1900: The Billboard (known today as Billboard), in its sixth year, switched production to weekly rather than monthly.
1956: The Elvis Presley album Elvis becomes the first rock LP to top the album chart.
1956: Elvis scored the first #1 of his career with "Heartbreak Hotel".
1962: Chris Montez recorded "Last Dance".
1962: Peter, Paul & Mary appeared on the chart for the first time on this date with "Lemon Tree"--5/5/62
1962: Dee Dee Sharp was #1 on the R&B chart with "Mashed Potato Time".
1962: Mr. Acker Bilk had a huge Adult Contemporary hit with "Stranger on the Shore". It was atop the AC chart for the third out of seven weeks in a row.
1967: Scott McKenzie released the anthem for a generation, "San Francisco".
1968: Creedence Clearwater Revival released "Bad Moon Rising".
1968: Buffalo Springfield split after the concert in Long Beach, California.
1969: The Beatles released "Get Back".
1969: United States President Richard Nixon awarded Stevie Wonder with the Distinguished Service Award for Wonder's commitment to employment of the handicapped.
1972: America, the Kinks, Donovan, the Grateful Dead, Dr. John, Captain Beefheart, Wishbone Ash, Country Joe MacDonald, New Riders of the Purple Sage and Brinsley Schwarz were among the performers at the three-day Bickershaw Festival in Wigan, England.
1972: "Pillow Talk" by Sylvia was #1 for a second week on the R&B chart.
1972: Paul Simon, Chicago and Carole King performed at a benefit for U.S. Presidential candidate George McGovern. Michelle Phillips, Mama Cass, Judy Collins, Goldie Hawn and Jack Nicholson would all do similar benefits around the country. Why do you suppose most of the talented entertainers support Democrats?
1973: A crowd of 56,800 turn out in Tampa Stadium in Florida to see Led Zeppelin.
1973: Aloha from Hawai'i via Satellite by Elvis Presley was the new #1 album in the land. Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin was at #2 with The Best of Bread at #3.
1973: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" by Tony Orlando & Dawn was #1 for the third week in a row, with "The Cisco Kid" by War hanging around at #2. Sweet's "Little Willy" climbed to 3 while Stevie Wonder was heading for the top with "You Are the Sunshine of My Life". The rest of the Top Ten: the former #1 "The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence at #5, Dobie Gray made a strong move from 11-6 with "Drift Away", Stealers Wheel had #7--"Stuck in the Middle With You", Donny Osmond was stuck at 8 with "The Twelfth Of Never", the Carpenters fell to 9 with "Sing" and the Edgar Winter Group had a monster hit with "Frankenstein".
1974: The Stillettoes, who would later become Blondie, made their public debut at CBGB's in New York City.
1979: "Reunited" by Peaches and Herb was #1 on the R&B chart for the second out of four consecutive weeks it would spent at the top.
1984: Duran Duran owned the #1 U.K. song with "The Reflex".
1984: Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders and Jim Kerr of Simple Minds were married in New York's Central Park.
1986: Cleveland, Ohio was named as the site for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
1988: Michael Jackson's famous Pepsi commercial was shown in the former Soviet Union.
1990: Sinead O'Connor was solidly at #1 on the album chart with I Do Not What What I Haven't Got and Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 #2. Soul Provider from Michael Bolton was #3, followed by M.C. Hammer at 4 with Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em. The rest of the Top Ten: Paula Abdul with Forever Your Girl, Bonnie Raitt's Nick of Time coming in at #6, Violator from Depeche Mode #7, Heart moving into the top ten with Brigade, Pump from Aerosmith at #9 and the debut from Alannah Myles at #10.
1990: A tribute concert to John Lennon was at the Pier Head Arena in Merseyside, England. Tom Petty, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne, Joe Walsh, Lou Reed, Joe Cocker, Lenny Kravitz, Al Green and Wet Wet Wet performed.
1992: The Beach Boys appeared on the ABC-TV show "Full House".
1995: Drummer Steven Adler of Guns N' Roses was arraigned on heroin possession.
1997: Bruce Springsteen was awarded the Polar Music Prize by Sweden.
2002: The plug was pulled on an interview with Ted Nugent on a Denver radio station after Nugent used derogatory racial terms for both Asians and Blacks. Now we know what type of person he is.
2005: "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani was the #1 song.
2005: Justin Timberlake underwent an operation at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles to remove nodules from his throat.
2008: Frank Sinatra and Bruce Springsteen were inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in Newark.
Born This Day:
1934: Ace Cannon, saxophonist who gave us "Tuff" and played for Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and the Oak Ridge Boys, was born in Grenada, Mississippi
1937: Johnnie Taylor ("Disco Lady") was born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas; died of a heart attack May 31, 1999, shortly after his 62nd birthday.
1948: Bill Ward, drummer for Black Sabbath was born in Birmingham, England
1951: Rex Goh, guitarist for Air Supply
1957: Thereza Bazar of Dollar, who had the underrated song "Shooting Star"
1962: Kevin Paul Mooney, bass guitarist with Adam & the Ants
1963: Ian McCullough, Echo and the Bunnymen
1966: Shawn Drover, drummer for Megadeth
1981: Craig David
1989: Chris BrownSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-day-in-rock-music-history-may-5.html
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1956: The Elvis Presley album Elvis becomes the first rock LP to top the album chart.
