1958: The movie "Let's Rock", starring Paul Anka, Danny & the Juniors and the Royal Teens opened to audiences.
1960: Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley appeared on Sinatra's Welcome Home Elvis television special on ABC. Elvis sang "Witchcraft" while Sinatra sang Elvis's hit "Love Me Tender".
1962: The Temptations had their first chart hit with "Dream Come True".
1962: Billboard announced that "Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean was the top jukebox song of 1961.
1963: Bob Dylan walked out of rehearsals for The Ed Sullivan Show after CBS censors told him he could not perform "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues".
1964: "The Days of Wine and Roses" was named Best Song at the Grammy Awards.
1967: Pink Floyd played Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, experimenting with quadrophonic sound.
1967: A British radio station debuted Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in its entirety.
1967: Archie Bell of the Drells was drafted into the United States military for a tour of Vietnam.
1971: Jerry Lee Lewis divorced his cousin Myra.
1971: Mick Jagger married Bianca Perez Morena de Macias in St. Tropez. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills and the other members of the Stones were in attendance.
1972: The Rolling Stones released the album Exile on Main Street.
1973: "Daniel" reached #1 for Elton John on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1973: It was one of the best times for music in rock history. "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" was #1 for Dawn, with Stevie Wonder moving up to #2 with "You Are thhe Sunshine of My Life". Sweet's "Little Willy" remained at #3, War was at 4 with "The Cisco Kid" and Dobie Gray had #5 with "Drift Away". The rest of the Top Ten: "Stuck in the Middle With You" by Stealers Wheel, the Edgar Winter Group's classic "Frankenstein" at #7, Vicki Lawrence at #8 with her former #1 "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia", "Daniel" entering the top ten at #9 for Elton John and Donny Osmond at #10 with "The Twelfth Of Never".
1975: Jefferson Starship gave a free concert in New York City's Central Park to commemorate the group's 10th anniversary.
1977: The song "Hotel California" by the Eagles was certified gold.
1979: Jefferson Starship gave a free concert in San Francisco, introducing new lead singer Mickey Thomas.
1979: "Love Is the Answer", the timeless song from England Dan & John Ford Coley, remained at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1983: Meat Loaf filed for bankruptcy.
1984: "Hello" spent a sixth week at #1 for Lionel Richie on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1984: "Hello" also hit #1 on the popular chart, taking down the great Phil Collins song "Against All Odds". The Thompson Twins had #3 "Hold Me Now" while Deniece Williams was climbing fast with "Let's Heart It For the Boy", another single from the movie Footloose. The rest of the Top Ten: Rick Springfield's rocker "Love Somebody", Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson teamed up for #6 "To All the Girls I've Loved Before", the Cars held steady at 7 with "You Might Think", "Footloose" was #8 for Kenny Loggins, Steve Perry's first solo hit "Oh Sherrie" entered the top 10 at #9 and Cyndi Lauper had #10--"Time After Time".
1985: Lionel Richie earned an honorary Doctor of Music degree from his alma mater of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
1990: Former Eagles members Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Timothy B. Schmidt perform together at a rock and roll convention in Los Angeles.
Ummm--perhaps Man of the Century?
1992: Paul Simon and Billy Joel met with the great Mikhail Gorbachev, who gave so many people freedom.
1995: Peter Tork of the Monkees made an appearance on the ABC-TV show Boy Meets World.
1998: Garbage released their second album Version 2.0.
2000: Thieves stole the gates to the famous children's home Strawberry Fields in Liverpool, England. A scrap dealer later saves the day by turning them in.
2001: The great Perry Como, whose recording and television career spanned 50 years and whose popularity spanned generations, died shortly before his 89th birthday.
2002: Dionne Warwick was arrested at Miami International Airport after baggage screeners found 11 marijuana cigarettes inside her lipstick container.
2002: Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton found out that his Cape Cod home was destroyed by fire. The house was under construction at the time.
2003: The great jazz artist and pianist Diana Krall confirmed her engagement to Elvis Costello.
2004: John Whitehead of the duo McFadden & Whitehead ("Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now", the platinum single from 1979) was shot dead while fixing his car by an unknown assailant. He was 55.
2006: Guns N' Roses played at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, previewing six songs from their upcoming Chinese Democracy album.
Born This Day:
1929: Burt Bacharach, who wrote "Close To You" and most of Dionne Warwick's hits, was born in Kansas City, Missouri
1942: Billy Swan, who gave us "I Can Help" in 1974, was born in Cape Giradeau, Missouri
1944: James Purify (of James & Bobby Purify--"I'm Your Puppet") was born in Pensacola, Florida
1946: Ian McLagen of Small Faces and Faces was born in Hounslow, England
Winwood joined the Spencer Davis Group at age 15
1948: Steve Winwood, member of Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith and Traffic and huge solo star, was born in Birmingham, England
1950: Billy Squier was born in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts
1958: Eric Singer, drummer for Kiss
1961: Billy Duffy of the Cult
1967: Paul D'Amour, guitarist of ToolSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-day-in-rock-music-history-may-12.html
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1960: Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley appeared on Sinatra's Welcome Home Elvis television special on ABC. Elvis sang "Witchcraft" while Sinatra sang Elvis's hit "Love Me Tender".
