TODAY IN HISTORY – MAY 17TH
1953 - Born this day, George Johnson, Brothers Johnson, 1980 US No.4 and UK No.6 single Stomp.
1961 - Born this day, Enya (Eithne Ni Bhraonain), singer, Clannad, 1982 UK No.5 single Harry's Game, and solo, 1988 UK No.1 single Orinoco Flow, plus eight other UK Top 40 singles, 2001 US No.2 album A Day Without Rain.
1963 - The first Monterey Folk Festival took place over three days in Monterey, California. The festival featured Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Peter Paul and Mary. The 1967 Monterey Rock festival is remembered for the first major American appearances by Jimi Hendrix and The Who, as well as the first major public performances of Janis Joplin. It was also the first major performance by Otis Redding in front of a predominantly white audience.
1966 - During a UK tour, Bob Dylan appeared at The Free Trade Hall in Manchester. This was the concert where a member of the audience shouted out ‘Judas’ at Dylan unhappy with the singers move from acoustic to rock. Dylan replied with ‘You’re a liar’, the entire concert was eventually officially released in The Bootleg Series by Sony Music in 1999.
1969 - Joni Mitchell was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, on sale for 35 Cents, (2/6).
1971 - Dawn were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Knock Three Times', the group's first of two UK No.1's. Singer Tony Orlando had retired from singing when he was persuaded to front Dawn for studio recordings.
1974 - Born this day, Andrea Corr, in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, singer, musician, The Corrs, 1998 UK No.3 single What Can I Do, 1998 UK No.1 album Talk On Corners was the best selling UK album of 1998. It reached No.1 on 27 June 1998. It was originally released in 1997 when it only reached No.7.
1975 - Led Zeppelin played the first of five sold-out nights to 17,000 fans at Earls Court Arena, London England. The set list included: Rock And Roll, The Song Remains The Same, The Rain Song, Kashmir, No Quarter, Going To California, Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, and Black Dog. Tickets cost £1 ($1.70) - £2.50 ($4.25).
1975 - 10cc released I'm Not in Love in the US.
1975 - Alan Longmuir announced he was leaving The Bay City Rollers.
1975 - Mick Jagger put his hand through a window of a Long Island, New York restaurant.
1975 - Stand By Your Man by Tammy Wynette was at No.1 on the UK singles chart.
1975 - Elton John's Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy album was released and was certified a platinum record on the very same day. It was the first album to be certified a million-seller (in this case, a two-million seller) on the first day the album was released.
1978 - The Donna Summer/Village People movie Thank God It's Friday debuted in Los Angeles.
1980 - Drummer Peter Criss left Kiss and was replaced by Eric Carr.
1987 - A fire destroyed Tom Petty's house in Los Angeles, the cost was estimated at $800,000.
1989 - Former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman's first 'Sticky Fingers' restaurant opened in London.
1996 - Died this day, Kevin Gilbert, multi instrumentalist and songwriter, of accidental asphyxiation. Member of Giraffe, worked with Sheryl Crow, co-wrote 1994 UK No.4 hit All I Want To Do.
2002 - Lance Bass of boy-band *NSYNC underwent hospital treatment to correct an irregular heartbeat. Bass was hoping to qualify for a seat onboard a Russian rocket flight to the International Space Station.
2003 - Singer with Stone Temple Pilots, Scott Weiland, was arrested on suspicion of drug possession after being stopped during a routine traffic search in Los Angeles, He was released on $10,000 (£6,125) bail.
2006 - Paul McCartney and his wife Heather Mills admitted that they had given up the fight to save their marriage, saying that after four years together, they were going their separate ways.
2008 - Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty posted a two-minute clip of themselves playing with newborn mice on Youtube. The video showed Doherty and Winehouse in a bare room, making rambling comments, picking up the mice and talking to them.
2012 - Donna Summer, the 1970s pop singer known as the Queen of Disco, died of lung cancer, an illness she believed she contracted from inhaling toxic particles released after the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York. She won five Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, and had three multi-platinum albums, including the hits 'Hot Stuff', 'Love to Love You, and 'Baby' and 'I Feel Love'.
2012 – Forbes Magazine declares that Jennifer Lopez is the worlds top earning
entertainer taking the number 1 spot from Lady Gaga (last years number 1).
