May 23 Born –
Artie Shaw (1910) – clarinetist/composer, big band leader ("Begin The
Beguine").
Robert "Bumps" Blackwell (1918) – songwriter/producer ("Long Tall
Sally").
Betty Garrett (1919) – actress/dancer/singer (Take Me Out To The Ball
Game).
Helen O'Connell (1920) – singer ("Green Eyes").
Humphrey Lyttleton (1921) – British jazz trumpeter, band leader.
Rosemary Clooney (1928) – singer.
Robert Moog (1934) – inventor of the synthesizer.
"General" Norman Johnson (1941) – lead vocalist for Chairmen Of The
Board.
Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood (1944) – drummer for Parliament-Funkadelic.
Misty Morgan (1945) – Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan ("Tennessee Bird
Walk").
Danny Klein (1946) – bassist for The J. Geils Band.
Bill Hunt (1947) – keyboards and horns for ELO.
Rick Fenn (1953) – guitarist for 10cc.
Jim Mankey (1952) – guitarist for Concrete Blonde.
Theresa Bazar (1955) – British singer for Guys ‘N’ Dolls, and Dollar.
Simon Gilbert (1965) – drummer for Suede and Futon.
Phil Selway (1967) – drummer for Radiohead.
Freddie “Junior” Waite (1967) – Musical Youth.
Maxwell (aka Gerald Rivera, 1973) – R&B/soul singer.
Jewel Kilcher (1974) – singer/songwriter.
Richard Jones (1974) – bassist for Stereophonics.
Kate "KT" Tunstall (1975) – Scottish singer/songwriter.
Scott Raynor, Jr. (1978) – drummer for Blink 182.
May 23 R.I.P. –
Eddy Howard (1963) – cerebral hemorrhage. Age 48. Vocalist, big band
leader ("To Each His Own").
Will Sinnot (1991) – drowned. Age 30. Bassist for The Shamen.
Joe Pass (1994) – liver cancer. Age 65. Jazz guitarist for Ella
Fitzgerald.
Tommy Eyre (2001) – cancer. Age 51. Session keyboardist with Joe
Cocker.
Clifford Antone (2006) – Age 56. Austin, Texas club owner, founder of
Antone's Records.
May 23 album releases –
Marvin Gaye – Moods Of Marvin Gaye (1966)
Cilla Black – Surround Yourself With Cilla (1969)
The Who – Tommy (1969)
Rory Gallagher – Rory Gallagher (1971)
The Jackson 5 – Lookin' Through The Windows (1972)
Elton John – Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
Diana Ross – The Boss (1979)
KISS – Dynasty (1979)
Graham Parker – The Up Escalator (1980)
Bob Marley and The Wailers – Confrontation (1983)
Rod Stewart – Out Of Order (1988)
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts – Up Your Alley (1988)
The Ramones – Brain Drain (1989)
Wang Chung – The Warmer Side Of Cool (1989)
Stevie Nicks – Street Angel (1994)
Chris Isaak – Forever Blue (1995)
Everclear – Sparkle And Fade (1995)
Bad Brains – God Of Love (1995)
Squirrel Nut Zippers – The Inevitable (1995)
Chicago – Night & Day: Big Band (1995)
Don Henley – Inside Job (2000)
Matchbox Twenty – Mad Season (2000)
Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
XTC – Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) (2000)
Jeff Beck – Official Bootleg USA ’06 (2007)
May 23 events –
1938 – Glenn Miller signs on Ray Eberle as his vocalist for $35 a
week, and records "Sold American."
1940 – The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, along with Frank Sinatra and The
Pied Pipers, record "I'll Never Smile Again."
1960 – The Everly Brothers' former label, Cadence Records, releases
the single, "When Will I Be Loved" b/w "Be-Bop-A-Lula."
1963 – Paul Revere and The Raiders sign their first major label
contract with Columbia Records.
1964 – Elvis Presley's ninth movie, Follow That Dream, opens in
theaters nationwide.
1964 – Ella Fitzgerald hits #34 in the UK charts with her cover of The
Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," becoming the first outside artist to
have a hit with a Beatles song.
1965 – The Bachelors perform "Marie" and "I Believe" on The Ed
Sullivan Show. Also on the show is Liza Minnelli, performing "All I
Need Is One Good Break" and "Sing Happy." Other musical guests include
Pernell Roberts, Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra, and Kathy Kirby.
1970 – The Grateful Dead makes their UK concert debut at the Hollywood
Rock Festival in Staffordshire, England. Other acts at the festival
include Mungo Jerry, Black Sabbath, Traffic, Free, Ginger Baker's
Airforce and others.
1971 – Iron Butterfly breaks up.
1973 – Columbia Records fires Clive Davis over alleged misuse of
company funds.
1974 – George Harrison launches his own record label, Dark Horse.
1977 – San Francisco bans electric instruments from all further free
outdoor concerts, forcing the cancellation of an upcoming concert by
Jefferson Starship in Golden Gate Park.
1978 – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band begin their Darkness On
The Edge Of Town Tour at Shea's Buffalo Theatre in Buffalo, New York.
1979 – Tom Petty files for bankruptcy after his record label, ABC
Records, is sold to MCA.
1979 – The Third Barry Manilow Special airs on ABC-TV, with guest John
Denver.
1979 – The Who movie, The Kids Are Alright, premieres in New York
City.
1982 – The Central London chapter of the British Musicians Union puts
forth a resolution to ban synthesizers and rhythm machines from
sessions and live concerts fearing that it will put musicians out of
work.
1985 – Michigan governor James Blanchard declares the day "Aretha
Franklin Appreciation Day."
1987 – Twelve former members of The Doobie Brothers re-unite for a
Viet Nam Veterans benefit concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
1990 – Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason marries his second wife, Annette
Lynton, in London.
1991 – Photographer Michael Lavine takes the iconic shots for
Nirvana's Nevermind album at Jay Aaron Studios in Los Angeles.
1991 – In Tenerife filming a video for their new single, “Move Any
Mountain,” Shamen’s bassist Will Sinnott drowns while swimming off the
coast of La Gomera when he is pulled under by strong currents.
1992 – Freddie Mercury's will is read, which bequeaths the bulk of his
$17 million estate to his longtime companion, Mary Austin.
2000 – Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher walks out on the band mid-way
through a world tour. Guitarist Matt Deighton replaces him for the
remainder of the tour.
2002 – Cliff Richards launches a new line of wine, Vida Nova.
2006 – The King of Sweden presents the surviving members of Led
Zeppelin with the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm, recognizing them as
"great pioneers" of rock music.
2007 – The U.S. Library of Congress gives the first Gershwin Award to
Paul Simon for being "a performer whose lifetime contributions
exemplify the standard of excellence associated with the Gershwins."
2008 – Shirley Bassey is rushed to a hospital in Monaco for emergency
stomach surgery after complaining of abdominal pains.
2009 – Amy Winehouse cancels her UK comeback appearance at the Island
Records 50th anniversary concert due to ill health.
2010 – The Rolling Stones have their first #1 album in 16 years when
the re-release of Exile On Main St. hits the UK album chart's top
position.
2012 – The Official Journal of the American Academy Of Pediatrics
publishes a study by Erasmus MC University Medical Center in the
Netherlands, who announce they have drawn clear links between
listening to loud music, smoking marijuana and having "risky" sex,
based on their survey of 944 students from inner-city vocational
schools aged 15 to 25.
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