Almanac: May 24*

Births:

• 1935 - Rusty York (Rockabilly Hall of Fame member) (78)
• 1941 - Bob Dylan (72)
• 1941 - Tony Valentino (Standells) (72)
• 1942 - Derek Quinn (Freddie & the Dreamers) (71)
• 1944 - Patti LaBelle (69)
• 1945 - Dave Peacock (Chas & Dave) (68)
• 1946 - Steve Upton (Wishbone Ash) (67)
• 1947 - Albert Bouchard (Blue Oyster Cult) (66)
• 1947 - Cynthia Albritton (aka Cynthia Plaster Caster) (66)
• 1949 - John Illsley (Dire Straits) (64)
• 1955 - Rosanne Cash (58)
• 1956 - Helen Terry (Culture Club) (57)
• 1960 - Guy Fletcher (Roxy Music, Dire Straits) (53)
• 1964 - Mark Rivera (Billy Joel, Ringo Starr) (49)
• 1967 - Heavy D (born Dwight Myers) (d. 2011)
• 1969 - Rich Robinson (Black Crowes) (44)
• 1970 - Tommy Page (43)
• 1976 - Alessandro Cortini (Nine Inch Nails) (37)
• 1988 - Billy Gilman (25)

Deaths:

• 1963 - Elmore James - Heart attack (45)
• 1974 - Duke Ellington - Lung cancer & pneumonia (75)
• 1991 - Gene Clark (Byrds) - Heart attack (46)
• 2006 - Ian Copeland (New wave promoter & booking agent) - Melanoma (57)

On This Day:

• 1956 - First Eurovision Song Contest held.
• 1963 - Beatles record their first episode of the BBC's Pop Go the Beatles.
• 1964 - The Beatles appear in a pre-taped segment on the Ed Sullivan Show.
• 1965 - John Lennon's second book, A Spaniard in the Works, is published.
• 1968 - Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull are arrested for marijuana possession.
• 1970 - Peter Green made his last appearance with Fleetwood Mac in Somerset, England.
• 1976 - Clive Davis plead guilty to not reporting $8,800 in income.
• 1982 - Topper Headon (drums) left The Clash.
• 1983 - Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet broke up Yaz (Yazoo). 
• 1986 - The Monkees, minus Mike Nesmith, reunited for a tour opening in the New York Catskills.
• 1991 - Guns 'N Roses played the first date of their Use Your Illusion Tour in East Troy, Wisconsin.
• 1998 - It's Van Halen Day in Philadelphia.
• 1999 - Britain's Royal Mail issued a new stamp with Freddie Mercury.
• 1999 - David Bowie writes and records the song What's Really Happening for an audience on the internet.
• 2000 - A judge told the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde that she would be let out of her arrest for protesting the sale of leather in Gap stores if she stayed trouble free for six months.
• 2002 - Paul McCartney's first U.K. exhibition of art opened in Liverpool.
• 2003 - Paul McCartney played his first show ever in Russia.
• 2004 - Madonna started the U.S. leg of her Re-invention tour.
• 2005 - Motley Crue sued NBC after they banned them from the network due to Vince Neil swearing on The Tonight Show. The band claimed it hurt record and ticket sales.
• 2007 - Madonna won International Hit of the Year for Sorry at the Ivor Novello Awards.
• 2009 - Billy Joel was sued by former drummer Liberty Devitto for unpaid royalties.

Divorces:

• 1990 - Axl Rose and Erin Everly (filed after one month)

Released:

• 1968 - Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
• 1988 - OU812 - Van Halen
• 1989 - Time Waits for No One - Mavis Staples

Number Ones - U.S. Singles:

• 1969 - Get Back - Beatles with Billy Preston (5 weeks)
• 1975 - Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire (1 week)
• 1997 - MMMBop - Hanson (3 weeks)
• 2008 - Take a Bow - Rihanna (1 week)

Number Ones - U.S. Albums:

• 1958 - South Pacific - Soundtrack (1 week)
• 1997 - Spice - Spice Girls (4 weeks)
• 2003 - Body Kiss - Isley Brothers Featuring Ronald Isley (1 week)
• 2008 - Home Before Dark - Neil Diamond (1 week)

Number Ones - U.K. Singles:

