May 15 Born –
Norrie Paramor (1914) – British record producer.
Richard "Eddy" Arnold (1918) – Country music singer.
Ellis Larkins (1923) – Jazz pianist with Ella Fitzgerald.
Natalie Nevins (1925) – singer/flautist on The Lawrence Welk Show.
Wally Gold (1928) – singer/songwriter ("It's Now Or Never").
James Mitchell (1931) – saxophonist for the Memphis Horns.
Gordon Mills (1935) – songwriter ("It's Not Unusual").
Trini Lopez (1937) – singer/songwriter.
Leon “Lenny” Welch (1938) – singer (“Since I Fell For You”).
Kay Toinette "K. T." Oslin (1942) – Country music singer.
Freddie Perren (1943) – songwriter (“I Will Survive”).
Ian "Tich" Amey (1944) – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich.
Graeham Goble (1947) – founding member of Little River Band.
Brian Eno (1948) – keyboardist/producer, Roxy Music.
Gary Thain (1948) – bassist for The Keef Hartley Band and Uriah Heep.
Dennis Frederiksen (1951) – vocalist with Angel, Toto, and Le Roux.
Mike Oldfield (1953) – multi-instrumentalist/composer.
Andrew Eldritch (1959) – singer/songwriter for The Sisters Of Mercy.
Julian Brookhouse (1963) – guitarist for Curiosity Killed The Cat.
Jon Sevink (1965) – violinist for The Levellers.
May 15 R.I.P. –
Paul Gonsalves (1974) – Age 53. Saxophonist for Duke Ellington.
Johnny Green (1989) – Age 80. Songwriter/composer ("Body And Soul").
Barbara Lee Jones (1992) – heart attack. Age 44. The Chiffons.
Geoff Goddard (2000) – Age 62. British songwriter ("Johnny Remember
Me"), The Tornadoes.
June Carter Cash (2003) – complications from heart valve surgery. Age
73.
Clint Warwick (2004) – liver disease. Age 63. The Moody Blues.
Alexander Courage (2008) – stroke. Age 88. Film/television composer
("Star Trek").
Bob Florence (2008) – Age 75. Jazz arranger/pianist, session musician.
Bob Flanigan (2011) – congestive heart failure. Age 84. The Four
Freshmen.
May 15 album releases –
King Crimson – In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970)
The Beach Boys – Carl And The Passions "So Tough" (1972)
Bill Wyman – Monkey Grip (1974) UK
The Jackson 5 – Moving Violation (1975)
Squeeze – East Side Story (1981)
The Moody Blues – Long Distance Voyager (1981)
The Creatures – Feast (1983)
Stevie Ray Vaughan – Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)
Michael Jackson – Farewell My Summer Love (1984)
Mötley Crüe – Girls, Girls, Girls (1987)
Dio – Lock Up The Wolves (1990)
Testament – The Ritual (1992)
Opeth – Orchid (1995)
Supergrass – I Should Coco (1995)
Bad Religion – No Substance (1998)
The Go-Go’s – God Bless The Go-Go’s (2001)
Wilco – Sky Blue Sky (2007)
Coldplay – LeftRightLeftRightLeft (2009)
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
May 15 events –
1954 – Elvis Presley auditions for the house band at the Hi-Hat Club
in Memphis and is told he'll never be a singer.
1958 – Aspiring singer Kenny Rogers marries his first wife, Janice
Gordon.
1961 – Brenda Lee appears as Tina Davis in the "Teenage Thrush"
episode of Make Room For Daddy.
1963 – The Beatles perform at the Royalty Theatre in Chester: their
only appearance at the venue.
1963 – The 5th annual Grammy Awards take place at the Beverly Hilton
in Los Angeles. Album of the Year goes to comedian Vaughn Meader’s The
First Family, with Tony Bennett winning Record of the Year for “I Left
My Heart In San Francisco,” and Song of the Year going to Sammy Davis,
Jr. and Anthony Newley for “What Kind Of Fool Am I.”
1964 – The Smothers Brothers make their debut appearance at Carnegie
Hall in New York City.
1965 – Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" reaches #39 on the
singles chart, giving Bob his first Top 40 hit.
