May 18 Born –
Meredith Willson (1902) – Broadway composer (The Music Man).
"Big" Joe Turner (1911) – Blues musician/shouter.
Pierino "Perry" Como (1912) – singer.
Kai Winding (1922) – Jazz trombonist with Benny Goodman and Stan
Kenton.
Lobby Loyde (aka John Lyde, 1941) – Australian guitarist/songwriter
("Early In The Morning").
Rod Dillard (1942) – The Dillards.
Albert Hammond (1944) – British singer/songwriter/producer.
Bruce Gilbert (1946) – Wire.
George Alexander (1946) – The Flamin' Groovies.
Feliciano "Butch" Tavares, Jr. (1948) – Tavares.
Joe Bonsall (1948) – The Oak Ridge Boys.
Bill Wallace (1949) – guitarist for The Guess Who.
Rick Wakeman (1949) – keyboardist for The Strawbs and Yes.
George Strait (1952) – Country music artist.
“Wreckless” Eric Goulden (1954) – British singer/songwriter.
Michael Cretu (1957) – Romanian musician, Enigma.
Toyah Willcox (1958) – singer/actress, Toyah.
Hugh Whitaker (1961) – former drummer for The Housemartins.
Russell Senior (1961) – guitarist for Pulp.
Billy Howerdel (1970) – guitarist/songwriter for A Perfect Circle and
Ashes Divide.
Jack Johnson (1975) – singer/songwriter/guitarist.
May 18 R.I.P. –
Leroy Anderson (1975) – cancer. Age 66. Composer ("Sleigh Ride").
Ian Curtis (1980) – suicide. Age 23. Joy Division.
Elvin Jones (2004) – heart failure. Age 76. Jazz drummer for The John
Coltrane Quartet.
Peter Jones (2012) – brain cancer. Age 45. Drummer for Crowded House.
May 18 album releases –
Brenda Lee – By Request (1964)
The Beatles – Let It Be (1970) U.S.
Yes – Yessongs (1973)
The Byrds – History Of The Byrds (1973)
Warren Zevon – Warren Zevon (1976)
Angel – Helluva Band (1976)
David Bowie – Lodger (1979)
Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Do It Yourself (1979)
Steve Earle – Exit O (1987)
KISS – Alive III (1993)
Janet Jackson – Janet (1993)
Jerry Lee Lewis – All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (1993) (box
set)
Grave Digger – Knights Of The Cross (1998)
AFI – Black Sails In The Sunset (1999)
Lenny Kravitz – Baptism (2004)
May 18 events –
1963 – Bob Dylan joins Joan Baez on stage at the Monterey Folk
Festival to sing the anti-war protest song, "With God On Our Side."
1963 – Jackie DeShannon makes her television debut, singing "Rock-A-
Bye Your Baby" and "Just In Time" on The Jackie Gleason Show.
1963 – The Beatles begin their third British tour at the Adelphi
Cinema in Slough, Buckinghamshire. Also on the tour are Roy Orbison,
Gerry and The Pacemakers, David Macbeth, Louise Cordet, Tony Marsh,
The Terry Young Six, Erkey Grant and Ian Crawford.
1964 – A riot breaks out in Hamilton, Scotland, when over 4,000
Rolling Stones fans with forged tickets gate crash the band’s gig at
the Chantinghall Hotel.
1964 – The Animals record "House Of The Rising Sun" in one take in
London
1964 – Paul McCartney appears on the BBC television show A Degree Of
Frost, with host David Frost, in an interview taped on April 15.
1966 – Bruce Springsteen and his band, The Castiles, hold their first
recording session at Mr. Music Inc. in Brick Town, New Jersey,
recording "Baby I" and "That's What You Get."
1966 – The Hollies record "Bus Stop" at Abbey Road studios.
1966 – While on tour in the UK, Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson are
filmed in a hotel room in Scotland singing several songs for the ABC
television show, Stage '66. The footage ends up in a documentary, Eat
The Document, but never makes it to TV.
1967 – Pink Floyd begins recording their next single, "See Emily
Play," at Sound Techniques Studios in Chelsea.
1967 – Stevie Wonder releases his single, “I Was Made To Love Her” b/w
“Hold Me” on the Tamla label.
1967 – A press release announces that The Beatles have been selected
to represent the UK on "One World:" the first-ever global-wide
satellite broadcast.
1967 – The Rolling Stones record "We Love You," with John Lennon and
Paul McCartney on backing vocals.
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience appears at Stadthalle in Offenbach,
Germany, performing four songs for the television show Beat Beat Beat.
1968 – Tiny Tim releases his single, "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" b/w
"Fill Your Heart" on Reprise Records.
1968 – The Grateful Dead, The Doors, The Steve Miller Band and
Jefferson Airplane all appear at the Northern California Folk-Rock
Festival in Santa Clara.
1969 – The 5th Dimension appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, singing
"Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In." Also on the show is Liza Minnelli
performing "You Made Me So Very Happy" and "Didn't We?"
1971 – The Band launches their first European tour in the Grote Zaal
at De Doelen in Rotterdam, Holland.
1975 – The Bay City Rollers and Three Degrees play a BBC-organized
"Fun Day" concert in Mallory Park in Leicestershire. 44 people are
injured in the craziness.
1978 – The movie The Buddy Holly Story, starring Gary Busey, premieres
in Dallas, Texas.
1978 – Bob Marley and The Wailers kick off theie 19-date U.S. leg of
their Kaya tour at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1981 – After almost 20 years with Motown, Diana Ross leaves the label
and signs a $20 million contract with RCA.
1986 – Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon
Jennings appear in the made-for-TV movie, Stagecoach, on CBS.
1988 – A Tampa judges gives original Byrds drummer Michael Clarke the
right to use "The Byrds" name for his touring group.
1988 – Fleetwood Mac plays the first of six sold-out nights at Wembley
Arena on their Tango In The Night Tour.
1988 – James Brown is arrested for possession of PCP and fleeing from
police barely six weeks after his April 4 arrest for assault with
intent to murder, when police are called to his Beech Island home in
South Carolina by his wife, who claims he is assaulting her again.
Brown spends the night in jail.
1993 – Sister Lovers, 18 Wheeler, Boyfriend and Oasis appear at King
Tut’s Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, Scotland, and Creation Records boss Alan
McGee is in the audience. After seeing Oasis, he claims, “I've found
the greatest rock 'n' roll band since The Beatles.” He will go on to
sign the group.
1994 – Michael Jackson marries Lisa Marie Presley in De La Vega, Santa
Domingo.
1997 – At Craven Cottage, Blur wins pop music's equivalent of the FA
Cup, the Music Industry Soccer Six, beating out competition Robbie
Williams, My Life Story and The Prodigy.
2000 – Madonna's movie director boyfriend, Guy Ritchie, is arrested
after kicking and punching a 20-year-old male fan outside her London
home.
2002 – Barry Manilow's television special, Ultimate Manilow, filmed at
the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, airs on CBS.
2003 – The Isley Brothers hit #1 with their album Body Kiss - their
first #1 album in 30 years.
2005 – Gordon Lightfoot plays his first show in more than two years at
Massey Hall in Toronto, after almost dying from an abdominal aneurysm
in 2002.
2010 – John Fogerty receives the BMI Icon Award at the BMI Pop Awards
at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, and Los Angeles declares it “John
Fogerty Day.”
2011 – John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for "'Lucy In The Sky With
Diamonds" sells for $237,132 at an auction in the U.S.
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