Music Almanac: May 14, 2018

Birthdays  

• 1928 - Dub Jones (Coasters) (d. 2000)
• 1930 - Marilyn Maye (88)
• 1932 - Bob Johnston (producer) (d. 2015)
• 1936 - Charlie Gracie (82)
• 1936 - Bobby Darin (d. 1973)
• 1939 - Troy Shondell (d. 2016)
• 1940 - Troy Shondell (d. 2016)
• 1943 - Derek Leckenby (Herman's Hermits) (d. 1994)
• 1943 - Jack Bruce (Cream) (d. 2014)
• 1946 - Gene Cornish (Rascals) (72)
• 1947 - Al Ciner (American Breed) (71)
• 1951 - Jerry Beckenstein (Spyro Gyra) (67)
• 1952 - David Byrne (Talking Heads) (66)
• 1953 - Tom Cochrane (65)
• 1956 - Steve Hogarth (Marillion) (62)
• 1960 - Shelley Preston (Bucks Fizz) (58)
• 1962 - C.C. Deville (Poison) (56)
• 1962 - Ian Astbury (Cult) (56)
• 1964 - Eric Peterson (Testament) (54)
• 1966 - Raphael Saadiq (Tony! Toni! Toné!) (52)
• 1966 - Mike Inez (Alice in Chains) (52)
• 1966 - Fabrice Morvan (Milli Vanilli) (52)
• 1971 - Danny Wood (New Kids on the Block) (47)
• 1971 - Freaky Tah (born Raymond Rogers) (Lost Boyz) (d. 1999)
• 1973 - Shanice (born Shanice Wilson-Knox) (45)
• 1973 - Natalie Appleton (All Saints) (45)
• 1976 - Hunter Burgan (AFI) (42)
• 1976 - Martine McCutcheon (born Martine Ponting) (42)
• 1979 - Dan Auerbach (Black Keys) (39)
• 1983 - Tom Welham (Thirteen Senses) (35)
• 1984 - Olly Murs (34)
• 1985 - Dustin Lynch (33)
• 1993 - Miranda Cosgrove (25)
• 1996 - Martin Garrix (born Martin Garritsen) (22)

Deaths

• 1976 - Keith Relf (Yardbirds) - Electrocution while tuning an improperly grounded guitar (33)
• 1998 - Frank Sinatra - Heart attack (82)
• 2005 - Jimmy Martin - Bladder cancer (77)
• 2014 - Cubie Burke (Five Stairsteps) - Complications from brain injury (49)
• 2015 - B.B. King - Strokes as complication of diabetes (89)
• 2016 - Tony Barrow (Beatles press officer) (80) 

On This Day

• 1955 - Bo Diddley entered the charts for the first time with Bo Diddley/I'm a Man.
• 1956 - The optometrist for Buddy Holly has the singer try contact lenses, but he decides to stay with glasses.
• 1959 - Cliff Richard's first movie, Serious Changes, is released.
• 1968 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney appear on The Tonight Show to announce the starting of Apple Records.
• 1985 - Michael Jackson received a humanitarian award from Ronald Reagan at the White House.
• 1988 - The 40th anniversary of Atlantic Records was celebrated with a show at Madison Square Garden featuring many of the biggest acts from the label, including a reunion of Led Zeppelin with Jason Bonham on drums.
• 1998 - George Michael was fined stemming from his Los Angeles lewd act charge. 
• 2002 - We Will Rock You, the Queen musical, opened in London's West End. 
• 2003 - Britney Spears and the shoe company Sketchers came to an out-of-court agreement over a cross-filed advertising dispute. 
• 2003 - Mike Patton announced that his group Mr. Bungle had broken up. 
• 2004 - Phil Spector was arrested after fighting with his chauffeur. 
• 2004 - Pete Doherty entered drug rehab. 
• 2004 - Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow have their daughter, Apple. 
• 2005 - 50 Cent was ordered by a judge to take an anger management course and stay clean to avoid prison time. 
• 2006 - Aston "Family Man" Barrett, who used to be the bassist for Bob Marley & the Wailers, loses his suit over back royalties against Island Records and Marley's family.
• 2008 - Metallica opened a North American and European tour in Los Angeles. 
• 2017 - Johnny Mathis came out publically as gay on CBS Sunday Morning. 

Marriages

• 2011 - Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert

Recorded 

• 1937 - Caravan - Duke Ellington
• 1951 - Moanin' at Midnight - Howlin' Wolf
• 1952 - High Noon - Tex Ritter
• 1964 - Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) - Jan and Dean
• 1968 - People Got to Be Free - Rascals
• 1969 - Ten Commandments of Love & Out of Sight, Out of Mind - Little Anthony & the Imperials

Released

• 1956 - The Platters - Platters
• 1991 - Spellbound - Paula Abdul
• 1991 - Sailing the Seas of Cheese - Primus (major label debut album)
• 1992 - Revenge - KISS (first with drummer Eric Singer)
• 2002 - Vapor Trails - Rush

Broadcasts

• 1968 - The Tonight Show (NBC) - John Lennon, Paul McCartney
• 1971 - David Frost Show (U.K.) - Johnny Cash
• 2001 - Moesha - Brandy (final episode after six seasons)
• 2004 - CMT Crossroads (CMT) - Brad Paisley and John Mayer

Number Ones - U.S. Singles

• 1949 - (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) - Vaughn Monroe (11 weeks)
• 1977 - When I Need You - Leo Sayer (1 week)
• 1988 - Anything For You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine (2 weeks)

Number Ones - U.S Albums

• 1988 - Faith - George Michael (6 weeks)
• 2005 - Devils & Dust - Bruce Springsteen (1 week)
• 2016 - Lemonade - Beyonce (1 week)

Number Ones - U.S. R&B Singles

• 1983 - Candy Girl - New Edition (1 week)

Number Ones - U.S. Country Singles

• 1977 - Some Broken Hearts Never Mend - Don Williams (1 week)
• 1983 - Whatever Happened to Old Fashioned Love - B.J. Thomas (1 week)
• 1988 - I'm Gonna Get You - Eddy Raven (1 week)
• 1994 - If Bubba Can Dance (I Can To) - Shenandoah (1 week)
• 2005 - My Give a Damn's Busted - Jo Dee Messina (2 weeks)
• 2011 - A Little Bit Stronger - Sara Evans (2 weeks)

Number Ones - U.S. Adult Contemporary Singles

• 1988 - I Don't Want to Live Without You - Foreigner (1 week)
• 2016 - Love Yourself - Justin Bieber (8 weeks)

Number Ones - U.K. Singles

• 1988 - Perfect - Fairground Attraction (1 week)
• 1994 - Inside - Stiltskin (1 week)
• 2005 - Lonely - Akon (2 weeks)

Number Ones - U.K. Albums 

• 1983 - True - Spandau Ballet (1 week)
• 1994 - Our Town: The Greatest Hits - Deacon Blue(2 weeks)
• 2005 - Trouble - Akon (1 week)