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On Wednesday, May 8, 2013 8:59:20 AM UTC-7, Eidem wrote:
>
> May 8 Born –
> Mary Lou Williams (1910) – pianist/composer/arranger with Charlie
> Parker.
> Robert Johnson (1911) – Blues singer/guitarist.
> Eric "Ricky" Nelson (1940) – singer/songwriter/actor.
> Toni Tennille (aka Cathryn Antoinette Tennille, 1940) – pianist/
> singer, Captain & Tenille.
> John Fred (aka John Gourrier, 1941) – John Fred and His Playboy Band.
> Jack Blanchard (1942) – Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan ("Tennessee Bird
> Walk").
> Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood (1942) – saxophonist for The Mothers of
> Invention.
> Danny Whitten (1943) – guitarist for Crazy Horse.
> Paul Samwell-Smith (1943) – bassist for The Yardbirds.
> Bill Legend (aka William Fifield, 1944) – drummer for T. Rex.
> Gary Glitter (aka Paul Gadd, 1944) – singer/songwriter.
> Richard "Scar" Lopez (1945) – Cannibal and The Headhunters.
> Keith Jarrett (1945) – Jazz pianist/composer.
> Chris Frantz (1951) – drummer for Talking Heads.
> Philip Bailey (1951) – Earth, Wind & Fire.
> Alex Van Halen (1953) – drummer for Van Halen.
> Billy Burnette (1953) – guitarist/singer/songwriter, Fleetwood Mac.
> Dave Rowntree (1964) – drummer for Blur.
> Darren Hayes (1972) – vocalist for Savage Garden.
> Enrique Iglesias (1975) – Spanish singer/songwriter.
> Martha Wainwright (1976) – Canadian folk singer.
>
> May 8 R.I.P. –
> LaVerne Andrews (1967) – Age 55. The Andrews Sisters.
> George Dewey Hay (1968) – Age 72. Founder of The Grand Ole Opry.
> Graham Bond (1974) – suicide. Age 36. The Graham Bond Organization.
> Neil Bogart (1982) – cancer and lymphoma. Age 39. Co-founder of
> Casablanca Records.
> Nappy Lamare (1988) – heart attack. Age 82. Jazz guitarist/banjoist/
> singer for Bob Crosby.
> Eddy Arnold (2008) – Age 89. Country music singer.
> Norm Ezell (2010) – cancer. Age 68. Guitarist for The Five Americans.
> Cornell Dupree (2011) – emphysema. Age 68. Jazz/R&B guitarist,
> founding member of Stuff.
>
> May 8 album releases –
> The Beatles – Let It Be (1970) UK
> The Jackson 5 – ABC (1970)
> The Kinks – Preservation Act 2 (1974)
> Motörhead – The Golden Years (1980) (EP)
> Echo & The Bunnymen – Ocean Rain (1984)
> Bob Marley and The Wailers – Legend (1984)
> Paula Abdul – Shut Up And Dance (1990)
> Filter – Short Bus (1995)
>
> May 8 events –
> 1941 – Anita O’Day, along with Roy Eldridge and Gene Krupa and His
> Orchestra, records “Let Me Off Uptown” in New York City.
> 1954 – The BBC bans Johnnie Ray's "Such A Night" because of its
> suggestive lyrics.
> 1956 – Pat Boone records "I Almost Lost My Mind" at Universal
> Recording in Chicago.
> 1956 – Perry Como records "More" at Webster Hall in New York City.
> 1959 – Frank Sinatra records “High Hopes” at Capitol Studios in
> Hollywood.
> 1960 – The Browns perform "The Old Lamplighter," Nina Simone sings
> “Little Girl Blue,” and Bess Myerson performs Grieg’s “Piano Concerto”
> on The Ed Sullivan Show.
> 1961 – On his 21st birthday, Ricky Nelson changes his recording name
> to Rick.
> 1961 – Elvis Presley releases his single, "I Feel So Bad" b/w "Wild In
> The Country."
> 1962 – Sam Cooke releases his single, "Bring It On Home To Me" b/w
> "Having A Party."
> 1962 – Beatles manager Brian Epstein visits the HMV store in London to
> have the January 1 Decca demo tapes transferred to 78 RPM vinyl. Disc-
> cutter Jim Foy likes what he hears and sends Epstein upstairs to see
> A&R man Sid Coleman, who refers Brian to George Martin at EMI Studios.
> 1963 – Major Lance records the Curtis Mayfield song, "The Monkey
> Time."
> 1965 – The Yardbirds' “For Your Love” enters the Billboard Hot 100 at
> #84.
> 1965 – Bob Dylan films his video for "Subterranean Homesick Blues" in
> an alley outside the Savoy Hotel in London.
> 1967 – Gerry and The Pacemakers announce they are breaking up.
> 1967 – Al Martino releases his single, “Mary In The Morning” b/w “I
> Love You And You Love Me.”
> 1969 – John, George and Ringo sign a management deal with Allen Klein
> and his company, ABKCO. McCartney refuses.
> 1972 – Billy Preston becomes the first rock artist to perform at Radio
> City Music Hall.
> 1976 – Willie Nelson appears on stage with Bob Dylan on his Rolling
> Thunder Review tour in Houston to sing "Will The Circle Be Unbroken."
> 1976 – BBC's Radio One DJ Johnny Walker is fired when he refuses to
> play and promote The Bay City Rollers.
> 1976 – The Steve Miller Band releases their single, “Take The Money
> And Run” b/w “Sweet Maree” on Mercury Records.
> 1976 – Former Lovin' Spoonful singer John Sebastian hits #1 with
> "Welcome Back," the theme song from the ABC-TV series Welcome Back,
> Kotter.
> 1977 – Olivia Newton-John makes her New York debut at the Metropolitan
> Opera House.
> 1978 – Donnie Osmond marries Debra Glenn. They’re still married.
> 1990 – Tom Waits wins $2.5 million in his lawsuit against Frito-Lay
> for using his likeness in a commercial.
> 1991 – 55 year-old Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman files for divorce
> from his second wife, 21 year-old Mandy Smith, after two years of
> marriage.
> 1993 – Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler receives an honorary music
> doctorate from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
> 1996 – A Los Angeles judge rules against Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee
> and wife Pamela Anderson in their bid to keep Penthouse magazine from
> publishing still photos from an X-rated home movie that was stolen
> from their home.
> 1998 – The three remaining Beatles and Yoko One win an injunction to
> halt the release and sale of the 1962 Hamburg Star Club tapes by
> Lingasong Music Ltd., who is also ordered to turn over the original
> tapes.
> 2004 – Charlie Pride undergoes surgery in Dallas to remove a blood
> clot from his brain.
> 2006 – Former MC5 bassist Michael Davis is badly injured in a
> motorcycle accident while riding in Detroit.
> 2006 – After a long court battle with the Beatles' company Apple
> Corp., Apple Computer wins the right to keep their logo on their
> iTunes music store.
> 2006 – Keith Richards successfully undergoes brain surgery at Ascot
> Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, after complaining of headaches
> following his release from a hospital in Fiji days before for falling
> out of a tree. The Rolling Stones are forced to cancel a short
> European tour for Richards’ recovery.
> 2008 – Steve Winwood, along with Earth, Wind & Fire's Maurice White
> and Philip Bailey receive honorary doctorates from Boston's Berklee
> College of Music.
>
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