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June 8

1942
Three Dog Night's Chuck Negron is born in Manhattan.
Three Dog Night "Mama Told Me Not To Come"

1944
Boz Scaggs is born William Royce Scaggs in Canton, Ohio.
Boz Scaggs "Lido Shuffle"

1961
Elvis Presley's seventh film, Wild in the Country premiers.

1962
Duran Duran member Nick Rhodes is born Nicholas James Bates in Birmingham, England.
Simon LeBon & Nick Rhodes MTV New Year 1985

1963
The group, The Essex release "Easier Said Than Done." It climbs to #1 on both the pop and R&B charts.

1968
The Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash."
Rolling Stones "Jumpin' Jack Flash"

1969
Brian Jones announces he is leaving The Rolling Stones because he doesn't agree with the band's musical direction. Less than a month later he will be found dead in the swimming pool at his home.

1974
The group Yes loses member Rick Wakeman, who decides to go solo.

1982
A re-united Simon & Garfunkel leave for a nine date European tour starting at the Hippodrome d'Auteuil in Paris. It ends June 19th in London.

1989
Noted vegetarian and Pretenders' leader Chrissie Hynde announces at a Greenpeace Rainbow Warriors conference in London that she once firebombed a McDonalds. The next day a British McDonalds restaurant is firebombed. The fast food chain threatens legal action against Hynde and asks her to sign a written document agreeing not to repeat her statements. She signs.
The Pretenders "Message of Love" 1981

1991
Bruce Springsteen marries for the second time - this time to fellow Jerseyite Patti Scialfa at their Beverly Hills mansion. It is Scialfa's first marriage.

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