Birthdays:
Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere & the Raiders) is 67.
Lloyd Price ("Personality") turns 76.
Keely Smith ("That Old Black Magic" with one-time husband Louis Prima) is 77.
Mickey Gilley (1936)
Chris Thompson- vocals, Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1948)
Robert Calvert, singer, poet, Hawkwind (1945)
John Cale- Velvet Underground (1942)
They Are Missed:
In 1997, the Notorius B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) was killed in a drive-by shooting at the age of 24.
Guitarist Mike Anthony died from a heart attack in 1999 (age 68). He worked with Harry Nilsson, The 5th Dimension, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
Boston singer, Brad Delp was found dead in his Atkinson, NH, home in 2007. Days later, Delp's family revealed the cause of death was suicide. "He gave as long as he could, as best he could, and he was very tired," read a family statement. Police confirmed that Delp died from carbon monoxide poisoning, and that he had left notes for his fiancée and family members.
Born on this day in 1945, Ron Wilson, drummer, The Surfaris (died on May 19, 1989).
George Scott, a founding member of the legendary Blind Boys of Alabama gospel group, died of diabetes complications in Durham, N.C. in 2005. He was 75.
History:
Steely Dan's fourth album, “Katy Lied,” was released in 1975. Founders Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were backed by a who's who of rock and jazz personnel.
Sam Cooke, John Lennon & Paul McCartney, Carole King & Gerry Goffin and Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil were all inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987.
In 1976, Keith Moon collapsed onstage at the beginning of a Who concert at the Boston Garden.
In 1969, CBS canceled The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour, a variety show notable for its satiric humor and musical appearances by the Beatles, the Doors, and the Who.
The Beach Boys recorded "God Only Knows" in 1966.
Today in 1959, the song "Venus" by Frankie Avalon topped the charts and stayed there for 5 weeks.
Bad Company performed its first concert in England in 1974.
In 1975, Elvis Presley began his final recording session at RCA's Hollywood studios.
U2 released the legendary LP "The Joshua Tree" in 1987.
The Birmingham based Black Sabbath, formed in ’67, played their first show in London in 1970.
In 1985, REO Speedwagon’s "Can’t Fight This Feeling" goes to #1 for three weeks. The #3 slot is held by Glenn Frey’s "The Heat Is On" with David Lee Roth’s cover of the Beach Boys’ classic "California Girls" right behind.
Tom Jones was banned from wearing tight leather pants in 2004 by his own son and manager Mark Jones. His son said it was time to “dress his age” as he was in danger of becoming a laughing stock at 63.
The Beatles filmed the last day of train scenes for the movie A Hard Dad’s Night in 1964. During their six days of filming aboard a moving train, they traveled a total of 2,500 miles on the rails.
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