1965 – The Yardbirds' “For Your Love” enters the Billboard Hot 100 at
#84.
1965 – The Byrds' "Mr. Tambourine Man" hits the Billboard singles
chart.
1967 – Paul McCartney meets American photographer Linda Eastman at a
Georgie Fame show at the Bag O' Nails in London.
1968 – George Harrison and Ringo Starr attend the premiere of
Wonderwall at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
1970 – The Carpenters release their single, "(They Long To Be) Close
To You" b/w "I Kept On Lovin' You."
1971 – Pink Floyd, Faces, Mountain and Quiver all appear at the Garden
Party at the Crystal Palace Bowl in London.
1971 – Elvis Presley records "Merry Christmas, Baby" and “Silver
Bells” at RCA Studios in Nashville.
1971 – Two short films by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Apothesis and Fly,
are shown at the Cannes Film Festival. John and Yoko are both in
attendance.
1972 – The Temptations begin recording "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" at
Hitsville U.S.A. in Detroit.
1973 – Former back-up singers for Boz Scaggs and Elvin Bishop, The
Pointer Sisters make their stage debut on their own at the Troubadour
in L.A.
1974 – Ahmet Emuukha Rodan Zappa is born to Frank and Gail Sloatman.
1975 – Fleetwood Mac, featuring new members Lindsey Buckingham and
Stevie Nicks, play their first show in El Paso, Texas.
1977 – Procol Harum plays their final show together at New York's
Academy of Music.
1981 – Filling in for Bow Wow Wow at the last minute, and with no time
to rehearse, Public Image Ltd. performs a “video” show at the Ritz in
New York City, posing behind a screen while live music is played from
tapes. When the audience chants to have the screen raised, PiL
frontman John Lydon taunts them. The ruse lasts until the second song
begins, when a riot ensues and the screen is showered with beer
bottles and other objects, and they are booed off stage.
1982 – Ricky Scaggs joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1985 – Prince and The Revolution release their single, "Raspberry
Beret" b/w "She's Always In My Hair" in the U.S. On the UK single
release, the B-side is "Hello."
1986 – Bob Dylan signs on for his first serious acting role for the
film Hearts Of Fire.
1988 – Studio engineer John McBride marries Martina Shiff. Within four
years, Martina McBride will have an RCA recording contract. They’re
still married.
1991 – Backstage after a gig at the Norwich Arts Centre, while being
interviewed by New Musical Express journalist Steve Lamacq, Manic
Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards carves "4 Real" into his arm
with a razorblade.
1994 – Sting and Nancy Wilson of Heart receive honorary doctorates
from Boston's Berklee College of Music.
1995 – Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland is arrested in an
alley behind a motel in Pasadena for cocaine and heroin possession.
1996 – ITV broadcasts the earliest known footage of The Beatles: a
silent piece of film found in a home in Liverpool of the group
performing at the Casanova Club on February 14, 1961, with Pete Best
on drums.
1997 – Muzak releases four KISS songs that they inexplicably turned
into its patented "beautiful music."
1997 – Courtney Love sells the Seattle mansion she shared with Kurt
Cobain to a local family for $3 million.
1998 – Sonny and Cher get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for
their television show.
1999 – Rob Gretton, manager of Joy Division and New Order, dies at age
46 from a heart attack. He was a partner in Factory Records,
proprietor of the Rob's Records label, and a co-founder of The
Hacienda nightclub in Manchester.
2002 – Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay is assaulted by a photographer in the
street following the Star Wars II: Attack Of The The Clones premiere
in London.
2006 – Ashton "Family Man" Barrett, former bassist with Bob Marley's
Wailers, loses a lawsuit alleging that Island Records and Marley's
estate have failed to pay him millions in royalties.
2008 – Neil Diamond reaches #1 on the album charts for the first time
in his career with Home Before Dark.
2008 – A spokesman for record label Mercury Nashville announces that
Shania Twain and producer husband John “Mutt” Lang are separating
after 14 years of marriage.
2009 – Guess Who and Bachman-Turner guitarist Randy Bachman receives
Canada's highest civilian honor as an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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