This Day in Music History

[moodyblue]

George Roger Waters was born 61 years ago today... :good job:

[method77]

November 7, 2004

62 years ago Johnny Rivers is born. (1942)

61 years ago Joni Mitchell is born. (1943)

40 years ago The Marvelettes' "Too Many Fish in the Sea" enters the Hot 100, where it will make it up to #25. (1964)

40 years ago The Beach Boys' "Dance, Dance, Dance" enters the Hot 100 where it stays for eleven weeks and peaks at #8. It's the groups seventh and last chart entry this year and the fourth to make the Top 20. (1964)

36 years ago The Doors are banned in Phoenix after Jim Morrison tells the audience to stand up. The local authorities were wary of Morrison's intentions because he had recently mooned an audience. (1968)

35 years ago The Rolling Stones open their first U.S. tour in three years in Denver, Colorado. In those three years, the Stones have been the almost constant hero-villains of public controversy over their drug busts, censorship battles and reportedly uncoventional sex lives. The tour is all ready a media event. (1973)

34 years ago MGM Records President Mike Curb drops 18 acts from his roster in a move to discredit musicians who "expolit and promote hard drugs through music." Among the acts dropped are such alleged "Drug advocates" as Connie Francis, the Cowsills and the Judy Garland Estate -- but not Eric Burdon. (1970)

30 years ago Rolling Stone reports Ted Nugent has won the National Squirrel-Shooting Archery Contest by picking off a squirrel at 150 yards. Nugent also wiped out 27 more of the small mammals with a handgun during the three day event. (1974)

16 years ago John Fogerty wins his self-plagarism court battle with Fantasy Records. The label claimed Fogerty copied his song, "Run Through The Jungle" when writing "The Old Man Down The Road". (1988)

13 years ago Frank Zappa is diagnosed with prostate cancer. (1991)

13 years ago Actor Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee Wee Herman, pleads no contest to charges of indecent exposure. He had been arrested in Sarasota, Florida for exposing himself in a theatre. (1991)

[Redneck4sure]

Mike Curb had his own record label but I didn't know he was ever president of MGM.

Mike Curb Congregation also had one hit, "Burning Bridges".

[Meehowski]

Today the song "Photograph" by Ringo Starr topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1973)

Today the song "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" by Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks. (1979)

http://datadragon.com/day/

[Yippee]

This Day in Music History...Dec 8th

John Lennon

You know, in my travels today across the Internet, I found only a few mentions of this unfortunate anniversary. Very sad.

[method77]

we all forgot about it :(

here are some more:

1943 - Jim Morrison of the Doors is born in Melbourne, Fla., the son of a U.S. Navy admiral.

1925 - Singer Sammy Davis Jr. is born in New York City.

1991 - Jazz trumpeter Buck Clayton dies of natural causes in Manhattan at age 80.

[Meehowski]

This Day In History | Entertainment

January 5

1959 Buddy Holly's last record released

Coral Records releases "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" by Buddy Holly. The record was Holly's last before his tragic death in a plane crash that also killed singers Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. Holly's record climbed to No. 13 on the charts two months after his death..................

http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.js...53&day=10272970

[method77]

April 2

2003 - Soul singer Edwin Starr dies of a heart attack in Nottingham, England.

1996 - Singer and guitarist, Guitar Gabriel (Robert Lewis Jones) dies at the age of 71.

1967 - The Beatles finish recording the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." The album tops Billboard's pop album chart for 15 weeks, longer than any Beatles album.

1939 - Marvin Gaye (Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.) is born in Washington, D.C., the son of an apostolic minister. He has three No. 1 hits, the biggest of which is "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," which held the top spot for seven weeks in 1968-69. He is posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

1960 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Theme from `A Summer Place,' " Percy Faith. The song is the most successful instrumental single of the rock era, staying at No. 1 for nine weeks. Billboard also ranks the song the top single of 1960.

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Today in Entertainment History

•On Sept. 28, 1958, Dore Records released "To Know Him Is To Love Him" by the Teddy Bears.

• In 1968, Janis Joplin's manager announced Joplin would leave Big Brother and the Holding Company in November after fulfilling current obligations. Joplin said she and the band "weren't growing together anymore."

