TODAY IN HISTORY – MAY 5TH
1942 – Born this day, Tammy Wynette, country singer famous for the hit single “Stand by your man”.
1955 - Elvis Presley made his TV debut when he appeared on the weekend show Louisiana Hayride on KWKH-TV.
1958 - Born this day, Andy Gibb, singer, in Manchester, UK, solo, 1978 UK No.10 single An Everlasting Love, Love is Thicker than Water, I Just Want to be Your Everything, 1978 US No.1 single Shadow Dancing, [Our Love] Don’t Throw It all Away, host of TV’s Solid Gold. Passed away 10 March 1988.
1962 - Born this day, Craig and Charlie Reid, The Proclaimers, 1987 UK No.3 single Letter From America.
1966 - Manfred Mann were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Pretty Flamingo'. The recording features future Cream bassist Jack Bruce, who briefly joined the band in 1965. On their Top Of The Pops appearance, singer Paul Jones performed whilst standing on one leg.
1968 - Buffalo Springfield split up. Richie Fury formed Poco and Stephen Stills teamed up with David Crosby and Graham Nash in Crosby Stills & Nash.
1969 - The Beatles single 'Get Back' was released in the US. John Lennon claimed in 1980 that "there's some underlying thing about Yoko in there", claiming that Paul McCartney looked at Yoko Ono in the studio every time he sang "Get back to where you once belonged."
1970 - Born this day, John Frusciante, Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1992 UK No.26 single Under The Bridge.
1973 - David Bowie scored his first UK No.1 album when 'Aladdin Sane' started a five-week run at the top, featuring the single 'Drive In Saturday'. The follow-up to his breakthrough The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, the name of the album is a pun on "A Lad Insane".
1974 - Television appeared at CBGB's in New York City, supported by the Stillettoes (later to become Blondie, who were playing their first show at CBGB).
1979 - Peaches and Herb started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Reunited', it made No.4 in the UK.
1981 – Born this day, Craig David, British singer, hit single, “Walkin Away”
1982 - Died this day, John Belushi, actor, of The Blues Brothers, from an overdose of heroin at the Chateau Marmont hotel, Los Angeles.
1983 - Michael Jackson started a seven week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Billie Jean, his fourth solo US No.1, also No.1 in the UK. Also on the same day Michael Jackson's album Thriller went to No.1 for the first time on the UK album chart, it went on to become the biggest selling album of all time with sales over 40 million.
1983 - The Stranglers 'Golden Brown' was named most performed work of 1982 at the 28th Ivor Novello Awards. The single had become a UK hit after the comparatively conservative BBC Radio Two made it 'single of the week', a surprising step considering the band were almost as notorious as Sex Pistols only a few short years before.
1984 - Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr married Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde in a horse drawn carriage in Central Park, New York City.
1984 - Duran Duran were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Reflex', the group's second and last No.1. The song which was taken from their third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger was also a US No.1.
1988 - Born on this day, Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, (Adele), English soul and jazz singer, (2008 UK No.1 album ‘19’, 2008 UK No.2 single ‘Chasing Pavements’). In 2011 Adele became the first artist to achieve the feat of two top five hits in both the singles chart and the albums chart simultaneously since The Beatles in 1964. She is the first artist to sell more than 3 million copies of an album in a year in the UK, and Adele is the first female in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three singles in the top 10 at the same time.
1989 – Born this day, Chris Brown, R & B singer, hit single, “With You” 2008
1995 - Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler was arrested on a felony count of possession of heroin, as well as two misdemeanour drug charges.
1996 - Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan received both a public apology and a donation of £7,500 ($12,750) to the Warchild charity from The Sport newspaper after they ran a story claiming she had performed a gig in Hamburg without wearing any underwear.
2000 - It was reported that the former rap artist MC Hammer had become a preacher at the Jubilee Christian Centre in San Jose. Hammer had been declared bankrupt in 1996 after squandering his $50m fortune.
2000 - Rod Stewart had a one-hour throat operation at Cedar Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles to remove a growth on his thyroid. The growth turns out to be benign.
2002 - Australian actress & singer Holly Valance went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Kiss Kiss.' The third "Neighbours" TV star to score a UK No 1.
2002 - The first episode of The Osbournes TV show was aired on MTV in the US. Focusing on the madman and his family (his wife Sharon, and two of their three children). Oblivious to the camera, they bicker, squabble, curse and hang out backstage at Ozzy shows.
2005 - Justin Timberlake underwent an operation at Los Angeles' Cedars Sinai Hospital to remove nodules from his throat.
