1953: Man, egg on the faces of the judges who put Elvis Presley second in the talent competition at the Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Show. Whoever finished first came nowhere near having 18 #1 songs.
1958: Jerry Lee Lewis played what would be his final concert in the U.K. People found out that he had been married to his 14 year-old cousin and it was "Bye, Bye Jerry!"
Ray Charles was headed for the top
1962: "Stranger on the Shore" from Mr. Acker Bilk landed at #1, displacing "Soldier Boy" by the Shirelles after three weeks. Dee Dee Sharp held steady at #3 while Ray Charles loomed next after a 21-4 move for "I Can't Stop Loving You".
1963: Elvis Presley started the first of a two-day session to record "(You're the) Devil In Disguise".
1965: The Rolling Stones, Sonny and Cher, Jackie DeShannon and Jimmy Rodgers appeared on the television show "Shindig!"
1966: The Rolling Stones reached #1 in the U.K. with "Paint It Black".
1968: Little Willie John ("Fever") died in a Washington state prison.
1969: John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono have another Bed-In for Peace at Hotel LaReine in Montreal.
1971: The song may have been about "The day the music died", but that song was born this day as Don McLean went into the recording studio to record the all-time classic "American Pie".
1973: Paul Simon released the album There Goes Rhymin' Simon.
1973: Deep Purple released "Smoke on the Water".
1973: George Harrison had the Biggest Mover on the chart with "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)", which climbed from 59 to 34.
1973: The #3 instrumental of all-time reached #1 on this date--"Frankenstein" from Edgar Winter Group. It remains the only hard rock instrumental ever to reach the top, although "Hocus Pocus" by Focus also entered the Top 10 on this date in 1973 at #10 as well. Paul McCartney & Wings had their first big hit "My Love" which was #2 on this date. Elton John's "Daniel" reached #3 while the former #1 "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" by Dawn was at 4. The rest of the Top 10: The former #1 "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", Sylvia's "Pillow Talk" moved up to #6, Sweet fell to 7 after peaking at #3, Dobie Gray's "Drift Away" was #8 and Skylark edged up to #9 with "Wildflower".
1973: The great double greatest hits album The Beatles/1967-1970 was #1 this week and their double album The Beatles/1962-1966 was at #3 with Houses of the Holy from Led Zeppelin sandwiched in between.
1977: The Broadway tribute Beatlemania opened.
1977: Billy Powell of the O'Jay's died of cancer.
1978: Donna Summer co-hosted The Midnight Special.
1978: A new group appeared on the Irish television show "Youngline". They were then known as the Hype, today as U2.
1979: Bette Midler appeared on Saturday Night Live.
1979: Donna Summer released the single "Bad Girls".
1979: "Sunday Girl" became the second U.K. #1 for Blondie.
1979: Kenny Rogers' great song "She Believes In Me" took over at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1979: "Reunited" ruled supreme for the fourth week in a row for Peaches & Herb. Donna Summer was a solid #2 with "Hot Stuff".
1982: Bobby Darin was given a star posthumously on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1984: Bruce Springsteen released "Dancing in the Dark", which was the week's highest debut at #36.
1984: The Cars had the Biggest Mover with their great song "magic" climbing from 59 to 39.
1984: Deniece Williams reached the pinnacle as the former backup singer for Stevie Wonder hit #1 with "Let's Her It For the Boy". Lionel Richie's "Hello" slipped to #2 with Cyndi Lauper moving up behind him with "Time After Time".
1990: David Bowie was sued by his ex-wife Angie for $56 million.
1990: "Hold On" by En Vogue was the #1 R&B song.
1990: Wilson Phillips topped the Adult Contemporary chart with "Hold On". Note: This song is completely different than "Hold On" by En Vogue mentioned above.
Heart closed in on the top spot
1990: Not only did women dominate the R&B and Adult Contemporary charts, but for the first time in music history, they had every one of the top five songs. Madonna had the #1 song with "Vogue", Heart's "All I Wanna' Do Is Make Love to You", Sinead O'Connor's former #1 "Nothing Compares 2 (sic) U (sic)" was at #3, "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips was next and Janet Jackson's "Alright" came in at #5.
1993: Singapore removed its ban on music by the Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chicago and Bob Dylan.
1996: George Michael had the #1 album in the U.K. with Older.
1996: A fire at Eric Clapton's home caused over a million and a half dollars of damage. When firemen got to the scene, Eric was rushing to save his guitar collection.
2000: Jailbird Tommy Lee of Motley Crue had to serve five more days there after violating his parole.
2000: Richard Carpenter was given an honorary degree from California State University-Long Beach.
2004: Celine Dion returned to Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas after a neck injury forced her to postpone performances for two weeks.
2005: Mariah Carey registered her 16th #1 song, "We Belong Together", leaving her two shy of Elvis Presley for #2 all-time to the Beatles.
2006: Gwen Stefani and husband Gavin Rossdale were the proud parents of son Kingston Rossdale.
2006: Desmond Dekker ("Israelites" in 1968) died in England at the age of 64.
2008: Paul McCartney was given an honorary Doctorate of Music from Yale University.
Born This Day:
1920: Peggy Lee (real name Norma Dolores Egstrom) was born in Jamestown, North Dakota
1941: Art Sharp of the Nashville Teens
1943: Levon Helm,drummer and vocalist of the Band
1944: Verdon Allen of Mott the Hoople
1946: Mick Ronson, great guitarist who worked with David Bowie and Bob Dylan, among others
1948: Stevie Nicks was born in Phoenix, Arizona
1949: Vicki Lawrence, who had one of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era* with "The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia" in 1973, was born in Inglewood, California
1964: Lenny Kravitz was born in New York City
1972: Allen White, drummer for Oasis
1978: Jaheim Hoagland (aka Jaheim)
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1958: Jerry Lee Lewis played what would be his final concert in the U.K. People found out that he had been married to his 14 year-old cousin and it was "Bye, Bye Jerry!"
