June saw the death of a musician whose talent brought The Beach Boys from a local California band to hitmakers and international ambassadors of surf and sun.

Even as advanced as the songs from Revolver, their previous album, had been, “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane”, released as a double A-sided single in February 1967, represented a huge leap ...

From Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues” to Sly and the Family Stone’s “Hot Fun in the Summertime” to Harry Styles’ ...

The best albums released 50 years ago this month included a famous bootleg made official. Here are five outstanding LPs from June 1975!