1956: For the first time in chart history, five songs were in both the popular and the R&B Top 10. They were Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel", "Blue Suede Shoes" by Carl Perkins, "Long Tall Sally" from Little Richard, "Magic Touch" by the Platters and "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.
1960 - Production began on Elvis Presley's "G.I. Blues." It was his first post-Army movie.
King goes his own way
1960: Ben E. King left the Drifters and signed with ATCO Records.
1960: The Everly Brothers had the ninth-fastest rising song in rock history (74-15) with "Cathy's Clown".
1961: The Beatles played at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, Germany.
1963: The Beatles were #1 in the U.K. with the first of 11 consecutive #1's--"From Me To You".
1964: The debut album from the Rolling Stones spent the first of 12 weeks at the top in the U.K.
1964: The Beatles' Second Album reaches #1 in its second week, the first LP to achieve the feat. The Beatles also had the #2 album with Meet the Beatles!, while the Soundtrack to "Hello, Dolly!" was #3, Introducing...the Beatles was #4 and Al Hirt's Honey in the Horn was in the #5 spo
1965: The Rolling Stones performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show".
1967: The Beach Boys abandoned recording sessions for the proposed album Smile.
1967: The Beach Boys appeared at the Adelphi Theatre in Dublin, Ireland.
1969: Elvis Presley filmed his last movie "Change of Habit".
1969: The Beatles record "Something", written by George Harrison for his wife Patti Boyd.
1969: Pink Floyd appeared at the Manchester Chamber of Commerce in England.
1969: The Who debut their rock opera "Tommy" for the media at Ronnie's Jazz Club in London.
1969: Popular session drummer Benny Benjamin died. Benjamin played for Stevie Wonder, the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations and the Four Tops.
1969: Norman Greenbaum had the #1 song in the U.K. with "Spirit in the Sky".
1970: "ABC" by the Jackson 5 remained at #1 while the Beatles' held steady at #2 with "Let It Be". Greenbaum was #3 with "Spirit in the Sky". The rest of the Top Ten: Guess Who's double-sided hit "American Woman"/"No Sugar Tonight" was #4, John Lennon's "Instant Karma" slid to #5, the Friends of Distinction moved up to 6 with "Love Or Let Me Be Lonely", Edison Lighthouse remained in the top ten with "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes), Badfinger dropped with "Come and Get It", the Ides of March rocketed from 19-9 with "Vehicle" and Tyrone Davis was at 10 with "Turn Back the Hands of Time".
1970: Make it nine weeks in a row for Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel. The album had spent all but three weeks at #1. Deja Vu, the great album by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, hung in there at #2 with the Beatles' Hey Jude at 3. The rest of the Top Ten: Santana at #4, Chicago II at 5, Led Zeppelin II at #6, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 was #7, Steppenwolf 'Live' was #8, Psychedelic Shack from the Temptations came in at #9 and American Woman by the Guess Who was #10.
1972: Bruce Springsteen played a brief set for John Hammond of CBS Records in New York. Hammond was so impressed that he arranged a full-fledged audition for Springsteen at the Gaslight Club in New York for other executives from CBS. Obviously, Springsteen met with their approval as well.
1977: Eric Clapton recorded "Wonderful Tonight".
1979: The Who appeared for the first time following the death of drummer Keith Moon. Kenney Jones was the group's new drummer.
1979: The Who's movie "Quadrophenia" opened in London.
1981: Sheena Easton's debut song reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart on this date.
1981: Easton pulled off a double feat with the #1 song on the popular music chart as well. Kim Carnes made an 18-7 move up with "Bette Davis Eyes".
Spandau Ballet had a worldwide smash
1983: Spandau Ballet hit #1 in the U.K. with "True".
1987: "The Finer Things" by Steve Winwood remained at #1 for a second week on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1991: On a budget of $61,000, Nirvana reserved 16 days at the Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California to begin recording the album Nevermind.
1992: The Cure reached #1 in the U.K. with their album Wish.
1992: Bonnie Raitt received an honorary Doctor of Music Degree from Berklee College of Music.
2005: The members of Cream got together to perform four concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall 36 years after they had broken up.
2007: Organizers in Wroclaw, Poland were trying to get 1,876 guitarists to the city's square to set a Guiness World Record for the biggest guitar ensemble in history. The guitarists would all play "Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix.
2008: Chad Kroger of Nickelback was banned from driving for one year following his conviction of drunk driving. Kroger had almost twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
Born This day:
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1929: Link Wray; died November 5, 2005
1936: Engelbert Humperdinck
1945: Randy Cain of the Delfonics; died April 9, 2009
1945: Gordy McJohn of Steppenwolf
1946: Bob Henrit, drummer of Argent and the Kinks
1946: Lesley Gore was born in New York
1950: Lou Gramm, great lead singer of Foreigner and a solo performer, was born in Rochester, New York
1951: Jo Callis, keyboardist for the Human League
1954: Prescott Niles of the Knack
1956: David Rhodes, guitarist for Peter Gabriel
1961: Dr. Robert of the Blow Monkeys ("Digging Your Scene")Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-day-in-rock-music-history-may-2.html
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1960 - Production began on Elvis Presley's "G.I. Blues." It was his first post-Army movie.
