Play that funky music on May 8 – Born – Mary Lou Williams (1910) – pianist/composer/arranger with Charlie Parker. Robert Johnson (1911) – Blues singer/guitarist (“Dust My Broom”). Miyoshi Umeki (1929) – actress/singer (Flower Drum Song). Eric Ricky Nelson (1940) – singer/songwriter/actor (“Garden Party”). Toni Tennille (aka Cathryn Antoinette Tennille, 1940) – pianist/singer, Captain & Tenille. John Fred (aka John Gourrier, 1941) – John Fred and His Playboy Band. Jack Blanchard (1942) – Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (Tennessee Bird Walk). Jim Motorhead Sherwood (1942) – saxophonist for The Mothers of Invention. Danny Whitten (1943) – guitarist for Crazy Horse. Paul Samwell-Smith (1943) – bassist for The Yardbirds. Bill Legend (aka William Fifield, 1944) – drummer for T. Rex. Gary Glitter (aka Paul Gadd, 1944) – singer/songwriter. Richard Scar Lopez (1945) – Cannibal and The Headhunters. Keith Jarrett (1945) – Jazz pianist/composer. Chris Frantz (1951) – drummer for Talking Heads and The Tom Tom Club. Philip Bailey (1951) – Earth, Wind & Fire. Alex Van Halen (1953) – drummer for Van Halen. Billy Burnette (1953) – guitarist/singer/songwriter, Fleetwood Mac. Dave Rowntree (1964) – drummer for Blur. Darrell “Chris” Lighty (1968) – hip-hop artist manager. Darren Hayes (1972) – vocalist for Savage Garden. Enrique Iglesias (1975) – Spanish singer/songwriter. Martha Wainwright (1976) – Canadian folk singer. R.I.P. – LaVerne Andrews (1967) – Age 55. The Andrews Sisters. George Dewey Hay (1968) – Age 72. Founder of The Grand Ole Opry. Graham Bond (1974) – suicide. Age 36. The Graham Bond Organization. Neil Bogart (1982) – cancer and lymphoma. Age 39. Co-founder of Casablanca Records. Nappy Lamare (1988) – heart attack. Age 82. Jazz guitarist/banjoist/singer for Bob Crosby. Eddy Arnold (2008) – Age 89. Country music singer. Norm Ezell (2010) – cancer. Age 68. Guitarist for The Five Americans. Cornell Dupree (2011) – emphysema. Age 68. Jazz/R&B guitarist, founding member of Stuff. Album releases – The Beatles – Let It Be (1970) UK The Jackson 5 – ABC (1970) The Kinks – Preservation Act 2 (1974) Motörhead – The Golden Years (1980) (EP) Echo & The Bunnymen – Ocean Rain (1984) Bob Marley and The Wailers – Legend (1984) Paula Abdul – Shut Up And Dance (1990) Filter – Short Bus (1995) Events – 1941 – Anita O’Day, along with Roy Eldridge and Gene Krupa and His Orchestra, records “Let Me Off Uptown” in New York City. 1954 – The BBC bans Johnnie Rays Such A Night because of its suggestive lyrics. 1956 – Pat Boone records I Almost Lost My Mind at Universal Recording in Chicago. 1956 – Perry Como records More at Webster Hall in New York City. 1959 – Frank Sinatra records “High Hopes” at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. 1960 – The Browns perform The Old Lamplighter, Nina Simone sings “Little Girl Blue,” and Bess Myerson performs Grieg’s “Piano Concerto” on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1961 – On his 21st birthday, Ricky Nelson changes his recording name to Rick. 1961 – Elvis Presley releases his single, I Feel So Bad b/w Wild In The Country. 1962 – Sam Cooke releases his single, Bring It On Home To Me b/w Having A Party. 1962 – Beatles manager Brian Epstein visits the HMV store in London to have the January 1 Decca demo tapes transferred to 78 RPM vinyl. Disc-cutter Jim Foy likes what he hears and sends Epstein upstairs to see A&R man Sid Coleman, who refers Brian to George Martin at EMI Studios. 1963 – Major Lance records the Curtis Mayfield song, The Monkey Time. 1965 – Bob Dylan films his video for Subterranean Homesick Blues in an alley outside the Savoy Hotel in London. 1967 – Gerry and The Pacemakers announce they are breaking up. 1967 – Al Martino releases his single, “Mary In The Morning” b/w “I Love You And You Love Me.” 1969 – John, George and Ringo sign a management deal with former Rolling Stones manager Allen Klein and his company, ABKCO. McCartney refuses. 1972 – Billy Preston becomes the first rock artist to perform at Radio City Music Hall. 1976 – Willie Nelson appears on stage with Bob Dylan on his Rolling Thunder Review tour in Houston to sing Will The Circle Be Unbroken. 1976 – BBCs Radio One DJ Johnny Walker is fired when he refuses to play and promote The Bay City Rollers. 1976 – The Steve Miller Band releases their single, “Take The Money And Run” b/w “Sweet Maree,” on Mercury Records. 1976 – Former Lovin Spoonful singer John Sebastian hits #1 with Welcome Back, the theme song from the ABC-TV series Welcome Back, Kotter. 1977 – Olivia Newton-John makes her New York debut at the Metropolitan Opera House. 1978 – Donnie Osmond marries Debra Glenn. They are still married. 1990 – Tom Waits wins $2.5 million in his lawsuit against Frito-Lay for using his likeness in a commercial. 1991 – 55-year-old Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman files for divorce from his second wife, 21-year-old Mandy Smith, after two years of marriage. 1993 – Dire Straits Mark Knopfler receives an honorary music doctorate from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. 1996 – A Los Angeles judge rules against Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee and wife Pamela Anderson in their bid to keep Penthouse magazine from publishing still photos from an X-rated home movie that was stolen from their home. 1998 – The three remaining Beatles and Yoko One win an injunction to halt the release and sale of the 1962 Hamburg Star Club tapes by Lingasong Music Ltd., who is also ordered to turn over the original tapes. 2004 – Charlie Pride undergoes surgery in Dallas, Texas, to remove a blood clot from his brain. 2006 – Former MC5 bassist Michael Davis is badly injured in a motorcycle accident while riding in Detroit. 2006 – After a long court battle with the Beatles company Apple Corp., Apple Computer wins the right to keep their logo on their iTunes music store. 2006 – Keith Richards successfully undergoes brain surgery at Ascot Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, after complaining of headaches following his release from a hospital in Fiji days before for falling out of a tree. The Rolling Stones are forced to cancel a short European tour for Richards’ recovery. 2008 – Steve Winwood, along with Earth, Wind & Fires Maurice White and Philip Bailey, receive honorary doctorates from Bostons Berklee College of Music. 2013 – David Bowies latest video for his song The Next Day, which stars Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard, is pulled from YouTube over its graphic religious content.
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