TODAY IN HISTORY - MAY 6TH
1920 - Born this day, Peggy Lee, singer, actress, 1958 US No.8 and UK No.5 single Fever, worked with Benny Goodman, Randy Newman, Quincy Jones. Died 21 January 2002.
1942 - Born this day, Colin Earl, Mungo Jerry, 1970 UK No.1 single In The Summertime.
1945 – Robert Clarke “Bob” Seger – was born this day. Musician famous for songs like “Old Time Rock n Roll”, “Against the Wind”, “Still the same” & “We’ve got Tonight”.
1950 - Born on this day, Robbie McIntosh, Average White Band, (1975 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'Pick Up The Pieces). He died on 23rd August 1974.
1951 - Born this day, Davey Johnstone, musician, guitarist. Worked alongside Meatloaf and Alice Cooper. With the Elton John Band on every tour and almost every album track since 1982’s “Jump Up!” tour.
1959 - Born this day, Mare Winningham, Emmy Award-winning actress. Appeared in the movie “St Elmo’s Fire” and seen more recently on TV in “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Boston Legal”. Has also recorded 3 albums.
1965 - In their Clearwater, Florida hotel room, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards worked out the opening guitar riff of 'Satisfaction', following Richard's purchase of a Gibson fuzz-box earlier that day. The song is considered to be one of the all-time greatest rock songs ever recorded. In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine placed 'Satisfaction' in the second spot on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
1973 - Paul Simon set out on his first tour without partner Art Garfunkel, using The Jesse Dixon Singers as a back- up group on stage. Simon's tour of America and Europe was recorded and released as 'Live Rhymin'.
1977 - Led Zeppelin broke their own attendance record at a concert when they played in front of 76,000 people at a gig in Pontiac, Michigan.
1978 - The soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever started an 18 week run at No.1 on the UK album chart, it was also No.1 in the US. The album which features seven Bee Gee songs went on to sell over 30 million copies worldwide.
1982 - Former manager of The Bay City Rollers Tam Paton, was convicted on a charge of gross indecency with boys and was sentenced to three years in jail.
1991 - Madonna's 'warts-and-all' documentary film, Truth Or Dare in bed with Madonna, premiered in Los Angeles.
1995 - Oasis scored their first UK No.1 single when 'Some Might Say' went to the top of the UK charts. It was the first single to be released from the Manchester bands second album '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' And the last Oasis track to feature original drummer Tony McCarroll.
2001 - Destiny's Child started a two week run at No.1 on the UK album charts with Survivor.
2001 - Geri Halliwell scored her fourth UK No.1 single with her version of the Weather Girls 1984 hit It's Raining Men.
2002 - Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen was voted No.1 in a poll by the Guinness Hit Singles book Top 100 British Singles, Imagine by John Lennon was No.2 and Hey Jude by The Beatles was No.3.
2002 - American songwriter and producer Otis Blackwell died from a heart attack. He wrote the classic songs ‘All Shook Up’, ‘Return To Sender’, ‘Don't Be Cruel’, ‘Great Balls Of Fire’ and ‘Fever.’ Over the years, Blackwell's songs have sold more than 185 million copies.
2003 - After the controversy regading Dixie Chicks member Natalie Maines’ comments about President George W. Bush and the Iraq war, a Colorado radio station suspended two of its disc jockeys for playing music by Dixie Chicks.
2004 - A sale at Christie's in London, England became the most successful pop auction in the company's history after Beatles memorabilia sold for a record £788,643. The auction included a leather collar worn by John Lennon which sold for £117,250. A signed copy of a management deal with The Beatles and manager Brian Epstein sold for £122,850. A Vox Kensington guitar used by Lennon and Harrison went for £100,000. Also sold - a coloured felt-pen drawing by Lennon (£10,000), a letter with his signature (£5,500), and a pen-and-ink drawing called Happy Fish (£9,500).
2005 - US coffee shop chain Starbucks banned the sale of Bruce Springsteen's latest album Devils and Dust over concerns about its adult content. The retailer - which stocked CDs at its branches in the US - said it would be promoting other albums instead.
2008 - Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty was released from Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London after serving 29 days of a 14-week sentence for breaching the terms of his probation. The singer told reporters that he was glad to be out and was looking forward to having a drink and spending some time with his pet cats.
2013 - Lauryn Hill was sentenced in the US state of New Jersey to three months in jail for tax evasion. The 37 year-old Grammy-winning singer had failed to pay taxes on about $1.8m (£1.2m) of earnings between 2005-07. In a statement to the judge, Hill said she had intended to pay the taxes but could not after withdrawing from public life and ending her music career to raise her children. Hill has six children, five of whom she had with Rohan Marley, the son of Bob Marley.
