2000 At Lynn Anderson’s annual Fan Fair fan club party at Spence Manor’s guitar-shaped swimming pool, Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist announces that June 15 is to be Lunn Anderson Day in Tennessee.
2000 Flesh-N-Bone (Stanley Howse) is convicted of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, and of being a convict in possession of a firearm. The Bone Thugs-N-Harmony rapper’s conviction stems from a December 1999 incident during which he threatened friend Tarrance Vickers with an AK-47 assault rifle, pulled from a baby’s crib.
1999 “No Boundaries,” a compilation album created for the benefit of the refugees of Kosovo, is released by Epic Records. The 16-track set features rare, live and previously unreleased special versions of songs by an array of musicians, including Pearl Jam, Alanis Morissette, Neil Young, Rage Against the Machine, Oasis, Korn, and others.
1998 The Spice Girls embark on their first North American tour in Miami.
1998 Billy Ray Cyrus crushes the competition in balloting for the TNN/Music City News Awards. Cyrus takes five awards including male artist of the year, album of the year (“Cover to Cover”), single of the year and song of the year (“It’s All the Same to Me”) and video of the year (“Three Little Words”) at the awards show at the Nashville Arena.
1996 Legendary singer Ella Fitzgerald dies at the age of 79.
1996 Musician Helen Sinclair Glatz dies at the age of 88.
1992 Singer Natalie Cole files for divorce from her husband, music producer and arranger Andre Fisher. The couple, which separated two weeks earlier, was married for less than 3 years. Cole won seven Grammy Awards in 1992 for her “Unforgettable” album. Fisher produced half the album’s 22 songs.
1977 Alice Cooper’s boa constrictor, a mainstay of his stage act, dies after being bitten by a rat.
1965 Elvis Presley film “Tickle Me” premieres.
1961 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Moody River,” Pat Boone.
1949 Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply is born in Melbourne, Australia. The group has three million-selling singles, including the No. 1 hit “The One That You Love.”
1941 Singer Nilsson (Harry Edward Nelson III) is born in Brooklyn, N.Y. His biggest hit is the million-selling No. 1 single “Without You.” He scores the film “Skidoo” and the TV show “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father.”
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