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Sad week in music. Lost the great Clarence Clemons of E Street & Fred Astaire. And The Beatles began their final tour. 🧡🎶 …

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June 17, 2016

Tom DeLonge reveals his true reason for leaving blink-182: to investigate UFOs. In an interview with Mic, the “Aliens Exist” singer claims the truth is out there: “There’s been hundreds and hundreds of thousands of eyewitness accounts. Trace evidence that’s been analyzed by scientists across the world. Events have happened on the ground. It’s all around us. I know of stuff I can’t talk about right now.”

June 18, 2011

Clarence Clemons, saxophone player in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, dies at age 69 after suffering a stroke. He is replaced in the band by his nephew, Jake Clemons.

June 19, 1971

Carole King’s album Tapestry hits #1 in the US, where it stays for 15 weeks.

June 20, 1975

Neil Young releases his 6th studio album, Tonight’s the Night. A raw outpouring of emotion inspired by the drug-related deaths of Young’s friends, it’s initially considered too rough for mainstream release but ends up being one of the iconic albums of the decade.

June 21, 1948

The Columbia label announces its new technological breakthrough, a “long-playing” vinyl phonograph record that can hold up to 23 minutes of music on a side.

June 22, 1987

Fred Astaire dies of pneumonia at age 88. Shortly before his death, Astaire abdicated his throne as the king of song and dance and welcomed a new royal: Michael Jackson. He said: “I didn’t want to leave this world without knowing who my descendant was, thank you Michael.”

June 23, 1962

Ray Charles’ landmark album Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music hits #1 in America.

June 24, 1966

The final Beatles world tour begins in Munich. Moving forward, they concentrate on studio efforts, resulting in the landmark album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.