Today In Oldies Music History: May 21 -- Births 1901: Horace Heidt 1904: Fats Waller 1918: Dennis Day 1941: Ronald Isley (The Isley Brothers) 1943: Hilton Valentine (The Animals) 1943: Vincent Crane (The Crazy World of Arthur Brown) 1943: John Dalton (The Kinks) 1944: Marcie Blane 1947: Bill Champlin 1948: Leo Sayer Deaths 1990: Morris Levy 2001: Tommy Eyre Events 1956: 2,500 fans storm the stage at the Municipal Auditorium in Topeka, KS during Elvis Presleys show there. 1960: Fabian is reported to be working on two upcoming movies: High Time, starring Bing Crosby, and North To Alaska, starring John Wayne. 1964: After performing in England, Bob Dylan takes a vacation in Paris, where he would meet German model Nico, for whom he would later pen the classic Ill Keep It With Mine. 1966: The Castiles, a band made up of five school kids from Freehold Regional High in New Jersey, perform at their own senior prom. Lead singer: future superstar Bruce Springsteen. 1968: Police raid the London flat of the Rolling Stones Brian Jones and find marijuana, which Jones claims was left behind by a friend; although already on probation, he is merely fined 150 pounds by a sympathetic judge. 1971: Free announce their breakup; two of the band members would go on to form Bad Company. 1976: The Rolling Stones begin the first of six nights residency at Londons Earls Court Arena, a tired series of shows, later immortalized on the Love You Live album, that lead to the first charge of dinosaur from the countrys burgeoning punk movement. 1979: Elton John plays the first of eight historic concerts in Moscow, making him the first rock star to perform there. 1980: Gold albums of Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced?, Axis: Bold As Love, Cry Of Love, Rainbow Bridge, and Live At Monterey are stolen from New Yorks Electric Lady Studios. 1980: After poor ticket sales cause him to cancel his second concert there, Bob Dylan his last gospel show in Dayton, OH, eventually returning to secular music. 1981: Bob Marley is laid to rest, with full state honors, in St. Anns, Jamaica. 1983: Ex-Doobie Brother Michael McDonald marries his first wife, singer Amy Holland. 1992: Johnny Carson, ending his 26-year tenure as host of NBC-TVs Tonight Show with his next-to-last show. The lone guest is Bette Midler, who famously sings a rewritten version of You Made Me Love You (as You Made Me Watch You) and a moving version of One For My Baby (And One More For The Road). 2003: Paul McCartney is awarded an honorary doctorate in music from the conservatory of Russias St. Petersburg University. 2008: Aerosmiths Steven Tyler, well-known for having overcome drug addiction decades earlier, shocks the rock world by checking into a rehab facility in Pasadena, CA. Releases 1968: Elvis Presley, Let Yourself Go 1971: Paul McCartney, Ram Recording 1940: Will Bradley, Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar 1955: Chuck Berry, Maybelline 1957: Paul Anka, Diana 1959: Jackie Wilson, Ill Be Satisfied 1962: Dee Dee Sharp, Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes) 1963: Stevie Wonder, Fingertips (Part 2) 1964: The Drifters, Under The Boardwalk 1965: Bob Dylan, If You Gotta Go, Go Now Charts 1966: Dusty Springfields You Dont Have To Say You Love Me enters the charts 1966: The Mamas and the Papas LP If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears hits #1 1977: Stevie Wonders Sir Duke hits #1 Certifications 1973: Sylvias Pillow Talk is certified gold
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