May 16 Born –
Woody Herman (1913) – clarinetist/saxophonist, big band leader, The
Herd.
Wladziu Liberace (1919) – pianist/singer.
Betty Carter (aka Lillie Jones, 1929) – Jazz singer with Lionel
Hampton and Ray Charles.
Ted Kowalski (1931) – The Diamonds.
Isaac "Redd" Holt (1932) – Jazz drummer for The Young-Holt Trio.
Corinthian "Kripp" Johnson (1933) – The Del Vikings.
Billy Cobham (1944) – drummer for The Mahavishnu Orchestra and
Spectrum.
Nicky Chinn (1945) – British songwriter/producer ("Ballroom Blitz").
Robert Fripp (1946) – King Crimson.
Roger Earl (1946) – drummer for Savoy Brown and Foghat.
Barbara Lee Jones (1947) – The Chiffons.
Darrell Sweet (1947) – drummer for Nazareth.
Jock Bartley (1950) – guitarist for Firefall.
Jonathan Richman (1951) – singer/songwriter.
Richard Page (1953) – bassist/vocalist for Mr. Mister.
Hazel O’Connor (1955) – British singer/songwriter/actress.
Glenn Gregory (1958) – vocalist for The Human League and Heaven 17.
Boyd Tinsley (1964) – violinist for The Dave Matthews Band.
Krist Novoselic (1965) – bassist for Nirvana.
Janet Jackson (1966) – singer/songwriter.
Simon Katz (1971) – guitarist for Jamiroqua.
May 16 R.I.P. –
Django Reinhardt (1953) – brain hemorrhage. Age 43.
Ernie Freeman (1981) – heart attack. Age 58. L.A. session pianist/
organist.
Sammy Davis, Jr. (1990) – throat cancer. Age 64.
Marv Johnson (1993) – stroke. Age 54. R&B/soul singer ("You Got What
It Takes").
Brian Pendleton (2001) – lung cancer. Age 57. The Pretty Things.
Ronnie James Dio (2010) – stomach cancer. Age 67. Singer for Rainbow,
Black Sabbath and Elf.
Henry "Hank" Jones (2010) – Age 91. Jazz pianist for Marilyn Monroe's
"Happy Birthday, Mr. President."
Doug Dillard (2012) – lung infection. Age 75. The Dillards.
Chuck Brown (2012) – multiple organ failure. Age 75. Guitarist/singer,
“The Godfather of Go-Go.”
May 16 album releases –
The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds (1966)
Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde (1966)
Phil Ochs – Rehearsals For Retirement (1969) UK
The Who – Live At Leeds (1970) U.S.
The Carpenters – Now & Then (1973)
Neil Young – First Plane Outta Here (1974)
The Kinks – The Kinks Present A Soap Opera (1975)
Joe Walsh – "But Seriously, Folks…" (1978)
Hall & Oates – Livetime (1978)
Paul McCartney – McCartney II (1980)
Devo – Freedom Of Choice (1980)
Iron Maiden – Piece Of Mind (1983)
10,000 Maniacs – Blind Man’s Zoo (1989)
Pearl Jam – Binaural (2000)
Peter Frampton – Live In Detroit (2000)
Gov't Mule – Mo' Voodoo (2005)
The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
May 16 events –
1888 – Emile Berliner gives the first public demonstration of the
Gramophone to fascinated members of Philadelphia's Franklin Institute,
using a 7” one-sided disc with a two minute capacity, hand cranked to
30 RPM.
1953 – The Ames Brothers, with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and
Chorus, record “You, You, You” at Manhattan Center in New York City.
1953 – "Crazy, Man, Crazy" by Bill Haley and His Comets hits the
charts, and becomes the first rock and roll record to chart on
Billboard.
1963 – The Beatles make their second appearance on national BBC
television on the children's show Pops And Lenny, performing "From Me
To You" and “Please Please Me.”
1965 – The Rolling Stones' limo is attacked by female fans on the way
back to their hotel after a show in Long Beach, California, caving in
the roof of the car.
1965 – The Beach Boys appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing "Help
Me Rhonda," and Petula Clark sings "I Know A Place." Also on the show
is The West Point Glee Club.
1966 – Frank Sinatra records "Summer Wind" in Hollywood.
1967 – The Jeff Beck Group appears at the Corn Exchange in Bristol.
