Birthdays:
Charlie Daniels (1936)
Wayne Fontana (1940)
Curtis Lee (1941)
Hank Marvin - Shadows (1941)
Telma Hopkins - Dawn (1948)
Rick Reynolds - Black Oak Arkansas (1948)
Stephen Morris - Joy Division (1957)
Stephen Morris - New Order (1957)
Ron Hemby - The Buffalo Club (1958)
William Reid - Jesus and Mary Chain (1958)
Neville Henry - Blow Monkeys (1959)
Benjamin Chase "Ben" Harper - Fistful Of Mercy (1969)
Brad Paisley (1972)
They Are Missed:
Country musician Porter Wagoner died in Nashville from lung cancer in 2007 (age 80). Wagoner helped launch the career of Dolly Parton and had his own US TV show, which ran for 21 years until 1981. Wagoner signed his first record deal in 1955, and had hits including "Carroll County Accident" and "Green Green Grass of Home."
Born on this day in 1937, Graham Bond, UK R&B keyboard player, sax, The Graham Bond Organisation. Died 8th May 1974 after committing suicide by throwing himself under a London tube train at Finsbury Park station. Bond worked with Alexis Korner, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker.
History:
In 1955, Buddy Holly, along with his partner Bob Montgomery, opened for Marty Robbins in concert in Lubbock, Texas.
Elvis Presley made his second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1956, where the host presents him with a gold record for "Love Me Tender." He performs “Don’t Be Cruel," “Hound Dog" and "Love Me Tender."
After a show at the Pan Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles in 1957, local police told Elvis Presley that he was not allowed to wiggle his hips onstage, the local press also ran headlines saying Elvis would have to clean up his act. The next night, the Los Angeles Vice Squad filmed his entire concert, to study his performance. Wow, severe.......
Buddy Holly appeared on Dick Clark's American Bandstand in 1958, where he lip-synched "It's So Easy" and "Heartbeat." It would be Holly's last major TV appearance.
It was on this day in 1961 that Beatles manager Brian Epstein would later claim that a young British lad named Raymond Jones walked into his Liverpool record shop and asked for a song called "My Bonnie" by Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers, prompting him to track down the band and eventually sign them. Epstein's personal assistant, Alistair Taylor would later say that he used the name of Jones (a regular customer) to order the single and paid the deposit himself, knowing that Epstein would notice it and order further copies.
On the same day, Brian Epstein went to The Cavern Club to watch The Beatles' lunchtime show. He would later say that he was "overwhelmed by their talent", but in reality he had nothing to compare them to, as they were the first Pop group he had ever seen perform live.
In 1962, the Beatles played at the Empire in Liverpool, their first gig at Liverpool's top theatre. Eight acts were on the bill including Little Richard, Craig Douglas, Jet Harris and Kenny Lynch & Sounds Incorporated.
The studio recording of "My World Is Empty Without You" was made by the Supremes in 1965.
'Diana Ross and the Supremes Greatest Hits' started a five-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1967.
In 1972, the United States Council for World Affairs announced it was adopting The Who song 'Join Together' as it's official theme tune.
David Bowie played the first of seven sold-out nights on his 'Diamond Dogs Tour' at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City in 1974.
In 1977, Steve Perry made his first concert appearance with Journey at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco. He would lead them to 17 Billboard Top 40 entries over the next ten years.
'Nevermind The Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols' was released in America in 1977.
Nick Gilder went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1978 with "Hot Child In The City."
In 1978, Queen played the first night on their 79-date ‘Jazz’ tour at the Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas.
Janet Jackson started a four week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1989 with 'Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814'. Only one of three albums to produce seven Top-ten US singles, (the other two being 'Thriller' by Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen's 'Born In The USA').
In 1997, R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry announced that he was leaving the group after 17 years, becoming a farmer.
Mary J. Blige started a six week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 2001 with "Family Affair."
The various artists album 'God Bless America' went to #1 on the US chart in 2001, featuring tracks from Bruce Springsteen, Bill Withers, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra.
In 2004, Courtney Love was ordered to stand trial on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon after Kristin King told a Los Angeles court Ms Love threw a bottle and a lit candle at her after turning up at the home of a former boyfriend in the early hours. Ms King told the court Ms Love was "vicious" and "erratic" when she allegedly attacked her while she slept on a sofa on 25 April. She said Ms Love then sat on her, pulled her hair and pinched her left breast in the "worst pinch I ever had", before managing to flee.
Bruce Springsteen performed at John Kerry campaign rallies in Madison, WI, and Columbus, OH in 2004. The appearances are in key states where the voting (Bush or Kerry) could go either way.
Rod Stewart was at #1 on the US album chart in 2006 with ‘Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of our Time’ the singers fifth US #1 album.
The Queen + Paul Rodgers collaborative album, "The Cosmos Rocks," with the lead single, "C-Lebrity," rolled out in 2008. Rodgers, guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor co-wrote and co-produced the collection, while playing all the instruments on the 14-track disc. The album is dedicated to late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.
"Johnny Cash's America," a CD/DVD package, made its debut in 2008. John Mellencamp, Bob Dylan and Ozzy Osbourne appear in the documentary.
Also in 2008, Booker T. & the MGs, Bob Dylan collaborator (including keyboards on “Like A Rolling Stone”) Al Kooper and Buddy Holly's backing band, the Crickets are among the inductees at the Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum Awards Show in Nashville. "These guys wrote them, sang them and recorded them, and it so impressed us in England," says Rolling Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards of the Crickets during a backstage interview. "There would probably be no Beatles or Rolling Stones without them." During the ceremony Richards performs with the Crickets.
Michael Jackson's "THIS IS IT" opened in theaters in 2010.
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