I heard it through the grapevine on May 14 – Born – Otto Klemperer (1885) – German composer/conductor. Sidney Bechet (1897) – Jazz saxophonist/clarinetist with Louis Armstrong. Lloyd Skip Martin (1916) – Jazz saxophonist with Les Brown and Nelson Riddle. Norman Luboff (1917) – arranger/publisher, choir director, TV and movie composer. Al Porcino (1925) – Jazz trumpeter with Mel Torme, Woody Herman and Stan Kenton. Will Dub Jones (1928) – The Coasters. Donald Bob Johnston (1932) – producer for Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash and Leonard Cohen. Bobby Darin (aka Walden Cossotto, 1936) – singer/songwriter. Charlie Gracie (1936) – rock and roll pioneer. Mike Preston (aka Jack Davies, 1938) – actor/singer (“Dirty Old Town”). Troy Shondell (1940) – American singer (This Time (Were Really Breaking Up)). Jack Bruce (1943) – bassist for Cream. Derek Lek Leckenby (1943) – guitarist for Hermans Hermits. Gene Cornish (1944) – guitarist for The Rascals and Bulldog, bassist for Fotomaker. Al Ciner (1947) – guitarist for The American Breed. Arthur Grant (1950) – bassist for The Edgar Broughton Band. David Byrne (1952) – Talking Heads. John Rutsey (1953) – original drummer for Rush. Steve Hogarth (1959) – vocalist for Marillion. C.C. DeVille (aka Bruce Johannesson, 1962) – lead guitarist for Poison. Ian Astbury (1962) – vocalist for The Cult. Fabrice Morvan (1966) – Milli Vanilli. Mike Inez (1966) – bassist for Alice In Chains. Danny Wood (1969) – New Kids On The Block. Steve Hillier (1969) – songwriter/producer, Dubstar. Shanice (aka Shanice Wilson-Knox, 1973) – R&B/soul singer. Natalie Appleton (1973) – All Saints, and Appleton. R.I.P. – Sidney Bechet (1959) – lung cancer. Age 62. Jazz saxophonist/clarinetist (Sheik Of Araby). Mary Ann Ganser (1970) – drug overdose. Age 22. The Shangri-Las. Keith Relf (1976) – electrocuted. Age 33. Singer for The Yardbirds. William Lear (1978) – leukemia. Age 75. Inventor of the 8-track tape and player. Thelma Carpenter (1997) – heart attack. Age 75. Jazz singer/actress, The Wiz. Frank Sinatra (1998) – heart attack. Age 82. Jimmy Martin (2005) – bladder cancer. Age 77. Bluegrass musician, King of Bluegrass. Album releases – The Platters – The Platters (1956) Donovan – What’s Bin Did And What’s Bin Hid (1965) UK Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969) The Carpenters – Carpenters (1971) Rory Gallagher – Live! In Europe (1972) AC/DC – High Voltage (1976) Heart – Little Queen (1977) Peter Frampton – Breaking All The Rules (1981) The Clash – Combat Rock (1982) Chicago – Chicago 17 (1984) Sade – Stronger Than Pride (1988) UK Oleta Adams – Circle Of One (1990) Paula Abdul – Spellbound (1991) Buzzcocks – All Set (1996) Amorphis – Elegy (1996) Def Leppard – Slang (1996) Depeche Mode – Exciter (2001) R.E.M. – Reveal (2001) Rush – Vapor Trails (2002) Events – 1937 – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra record Caravan in New York City. 1951 – Howlin Wolf records songs for a single, Moanin At Midnight and How Many More Years, at Sam Phillips Memphis Recording Service in Tennessee. 1952 – Tex Ritter records High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) for the movie of the same name. 1955 – Elvis Presley releases his fourth Sun single, Baby Lets Play House b/w Im Left, Youre Right, Shes Gone 1955 – Bo Diddleys anthem, Bo Diddley, reaches the R&B chart, where it will stay for 18 weeks. 1956 – Buddy Holly visits an optometrist and gets a prescription for contact lenses, but continues wearing his glasses, which will become his trademark. 1956 – Patti Page releases her single, Allegheny Moon b/w The Strangest Romance. 1957 – Nat King Cole records Send For Me with the Billy May Orchestra at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. 1957 – Elvis Presley is rushed to a Los Angeles hospital after swallowing a porcelain cap from one of his front teeth, which then lodged in one of his lungs. Elvis was rehearsing a dance routine for Jailhouse Rock when this occurred. 1959 – The juvenile delinquent film, Serious Charges, the first film to feature Cliff Richard, premieres in Britain. 1959 – Frank Sinatra records Talk To Me at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. 