Musical
birthdays today include chansonnier Charles Aznavour (93), former
Parliament-Funkadelic vocalist Calvin Simon (75), Elton John
collaborator Bernie Taupin (67), Specials keyboardist & songwriter
Jerry Dammers (62), Icehouse frontman Iva Davies (62), Morrissey (58),
Type O Negative lead guitarist Kenny Hickey (51), producer & former
MK Ultra lead singer John Vanderslice (50), R&B singer and producer
Donell Jones (44), and Project Dirty lead singer Rhett Fisher (37).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Richard Wagner, born on this day in 1813... for Original Dixieland Jass band trombonist Eddie Edwards, born in 1891... for Sun Ra, born in 1914... for Persian classical musician Jalil Shahnaz, born in 1921... for jazz trumpeter Kenny Ball, who would have been 87... for jazz multi-instrumentalist John Grimaldi, who would have been 62... for former Eleven keyboardist & singer Natasha Schneider, who would have been 61... and for classical pianist Steven DeGroote, who left us today in 1989.
Also on May 22nd: On his 59th birthday, Wagner lays the cornerstone of his Festival Theatre Hall in Bayreuth (1872)... In Milan, Verdi conducts the premiere performance of his Requiem (1874)... In Hibbing, MN, Robert Allen Zimmerman, the future Bob Dylan, has his bar mitzvah at the Agudath Achim synagogue, even though he will not be 13 for another two days (1954)... Jerry Lee Lewis arrives in London to begin a UK tour. He and his new 14-year-old bride are besieged by reporters at Heathrow Airport (1958)... Ornette Coleman and sidemen record The Shape of Jazz to Come at Radio Recorders studio in Los Angeles (1959)... Frank Zappa opens his 'Studio Z' in Cucamonga, CA (1963)... The Beatles have the № 1 single on both sides of the Atlantic with 'Ticket to Ride' (1965)... Percy Sledge goes to № 1 in the US with 'When a Man Loves a Woman' (1966)... Florence Ballard makes what will prove to be her last public appearance with The Supremes, as they perform 'The Happening' on the Tonight Show (1967)... Frank Sinatra performs with a full orchestra at Oakland-Alameda Coliseum as a fundraiser for US presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey (1968)... Paul McCartney & Wings top the Billboard singles chart with 'Silly Love Songs' (1976)... Nearly 30 years after the 'payola' law destroyed the career of DJ Alan Freed, it is finally used to convict someone in the record industry: promo man Ralph Tashjian is found guilty of distributing cocaine and money to radio stations to get more airplay for, among others, Bruce Springsteen (1989)... Fleetwood Mac reunite with their classic late-70s lineup for the first time in a decade, performing the first of two specials for the show MTV Unplugged. The experience convinces the group to tour together again (1997)... At the ASCAP Pop Music Awards, Steely Dan receive the lifetime songwriting achievement Founders Award (2000)... White Stripes drummer Meg White marries Jackson Smith, tying the knot in a small ceremony at ex-husband and bandmate Jack White’s Nashville home (2009).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Richard Wagner, born on this day in 1813... for Original Dixieland Jass band trombonist Eddie Edwards, born in 1891... for Sun Ra, born in 1914... for Persian classical musician Jalil Shahnaz, born in 1921... for jazz trumpeter Kenny Ball, who would have been 87... for jazz multi-instrumentalist John Grimaldi, who would have been 62... for former Eleven keyboardist & singer Natasha Schneider, who would have been 61... and for classical pianist Steven DeGroote, who left us today in 1989.
Also on May 22nd: On his 59th birthday, Wagner lays the cornerstone of his Festival Theatre Hall in Bayreuth (1872)... In Milan, Verdi conducts the premiere performance of his Requiem (1874)... In Hibbing, MN, Robert Allen Zimmerman, the future Bob Dylan, has his bar mitzvah at the Agudath Achim synagogue, even though he will not be 13 for another two days (1954)... Jerry Lee Lewis arrives in London to begin a UK tour. He and his new 14-year-old bride are besieged by reporters at Heathrow Airport (1958)... Ornette Coleman and sidemen record The Shape of Jazz to Come at Radio Recorders studio in Los Angeles (1959)... Frank Zappa opens his 'Studio Z' in Cucamonga, CA (1963)... The Beatles have the № 1 single on both sides of the Atlantic with 'Ticket to Ride' (1965)... Percy Sledge goes to № 1 in the US with 'When a Man Loves a Woman' (1966)... Florence Ballard makes what will prove to be her last public appearance with The Supremes, as they perform 'The Happening' on the Tonight Show (1967)... Frank Sinatra performs with a full orchestra at Oakland-Alameda Coliseum as a fundraiser for US presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey (1968)... Paul McCartney & Wings top the Billboard singles chart with 'Silly Love Songs' (1976)... Nearly 30 years after the 'payola' law destroyed the career of DJ Alan Freed, it is finally used to convict someone in the record industry: promo man Ralph Tashjian is found guilty of distributing cocaine and money to radio stations to get more airplay for, among others, Bruce Springsteen (1989)... Fleetwood Mac reunite with their classic late-70s lineup for the first time in a decade, performing the first of two specials for the show MTV Unplugged. The experience convinces the group to tour together again (1997)... At the ASCAP Pop Music Awards, Steely Dan receive the lifetime songwriting achievement Founders Award (2000)... White Stripes drummer Meg White marries Jackson Smith, tying the knot in a small ceremony at ex-husband and bandmate Jack White’s Nashville home (2009).
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