1958: Wilbert Harrison rose from 6 to 1 with "Kansas City". The Impalas were lodged at #2 with "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" while Dave 'Baby' Cortez slipped to 3 with "The Happy Organ". The three top newcomers to the Top Ten were "A Teenager In Love" by Dion & the Belmonts, which moved from 12 to 5, "Dream Lover" by Bobby Darin, up from 16-6, and "The Battle of New Orleans", which climbed from 23-7 for Johnny Horton.
1963: The Beatles were the featured act for the first time at the Grenada Theatre in Slough, England.
1963: Jackie DeShannon appeared on The Jackie Gleason Show on CBS-TV.
1963: Jimmy Soul had the #1 song with "If You Wanna' Be Happy", replacing Little Peggy March's "I Will Follow Him". "Puff the Magic Dragon" by Peter, Paul & Mary slipped to 3, followed by the Beach Boys with "Surfin' U.S.A."
1964: A very special day in rock history for this is the day that the Animals went into the recording studio to record "The House of the Rising Sun".
1966: The Castilles, featuring Bruce Springsteen on lead vocals, recorded a couple of tracks at Mr. Music in Brick Town, New Jersey.
1966: The Hollies recorded "Bus Stop".
1967: Paul McCartney and John Lennon sang backing vocals on the Rolling Stones song "We Love You" during a recording session in London.
1967: Stevie Wonder released "I Was Made To Love Her".
1968: Jefferson Airplane, the Steve Miller Band, the Doors and Grateful Dead performed at the Northern California Rock Festival in Santa Clara.
1968: Hugo Montenegro's classic instrumental "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" from the movie of the same name, was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1974: Another instrumental, "The Entertainer" from the classic movie "The Sting", was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1978: The Buddy Holly Story premiered in Dallas, Texas.
1981: Diana Ross left Motown Records, signing with RCA Records for $20 million, the largest recording contract at that time.
1985: "Smooth Operator" by Sade spent another week atop the Adult Contemporary chart.
1985: Phil Collins moved into the #1 spot on the album chart with No Jacket Required. We Are the World from USA for Africa fell to 2 with the Soundtrack to "Beverly Hills Cop" coming in third. Bruce Springsteen had #4--Born in the U.S.A. and Prince & the Revolution were 5 with Around the World in a Day. The rest of the Top Ten: Sade with Diamond Life, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers remained at #7 with Southern Accents, Madonna slipped to #8 with Like a Virgin, Wham! had the #9 album Make It Big and John Fogerty was at 10 with Centerfield.
1988: Fleetwood Mac played the first of six sold-out shows at Wembley Arena in London.
1991: R.E.M. had the top album with Out of Time but Mariah Carey only slipped to #2 in her 47th week on the chart with her debut album.
1991: Amy Grant remained at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for a third week with "Baby Baby".
1999: The Backstreet Boys released the album Millennium.
2002: CBS-TV showed the Barry Manilow special "Ultimate Manilow".
2003: Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Piots was arrested for drug possession.
2004: Clint Warwick, bassist with the Moody Blues, died of liver disease at the age of 63.
2008: Neil Diamond had the #1 album in the U.K.--Home Before Dark.
2010: Los Angeles celebrated John Fogerty Day as the former CCR member was honored by BMI with their Icon Award.
Born This Day:
1912: Perry Como was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania; died in his sleep May 12, 2001 in Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida
1922: Kai Winding, the great trombonist who gave us the instrumental "More", was born in Aarhus, Denmark
1942: Albert Hammond ("It Never Rains in Southern California" from 1972) was born in London, England
1949: William Wallace of the Guess Who, was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1949: Rick Wakeman, great keyboardist of Yes, was born in Perivale, London, England
1950: Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo was born in Akron, Ohio
1953: Butch Tavares of the group Tavares ("It Only Takes a Minute" and "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel"
1957: Michael Cretu of Enigma
1966: Michael Tait of dc Talk
1967: Rob Base ("It Takes Two") was born in Harlem, New York
1969: Martika ("Toy Soldiers") was born in Whittier, California
1970: Billy Howerdel of A Perfect Circle was born in New Jersey
1975: Jack Johnson was born in North Shore, Oahu, Hawai'iSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-day-in-rock-music-history-may-18.html
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