June 9
TODAY IN 1972, AFTER SEVERAL YEARS PLAYING THE NEW JERSEY BAR SCENE, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN SIGNS WITH COLUMBIA RECORDS. HE WOULD RELEASE HIS DEBUT ALBUM, ‘GREETINGS FROM ASBURY PARK’ THE FOLLOWING JANUARY.
IN 1978, THE ROLLING STONES RELEASE ‘SOME GIRLS’, THEIR FIRST STUDIO ALBUM RECORDED WITH RONNIE WOOD AS A FULL MEMBER ON GUITAR. IT FEATURES HIT SONGS SUCH AS ‘MISS YOU’, ‘BEAST OF BURDEN’ AND ‘RESPECTABLE’.
AND TODAY MARKS THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF ROCK AND ROLL PIONEER LES PAUL. BORN IN 1915, LES INVENTED TWO THINGS PIVOTAL TO ROCK AND ROLL: THE SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR AND MULTI-TRACK RECORDING.
