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Posted: 10:26 a.m. Monday, June 4, 2012

Today in Rock: June 4

The Rolling Stones are the first band to receive royalties from sales of their records in Russia (1975)

Jimmy Nicol comes to be temporary drummer for the Beatles while Ringo Starr recovers from exhaustion and tonsillitis (1964)

The producers of The Beatles’ tribute Beatlemania! pay Apple $10 million in royalties after several years of battling it out in court (1986)

Liberty Records is renamed Capitol Records. It is the first major US west coast label as well as the first record promoter thanks to owner Glenn Wallichs, who decides to send out free copies of Capitol 78s to radio stations (1942)

Rock veterans Spinal Tap perform at Carnegie Hall as part of the Toyota Comedy Festival. They play a 20-song, 90-minute performance (2001)

 
 
 

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