May 7 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Phil!



Musician's Born On May 7

1930 Mitch Jayne (Dillards)
1931 Teresa Brewer (Let Me Go Lover)
1939 Jimmy Ruffin (What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted)
1939 Johnny Maestro (Crests)
1942 Derek Taylor (Beatles press officer)
1948 Pete Wingfield (Eighteen with a Bullet)
1949 Keith (98.6)
1956 Anne Dudley (Art Of Noise)
1958 Marty Willson-Piper (The Church)
1961 Phil Campbell (Motorhead)

Number 1 In The Charts On May 7

1964 Searchers: Don't Throw Your Love Away UK 45
1966 Mamas and the Papas: Monday, Monday US 45
1977 Deniece Williams: Free UK 45
1977 Eagles: Hotel California US LP
1994 Tony Di Bart : The Real Thing : UK single
1994 Blur : Parklife : UK LP

Various Music Events On May 7

1956 Johnny Burnette Trio records Tear it Up at Pythian Temple Studio, New York

1960 Producer Joe Meek has his first hit when Flee-Reckers enter chart with Green Jeans

1964 Chuck Berry's No Particular Place to Go hits UK chart

1966 Del Shannon hits Hot 100 for the sixteenth time with The Big Hurt, his last hit until 1981

1966 James Brown hits UK chart with It's A Man's Man's Man's World

1977 Jam debut on UK chart with In the City

1978 90,000 tickets for Bob Dylan's Earls Court concerts sell out in eight hours

1988 Mica Paris debuts on UK chart with My One Temptation

1991 At a Court in Macon, Georgia a local couple lose their case against Ozzy Osbourne. They claimed that their son was inspired to attempt suicide by Ozzy's music.

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May 7 - Today in Beatles History

1962
Brian spends the night at the Green Park Hotel.



1966
Brian flies to Copenhague, to receive golden records and prizes of 'Borge' magazine on behalf of the Beatles.



1969
Studio 1, Olympic Sounds Studios. 8.00pm-7.30am. Stereo mixing: Inserts for the 'Get Back' LP. Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Glyn Johns; 2nd Engineer: Steve Vaughan.

The Beatles and Allen Klein negotiate with Joseph Lockwood an increase of the group royalties. EMI decides to balt negotiations until seeing what happens with the group businesses and NEMS's purchase by Triumph Investment.



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May 6 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Bob Seger



Musician's Born On May 6

1920 Peggy Lee (Fever)
1939 Herbie Cox (Cleftones)
1945 Bob Seger (Against the Wind)
1960 Larry Steinbachel (Bronski Beat)
1960 John Flansburgh (They Might Be Giants)
1967 Mark Bryan (Hootie & The Blowfish)



Number 1 In The Charts On May 6

1972 T. Rex: Prophets, Seers and Sages…/My People Were Fair UK LP
1978 Saturday Night Fever soundtrack UK LP
1989 Holly Johnson: Blast UK LP
1995 Live : Throwing Copper : US LP
1996 Oasis : Some Might Say : UK single



Various Music Events On May 6

1965 Joan Baez debuts on UK chart with We Shall Overcome.

1965 In their Clearwater, Florida hotel room, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards work out opening riff of the song Satisfaction, following Richard's purchase of a Gibson fuzz-box that day

1971 Faces' Long Player hits UK LP chart

1971 Ike and Tina Turner receive their only gold record, for Proud Mary

1973 Paul Simon begins his first US tour since break-up of Simon and Garfunkel. Gigs recorded for Live Rhymin' LP at Boston Music Hall. He uses the Jesse Dixon singers as back-up.



1977 Led Zeppelin break their own world attendance record at Silverdome in Michigan - 76,229 people turn up

1978 Foreigner debut on UK chart with Feels Like the First Time

1978 David Frost announces 'Music for UNICEF Concert', featuring Rod Stewart, Abba and Bee Gees

1982 Tom Paton (former manager of Bay City Rollers) jailed for three years for offences involving underage boys


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May 6 - Today in Beatles History

1964
'Please Please Me' LP, 59th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'With The Beatles', 24th week in the Top 30 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'Can't Buy Me Love', 7th and last week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).

Performance for ATV's 'Around The Beatles', in Wembley.



1966
Studio 2. 2.30pm-1.00am. Recording: 'I'm Only Sleeping' (overdub onto take 11, tape reduction take 11 into takes 12, 13). Studio 2 (control room only). 1.00-2.15am. Mono mixing: 'I'm Only Sleeping' (remixes 1-4, from take 13). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.

UK single release: '2 Days Monday', 1st of The Scaffold.



