May 25 Born –
Hal David (1921) – lyricist.
Kitty Kallen (1922) – big band singer ("Little Things Mean A Lot").
Norman Petty (1927) – songwriter/producer, recording studio owner
("Mood Indigo").
Beverly Sills (1929) – opera singer.
Donnie Elbert (1936) – Soul singer.
Tom T. Hall (1936) – Country music artist.
Brian "Blinky" Davison (1942) – drummer for The Nice.
Jessi Colter (1943) – singer/songwriter.
Leslie Uggams (1943) – singer.
John "Poli" Palmer (1943) – multi-instrumentalist for Family.
Charlie Harper (aka David Perez, 1944) – vocalist for U.K. Subs.
Mitch Margo (1947) – The Tokens.
Klaus Meine (1948) – vocalist for Scorpions.
Jean Millington (1950) – bassist for Fanny.
Robby Steinhardt (1950) – violinist for Kansas.
Chuck Ruff (1951) – drummer for The Edgar Winter Group.
John Grimaldi (1955) – guitarist for Argent.
Paul Weller (1958) – The Jam and Style Council.
Lauryn Hill (1975) – The Fugees.
Wade Gontier (1978) – vocalist/guitarist for Three Days Grace.
Joe King (1980) – guitarist for The Fray.
May 25 R.I.P. –
Sonny Boy Williamson (1965) – heart attack. Age 53.
Roy Brown (1981) – heart attack. Age 55. Blues singer/songwriter
("Good Rocking Tonight").
Gary Usher (1990) – cancer. Age 51. Songwriter/producer, Sagittarius.
Brad Nowell (1996) – heroin overdose. Age 28. Sublime.
Jeremy Ward (2003) – heroin overdose. Age 27. The Mars Volta.
Domenic Troiano (2005) – prostate cancer. Age 59. The James Gang and
The Guess Who.
Desmond Dekker (2006) – heart attack. Age 64. The Aces ("The
Israelites").
Jay Bennett (2009) – painkiller overdose. Age 45. Producer, multi-
instrumentalist for Wilco.
May 25 album releases –
Young-Holt Unlimited – Oh Girl (1972)
Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells (1973)
AC/DC – Powerage (1978)
David Gilmour – David Gilmour (1978) UK
Spandau Ballet – Diamond (1982)
Dio – Holy Diver (1983)
Spandau Ballet – Parade (1984)
Death – Scream Bloody Gore (1987)
Mellow Man Ace – The Brother With Two Tongues (1992)
Robert Plant – Fate Of Nations (1993)
Donald Fagen – Kamakiriad (1993)
Marc Cohn – The Rainy Season (1993)
Anthrax – The Sound Of White Noise (1993)
Talisman – Humanimal (Part One) (1994)
The Pietasters – Ooloodoo (1995)
Tricky – Angels With Dirty Faces (1998)
Anti-Flag – A New Kind Of Army (1999)
Stone Temple Pilots – Stone Temple Pilots (2010)
May 25 events –
1951 – Marty Robbins signs a recording contract with Columbia Records,
where he will stay for 31 years.
1956 – Elvis Presley performs three shows at the Fox Theatre in
Detroit.
1958 – Peggy Lee records the first of three different versions of
"Alright, Okay, You Win."
1959 – Lloyd Price, along with the Ray Charles Singers, records the
songs for his next single, "I'm Gonna Get Married" and "Three Little
Pigs," which will prove to be Price's last #1 record.
1959 – Johnny Mathis releases his single, "Small World" b/w "You Are
Everything To Me."
1959 – To accommodate the growing interest in stereo recordings,
Billboard magazine splits its album chart into mono and stereo
listings.
1961 – Gidget Goes Hawaiian, starring teen idol James Darren and
Deborah Walley, premieres in Honolulu.
1961 – Ral Donner records "You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You
Lose It)" for Gone Records.
1965 – While on stage in Cardiff, Wales, The Kinks' Dave Davies slips
and falls into Mick Avory's drum set, knocking himself unconscious and
forcing the end of the show and tour.
1966 – Elvis meets his new record producer, Felton Jarvis, and begins
working on what will become the How Great Thou Art album.
1967 – John Lennon receives his Rolls Royce back from J.P. Fallon
Ltd., complete with psychedelic paint job.
1967 – Pink Floyd appears at the Gwent Constabulary Spring Holiday
Barn Dance at The Barn in Grosmont Wood Farm, Monmouthshire.
1967 – The Young Rascals record "A Girl Like You" in New York City.
1967 – The Beatles begin recording "It's All Too Much" at De Lane Lea
Recording Studios in London.
1967 – Bobby Darin's film Cop Out opens in theaters nationwide.
1967 – Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" enters the UK charts.
1969 – Led Zeppelin opens for The Who at the Merriweather Post
Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. It is the only time the two groups
appear together.
1969 – Fairport Convention holds a benefit concert at The Roundhouse
in London for their recently deceased drummer, Martin Lamble. Pink
Floyd is also on the bill.
1969 – Sam & Dave and Mary Hopkin appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, with
Sam & Dave performing "Soul Man" and "I Thank You," and Mary Hopkin
singing "Goodbye." Also on the show are Theodore Bikel, and The Primo
Family.
1971 – Elvis Presley releases his single, “Life” b/w “Only Believe.”
1973 – George Harrison releases his single, "Give Me Love (Give Me
Peace On Earth)" b/w "Miss O'Dell" in the UK.
1973 – Carole King holds a free concert in Central Park, with 100,000
people attending.
1978 – The Who play with Keith Moon for the last time at a concert
held at Shepperton Film Studios for the specific purpose of filming it
for inclusion in their movie, The Kids Are Alright.
1978 – Irish entrepreneur Paul McGuinness sees the band The Hype at
the Project Arts Center in Dublin and decides to manage them. They
will soon become U2.
1979 – Elton John plays the first of four nights at the Rossya Concert
Hall in Moscow.
1990 – Fleetwood Mac begins their Behind The Mask Tour at the PNE
Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada, with Squeeze as the opening act.
1992 – Tour manager for Boyz II Men, Khalil Roundtree is shot to death
is a scuffle in a Chicago hotel elevator.
1995 – A reel-to-reel tape of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards dating
back to 1961 is sold by Christie's auction house in London for
£50,250.
1997 – Bob Dylan is admitted to a Los Angeles hospital complaining of
chest pains, and is diagnosed with histplasmosis pericarditis. He
remains in the hospital for eight days.
1998 – Chicago mayor Richard Daly declares the week "Ramsey Lewis
Week," kicking off five days worth of events.
2000 – UK Supermarket chain ASDA cancels a signing tour planned to
promote Boyzone's Mikey Graham's debut solo single “Like An Angel”
after admitting that he used cannabis and had gone on alcohol benders
with his fellow Boyz.
2002 – One man suffers a heart attack and 30 others are injured in a
mosh pit melee at an Eminem show in Washington, D.C.
2004 – Madonna cancels three concerts in Israel when Palestinian
terrorist threaten to kill her and her children.
2005 – The Alameda County Sheriff's Office in California announces
that it is officially closing the stabbing case of Meredith Hunter,
the 18-year old who was killed at the 1969 Rolling Stones Altamont
free concert.
2007 – Former frontman for The Mindbenders, Wayne Fontana arrives at
Derby Crown court dressed as Lady Justice, carrying scales and a
sword, and is taken into custody after pleading guilty to lighting a
bailiff’s car on fire with him in it in 2005.
2009 – Producer and former member of Wilco, Jay Bennett dies in his
home just weeks after filing a $50,000 lawsuit against the band for
breach of contract and unpaid royalties.
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