Music History
Jun 3 Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis, just before the Beatles embark on a World Tour
- Jun 4 Beatles 1st (and only) "World Tour" begins with two ten-song shows at 4,400 seat KB Halle in Copenhagen, Denmark; British drummer Jimmie Nicol replaces Ringo Starr (recovering from tonsillitis) for the first five dates (10 concerts + a Dutch TV appearance)
I Can't Help Thinking About Me
Jun 5 Davie Jones & King Bees release debut single "I Can't Help Thinking About Me"; group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowie
- Jun 5 Rolling Stones 1st US concert tour (with Bobby Goldsboro & Bobby Vee) debuts in San Bernadino, California
- Jun 6 The Beatles arrive in Netherlands
- Jun 7 Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam, with a substitute for Ringo
- Jun 8 "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)", recorded by 1960s American pop singers, Jan and Dean, is released
- Jun 10 Rolling Stones record their "12x5" album at Chess Studios in Chicago, Illinois
- Jun 11 Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference on a traffic island in the middle of Michigan Avenue
- Jun 14 Drummer Ringo Starr re-unites with the Beatles in Melbourne, Australia, after recovering from tonsillitis
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