• 1957 - Butterfly - Andy Williams (2 weeks)
• 1962 - Good Luck Charm - Elvis Presley (5 weeks)
• 1998 - Feel It - The Tamperer Featuring Maya (1 week)
• 2009 - Bonkers - Armand Van Helden Featuring Dizzee Rascal (2 weeks)

Number Ones - U.K. Albums:

• 1969 - Nashville Skyline - Bob Dylan (4 weeks)
• 1975 - Best of - Stylistics (5 weeks (2 previous weeks at number 1))
• 1997 - Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix - Michael Jackson (2 weeks)
• 1998 - Version 2.0 - Garbage (1 week)
• 2009 - Relapse - Eminem (2 weeks)

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Chart Watch America: George Strait in at Number 2 on Albums, Number 1 on Country; Amy Grant at 12

Country's "King George", George Strait, debuts at number 2 on the Albums and number 1 on the Country Albums with Love is Everything. It's his sixth album in a row to debut in the top three of the Albums chart and his ninth straight number 1 Country Album. Of his 26 studio albums, 19 have gone to number 1.


Amy Grant has her highest charting album in 16 years with How Mercy Looks From Here. At number 12, it's her best since 1997's Behind the Eyes.

The sixth volume of the Grateful Dead's Dave's Picks series debuts at 32, an area of the charts well tread by the band. Volume 5 peaked at 38 and Volume 3 at 34; however, just those two spots gives the band their highest charting album since 1995's Hundred Year Hall.

At 186 is the premier of Agnatha Faltskog's A, far short of the sales being racked up in Europe but that isn't unusual as the U.S. never had ABBA fever the way the rest of the world did. Even so, it's her first charting record in the U.S. since 1983's Wrap Your Arms Around Me which made it to 102.

Two older albums return to the charts after multi-year absences due to new anniversary editions.  R.E.M.'s Green is in at 100 while Huey Lewis and the News' Sports is at 120.

Two singles with veteran artists in supporting roles made it into the Top 25 Rock Singles. At 19 is Lift Me Up by Five Finger Death Punch Featuring Rob Halford and at 25 is Rose Tattoo by the Drop Kick Murphys with Bruce Springsteen.

Veteran Artist Index for June 1, 2013:	2591 +535 (-26.0%)
High: 3981 (w/o 3/30/13)	Low: 1227 (w/o 1/19/13)

The Veteran Artist Index tracks the impact of albums by veteran artists on the Billboard Top 200. Any album that is by or, in the case of soundtracks and various artists albums, has a majority of track by artists who have been recording for 25 years or more is included in the index. Points are awarded on a reverse basis with a number 1 album receiving 200 points and a number 200 album receiving 1 point.

The top selling album/track by a veteran artist is marked in red. New entries by veteran artists are marked with an N and shown in blue. Reentries are marked with an R and are shown in green.

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Chart Date June 1, 2013

Comprehensive

Top 200 Albums

TW	LW	Title	Artist
1	N	Modern Vampires of the City	Vampire Weekend
2	N	Love is Everything	George Strait
3	N	Demi	Demi Lovato
4	2	The Great Gatsby: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film	Various Artists
5	1	Golden	Lady Antebellum
12	N	How Mercy Looks From Here	Amy Grant
19	7	Time	Rod Stewart
32	N	Dave's Picks Volume 6: San Francisco, 12/20/69 / St. Louis 2/2/70	Grateful Dead
70	68	Super Hits	George Jones
84	81	Journey's Greatest Hits	Journey
87	80	The Legend of Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash
91	107	16 Greatest Hits	George Jones
92	67	Love Has Come For You	Steve Martin & Edie Brickell
97	127	Legend: The Best of Bob Marley & the Wailers	Bob Marley & the Wailers
100	R	Green	R.E.M.
101	42	Unstoppable Momentum	Joe Satriani
107	100	Number Ones	Michael Jackson
110	R	Now What?!	Deep Purple
120	R	Sports	Huey Lewis & the News
121	83	Authentic	LL Cool J
131	124	The Very Best of the Eagles	Eagles
139	188	Juke Box Heroes	Foreigner
150	117	Old Sock	Eric Clapton
151	168	Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits	Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty
152	149	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Edition: The Best of Eric Clapton	Eric Clapton
155	153	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Edition: The Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd	Lynyrd Skynyrd
159	179	Dark Side of the Moon	Pink Floyd
166	147	Hits I Missed…And One I Didn't	George Jones
170	128	Delta Machine	Depeche Mode
172	155	Super Hits	Willie Nelson
176	182	People, Hell and Angels	Jimi Hendix
178	177	The Very Best of Prince	Prince
180	185	Grrr!	Rolling Stones
181	169	The Next Day	David Bowie
183	195	Mothership	Led Zeppelin
186	N	A	Agnetha Faltskob
189	R	Licensed to Ill	Beastie Boys
193	192	Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets	Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
195	R	The Essential Michael Jackson	Michael Jackson
197	110	What About Now	Bon Jovi
198	167	10	New Kids on the Block
		Dropped Out:
X	151	Hoy	Vincente Fernandez
X	176	Love, Charlie	Charlie Wilson

