TODAY IN HISTORY – MAY 10TH
1899 - Born this day, Fred Astaire [Frederick Austerlitz], movie musical star, dancer and actor was born in Omaha, Nebraska (dancing partner was Ginger Rodgers). Died in 1987.
1945 - Born this day, Graham Gouldman, in Manchester, England, musician, guitarist, bassist, singer, songwriter, High Spots, The Crevattes, 10CC, 1975 UK No.1 and US No.2 single I'm Not In Love, plus 10 other UK Top 30 hits including two No.1's, also wrote hits for Herman's Hermits, The Hollies and The Yardbirds.
1946 - Born this day, Donovan [Philip Leitch], in Glasgow, Scotland, folk singer, songwriter, rock musician, 1965 UK No.4 single Catch The Wind, 1965 UK No.4 single Colours, 1966 US No.1 and 1967 UK No.2 single Sunshine Superman, 1967 UK No.8 single Mellow Yellow, 1967 UK No. single There Is A Mountain, 1968 UK No.5 single Jennifer Juniper, 1968 UK No.4 single Hurdy Gurdy Man.
1957 - Born this day, John Ritchie [Sid Vicious], in London, England, punk rocker, Sex Pistols, 1977 UK No.2 single God Save The Queen, and 1977 UK No.1 album Nevermind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols. Died 2 February 1979.
1960 - Born this day, U2 frontman Bono was born Paul Hewson in Dublin, Ireland, vocals, guitar. He co-founded the group 25 years ago as Feedback with four fellow schoolboys from Mount Temple High, the name changing to The Hype when original member Dick Evans left to form The Virgin Prunes, continuing as a quartet, the group eventually settled on the name U2 and Hewson took his stage name from a billboard advertising the Bono Vox hearing aid. 1984 UK No.3 single Pride, In The Name Of Love, plus over 25 other UK top 40 singles. 1987 UK world wide No.1 album The Joshua Tree.
1960 - The Silver Beetles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Tommy Moore) auditioned for promoter Larry Parnes and singer Billy Fury for a job as Fury's backing group. Parnes was also looking for backing groups for his lesser-known acts, and The Silver Beetles were selected as backing group for singer Johnny Gentle's upcoming tour of Scotland. The group had changed its name from 'The Beatals' to 'The Silver Beetles' after Brian Casser (of Cass and the Cassanovas) remarked that the name 'Beatals' was "ridiculous". He suggested they use the name 'Long John and the Silver Beetles', but John Lennon refused to be referred to as 'Long John'.
1963 - The Rolling Stones produced their very first recordings. The session included Come On and I Wanna Be Loved. Made at Olympic Studios, in London, Decca Records rejected the recordings as 'dreadful'. The Stones would make it to the American pop music charts in August 1964.
1965 - The Rolling Stones recorded a version of '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' at Chess Studios in Chicago, with Brian Jones on harmonica. The group re-recorded it two days later at RCA Studios in Hollywood, with a different beat and the Gibson Maestro fuzzbox that Keith Richards had recently aquired, adding sustain to the sound of the guitar riff
1967 - Mick Jagger and Keith Richards appeared at Chichester Crown Court, Sussex, charged with being in possession of drugs, they elect to go to trial pleading not guilty and were granted £1,000 bail.
1969 - The Turtles gave a special performance at the White House as guests of Trica Nixon. Stories circulated concerning members of the group allegedly snorting cocaine on Abraham Lincoln's desk. (Mark Volman of the Turtles fell off the stage five times).
1969 - Frank Sinatra's version of 'My Way' made the British Top ten for the first time. Over the next three years it re-entered the Top 50 singles chart on eight different occasions. Paul Anka re-wrote the original French song for Sinatra, after he told Anka he was quitting the music business. Anka changed the melodic structure and lyrics to the song with Sinatra in mind.
1970 - David Bowie was awarded an Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Song 'Space Oddity', which he performed that night accompanied by the Les Reed Orchestra. The event was transmitted live via satellite to venues in America, France, Spain, Australia, Holland and Venezuela. Bowie would later revisit his Major Tom character in the songs 'Ashes to Ashes' and 'Hallo Spaceboy'.