• In 1975, 40,000 people got to see Jefferson Starship and Jerry Garcia and Friends perform for free in San Francisco. "Jerry Garcia and Friends" ended up being the Grateful Dead, who had not performed together in more than a year.

• In 1988, singer John Denver offered the Soviet Union $10 million dollars to put him on the Soyuz space shuttle.

• In 1991, jazz trumpeter Miles Davis died of pneumonia, respiratory failure and a stroke. He was 65.

• Also in 1991, Garth Brooks became the first country artist to have an album debut at number one on the album charts, with "Ropin' The Wind."

• In 1995, Bobby Brown was caught in gunfire outside a Boston bar. Brown was unhurt, but his brother-in-law-to-be was killed.

Today's birthdays:

• Actor William Windom ("Murder, She Wrote") is 82.

• Actor Arnold Stang is 81.

• Blues singer Koko Taylor is 77.

• Actress Brigitte Bardot is 71.

• Singer Ben E. King is 67.

• Actor Joel Higgins ("Silver Spoons") is 62.

• Actor Jeffrey Jones is 59.

• Writer-director-actor John Sayles is 55.

• Actress Sylvia Kristel ("Emmanuelle," "Private Lessons") is 53.

• Actress-comedian Janeane Garofalo is 41.

• Country singer Matt King is 39.

• Actress Mira Sorvino is 38.

• TV personality Moon Zappa is 38.

• Singer Sean Levert of Levert is 37.

• Actress Naomi Watts is 37.

• Country singer Mandy Barnett is 30.

• Actress Hilary Duff is 18.

• Actress Skye McCole Bartusiak is 13.

[Shawn]

• Actress    Hilary Duff is 18.

[method77]

Actress Brigitte Bardot

when she was young :horny:

[method77]

January 08 2006

2005 - Australian artists including Kasey Chambers, "Australian Idol" winners Guy Sebastian and Casey Donovan, Jet vocalist Nic Cester, the Living End guitarist Chris Cheney, You Am I guitarist Dave Lane, Spiderbait drummer Mark "Kram" Maher and Dallas Crane bassist Pat Bourke rally together to help victims of the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami with an all-star concert and telethon.

1997 - Fruit Of The Loom announces that Vince Gill, Hank Williams Jr., Wynonna, Travis Tritt, Randy Travis, The Charlie Daniels Band, Bryan White and Jo Dee Messina will all join the 1997 Fruit of the Loom Country Comfort Music Series.

1995 - Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder hosts a national late-night radio show broadcast titled "Self Pollution Radio" from the band's hometown of Seattle.

1993 - A 29-cent U.S. postage stamp bearing the likeness of a 1950s-era Elvis Presley is issued at a post office near the King's Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tenn. The U.S. Postal Service held a vote in 1992 in which fans chose the '50s Elvis 851,200 to 277,723 over an older Elvis.

1991 - Steve Clark of Def Leppard is found dead in the living room of his London home by his girlfriend. The coroner rules that the 30-year-old died of a lethal combination of alcohol and drugs after a night of heavy drinking.

1979 - The Canadian government names Rush "Official Ambassadors of Music."

1974 - Kiss is signed to its first recording contract.

1973 - Elvis Presley sues Priscilla Presley for divorce.

1947 - David Bowie (David Robert Jones) is born in London. He first records with the King Bees, Lower Third and the Mannish Boys in 1963 before going solo. His two No. 1 songs are "Fame" and "Let's Dance."

1935 - Elvis Presley is born in Tupelo, Miss., one of a pair of twins. His brother Jessie is stillborn. Billboard ranks him as the top pop recording artist of all time with 17 No. 1 songs. The 1956 two-sided hit "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" stays at No. 1 for 11 weeks, a record for the rock era that stands until 1992.

From Billboard

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February 6

2005 - Merle Kilgore, a legendary figure in country music, dies from congestive heart failure onset from complications related to his ongoing treatment for cancer. Kilgore, 70, had been undergoing some experimental treatments in a hospital in Mexico at the time of his death.

