May 10 Born –
Max Steiner (1888) – film composer (Gone With The Wind).
Dimitri Tiomkin (1894) – film score composer (High Noon).
Fred Astaire (aka Frederick Austerlitz, 1899) – dancer/singer.
"Mother" Maybelle Carter (1909) – The Carter Family.
Bert Weedon (1920) – British guitarist.
Mel Lewis (aka Melvin Sokoloff, 1929) – Jazz drummer.
Scott Muni (aka Don Muñoz, 1930) – New York DJ, pioneer of progressive
FM radio.
Larry Williams (1935) – R&B/rock and roll singer/songwriter (“Bony
Maronie”).
Julius Wechter (1935) – session percussionist, The Baja Marimba Band.
Mike Melvoin (1937) – L.A. studio musician.
Henry Fambrough (1938) – The Spinners.
Arthur Alexander (1940) – Country/soul singer/songwriter ("Anna (Go To
Him)").
Danny Rapp (1941) – Danny and The Juniors.
John "Jackie" Lomax (1944) – British singer/guitarist.
Dave Mason (1946) – singer/songwriter, Traffic.
Donovan Leitch (1946) – singer/songwriter.
Graham Gouldman (1946) – 10cc.
Jay Ferguson (1947) – Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne.
Ronald Banks (1951) – The Dramatics.
Lee Brilleaux (1952) – Dr. Feelgood.
Lowell "Sly" Dunbar (1952) – Jamaican drummer.
Sid Vicious (aka John Ritchie, 1957) – bassist for The Sex Pistols.
Bono (aka Paul Hewson, 1960) – U2.
Young MC (aka Marvin Young, 1967) – rapper/singer.
Richard Patrick (1968) – guitarist/vocalist for Filter, Nine Inch
Nails.
May 10 R.I.P. –
Sylvia Syms (1992) – heart attack on stage. Age 74. Jazz singer ("I
Could Have Danced All Night").
David Wayne (2005) – car crash. Age 47. Vocalist for Metal Church.
Norma Zimmer (2011) – Age 87. Lawrence Welk's "Champagne Lady."
May 10 album releases –
Elton John – 17-11-70 (1971)
Jethro Tull – Thick As A Brick (1972) U.S.
Bill Wyman – Monkey Grip (1974) U.S., Canada
Duran Duran – Rio (1982)
The Birthday Party – Junkyard (1982)
Ministry – With Sympathy (1983)
Twisted Sister – Stay Hungry (1984)
Prince – Lovesexy (1988)
The Pointer Sisters – Right Rhythm (1990)
Steelheart – Steelheart (1990)
Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993)
The Pretenders – Last Of The Independents (1994)
Danielle Brisebois – Arrive All Over You (1994)
Indigo Girls – Swamp Ophelia (1994)
Dave Matthews Band – Stand Up (2005)
The Cars – Move Like This (2011)
May 10 events –
1927 – The Statler Hotel in Boston installs radios in each of its
1,300 rooms: the first to do so.
1940 – Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra records “Perfidia (Tonight)” for
Decca Records.
1955 – Bill Haley and His Comets record “Two Hound Dogs” and “Razzle
Dazzle” at the Pythian Temple in New York City.
1960 – At the Blue Angel club in Liverpool, The Silver Beetles
audition for London promoter Larry Parnes, who is looking for a band
to tour with Billy Fury. The group doesn't pass the Fury audition, but
does get a tour gig with singer Johnny Gentle.
1960 – Dean Martin records “You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You” and
“Ain’t That A Kick In The Head” at Capitol Studios in Hollywood.
1962 – Johnny Cash makes his debut appearance at Carnegie Hall in New
York City.
1962 – Duane Eddy records "The Ballad Of Paladin" at RCA Studios in
Hollywood.
1963 – The Rolling Stones record "Come On" at Olympic Studios in
London.
1964 – Dusty Springfield makes her television debut on The Ed Sullivan
Show, singing "I Only Want To Be With You" and “Stay Awhile,” and
Gerry and The Pacemakers perform "I Like It" and “Don’t Let The Sun
Catch You Crying.” Also on the show are Bobby Rydell, Itzak Perlman,
Los Cincos and The Brooks Sisters.
1965 – The Beatles record two Larry Williams songs, "Dizzy Miss Lizzy"
and "Bad Boy" at Abbey Road studios.
1965 – The Rolling Stones record their first version of "(I Can't Get
No) Satisfaction" at Chess Records in Chicago, which features Brian
Jones on harmonica.
1965 – Bob Dylan plays the final night of his UK tour, performing his
second night at the Royal Albert Hall.
1966 – Entrepreneur Chet Helms invites Texas friend Janis Joplin to
San Francisco to audition for a group he's managing called Big Brother
and The Holding Company.
1967 – Mick Jagger and Keith Richards appear in Chichester Crown Court
in Sussex on drug possession charges stemming from the February 12
raid on Richards’ Redlands country home.
1968 – Reacting to the abuse of audience members by the police at a
Doors show at the Chicago Coliseum, Jim Morrison stirs up the crowd
and incites a riot.
1969 – At the invitation of Tricia Nixon, The Temptations and The
Turtles play at the White House. Turtles singer Mark Vollman falls off
the stage several times.
1969 – Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, The Move, Status Quo, The Tremeloes,
Marmalade, Love Sculpture and Van Der Graaf Generator all play at the
Pop & Blues Festival at the Nottingham County Football Grounds.
1969 – Janis Joplin and The Kozmic Blues Band appear at Cobo Hall in
Detroit, with opening acts Country Joe and The Fish, and Teegarden &
Van Winkle.
1970 – David Bowie wins the Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Song
for "Space Oddity."
1970 – The Jackson 5 makes their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan
Show, performing “The Love You Save” and an “I Want You Back”/“ABC”
medley. Also on the show are Sonny James, Roger Williams, and Gino
Tonetti.
1972 – Slade begins their first tour as headliners at St. George's
Hall in Bradford, with opening act Status Quo.
1974 – Eric Clapton records "I Shot The Sheriff" at Criteria Studios
in Miami, Florida.
1974 – The Who sell out four shows at Madison Square Garden - 80,000
tickets - in eight hours.
1974 – Led Zeppelin throws their second Swan Song record label launch
party with a swank dinner at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles, which
quickly devolves into a food fight.
1974 – Elvis Presley releases his single, “If You Talk In Your Sleep”
b/w “Help Me.”
1975 – Stevie Wonder performs a free concert in Washington D.C. to
celebrate Human Kindness Day.
1975 – Ella Fitzgerald performs with the Hamilton Philharmonic
Orchestra at their 25th anniversary benefit concert in Ontario,
Canada.
1980 – Bruce Cockburn and The Amazing Rhythm Aces are the musical
guests on Saturday Night Live.
1982 – New York Top 40 radio station WABC-AM plays John Lennon’s
“Imagine” as its final song before joining ABC’s all talk radio
format.
1985 – The Go-Gos announce their split up.
1986 – Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries actress Heather Locklear.
1988 – Several U.S. department stores refuse to carry Prince’s new
album Lovesexy because of the nude photo of the artist on the cover.
1991 – Madonna's tour documentary movie, Truth Or Dare, premieres in
New York City.
1994 – Rapper Tupac Shakur begins serving a 15-day county jail term
for attacking director Allen Hughes on a video set.
1994 – Barbara Streisand performs the first of two nights at the USAir
Arena in Landover, Maryland.
1997 – The Hillsborough Benefit gig takes place at Liverpool's Anfield
Stadium, featuring The Beautiful South, Manic Street Preachers, Dodgy,
Space, Stereophonics and The Lightning Seeds.
2000 – Michael Bolton loses his appeal on plagiarism charges for The
Isley Brothers song "Love Is A Wonderful Thing," and is ordered to pay
$5.4 million to the group.
2000 – Rapper Bobby Brown is arrested at the Newark Airport for
probation violations.
2003 – Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler receives an honorary doctorate
degree from Boston's Berklee College of Music.
2004 – Glen Campbell pleads guilty to extreme drunk driving and
leaving the scene of an accident, which occurred the previous
November. He is sentenced to 10 days in jail.
2005 – Seal marries model Heidi Klum.
2006 – Keith Richards is released from a New Zealand hospital after
undergoing brain surgery to relieve pressure in his head stemming from
a fall from a tree in Fiji.
2007 – Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason of Pink Floyd re-
unite for a show at the Barbican Centre in London to honor recently
deceased former member, Syd Barrett. David Gilmour is at the event but
appears separately.
2007 – U.S. hip-hop artist Akon apologizes after footage of him
dancing provocatively on stage with a 14-year old girl is posted on
the Internet. In a statement, the rapper said, "I want to sincerely
apologize for the embarrassment and any pain I've caused to the young
woman who joined me on stage, her family and the Trinidad community
for the events at my concert." The incident, which took place on April
12 at the Zen nightclub in Trinidad, leads telecommunications company
Verizon to pull out as a sponsor of his tour with Gwen Stefani.
2008 – Carrie Underwood joins the Grand Ole Opry.
2010 – Harlem's Apollo Theater unveils their Walk of Fame with bronze
plaques outside of the venue. James Brown, Michael Jackson, Smokey
Robinson, Little Richard and Ella Fitzgerald are among the first to be
honored.
2011 – The ornate iron gates to Strawberry Fields are removed and put
into storage to prevent further damage from tourists.
2013 – In the UK, New College Nottingham announces they will be
offering a two-year degree in heavy metal music in the fall, which
will include modules on the music business, the history of heavy metal
and its role in films and video games, and will show students how to
compose and perform heavy metal songs.
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