May 7 Born –
Jim Lowe (1927) – American singer/songwriter ("Green Door").
Teresa Brewer (1931) – American pop singer.
Derek Taylor (1932) – music journalist/publicist.
Jimmy Ruffin (1939) – American soul singer.
Johnny Maestro (aka John Mastrangelo, 1939) – The Crests, The Brooklyn
Bridge.
Lorrie Collins (1942) – Rockabilly/country singer, The Collins Kids.
Rick Westwood (1943) – guitarist for The Tremeloes.
Christy Moore (1945) – Irish folk singer.
Cornelius Bumpus (1945) – saxophonist for The Doobie Brothers and
Steely Dan.
Jerry Nolan (1946) – drummer for The New York Dolls.
Thelma Houston (1946) – R&B/soul singer.
Bill Kreutzmann (1946) – drummer for The Grateful Dead.
Ray Monette (1946) – guitarist for Rare Earth.
Bill Danoff (1946) – Starland Vocal Band.
Pete Wingfield (1948) – British singer/songwriter/producer ("Eighteen
With A Bullet").
Prairie Prince (aka Charles Prince, 1950) – drummer for Journey and
The Tubes.
Anne Dudley (1956) – British pop musician.
Hamilton Lee (1958) – drummer for Furniture and The Transmitters.
Marty Willson-Piper (1958) – guitarist for The Church.
Phil Campbell (1961) – lead guitarist for Motörhead.
Eagle-Eye Cherry (1971) – Swedish musician.
Matt Helders (1986) – drummer for Arctic Monkeys.
May 7 R.I.P. –
Ron Wilson (1989) – Age 43. Drummer for The Surfaris.
Ray McKinley (1995) – Age 84. Jazz drummer with Glenn Miller and the
Dorsey Brothers.
Don McNeill (1996) – Age 88. Radio DJ Hall of Fame, host of The
Breakfast Club.
Eddie Rabbitt (1998) – lung cancer. Age 56. Singer/songwriter ("I Love
A Rainy Night").
Alphonso Howell (1998) – Age 61. The Sensations ("Let Me In").
Rudi Maugeri (2004) – pancreatic cancer. Age 73. The Crew Cuts.
Dave Fisher (2010) – myelofibrosis. Age 69. The Highwaymen, The
Academics.
John Maus "Walker" (2011) – liver cancer. Age 67. The Walker Brothers.
Ernie Warren (2012) – Age 78. The Spaniels (“Goodnite, Sweetheart,
Goodnite”).
May 7 album releases –
Elvis Presley – Today (1975)
James Brown – Star Time (1991) (box set)
At The Gates – With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness (1993)
Pantera – The Great Southern Trendkill (1996)
Guttermouth – Teri Yakimoto (1996)
Westlife – Westlife (2000) U.S.
The Black Crowes – Lion (2001)
May 7 events –
1941 – Glenn Miller and His Orchestra record "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
in Hollywood for RCA.
1946 – The Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation, also
known as Totsuko, is established in Japan. The company will become
Sony.
1955 – Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore and Bill Black play the Peabody
Auditorium in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1955 – Ray Charles has his first #1 hit on Billboard's R&B chart with
"I Got A Woman."
1958 – The Champs appear on American Bandstand, playing their hit
song, "Tequila." Also on the show is The Playboys.
1958 – Conway Twitty records "It's Only Make Believe" at Bradley Film
& Recording Studio in Nashville.
1965 – The Beatles film "The Exciting Adventures of Paul On The Floor"
- where a suddenly shrunken McCartney tries to hide his nakedness
after shrinking out of his clothes - for their upcoming movie Help!
1966 – Johnny Cash begins his first UK tour at the Empire in
Liverpool.
1966 – The Rolling Stones release their single, "Paint It Black" b/w
"Stupid Girl" in the U.S.
1967 – Bob Dylan gives his first interview since his 1966 motorcycle
accident to the New York Daily News.
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays two shows at Brian Epstein's
Savile Theatre in London.
