1957: The Everly Brothers appeared in concert for the first time on "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville, Tennessee.
1958: Connie Francis rose to #1 in the U.K. with "Who's Sorry Now".
1959: "Kansas City" reached #1 for Wilbert Harrison on the R&B chart. It would go on to post seven weeks at the top of that genre.
1959: "Kansas City" rose from 98 to 60 on the pop chart.
1963: "I Will Follow Him", Little Peggy March's big hit, was #1 on this date, followed by "Puff the Magic Dragon" from Peter, Paul and Mary and "If You Wanna' Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul. The Chantay's classic instrumental "Pipeline" was at #4 while Andy Williams had #5 with "Can't Get Used To Losing You".
1963: The Righteous Brothers and Lesley Gore each debuted with their first hits on this date. Gore opened with a bang with the smash "It's My Party" while Bobby & Bill had the hit "Little Latin Lupe Lu".
1963: The Beatles began a 30-week run at #1 on the U.K. album chart with their debut Please Please Me.
1965: The Byrds made their television debut singing "Mr. Tambourine Man" on the NBC show "Hullabaloo".
1967: The Supremes, Petula Clark, the Mamas & Papas and Bobby Darin starred on the ABC-TV special "Rodgers & Hart Today".
1967: The Bee Gees performed "New York Mining Disaster 1941" on the U.K. television show "Top of the Pops".
1968: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass released their 10th album, The Beat of the Brass. It would become their fifth #1 album, placing the group in the all-time top five in that department.
1968: "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro, one of the top songs in rock history, was #1 for a fifth week. Archie Bell & the Drells were headed there with "Tighten Up" while Gary Puckett & the Union Gap was at 3 with "Young Girl". Hugo Montenegro's instrumental "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" was #4 while the Box Tops fell from 2-5 with "Cry Like a Baby". The rest of the Top Ten: "A Beautiful Morning" by the Rascals, "Cowboys To Girls" form the Instruders at #7, "The Unicorn" was #8 for the Irish Rovers, Simon & Garfunkel shot up from 32 to 9 with "Mrs. Robinson" and the Beatles' former #1 "Lady Madonna" was at #10.
1970: The Soundtrack to Woodstock was released.
1972: John Lennon was a guest on "The Dick Cavett" television show and announced that the FBI had tapped his phone.
1993: Paul McCartney & Wings began their first tour in Bristol, England at the Hippodrome.
1974: Steely Dan released "Rikki, Don't Lose That Number".
1974: Led Zeppelin met Elvis Presley after a concert at the Los Angeles Forum.
1978: Queen concluded their News of the World tour with three sold-out shows at Wembley Arena in London.
1979: Rod Stewart appeared at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
1980: Thin Lizzy performed at The Guidhall in Preston, England.
1985: "Smooth Operator" reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for Sade.
1990: Ritchie Valens was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame posthumously by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
1991: Fairweather Johnson, the follow-up to the wildly successful Cracked Rear View album, debuted at #1 for Hootie & the Blowfish. It would turn out to disappoint, however. The Score, from the Fugees was #2, while Alanis Morissette was still at #3 in her 46th week with Jagged Little Pill.
1991: Roxette moved to #1 with "Joyride".
1995: Jimmy Vaughn, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Robert Cray performed in a tribute to the late Steve Ray Vaughan, who died in a helicopter crash. The five guitarists had played with Vaughan in his last concert on August 26, 1990.
1997: Ernie Fields (cover of "In the Mood") died.
2001: Oasis and the Black Crowes performed at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas.
2003: Noel Redding, bassist for the Jimi Hendrix Experienced, died in Ireland at the age of 57.
2007: The Mamas & Papas, Otis Redding and Al Kooper were inducted into the Hollywood Rock Walk.
Born This Day:
1941: Eric Burdon
1943: Les Chadwick of Gerry and the Pacemakers
1947: Butch Trucks, drummer of the Allman Brothers Band
1955: Gary Langan of Art of NoiseSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-day-in-rock-music-history-may-11.html
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1958: Connie Francis rose to #1 in the U.K. with "Who's Sorry Now".