1920 - Born this day, Peggy Lee, singer, actress, 1958 US No.8 and UK No.5 single Fever, worked with Benny Goodman, Randy Newman, Quincy Jones. Died 21 January 2002.
1942 - Born this day, Colin Earl, Mungo Jerry, 1970 UK No.1 single In The Summertime.
1945 – Robert Clarke “Bob” Seger – was born this day. Musician famous for songs like “Old Time Rock n Roll”, “Against the Wind”, “Still the same” & “We’ve got Tonight”.
1950 - Born on this day, Robbie McIntosh, Average White Band, (1975 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'Pick Up The Pieces). He died on 23rd August 1974.
1951 - Born this day, Davey Johnstone, musician, guitarist. Worked alongside Meatloaf and Alice Cooper. With the Elton John Band on every tour and almost every album track since 1982’s “Jump Up!” tour.
1959 - Born this day, Mare Winningham, Emmy Award-winning actress. Appeared in the movie “St Elmo’s Fire” and seen more recently on TV in “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Boston Legal”. Has also recorded 3 albums.
1965 - In their Clearwater, Florida hotel room, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards worked out the opening guitar riff of 'Satisfaction', following Richard's purchase of a Gibson fuzz-box earlier that day. The song is considered to be one of the all-time greatest rock songs ever recorded. In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine placed 'Satisfaction' in the second spot on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
1973 - Paul Simon set out on his first tour without partner Art Garfunkel, using The Jesse Dixon Singers as a back- up group on stage. Simon's tour of America and Europe was recorded and released as 'Live Rhymin'.
1977 - Led Zeppelin broke their own attendance record at a concert when they played in front of 76,000 people at a gig in Pontiac, Michigan.
1978 - The soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever started an 18 week run at No.1 on the UK album chart, it was also No.1 in the US. The album which features seven Bee Gee songs went on to sell over 30 million copies worldwide.
1982 - Former manager of The Bay City Rollers Tam Paton, was convicted on a charge of gross indecency with boys and was sentenced to three years in jail.
1991 - Madonna's 'warts-and-all' documentary film, Truth Or Dare in bed with Madonna, premiered in Los Angeles.
1995 - Oasis scored their first UK No.1 single when 'Some Might Say' went to the top of the UK charts. It was the first single to be released from the Manchester bands second album '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' And the last Oasis track to feature original drummer Tony McCarroll.
2001 - Destiny's Child started a two week run at No.1 on the UK album charts with Survivor.
2001 - Geri Halliwell scored her fourth UK No.1 single with her version of the Weather Girls 1984 hit It's Raining Men.
2002 - Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen was voted No.1 in a poll by the Guinness Hit Singles book Top 100 British Singles, Imagine by John Lennon was No.2 and Hey Jude by The Beatles was No.3.
2002 - American songwriter and producer Otis Blackwell died from a heart attack. He wrote the classic songs ‘All Shook Up’, ‘Return To Sender’, ‘Don't Be Cruel’, ‘Great Balls Of Fire’ and ‘Fever.’ Over the years, Blackwell's songs have sold more than 185 million copies.
2003 - After the controversy regading Dixie Chicks member Natalie Maines’ comments about President George W. Bush and the Iraq war, a Colorado radio station suspended two of its disc jockeys for playing music by Dixie Chicks.
2004 - A sale at Christie's in London, England became the most successful pop auction in the company's history after Beatles memorabilia sold for a record £788,643. The auction included a leather collar worn by John Lennon which sold for £117,250. A signed copy of a management deal with The Beatles and manager Brian Epstein sold for £122,850. A Vox Kensington guitar used by Lennon and Harrison went for £100,000. Also sold - a coloured felt-pen drawing by Lennon (£10,000), a letter with his signature (£5,500), and a pen-and-ink drawing called Happy Fish (£9,500).
2005 - US coffee shop chain Starbucks banned the sale of Bruce Springsteen's latest album Devils and Dust over concerns about its adult content. The retailer - which stocked CDs at its branches in the US - said it would be promoting other albums instead.
2008 - Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty was released from Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London after serving 29 days of a 14-week sentence for breaching the terms of his probation. The singer told reporters that he was glad to be out and was looking forward to having a drink and spending some time with his pet cats.
2013 - Lauryn Hill was sentenced in the US state of New Jersey to three months in jail for tax evasion. The 37 year-old Grammy-winning singer had failed to pay taxes on about $1.8m (£1.2m) of earnings between 2005-07. In a statement to the judge, Hill said she had intended to pay the taxes but could not after withdrawing from public life and ending her music career to raise her children. Hill has six children, five of whom she had with Rohan Marley, the son of Bob Marley.