1967 – Pearls Before Swine begin recording their album One Nation
Underground, which will contain the track "Miss Morse," which will be
banned in New York when it is discovered that lead singer Tom Rapp is
singing "F-U-C-K" in Morse code after local Boy Scouts correctly
interpret the chorus and phone in a complaint.
1967 – The Supremes appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing "The
Happening." Other musical guests include Xavier Cugat with Charo,
Roberta Peters, and Frank Ifield.
1967 – Pink Floyd appears at the Mojo Club in Tollbar, Sheffield.
1968 – Reginald Dwight legally changes his name to Elton John.
1968 – Aretha Franklin performs at the Olympia Theatre in Paris, and
records the show for a live album release.
1969 – The Association, John Hartford and Roy Clark appear on The Glen
Campbell Goodtime Hour.
1970 – The Temptations release their single, "Ball Of Confusion
(That's What The World Is Today)" b/w "It's Summer."
1971 – The Rolling Stones release their single, "Brown Sugar" b/w
"Bitch" in the U.S.
1972 – The London Bridge Special, starring Tom Jones, The Carpenters,
Engelbert Humperdinck and others, airs on BBC-TV.
1973 – George Harrison releases his single, "Give Me Love (Give Me
Peace On Earth)" b/w "Miss O'Dell" in the U.S.
1974 – Led Zeppelin holds a party at the Four Seasons Hotel in New
York City for the launch of their new record label, Swan Song.
1978 – Bob Dylan's series of upcoming concerts at Wembley Arena sells
out 90,000 tickets in less than eight hours.
1978 – David Bowie plays the first of three nights at Madison Square
Garden in New York City on his Low/Heroes World Tour.
1983 – Paul Weller unveils his new band, Style Council, at an anti-
nuclear benefit in London.
1991 – Wilson Pickett is arrested for yelling death threats while
driving through his neighbor's yard, who just happens to be the Mayor
of Englewood, New Jersey. A knife and a baseball bat are found in
Pickett's car, so attempted murder charges are added.
1994 – Aerosmith plays the first of seven nights at the Nippon Budokan
in Japan, which will wrap up the Asia leg of their Get A Grip World
Tour.
1994 – Randy Bachman leads 1,322 guitar players through the Bachman-
Turner Overdrive song "Takin' Care Of Business," setting a new world
record.
1998 – Steve Perry officially quits Journey for a solo career.
1999 – Co-founder of A&M Records Jerry Moss gets a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2000 – At age 72, Patti Page performs a concert at the Ryman
Auditorium in Nashville to premiere her new album, Brand New Tennessee
Waltz.
2002 – After four months, British authorities wrap up their
investigation in the child pornography case against Pete Townshend,
who is not jailed but is forced to register as a sex offender.
2003 – Carole King appears as music store owner Sophie Brown in the
"Help Wanted" episode of The Gilmore Girls.
2003 – A New York surgeon sues rapper 50 Cent for non-payment of a
$20,000 bill for treatment of gunshot wounds in 2000.
2003 – June Carter Cash undergoes heart valve replacement surgery at
Baptist Hospital in Nashville.
2003 – A Los Angeles federal jury awards $1.5 million to London-based
Minder Music Ltd. in their plagiarism lawsuit against rapper/producer
Dr. Dre for his 1999 song “Let's Get High,” claiming Dre used the bass
line of The Fatbacks’ 1980 song, “Backstroking.”
2004 – A planning inquiry hears Madonna's appeal to ban wandering
strangers from parts of her £9 million country estate, claiming 100
acres of land at the 1,200-acre Ashcombe House estate had been
inaccurately classified as open country, and people would have the
right to access that land.
2009 – Dolly Parton is awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music from the
University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
2009 – At a concert in South America, Toni Braxton tribute artist
Trina Johnson-Finn is booed off the stage, pelted with rubbish, and
finally arrested (along with the show's promoter) when it's discovered
that she really isn't Toni Braxton, as advertized.
2012 – A Los Angeles judge rules that Village People “policeman”
Victor Willis can re-claim at least partial copyright ownership of 33
songs listed in his lawsuit against the group and their publishing
company.
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