The Current Music Blog: June 30, 2008 Archive

The Stream 06/30/08

Posted at 9:07 AM on June 30, 2008 by Barb Abney

A new collection of Bowie covers on the way in two weeks.

Amy Winehouse can throw a punch.

Violent Femmes cover Gnarls Barkley.

Today In Music History:
1917 - Lena Horne was born.
1943 - Florence Ballard (The Supremes) was born.
1944 - Glenn Shorrock (Little River Band) was born.
1959 - Brendan Perry (Dead Can Dance) was born.
1975 - Cher married Greg Allman.
1977 - Marvel Comics launched a comic book based on KISS.
1982 - Andy Knowles (Franz Ferdinand) was born.
2004 - Pete Doherty was fired from The Libertines.