Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


Jun 18 1960	The album Elvis Is Back! by Elvis Presley enters the UK Pop Albums Chart where it will peak at No1 during a 27-week stay. (1960)
Jun 18 1960	Josephine, a cover of a Fats Domino hit by Bill Black's Combo, entering at No76,is the highest new entry in this week's Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA. (1960)
Jun 18 1960	The Stanley Turrentine Quartet records the album Look Out!, for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA. (1960)
Jun 18 1960	Pop idol Tommy Steele marries dancer Anne Donague in St. Patrick's Church, Soho Square, London, UK. Singer Alma Cogan is among the guests and the reception is held in The Savoy Hotel. (1960)
Jun 18 1960	Bobby Vinton plays the second night in a week of shows at The Marine Ballroom on The Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. (1960)
Jun 18 1960	Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers play in the Los Angeles Jazz Festival at Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. (1960)
Jun 18 1960	Gene Vincent , Freddie Cannon and Jerry Keller play the last of six nights at The Theatre Royal, Nottingham, UK. (1960)
Jun 18 1960	UK tv pop show Wham!, produced by Jack Good, is broadcast for the last time. (1960)
Jun 18 1960	After a two year run, Florida-based pop music tv show Teen Party, hosted by Paul Reynolds, has its last broadcast on WTVT. (1960)
Jun 18 1960	Aaron West Arkeen is born in Neuilly Sur Seine, Paris, France, Europe. As musician and songwriter West Arkeen he will collaborate with Sly Stone, Johnny Winter, Jeff Buckley and others. He will also be listed as an unofficial member of Guns N'Roses. (1960)
Jun 18 1960	Singer songwriter and producer Jude Cole is born in Carbon Cliff, Illinois, USA. (1960)
Jun 18 1960	The Ohio Sentinel newspaper publishes an article claiming that The Madison dance craze started in in 1957 in the dance halls of Columbus, Ohio, USA. (1960)