1953 - Born this day, George Johnson, Brothers Johnson, 1980 US No.4 and UK No.6 single Stomp.
1961 - Born this day, Enya (Eithne Ni Bhraonain), singer, Clannad, 1982 UK No.5 single Harry's Game, and solo, 1988 UK No.1 single Orinoco Flow, plus eight other UK Top 40 singles, 2001 US No.2 album A Day Without Rain.
1963 - The first Monterey Folk Festival took place over three days in Monterey, California. The festival featured Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Peter Paul and Mary. The 1967 Monterey Rock festival is remembered for the first major American appearances by Jimi Hendrix and The Who, as well as the first major public performances of Janis Joplin. It was also the first major performance by Otis Redding in front of a predominantly white audience.
1966 - During a UK tour, Bob Dylan appeared at The Free Trade Hall in Manchester. This was the concert where a member of the audience shouted out ‘Judas’ at Dylan unhappy with the singers move from acoustic to rock. Dylan replied with ‘You’re a liar’, the entire concert was eventually officially released in The Bootleg Series by Sony Music in 1999.
1969 - Joni Mitchell was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, on sale for 35 Cents, (2/6).
1971 - Dawn were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Knock Three Times', the group's first of two UK No.1's. Singer Tony Orlando had retired from singing when he was persuaded to front Dawn for studio recordings.
1974 - Born this day, Andrea Corr, in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, singer, musician, The Corrs, 1998 UK No.3 single What Can I Do, 1998 UK No.1 album Talk On Corners was the best selling UK album of 1998. It reached No.1 on 27 June 1998. It was originally released in 1997 when it only reached No.7.
1975 - Led Zeppelin played the first of five sold-out nights to 17,000 fans at Earls Court Arena, London England. The set list included: Rock And Roll, The Song Remains The Same, The Rain Song, Kashmir, No Quarter, Going To California, Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, and Black Dog. Tickets cost £1 ($1.70) - £2.50 ($4.25).
1975 - 10cc released I'm Not in Love in the US.
1975 - Alan Longmuir announced he was leaving The Bay City Rollers.
1975 - Mick Jagger put his hand through a window of a Long Island, New York restaurant.
1975 - Stand By Your Man by Tammy Wynette was at No.1 on the UK singles chart.
1975 - Elton John's Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy album was released and was certified a platinum record on the very same day. It was the first album to be certified a million-seller (in this case, a two-million seller) on the first day the album was released.
1978 - The Donna Summer/Village People movie Thank God It's Friday debuted in Los Angeles.
1980 - Drummer Peter Criss left Kiss and was replaced by Eric Carr.
1987 - A fire destroyed Tom Petty's house in Los Angeles, the cost was estimated at $800,000.
1989 - Former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman's first 'Sticky Fingers' restaurant opened in London.
1996 - Died this day, Kevin Gilbert, multi instrumentalist and songwriter, of accidental asphyxiation. Member of Giraffe, worked with Sheryl Crow, co-wrote 1994 UK No.4 hit All I Want To Do.
2002 - Lance Bass of boy-band *NSYNC underwent hospital treatment to correct an irregular heartbeat. Bass was hoping to qualify for a seat onboard a Russian rocket flight to the International Space Station.
2003 - Singer with Stone Temple Pilots, Scott Weiland, was arrested on suspicion of drug possession after being stopped during a routine traffic search in Los Angeles, He was released on $10,000 (£6,125) bail.
2006 - Paul McCartney and his wife Heather Mills admitted that they had given up the fight to save their marriage, saying that after four years together, they were going their separate ways.
2008 - Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty posted a two-minute clip of themselves playing with newborn mice on Youtube. The video showed Doherty and Winehouse in a bare room, making rambling comments, picking up the mice and talking to them.
2012 - Donna Summer, the 1970s pop singer known as the Queen of Disco, died of lung cancer, an illness she believed she contracted from inhaling toxic particles released after the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York. She won five Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, and had three multi-platinum albums, including the hits 'Hot Stuff', 'Love to Love You, and 'Baby' and 'I Feel Love'.
2012 – Forbes Magazine declares that Jennifer Lopez is the worlds top earning
entertainer taking the number 1 spot from Lady Gaga (last years number 1).