1960 - "Cathy's Clown" reached #1 in its sixth week of release for the Everly Brothers. Elvis Presley was resigned to #2 with "Stuck On You".
1962: The Elvis Presley movie "Follow That Dream" opened.
1963: The Beatles toured with Roy Orbison at the Odeon Cinema in Nottingham, England.
1963: Paul Revere & the Raiders from Boise, Idaho signed with Columbia Records.
1964: Marvin Gaye performed "You're a Wonderful One" on the popular television show American Bandstand.
1964: The Beach Boys released "I Get Around".
1964: Mary Wells was #1 for the second week in a row with "My Guy". The Beatles had the runner-up spot with "Love Me Do" while Louis Armstrong was on his way down with "Hello, Dolly!". The Dixie Cups moved from 14 to 4 with "Chapel of Love". The rest of the Top Ten: The Ray Charles Singers all got together for the song "Love Me With All Your Heart", the Dave Clark Five dropped to 6 with "Bits and Pieces", the Reflections were at #7 with "(Just Like) Romeo & Juliet", the 4 Seasons fell to #8 with "Ronnie, Roy Orbison was at #9 with "It's Over" and Peter & Gordon had the fast rising (30-10) "A World Without Love.
1964: The count is now 15 weeks in a row at the top of the album chart for the new band from Liverpool, the Beatles. Meet the Beatles spent 11 weeks at #1 and now The Beatles' Second Album is #1 for the fourth week in a row.
1966: The Beatles released the single "Paperback Writer".
1970: The Grateful Dead performed outside the United States for the first time at the Hollywood Rock Festival.
1970: The Beatles released "The Long and Winding Road", their final single as a group.
1970: War issued the first single of their career, "Spill the Wine".
1970: "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1970: The album McCartney by Paul reached #1 in its third week of release.
1971: Iron Butterfly announced that they had broken up.
1973: Jefferson Airplane were prevented from presenting a free concert in Golden Gate Park after authorities in San Francisco passed a resolution banning electronic instruments. The group later wrote the song "We Built This City" about the experience.
1974: George Harrison started his own record label, Dark Horse Records.
1974: The Supremes released Anthology, the best of their greatest hits packages.
1975: Earth, Wind & Fire and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes appeared on The Midnight Special.
1976: Bob Dylan's concert at Colorado State University was taped by NBC-TV and later shown in the special Hard Rain.
1977: Linda Ronstadt was at Sound Factory One in Los Angeles to begin work on her album Simple Dreams.
1978: Bruce Springsteen started his tour at Shea's Buffalo in Buffalo, New York.
1979: ABC-TV aired "The Third Barry Manilow Special".
1979: The film The Kids Are Alright, featuring film clips of the Who, debuted in New York City.
1979: Tom Petty filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
1981: Moved by the tragic shooting of John Lennon earlier in the year, George Harrison wrote "All Those Years Ago", his tribute to Lennon and the group that they
1984: Tina Turner released the album Private Dancer.
1985: It was "Aretha Franklin Appreciation Day" in the state of Michigan.
1986: AC/DC released the album Who Made Who.
1987: The Doobie Brothers reunited for a Vietnam Veteran's benefit concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
1987: Swingout Sister had the #1 U.K. album with It's Better To Travel.
1987: The Joshua Tree from U2 was #1 for the fifth week on a row on the album chart.
1990: Nick Mason, drummer of Pink Floyd, married Annette Lynton in London.
1992: Iron Maiden had the #1 album in the U.K. with Fear of the Dark.
1992: Freddie Mercury's attorneys announced that the late Mercury had given the majority of his estate ($17 million) to long-time friend Mary Austin.
1998: Hanson sold out their concert in Detroit at the Pine Knob Amphitheater in less than 20 minutes.
1998: Mariah Carey had the #1 song with "My All".
2000 - Eminem released the Marshall Mathers LP.
2000: Noel Gallagher walked out on his group Oasis during the middle of a European tour. The band replaced him with Matt Deighton and the music played on.
2002: Dido won Songwriter of the Year honors at the Ivor Novello Awards.
2005: Two members of Bobby Brown's entourage are stabbed during a brawl at Justin's Restaurant and Bar in Atlanta. Why anyone would want to marry someone like that is beyond me. Oh wait, someone did.
2006: It was "Sammy Hagar Day" in San Bernadino, California.
2006: The Eagles played Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain as part of their Farewell I tour.
2006: The king of Sweden presented the surviving members of Led Zeppelin with the Polar Prize Award, recognizing them as "great pioneers in rock music".
2006 Music promoter Ian Copeland, brother of former Police drummer Stewart Copeland, died of skin cancer at his home in Los Angeles. Ian discovered Average White Band and helped the careers of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Charlie Daniels Band and the Allman Brothers Band get off the group. Copeland was 57.
2007: Paul Simon was given the first Gershwin Award by the United States Library of Congress honoring his contributions to music.
2008: Curtis Mayfield was inducted into the Hollywood Rock Walk.
2008: Shirley Bassey was rushed to a hospital in Monaco for emergency stomach surgery.
2010: Paul Simon was awarded an honorary doctorate from Brandeis University in Boston, Massachusetts.
Born This Day:
1943: "General" Norman Johnson, lead singer of Chairmen of the Board ("Give Me Just a Little More Time") was born in Huntersville, Virginia; died October 13, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia
1946: Danny Klein of the J. Geils Band was born in New York City
1947: Bill Hunt of ELO
1953: Rick Fenn of 10cc
1967: Junior Waite of Musical Youth
1967: Phil Selway of Radiohead
1968: Noel Gallagher of Oasis
1973: Maxwell ("Somebody's Watching Me") was born in Brooklyn, New York
1974: Jewel was born in Payson, Utah
1983: Heidi Range of the SugababesSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-day-in-rock-music-history-may-23.html
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1962: The Elvis Presley movie "Follow That Dream" opened.
