Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image | ||||||
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| BTD May2,1897 | J Fred Coots | #BTD May2,1897 #JFredCoots (John Frederick Coots) RIP songwriter, composed over 700 popular songs and over a dozen Broadway shows, co-wrote big hit songs such as 1934 "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" and 1938 "You Go To My Head" | |||||||
| BTD May2,1935 | Link Wray | #BTD May2,1935 #LinkWray (Fred Lincoln Wray Jr.) RIP guitarist, songwriter 1958 US #16 "Rumble" by Link Wray & His Ray Men. Credited with inventing fuzz guitar after punching a hole in a speaker | |||||||
| BTD May2,1936 | Engelbert Humperdinck | #BTD May2,1936 #EngelbertHumperdinck (Arnold Dorsey) singer 1967 UK #1 & US #4 "Release Me (and Let Me Love Again)", 1967 UK #1 "The Last Waltz", +12 UK and 8 US Top40 singles #HBday @ehumperdinck | |||||||
| BTD May2,1945 | Goldy McJohn | #BTD May2,1945 #GoldyMcJohn (John Goadsby) RIP #Canadian original keyboardist for #Steppenwolf (left in 1972) 1968 US #2 & UK #30 "Born To Be Wild", 1968 US #3 "Magic Carpet Ride", 1969 US #10 "Rock Me", +4 US Top40 singles | |||||||
| BTD May2,1945 | Randy Cain | #BTD May2,1945 #RandyCain III RIP singer in The #Delfonics 1968 US #4 & 1971 UK #19 single "La La Means I Love You", +5 US and 14 US R&B Top40 singles | |||||||
| BTD May2,1946 | Lesle yGore | #BTD May2,1946 #LesleyGore (Lesley Goldstein) RIP singer, songwriter, actress 1963 US #1 & UK #9 "It's My Party", 1964 US #2 "You Don't Own Me", +9 other US Top40 singles & played the vileness Pussycat on the TV series "Batman" | |||||||
| BTD May2,1950 | Lou Gramm | #BTD May2,1950 #LouGramm (Louis Grammatico) singer 1977 US #4 "Feels Like the First Time", 1985 UK & US #1 "I Want To Know What Love Is", +14 US Top40 singles & solo 1987 US #5 "Midnight Blue" #HBday @GrammLou | |||||||
| BTD May2,1951 | Jo Callis | #BTD May2,1951 #JoCallis (John William Callis) synthesizer, keyboards, guitarist #HumanLeague 1981 UK & US #1 "Don't You Want Me", 1986 UK #8 & US #1 "Human", +15 UK Top40 singles | |||||||
| BTD May2,1954 | Prescott Niles | #BTD May2,1954 #PrescottNiles bass guitarist for The #Knack 1979 hit singles US #1 & UK #6 "My Sharona" and US #11 "Good Girls Don't" @Knackrophilia | |||||||
| OTD May2,1939 | Lou Gehrig | #OTD May2,1939 #LouGehrig of the New York #Yankees nicknamed "The Iron Horse", removes himself from the lineup prior to game. Gehrig's MLB consecutive games streak ends at 2,130 @Yankees | |||||||
| OTD May2,1956 | Carl Perkins | #OTD May2,1956 #CarlPerkins will peak at #4 for 2wks on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Blue Suede Shoes" written by Carl Perkins and produced by #SamPhilips | |||||||
| OTD May2,1956 | Elvis Presley | #OTD May2,1956 #ElvisPresley is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Heartbreak Hotel" for the 2nd week of a 7wk run at #1 @ElvisPresley | |||||||
| OTD May2,1962 | Brian Jones | #OTD May2,1962 #BrianJones (Lewis Brian Jones) places an advertisement in the #JazzNews inviting auditions for a new R&B group at the Bricklayers Arms pub. Jones was originally the leader of The Stones and created Rollin' Stones as the original name @RollingStones | |||||||
| OTD May2,1963 | Beatles | #OTD May2,1963 The #Beatles start a 7wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "From Me To You" written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. The Beatles first #1 & 1st of 11 consecutive #1 singles, not including releases with #TonySheridan | |||||||
| OTD May2,1964 | Beatles | #OTD May2,1964 In the 2nd wk of its release, The #Beatles LP "The Beatles' Second Album" is at #1 on US charts. The 1st album to get to #1 that quickly | |||||||
| OTD May2,1964 | Beatles | #OTD May2,1964 The #Beatles are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Can't Buy Me Love" for the last week of a 5wk run at #1. The 3rd of 3 consecutive #1 singles for the #Beatles who just spent 14wks at #1 in total | |||||||
