JUNE 16
BOB DYLAN RECORDED THE SINGLE “LIKE A ROLLING STONE,” ON THIS DAY IN 1965 AS PART OF HIS FORTHCOMING ALBUM “HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED”. A YOUNG SESSION MUSICIAN NAMED AL KOOPER, WHO LATER FORMED ‘BLOOD, SWEAT, & TEARS’ PLAYS THE NOW ICONIC ORGAN RIFF.
TODAY IN 1972 DAVID BOWIE RELEASES HIS FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’. THE CONCEPT ALBUM TELLS THE STORY OF A FICTIONAL ROCK STAR AND INCLUDES THE TITLE TRACK, “SUFFRAGETTE CITY” AND “STARMAN”.
AND IN 1999, 48-YEAR-OLD PHIL COLLINS GETS A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.