May 5 Born –
Blind Willie McTell (aka William McTier, 1898) – Ragtime/blues singer/
guitarist ("Statesboro Blues").
Marshall Grant (1928) – bassist for The Tennessee Three.
Johnnie Taylor (1934) – Stax soul singer.
John "Ace" Cannon (1934) – American saxophonist ("Tuff").
Tammy Wynette (aka Virginia Pugh, 1942) – Country music singer/
songwriter.
Jim King (aka Alec Woodburn, 1942) – saxophonist for Family.
Robin McNamara (1947) – actor/singer, Robin and The Hoods, Hair.
Bill Ward (1948) – drummer for Black Sabbath.
Eddie Amoo (1950) – The Real Thing.
Maggie MacNeal (aka Sjoukje van't Spijker, 1950) – Mouth and MacNeal
("How Do You Do").
Rex Goh (1951) – guitarist for Savage Garden.
Peter Erskine (1954) – drummer for Weather Report.
Ian McCulloch (1959) – vocalist for Echo and The Bunnymen.
Sean McLuskey (1961) – drummer for JoBoxers.
Kevin Mooney (1962) – bassist for Adam and The Ants.
Gary Daly (1962) – China Crisis.
Jeremy Ward (1976) – sound tech for The Mars Volta and De Facto.
Jesse Colburn (1981) – guitarist for Closet Monster and Avril Lavigne.
Adele (aka Adele Adkins, 1988) – British singer/songwriter.
Chris Brown (1989) – singer/songwriter/rapper.
May 5 R.I.P. –
Reverend Gary Davis (1972) – heart attack. Age 76. Blues singer/
guitarist.
Cal Tjader (1982) – heart attack. Age 56. Latin vibraphonist/
percussionist ("Soul Sauce").
Clarence Quick (1983) – heart attack. Age 46. The Del-Vikings.
Howie Johnson (1987) – Age 54. Drummer for The Ventures.
Doug Phillips (1995) – Age 50. Bassist for The Dartells.
Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd (2004) – heart attack. Age 72. Jamaican
record producer.
Thomas Boggs (2008) – cancer. Age 63. The Box Tops.
Jerry Wallace (2008) – heart failure. Age 79. Country/pop singer ("If
You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry").
Nigel Pickering (2011) – liver cancer. Age 81. Guitarist for Spanky
and Our Gang.
“Sweet” Joe Russell (2012) – diabetes. Age 72. The Persuasions (“Papa
Oom Mow Mow”).
May 5 album releases –
The Rascals – Peaceful World (1971)
Paul Simon – There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
Billy Preston – The Kids & Me (1974)
The James Gang – Newborn (1975)
Parliament – Live: P-Funk Earth Tour (1977)
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band – Stranger In Town (1978)
Saxon – Wheels Of Steel (1980)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Hard Promises (1981)
Santana – Milagro (1992)
The Neville Brothers – Family Groove (1992)
Gregg Alexander – Intoxifornication (1992)
The Allman Brothers Band – An Evening With The Allman Brothers Band:
2nd Set (1995)
Steve Earle – I Feel Alright (1996)
Paul McCartney – Flaming Pie (1997)
Meredith Brooks – Blurring The Edges (1997)
Humble Pie – The Scrubbers Sessions (1997)
May 5 events –
1891 – The Music Hall, soon to become Carnegie Hall, celebrates its
opening and dedication.
1900 – Initially published monthly, The Billboard, later to become
Billboard magazine, becomes a weekly publication.
1956 – Elvis Presley's debut RCA album reaches #1 on the Billboard
album chart: the first rock and roll album to do so.
1960 – Roy Orbison releases his single, “Only The Lonely (Know The Way
I Feel)” b/w “Here Comes That Song Again” on Monument Records.
1962 – The soundtrack to West Side Story goes to #1, where it stays
for 54 weeks.
1962 – Chris Montez records “Let’s Dance” for Monogram Records.
1963 – George Harrison recommends The Rolling Stones to Decca A&R man,
Dick Rowe: the man who turned down The Beatles.
1965 – Shindig! hosts a Tribute to Elvis Presley. Artists singing
Elvis songs on the show include Joey Cooper, The Blossoms, Glen
Campbell, Sonny and Cher, The Isley Brothers, Ray Peterson, Jimmy
Boyd, The Chambers Brothers, Delaney Bramlett, Willie Nelson, Linda
Gayle Lewis and The Wellingtons.
1966 – George Harrison adds his leads and backwards guitar parts to
"I'm Only Sleeping."
