Happy Birthday Junior, great song writer!
This solo effort made 10 in the UK chart in 1972, any knowledge of success
in the USA?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX5A14-ZWx4
On Wednesday, 1 May 2013 14:53:43 UTC+1, Eidem wrote:
> May 1 Born –
> Kate Smith (1907) – singer ("God Bless America").
> George Melachrino (1909) – composer, orchestra leader.
> Big Maybelle (1924) – R&B singer ("Candy").
> Sonny James (aka James Loden, 1929) – Country music singer/songwriter.
> Little Walter (aka Marion Jacobs, 1930) – Blues harmonica player.
> Titus Turner (1933) – R&B/blues singer/songwriter ("Leave My Kitten
> Alone").
> Shirley Horn (1934) – Jazz singer/pianist.
> Judy Collins (1939) – singer/songwriter.
> Rita Coolidge (1945) – singer/songwriter.
> Nick Fortuna (1946) – bassist for The Buckinghams.
> Jim Clench (1949) – Canadian bassist for April Wine and Bachman-Turner
> Overdrive.
> Ray Parker, Jr. (1954) – songwriter/singer ("Ghostbusters").
> Rick Driscoll (1957) – guitarist/vocalist for Kenny.
> Steve Farris (1957) – guitarist for Mr. Mister.
> Phil Smith (1959) – saxophonist for Haircut 100.
> Owen Paul McGee (1962) – Mike + the Mechanics.
> Johnny Colt (1966) – original bassist for The Black Crowes.
> Tim McGraw (1967) – Country music artist.
> D'Arcy Wretzky (1968) – former bassist for Smashing Pumpkins.
> Bernard Butler (1970) – Suede, and The Tears.
>
> May 1 R.I.P. –
> Spike Jones (1965) – emphysema. Age 53. Spike Jones and His City
> Slickers.
> Gordon Jenkins (1984) – Lou Gehrig's disease. Age 73. Composer/
> arranger for Capitol Records.
> Hugo Peretti (1986) – Age 69. Songwriter/producer ("The Lion Sleeps
> Tonight").
> Sergio Franchi (1990) – brain cancer. Age 64. Italian singer/
> entertainer.
> Johnny Paris (2006) – sepsis and pneumonia. Age 65. Johnny and The
> Hurricanes.
> Jim Hager (2008) – heart attack. Age 66. Country music singer, The
> Hager Twins.
> Rob McConnell (2010) – cancer. Age 75. Canadian jazz trombonist.
> Charles “Skip” Pitts (2012) – cancer. Age 65. Blues/funk session
> guitarist (“Shaft”).
>
> May 1 album releases –
> Elvis Presley – Speedway (1968)
> Bob Dylan – Possum Belly Overalls (1970)
> Jethro Tull – Benefit (1970) UK
> The Jeff Beck Group – Jeff Beck Group (1972) U.S.
> James Taylor – Gorilla (1975)
> Elvis Presley – From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee
> (1976)
> Deacon Blue – Raintown (1987) UK
> Fairground Attraction – The First Of A Million Kisses (1988)
> The Cure – Disintegration (1989)
> Rory Gallagher – Fresh Evidence (1990)
> Flotsam And Jetsam – When The Storm Comes Down (1990)
> Dixie Chicks – Little Ol’ Cowgirl (1992)
> The Vaselines – The Way Of The Vaselines: A Complete History (1992)
> Stevie Nicks – Trouble In Shangri-la (2001)
> Dinosaur Jr. – Beyond (2007)
> Rush – Snakes & Arrows (2007)
>
> May 1 events –
> 1931 – The Kate Smith Hour radio show begins airing on CBS.
> 1939 – Tommy Dorsey records "Lonesome Road" for the Victor label in
> New York City.
> 1945 – Frank Sinatra, along with The Ken Lane Singers, records “If I
> Loved You” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone” in Hollywood.
> 1954 – Andy Griffith makes his debut at the Grand Ole Opry.
> 1955 – Muddy Waters introduces Leonard Chess to Chuck Berry at Chess
> studios in Chicago. Berry auditions and is signed on the spot after
> playing his hillbilly rendition of “Ida Red.”
> 1955 – On tour with Hank Snow's All Star Jamboree, Elvis Presley plays
> three shows at the Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans.
> 1956 – Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra, featuring Eddie Heywood on
> piano, record "Canadian Sunset" in New York City.