1942 – Born this day, Tammy Wynette, country singer famous for the hit single “Stand by your man”.
1955 - Elvis Presley made his TV debut when he appeared on the weekend show Louisiana Hayride on KWKH-TV.
1958 - Born this day, Andy Gibb, singer, in Manchester, UK, solo, 1978 UK No.10 single An Everlasting Love, Love is Thicker than Water, I Just Want to be Your Everything, 1978 US No.1 single Shadow Dancing, [Our Love] Don’t Throw It all Away, host of TV’s Solid Gold. Passed away 10 March 1988.
1962 - Born this day, Craig and Charlie Reid, The Proclaimers, 1987 UK No.3 single Letter From America.
1966 - Manfred Mann were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Pretty Flamingo'. The recording features future Cream bassist Jack Bruce, who briefly joined the band in 1965. On their Top Of The Pops appearance, singer Paul Jones performed whilst standing on one leg.
1968 - Buffalo Springfield split up. Richie Fury formed Poco and Stephen Stills teamed up with David Crosby and Graham Nash in Crosby Stills & Nash.
1969 - The Beatles single 'Get Back' was released in the US. John Lennon claimed in 1980 that "there's some underlying thing about Yoko in there", claiming that Paul McCartney looked at Yoko Ono in the studio every time he sang "Get back to where you once belonged."
1970 - Born this day, John Frusciante, Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1992 UK No.26 single Under The Bridge.
1973 - David Bowie scored his first UK No.1 album when 'Aladdin Sane' started a five-week run at the top, featuring the single 'Drive In Saturday'. The follow-up to his breakthrough The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, the name of the album is a pun on "A Lad Insane".
1974 - Television appeared at CBGB's in New York City, supported by the Stillettoes (later to become Blondie, who were playing their first show at CBGB).
1979 - Peaches and Herb started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Reunited', it made No.4 in the UK.
1981 – Born this day, Craig David, British singer, hit single, “Walkin Away”
1982 - Died this day, John Belushi, actor, of The Blues Brothers, from an overdose of heroin at the Chateau Marmont hotel, Los Angeles.
1983 - Michael Jackson started a seven week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Billie Jean, his fourth solo US No.1, also No.1 in the UK. Also on the same day Michael Jackson's album Thriller went to No.1 for the first time on the UK album chart, it went on to become the biggest selling album of all time with sales over 40 million.
1983 - The Stranglers 'Golden Brown' was named most performed work of 1982 at the 28th Ivor Novello Awards. The single had become a UK hit after the comparatively conservative BBC Radio Two made it 'single of the week', a surprising step considering the band were almost as notorious as Sex Pistols only a few short years before.
1984 - Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr married Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde in a horse drawn carriage in Central Park, New York City.
1984 - Duran Duran were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Reflex', the group's second and last No.1. The song which was taken from their third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger was also a US No.1.
1988 - Born on this day, Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, (Adele), English soul and jazz singer, (2008 UK No.1 album ‘19’, 2008 UK No.2 single ‘Chasing Pavements’). In 2011 Adele became the first artist to achieve the feat of two top five hits in both the singles chart and the albums chart simultaneously since The Beatles in 1964. She is the first artist to sell more than 3 million copies of an album in a year in the UK, and Adele is the first female in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three singles in the top 10 at the same time.
1989 – Born this day, Chris Brown, R & B singer, hit single, “With You” 2008
1995 - Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler was arrested on a felony count of possession of heroin, as well as two misdemeanour drug charges.
1996 - Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan received both a public apology and a donation of £7,500 ($12,750) to the Warchild charity from The Sport newspaper after they ran a story claiming she had performed a gig in Hamburg without wearing any underwear.
2000 - It was reported that the former rap artist MC Hammer had become a preacher at the Jubilee Christian Centre in San Jose. Hammer had been declared bankrupt in 1996 after squandering his $50m fortune.
2000 - Rod Stewart had a one-hour throat operation at Cedar Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles to remove a growth on his thyroid. The growth turns out to be benign.
2002 - Australian actress & singer Holly Valance went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Kiss Kiss.' The third "Neighbours" TV star to score a UK No 1.
2002 - The first episode of The Osbournes TV show was aired on MTV in the US. Focusing on the madman and his family (his wife Sharon, and two of their three children). Oblivious to the camera, they bicker, squabble, curse and hang out backstage at Ozzy shows.
2005 - Justin Timberlake underwent an operation at Los Angeles' Cedars Sinai Hospital to remove nodules from his throat.