Music History on June 3

1911 "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" record by Fred Fisher and Alfred Bryan, sung by Ada Jones and Billy Murray hits #1
1939 "Beer Barrel Polka" by Will Glahe hits #1 on the pop singles chart

Sleepy Hollow

1948 Musical "Sleepy Hollow", based on Washington Irving's novel, opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 12 performances

1961 "Wildcat" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 172 performances

Music History

1964 Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis, just before the Beatles embark on a World Tour

Beatles Drummer, Singer, and Actor Ringo Starr

#1 in the Charts

1967 Aretha Franklin's cover of the Otis Redding song "Respect" reaches #1

Singer-Songwriter and Producer Otis Redding

Music History

1970 Ray Davies of The Kinks travels round trip NY-London to change 1 word in "Lola," (Coca-Cola to Cherry Cola) because of BBC commercial reference ban

Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist Ray Davies

1972 "Hot Rod Lincoln" by Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen hits #9
1973 "Smith" closes at Eden Theater, NYC, after 17 performances
1976 Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" goes gold

Exodus

1977 Island Records releases "Exodus", the ninth studio album by Bob Marley & the Wailers; featuring the hits, 'Jamming', 'Waiting In Vain', 'Three Little Birds' and 'One Love', it is named the best album of the century by Time Magazine in 1999

1979 33rd Tony Awards: "The Elephant Man" (play) and "Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (musical) win
1980 Micki Grant's musical "It's So Nice to Be Civilized" opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC; runs for 8 performances
1983 Prolific studio drummer Jim Gordon murders his mother, Osa Marie Gordon in North Hollywood, California. [1]
1984 38th Tony Awards: "The Real Thing" (play) & "La Cage aux Folles" (musical) win
1984 Revival of musical "The Wiz" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 13 performances
1990 44th Tony Awards: "The Grapes of Wrath" (play) and "City of Angels" (musical) win

Music History

1992 "MTV Unplugged" broadcasts singer-songwriter Paul Simon and 11 of his band members performing in Queens, NYC

Tony Awards

2001 55th Tony Awards: "The Producers" (musical) and "Proof" (play) win

Music History

2002 "The Party at the Palace" concert commemorating Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee held at Buckingham Palace Garden in London; performers include: Queen, Annie Lennox, Tony Bennett, Tom Jones; The Corrs; Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, and Paul McCartney, among others