King goes his own way
1960: Ben E. King left the Drifters and signed with ATCO Records.
1960: The Everly Brothers had the ninth-fastest rising song in rock history (74-15) with "Cathy's Clown".
1961: The Beatles played at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, Germany.
1963: The Beatles were #1 in the U.K. with the first of 11 consecutive #1's--"From Me To You".
1964: The debut album from the Rolling Stones spent the first of 12 weeks at the top in the U.K.
1964: The Beatles' Second Album reaches #1 in its second week, the first LP to achieve the feat. The Beatles also had the #2 album with Meet the Beatles!, while the Soundtrack to "Hello, Dolly!" was #3, Introducing...the Beatles was #4 and Al Hirt's Honey in the Horn was in the #5 spo
1965: The Rolling Stones performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show".
1967: The Beach Boys abandoned recording sessions for the proposed album Smile.
1967: The Beach Boys appeared at the Adelphi Theatre in Dublin, Ireland.
1969: Elvis Presley filmed his last movie "Change of Habit".
1969: The Beatles record "Something", written by George Harrison for his wife Patti Boyd.
1969: Pink Floyd appeared at the Manchester Chamber of Commerce in England.
1969: The Who debut their rock opera "Tommy" for the media at Ronnie's Jazz Club in London.
1969: Popular session drummer Benny Benjamin died. Benjamin played for Stevie Wonder, the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations and the Four Tops.
1969: Norman Greenbaum had the #1 song in the U.K. with "Spirit in the Sky".
1970: "ABC" by the Jackson 5 remained at #1 while the Beatles' held steady at #2 with "Let It Be". Greenbaum was #3 with "Spirit in the Sky". The rest of the Top Ten: Guess Who's double-sided hit "American Woman"/"No Sugar Tonight" was #4, John Lennon's "Instant Karma" slid to #5, the Friends of Distinction moved up to 6 with "Love Or Let Me Be Lonely", Edison Lighthouse remained in the top ten with "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes), Badfinger dropped with "Come and Get It", the Ides of March rocketed from 19-9 with "Vehicle" and Tyrone Davis was at 10 with "Turn Back the Hands of Time".
1970: Make it nine weeks in a row for Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel. The album had spent all but three weeks at #1. Deja Vu, the great album by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, hung in there at #2 with the Beatles' Hey Jude at 3. The rest of the Top Ten: Santana at #4, Chicago II at 5, Led Zeppelin II at #6, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 was #7, Steppenwolf 'Live' was #8, Psychedelic Shack from the Temptations came in at #9 and American Woman by the Guess Who was #10.
1972: Bruce Springsteen played a brief set for John Hammond of CBS Records in New York. Hammond was so impressed that he arranged a full-fledged audition for Springsteen at the Gaslight Club in New York for other executives from CBS. Obviously, Springsteen met with their approval as well.
1977: Eric Clapton recorded "Wonderful Tonight".
1979: The Who appeared for the first time following the death of drummer Keith Moon. Kenney Jones was the group's new drummer.
1979: The Who's movie "Quadrophenia" opened in London.
1981: Sheena Easton's debut song reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart on this date.
1981: Easton pulled off a double feat with the #1 song on the popular music chart as well. Kim Carnes made an 18-7 move up with "Bette Davis Eyes".
Spandau Ballet had a worldwide smash
1983: Spandau Ballet hit #1 in the U.K. with "True".
1987: "The Finer Things" by Steve Winwood remained at #1 for a second week on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1991: On a budget of $61,000, Nirvana reserved 16 days at the Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California to begin recording the album Nevermind.
1992: The Cure reached #1 in the U.K. with their album Wish.
1992: Bonnie Raitt received an honorary Doctor of Music Degree from Berklee College of Music.
2005: The members of Cream got together to perform four concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall 36 years after they had broken up.
2007: Organizers in Wroclaw, Poland were trying to get 1,876 guitarists to the city's square to set a Guiness World Record for the biggest guitar ensemble in history. The guitarists would all play "Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix.
2008: Chad Kroger of Nickelback was banned from driving for one year following his conviction of drunk driving. Kroger had almost twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
Born This day:
1929: Link Wray; died November 5, 2005
1936: Engelbert Humperdinck
1945: Randy Cain of the Delfonics; died April 9, 2009
1945: Gordy McJohn of Steppenwolf
1946: Bob Henrit, drummer of Argent and the Kinks
1946: Lesley Gore was born in New York
1950: Lou Gramm, great lead singer of Foreigner and a solo performer, was born in Rochester, New York
1951: Jo Callis, keyboardist for the Human League
1954: Prescott Niles of the Knack
1956: David Rhodes, guitarist for Peter Gabriel
1961: Dr. Robert of the Blow Monkeys ("Digging Your Scene")Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-day-in-rock-music-history-may-2.html
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