| OTD May2,1964 | Rolling Stones | #OTD May2,1964 The #RollingStones make their 1st appearance on the US singles chart when "Not Fade Away" written by Charles Hardin (Buddy Holly) and Norman Petty enters the chart at #98 @RollingStones | |||||||
| OTD May2,1965 | Beatles | #OTD May2,1965 The #Beatles check into the #Antrobus Arms Hotel preparing for the next day's filming on the movie "Help!" | |||||||
| OTD May2,1965 | Rolling Stones | #OTD May2,1965 The #RollingStones made their second appearance on the #EdSullivan Show. The Rolling Stones play “The Last Time” and "Little Red Rooster" @RollingStones | |||||||
| OTD May2,1967 | Toronto Maple Leafs | #OTD May2,1967 The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montréal Canadiens 4 games to 2. Their last NHL #StanleyCup victory @NHL @MapleLeafs @CanadiensMTL | |||||||
| OTD May2,1968 | Jimi Hendrix Experience | #OTD May2,1968 #JimiHendrix Experience records "Voodoo Chile" written and produced by Jimi Hendrix. The song is featured on the "Electric Ladyland" double LP. Hendrix will reach #1 with the single in the UK on Nov21,1970 | |||||||
| OTD May2,1969 | Led Zeppelin | #OTD May2,1969 #LedZeppelin plays the 1st of two nights at The Pasadena Rose Palace, CA also with Led Zeppelin on the bill is #JulieDriscoll, #BryanAuger & The #Trinity @ledzeppelin | |||||||
| OTD May2,1969 | Pink Floyd | #OTD May2,1969 #PinkFloyd at Manchester Chamber Of Commerce. Pink Floyd records the show for their forthcoming album "Ummagumma" @pinkfloyd | |||||||
| OTD May2,1969 | Beatles | #OTD May2,1969 The #Beatles begin recording the #GeorgeHarrison song "Something" at Abbey Road studios, 36 takes with #BillyPreston on piano @AbbeyRoad | |||||||
| OTD May2,1969 | Who | #OTD May2,1969 The #Who gives their press preview of "Tommy" at #RonnieScott's in London. The Who's musical is the 1st musical billed as a rock opera @TheWho | |||||||
| OTD May2,1970 | Jackson 5 | #OTD May2,1970 The #Jackson5 are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "ABC" for the last week of a 2wk run at #1 @Jacksons | |||||||
| OTD May2,1971 | Ringo Starr | #OTD May2,1971 #RingoStarr peaks at #4 for 3wks on the UK singles chart with "It Don't Come Easy" written by Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr), produced by George Harrison @ringostarrmusic | |||||||
| OTD May2,1972 | Bruce Springsteen | #OTD May2,1972 #BruceSpringsteen a kid from New Jersey walks into #Columbia Records office in #NewYork with an acoustic guitar and auditions by singing a few songs in front of talent scout #JohnHammond. His response was simple "You’ve got to be on Columbia Records" @springsteen | |||||||
| OTD May2,1976 | Abba | #OTD May2,1976 #Abba starts a 4wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Fernando" ABBA's biggest selling single over 10M records sold and Abba scores their 3rd UK #1 single | |||||||
| OTD May2,1981 | Sheena Easton | #OTD May2,1981 #SheenaEaston starts a 2wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" written by British songwriter Florrie Palmer | |||||||
| OTD May2,1982 | Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder | #OTD May2,1982 #PaulMcCartney & #StevieWonder are still at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Ebony And Ivory" for the last week of a 3wk run at #1 @PaulMcCartney @StevieWonder | |||||||
| OTD May2,1982 | Paul McCartney | #OTD May2,1982 #PaulMcCartney starts a 2wk run with his 5th UK #1 album "Tug Of War" Featuring a duet with #StevieWonder "Ebony & Ivory" 1st LP released after the dissolution of #Wings. My favorite LP | |||||||
| OTD May2,2014 | Efrem Zimbalist | #OTD May2,2014 #EfremZimbalist Jr RIP dies at the age of 95. Actor in the TV series "77 Sunset Strip" as Stuart ("Stu") Bailey & "The F.B.I." as Inspector Lewis Erskine. Also played "Dandy Jim Buckley" in "Maverick". The voice of Alfred Pennyworth in Batman: The Animated Series | Series |