1968 – Buffalo Springfield plays their final gig at the Long Beach
Arena.
1968 – Paul McCartney has lunch with Twiggy to discuss a singer she
saw on television the previous evening by the name of Mary Hopkin.
1969 – The Beatles release their single, "Get Back" b/w "Don't Let Me
Down," in the U.S.
1969 – At a ceremony at the White House, Stevie Wonder receives the
Distinguished Service Award from President Nixon.
1970 – Perry Como comes out of “retirement” to record “It’s
Impossible” at RCA Studios in New York City. The song will put Como
back on the charts and revive his career.
1972 – The first day of the 3-day Bickershaw Festival takes place in
Wigan, England. Festival acts include The Grateful Dead, Country Joe
McDonald, Donovan, Dr. John, The Kinks, Hawkwind, Captain Beefheart,
New Riders Of The Purple Sage, The Incredible String Band, Wishbone
Ash and others.
1973 – Led Zeppelin breaks The Beatles' Shea Stadium concert
attendance record when 56,800 people pack into Tampa Stadium in
Florida.
1974 – Television appears at CBGB's in New York City, supported by The
Stilettos - soon to become Blondie - who are playing their first show
at the club.
1977 – Loretta Lynn appears on the cover of Rolling Stone.
1978 – The Buzzcocks, The Slits and Penetration all appear at
Liverpool University.
1983 – The Stranglers’ “Golden Brown” is named Most Performed Work of
1982 at the 28th Ivor Novello Awards.
1983 – Top Of The Pops celebrates 1,000 broadcasts of the show.
1984 – Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr marries The Pretenders’ Chrissie
Hynde.
1986 – Beating out New York, New Orleans and Memphis, Cleveland is
chosen for the site of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1986 – Michael Jackson signs his second deal with Pepsi for $15
million.
1987 – Canadian rocker Bryan Adams opens his Into The Fire North
American tour in Shreveport, Louisiana.
1990 – At his wedding reception, Jason Bonham plays with the three
surviving members of his dad's old band, Led Zeppelin.
1990 – Nirvana appears at the Einstein A Go-Go in Jacksonville Beach,
Florida.
1990 – A three-hour "John Lennon Scholarship Concert," organized by
Yoko One, is held at the Pier Head in Liverpool, featuring Lenny
Kravitz, Joe Cocker, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne, Hall &
Oates, Al Green, Elton John, U2, Ray Charles and many others.
1992 – The Beach Boys appear on the "Captain Video" episode of Full
House, where Uncle Jesse records "Forever" with the Boys and lands a
record deal.
1992 – Tammy Wynette is hospitalized with a bile duct infection.
1992 – Radiohead releases their debut record in the UK, an EP titled
The Drill, featuring the tracks “Prove Yourself,” “Stupid Car,” “You”
and “Thinking About You.” The songs were recorded as demos three
months earlier when the band was still called On A Friday.
1995 – Former drummer for Guns 'N Roses, Steven Adler is arrested for
felony possession of heroin.
1996 – Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan receives both a public
apology and a donation of £7,500 to the Warchild charity from The
Sport newspaper for running an article saying she played a gig in
Hamburg without wearing any underwear.
1997 – The Ignition management company sends e-mails to over 100 Oasis
unofficial websites threatening legal action over their alleged
unlawful breach of copyright over the use of Oasis music featured on
the sites.
1997 – Texas Governor George W. Bush declares the day "ZZ Top Day."
2001 – Blake Shelton makes his Grand Ole Opry debut.
2000 – Rod Stewart has a benign growth on his thyroid removed in an
operation at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center in L.A.
2002 – Two morning talk show DJs from Denver’s KRFX-FM, Rick Lewis and
Michael Floorwax stop a live radio interview with Ted Nugent when he
uses racial slurs for Asians and Blacks. As a result, community
leaders in Muskegon, Michigan, decide "it was in the best interest of
the community" to drop Nugent from the city’s Summer Celebration
festival lineup slated for June 30.
2004 – Charley Pride is hospitalized and undergoes surgery in a Dallas
hospital to remove a blood clot from his brain.
2005 – Justin Timberlake undergoes surgery to have nodules removed
from his throat.
2009 – Michael Jackson's Thriller video co-star, former Playboy
Playmate Ola Ray, sues Jackson for unpaid royalties for the video.
2010 – In a Santa Monica courtroom, Chastity Sun Bono signs documents
changing her name and gender, and the judge rules that Chaz Salvatore
Bono is now officially recognized as a man.
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