Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD May4,1920 | Bob Johnson | #BTD May4,1920 #BobJohnson (Robert Cleveland Johnson) RIP actor, voice actor gave Mr. Phelps assignments on the TV series "Mission Impossible", and played the transporter chief on the episode "The Cage" on the "Star Trek" TV series | |
| BTD May4,1923 | Ed Cassidy | #BTD May4,1923 #EdCassidy RIP nicknamed "Mr. Skin" drummer for #Spirit 1969 US #25 single "I Got A Line On You" & 1964 formed the #RisingSons | |
| BTD May4,1929 | Audrey Hepburn | #BTD May4,1929 #AudreyHepburn (Audrey Ruston) RIP model, dancer, actress in many movies such as "My Fair Lady", "Breakfast at Tiffanys", "Roman Holiday" Hepburn had 5 Academy Awards nominations and won 1953 Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Roman Holiday | |
| BTD May4,1937 | Dick Dale | #BTD May4,1937 #DickDale RIP (Richard Monsour) guitarist, pioneer of surf music "King of the Surf Guitar" wrote his 1st surf song an instrumental in 1961 "Let's Go Trippin'" & 1962 "Misirlou" Worked with @Fender to produce custom amplifiers including the 1st 100-watt guitar amp | |
| BTD May4,1939 | Paul Gleason | #BTD May4,1939 #PaulGleason RIP actor in many films such as his acting and film debut 1962 "Panic in Year Zero!" as Gas Station Owner; 1983 "Trading Places" as Clarence Beeks; 1988 "Die Hard" Deputy Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson and TV such as The A-Team, Magnum, P.I., Dallas | |
| BTD May4,1942 | Nicholas Ashford | #BTD May4,1942 #NicholasAshford RIP R&B singer, songwriter, formed Ashford & Simpson with his wife #ValerieSimpson 1978 R&B #1 & US #21 "Stuff Like That" (with #QuincyJones & #ChakaKhan), 1984 R&B #1 & US #12, UK #3 "Solid", +22 R&B Top40 singles with 3 #2s | |
| BTD May4,1945 | Georg Wadenius | #BTD May4,1945 #GeorgWadenius (Georg "Jojje" Wadenius) lead guitarist for #BloodSweatTears; Blood, Sweat & Tears 1972-75 and in 1979 joined the #SaturdayNightLive Band | |
| BTD May4,1949 | Zal Cleminson | #BTD May4,1949 #ZalCleminson (Alistair Cleminson) guitarist for the Sensational Alex Harvey Band from 1972 and 1978; #SAHB 1975 UK #7 single "Delilah" 1975 album "Next" | |
| BTD May4,1951 | Bruce Day | #BTD May4,1951 #BruceDay RIP bass guitarist, vocalist for #PabloCruise 1977 US #6 "Whatcha Gonna Do?" & 1978 Love Will Find a Way" and previously played in a #SanFrancisco high school band with #CarlosSantana | |
| BTD May4,1951 | Mick Mars | #BTD May4,1951 #MickMars (Robert Deal) guitarist #MotleyCrue 1987 US #12 "Girls, Girls, Girls", 1990 US #8 "Without You", +5 US, 6 UK & 29 US Mainstream Rock Top40 singles and 1989 US #1 album "Dr Feelgood" @MotleyCrue #HBday @mrmickmars | |
| BTD May4,1959 | Randy Travis | #BTD May4,1959 #RandyTravis singer, 1st #1 US Country single 1986 "On the Other Hand", 20 studio LPs, charted over 20 #1 hits. Considered a pivotal artist in history of country music #HBday @randytravis | |
| BTD May4,1961 | Jay Aston | #BTD May4,1961 #JayAston singer #BucksFizz from 1981–1985. 1981 UK #1s "Making Your Mind Up" & "The Land of Make Believe", 1982 UK #1 "My Camera Never Lies", +12 UK Top40 singles #HBday @JayAstonC | |
| OTD May4,1946 | Perry Como | #OTD May4,1946 #PerryComo with #RussCase and his Orchestra starts a 3wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Prisoner of Love" written by Russ Columbo and Clarence Gaskill with lyrics by Leo Robin | |
| OTD May4,1955 | Prez Prado | #OTD May4,1955 #PrezPrado and His Orchestra are still at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White" for the 3rd week of a 10wk run | |
| OTD May4,1956 | Gene Vincent | #OTD May4,1956 #GeneVincent records the rock 'n roll song "Be Bop-A-Lula" at Owen Bradley's studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Inspired by the comic strip "Little Lulu" The song was written by Gene Vincent, Donald Graves and Bill "Sheriff Tex" Davis | |
