May 3 Born –
Harry "Bing" Crosby (1903) – singer.
Betty Comden (aka Basya Cohen, 1917) – lyricist (“Do Re Mi”).
Pete Seeger (1919) – Folk singer/songwriter.
John Lewis (1920) – composer/pianist for The Modern Jazz Quartet.
Joe Ames (1921) – The Ames Brothers.
Jimmy Cleveland (1926) – Jazz trombonist with Lionel Hampton and
Quincy Jones.
Dave Dudley (aka David Pedruska, 1928) – Country music singer ("Six
Days On The Road").
James Brown (1933) – R&B/soul singer/songwriter.
Frankie Valli (aka Francis Castelluccio, 1934) – singer, The Four
Seasons.
Peter Staples (1944) – bassist for The Troggs.
John Richardson (1948) – drums and vocals for The Rubettes.
Mary Hopkin (1950) – British singer.
Christopher Cross (1951) – singer/songwriter.
Bruce Hall (1953) – current bassist for REO Speedwagon.
David Ball (1959) – electronics musician for Soft Cell.
Jay Darlington (1968) – keyboardist for Kula Shaker.
Mark Morrison (1972) – British R&B singer ("Return Of The Mack").
Josey Scott (aka Joseph Sappington, 1972) – vocalist for Saliva.
Joe Gooch (1977) – current vocalist/guitarist for Ten Years After.
Farrah Franklin (1981) – Destiny’s Child.
May 3 R.I.P. –
Les Harvey (1972) – electrocuted on stage. Age 27. Stone The Crows.
Patsy Montana (1996) – Age 87. Country music singer/songwriter ("I
Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart").
Billy Higgins (2001) – kidney/liver failure. Age 64. Jazz drummer for
Ornette Coleman and Dexter Gordon.
Pierre Moerlen (2005) – natural causes. Age 52. Percussionist for Mike
Oldfield.
May 3 album releases –
Sly and The Family Stone – Stand! (1969)
Jethro Tull – Aqualung (1971) U.S.
Aerosmith – Rocks (1976)
Modern English – After The Snow (1982)
The Cure – Pornography (1982)
Tony Bennett – The Art Of Excellence (1986)
Living Colour – Vivid (1988)
Queensrÿche – Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
Bruce Hornsby and The Range – Scenes From The Southside (1988)
The Allman Brothers Band – Where It All Begins (1994)
The Fall – Middle Class Revolt (1994)
Donny and Marie Osmond – Donny & Marie (2011)
May 3 events –
1939 – The Andrews Sisters record “Beer Barrel Polka.”
1952 – Kitty Wells records "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
at Castle Studios in Nashville during her first session for Decca
Records.
1958 – One of the first major rock and roll riots breaks out during
Alan Freed's "Big Beat Spring 1958" show at the Boston Arena, with
local police threatening to shut the show down because of dancing and
Alan Freed telling the crowd from the stage, "The police don't want
you to have fun." He is arrested for inciting a riot.
1960 – Cathy Jean and The Roommates record "Please Love Me Forever" in
New York City for Valmor Records.
1964 – Gerry and The Pacemakers make their U.S. television debut on
The Ed Sullivan Show, singing "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying."
Stevie Wonder is also on the show, performing "Fingertips."
1965 – The Beatles spend the first of three days filming on Salisbury
Plain with the British Army's Third Tank Division for their
forthcoming film Help!
1966 – The Temptations release their single, "Ain't Too Proud To Beg"
b/w "You'll Lose A Precious Love."
1967 – Frank and Nancy Sinatra's "Somethin' Stupid" hits #1 on the
chart.
1967 – Only days after completing their package tour with Jimi Hendix,
Engelbert Humperdinck and Cat Stevens, The Walker Brothers announce
they are splitting up.
1967 – Pink Floyd appears at the Moulin Rouge in Ainsdale, Southport.
1968 – The Beach Boys begin their 17-date tour featuring the Maharishi
at the Washington Coliseum in Washington D.C. The tour is cancelled
after two days and five shows.
1969 – Jimi Hendrix is arrested at the Toronto International Airport
for possession of heroin and hashish.
1969 – Bob Dylan records “Take A Message To Mary,” “Blue Moon,”
“Folsom Prison Blues” and “Ring Of Fire” at Columbia Studios in
Nashville. Session musicians include Charlie McCoy (bass), Pete Drake
(pedal steel guitar), Fred Carter Jr. (guitar), Robert Wilson (piano),
Norman Blake (guitar), Doug Kershaw (fiddle), Kenneth Buttrey (drums)
and Charlie Daniels (guitar).
1971 – Grand Funk Railroad holds their first press conference. Despite
their platinum record status, six reporters attend.
1971 – Led Zeppelin kicks off a European tour at KB Hallen in
Copenhagen, Denmark, and performs their song "Four Sticks" for the
first and only time live.
1971 – National Public Radio, NPR, begins broadcasting their first
program, All Things Considered.
1976 – Paul Simon, Phoebe Snow, Jimmy Cliff and others perform at a
benefit concert for New York's public libraries at Madison Square
Garden.
1976 – Paul McCartney's Wings Over America tour begins in Fort Worth,
Texas.
1976 – David Bowie plays the first of six sold-out nights at Wembley:
his first UK gigs in three years.
1978 – The movie FM premieres in Los Angeles. The film is a flop, but
the soundtrack album is a hit.
1978 – Bob Dylan records "Ain't No Man Righteous, No Not One," "I
Believe In You" and "Slow Train" at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in
Sheffield, Alabama. Sessions musicians include Barry Beckett on
keyboards, Tim Drummond on bass, Mark Knopfler on guitar, and Pick
Withers on drums.
1986 – Tony Bennett's new album, The Art Of Excellence, becomes the
first album to be released on CD without a vinyl issue/counterpart.
1991 – Texas Governor Ann Richards declares the day "ZZ Top Day."
1991 – Andy Williams marries his second wife, Debbie Meyer.
1996 – Tina Turner begins the European leg of her Wildest Dreams World
Tour at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, with
opening act The Accelerators, led by Bruce Willis.
2001 – London based bank Coutts And Co. turn down applications from
members of Oasis to open accounts on the grounds of the band’s bad
behavior.
2004 – The U.S. Supreme Court rejects an appeal by bassist Bob Daisley
and drummer Lee Kerslake, who claim they are owed royalties from Ozzy
Osbourne's albums Blizzard Of Ozz (1980) and Diary Of A Madman (1981).
Ozzy's manager and wife Sharon said that the pair had "abused and
harassed" her family for so many years that in 2002 she had Daisley’s
and Kerslake’s bass and drums contributions removed from the albums,
had them re-recorded by Robert Trujillo (bass) and Mike Bordin
(drums), and re-released the albums.
2004 – Morrissey plays the first of five nights at the Apollo Theatre
in New York City during his You Are The Quarry Tour.
2006 – Bob Dylan hosts the Theme Time Radio Hour for the first time on
XM satellite radio.
2008 – Sean “Diddy” Combs receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame.
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