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.
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.
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.