2001 - To commemorate the first anniversary of rapper Big Pun's death, a mural is painted in the Bronx section of New York by graffiti artists Tats Crew. The mural replaces one painted the year before on 163rd Street and Intervale Boulevard. Members of the rapper's family and fellow rappers Fat Joe and Cuban Link are on hand for the dedication.

2001 - Rapper Master P (Percy Miller) guest stars on FOX series "Dark Angel."

1999 - The Japanese indie scene mourns former Super Junky Monkey lead vocalist Mutsumi Fukuhara (born Takahashi), after the singer apparently falls from the balcony of her apartment in Osaka. Fukuhara, 28, had recently left the band to devote time to her husband and their 1-year-old son.

1998 - Carl Wilson, one of the founding members of the Beach Boys, dies from complications of lung cancer. Wilson, 51, who had been battling the disease for nearly a year dies in Los Angeles with his family reportedly by his side.

1998 - Falco, the '80s technopop artist best known for his "Rock Me Amadeus" song and video, dies in a traffic accident in the Dominican Republic. He is 40. The Austrian-born singer/songwriter, born Johann Holzel, suffers a severe head injury when his sport utility vehicle collides with a bus as he pulls onto the highway.

1995 - Bob Marley's backup singers, the I-Threes, reunite for a 50th birthday concert for the late reggae pioneer at the Bob Marley museum in Jamaica. Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers also perform.

1994 - Nirvana embarks on their final tour of Europe.

1990 - Billy Idol breaks his arm and leg when his motorcycle crashes after he allegedly ran a stop sign in Hollywood. He had been coming from the recording studio, where he was working on the album "Charmed Life."

1987 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Open Your Heart," Madonna. Songwriters Gardner Cole and Peter Rafelson originally called the song "Follow Your Heart."

1981 - Hugo Montenegro dies of emphysema. Age 55.

1977 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Torn Between Two Lovers," Mary MacGregor. The artist says she hates the song and finds the situation in it "implausible."

1950 - Singer Natalie Cole is born in Los Angeles, the second of singer Nat "King" Cole's five children. "Unforgettable," a tribute to her father, is her biggest album, reaching No. 1 in 1991.

1945 - Reggae star Bob Marley is born in St. Ann's, Jamaica, the son of a British Army captain and a Jamaican. He records with his Jamaican band, the Wailers.

1943 - Teen idol Fabian (Fabiano Forte) is born in Philadelphia. He only releases two albums, both in 1959. He begins his acting career the same year with "Hound Dog Man."

Source: Billboard

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1977 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Torn Between Two Lovers," Mary MacGregor. The artist says she hates the song and finds the situation in it "implausible."

Kind of made me want to hurl also!!

:sick:

[method77]

February 25

2005, Whitney Houston was rushed to a hospital in Paris with suspected food poisoning after becoming ill during a flight from Los Angeles to Spain.

2004, The Rolling Stones topped a US Rich List of music’s biggest money makers. The list was based on earnings during 2003 when the band played their “Forty Licks” tour, which made them $212 million, (£124.7m) in ticket, CD, DVD and merchandise sales. The three million fans who went to the shows spent an average of $11 (£6.47) each on merchandise. Bruce Springsteen was listed in second place and The Eagles in third.

2001, Rapper Lil' Kim said a shooting which happened after she left a New York radio station was unconnected to her. One man was wounded in the incident outside the radio station Hot 97 in New York when five men fired 22 bullets. The New York Daily News reported the incident was the result of a feud between Lil' Kim and rival rappers, Capone-N-Noreaga.

2000, the five original Spice Girls were facing a bill of up to £1 million ($1.7 million) after losing a legal battle against the sponsors of their 1988 world tour. The Aprilia Scoter Company had claimed the girls knew of Geri’s impending departure.

1998, during Shawn Colvin's acceptance speech at the Grammy Awards, Ol Dirty Bastard grabed the microphone and made various observations such as "Puffy is good, but Wu-Tang is the best" and "Wu-Tang is for the children". He was then escorted offstage.

1996, The Bluetones went to No.1 on the UK album charts with their album 'Expecting To Fly.'

1995, Madonna started a seven week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Take A Bow', the track which was co-written with Babyface became a No.16 hit in the UK.

