Its only howling at the moon on May 21 – Born – Horace Heidt (1901) – big band leader, radio/television personality. Thomas Fats Waller (1904) – Jazz pianist/singer/composer. Dennis Day (aka Owen McNulty, 1916) – singer, radio/television personality. Albert Grossman (1926) – manager for Bob Dylan. Tom Donahue (1928) – influential DJ, manager of The Beau Brummels. Billy Wright (1932) – jump blues singer, “Prince of the Blues.” Sonny Forriest (1934) – guitarist for The Coasters. Tony Sheridan (1940) – British singer/songwriter. Ronald Isley (1941) – The Isley Brothers. Hilton Valentine (1943) – guitarist for The Animals. Vincent Crane (1943) – organist for The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Atomic Rooster. John Dalton (1943) – bassist for The Kinks. Marcie Blane (1944) – singer (Bobbys Girl). Bill Champlin (1947) – Sons Of Champlin and Chicago. Leo Sayer (1948) – singer/songwriter. Carl Carlton (1952) – R&B/soul singer/songwriter (“Everlasting Love”). Marc Ribot (1954) – session musician. Stan Lynch (1955) – drummer for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. Mike Barson (1958) – keyboardist for Madness. Tim Lever (1961) – keyboardist for Dead Or Alive. Kevin Shields (1963) – singer/guitarist for My Bloody Valentine. Martin Blunt (1964) – bassist for The Charlatans. The Notorious B.I.G. (aka Chris Wallace, 1972) – rapper. Lee Gaze (1975) – guitarist for Lostprophets. R.I.P. – Vaughn Monroe (1973) – complications from stomach surgery. Age 61. Singer/trumpeter. Morris Levy (1990) – liver cancer. Age 62. Music executive, founder of Roulette Records. Billy Walker (2006) – car crash. Age 77. Country music singer. Eddie Blazonczyk (2012) – Age 70. Polka musician, The Versatones. Trevor Bolder (2013) – pancreatic cancer. Age 62. Bassist for The Spiders From Mars and Uriah Heep. Album releases – Stevie Wonder – Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius (1963) Marvin Gaye – Whats Going On (1971) Blue Öyster Cult – Agents Of Fortune (1976) Saxon – Saxon (1979) Queen – Hot Space (1982) Joe Walsh – You Bought It - You Name It (1983) Marvin Gaye – Dream Of A Lifetime (1985) The Doors – In Concert (1991) Helloween – Pink Bubbles Go Ape (1991) Soundgarden – Down The Upside (1996) The Wallflowers – Bringing Down The Horse (1996) Jason Becker – Perspective (1996) Everything But The Girl – Walking Wounded (1996) Poison – Hollyweird (2002) Bad Company – In Concert: Merchants Of Cool (2002) Three Dog Night – Three Dog Night With The London Symphony Orchestra (2002) Soundgarden – The Classic Album Selection (2012) (box set) Events – 1940 – The Will Bradley Orchestra, with Ray McKinley on vocals, records Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar for Columbia Records. 1955 – Chuck Berry records Maybellene at Universal Recording Studios in Chicago. 1956 – Elvis Presley plays in Topeka, Kansas, for the first and only time at the Municipal Auditorium in front of 2,500 fans that rush the stage. 1956 – Brenda Lee signs with Decca Records. 1956 – Doris Day releases her single, Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) b/w You Made Me Love You (I Didnt Want To Do It), on the Philips label. 1957 – Paul Anka records Diana in New York City. 1959 – Jackie Wilson records Ill Be Satisfied for Brunswick Records. 1961 – Brenda Lee records “Dum Dum” at Owen Bradley’s Quonset Hut studio in Nashville. 1962 – Dee Dee Sharp records Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes) at Cameo Parkway Studios in Philadelphia. 1963 – The Beatles appear at the Playhouse Theatre in London to record songs for two BBC radio shows, Saturday Club and Steppin Out. 1963 – Little Stevie Wonder releases his single, Fingertips - Part 1 b/w Fingertips - Part 2. 1964 – After a series of concerts in England, Bob Dylan arrives in Paris for a vacation, staying with French singer Hugues Aufray, where he meets German model Nico. 1964 – Despite the death of their lead singer Rudy Lewis the night before, The Drifters choose not to re-schedule a studio session, hire Johnny Moore to sing lead and record Under The Boardwalk. 1965 – Bob Dylan records If You Gotta Go, Go Now at Columbia Studios in New York City. 1966 – Bruce Springsteens band, The Castiles, play at their senior prom at Freehold Regional High School in New Jersey. 