ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC

Here are some birthdays and other events of interest in the music world.
Some are more related to music than others...

MAY 1

Judy Collins (1939)
Rita Coolidge (1944)
Beatles & Rolling Stones play "New Music Express" readers poll concert in Wembley (1966)
Elvis Presley and Priscella Beaulieu wed (1967)
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash tape special for ABC TV (1969)

MAY 2

Link Wray (1935)
Lesley Gore (1946)
Lou Gramm (Foreigner) (1950)

MAY 3

Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) (1955)
David Ball (Soft Cell) (1959)
Pete Seeger (1919)
James Brown (1928)
Mary Hopkins (1950)

MAY 4

Tammy Wynette (1942)
Ed Cassidy (Spirit) (1931)
Four Students shot to death by National Guard at Kent State University in anti-war demonstration (1970)
Moe Howard (Three Stooges) died (1975)

MAY 5

Ian McCullough (Echo & The Bunnymen) (1959)
Carnegie Hall opens (1891)
Buffalo Springfield breaks up (1968)

MAY 6

Bob Seger (1945)

MAY 7

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840)
Jimmy Ruffin (Temptations) (1939)

MAY 8

Rick Nelson (1940)
Marc Bolan (T Rex) (1947)
Chris Frantz (Talking Heads) (1951)

MAY 9

Tommy Roe (1942)
Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield) (1944)
Billy Joel (1949)
The Beatles sign a contract with EMI's Parlophone Records (1962)

MAY 10

Jackie Lomax (1944)
Donovan (1946)
Dave Mason (1946)
Sid Vicious (1957)
Sly Dunbar (1952)
Bono (U2) (1960)
Rolling Stones first recording session at Olympic Studios, London (1963)
The Turtles and The Temptations play Trisha Nixon's White House Masque Ball (1969)
The Who sell out four nights at Madison Square Garden in less than eight hours (1974)

MAY 11

Irving Berlin (1888)
Eric Burdon (Animals) (1941)
Martha Quinn (ex-VJ)
Bob Marley died of cancer (1981)

MAY 12

George Carlin (1938)
Ian Dury (1942)
Ian McLagan (Faces) (1945)
Steve Winwood (1948)
Bob Dylan refuses to play the Ed Sullivan show because he is not allowed to play "Talking John Birch Society Blues" (1963)
Rolling Stones play New Music Express winner's concert (1967)
Pink Floyd play first quadrophonic rock concert, Elizabeth Hall, England (1967)
Mick Jagger and Bianca Moreno wed (1971)
Jefferson Starship (Airplane) celebrate their tenth anniversary with a free Central Park concert (1975)

MAY 13

Richie Valens (1941)
Pete "Overend" Watts (Mott The Hoople) (1947)
Stevie Wonder (1950)
Peter Gabriel (1950)
Bob Wills died (1975)

MAY 14

Bobby Darin (1936)
Jack Bruce (Cream) (1943)
David Byrne (1952)

MAY 15

Brian Eno (1948)
Mike Oldfield (1953)

MAY 16

Liberace (1919)
Jonathan Richman (1951)
Pete Townshend kicks a plain-clothes cop off stage in Fillmore East and goes to jail. Bill Graham pays his bail. (1969)

MAY 17

Dennis Hopper (1936)
Taj Mahal (1942)
Jesse Winchester (1944)
Bill Bruford (Genesis, King Crimson) (1950)
Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) (1965)
"Rave On" by Buddy Holly is released (1958)
"Don't Look Back", a film about Dylan's UK tour, opens in San Francisco (1967)

MAY 18

Rick Wakeman (Yes) (1949)
Wreckless Eric (1954)
The Beatles begin the first national UK tour, headlined by Roy Orbison (1963)

MAY 19

Pete Townshend (1945)
Tom Scott (1948)
Joey Ramone (1952)
Grace Jones (1952)

MAY 20

Joe Cocker (1944)
Cher (1945)
Nick Heyward (1961)
Jane Weidlin (Go-Gos) (1958)
Peter Cetera (Chicago) gets four teeth knocked out at a Chicago Cubs game when three men object to the length of his hair (1971)

MAY 21

Ronald Isley (1941)
Leo Sayer (1948)
Pete townshend weds Karen Ashley (1968)

MAY 22

Bernie Taupin (1950)
Jarry Dammers (Specials) (1954)
Bob Dylan has his Bar Mitzvah (1954)

MAY 23

Robert Moog (Inventor of synthesizer) (1934)
Elmore James died (1963)
The Grateful Dead play their first UK concert (1970)

MAY 24

Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman) (1941)
Patti LaBelle (1944)
Duke Ellington died (1974)

MAY 25

Miles Davis (1926)

MAY 26

Al Jolson (1886)
Levon Helm (The Band) (1942)
Stevie Nicks (1948)
John and Yoko start a "bed-in for peace" and record "Give Peace A Chance" in their room at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal (1969)

MAY 27

Siouxsie Sioux (1957)
Ramsey Lewis (1935)
Cilla Black (1943)

MAY 28

US Festival (400,000 attend) 5/28-5/30 (1983)
T-Bone Walker (1910)
Papa John Creech (1917)
Gladys Knight (1944)
John Fogerty (Creedence) (1945)

MAY 29

Melissa Etheridge (1961)
Gary Brooker (Procol Harum) (1945)
Bruce Springsteen plays London (1981)

MAY 30

Nicky (Topper) Headon (The Clash) (1955)
Tommy Caldwell (Marshall Tucker Band) died (1980)

MAY 31

Peter Yarrow (1938)
Mick Ralphs (Bad Company) (1944)
John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) (1948)

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