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’.
ON THIS DAY IN 2017 GENE SIMMONS OF KISS FILES A TRADEMARK APPLICATION FOR THE DEVIL HORNS HAND GESTURE, WHICH HE CLAIMS HE INVENTED. ACCORDING TO SIMMONS, HE INVENTED THE GESTURE WHEN HE USED IT AT A CONCERT IN 1974.