Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD May1,1918 | Jack Paar | #BTD May1,1918 #JackPaar RIP. Radio & TV comedian talk show host of The #TonightShow from 1957 to 1962. Then the The Jack Paar Program, were Paar showed film clips of The Beatles performing, one month before their famous live appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show | |
| BTD May1,1929 | Sonny James | #BTD May1,1929 #SonnyJames (Jimmie Loden) RIP singer, songwriter 1956 US & US Country #1, UK #11 "Young Love", +72 other US Country Top40 singles with 23 reaching #1. Of these #1s he had an unprecedented 5year (1967-1972) streak of 16 straight #Billboard Country #1 singles | |
| BTD May1,1930 | Little Walter | #BTD May1,1930 #LittleWalter (Marion Jacobs) RIP singer, songwriter US R&B #1s 1952 "Juke" and 1955 "My Babe", +12 Top10 US R&B singles. He changed harmonica sound, he was the 1st to amplify the harmonica, giving it a distorted & echoed sound | |
| BTD May1,1939 | Judy Collins | #BTD May1,1939 #JudyCollins singer, songwriter 1968 US #8 & 1970 UK #14 "Both Sides Now", +4 US Top40 singles; known as "Judy Blue Eyes" #HBday @TheJudyCollins | |
| BTD May1,1945 | Rita Coolidge | #BTD May1,1945 #RitaCoolidge singer, songwriter 1977 US #2 & UK #48 "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" and US #7 & UK #6 "We're All Alone" She has had hits #Billboard pop, country and jazz charts during the 1970s and 1980s | |
| BTD May1,1946 | Nick Fortuna | #BTD May1,1946 #NickFortuna singer, songwriter, bass guitarist The The #Buckinghams 1966 US #1 "Kind Of A Drag", 1967 US #6 "Don't You Care", 1967 US #5 "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", +2 US Top40 singles | |
| BTD May1,1954 | Ray Parker Jr | #BTD May1,1954 #RayParkerJr guitarist, songwriter #Raydio 1978 US #8 Jack and Jill, 1979 US #9 You Can't Change That, 1981 US #4 A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) and solo 1st hit 1982 US #4 The Other Woman & 1st chart topper 1984 US #1 & UK #2 Ghostbusters #HBday @OrayO | |
| BTD May1,1967 | Tim McGraw | #BTD May1,1967 #TimMcGraw (Samuel Timothy McGraw) singer, songwriter, actor 11 consecutive LPs debut at #1 @billboard Country LP charts & 23 US Country #1 singles #HBday @TheTimMcGraw | |
| OTD May1,1939 | Tommy Dorsey | #OTD May1,1939 The song "Lonesome Road" (or The Lonesome Road) is recorded by #TommyDorsey and his Orchestra; a 1927 song written by Nathaniel Shilkret with lyrics by Gene Austin | |
| OTD May1,1955 | Prez Prado | #OTD May1,1955 #PrezPrado and His Orchestra are still at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White" for the 4th week of a 10wk run | |
| OTD May1,1955 | Hank Snow's All Star Jamboree | #OTD May1,1955 On tour with #HankSnow's All Star Jamboree #ElvisPresley plays 3 shows at the Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| OTD May1,1957 | Elvis Presley | #OTD May1,1957 #ElvisPresley is still at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "All Shook Up" for the 4th week of an 8wks run @ElvisPresley | |
| OTD May1,1960 | Elvis Presley | #OTD May1,1960 #ElvisPresley starts a 4wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "Stuck on You" written by Aaron Schroeder and J. Leslie McFarland; Elvis sang the song on the "Frank Sinatra Show" in 1960 to welcome him back from the army | |
| OTD May1,1962 | Beatles | #OTD May1,1962 The #Beatles start a month long residency at The Star Club, Hamburg, West Germany | |
| OTD May1,1963 | Tony Barrow | #OTD May1,1963 #TonyBarrow becomes The #Beatles press agent. He coined the phrase "The Fab Four" | |
| OTD May1,1964 | Beatles | #OTD May1,1964 The #Beatles record their third "From Us To You" #BBC radio special for broadcast May 18. The Beatles tape 8 songs | |
| OTD May1,1965 | Herman Hermits | #OTD May1,1965 #HermanHermits start a 3wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter" written by #TrevorPeacock; produced by #MickieMost. With a heavily accented lead vocals by #PeterNoone @peternoone | |
| OTD May1,1967 | Elvis Presley | #OTD May1,1967 #ElvisPresley age 32 marries 21yo #PriscillaBeaulieu. Priscilla and Elvis 1st met in 1959. What the Las Vegas News Reel @Cilla_Presley @ElvisPresley | |
| OTD May1,1967 | EMI, Electric and Musical Industries | #OTD May1,1967 #EMI (Electric and Musical Industries) reports that since 1962 The #Beatles record sales have reached the 200 million mark @emimusic | |
| OTD May1,1968 | Iron Maiden | #OTD May1,1968 The first #IronMaiden rock band from Britain is formed. Iron Maiden releases one album in 1969, a series of singles and compilations; the album called "Maiden Voyage" was recorded in its entirety between 1968 and 1970 | |
| OTD May1,1971 | Three Dog Night | #OTD May1,1971 #ThreeDogNight is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Joy To The World" for the 3rd week of a 6wk run at #1 @threedognight | |
| OTD May1,1973 | Carpenters | #OTD May1,1973 The #Carpenters 2nd visit to the White House. President #Nixon requested the group to perform for visiting West German chancellor #WillyBrandt | |
| OTD May1,1976 | Bellamy Brothers | #OTD May1,1976 #BellamyBrothers are at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Let Your Love Flow" written by Larry E. Williams @BellamyBrothers | |
| OTD May1,1976 | Eric Carmen | #OTD May1,1976 #EricCarmen enters the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart at #78 with “Never Gonna Fall in Love Again” written by Eric Carmen based on Symphony #2 by Russian Sergei Rachmaninoff. Jun19 Carmen will be at #1 on the Easy Listening chart will for 2wks at #11 Jul4 Hot100 | |
| OTD May1,1976 | Queen | #OTD May1,1976 #Queen peaks at #9 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Bohemian Rhapsody" written by Freddie Mercury. Queen had a 9wk run at #1 in the UK starting on Nov23,1975 @QueenWillRock | |
| OTD May1,1977 | Deniece Williams | #OTD May1,1977 #DenieceWilliams starts a 2wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Free" written by Deniece Williams, Hank Redd, Nathan Watts and Susaye Greene. Williams was a former backing singer with #StevieWonder | |
| OTD May1,1982 | Joan Jett | #OTD May1,1982 #JoanJett And The Blackhearts are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" for the last week of a 7wk run at #1 @joanjett | |
| OTD May1,1988 | Magnum PI | #OTD May1,1988 Final episode of the crime drama TV series "Magnum PI" S8 E12-13 total episode #161 & #162 "Resolutions" Magnum ponders his future while paying a visit to his family in Tidewater, Virginia; #TomSelleck as Thomas Magnum private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii |