Mayday, Mayday, May 1 – Born – Kate Smith (1907) – singer (God Bless America). George Melachrino (1909) – composer, orchestra leader. Big Maybelle (aka Mabel Smith, 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 (“Both Sides Now”). John Abdnor (1940) – Jon & Robin, The In Crowd. Marva Whitney (1944) – Funk singer with The James Brown Revue. 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. DArcy Wretzky (1968) – former bassist for Smashing Pumpkins. Bernard Butler (1970) – Suede, and The Tears. R.I.P. – Lindley Spike Jones (1965) – emphysema. Age 53. Spike Jones and His City Slickers. Gordon Jenkins (1984) – Lou Gehrigs 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”). Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly (2013) – drug overdose. Age 34. Rapper, Kris Kross. 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) 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 Snows 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 Freeds 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, Hermans 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 – Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. They stay married for six years. 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. 1972 – The Eagles release their debut single, “Take It Easy” b/w “Get You In The Mood.” 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 Los Angeles 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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