1974 - Eric Clapton recorded I Shot The Sheriff.
1985 - All girl group The Go-Go's announced they were breaking up. The members went on to enjoy solo success, (Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin) and the group reformed in the late 90's.
1986 - Falco was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Rock Me Amadeus.
1986 - The Pet Shop Boys went to No.1 on the US singles chart with West End Girls, the duo's first US No.1, and also a No.1 in the UK.
1986 - Tommy Lee from Motley Crue married actress Heather Locklear famous for her role in the TV show Dynasty.
2000 - Bobby Brown was arrested at Newark airport, New Jersey for breaking his probation order. He had been wanted in Florida since 1999 when his probation officer reported that a urine test proved positive for cocaine use.
2000 - Michael Bolton lost his appeal against a court ruling that he stole part of his 1991 hit 'Love Is a Wonderful Thing' from an Isley Brothers song. Bolton had asked for a retrial following a 1994 jury verdict that he had plagiarised parts of The Isley Brothers song of the same name, but, an appeals court panel upheld the ruling which awarded the group $5.4m (£3.37m) from the profits of Bolton's single - one of his biggest hits.
2005 - Seal married German supermodel Heidi Klum in a low-key ceremony on a beach in Mexico near the singer's home on the luxurious Costa Careyes.
2011 - The ornate iron gates of a children's home which inspired John Lennon's psychedelic Beatles anthem Strawberry Fields Forever were removed after The Salvation Army, which owned the former home, decided to put the red Victorian gates into storage. Beatles fans who passed the Liverpool site on tours would now be met with 10ft (3m) high replicas. The original gates were being taken to a secret location for storage, and would eventually be auctioned off.
2013 - Two men were arrested in Dublin after the city centre statue of Phil Lynott was pushed over and seriously damaged. The memorial to the Thin Lizzy icon has been removed from its Harry Street location for repairs, and the men were later released without charge. The life-size bronze sculpture was unveiled in 2005 and had become a tourist destination and landmark since then.
1899 - Born this day, Fred Astaire [Frederick Austerlitz], movie musical star, dancer and actor was born in Omaha, Nebraska (dancing partner was Ginger Rodgers). Died in 1987.
1945 - Born this day, Graham Gouldman, in Manchester, England, musician, guitarist, bassist, singer, songwriter, High Spots, The Crevattes, 10CC, 1975 UK No.1 and US No.2 single I'm Not In Love, plus 10 other UK Top 30 hits including two No.1's, also wrote hits for Herman's Hermits, The Hollies and The Yardbirds.
1946 - Born this day, Donovan [Philip Leitch], in Glasgow, Scotland, folk singer, songwriter, rock musician, 1965 UK No.4 single Catch The Wind, 1965 UK No.4 single Colours, 1966 US No.1 and 1967 UK No.2 single Sunshine Superman, 1967 UK No.8 single Mellow Yellow, 1967 UK No. single There Is A Mountain, 1968 UK No.5 single Jennifer Juniper, 1968 UK No.4 single Hurdy Gurdy Man.
1957 - Born this day, John Ritchie [Sid Vicious], in London, England, punk rocker, Sex Pistols, 1977 UK No.2 single God Save The Queen, and 1977 UK No.1 album Nevermind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols. Died 2 February 1979.
1960 - Born this day, U2 frontman Bono was born Paul Hewson in Dublin, Ireland, vocals, guitar. He co-founded the group 25 years ago as Feedback with four fellow schoolboys from Mount Temple High, the name changing to The Hype when original member Dick Evans left to form The Virgin Prunes, continuing as a quartet, the group eventually settled on the name U2 and Hewson took his stage name from a billboard advertising the Bono Vox hearing aid. 1984 UK No.3 single Pride, In The Name Of Love, plus over 25 other UK top 40 singles. 1987 UK world wide No.1 album The Joshua Tree.