1966 – Neil Diamond releases his single, “Solitary Man” b/w “Do It,” on Bang Records. 1967 – The Seekers appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing Georgy Girl. Also on the show is Petula Clark, who sings Dont Sleep In The Subway and a medley of her hits. Other musical guests include Birgit Nilsson and the Montreal Symphony, and pianist Ronald Turini, also appearing with the Montreal Symphony. The show is broadcast from Montreal’s Expo ’67. 1968 – Rolling Stone Brian Jones is arrested for possession of marijuana when the police raid his home. 1968 – The Monkees perform at Olympia Stadium in Salt Lake City. 1968 – Andy Williams appears at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Paul McCartney and girlfriend Jane Asher attend the show. 1970 – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young record Ohio at the Record Plant in Los Angeles. 1971 – Free disbands. 1971 – Frank Zappa and The Mothers - consisting of Aynsley Dunbar, George Duke, Ian Underwood, with former Turtles Jim Pons on bass, and Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman providing vocals as The Phlorescent Leach & Eddie - appear at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. 1972 – The 2nd British Rock Meeting concert takes place in Germersheim, West Germany, featuring Pink Floyd, The Doors, Curved Air, Faces, The Kinks, Rory Gallagher, Uriah Heep, Status Quo, The Strawbs, Buddy Miles, Atomic Rooster, Brinsley Schwarz and others. 1974 – Two would-be concert promoters are arrested by police on fraud charges in connection with selling mail-order tickets for an upcoming “Elten” John show in the U.S. Police take away over $12,000 in checks. 1975 – An airplane carrying The Osmonds is not allowed to land at Gatwick Airport in London for fear of rioting fans. 1976 – The Rolling Stones play the first of six nights at Earls Court in London. 1976 – Dennis Wilson marries his third wife, Karen Lamm, for the first time. 1979 – The Charlie Daniels Band releases their single, The Devil Went Down To Georgia b/w Rainbow Ride. 1980 – Gold albums of Jimi Hendrixs Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold As Love and Live At Monterey are stolen from New Yorks Electric Ladyland Studios. 1980 – Clash frontman Joe Strummer is arrested after smashing his guitar over the head of an unruly audience member at a show in Hamburg, Germany. 1980 – After cancelling a second concert due to poor ticket sales, Bob Dylan plays his last gospel show at Memorial Hall in Dayton, Ohio. 1981 – Bob Marleys funeral is held in Nine Mile in Jamaica with full state honors. 1982 – Madonna makes her UK television debut on the C4 music show The Tube, which is being broadcast live at the grand opening of the Hacienda Club in Manchester. 1983 – Former Doobie Brother Michael McDonald marries his first wife, singer Amy Holland. They are still married. 1992 – Bette Midler is the only guest on Johnny Carsons final night of hosting The Tonight Show. 1994 – Country music singer Trisha Yearwood marries the bassist for The Mavericks, Bobby Reynolds, on stage at the Ryman Theatre in Nashville. They stay married for 5 years. 2000 – Willie Nelson appears as himself in the Behind The Laughter episode of The Simpsons. 2003 – Paul McCartney is awarded an honorary doctorate in music from the conservatory of Russias St. Petersburg University. 2003 – Rueben Studdard wins the FOX television American Idol reality show. 2005 – Former East 17 singer Brian Harvey is rushed to the hospital after his second suicide attempt in less than a month. 2006 – Madonna kicks off her Confessions Tour, playing the first of three nights at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles. 2008 – Backstreet Boys and N Sync creator Lou Pearlman is sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for a decades-long scam that swindled thousands of investors out of their life savings. 2008 – Aerosmiths Steven Tyler checks into rehab to kick a pain pills and sleep meds habit. 2009 – Sting, Sheryl Crow, and The Canadian Tenors perform at the One Night Live benefit concert at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, raising $1.8 million for women’s and children’s causes. 2010 – U2 singer Bono has emergency spinal surgery after injuring himself during tour rehearsals.
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