TODAY IN HISTORY - May 28th
1917 - Born this day, Papa John Creech, Starship, 1987 UK and US No.1 single Nothing's Gonna Stop Us.
1944 - Born on this day, Gladys Knight, singer, The Pips, (1973 US No.1 single 'Midnight Train To Georgia', 1975 UK No.4 single 'The Way We Were' plus 20 other UK Top 40 singles).
1945 - Born this day, John Fogerty, singer, songwriter, Creedence Clearwater Revival, 1969 UK No.1 and US No.2 single Bad Moon Rising, plus ten other US Top 30 hits. Solo and The Blue Ridge Rangers.
1949 - Born on this day, Wendy O. Williams singer with The Plasmatics, a New York punk band who had the 1980 UK No. 55 single ‘Butcher Baby’. She died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds on April 6th 1998.
1962 - Born this day, Roland Gift, singer, Fine Young Cannibals - 1985 UK No.8 single Johnny Come Home, 1986 UK No.8 single Suspicious Minds, 1987 UK No.9 single Ever Fallen In Love, 1989 US No.1 and UK No.5 single She Drives Me Crazy, 1989 UK No.7 single Good Thing from the film Tin Men. 1989 UK No.1 album The Raw and The Cooked.
1966 - Percy Sledge started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'When A Man Loves A Woman'. A No.4 hit on the UK chart and No.2 when re-issued in 1987. Before the recording session, the song had no title or lyrics. The session proceeded with the expectation that Sledge would produce them for the vocal takes. When it came time to record the vocals, Sledge improvised the lyrics with minimal pre-planning, using the melody as a guide for rhythm and phrasing. The performance was so convincing that others working on the session assumed Sledge had the lyrics written down.
1966 - All four Beatles spent the day with Bob Dylan in his room at the Mayfair hotel in London, England, watching rushes of D.A. Pennebakers's forthcoming documentary film, Don't Look Back, which covered Dylan's 1965 concert tour of the United Kingdom.
1967 - Newlyweds Elvis and Priscilla Presley held a reception in Memphis for all the family and friends who didn't attend the couple's 1 May wedding in Las Vegas.
1968 - Born this day, Kylie Minogue, singer, actress (Neighbours). 1988 UK No.1 single I Should Be So Lucky, 1988 UK No.2 single The Loco-Motion, this record spent 7 weeks at No.1 in Australia, 2001 UK No.1 single Can't Get You Out Of My Head, plus over 20 other UK top 40 hit singles. 2014 coach on Australian Talent Show “The Voice”.
1969 - Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull were arrested at their London home and charged with possession of cannabis, they were released on £50 bail.
1973 - Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon was on both the UK and US album charts. It remained in the US charts for 741 discontinuous weeks from 1973 to 1988, longer than any other album in history. (After moving to the Billboard Top Pop Catalog Chart, the album notched up a further 759 weeks, and had reached a total of over 1,500 weeks on the combined charts by May 2006).
1976 - The Allman Brothers Band temporarily disbanded after Greg Allman testified against Scooter Herring, his personal road manager, who was charged with drug trafficking. Herring was subsequently sentenced to 75 years in prison. An album of previously unreleased live material was issued later in the year under the title 'Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas'.
1977 - Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers played together for the first time when they performed as part of Mike Howletts band, Strontium 90, at the Circus Hippodrome, Paris.
1978 - David Cassidy starred on an episode of NBC's Police Story, it led to his own TV series.
1983 - Actress and singer Irene Cara started a six week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Flashdance... What A Feeling. From the film Flashdance. It was a No.2 hit in the UK. Irene had also appeared in TV's Roots and The Next Generation.
1985 - Born on this day, Colbie Caillat, American singer-songwriter. 2008 Australian No.1 single ‘Bubbly’. 2009 US No.1 album 'Breakthrough'. (Her father, Ken Caillat, co-produced Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Tusk albums).
1988 - Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler married his second wife clothing designer Teresa Barrick. The couple announced they were separating due to personal problems in February 2005.
1996 - Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles after an apparent drug overdose. The singer was later arrested for possession of cocaine and heroin.
1998 – The murder of comedian (SNL, Simpsons – Troy McClure) Phil Hartman. On the evening of May 27, 1998, Brynn Hartman (wife) visited the Italian restaurant Buca di Beppo in Encino, California, with producer and writer Christine Zander, who said she was "in a good frame of mind." After returning to the couple's nearby home, Brynn started a "heated" argument with Hartman, who threatened to leave her if she started using drugs again and went to bed.[5] While Hartman slept, Brynn entered his bedroom shortly before 3 a.m. with a .38 caliber handgun and fatally shot him twice in the head and once in his side.[5] She was intoxicated and had recently taken cocaine.[45]
2000 - Britney Spears was at No.1 on the US album chart with Oops!...I Did It Again.
2007 - Right Said Fred singer Richard Fairbrass and gay rights activist Peter Tatchell, were both attacked during a march in Moscow. Trouble broke out when demonstrators tried to appeal against a ban on a gay rights march through the Russian capital. The banned march was aimed at marking the 14th anniversary of Russia decriminalising homosexuality.
2009 - Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan had surgery to remove a cancerous tumour in his bladder. The band who were currently on a world tour cancelled several shows because of the 47-year-old's ongoing health problems.
