1957: Chuck Berry recorded "Rock & Roll Music".
1965: Keith Richards began writing the Rolling Stones song "Satisfaction" in a hotel room in Clearwater, Florida.
1965: James Brown recorded "I Got You (I Feel Good)".
1965: Marianne Faithful married John Dunbar in Cambridge, England.
1966: Bob Dylan played at the ABC in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1972: Elton John released "Rocket Man".
1973: Paul Simon began his first tour without Art Garfunkel in Boston, Massachusetts.
1977: Dolly Parton performed in New York City.
1978: The Bee Gees announced that they would donate money from concerts to UNICEF.
1982: Diana Ross was awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1983: Kai Winding, who gave us the instrumental "More", passed away.
1993: The Internal Revenue Service seized assets of $1.6 million from Jerry Lee Lewis for unpaid taxes.
1995: Oasis had their first #1 in the U.K. with "Some Might Say".
1995: James Taylor and Natalie Cole received honorary degrees from Berklee College of Music in Boston.
1995: Live completed one of the most improbable rises to #1 in rock music history when their great album Throwing Copper reached #1 in its 52nd week on the album chart.
1996: Metallica began two days of recording for the music video "Until It Sleeps".
2001: Destiny's Child had the #1 album in the U.K. with "Survivor".
2002: "Bohemian Rhapsody" was voted as the favorite song of all-time in the U.K. "Imagine" by John Lennon was second, "Hey Jude" third, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA came in fourth.
2002: Ray Charles received an honorary degree from Albany State University in his hometown of Albany, Georgia.
2002: Otis Blackwell died of a heart attack. Blackwell was the writer of hits such as "Don't Be Cruel" for Elvis Presley, "Great Balls of Fire" for Jerry Lee Lewis and "Handy Man" (originally by Jimmy Jones and later by Del Shannon and James Taylor).
2003: MTV featured Metallica as a "MTV Icon" in a 90-minute special.
2005: Audioslave became the first group to perform in Cuba.
2005: A bronze life-size statue of James Brown was unveiled in Augusta, Georgia.
2008: Cher played the first of 78 dates at the Las Vegas Coliseum in Nevada.
Born This Day:
1917: Kal Mann, who wrote "Butterfly" for Charlie Grace, "Teddy Bear" for Elvis Presley, "Wild One" for Bobby Rydell, "You Can't Sit Down" for the Dovells and "Let's Twist Again" for Chubby Checker among others, was born in Philadelphia; died November 28, 1961
1924: Denny Wright, guitarist for Lonnie Donnegan, Ella Fitzgerald, and many others; died February 8, 1992
1942: Colin Earl of Mungo Jerry ("In the Summertime")
1945: Bob Seger was born in Dearborn, Michigan
1948: Mary MacGregor ("Torn Between Two Lovers") was born in St. Paul, Minnesota
1950: Robbie McIntosh of the Average White Band
1960: Larry Steinbachek of Bronski Beat ("Smalltown Boy")
1960: John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants was born in Lincoln, Massachusetts
1962: Engineer, mixer, producer and record company executive Adam Yellin, who worked with the Rolling Stones, Kiss, Billy Idol, Debbie Harry and the Ramones, was born in New York City
1964: Tony Scalzo of Fastball was born in Honolulu, Hawai'i
1967: Mark Bryan, guitarist for Hootie & the Blowfish
1971: Chris Shiflett, guitarist of the Foo Fighters, was born in Santa Barbara, CaliforniaSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-day-in-rock-music-history-may-6.html
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1965: Keith Richards began writing the Rolling Stones song "Satisfaction" in a hotel room in Clearwater, Florida.
1965: James Brown recorded "I Got You (I Feel Good)".
1965: Marianne Faithful married John Dunbar in Cambridge, England.
1966: Bob Dylan played at the ABC in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1972: Elton John released "Rocket Man".
1973: Paul Simon began his first tour without Art Garfunkel in Boston, Massachusetts.
1977: Dolly Parton performed in New York City.
1978: The Bee Gees announced that they would donate money from concerts to UNICEF.
1982: Diana Ross was awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1983: Kai Winding, who gave us the instrumental "More", passed away.
1993: The Internal Revenue Service seized assets of $1.6 million from Jerry Lee Lewis for unpaid taxes.
1995: Oasis had their first #1 in the U.K. with "Some Might Say".
1995: James Taylor and Natalie Cole received honorary degrees from Berklee College of Music in Boston.
1995: Live completed one of the most improbable rises to #1 in rock music history when their great album Throwing Copper reached #1 in its 52nd week on the album chart.
1996: Metallica began two days of recording for the music video "Until It Sleeps".
2001: Destiny's Child had the #1 album in the U.K. with "Survivor".
2002: "Bohemian Rhapsody" was voted as the favorite song of all-time in the U.K. "Imagine" by John Lennon was second, "Hey Jude" third, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA came in fourth.
2002: Ray Charles received an honorary degree from Albany State University in his hometown of Albany, Georgia.
2002: Otis Blackwell died of a heart attack. Blackwell was the writer of hits such as "Don't Be Cruel" for Elvis Presley, "Great Balls of Fire" for Jerry Lee Lewis and "Handy Man" (originally by Jimmy Jones and later by Del Shannon and James Taylor).
2003: MTV featured Metallica as a "MTV Icon" in a 90-minute special.
2005: Audioslave became the first group to perform in Cuba.
2005: A bronze life-size statue of James Brown was unveiled in Augusta, Georgia.
2008: Cher played the first of 78 dates at the Las Vegas Coliseum in Nevada.
Born This Day:
1917: Kal Mann, who wrote "Butterfly" for Charlie Grace, "Teddy Bear" for Elvis Presley, "Wild One" for Bobby Rydell, "You Can't Sit Down" for the Dovells and "Let's Twist Again" for Chubby Checker among others, was born in Philadelphia; died November 28, 1961
1924: Denny Wright, guitarist for Lonnie Donnegan, Ella Fitzgerald, and many others; died February 8, 1992
1942: Colin Earl of Mungo Jerry ("In the Summertime")
1945: Bob Seger was born in Dearborn, Michigan
1948: Mary MacGregor ("Torn Between Two Lovers") was born in St. Paul, Minnesota
1950: Robbie McIntosh of the Average White Band
1960: Larry Steinbachek of Bronski Beat ("Smalltown Boy")
1960: John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants was born in Lincoln, Massachusetts
1962: Engineer, mixer, producer and record company executive Adam Yellin, who worked with the Rolling Stones, Kiss, Billy Idol, Debbie Harry and the Ramones, was born in New York City
1964: Tony Scalzo of Fastball was born in Honolulu, Hawai'i
1967: Mark Bryan, guitarist for Hootie & the Blowfish
1971: Chris Shiflett, guitarist of the Foo Fighters, was born in Santa Barbara, CaliforniaSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-day-in-rock-music-history-may-6.html
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