1960 – The Beatles - John, Paul, George, Stu and Pete - appear as The Silver Beats for the first and only time at the Latham Hall in Liverpool auditioning for promoter Brian Kelly. Also auditioning are The Deltones, and King Size Taylor and The Dominoes. The Silver Beats pass the audition, but are already booked by Larry Parnes as The Silver Beetles to back up Johnny Gentle on tour. 1962 – 15-year-old Helen Shapiro becomes the youngest entertainer to headline the London Palladium. 1963 – Lesley Gore records Judys Turn To Cry, with Quincy Jones producing, at A&R Studios in New York City. 1964 – Elvis Presley records Roustabout at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. 1964 – Jan and Dean begin recording Little Old Lady From Pasadena in Hollywood. 1966 – For a record ninth time in three years, The Kingsmens Louie Louie re-enters the charts. 1967 – The Turtles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing Happy Together and Shed Rather Be With Me. Other musical guests include Leslie Uggams, Enzo Stuarti, Aliza Kashi, and Tanya Solnik. 1968 – Elvis Presley meets with NBC producer Bob Finkel to discuss his upcoming television Christmas special. The result will be Elvis’ Comeback Special. 1968 – The Rascals record People Got To Be Free in New York City. 1968 – While in America promoting Apple, John Lennon and Paul McCartney appear on The Tonight Show. Johnny Carson is off, and former baseball player Joe Garagiola is the guest-host. The interview is a disaster and is cut short after Garagiola asks them which one is Ringo. 1977 – Following a Talking Heads show at The Rock Garden in London, Brian Eno goes backstage and meets David Byrne. 1979 – The Who movie, The Kids Are Alright, premieres at the Cannes Film Festival in France. 1985 – Michael Jackson receives a humanitarian award from President Reagan. 1987 – Frank Sinatra, who had played in South Africa before, suddenly condemns the Apartheid regime publicly, referring to President P.W. Botha as a bum. 1988 – Atlantic Records star-studded 40th anniversary celebration takes place at Madison Square Garden, featuring The Coasters, The Rascals, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Foreigner, Wilson Pickett, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Ben E. King, Genesis, Yes, and a Led Zeppelin reunion with Jason Bonham on drums. 1993 – Christies auction house sells a 1942 Martin D18 acoustic guitar used by Elvis Presley on his first Sun recordings for $152,312. 1997 – British soul singer Mark Morrison is jailed for three months and ordered to pay £350 in court costs for threatening a police officer with an electric stun gun outside an all-night supermarket in October 1996. 1998 – George Michael is convicted of committing lewd acts in an L.A. park bathroom and is fined $810 and ordered to perform 80 hours of community service. 2002 – Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Little Richard all receive the Icon Award at the 50th Annual BMI Pop Awards in Beverly Hills. 2002 – The musical We Will Rock You opens in the West End of London at the Dominion Theatre. Written by British comedian and author Ben Elton in collaboration with Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor, the musical has since become the longest-running musical at the Dominion. 2003 – Lawyers for Britney Spears and the Skechers footwear company settle a dispute over a deal for the pop star to market a line of roller skates and accessories. Spears filed a $1.5 million breach of agreement lawsuit against Skechers in December 2002, claiming the company failed to pay her adequately. Skechers responded with a $10 million lawsuit, accusing Spears of fraud and breach of the three-year licensing agreement she signed in January 2002. 2004 – While awaiting his murder trial, Phil Spector is arrested for fighting with his chauffeur at his mansion. He is later released after a court date is set. 2005 – Rapper 50 Cent is court ordered to stay clean and sober and take anger management classes to avoid jail time for assaulting three women at a concert in 2004. 2008 – Metallica kicks off their 26-date North American and European tour at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. 2011 – Country music singers Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are married in Boerne, Texas. 2013 – The Seekers’ Judith Durham is hospitalized in Melbourne, Australia, after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage following the group’s concert at Hamer Hall.
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