisted of nonsensical stories and drawings similar to the style of his 1964 book 'In His Own Write'.

1989 - Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney scored his seventh UK No.1 solo album with 'Flowers In The Dirt', featuring the single 'My Brave Face'.