1963: The Beatles toured with Roy Orbison at the Odeon Cinema in Nottingham, England.
1963: Paul Revere & the Raiders from Boise, Idaho signed with Columbia Records.
1964: Marvin Gaye performed "You're a Wonderful One" on the popular television show American Bandstand.
1964: The Beach Boys released "I Get Around".
1964: Mary Wells was #1 for the second week in a row with "My Guy". The Beatles had the runner-up spot with "Love Me Do" while Louis Armstrong was on his way down with "Hello, Dolly!". The Dixie Cups moved from 14 to 4 with "Chapel of Love". The rest of the Top Ten: The Ray Charles Singers all got together for the song "Love Me With All Your Heart", the Dave Clark Five dropped to 6 with "Bits and Pieces", the Reflections were at #7 with "(Just Like) Romeo & Juliet", the 4 Seasons fell to #8 with "Ronnie, Roy Orbison was at #9 with "It's Over" and Peter & Gordon had the fast rising (30-10) "A World Without Love.
1964: The count is now 15 weeks in a row at the top of the album chart for the new band from Liverpool, the Beatles. Meet the Beatles spent 11 weeks at #1 and now The Beatles' Second Album is #1 for the fourth week in a row.
1966: The Beatles released the single "Paperback Writer".
1970: The Grateful Dead performed outside the United States for the first time at the Hollywood Rock Festival.
1970: The Beatles released "The Long and Winding Road", their final single as a group.
1970: War issued the first single of their career, "Spill the Wine".
1970: "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1970: The album McCartney by Paul reached #1 in its third week of release.
1971: Iron Butterfly announced that they had broken up.
1973: Jefferson Airplane were prevented from presenting a free concert in Golden Gate Park after authorities in San Francisco passed a resolution banning electronic instruments. The group later wrote the song "We Built This City" about the experience.
1974: George Harrison started his own record label, Dark Horse Records.
1974: The Supremes released Anthology, the best of their greatest hits packages.
1975: Earth, Wind & Fire and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes appeared on The Midnight Special.
1976: Bob Dylan's concert at Colorado State University was taped by NBC-TV and later shown in the special Hard Rain.
1977: Linda Ronstadt was at Sound Factory One in Los Angeles to begin work on her album Simple Dreams.
1978: Bruce Springsteen started his tour at Shea's Buffalo in Buffalo, New York.
1979: ABC-TV aired "The Third Barry Manilow Special".
1979: The film The Kids Are Alright, featuring film clips of the Who, debuted in New York City.
1979: Tom Petty filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
1981: Moved by the tragic shooting of John Lennon earlier in the year, George Harrison wrote "All Those Years Ago", his tribute to Lennon and the group that they
1984: Tina Turner released the album Private Dancer.
1985: It was "Aretha Franklin Appreciation Day" in the state of Michigan.
1986: AC/DC released the album Who Made Who.
1987: The Doobie Brothers reunited for a Vietnam Veteran's benefit concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
1987: Swingout Sister had the #1 U.K. album with It's Better To Travel.
1987: The Joshua Tree from U2 was #1 for the fifth week on a row on the album chart.
1990: Nick Mason, drummer of Pink Floyd, married Annette Lynton in London.
1992: Iron Maiden had the #1 album in the U.K. with Fear of the Dark.
1992: Freddie Mercury's attorneys announced that the late Mercury had given the majority of his estate ($17 million) to long-time friend Mary Austin.
1998: Hanson sold out their concert in Detroit at the Pine Knob Amphitheater in less than 20 minutes.
1998: Mariah Carey had the #1 song with "My All".
2000 - Eminem released the Marshall Mathers LP.
2000: Noel Gallagher walked out on his group Oasis during the middle of a European tour. The band replaced him with Matt Deighton and the music played on.
2002: Dido won Songwriter of the Year honors at the Ivor Novello Awards.
2005: Two members of Bobby Brown's entourage are stabbed during a brawl at Justin's Restaurant and Bar in Atlanta. Why anyone would want to marry someone like that is beyond me. Oh wait, someone did.
2006: It was "Sammy Hagar Day" in San Bernadino, California.
2006: The Eagles played Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain as part of their Farewell I tour.
2006: The king of Sweden presented the surviving members of Led Zeppelin with the Polar Prize Award, recognizing them as "great pioneers in rock music".
2006 Music promoter Ian Copeland, brother of former Police drummer Stewart Copeland, died of skin cancer at his home in Los Angeles. Ian discovered Average White Band and helped the careers of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Charlie Daniels Band and the Allman Brothers Band get off the group. Copeland was 57.
2007: Paul Simon was given the first Gershwin Award by the United States Library of Congress honoring his contributions to music.
2008: Curtis Mayfield was inducted into the Hollywood Rock Walk.
2008: Shirley Bassey was rushed to a hospital in Monaco for emergency stomach surgery.
2010: Paul Simon was awarded an honorary doctorate from Brandeis University in Boston, Massachusetts.
Born This Day:
1943: "General" Norman Johnson, lead singer of Chairmen of the Board ("Give Me Just a Little More Time") was born in Huntersville, Virginia; died October 13, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia
1946: Danny Klein of the J. Geils Band was born in New York City
1947: Bill Hunt of ELO
1953: Rick Fenn of 10cc
1967: Junior Waite of Musical Youth
1967: Phil Selway of Radiohead
1968: Noel Gallagher of Oasis
1973: Maxwell ("Somebody's Watching Me") was born in Brooklyn, New York
1974: Jewel was born in Payson, Utah
1983: Heidi Range of the SugababesSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-day-in-rock-music-history-may-23.html
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