1989, Simple Minds were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Belfast Child.' At 6 minutes 39 seconds it became the second-longest running No.1 after The Beatles 'Hey Jude.'

1986, Appearing at the Ritz Theatre, Lincoln, England, Sad Cafe.

1985, U2 began their first full US arena tour starting at the Dallas Reunion Arena in Texas.

1984, The Thompson Twins scored their first UK No.1 album with their third release 'Into The Gap.'

1984, Jump', by Van Halen started a five-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart, a No.7 hit in the UK.

1984, Jump', by Van Halen started a five-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart, a No.7 hit in the UK.

1981, winners at this years Grammy Awards included Bob Seger who won Best Rock performance for 'Against The Wind', Pat Benatar won Best female performance for 'Crimes Of Passion' and Christopher Cross won Best new artist and Best song for 'Sailing.'

1977, The Jam signed to Polydor Records UK for £6,000 ($10,200).

1971, a Led Zeppelin concert from the Paris Theatre in France was broadcast live on UK television.

1965, The Seekers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I'll Never Find Another You', the groups first UK No.1.

1963, the first Beatles single 'Please Please Me' was released in the US on the 'Vee Jay' label. Also The Beatles played a gig at the Casino Ballroom, Leigh, Lancashire on this day.

1961, Elvis Presley played his last live show for eight years when he appeared at the Block Arena in Pearl Harbour, Hawaii.

1956, Elvis Presley had his first national hit when ‘I Forgot To Remember To Forget’ went to No.1 on the Billboard Country & Western chart.

thisdayinmusic.com

[Redneck4sure]

Kind of made me want to hurl also!!

:sick:

Maybe she didn't like it but I bet she cashed the check.

Did she have any other solo hits? Only in 1979 did she ever get into the top 40 and that was only at number 39 on the charts. I find that for her to not like the song is "implausible". <_>

Edit: The copy/paste loses something in the process. The number after Mary MacGregor is the songs highest position and then the year.

 Torn Between Two Lovers  Mary MacGregor 1 1976

 For A While   Mary MacGregor 90 1977

 This Girl (Has Turned Into A Woman)  Mary MacGregor 46 1977

 The Wedding Song (There Is Love)  Mary MacGregor 81 1978

 Good Friend  Mary MacGregor 39 1979

 Dancin' Like Lovers   Mary MacGregor 72 1980

Edited February 25, 2006 by Redneck4sure

[method77]

February 27

2005, Manchester band Doves scored their second UK No.1 album when ‘Some Cities’ went to the top of the charts.

2004, a worker in a supermarket in Aspen, Colorado alerted the police-after seeing a man shopping with his face covered by a mask. Police arrived on the scene and identified the man as Michael Jackson who was in town on holiday with his children.

1999, Britney Spears started a two- week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Baby One More Time'. It went on to be the biggest UK selling single of the year. Also No.1 in the US.

1994, Enigma went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The Cross Of Changes.'

1993, after 14 weeks at No.1 on the US singles chart, 'I Will Always Love You', gave Whitney Houston the longest ever US chart topper, taking over from Boyz II Men's hit 'End Of The Road', and became the second biggest selling single in the US.

1993, East 17 went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut LP 'Walthamstow.'

1991, James Brown was paroled after spending two years of a six-year prison sentence, imposed for resisting arrest after a car chase across two States.

1988, George Michael scored his sixth No.1 US single with 'Father Figure' a No. 11 hit in the UK.

1980, winners at the Grammy Awards included: song of the year, 'What A Fool Believes', The Doobie Brothers, album of the year, Billy Joel's '52nd St', best new artist, Rickie Lee Jones, best disco record, 'I Will Survive' Gloria Gaynor.

1977, Keith Richards was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Toronto’s Harbour Castle Hotel, for possession of heroin and cocaine. Bail was set at $25,000 (£14,705).

1974, Cher filed for divorce from Sonny Bono. Cher had married Gregg Allman from The Allman Brothers band on 27th June 1975.

1972, T Rex appeared at New York's Carnegie Hall.

1971, five months after her death, Janis Joplin started a nine-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Pearl.'

