June 8 Radio History

➦In 1947...Lassie debuted on ABC radio. It was a 15-minute radio juvenile adventure program. It was broadcast on ABC from June 8, 1947 until May 30, 1948, and on NBC from June 5, 1948, until May 27, 1950

➦In 1967...The Beatles thematic album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' quickly climbed to number one after being released just a week earlier. It was their 8th studio album and spent 15 weeks at number one in the U-S.  In the U-K,  the album went to #1 after just one week, where it remained for an incredible 27 weeks. It was the first album to print the lyrics on the sleeve.

It was lauded by critics for its innovations in production, songwriting and graphic design, for bridging a cultural divide between popular music and high art, and for providing a musical representation of its generation and the contemporary counterculture. It won four Grammy Awards in 1968, including Album of the Year, the first rock LP to receive this honor.

➤In 1988...Billboard Blast From The Past....

➦In 2003...Personality Dan Ingram aired his final show on Oldies WCBS 101.1 FM NYC. Here's an aircheck from 1992:



➦In 2011…Former Detroit Tigers outfielder and broadcaster Jim Northrup died of complications from Alzheimer's disease at age 71.

Juliana Margulies is 53

HAPPY BIRTHDAY:

• Actor-Singer James Darren is 84. 
• Singer Nancy Sinatra is 80. 
• Singer Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) is 78. 
• Singer Boz Scaggs is 76. 
• Actress Sonia Braga is 70. 
• Actress Kathy Baker (“Picket Fences”) is 70. 
• Country guitarist Tony Rice is 69. 
• Singer Bonnie Tyler is 69. 
• Actor Griffin Dunne is 65. 
• “Dilbert” cartoonist Scott Adams is 63. 
• Actor-director Keenan Ivory Wayans is 62. 
• Singer Mick Hucknall of Simply Red is 60. 
• Keyboardist Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran is 58. 
• Singer Doris Pearson of Five Star is 54. 
• Actress Julianna Margulies (“The Good Wife,” ″ER”) is 53. 
• Actor Dan Futterman (“Judging Amy”) is 53. Actor David Sutcliffe (“Private Practice,” “Gilmore Girls”) is 51. 
• Actor Kent Faulcon (“Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse”) is 50. 
• Singer Nicci Gilbert of Brownstone is 50. 
• Actress Kelli Williams (“The Practice”) is 50. 
• Actor Mark Feuerstein (“West Wing,” ″Good Morning, Miami”) is 49. 
• Guitarist Mike Scheuchzer of MercyMe is 45. 
• Actor Eion Bailey (“Once Upon A Time”) is 44. 
• Rapper Kanye West is 43. 
• Singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson is 42. 
• Guitarist Derek Trucks (Allman Brother Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band) is 41. 
• Singer Alex Band of The Calling is 39. 
• Fiddler Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek is 39. 
• Actress Torrey DeVitto (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 36.