Birthdays:
Albert Hammond ("It Never Rains In Southern California") is 67.
Butch Tavares – Tavares (1953)
Michael Cretu – Enigma (1957)
Rick Wakeman – Yes (1949)
George Strait was born in 1952. He has the second most #1 country hits among any artist in any musical genre in history, totaling 53 #1 hit songs. Only Conway Twitty has more, with 55.
Joe Bonsall - The Oak Ridge Boys (1948)
Rodney Dillard - The Dillards (1942)
They Are Missed:
Born in 1912, Perry Como, singer, TV presenter (Como died on May 12, 2001).
Joe Turner, US blues songwriter was born in 1911. Wrote “Shake Rattle and Roll,” “Sweet Sixteen.” He died on November 23, 1985.
In 1980, Joy Division singer and guitarist Ian Curtis hanged himself in the kitchen of his house in Macclesfield, England at the age of 23. Curtis had the Iggy Pop album “The Idiot,” playing on his stereo and left a note that said, “At this very moment, I wish I were dead. I Just can't cope anymore.”
In 2004, Elvin Ray Jones, a jazz drummer who played with John Coltrane, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, died of heart failure in Englewood, N.J. He was 76. He can be heard to excellent effect on Coltrane's A Love Supreme.
History:
Wilbert Harrison’s “Kansas City,” written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, topped the pop chart in 1959. The song was later covered by The Beatles (“Beatles VI”).
Having been promoted to RCA’s manager of operations in 1957, Chet Atkins persuaded the label to build its own office and studio in Nashville. The result was the world-famous RCA Studio B, a.k.a. “the house that Chet built.”
Today in 1985, the song "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds topped the charts and stayed there for a week.
Today in 1968 the song "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell & the Drells was #1 on the charts. The cut didn't chart in the UK.
Get Back (The Beatles) was a hit in 1969. (#1 for five weeks)
"Dancing Machine," one of the Jackson 5's last big hits for Motown, reached #1 on the R&B chart and #2 on the pop chart in 1974.
Peter Gabriel left Genesis to pursue a solo career in 1975. Drummer Phil Collins eventually replaced Gabriel as lead singer for the group.
The Buddy Holly Story, a popular film biography starring Gary Busey in the title role, was released in 1978. Twelve years later, the actor paid a quarter of a million dollars at auction for an acoustic guitar that belonged to Holly.
George Strait was at #1 on the US album chart in 1997 with “Carrying Your Love With Me.”
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony started a 8 week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1996 with “Tha Crossroads,” (#8 hit in the UK).
Ray Stevens started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1974 with the inane novelty song “The Streak.” Surprisingly, it was also #1 in the UK.
The Kingsmen recorded their controversial cut "Louie Louie" in 1963.
R.E.M. went to #1 on the US album chart in 1991 with “Out Of Time,” probably their finest effort.
Diana Ross left Motown Records in 1981 and signed a $20 million contract with RCA (the most lucrative ever at the time).
The Animals recorded "House Of The Rising Sun" in 1964.
The Hollies record "Bus Stop" in 1966.
Tiny Tim's "Tip-Toe Through the Tulips" was released in 1968. It was originally a #1 hit for Nick Lucas in 1929. Tiny Tim’s version topped out at #17 on the charts.
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