Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD May7,1931 | Teresa Brewer | #BTD May7,1931 #TeresaBrewer RIP. Pop and jazz singer popular in 1950s. 1950 US & UK #1 "Music! Music! Music!", 1952 US #1 "Till I Waltz Again With You", +25 US Top40 singles | |
| BTD May7,1932 | Derek Taylor | #BTD May7,1932 #DerekTaylor RIP, journalist, writer, publicist, press officer for The #Beatles & worked with The #BeachBoys, The #Byrds | |
| BTD May7,1933 | Roger Perry | #BTD May7,1933 #RogerPerry RIP film, TV actor, portrayed attorney Jim Harrigan Jr. on TV show "Harrigan And Son" & known for his role as Captain John Christopher in the #NBC network "Star Trek" episode "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" Served as an intelligence officer @usairforce in 1950s | |
| BTD May7,1936 | Jimmy Ruffin | #BTD May7,1936 #JimmyRuffin RIP singer 1966 UK #8 & US #7 "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted", 1967 UK #26 & US #29 "I've Passed This Way Before" & 1980 UK #7 & US #10 "Hold On (To My Love)" and older brother of #DavidRuffin of the #Temptations | |
| BTD May7,1943 | Rick Westwood | #BTD May7,1943 #RickWestwood (Rick West) guitarist with #BrianPoole and the #Tremeloes 1963 UK #1 "Do You Love Me", 1967 UK #1 & US #11 "Silence Is Golden", +19 UK Top40 singles. In 1962 Decca Records originally signed the #Tremeloes over The #Beatles @DeccaRecords | |
| BTD May7,1946 | Bill Danoff | #BTD May7,1946 #BillDanoff (William Thomas Danoff) singer, songwriter with #StarlandVocal Band 1976 US #1 & UK #18 'Afternoon Delight' & writer of many other hits such as "Take Me Home, Country Roads" for #JohnDenver | |
| BTD May7,1946 | Bill Kreutzmann | #BTD May7,1946 #BillKreutzmann (William Kreutzmann Jr) drummer #GratefulDead 1987 US #9 & US Rock #1 "Touch of Grey" The Grateful Dead released over 140 albums, majority recorded live in concert during their entire thirty-year career @GratefulDead #HBday @BKreutzmann | |
| BTD May7,1946 | Jerry Nolan | #BTD May7,1946 #JerryNolan (Gerard Nolan) RIP drummer #NewYorkDolls 1973 LP "New York Dolls" Left the Dolls with #JohnnyThunders to form Johnny Thunders and The #Heartbreakers | |
| BTD May7,1946 | Thelma Houston | #BTD May7,1946 #ThelmaHouston (Thelma Jackson) actress, singer 1977 US and US R&B #1 & UK #13 "Don't Leave Me This Way", 1976 US Dance #1 "Any Way You Like It", +5 R&B and 9 US Dance Top40 singles #HBday @Thelma_Houston | |
| BTD May7,1948 | Pete Wingfield | #BTD May7,1948 #PeteWingfield (William Peter Wingfield) producer, songwriter, keyboardist, singer, journalist 1975 UK #7 and US #15 single "Eighteen With A Bullet" Also played piano with artists such as #AlanParsons, Dexys Midnight Runners, #PaulMcCartney | |
| BTD May7,1950 | Prairie Prince | #BTD May7,1950 #PrairiePrince (Charles Prince) drummer The #Tubes 1977 UK #28 "White Punks On Dope" & 1983 US #10 "She's A Beauty" Then in 1973 was a founding member of #Journey, then rejoined The Tubes shortly thereafter @TheTubesGroup | |
| BTD May7,1951 | Robert Hegyes | #BTD May7,1951 #RobertHegyes RIP actor TV, 1975–1979 "Welcome Back, Kotter" as Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein; 1986–1988 "Cagney & Lacey" as Detective Manny Esposito | |
| BTD May7,1961 | Phil Campbell | #BTD May7,1961 #PhilCampbell lead guitarist #Motorhead 1980 UK #15 "Ace Of Spades", 1981 UK #6 "Motörhead" & Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons #HBday @MotorheadPhil | |
| OTD May7,1961 | Del Shannon | #OTD May7,1961 #DelShannon is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "Runaway" for the 2nd week of a 4wk run at #1 | |
| OTD May7,1961 | Beatles | #OTD May7,1961 The #Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West Germany. During a 3 month residency | |
| OTD May7,1962 | Beatles | #OTD May7,1962 The #Beatles at the Star-Club, Hamburg, West Germany part of a 7 week gig. 2 of the 7 weeks are with #GeneVincent | |
| OTD May7,1964 | Ella Fitzgerald | #OTD May7,1964 #EllaFitzgerald is 1st artist to break the Top40 on the UK Singles Chart with a #Beatles song cover when her version of "Can't Buy Me Love" enters at #35. The song will peak at #34 on May21 | |