1967, Pink Floyd recorded their first single 'Arnold Layne', with producer Joe Boyd.

1965, The first date of a 21 twice- nightly UK package tour with Del Shannon, Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders and Herman's Hermits, at Sheffield's City Hall, England.

1964, 21 year-old former hairdresser and cloakroom attendant at The Cavern club Cilla Black was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Anyone Who Had A Heart.' Written by Bacharach and David it was Black's first UK No.1. Also this week's UK Top Ten was the first ever to feature only UK acts.

1961, Cubby Checker started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Pony Time', his second No.1 of the 60's. It reached No.27 in the UK.

[method77]

2005, 50 Cent went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘The Massacre’, the US rappers first UK No.1.

1999, Cher started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Believe', also a No.1 in the UK.

1994, Mariah Carey started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Music Box.'

1993, Canadian rapper Snow, (Darrin O'Brien), started a 7-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Informer', a No.2 hit in the UK.

1993, Eric Clapton started a three-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Unplugged.'

1993, Lenny Kravitz started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Are You Gonna Go My Way.'

1993, This week's Radio One's UK Top 40 Chart Show was in chaos after Gallup who compiled the chart got 20 of the forty entries wrong.

1985, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure received the best selling a side award at the 30th Ivor Novello Awards for 'Do They Know It's Christmas.'

1977, Manhattan Transfer were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Chanson D'amour', the groups only UK No.1.

1977, Iggy Pop and David Bowie kicked off a 22 date tour at Le Plateau Theatre, Montreal, Canada, support act was Blondie.

1976, The Four Seasons started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'December 1963, (Oh What A Night)', the groups 5th US No.1, also their only UK No.1.

1975, Tammy Wynette and George Jones divorced after six years of marriage.

1973, David Cassidy appeared at Bell Vue Kings Hall in Manchester, the first of 10 sold out UK shows.

1972, Harry Nilsson was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of The Peter Ham and Tom Evans song 'Without You'. The song was also a No.1 for Mariah Carey in 1994.

1971, Appearing live at Leeds University, England, The Rolling Stones.

1966, Rod Stewart left Steampacket to work as a solo artist.

1965, appearing at Esther’s Orbit Room, Oakland, California, Mary Wells and her Revue.

1965, Eric Clapton left The Yardbirds, dissatisfied with the group's direction.

1965, The Beatles started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Eight Days A Week', the groups 7th US No.1.

1965, Tom Jones made his first major TV appearance on BBC TVs 'Billy Cotton Band Show.'

1960, Johnny Preston was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Running Bear', also No.1 in the US.

1958, The Recording Industry Association of America introduced its awards for record sales, (RIAA). The Beatles hold the record for being awarded the most with 76 platinum certifications.

1956, 1956, RCA Records issued the first album and extended play releases by Elvis Presley.

[DudeAsInCool]

On this day in 1958, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the first gold record. It was Perry Como’s Catch A Falling Star on RCA Victor Records. The tune became the first to win million-seller certification, though other songs dating as far back as the 1920s may have sold a million records or more. Due to lack of a certification organization like the RIAA, they weren’t awarded the golden platter.

http://440.com/twtd/t031406.html

[DudeAsInCool]

Happy Birthday Phil Lesh (66), Mike Love (65), Sly Stone (62), Ry Cooder (59), Terence Trent D'Arby (44), Mark Hoppus (34), Joseph Hahn (29) and Young Buck (25).

Quote: "Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards." – Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones

[DudeAsInCool]

April 4, 2006

On this day in Music History...

The Beatles held the top five places in the US singles chart, at No. 5 'Please Please Me', No.4 'I Want To Hold Your Hand', No.3, 'Roll Over Beethoven', No.2 'Love Me Do' and at No.1 'Can't Buy Me Love'. April 4, 1964

Source: 1-Click Answers

[DudeAsInCool]

April 9, 2006

1998 - Pop star George Michael is arrested for investigation of engaging in misdemeanor lewd conduct. The arrest is made at Will Rogers Park in Beverly Hills, Calif., after an undercover officer allegedly observes Michael performing a lewd act in a park restroom.