1960 - The Silver Beetles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Tommy Moore) auditioned for promoter Larry Parnes and singer Billy Fury for a job as Fury's backing group. Parnes was also looking for backing groups for his lesser-known acts, and The Silver Beetles were selected as backing group for singer Johnny Gentle's upcoming tour of Scotland. The group had changed its name from 'The Beatals' to 'The Silver Beetles' after Brian Casser (of Cass and the Cassanovas) remarked that the name 'Beatals' was "ridiculous". He suggested they use the name 'Long John and the Silver Beetles', but John Lennon refused to be referred to as 'Long John'.
1963 - The Rolling Stones produced their very first recordings. The session included Come On and I Wanna Be Loved. Made at Olympic Studios, in London, Decca Records rejected the recordings as 'dreadful'. The Stones would make it to the American pop music charts in August 1964.
1965 - The Rolling Stones recorded a version of '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' at Chess Studios in Chicago, with Brian Jones on harmonica. The group re-recorded it two days later at RCA Studios in Hollywood, with a different beat and the Gibson Maestro fuzzbox that Keith Richards had recently aquired, adding sustain to the sound of the guitar riff
1967 - Mick Jagger and Keith Richards appeared at Chichester Crown Court, Sussex, charged with being in possession of drugs, they elect to go to trial pleading not guilty and were granted £1,000 bail.
1969 - The Turtles gave a special performance at the White House as guests of Trica Nixon. Stories circulated concerning members of the group allegedly snorting cocaine on Abraham Lincoln's desk. (Mark Volman of the Turtles fell off the stage five times).
1969 - Frank Sinatra's version of 'My Way' made the British Top ten for the first time. Over the next three years it re-entered the Top 50 singles chart on eight different occasions. Paul Anka re-wrote the original French song for Sinatra, after he told Anka he was quitting the music business. Anka changed the melodic structure and lyrics to the song with Sinatra in mind.
1970 - David Bowie was awarded an Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Song 'Space Oddity', which he performed that night accompanied by the Les Reed Orchestra. The event was transmitted live via satellite to venues in America, France, Spain, Australia, Holland and Venezuela. Bowie would later revisit his Major Tom character in the songs 'Ashes to Ashes' and 'Hallo Spaceboy'.
1974 - Eric Clapton recorded I Shot The Sheriff.
1985 - All girl group The Go-Go's announced they were breaking up. The members went on to enjoy solo success, (Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin) and the group reformed in the late 90's.
1986 - Falco was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Rock Me Amadeus.
1986 - The Pet Shop Boys went to No.1 on the US singles chart with West End Girls, the duo's first US No.1, and also a No.1 in the UK.
1986 - Tommy Lee from Motley Crue married actress Heather Locklear famous for her role in the TV show Dynasty.
2000 - Bobby Brown was arrested at Newark airport, New Jersey for breaking his probation order. He had been wanted in Florida since 1999 when his probation officer reported that a urine test proved positive for cocaine use.
2000 - Michael Bolton lost his appeal against a court ruling that he stole part of his 1991 hit 'Love Is a Wonderful Thing' from an Isley Brothers song. Bolton had asked for a retrial following a 1994 jury verdict that he had plagiarised parts of The Isley Brothers song of the same name, but, an appeals court panel upheld the ruling which awarded the group $5.4m (£3.37m) from the profits of Bolton's single - one of his biggest hits.
2005 - Seal married German supermodel Heidi Klum in a low-key ceremony on a beach in Mexico near the singer's home on the luxurious Costa Careyes.
2011 - The ornate iron gates of a children's home which inspired John Lennon's psychedelic Beatles anthem Strawberry Fields Forever were removed after The Salvation Army, which owned the former home, decided to put the red Victorian gates into storage. Beatles fans who passed the Liverpool site on tours would now be met with 10ft (3m) high replicas. The original gates were being taken to a secret location for storage, and would eventually be auctioned off.
2013 - Two men were arrested in Dublin after the city centre statue of Phil Lynott was pushed over and seriously damaged. The memorial to the Thin Lizzy icon has been removed from its Harry Street location for repairs, and the men were later released without charge. The life-size bronze sculpture was unveiled in 2005 and had become a tourist destination and landmark since then.