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June, 14

  • 1999 At the TNN Music City News Country Awards, Faith Hill and Husband Tim McGraw cement their claim as the new queen and king of country music. Hill is the evening’s top winner, receiving five honors. McGraw receives the best male vocalist accolade.
  • 1997 At the City of Hope Softball Game at Greer Stadium in Nashville, Not all is fun and games. A peg from teammate Doug Supernaw catches singer Terri Clark square in the face, leaving her with extensive soft tissue injuries and a fracture in her left cheekbone.
  • 1996 Drummer, Thomas Edward Montgomery dies at the age of 74.
  • 1995 Michael Jackson appears on TV with wife Lisa Marie Presley in a live interview with newswoman Diane Sawyer. Jackson denies in the interview all allegations of child molestation. Presley denies rumors that she is pregnant.
  • 1995 Irish rock great Rory Gallagher dies at age 47 in London from complications following a liver transplant.
  • 1994 Composer Henry Mancini dies of complications from liver and pancreatic cancer in his Beverly Hills, Calif., home. He wrote “Moon River,” “Days of Wine and Roses” and “The Pink Panther Theme.” He won four Oscars and 20 Grammy Awards, including the first best album Grammy for the 1958 “The Music from Peter Gunn.” His biggest hit was the million-selling No. 1 single “Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet.”
  • 1987 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Head to Toe,” Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam.
  • 1982 The Pretenders fire bass player Pete Farndon. Two days later the band’s guitar player, James Honeyman-Scott, dies. Farndon dies of a drug overdose in 1983.
  • 1980 The movie “Roadie,” starring Meat Loaf, debuts. The soundtrack also features Blondie’s Deborah Harry, Pat Benatar, Cheap Trick, Joe Ely, Alice Cooper, Styx, Teddy Pendergrass, Roy Orbison and Emmylou Harris, Jerry Lee Lewis and Asleep At the Wheel.
  • 1974 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Billy, Don’t Be a Hero,” Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods.
  • 1969 Mick Taylor is introduced to the media as the new guitarist in the Rolling Stones during a photo call in London’s Hyde Park. He replaces Brian Jones.
  • 1964 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Chapel of Love,” The Dixie Cups.
  • 1956 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “The Wayward Wind,” Gogi Grant.