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Significant Events In Music This Week - 5.30 - 6.5
May 30th In Music
2017 - Bob Seger's Greatest Hits album, released in 1994, is certified Diamond for sales of 10 million copies.
Birthdays:
1924 - Armando Peraza. Latin jazz percussionist who was a member of Santana from 1972 until the early 90s appearing on over 15 of the groups albums. He died on 4.14.2014 at the age of 89.
1945 - Gladys Horton. American singer, was the founder and lead singer of the Motown all-female vocal group The Marvelettes who had the hits 'Please Mr. Postman', (when Horton was just fifteen years old). Horton died on 1.26.2011 aged 65.
May 31st In Music
1961 - Jimi Hendrix enlists in the Army and is stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, as a member of the 101st Airborne Division. He signs up for three years, but is honorably discharged a little over a year later, ostensibly because he hurt his ankle in a parachute jump, but really because he is a lousy soldier, constantly thinking about or playing his guitar.
1980 - The Theme From M*A*S*H* (Suicide Is Painless), by Mash was at No. 1 on the UK singles chart, 10 years after it was first recorded.
Birthdays:
1930 - Clint Eastwood. The actor/director also dabbles in music, releasing an album of Cowboy Favorites in 1959 and composing scores for several of his films, including Mystic River, Gran Torino, and Grace is Gone. Born in San Francisco, California.
1938 - Peter Yarrow. Singer-songwriter from American folk group Peter Paul and Mary, who had the 1969 US No. 1 & 1970 UK No. 2 single 'Leaving On A Jet Plane'. Born in Manhattan, New York.
1948 - Mike Edwards. English cellist who was a member of Electric Light Orchestra from 1972 and played with the band from their first live gig in Croydon until he departed in January 1975. Edwards died on 9.3.2010.
1948 - John Bonham. English drummer from Led Zeppelin who had the 1969 US No. 4 single 'Whole Lotta Love'. The bands fourth album released in 1971 featuring the rock classic Stairway To Heaven, has sold over 37 million copies. He is regarded as the greatest and most influential rock drummer of all time. Born in Redditch, Worcestershire, England. Bonham died on 9.25.1980 aged 32.
June 1st In Music
1963 - Lesley Gore started a two week run at No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'It's My Party'.
1972 - The Eagles released their debut studio album. The album was an immediate success and produced three top 40 singles 'Take It Easy', 'Witchy Woman' and 'Peaceful Easy Feeling'.
Birthdays:
1950 - Graham Russell. Guitar, vocals for the Australian soft rock band Air Supply who scored the 1980 UK No. 11 single 'All Out Of Love' and the 1981 US No. 1 single 'The One That You Love'.
1974 - Alanis Morissette. Canadian-American, singer, songwriter, who had the 1996 US No. 4 single 'Ironic' from Jagged Little Pill which has sold more then 30 million copies, making it the best ever selling record by a female performer. Morissette has now sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
June 2nd In Music
1973 - The Wings album Red Rose Speedway hits the top of the albums chart in the US and "My Love" starts a four-week run as the No. 1 single on the Hot 100.
1978 - Thin Lizzy released the live double album Live And Dangerous. It was recorded in Philadelphia, London and Toronto in 1977, during the tours accompanying the albums Johnny The Fox and Bad Reputation. It peaked at No.2 on the UK album charts. It remained in the charts for 62 weeks and eventually sold 600,000 copies.
Birthdays:
1941 - Charlie Watts. English drummer who joined The Rolling Stones in 1963 and had the 1965 US No. 1 single ’(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ and over 35 Top 40 singles and albums. Watts also plays occasional gigs with Charlie Watts and his Big Band. In 2006, Watts was elected into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame. Born in London, England.
1941 - William Guest. Singer with The Pips. Their first hit single was a version of 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' in 1967. With Gladys Knight had the 1973 US No. 1 single 'Midnight Train To Georgia’. Guest died on 24th Dec 2015 of heart failure at the age of 74.
1944 - Marvin Hamlisch. Pianist, composer, 1974 US No. 1 album 'The Sting', US No. 3 single 'The Entertainer.' He won four Grammy Awards in 1974, two for 'The Way We Were'. In 1975, he wrote the original theme music for Good Morning America and co-wrote 'Nobody Does It Better' for The Spy Who Loved Me with his then-girlfriend Carole Bayer Sager. Hamlisch died on August 6, 2012.
June 3rd In Music
1967 - The Doors 'Light My Fire' was released in the US, where it went on to be No. 1 on the singles chart two months later after trimming it from an album-awesome 6:50 to a radio-friendly 2:52. The group's first single, "Break On Through," didn't, but "Light My Fire" ignites, going to No. 1 and becoming their most famous song.
1970 - Jimi Hendrix's Band Of Gypsies is certified Gold.
1970 - Deep Purple released their fourth studio album 'Deep Purple In Rock'.
1972 - The Eagles release "Take It Easy."
1972 - Jethro Tull's concept album Thick As A Brick, hits No. 1 in America.
Birthdays:
1936 - Eddie Willis. American soul musician who played electric guitar and occasional electric sitar for Motown's in-house studio band, The Funk Brothers, during the 1960s and early 1970s. He performed on many hits including ‘Please Mr. Postman’ by The Marvelettes, ‘The Way You Do the Things You Do’ by The Temptations, and ‘You Keep Me Hanging On’ by The Supremes. Willis died on 8.20.2018 aged 82.
1952 - Billy Powell. American musician and a longtime keyboardist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 until his death in 2009. They had the 1974 US No. 8 single, 'Sweet Home Alabama', 1982 UK No. 21 single 'Freebird'. Born in Corpus Christi, Texas. Powell died on 1.28.2009 aged 56.
June 4th In Music
1983 - The Police started a four week run at No. 1 in the UK with 'Every Breath You Take' the group's fifth and final No.1 single. Taken from the bands album Synchronicity.
Birthdays:
1944 - Michelle Gilliam Phillips. From American folk rock vocal group The Mamas & the Papas who had the 1965 hit 'California Dreamin'', the 1966 US No. 1 single 'Monday Monday' and the 1967 hit 'Dedicated to the One I Love'. Born in Long Beach, California.
June 5th In Music
1971 - Paul McCartney's second solo album 'Ram' started a two-week run at No. 1 on the UK chart. Featuring the US No. 1 single 'Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey'.
Birthdays:
1948 - Frank Eslersmith. Keyboards for the Australian soft rock band Air Supply in the 1970s and during the 1980s. Air Supply scored the 1980 UK No. 11 single 'All Out Of Love' and the 1981 US No. 1 single 'The One That You Love'. Eslersmith died on 3.1.1991.
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