1917 - Born this day, Papa John Creech, Starship, 1987 UK and US No.1 single Nothing's Gonna Stop Us.
1944 - Born on this day, Gladys Knight, singer, The Pips, (1973 US No.1 single 'Midnight Train To Georgia', 1975 UK No.4 single 'The Way We Were' plus 20 other UK Top 40 singles).
1945 - Born this day, John Fogerty, singer, songwriter, Creedence Clearwater Revival, 1969 UK No.1 and US No.2 single Bad Moon Rising, plus ten other US Top 30 hits. Solo and The Blue Ridge Rangers.
1949 - Born on this day, Wendy O. Williams singer with The Plasmatics, a New York punk band who had the 1980 UK No. 55 single ‘Butcher Baby’. She died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds on April 6th 1998.
1962 - Born this day, Roland Gift, singer, Fine Young Cannibals - 1985 UK No.8 single Johnny Come Home, 1986 UK No.8 single Suspicious Minds, 1987 UK No.9 single Ever Fallen In Love, 1989 US No.1 and UK No.5 single She Drives Me Crazy, 1989 UK No.7 single Good Thing from the film Tin Men. 1989 UK No.1 album The Raw and The Cooked.
1966 - Percy Sledge started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'When A Man Loves A Woman'. A No.4 hit on the UK chart and No.2 when re-issued in 1987. Before the recording session, the song had no title or lyrics. The session proceeded with the expectation that Sledge would produce them for the vocal takes. When it came time to record the vocals, Sledge improvised the lyrics with minimal pre-planning, using the melody as a guide for rhythm and phrasing. The performance was so convincing that others working on the session assumed Sledge had the lyrics written down.
1966 - All four Beatles spent the day with Bob Dylan in his room at the Mayfair hotel in London, England, watching rushes of D.A. Pennebakers's forthcoming documentary film, Don't Look Back, which covered Dylan's 1965 concert tour of the United Kingdom.
1967 - Newlyweds Elvis and Priscilla Presley held a reception in Memphis for all the family and friends who didn't attend the couple's 1 May wedding in Las Vegas.
1968 - Born this day, Kylie Minogue, singer, actress (Neighbours). 1988 UK No.1 single I Should Be So Lucky, 1988 UK No.2 single The Loco-Motion, this record spent 7 weeks at No.1 in Australia, 2001 UK No.1 single Can't Get You Out Of My Head, plus over 20 other UK top 40 hit singles. 2014 coach on Australian Talent Show “The Voice”.
1969 - Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull were arrested at their London home and charged with possession of cannabis, they were released on £50 bail.
1973 - Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon was on both the UK and US album charts. It remained in the US charts for 741 discontinuous weeks from 1973 to 1988, longer than any other album in history. (After moving to the Billboard Top Pop Catalog Chart, the album notched up a further 759 weeks, and had reached a total of over 1,500 weeks on the combined charts by May 2006).
1976 - The Allman Brothers Band temporarily disbanded after Greg Allman testified against Scooter Herring, his personal road manager, who was charged with drug trafficking. Herring was subsequently sentenced to 75 years in prison. An album of previously unreleased live material was issued later in the year under the title 'Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas'.
1977 - Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers played together for the first time when they performed as part of Mike Howletts band, Strontium 90, at the Circus Hippodrome, Paris.
1978 - David Cassidy starred on an episode of NBC's Police Story, it led to his own TV series.
1983 - Actress and singer Irene Cara started a six week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Flashdance... What A Feeling. From the film Flashdance. It was a No.2 hit in the UK. Irene had also appeared in TV's Roots and The Next Generation.
1985 - Born on this day, Colbie Caillat, American singer-songwriter. 2008 Australian No.1 single ‘Bubbly’. 2009 US No.1 album 'Breakthrough'. (Her father, Ken Caillat, co-produced Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Tusk albums).
1988 - Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler married his second wife clothing designer Teresa Barrick. The couple announced they were separating due to personal problems in February 2005.
1996 - Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles after an apparent drug overdose. The singer was later arrested for possession of cocaine and heroin.
1998 – The murder of comedian (SNL, Simpsons – Troy McClure) Phil Hartman. On the evening of May 27, 1998, Brynn Hartman (wife) visited the Italian restaurant Buca di Beppo in Encino, California, with producer and writer Christine Zander, who said she was "in a good frame of mind." After returning to the couple's nearby home, Brynn started a "heated" argument with Hartman, who threatened to leave her if she started using drugs again and went to bed.[5] While Hartman slept, Brynn entered his bedroom shortly before 3 a.m. with a .38 caliber handgun and fatally shot him twice in the head and once in his side.[5] She was intoxicated and had recently taken cocaine.[45]
2000 - Britney Spears was at No.1 on the US album chart with Oops!...I Did It Again.
2007 - Right Said Fred singer Richard Fairbrass and gay rights activist Peter Tatchell, were both attacked during a march in Moscow. Trouble broke out when demonstrators tried to appeal against a ban on a gay rights march through the Russian capital. The banned march was aimed at marking the 14th anniversary of Russia decriminalising homosexuality.
2009 - Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan had surgery to remove a cancerous tumour in his bladder. The band who were currently on a world tour cancelled several shows because of the 47-year-old's ongoing health problems.