| OTD May7,1965 | Beatles | #OTD May7,1965 The #Beatles are filming their movie "HELP!" Today is #PaulMcCartney's solo sequence when he is accidentally injected with miniaturizing fluid @PaulMcCartney | |
| OTD May7,1966 | Dean Martin | #OTD May7,1966 #DeanMartin enters the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #83 with “Come Running Back" written by Dick Glasser. Martin will peak at #35 on Jun11,1966 | |
| OTD May7,1966 | Mamas and the Papas | #OTD May7,1966 #MamasandthePapas start a 3wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Monday, Monday" written by John Phillips. On Mar2,1967 The Mamas and the Papas won a #Grammy Award for the song in the category Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | |
| OTD May7,1966 | Beatles | #OTD May7,1966 The #Beatles manager #BrianEpstein flies to Copenhagen, to receive a gold records on behalf of The Beatles | |
| OTD May7,1967 | Brian Epstein | #OTD May7,1967 #BrianEpstein presents #JimiHendrix Experience at the Saville Theatre London with #GarnetMimms, #DennyLaine. In the audience is @ringostarrmusic, @TheBeachBoys, The #MoodyBlues | |
| OTD May7,1967 | Pearls Before Swine, Tom Rapp | #OTD May7,1967 #PearlsBeforeSwine begin recording "One Nation Underground" the LP includes a song called "Oh Dear (Miss Morse)" The song is banned in New York because the singer, songwriter #TomRapp is singing Dit & Dah F-U-C-K in Morse code | |
| OTD May7,1967 | Monkees | #OTD May7,1967 The #Monkees 2nd LP "More Of The Monkees" is at #1 on the UK LP charts. They fall to #2 next week & return to #1 May21. In 1967 only 4 LPs reach #1; "The Sound Of Music" 17wks, #Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" 25wks & #Monkees 1st & 2nd LPs 9wks | |
| OTD May7,1969 | Frank Sinatra | #OTD May7,1969 #FrankSinatra with "My Way" reaches #9 1st time in UK Top10 & peaks at #5 for 2wks May28. Over the next 3yrs Sinatra will re-enter the UK Top50 chart 8 different times. Written by French writers Claude François and Jacques Revaux with English lyrics by Paul Anka | |
| OTD May7,1972 | Reginald Dwight, Elton John | #OTD May7,1972 #ReginaldDwight changes his name by Deed poll to Elton Hercules John (later known as #EltonJohn) Breakdown of name; Elton - Elton Dean saxophonist; Hercules - a horse from TV sitcom "Steptoe and Son" John - Long John Baldry blues musician @eltonofficial | |
| OTD May7,1972 | Rolling Stones | #OTD May7,1972 The #RollingStones release the album "Exile On Main Street" featuring two Rolling Stones hit singles, "Tumbling Dice" and "Happy" @RollingStones | |
| OTD May7,1974 | Led Zeppelin | #OTD May7,1974 #LedZeppelin held a party at the Four Seasons Hotel in #NYC to launch new label #SwanSong Records. The Led Zeppelin Swan Song record label officially began May10,1974 @ledzeppelin | |
| OTD May7,1977 | Eagles | #OTD May7,1977 The #Eagles are at to #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Hotel California" written by Don Felder, Don Henley with lyrics by Glenn Frey. The Eagles 4th #1 in the US | |
| OTD May7,1978 | Boney M | #OTD May7,1978 #BoneyM starts a 5wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Rivers of Babylon" a cover version of The #Melodians song in 1970, lyrics are adapted from the texts of Psalms 19 and 137 in the Hebrew Bible. Written by #BrentDowe and #TrevorMcNaughton | |
| OTD May7,1978 | David Bowie | #OTD May7,1978 #DavidBowie plays the 1st of 3 nights on his "Low / Heroes" world tour at Madison Square Garden in New York City @TheGarden | |
| OTD May7,1983 | Michael Jackson | #OTD May7,1983 #MichaelJackson is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Beat It" for the 2nd week of a 3wk run at #1 @michaeljackson | |
| OTD May7,1988 | Terence Trent D'Arby | #OTD May7,1988 #TerenceTrentDArby is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "Wishing Well" written by Terence Trent D'Arby and Sean Oliver. D'Arby will peak at #4 in the UK |