Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day

DateArtist/GroupDescriptionImage
BTD May15,1918 Eddy Arnold#BTD May15,1918 #EddyArnold (Richard Edward Arnold) RIP country singer, his 1st US Country #1 1946 "What Is Life Without Love", +64 Top10 US Country singles with 27 other #1s and 15 US Top40 singles; selling over 85M records
BTD May15,1928 Wally Gold#BTD May15,1928 #WallyGold RIP singer, songwriter, record producer, music business executive. The #FourEsquires 1957 US #25 "Love Me Forever"; co-wrote 2 #ElvisPresley #1s It's Now or Never & Good Luck Charm and #LesleyGore's It's My Party. Gold has a total of 81 songs credits
BTD May15,1937 Trini López#BTD May15,1937 #TriniLópez (Trinidad López III) RIP singer, guitarist, actor 1963 US #3 & UK #4 "If I Had A Hammer" but López reached #1 in 36 other countries, +3 US and 15 US Adult Contemporary Top40 singles
BTD May15,1947 Graeham Goble#BTD May15,1947 #GraehamGoble singer, songwriter, founder #LittleRiverBand An #Australian group with a 1978 US #3 "Reminiscing", +12 US Top40 singles #HBday @GraehamGoble
BTD May15,1948 Brian Eno#BTD May15,1948 #BrianEno composer, producer, singer, synthesizers. Founder member (1971–1973) of rock band #RoxyMusic; solo album 2016 US Elec #1 & UK #28 "The Ship" Known for pioneering work in electronic and ambient music. 2019 inducted in @rockhall of Fame with Roxy Music
BTD May15,1948 Gary Thain#BTD May15,1948 #GaryThain RIP bass guitarist, known for his work with British band #UriahHeep from 1972–1975. Uriah Heep 1975 UK #7 album "Return To Fantasy" Died from a drug overdose on Dec8,1975
BTD May15,1951 Dennis Frederiksen#BTD May15,1951 #DennisFrederiksen RIP singer, former lead singer #Trillion, #Angel, #LeRoux, #Toto. Hits with 3 different bands 1982 #Survivor's "American Heartbeat", 1983 #LeRoux's "Carrie's Gone" and 1984 #Toto's "Stranger in Town"
OTD May15,1905Las Vegas#OTD May15,1905 The town of #LasVegas, Nevada is founded. 110 acres of land next to Union Pacific Railroad tracks @Vegas #WHHSH (what happens here stays here) @CityOfLasVegas
OTD May15,1929 Bessie Smith#OTD May15,1929 #BessieSmith records the song "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" in New York. Written by #JimmyCox in 1923, Smith recorded the song with instrumental accompaniment, including a small trumpet section
OTD May15,1941 Joe DiMaggio#OTD May15,1941 #JoeDiMaggio starts his 56-game hitting streak, the longest in baseball history, and ended Jul17,1941. Failure to extend his hitting streak to 57 games cost him $10,000. DiMaggio had a deal with @HeinzKetchup_US
OTD May15,1945 Billboard#OTD May15,1945 #Billboard magazine introduces its first album sales chart @billboard
OTD May15,1948 Nat King Cole#OTD May15,1948 #NatKingCole with Orchestra Conducted by #FrankDeVol at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Nature Boy" Written in 1947 by #edenahbez, the song is partly autobiographical. It is a tribute to ahbez's mentor #BillPester
OTD May15,1957 Elvis Presley#OTD May15,1957 #ElvisPresley is still at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "All Shook Up" for the 6th week of an 8wks run at #1 @ElvisPresley
OTD May15,1957 Ricky Nelson#OTD May15,1957 #RickyNelson enters the US Top40 Singles chart at #42 with "A Teenager's Romance" written by David Gillam. Nelson will peak at #8 on Jun19
OTD May15,1959 Elvis Presley#OTD May15,1959 #ElvisPresley starts a 5wk run on the UK singles chart with "A Fool Such As I" [also called "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I"] written by Bill Trader; originally recorded by Hank Snow. Elvis 1st ballad to hit #1 and Presley's 4th #1 in the UK @ElvisPresley
OTD May15,1960 Elvis Presley#OTD May15,1960 #ElvisPresley is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "Stuck on You" for the 3rd week of a 4wk run at #1 @ElvisPresley
OTD May15,1963Beatles#OTD May15,1963 The #Beatles perform at the Royalty Theatre, Chester, Cheshire with Gerry and the Pacemakers. The Beatles' only appearance at this venue
OTD May15,1965 Bob Dylan#OTD May15,1965 #BobDylan peaks at #39 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Subterranean Homesick Blues" written by Bob Dylan. Dylan's 1st US Top40 single. Dylan peaks at #9 for 2wks in the UK on May20,1965 @bobdylan
