Mott the Hoople's Ian Hunter was born on this day in 1939 in Shopshire, England.
Other Noteworthy classic rock events on June 3 include...
1942 Curtis Mayfield born.
1946 Michael Clarke of the Byrds born.
1947 T-Rex percussionist Mickey Finn born.
1950 Suzi Quatro born.
1952 Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell born.
1964 Ringo Starr collapses, hospitalized with acute tonsillitis.
1970 Deep Purple releases In Rock.
1970 Ray Davies flies from New York to London to change ‘Coca’ to ‘Cherry’ Cola in the Kinks song Lola.
1972 Rolling Stones open Exile On main Street tour.
1977 Bob Marley releases Exodus.
1978 Peter Gabriel releases his second self-titled album.
1994 Eddie Vedder marries Beth Liebing in Rome.
1995 U2 signs 6 album $60 million deal.
1998 Falling plaster during a Van Halen concert sound check in Hamburg, Germany injures Alex Van Halen, some dates cancelled.
1997 Pat Benatar releases Innamorata.
1998 1,683 guitarists set new Guinness record by playing Smoke On The Water in Kansas City.
2000 Allman Brothers Band veteran Dickey Betts is arrested after threatening his wife with a knife.
2002 The Queen's Jubilee concert features Paul Mccartney, Sting, Ozzy Osbourne, Elton John and Brian Wilson.
2008 Journey releases Revelation.
2009 Blues great Koko Taylor Dies.
2010 Paul McCartney is awarded Gershwin Popular Song award, performs in East Room of the White House.
2017 Gregg Allman is laid to rest near his brother Duane and Berry Oakley in Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Georgia following a service and a procession through the streets of the city.