1967 – Lulu, Cat Stevens, The Herd, Georgie Fame, and The Tremeloes
all appear on the UK’s ITV show As You Like It.
1967 – Manfred Mann performs at the Industrial Ballroom in Norwich.
1968 – Tony Joe White records "Polk Salad Annie" at Fame Studios in
Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
1969 – Jefferson Airplane bassist Jack Casady is arrested at a hotel
in New Orleans for possession of marijuana.
1969 – John Lennon attempts to get a visa to visit America after his
previous visa had been revoked by the U.S. Embassy ten days earlier
because of his drug conviction in 1968.
1969 – Pete Townshend kicks a man off stage at a show at Fillmore East
and is arrested for assaulting a plain-clothed policeman who climbed
on stage to announce that there was a fire. Townshend spends the night
in jail and is fined $30.
1970 – Randy Bachman quits The Guess Who.
1970 – The Jackson 5 releases their single, "The Love You Save" b/w "I
Found That Girl."
1970 – Jefferson Airplane's Marty Balin is arrested in a Bloomington,
Minnesota hotel for possession marijuana and contributing to the
delinquency of minors with two teenage girls.
1972 – The Oakland Coliseum hosts The Baddest Soul Show Of 1972,
featuring Al Green, Etta James and Joe Simon.
1974 – Neil Young shows up unannounced at The Bottom Line in New York
City and plays an acoustic set of songs from his new album, On The
Beach.
1975 – Chubby Checker hosts an “oldies” edition of The Midnight
Special, featuring performances by himself, Bo Diddley, The Drifters,
Lesley Gore, The Angels, The Tymes, and Danny and The Juniors.
1976 – Patti Smith makes her UK debut at The Roundhouse in London.
1976 – Mayor James McGee of Dayton, Ohio, declares the day "Ohio
Players Day."
1977 – The London Evening Standard reports that Led Zeppelin singer
Robert Plant has been arrested at the Atlanta Airport for being drunk
and pulling a knife. Plant was at his home in Wales at the time of the
incident, and the person arrested was a man impersonating Plant.
1980 – The Carpenters' final television special, Music, Music, Music,
airs on ABC.
1980 – Queen's Brian May collapses on stage and is diagnosed as having
hepatitis for the second time.
1980 – Elvis Presley's doctor George Nichopoulous is brought before
the Memphis medical board and officially charged with 14 counts of
abusing his right to prescribe medication.
1980 – Former Buggles members Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn replace Jon
Anderson and Rick Wakeman in Yes.
1983 – NBC airs Motown's 25th Anniversary Special, which features
Michael Jackson's moonwalk debut.
1984 – Ozzy Osbourne is arrested in Memphis for staggering drunk down
Beale Street.
1984 – Prince and The Revolution release their single, "When Doves
Cry" b/w "17 Days."
1985 – Columbia Records hands over a royalty check for $6.5 million to
the USA For Africa Foundation for royalties earned on "We Are The
World" after only two months of sales.
1986 – Johnny Paycheck is convicted of shooting a man in a
misunderstanding occurring at a bar in Hillsboro, Ohio, and is
sentenced to 3 to 5 years in prison. He will be released after 22
months.
1986 – Elvis Costello marries his second wife, former Pogues bassist
Caitlin O'Riordan.
1987 – David Crosby marries long-time girlfriend, Jan Dance.
1998 – Keith Richards falls off a ladder while reaching for a book in
his Connecticut home, breaking several ribs which postpones dates on
The Rolling Stones’ Bridges To Babylon tour.
1999 – Diana Ross and Brandy star in the made-for-TV movie, Double
Platinum, which airs on ABC.
2000 – Prince changes his name back from the "Love Symbol" to his real
name.
2000 – An exhibition of Tony Bennett’s artwork, What My Heart Has
Seen, opens at the Catto Gallery in London.
2002 – Cher appears in the "A.I.: Artificial Insemination" episode of
Will & Grace.
2003 – Hoboken, New Jersey, re-names their postal station the Frank
Sinatra Station Post Office.
2007 – The city of Parma, Italy, honors musical performers Elvis
Presley, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and John Lennon by re-
naming city streets after them.
2010 – Paul McCartney tells Scotland's Sunday Mail newspaper that he
is convinced that the Beatles would have re-formed in recent years if
all the members had survived.
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