Ray Charles was headed for the top
1962: "Stranger on the Shore" from Mr. Acker Bilk landed at #1, displacing "Soldier Boy" by the Shirelles after three weeks. Dee Dee Sharp held steady at #3 while Ray Charles loomed next after a 21-4 move for "I Can't Stop Loving You".
1963: Elvis Presley started the first of a two-day session to record "(You're the) Devil In Disguise".
1965: The Rolling Stones, Sonny and Cher, Jackie DeShannon and Jimmy Rodgers appeared on the television show "Shindig!"
1966: The Rolling Stones reached #1 in the U.K. with "Paint It Black".
1968: Little Willie John ("Fever") died in a Washington state prison.
1969: John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono have another Bed-In for Peace at Hotel LaReine in Montreal.
1971: The song may have been about "The day the music died", but that song was born this day as Don McLean went into the recording studio to record the all-time classic "American Pie".
1973: Paul Simon released the album There Goes Rhymin' Simon.
1973: Deep Purple released "Smoke on the Water".
1973: George Harrison had the Biggest Mover on the chart with "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)", which climbed from 59 to 34.
1973: The #3 instrumental of all-time reached #1 on this date--"Frankenstein" from Edgar Winter Group. It remains the only hard rock instrumental ever to reach the top, although "Hocus Pocus" by Focus also entered the Top 10 on this date in 1973 at #10 as well. Paul McCartney & Wings had their first big hit "My Love" which was #2 on this date. Elton John's "Daniel" reached #3 while the former #1 "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" by Dawn was at 4. The rest of the Top 10: The former #1 "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", Sylvia's "Pillow Talk" moved up to #6, Sweet fell to 7 after peaking at #3, Dobie Gray's "Drift Away" was #8 and Skylark edged up to #9 with "Wildflower".
1973: The great double greatest hits album The Beatles/1967-1970 was #1 this week and their double album The Beatles/1962-1966 was at #3 with Houses of the Holy from Led Zeppelin sandwiched in between.
1977: The Broadway tribute Beatlemania opened.
1977: Billy Powell of the O'Jay's died of cancer.
1978: Donna Summer co-hosted The Midnight Special.
1978: A new group appeared on the Irish television show "Youngline". They were then known as the Hype, today as U2.
1979: Bette Midler appeared on Saturday Night Live.
1979: Donna Summer released the single "Bad Girls".
1979: "Sunday Girl" became the second U.K. #1 for Blondie.
1979: Kenny Rogers' great song "She Believes In Me" took over at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1979: "Reunited" ruled supreme for the fourth week in a row for Peaches & Herb. Donna Summer was a solid #2 with "Hot Stuff".
1982: Bobby Darin was given a star posthumously on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1984: Bruce Springsteen released "Dancing in the Dark", which was the week's highest debut at #36.
1984: The Cars had the Biggest Mover with their great song "magic" climbing from 59 to 39.
1984: Deniece Williams reached the pinnacle as the former backup singer for Stevie Wonder hit #1 with "Let's Her It For the Boy". Lionel Richie's "Hello" slipped to #2 with Cyndi Lauper moving up behind him with "Time After Time".
1990: David Bowie was sued by his ex-wife Angie for $56 million.
1990: "Hold On" by En Vogue was the #1 R&B song.
1990: Wilson Phillips topped the Adult Contemporary chart with "Hold On". Note: This song is completely different than "Hold On" by En Vogue mentioned above.
Heart closed in on the top spot
1990: Not only did women dominate the R&B and Adult Contemporary charts, but for the first time in music history, they had every one of the top five songs. Madonna had the #1 song with "Vogue", Heart's "All I Wanna' Do Is Make Love to You", Sinead O'Connor's former #1 "Nothing Compares 2 (sic) U (sic)" was at #3, "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips was next and Janet Jackson's "Alright" came in at #5.
1993: Singapore removed its ban on music by the Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chicago and Bob Dylan.
1996: George Michael had the #1 album in the U.K. with Older.
1996: A fire at Eric Clapton's home caused over a million and a half dollars of damage. When firemen got to the scene, Eric was rushing to save his guitar collection.
2000: Jailbird Tommy Lee of Motley Crue had to serve five more days there after violating his parole.
2000: Richard Carpenter was given an honorary degree from California State University-Long Beach.
2004: Celine Dion returned to Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas after a neck injury forced her to postpone performances for two weeks.
2005: Mariah Carey registered her 16th #1 song, "We Belong Together", leaving her two shy of Elvis Presley for #2 all-time to the Beatles.
2006: Gwen Stefani and husband Gavin Rossdale were the proud parents of son Kingston Rossdale.
2006: Desmond Dekker ("Israelites" in 1968) died in England at the age of 64.
2008: Paul McCartney was given an honorary Doctorate of Music from Yale University.
Born This Day:
1920: Peggy Lee (real name Norma Dolores Egstrom) was born in Jamestown, North Dakota
1941: Art Sharp of the Nashville Teens
1943: Levon Helm,drummer and vocalist of the Band
1944: Verdon Allen of Mott the Hoople
1946: Mick Ronson, great guitarist who worked with David Bowie and Bob Dylan, among others
1948: Stevie Nicks was born in Phoenix, Arizona
1949: Vicki Lawrence, who had one of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era* with "The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia" in 1973, was born in Inglewood, California
1964: Lenny Kravitz was born in New York City
1972: Allen White, drummer for Oasis
1978: Jaheim Hoagland (aka Jaheim)
1981: Isaac Slade, pianist and lead singer for the FraySource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-day-in-rock-music-history-may-26.html
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