| OTD May4,1957 | Alan Freed | #OTD May4,1957 #AlanFreed's Show premieres on the #ABC Network becoming the 1st primetime network rock show | |
| OTD May4,1961 | Marcels | #OTD May4,1961 The #Marcels start a 2wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with the Rodgers & Hart song from 1930s "Blue Moon" written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart | |
| OTD May4,1963 | Twist, Daily Mirror | #OTD May4,1963 12 ways of doing the Twist! #DailyMirror Magazine by #ColinByrne @DailyMirror | |
| OTD May4,1963 | Sounds Incorporated | #OTD May4,1963 Lewis Buckley Entertainment LTD present #SoundsIncorporated at The Memorial Hall, Northwich. Also appearing are The Four Just Men and #BruceHarris and the #Cavaliers | |
| OTD May4,1963 | Peggy March | #OTD May4,1963 Little #PeggyMarch is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "I Will Follow Him" for the 2nd week of a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD May4,1967 | Jimi Hendrix Experience | #OTD May4,1967 #JimiHendrix Experience on UK TV's Top Of The Pops show, performing "Purple Haze" | |
| OTD May4,1967 | Sandie Shaw | #OTD May4,1967 #SandieShaw is still at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Puppet On A String" for the 2nd week of a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD May4,1968 | Mary Hopkin | #OTD May4,1968 #MaryHopkin won her heat on the ITV talent show "Opportunity Knocks" a day after her 18th birthday. Hopkin would later sign with The #Beatles owned record label #Apple Records @themaryhopkin | |
| OTD May4,1968 | Saturday Evening Post | #OTD May4,1968 The #Beatles, #Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and #MiaFarrow are featured on cover of The Saturday Evening Post @MiaFarrow | |
| OTD May4,1970 | Kent State University | #OTD May4,1970 4 students at #Kent State University are shot & killed by National Guard at a campus protest. The incident inspires #NeilYoung to compose the song "Ohio" Students Allison Beth Krause, Jeffrey Glenn Miller, Sandra Lee Scheuer & William Knox Schroeder die @KentState | |
| OTD May4,1973 | Led Zeppelin | #OTD May4,1973 #LedZeppelin open their 1973 North American tour, the show is billed as the 'biggest and most profitable rock & roll tour in US history' @ledzeppelin | |
| OTD May4,1974 | Grand Funk | #OTD May4,1974 #GrandFunk Railroad starts a 2wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with the #LittleEva hit single "The Loco-Motion" written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King; the Grand Funk version is produced by #ToddRundgren @toddrundgren | |
| OTD May4,1974 | Marvin Hamlisch | #OTD May4,1974 The film soundtrack for the movie "The Sting" by #MarvinHamlisch starts a 5wk run at #1 on the US album chart | |
| OTD May4,1975 | Elvis Presley | #OTD May4,1975 #ElvisPresley kicks off a 31 date Tour by playing two shows at the Civic Center in Lake Charles, LA | |
| OTD May4,1977 | Beatles | #OTD May4,1977 The #Beatles LP "The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl" is released by #Capitol Records in the US and #Canada and by #Parlophone Records in the UK. The album was recorded Aug24,1964 and Aug29/30,1965 @CapitolRecords @parlophone | |
| OTD May4,1985 | We Are the World | #OTD May4,1985 "We Are the World" by USA For Africa is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart, for the last week of 4wk run at #1 | |
| OTD May4,2018 | Paul McCartney | #OTD May4,2018 #PaulMcCartney is at Buckingham Palace where he is made a Companion of Honour by the Queen for services to music, 20 years after he was knighted by the Queen @RoyalFamily @PaulMcCartney | |
| OTD May4,2019 | J R Cobb | #OTD May4,2019 #JRCobb (James Barney Cobb Jr) dies at the age of 75. Guitarist, songwriter #ClassicsIV, The #Candymen from 1965-1972, #AtlantaRhythmSection from 1972-1986. Cobb co-wrote "Spooky" & "Stormy" |