1962: The Temptations had their first chart hit with "Dream Come True".
1962: Billboard announced that "Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean was the top jukebox song of 1961.
1963: Bob Dylan walked out of rehearsals for The Ed Sullivan Show after CBS censors told him he could not perform "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues".
1964: "The Days of Wine and Roses" was named Best Song at the Grammy Awards.
1967: Pink Floyd played Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, experimenting with quadrophonic sound.
1967: A British radio station debuted Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in its entirety.
1967: Archie Bell of the Drells was drafted into the United States military for a tour of Vietnam.
1971: Jerry Lee Lewis divorced his cousin Myra.
1971: Mick Jagger married Bianca Perez Morena de Macias in St. Tropez. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills and the other members of the Stones were in attendance.
1972: The Rolling Stones released the album Exile on Main Street.
1973: "Daniel" reached #1 for Elton John on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1973: It was one of the best times for music in rock history. "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" was #1 for Dawn, with Stevie Wonder moving up to #2 with "You Are thhe Sunshine of My Life". Sweet's "Little Willy" remained at #3, War was at 4 with "The Cisco Kid" and Dobie Gray had #5 with "Drift Away". The rest of the Top Ten: "Stuck in the Middle With You" by Stealers Wheel, the Edgar Winter Group's classic "Frankenstein" at #7, Vicki Lawrence at #8 with her former #1 "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia", "Daniel" entering the top ten at #9 for Elton John and Donny Osmond at #10 with "The Twelfth Of Never".
1975: Jefferson Starship gave a free concert in New York City's Central Park to commemorate the group's 10th anniversary.
1977: The song "Hotel California" by the Eagles was certified gold.
1979: Jefferson Starship gave a free concert in San Francisco, introducing new lead singer Mickey Thomas.
1979: "Love Is the Answer", the timeless song from England Dan & John Ford Coley, remained at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1983: Meat Loaf filed for bankruptcy.
1984: "Hello" spent a sixth week at #1 for Lionel Richie on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1984: "Hello" also hit #1 on the popular chart, taking down the great Phil Collins song "Against All Odds". The Thompson Twins had #3 "Hold Me Now" while Deniece Williams was climbing fast with "Let's Heart It For the Boy", another single from the movie Footloose. The rest of the Top Ten: Rick Springfield's rocker "Love Somebody", Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson teamed up for #6 "To All the Girls I've Loved Before", the Cars held steady at 7 with "You Might Think", "Footloose" was #8 for Kenny Loggins, Steve Perry's first solo hit "Oh Sherrie" entered the top 10 at #9 and Cyndi Lauper had #10--"Time After Time".
1985: Lionel Richie earned an honorary Doctor of Music degree from his alma mater of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
1990: Former Eagles members Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Timothy B. Schmidt perform together at a rock and roll convention in Los Angeles.
Ummm--perhaps Man of the Century?
1992: Paul Simon and Billy Joel met with the great Mikhail Gorbachev, who gave so many people freedom.
1995: Peter Tork of the Monkees made an appearance on the ABC-TV show Boy Meets World.
1998: Garbage released their second album Version 2.0.
2000: Thieves stole the gates to the famous children's home Strawberry Fields in Liverpool, England. A scrap dealer later saves the day by turning them in.
2001: The great Perry Como, whose recording and television career spanned 50 years and whose popularity spanned generations, died shortly before his 89th birthday.
2002: Dionne Warwick was arrested at Miami International Airport after baggage screeners found 11 marijuana cigarettes inside her lipstick container.
2002: Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton found out that his Cape Cod home was destroyed by fire. The house was under construction at the time.
2003: The great jazz artist and pianist Diana Krall confirmed her engagement to Elvis Costello.
2004: John Whitehead of the duo McFadden & Whitehead ("Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now", the platinum single from 1979) was shot dead while fixing his car by an unknown assailant. He was 55.
2006: Guns N' Roses played at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, previewing six songs from their upcoming Chinese Democracy album.
Born This Day:
1929: Burt Bacharach, who wrote "Close To You" and most of Dionne Warwick's hits, was born in Kansas City, Missouri
1942: Billy Swan, who gave us "I Can Help" in 1974, was born in Cape Giradeau, Missouri
1944: James Purify (of James & Bobby Purify--"I'm Your Puppet") was born in Pensacola, Florida
1946: Ian McLagen of Small Faces and Faces was born in Hounslow, England
Winwood joined the Spencer Davis Group at age 15
1948: Steve Winwood, member of Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith and Traffic and huge solo star, was born in Birmingham, England
1950: Billy Squier was born in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts
1958: Eric Singer, drummer for Kiss
1961: Billy Duffy of the Cult
1967: Paul D'Amour, guitarist of ToolSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-day-in-rock-music-history-may-12.html
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