1956: Elvis scored the first #1 of his career with "Heartbreak Hotel".
1962: Chris Montez recorded "Last Dance".
1962: Peter, Paul & Mary appeared on the chart for the first time on this date with "Lemon Tree"--5/5/62
1962: Dee Dee Sharp was #1 on the R&B chart with "Mashed Potato Time".
1962: Mr. Acker Bilk had a huge Adult Contemporary hit with "Stranger on the Shore". It was atop the AC chart for the third out of seven weeks in a row.
1967: Scott McKenzie released the anthem for a generation, "San Francisco".
1968: Creedence Clearwater Revival released "Bad Moon Rising".
1968: Buffalo Springfield split after the concert in Long Beach, California.
1969: The Beatles released "Get Back".
1969: United States President Richard Nixon awarded Stevie Wonder with the Distinguished Service Award for Wonder's commitment to employment of the handicapped.
1972: America, the Kinks, Donovan, the Grateful Dead, Dr. John, Captain Beefheart, Wishbone Ash, Country Joe MacDonald, New Riders of the Purple Sage and Brinsley Schwarz were among the performers at the three-day Bickershaw Festival in Wigan, England.
1972: "Pillow Talk" by Sylvia was #1 for a second week on the R&B chart.
1972: Paul Simon, Chicago and Carole King performed at a benefit for U.S. Presidential candidate George McGovern. Michelle Phillips, Mama Cass, Judy Collins, Goldie Hawn and Jack Nicholson would all do similar benefits around the country. Why do you suppose most of the talented entertainers support Democrats?
1973: A crowd of 56,800 turn out in Tampa Stadium in Florida to see Led Zeppelin.
1973: Aloha from Hawai'i via Satellite by Elvis Presley was the new #1 album in the land. Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin was at #2 with The Best of Bread at #3.
1973: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" by Tony Orlando & Dawn was #1 for the third week in a row, with "The Cisco Kid" by War hanging around at #2. Sweet's "Little Willy" climbed to 3 while Stevie Wonder was heading for the top with "You Are the Sunshine of My Life". The rest of the Top Ten: the former #1 "The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence at #5, Dobie Gray made a strong move from 11-6 with "Drift Away", Stealers Wheel had #7--"Stuck in the Middle With You", Donny Osmond was stuck at 8 with "The Twelfth Of Never", the Carpenters fell to 9 with "Sing" and the Edgar Winter Group had a monster hit with "Frankenstein".
1974: The Stillettoes, who would later become Blondie, made their public debut at CBGB's in New York City.
1979: "Reunited" by Peaches and Herb was #1 on the R&B chart for the second out of four consecutive weeks it would spent at the top.
1984: Duran Duran owned the #1 U.K. song with "The Reflex".
1984: Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders and Jim Kerr of Simple Minds were married in New York's Central Park.
1986: Cleveland, Ohio was named as the site for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
1988: Michael Jackson's famous Pepsi commercial was shown in the former Soviet Union.
1990: Sinead O'Connor was solidly at #1 on the album chart with I Do Not What What I Haven't Got and Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 #2. Soul Provider from Michael Bolton was #3, followed by M.C. Hammer at 4 with Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em. The rest of the Top Ten: Paula Abdul with Forever Your Girl, Bonnie Raitt's Nick of Time coming in at #6, Violator from Depeche Mode #7, Heart moving into the top ten with Brigade, Pump from Aerosmith at #9 and the debut from Alannah Myles at #10.
1990: A tribute concert to John Lennon was at the Pier Head Arena in Merseyside, England. Tom Petty, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne, Joe Walsh, Lou Reed, Joe Cocker, Lenny Kravitz, Al Green and Wet Wet Wet performed.
1992: The Beach Boys appeared on the ABC-TV show "Full House".
1995: Drummer Steven Adler of Guns N' Roses was arraigned on heroin possession.
1997: Bruce Springsteen was awarded the Polar Music Prize by Sweden.
2002: The plug was pulled on an interview with Ted Nugent on a Denver radio station after Nugent used derogatory racial terms for both Asians and Blacks. Now we know what type of person he is.
2005: "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani was the #1 song.
2005: Justin Timberlake underwent an operation at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles to remove nodules from his throat.
2008: Frank Sinatra and Bruce Springsteen were inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in Newark.
Born This Day:
1934: Ace Cannon, saxophonist who gave us "Tuff" and played for Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and the Oak Ridge Boys, was born in Grenada, Mississippi
1937: Johnnie Taylor ("Disco Lady") was born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas; died of a heart attack May 31, 1999, shortly after his 62nd birthday.
1948: Bill Ward, drummer for Black Sabbath was born in Birmingham, England
1951: Rex Goh, guitarist for Air Supply
1957: Thereza Bazar of Dollar, who had the underrated song "Shooting Star"
1962: Kevin Paul Mooney, bass guitarist with Adam & the Ants
1963: Ian McCullough, Echo and the Bunnymen
1966: Shawn Drover, drummer for Megadeth
1981: Craig David
1989: Chris BrownSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-day-in-rock-music-history-may-5.html
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