1959: "Kansas City" reached #1 for Wilbert Harrison on the R&B chart. It would go on to post seven weeks at the top of that genre.
1959: "Kansas City" rose from 98 to 60 on the pop chart.
1963: "I Will Follow Him", Little Peggy March's big hit, was #1 on this date, followed by "Puff the Magic Dragon" from Peter, Paul and Mary and "If You Wanna' Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul. The Chantay's classic instrumental "Pipeline" was at #4 while Andy Williams had #5 with "Can't Get Used To Losing You".
1963: The Righteous Brothers and Lesley Gore each debuted with their first hits on this date. Gore opened with a bang with the smash "It's My Party" while Bobby & Bill had the hit "Little Latin Lupe Lu".
1963: The Beatles began a 30-week run at #1 on the U.K. album chart with their debut Please Please Me.
1965: The Byrds made their television debut singing "Mr. Tambourine Man" on the NBC show "Hullabaloo".
1967: The Supremes, Petula Clark, the Mamas & Papas and Bobby Darin starred on the ABC-TV special "Rodgers & Hart Today".
1967: The Bee Gees performed "New York Mining Disaster 1941" on the U.K. television show "Top of the Pops".
1968: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass released their 10th album, The Beat of the Brass. It would become their fifth #1 album, placing the group in the all-time top five in that department.
1968: "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro, one of the top songs in rock history, was #1 for a fifth week. Archie Bell & the Drells were headed there with "Tighten Up" while Gary Puckett & the Union Gap was at 3 with "Young Girl". Hugo Montenegro's instrumental "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" was #4 while the Box Tops fell from 2-5 with "Cry Like a Baby". The rest of the Top Ten: "A Beautiful Morning" by the Rascals, "Cowboys To Girls" form the Instruders at #7, "The Unicorn" was #8 for the Irish Rovers, Simon & Garfunkel shot up from 32 to 9 with "Mrs. Robinson" and the Beatles' former #1 "Lady Madonna" was at #10.
1970: The Soundtrack to Woodstock was released.
1972: John Lennon was a guest on "The Dick Cavett" television show and announced that the FBI had tapped his phone.
1993: Paul McCartney & Wings began their first tour in Bristol, England at the Hippodrome.
1974: Steely Dan released "Rikki, Don't Lose That Number".
1974: Led Zeppelin met Elvis Presley after a concert at the Los Angeles Forum.
1978: Queen concluded their News of the World tour with three sold-out shows at Wembley Arena in London.
1979: Rod Stewart appeared at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
1980: Thin Lizzy performed at The Guidhall in Preston, England.
1985: "Smooth Operator" reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for Sade.
1990: Ritchie Valens was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame posthumously by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
1991: Fairweather Johnson, the follow-up to the wildly successful Cracked Rear View album, debuted at #1 for Hootie & the Blowfish. It would turn out to disappoint, however. The Score, from the Fugees was #2, while Alanis Morissette was still at #3 in her 46th week with Jagged Little Pill.
1991: Roxette moved to #1 with "Joyride".
1995: Jimmy Vaughn, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Robert Cray performed in a tribute to the late Steve Ray Vaughan, who died in a helicopter crash. The five guitarists had played with Vaughan in his last concert on August 26, 1990.
1997: Ernie Fields (cover of "In the Mood") died.
2001: Oasis and the Black Crowes performed at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas.
2003: Noel Redding, bassist for the Jimi Hendrix Experienced, died in Ireland at the age of 57.
2007: The Mamas & Papas, Otis Redding and Al Kooper were inducted into the Hollywood Rock Walk.
Born This Day:
1941: Eric Burdon
1943: Les Chadwick of Gerry and the Pacemakers
1947: Butch Trucks, drummer of the Allman Brothers Band
1955: Gary Langan of Art of NoiseSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-day-in-rock-music-history-may-11.html
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