Significant Events In Music Week Of 5.16 - 5.22

This is for those of you who were keeping up with Significant Events. this is for the 1st week my computer was down.

Significant Events In Music This Week - 5.16 - 5.22

May 16th In Music

1964 - Mary Wells started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'My Guy'. Written and produced by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles.

1966 - The Beach Boys released the classic album Pet Sounds widely ranked as one of the most influential records ever released and has been ranked at No.1 in several music magazines lists of greatest albums of all time, including New Musical Express, The Times and Mojo Magazine. In 2003, it was ranked No.2 in Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, (The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's came first).

1970 - Randy Bachman leaves The Guess Who to produce an album for Winnipeg band Brave Belt, which he eventually joins. Bachman recruits fellow Winnipeg bassist and vocalist C.F. Turner, and the band Bachman-Turner Overdrive is born.

1970 - Crosby Stills Nash & Young went to No. 1 on the US album chart with 'Deja Vu'. The album featured three Top 40 singles: 'Teach Your Children,' 'Our House,' and 'Woodstock'. In 2003, the album was ranked number 148 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

1986 - Host Johnny Carson and his bandleader Doc Severinsen wear fake beards in honor of ZZ Top, who perform "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Tush" on The Tonight Show

1987 - U2 started a three week run at No. 1 on the US singles chart 'With Or Without You', the group's first US No. 1. The third track from their 1987 album, The Joshua Tree, was the group's most successful single at the time. Their next single, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," follows to No. 1, cementing their superstar status.

1990 - Muppets creator Jim Henson dies of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome at 53. Henson made music a key component of The Muppet Show, which featured a gnarly house band (The Electric Mayhem) and welcomed many superstars eager to interact with his creatures. Willie Nelson, Don Knotts, Leo Sayer, Linda Ronstadt, Elton John, Julie Andrews, John Denver and Loretta Lynn all appeared on the show.

Birthdays:

1946 - Roger Earl. Drummer for Foghat, Savoy Brown. Born in Hampton Court Palace, London, England.

1947 - Darrell Sweet. From Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, who had the 1976 US No. 8 single, 'Love Hurts'. Born in Bournemouth, England. Died on 4.30.1999.

1948 - Alto Reed. American saxophonist. He is best known as a long-time member of Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band and also worked with many artists including Grand Funk Railroad, Little Feat, Otis Rush, Spencer Davis, The Blues Brothers, The Ventures and George Thorogood. He died on 12.30.2020 age 72.

1949 - William Spooner. Guitarist, Grateful Dead. Born in Phoenix, Arizona.

May 17th In Music

1975 - Earth, Wind & Fire's LP That's The Way Of The World hits No. 1.

1989 - The Doobie Brothers release their reunion album, Cycles, which gets them back on the radio with the hit single "The Doctor."

Birthdays:

1948 - Bill Bruford. English drummer. He was the original drummer for the rock group Yes, from 1968–1972, and then joined King Crimson. He worked as the touring drummer for Genesis in 1976 and 1978.

1952 - Roy Adams. Drummer for The Climax Blues Band. Born in Birmingham, England.

May 18th In Music

1964 - The Animals record the folk song "House Of The Rising Sun" at a London studio. A few months later, it becomes a huge hit, going to No. 1 in both the UK and US.

1985 - Simple Minds were at No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Don't You Forget About Me'.

2001 - The movie Shrek is released, fully reviving the song "I'm a Believer" (performed by Smash Mouth in the rave-up at the end of the film).

Birthdays:

1949 - William Wallace. From Canadian rock band Guess Who who had the 1970 US No. 1 single 'American Woman'. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

May 19th In Music

1979 - ABBA started a four week run at No. 1 on the UK album chart with 'Voulez-Vous' the group's fourth No. 1 album.

1979 - Supertramp went to No. 1 on the US album chart with 'Breakfast In America', the group's only US No. 1. It featured three US Billboard hit singles: 'The Logical Song', 'Goodbye Stranger' and 'Take the Long Way Home'.

Birthdays:

1945 - Pete Townshend. English musician, singer, songwriter, The Who. Had the 1965 UK No. 2 single 'My Generation' and the 1967 US No. 9 single 'I Can See For Miles' plus over 20 other UK Top 40 hit singles, 16 US Top 40 singles and rock opera albums 'Tommy' & 'Quadrophenia'. Although known primarily as a guitarist, he also plays keyboards, banjo, accordion, harmonica, ukulele, mandolin, violin, synthesizer, bass guitar, and drums. Born in Chiswick, United Kingdom.

1947 - Greg Herbert. From jazz-rock American music group Blood Sweat & Tears. They scored the 1969 US No. 2 single 'Spinning Wheel', and the 1969 US No. 12 single 'You've Made Me So Very Happy'. They had a US No. 1 with their second album Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1968. Herbert died on 1.31.1977.