The balance of the American charts are after the cut.

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Bruce Springsteen Documentary "Springsteen and I" to Have Worldwide Showing on July 22

The new fan created Bruce Springsteen documentary, Springsteen and I, will be broacast to cinema screens worldwide on July 22 exclusively by Arts Alliance Media.

Springsteen and I is a motion picture event created for the fans, by the fans and includes Springsteen's most loved songs and unseen legendary performances throughout his career. A unique music documentary and collective filmmaking experience produced by Ridley Scott Associates and Mr. Wolf and made with the full support of Springsteen, his management and label.

Forty years ago, Bruce Springsteen burst onto the rock scene and changed it forever. With over 120 million albums sold worldwide and numerous awards, including a staggering 20 Grammys, his music defines a generation. Behind the songs are remarkable stories about the fans who lived by them. Now audiences everywhere can discover how the sound of Bruce Springsteen became the soundtrack to so many lives.

Tickets for the screenings will go on sale from June 4th. To celebrate the cinema release, fans around the world are being given the opportunity to star on the official 'SPRINGSTEEN & I' movie poster with details on how to enter now available at http://www.springsteenandi.com.

More information including locations of the film screenings and other exciting reveals will be released in the coming weeks via the website and on the official Facebook & Twitter #SpringsteenAndI channels.

Springsteen and I was inspired by Scott Free London's critically acclaimed feature film Life in a Day. It is produced by Ridley Scott Associates' companies Scott Free and Black Dog Films, and directed by Baillie Walsh (best known for 2008's Flashbacks of a Fool starring Daniel Craig) and executive produced by Ridley Scott. Springsteen's team has been incredibly generous with unseen archival footage and concert material.

Ridley Scott commented "This beautifully crafted film provides a unique insight into the powerful bond between a recording artist and those who connect so profoundly with his music."

With a juggernaut career spanning five decades, this year is the 40th anniversary of Springsteen's debut LP Greetings from Asbury Park and 2014 marks the 30th year since the release of seminal rock and roll album Born in the USA.

Currently in the midst of a 34-date Wrecking Ball world tour, Springsteen and his E Street Band play across Europe from May through July 2013.

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Watch: Behind the Scenes of the Rolling Stones Exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has released a short video showing some of the items that are in their new Rolling Stones exhibit along with some behind the scenes shots of what was done to put the presentation together.

Rolling Stones: 50 Years of Satisfaction opens Friday and spans three floors and 4,000 square feet of exhibit space at the museum with hundreds of items from throughout the band's history including instruments, clothes, handwritten notes and more. Everything will be on display through next May.

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Tony Iommi Admits He Cut Off Talks With Bill Ward For Black Sabbath Reunion

After months of speculation, the world knows why the Black Sabbath reunion was absent one of its four members, drummer Bill Ward. Guitarist Tony Iommi cut off the talks but not over dollars or arguments. It was because he felt he was short on time.

Iommi was diagnosed with cancer last year right after the reunion was announced. As negotiations dragged out between the band and Ward, Tony became worried that his time would run out before the band could accomplish anything.

Tony told Guitar World "Once I heard ‘cancerous lymphoma,’ I thought, ‘That’s it. I’ve had it.’ We waited a long time for Bill and we wanted to sort it out. But at the end of the day, especially after I was diagnosed, I thought, ‘Fucking hell, that’s it – we’ve got to get a move on. I might pop off next year!’

"So I emailed him and said, ‘Bill, we can’t wait any longer. We’ve got to get on with it.’ And that was it."

Luckily, things look much brighter for Iommi as it does for Black Sabbath, who will release their new album 13 on June 10 and follow with a world tour.

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