This Date In Music History- May 7

In 1958, the Champs performed their No. 1 hit "Tequila" on American Bandstand.

"Don't Leave Me This Way" singer Thelma Houston was born in Leland, Mississippi in 1943.

Johnny Maestro of the Crests ("Sixteen Candles") and the Brooklyn Bridge ("The Worst That Could Happen") turns 69.

Keith ("98.6") is 59.

Jimmy Ruffin ("What Becomes Of The Broken-Hearted") turns 69.

Bill Danoff of the Starland Vocal Band ("Afternoon Delight") is 63.

In 2003, the Who’s Pete Townshend was cleared of possessing child pornography, but was placed on Britain's Sex Offenders Register for five years. The Who guitarist admitted viewing kiddie porn on the Internet while researching child abuse

"Rock Around The Clock" was released by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1955.

Also in 1955, Ray Charles reached the top of the US R&B chart for the first time with "I Got A Woman.”

A judge in Macon, Georgia dismissed a wrongful death suit against Ozzy Osbourne in 1991. A local couple failed to prove their son was inspired to attempt suicide by Ozzy's music.

In 1966, Simon and Garfunkel's "I Am a Rock" entered the Hot 100. In its eleven week chart run, it peaked at #3.

The Mamas and Papas hit #1 in the US with "Monday, Monday" in 1966, a song that the group would later admit that they didn't really like. The record made it to #3 in the UK.

In 1973, George Harrison released "Give Me Love," which became his second #1 single.

Ten weeks after entering the Billboard singles chart in 1977, The Eagles' masterpiece, "Hotel California" became the band's fourth US #1 hit. It made #8 in the UK. The Hotel California album saw the introduction into the band of guitarist and crazy man, Joe Walsh. He traded licks with Don Felder throughout “Hotel California’s” six and a half minutes.

In 1994, Randy Bachman led 1,322 guitarists who had gathered in Vancouver to play Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "Takin' Care of Business", for 68 minutes and 40 seconds. Now that’s what jammin’ is all about!

Eddie Rabbitt, the Country star who crossed over to the Pop chart with "I Love A Rainy Night" and "Drivin' My Life Away", died on May 7th, 1998 of lung cancer at the age of 56. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and raised in East Orange, N.J., Rabbitt took a bus to Nashville in 1968 and came to prominence two years later when Elvis Presley recorded his "Kentucky Rain."

Rudy Maugeri, the baritone voice of the 1950s doo-wop group, the Crew Cuts, died of pancreatic cancer on May 7, 2004, at his home in Las Vegas. He was 73. Taking their name from a popular hair style of the day, the quartet formed in Toronto and went on to have several hits in the US, including the number one "Sh-Boom" in 1954 and the number three "Earth Angel" in 1955.