May 2 Born –
Lorenz Hart (1895) – lyricist for Richard Rogers ("The Lady Is A
Tramp").
John Frederick Coots (1897) – songwriter ("Santa Claus Is Coming To
Town").
Frederick "Link" Wray, Jr. (1929) – rockabilly guitarist/singer/
songwriter.
John "Bunk" Gardner (1933) – woodwinds for The Mothers of Invention.
Engelbert Humperdinck (aka Arnold Dorsey, 1936) – singer.
Bob Henrit (1944) – drummer for Argent and The Kinks.
Judge Dread (aka Alexander Hughes, 1945) – British reggae/ska
musician.
Bianca Jagger (1945)
Goldy McJohn (aka John Goadsby, 1945) – organist for Steppenwolf.
Randy Cain (1945) – The Delfonics.
Lesley Gore (aka Lesley Goldstein, 1946) – singer.
Larry Gatlin (1948) – The Gatlin Brothers.
Lou Gramm (1950) – vocalist for Foreigner.
John Glascock (1951) – bassist for Jethro Tull.
Jo Callis (1951) – guitarist for The Human League, The Rezillos and
The Shake.
Prescott Niles (1954) – bassist for The Knack.
Dr. Robert (aka Bruce Howard, 1961) – singer/guitarist for The Blow
Monkeys.
Ben Leach (1969) – keyboardist for The Farm.May 2 R.I.P. – Larry Clinton (1985) – Age 75. Composer/arranger, big band leader. Hideto Matsumoto (1998) – suicide. Age 33. Japanese rock star, X Japan. May 2 album releases – George Harrison – Electronic Sound (1969) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – You Gonna Get It! (1978) Rory Gallagher – Jinx (1982) New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies (1983) Melissa Etheridge – Melissa Etheridge (1988) Morbid Angel – Blessed Are The Sick (1991) Ian Anderson – Divinities: Twelve Dances With God (1995) Billy Joel – 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert (2000) Pearl Jam – Live In NYC 12/31/92 (2006) Pearl Jam – Pearl Jam (2006) May 2 events – 1938 – Ella Fitzgerald, along with Chick Webb and His Orchestra, records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" in New York. 1956 – For the first time in Billboard magazine history, five singles appear in both the Pop and R&B Top Ten charts: Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" (#1 Pop, #6 R&B), Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes" (#4 Pop, #3 R&B), Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally" (#9 Pop, #1 R&B), The Platters' "Magic Touch" (#10 Pop, #7 R&B) and Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers' "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" (#7 Pop, #4 R&B). Presley's and Perkins' singles also appear on the Country and Western Top Ten chart at #1 and #2 respectively. 1958 – Chuck Berry records "Carol" at Chess in Chicago. 1960 – Elvis Presley begins filming his fifth movie, G.I. Blues: his first film since being discharged from the Army. 1960 – Ben E. King quits The Drifters for a solo career, signing with Atco Records. 1964 – After holding the #1 spot on the album chart for 51 weeks, The Beatles are knocked off by The Rolling Stones' self-titled debut album. 1965 – The Rolling Stones make their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing "The Last Time," “Little Red Rooster" and "Everybody Needs Someone To Love." Also on the show are Dusty Springfield, singing “All Cried Out,” and Tom Jones performing “It’s Not Unusual.” Leslie Uggams also appears on the show. 1967 – In a press release, Derek Taylor breaks the news that after months of work, Brian Wilson has scrapped the Beach Boys' SMiLE album project. Meanwhile in the UK, The Beach Boys, Helen Shapiro, Simon Dupree and The Big Sound, and Terry Reid with Peter Jay's Jaywalkers all appear at the Adelphi Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. 1968 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience records "Voodoo Chile" at the Record Plant in New York. 1969 – The Who debut the rock opera Tommy for the press at Ronnie's Jazz Club in London. 1969 – Elvis Presley finishes filming his 31st and final movie, Change Of Habit. 1969 – The Beatles re-record the backing track of George Harrison's song "Something" in 36 takes. 1969 – Pink Floyd appears at the Manchester College of Commerce, and record the show for a live album release - appearing on their album Ummagumma. 1972 – Bruce Springsteen auditions in the office of Columbia Records' John Hammond, who signs Bruce on the spot. Hammond immediately sets up an evening gig for Springsteen at the Gaslight Café in Greenwich Village for other Columbia executives. Bruce is a hit. 1975 – Apple Records closes down. It will be revived in 2004 as a Beatles only label. 1977 – Eric Clapton records “Wonderful Tonight” at Olympic Studios in London. 1978 – The Fall and Slaughter & The Dogs appear at Band On The Wall in Manchester. 1978 – The Clash, The Tom Robinson Band and X-Ray Spex all appear in Hackney, London. 1980 – The South African government bans the Pink Floyd song “Another Brick In The Wall" because school children have adopted the line “we don’t need no education” as an anthem against the inferior education system. 1980 – Joy Division plays their final concert with singer Ian Curtis at High Hall at Birmingham University. 1986 – Dolly Parton opens Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. 1991 – R.E.M.'s video for "Losing My Religion" is banned in Ireland due to the religious imagery. 1991 – Nirvana begins recording their landmark album, Nevermind, at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, with Butch Vig producing. 1999 – The islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines issue an *NSYNC postage stamp in honor of the boy band. 2003 – Kings Of Leon make their UK stage debut at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool. 2004 – Total Guitar magazine readers vote Guns ‘N Roses' “Sweet Child O' Mine” as the greatest guitar riff of all-time, with second going to Nirvana's “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” third to Led Zeppelin's “Whole Lotta Love,” followed by Deep Purple's “Smoke On The Water.” 2005 – After 36 years, Cream reunites for the first of four shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London. 2006 – Keith Richards is released from a hospital in New Zealand after falling out of a tree in Fiji. 2007 – 1,876 guitar players gather in Wroclaw, Poland, to set a Guinness world record by playing "Hey Joe" all at the same time. 2008 – Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger is fined $600 and banned from driving for a year after being found guilty of drunk driving during a speeding stop in 2006 in Vancouver. 2009 – A rare Motown 7" single by Frank Wilson, "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)," sells for $40,000 at an auction. The single was unreleased, and only two copies are known to exist. 2009 – Bob Dylan takes a day off from his European tour and goes unnoticed as a tourist when he visits Mendips, the childhood home of John Lennon. 2010 – Aretha Franklin settles a tax lien filed against her in Michigan of $11,076 in back income taxes, and $33,729 in property taxes. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