OTD May15,1965 Herman Hermits#OTD May15,1965 #HermanHermits are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter" for the last week of a 3wk run at #1
OTD May15,1967 Paul McCartney#OTD May15,1967 #PaulMcCartney meets #LindaEastman for the first time, during a #GeorgieFame concert at the Bag O'Nails nightclub in London
OTD May15,1968 George Harrison#OTD May15,1968 #GeorgeHarrison & #RingoStarr attend the premiere of "Wonderwall" at the Cannes Film Festival; Soundtrack by @GeorgeHarrison @ringostarrmusic @Festival_Cannes
OTD May15,1968 Tonight Show#OTD May15,1968 #TonightShow with guest host #JoeGragiola airs (taped May14). Guests Paul McCartney, John Lennon & actress Tallulah Bankhead. The #Beatles announcing their new company #Apple Corps, just returned from India & would soon begin recording sessions for The White Album
OTD May15,1971 Crosby Stills Nash & Young#OTD May15,1971 #CrosbyStillsNashYoung scores their 2nd US #1 album "4 Way Street" Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's 1st live LP; from the Fillmore East NYC Jun2-7,1970, The Forum LA Jun26-28,1970 and the Auditorium Theatre Chicago Jul5,1970
OTD May15,1971 Three Dog Night#OTD May15,1971 #ThreeDogNight is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Joy To The World" for the 5th week of a 6wk run at #1 @threedognight
OTD May15,1976 Rolling Stones#OTD May15,1976 #RollingStones are at #1 on US album chart with "Black And Blue" their 6th US #1 LP with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman & Charlie Watts; + Billy Preston, Nicky Hopkins, Ronnie Wood, Harvey Mandel, Wayne Perkins, Ollie E. Brown, Ian Stewart @RollingStones
OTD May15,1977 Rod Stewart#OTD May15,1977 #RodStewart starts a 4wk run at #1 on the UK Singles chart with the double A sided single "I Don't Want To Talk About It" song written by Danny Whitten and "First Cut Is The Deepest" written by Cat Stevens. Stewart's 4th UK #1 @rodstewart
OTD May15,1977Sylvers#OTD May15,1977 The #Sylvers (known as The Little Angels in their early years) are at #1 @billboard on the Hot100 Singles Chart with "Boogie Fever" written by #FreddiePerren and #KennethStLewis. The song features nine of the performing Sylvers siblings, there were 10
OTD May15,1979Starsky And Hutch#OTD May15,1979 The final episode of #StarskyAndHutch airs called "Sweet Revenge (a.k.a. Targets Without a Badge - Part 4)" #ABC Network with #DavidSoul as detective Kenneth Richard "Hutch" Hutchinson & #PaulMichaelGlaser as detective David Michael Starsky @DavidRSoul @MrPMGlaser
OTD May15,1981 George Harrison#OTD May15,1981 #GeorgeHarrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in the UK (May11 in US) written by George Harrison; a tribute to #JohnLennon; McCartney & Starr play on the song. May23 Harrison will enter the US Charts at #30; May24 peak at #13 in UK & peak at #2 US for 3wks Jul4
OTD May15,1982 Asia#OTD May15,1982 #Asia went to #1 on US album chart with their self-titled album "Asia" Asia's LP spent a total of 9wks at #1 @originalasia
OTD May15,1982 Stevie Wonder#OTD May15,1982 #StevieWonder & #PaulMcCartney start a 7wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Ebony And Ivory" written by Paul McCartney. Both performed live in the studio but recorded their parts for the music video separately @PaulMcCartney @StevieWonder
OTD May15,1983 Michael Jackson#OTD May15,1983 #MichaelJackson is back at #1 with the LP "Thriller" for another 5wks for the 3rd time on the UK Album charts. 1st time at #1 Feb27 for 1wk, then Mar13 for 1wk and again reappearing at #1 Jan22,1984. Eventually spending 259wks in the Top100 on the UK album charts
OTD May15,1988 Prince#OTD May15,1988 #Prince jumps straight to #1 with his 1st UK #1 album "Lovesexy" because of the pic on the cover; stores refuse to stock the LP or they wrap it in black
OTD May15,1988 Wet Wet Wet, Billy Bragg#OTD May15,1988 #WetWetWet & #BillyBragg start a 4wk run at #1 on the UK Singles chart with With "A Little Help From My Friends / She's Leaving Home" Wet Wet Wet performs "With A Little Help From My Friends" and Billy Bragg With Cara Tivey performs "She's Leaving Home"