> 1956 – Johnny Cash releases his single, “I Walk The Line” b/w “Get
> Rhythm” on Sun Records.
> 1957 – The Kingston Trio forms in Palo Alto, California.
> 1957 – The first edition of 16 magazine hits the newsstands, with
> Elvis Presley featured on the cover.
> 1958 – Alan Freed's Big Beat Show plays two shows at the Syria Mosque
> in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, featuring Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Jerry
> Lee Lewis, Danny and The Juniors, The Pastels, Frankie Lymon and The
> Teenagers, The Diamonds, Dickie Doo and The Don’ts, Jo Ann Campbell,
> Ed Townsend and others.
> 1960 – Johnny Horton appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, singing "Sink
> The Bismark." Also on the show is Dean Jones, who sings “I Concentrate
> On You.”
> 1966 – The Beatles give their final live performance in Britain at the
> New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert at Wembley. Also on the bill
> are The Spencer Davis Group, The Fortunes, Herman's Hermits, Roy
> Orbison, The Overlanders, The Alan Price Set, Cliff Richard and The
> Shadows, The Rolling Stones, The Seekers, The Small Faces, Sounds
> Incorporated, Dusty Springfield, Crispian St. Peters, The Walker
> Brothers, The Who, The Yardbirds and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick &
> Tich.
> 1966 – James Brown sings a medley of his hits, and The Supremes
> perform “Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart” and “More” on The Ed
> Sullivan Show.
> 1967 – Beach Boy Carl Wilson is arrested by the FBI for draft-dodging.
> 1967 – Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel
> in Las Vegas.
> 1967 – The Hollies record “Carrie Ann” at Abbey Road studios in two
> takes.
> 1969 – Bob Dylan tapes his appearance for The Johnny Cash Show at the
> Ryman Theater in Nashville.
> 1969 – Elton John and Bernie Taupin begin collaborating together.
> 1970 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience - now with Billy Cox on bass -
> appears at the Milwaukee Auditorium in Wisconsin.
> 1973 – Washington D.C. Mayor Walter Washington declares the day
> "Marvin Gaye Day."
> 1973 – The Carpenters perform at the White House for President and
> Mrs. Nixon and West German Chancellor Willy Brandt.
> 1975 – The Rolling Stones perform "Brown Sugar" on a flatbed truck
> driving down 5th Avenue in Greenwich Village in New York City to
> announce their upcoming tour.
> 1977 – The Clash begins their first UK tour as headliners at the Civic
> Hall in Guildford - with openers The Jam and The Buzzcocks - on their
> White Riot Tour.
> 1979 – Elton John becomes the first pop star to perform a concert in
> Israel when he plays a concert at the Philharmonic Hall in Zion.
> 1979 – Rod Stewart plays the first of two sold out nights at the
> Uptown Theatre in Chicago.
> 1984 – Mick Fleetwood files for bankruptcy in the U.S.
> 1986 – The Rolling Stones begin the first of two days filming their
> music video “One Hit (To The Body)” at Elstree Studios in
> Herfordshire.
> 1989 – Police are called to a Zales jewelry store in L.A. by employees
> who are suspicious of a customer, who turns out to be Michael Jackson
> in disguise.
> 1993 – Charlie Pride joins the Grand Ole Opry.
> 1997 – Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt is rushed to the hospital for
> emergency open heart surgery.
> 1997 – The house where Kurt Cobain committed suicide goes up for sale
> for $3 million. However, the carriage house where Cobain died has been
> torn down.
> 1999 – The Paintings Of Paul McCartney exhibit opens at the Lyz Art
> Forum in Siegen, Germany.
> 2000 – Former Village Voice writer Jimmy McDonough sues Neil Young for
> $1.8 million in civil court for backing out of his agreement to
> authorize a biography McDonough spent years writing.
> 2003 – Barry White suffers a stroke, which paralyzes the right side of
> his body, while being treated for kidney failure. He will live for two
> more months.
> 2005 – Coldplay becomes the first British band since The Beatles to
> have a record debut in the U.S. Top 10, when their single "Speed Of
> Sound" enters the chart at # 8. In 1968, The Beatles’ “Hey Jude” was
> the first and only other British single to do so.
> 2011 – Victor Willis, the “policeman” for The Village People, sues
> Can’t Stop Productions and his former bandmates for $1.5 million in
> back royalties.
>
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