1968
US single release: 'Step Inside Love', of Cilla Black.

1969
Studio 1, Olympic Sound Studios. 3.00pm-4.00am. Recording: 'You Never Give Me Your Money' (takes 1-36). Stereo mixing: 'You Never Give Me Your Money' (remix 1, from take 30). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Glyn Johns; 2nd Engineer: Steve Vaughan.
1st explicit recording for the 'Abbey Road' medley.

It is announced that John and Yoko are recording a record about their lives and Yoko's miscarriage, up until their honeymoon in Amsterdam.



1977
UK LP release: 'The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl'.





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May 5 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Bill!



Musician's Born On May 5

1938 Johnny Taylor (Who's Making Love)
1948 Bill Ward (Black Sabbath)
1959 Ian McCulloch (Echo and the Bunnymen)
1964 Lorraine McIntosh (Deacon Blue)



Deaths On May 5

1972 Rev Gary Davies (US blues performer)

Number 1 In The Charts On May 5

1960 Everly Brothers: Cathy's Clown UK 45
1962 Shirelles: Soldier Boy US 45
1962 West Side Story soundtrack US LP
1966 Manfred Mann Pretty Flamingo UK 45
1973 David Bowie: Aladdin Sane UK LP
1973 Elvis Presley: Aloha from Hawaii US LP
1979 Peaches and Herb: Reunited US 45
1984 Duran Duran: The Reflex UK 45
1997 Gary Barlow : Love Won't Wait : UK single



Various Music Events On May 5

1937 Sonny Boy Williamson records first session, including Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, at the Aurora Studios, Illinois

1956 Elvis Presley LP (Sun) hits top of US chart

1962 West Side Story LP begins a 54-week run at top of US chart

1968 Buffalo Springfield disband after final gig at Long Beach, California

1972 Actor Warren Beatty gathers 30 top rock stars together for a concert to support presidential hopeful George McGovern. Performers include Judy Collins, Paul Simon, Carole King, James Taylor and Chicago

1983 One thousandth edition of Top of the Pops broadcast on BBC TV

1990 Lennon tribute concert takes place at Pier Head, Liverpool, with Dave Edmunds, Hall and Oates, Natalie Cole, Terence Trent d'Arby and Kylie Minogue

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May 5 - Today in Beatles History

1965
'Ticket To Ride' number 1, 4th week (UK New Musical Express chart).

Lionel Bart flies from UK to Spain to join Brian on vacation.



1966
Studio 3. 9.30pm-3.00am. Recording: 'I'm Only Sleeping' (overdub onto take 11). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.



1968
Twiggy calls Paul, telling him about Mary Hopkin. [4 May?]

1969
US single release: 'Get Back'/'Don't Let Me Down'.

Olympic Sound Studios. Start of recordings of the 1st LP of Billy Preston.

Studio 1, Olympic Sound Studios. 7.30pm-4.00am. Recording: 'Something' (overdub onto take 36). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Glyn Johns; 2nd Engineer: Steve Vaughan.



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May 4 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Ed!



Musician's Born On May 4

1931 Ed Cassidy (Spirit)
1942 Nicholas Ashford (Ashford and Simpson)
1942 Tammy Wynette (Stand By Your Man)
1944 Peggy Santiglia (Angels)
1944 Ronnie Bond (Troggs)
1945 George Wadenius (Blood Sweat and Tears)
1949 Zal Cleminson (Alex Harvey Band)
1951 Jackie Jackson (Jacksons)
1959 Randy Travis (US country singer)
1961 Jay Aston (Bucks Fizz)
1972 Mike Dirnt (Green Day)



Number 1 In The Charts On May 4

1956 Ronnie Hilton: No Other Love UK 45
1961 Marcels: Blue Moon UK 45
1974 Abba; Waterloo UK 45
1974 Grand Funk: Locomotion US 45
1974 The Sting soundtrack US LP
1985 Phyllis Nelson: Move Closer UK 45
1996 Mariah Carey : Always Be My Baby : US single
1996 Alanis Morrisette : Jagged Little Pill : UK LP
1998 All Saints : Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade : UK single



Various Music Events On May 4

1886 Gramophone patent awarded to Chichester Bell and Charles Sumner Tainter

1956 Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps record Be Bop A Lula at Owen Bradley's Nashville Studio



1957 Alan Freed Show debuts on ABC TV. The first programme stars Del Vikings and Screaming Jay Hawkins

1959 First Grammy award winners announced. They include Volare by Domenico Modugno (record of the year), Tequila by Champs (R&B) and Tom Dooley by Kingston Trio
1964 Moody Blues formed

1968 Mary Hopkins appears on Opportunity Knocks

1973 Led Zeppelin begin tour billed as 'the most profitable rock and roll tour in history of the USA'

1985 Paul Hardcastle hits UK chart at No. 4 with 19


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