1998 - A public memorial service for Tammy Wynette is held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

Billboard

[DudeAsInCool]

Highlights from yesteryear on April 27

1938 - Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded I Hadn’t Anyone ’til You for Victor Records. Jack Leonard was featured as vocalist.

1959 - Lloyd Price’s song, Personality, was released. Price had 10 songs that made it on the nation’s pop music charts in the 1950s through early 1960s.

1976 - Maxine Nightingale received a gold record for the single, Right Back Where We Started From. Nightingale was in the productions of Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell and Savages in the early ’70s. Right Back Where We Started From was a number two hit for two weeks in 1976.

1981 - Former Beatle Ringo Starr married Barbara Bach at the Marylebone Registry Office in London. Paul McCartney and wife Linda, George Harrison and Harry Nilsson were in attendance.

Happy Birthday to:

1932 - Casey Kasem

Kemal Amin Kasem) (radio DJ/announcer/host: American Top 40; actor: Hawaii Five-O, The Hardy Boys Mysteries, >Charlie’s Angels; character voice: Tiny Toon Adventures, Scooby Doo series

1932 - Maxine (Ella) Brown

singer: group: The Browns: The Three Bells; Scarlet Ribbons, The Old Lamplighter; solo: Sugar Cane Country

1933 - Calvin Newborn

jazz/blues guitarist; brother of piano wizard Phineas Newborn Jr.

1947 - Dave Peel

punk rocker: group: The Lower East Side: LP: The Pope Smokes Dope

1948 - Kate Pierson

musician: organ, singer; group: The B-52’s: Rock Lobster, Quiche Lorraine, 606-0842, Dance this Mess Around

1949 - Clive Taylor

musician: bass: group: Amen Corner: Gin House Blues, Bend Me Shape Me, [if Paradise is] Half As Nice, Natural Sinner

1951 - Paul Daniel ‘Ace’ Frehley

musician: group: Kiss [the spaceman]: Rock and Roll All Nite, Beth, Forever and I Was Made for Lovin’ You; formed Frehley’s Comet

1959 - Sheena Easton (Sheena Shirley Orr)

singer: Modern Girl, Morning Train, One Man Woman, When He Shines, For Your Eyes Only, We Got Tonight, Strut, Sugar Walls

Chart Toppers on this day

April 27

1949

Forever and Ever - Perry Como

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1957

All Shook Up - Elvis Presley

1965

Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter - Herman’s Hermits

I Know a Place - Petula Clark

1973

The Cisco Kid - War

1981

Kiss on My List - Daryl Hall & John Oates

1989

Like a Prayer - Madonna

For more info on this day, go to

Those Were the Days

[DudeAsInCool]

On May second, the following songs were at the top of the charts:

1962Good Luck Charm - Elvis Presley

Soldier Boy - The Shirelles

Stranger on the Shore - Mr. Acker Bilk

Charlie’s Shoes - Billy Walker

1970ABC - The Jackson 5

American Woman/No Sugar Tonight - The Guess Who

Love or Let Me Be Lonely - The Friends of Distinction

My Woman My Woman, My Wife - Marty Robbins

1978Night Fever - Bee Gees

If I Can’t Have You - Yvonne Elliman

Can’t Smile Without You - Barry Manilow

Every Time Two Fools Collide - Kenny Rogers & Dottie West

1986Kiss - Prince & The Revolution

Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer

West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys

Now and Forever (You and Me) - Anne Murray

Source: Those Were the Days

[DudeAsInCool]

On May third--

1991 - Phil Collins and Al Jarreau receive Honorary Doctor of Music Degrees from Berklee College of Music during commencement ceremonies in Boston. The principal speaker at the commencement is Atlantic Records founder and CEO Ahmet Ertegun.

1987 - Bluesman Paul Butterfield dies. He is 44.

1986 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "West End Girls," Pet Shop Boys.

1977 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Hotel California," The Eagles.

1964 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Hello Dolly," Louis Armstrong.

1959 - The first Grammy Awards ceremony is held in Los Angeles with Mort Sahl as host. Domenico Modugno's "Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)" wins Record of the Year. "The Music from Peter Gunn" wins Album of the Year.

Read more at:

Billboard