1947 - Jerry Hyman. From jazz-rock American music group Blood Sweat & Tears. They scored the 1969 US No.2 single 'Spinning Wheel', and the 1969 US No.12 single 'You've Made Me So Very Happy'. They had a US No.1 with their second album Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1968. Born in Brooklyn, New York.

1949 - Dusty Hill. Bass, keyboardist, and co-vocalist with ZZ Top, who had the 1984 US No. 8 single 'Legs'. ZZ Top has had global album sales in excess of 50 million as of 2014. Along with his brother Rocky Hill and future fellow ZZ Top member Frank Beard, Hill played in local Dallas bands the Warlocks, the Cellar Dwellers, and American Blues. Born in Dallas, Texas.

1954 - Phil Rudd. Drums, AC/DC, from 1975 through 1983, and again from 1994 to 2015. Their 1980 US No. 14 album Back In Black has sold over 49 million copies). Born in Melbourne, Australia.

May 20th In Music

1954 - Bill Haley and His Comets' "Rock Around The Clock" is released for the first time. It stalls on the charts, but becomes a hit a year later when it is used in the movie Blackboard Jungle.

1967 - The Young Rascals started a two week run at No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Groovin’.

1978 - Wings' "With A Little Luck" hits No. 1 in America.

Birthdays:

1944 - Joe Cocker. English singer and musician who had the 1968 No. 1 single with his cover of The Beatles 'With A Little Help From My Friends', plus 8 other UK Top 40 singles. Scored the 1982 US No. 1 single with Jennifer Warnes 'Up Where We Belong'. Born in Sheffield, England. Cocker died on 12.22.2014.

1959 - Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole or IZ, a Native Hawaiian singer-songwriter, musician and Hawaiian sovereignty activist. His 1993 medley of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World’ was featured in several films, television programs, and television commercials. He died on 6.26.1997. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Kamakawiwoʻole

1964 - Patti Russo. American singer/songwriter/actress. Best known as the female lead vocalist with Meat Loaf.

May 21st In Music

1977 - Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album takes over the No. 1 spot in the US from the Eagles' Hotel California.

2018 - The Hootie & the Blowfish album Cracked Rear View is certified for selling 21 million copies in America, overtaking Guns N' Roses' Appetite For Destruction as the top-selling debut album of all-time in that country.

Birthdays:

1941 - Ronald Isley. From American group The Isley Brothers who first came to prominence in 1959 with their fourth single, 'Shout', and then the 1962 hit 'Twist and Shout. Sixteen of their albums charted in the Top 40. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1943 - Hilton Valentine. English musician, who was the original guitarist in The Animals who had the 1964 US No. 1 single 'House Of The Rising Sun'. Born in North Shields, Northumberland, England.

1947 - Bill Champlin. American singer, guitarist, keyboard player and songwriter who joined Chicago in 1981. He sang (with Peter Cetera) on the bands 1984 hit single 'Hard Habit to Break'. Born in Oakland, California.

1948 - Leo Sayer. British born singer-songwriter who had the 1977 US No. 1 single 'When I Need You', the Chrysalis record label their first UK No. 1. Sayer also co-wrote 'Giving It All Away', which gave Roger Daltrey of The Who his first solo hit in 1973. Born in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England.

1955 - Stan Lynch. American musician, songwriter and record producer who was the original drummer for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, (1977 single 'American Girl', 1989 UK No. 28 single 'I Won't Back Down', 1991 UK No. 3 album 'Into The Great Wide Open'). He partnered with longtime friend Don Henley to help put together Eagles' reunion album Hell Freezes Over and as a producer and writer, Lynch has worked with a diverse array of acts, such as The Band, Eagles, Don Henley, Jackopierce, Joe 90, Scotty Moore, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Jeff Healey Band, Tim McGraw and Ringo Starr. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

May 22nd In Music

1968 - Cream’s Disraeli Gears is certified gold.

1971 - The Rolling Stones album Sticky Fingers started a four-week run at No. 1 on the US charts, the group's second US No. 1 album. The album features the first usage of the "Tongue and Lip Design" designed by John Pasche.

1976 - Wings started a five week run at No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Silly Love Songs', McCartney's fifth US No. 1 since leaving The Beatles.

1996 - Mission: Impossible debuts in theaters. A reboot of the classic '60s TV series, it features a hit electronic reimagining of Lalo Schifrin's iconic "Burning Fuse" theme from U2's Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen.

Birthdays:

1967 - Dan Roberts. Bassist with Canadian rock band Crash Test Dummies best known internationally for their 1993 single 'Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm'. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.