Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD May5,1934 | Johnnie Taylor | #BTD May5,1934 #JohnnieTaylor RIP vocalist blues, R&B, soul, pop, doo-wop and disco. 1968 US R&B #1 & US #5 "Who's Making Love", 1976 US & R&B #1 "Disco Lady", +9 US and 28 R&B Top40 singles with 2 additional R&B #1s | |
| BTD May5,1942 | Jim King | #BTD May5,1942 #JimKing (Alec Woodburn) RIP saxophone, harmonica, occasional lead vocals #Family's first two albums Music in a Doll's House, Family Entertainment | |
| BTD May5,1942 | Tammy Wynette | #BTD May5,1942 #TammyWynette (Virginia Wynette Pugh) RIP singer 1st #1 1968 US Country "I Don't Wanna Play House", +42 other Top40 US Country singles with 15 additional #1 US Country singles. Known as the first lady of country music. | |
| BTD May5,1948 | Bill Ward | #BTD May5,1948 #BillWard original drummer #BlackSabbath 1970 UK #4 "Paranoid", +5 UK Top40 singles & performed lead vocals on 2 @BlackSabbath songs: "It's Alright" from the album Technical Ecstasy and "Swinging the Chain" from the album Never Say Die! #HBday @billwarddrums | |
| BTD May5,1950 | Eddy Amoo | #BTD May5,1950 #EddyAmoo RIP vocals, guitarist The #RealThing hit records in 1970/80 including 1976 UK #1 single "You To Me Are Everything", +13 UK Top40 singles @realthinguk | |
| BTD May5,1951 | Rex Goh | #BTD May5,1951 #RexGoh guitarist has been a band member of various groups including #QED from 1983–85, #Eurogliders from 1988–89, 2005 and #AirSupply 1977, 1981–83 @AirSupplyMusic on 1981 #1 single "The One That You Love" | |
| BTD May5,1955 | Roddy Radiation | #BTD May5,1955 #RoddyRadiation (Roderick Byers) lead guitarist The #Specials 1980 UK #1 "Too Much Too Young", 1981 UK #1 "Ghost Town", +7 other UK Top40 singles | |
| BTD May5,1957 | Thereza Bazar | #BTD May5,1957 #Canadian #TherezaBazar singer; #GuysnDolls Guys 'n' Dolls 1975 UK #2 "There's a Whole Lot of Loving", +3 UK Top40 singles and one half of the pop duo #Dollar 1979 UK #4 "Love's Gotta Hold on Me", 1981 UK #4 Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)", +8 other Top40 UK singles | |
| OTD May5,1956 | Elvis Presley | #OTD May5,1956 #ElvisPresley scores his 1st US #1 single when "Heartbreak Hotel" went to the top of the charts & would become the best-selling single of 1956 | |
| OTD May5,1956 | Elvis Presley | #OTD May5,1956 The album "Elvis" by #ElvisPresley is the first rock album to reach #1 on the @billboard Album chart | |
| OTD May5,1958 | Dion and the Belmonts | #OTD May5,1958 #Dion and the #Belmonts release the single "I Wonder Why" written by Melvin Anderson with lyrics by Ricardo Weeks; on #Laurie Records their 1st single. The single would enter the US Top40 Singles chart at #72 May10 and would peak at #22 Jun21 | |
| OTD May5,1960 | Everly Brothers | #OTD May5,1960 The #EverlyBrothers start a 7wk run at #1 on UK singles chart with "Cathy's Clown" written by Don Everly and Phil Everly. The song was recorded live in a single take, with Don and Phil sharing a microphone | |
| OTD May5,1962 | Cliff Robertson | #OTD May5,1962 Debut of "The Dummy" episode 98 of "The Twilight Zone" #CliffRobertson as a ventriloquist, supplying the voices for dummies | |
| OTD May5,1962 | West Side Story | #OTD May5,1962 The soundtrack to #WestSideStory went to #1 on US album chart & stayed there for 54 weeks | |
| OTD May5,1963 | Rolling Stones, George Harrison | #OTD May5,1963 On a recommendation by #GeorgeHarrison, #DickRowe of #Decca Records goes to see the #RollingStones play at Crawdaddy Club; Rowe would end up signing the Rolling Stones within a week @DeccaRecords @RollingStones | |
| OTD May5,1963 | Beatles | #OTD May5,1963 The #Beatles debut album "Please Please Me" starts a 30wk run at #1 on the UK album charts. 8 of the 14 tracks of the LP "Please Please Me" set a precedent for Rock n Roll artists, the 8 songs are the groups own material. | |
| OTD May5,1963 | Shirelles | #OTD May5,1963 The #Shirelles start a 3wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Soldier Boy" written by #LutherDixon and #FlorenceGreenberg and was originally titled "I'll Be True To You" | |
| OTD May5,1965 | Beatles | #OTD May5,1965 The #Beatles filming on the Salisbury Plain for the movie "HELP!" Last day of shooting at this location | |
| OTD May5,1966 | Manfred Mann | #OTD May5,1966 #ManfredMann starts a 3wk run at #1 on UK singles chart with "Pretty Flamingo" written by Mark Barkan. With future #Cream bassist #JackBruce, he briefly joined in 1965 | |
| OTD May5,1966 | Beatles | #OTD May5,1966 The #Beatles are at #EMI Studio recording overdub backwards guitars for the song "I'm Only Sleeping" written primarily by John Lennon. The song will appear on the LP "Revolver" in the UK but in the US on the album "Yesterday and Today" | |
| OTD May5,1966 | Cryin' Shames | #OTD May5,1966 The Cryin' Shames peak at #26 on the UK singles chart with "Please Stay" (also known as "(Don't Go) Please Stay"); one of songwriter #BurtBacharach's early pop hits. | |
| OTD May5,1968 | Buffalo Springfield | #OTD May5,1968 #BuffaloSpringfield split up. #StephenStills teams up with #Crosby & #Nash; #RichieFuray forms #Poco; #DeweyMartin formed a new version "New Buffalo Springfield"; #NeilYoung on his own, then joined Stills and #BrucePalmer joined Stills later | |
| OTD May5,1969 | ATV, Associated Television a British TV | #OTD May5,1969 #ATV (Associated Television a British TV broadcasting company) gains control of #NorthernSongs (publisher of the Lennon–McCartney song catalogue) giving them control over the #JohLennon #PaulMcCartney song catalog. Basically #DickJames offered his shares to @ATV | |
| OTD May5,1969 | Beatles | #OTD May5,1969 US release of the #Beatles "Get Back" May24 it reaches #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart. In 1980 #JohnLennon claims; "there's some underlying thing about Yoko" He thought #PaulMcCartney looked at her every time he sang Get back to where you once belonged | |
| OTD May5,1972 | Bickershaw Festival | #OTD May5,1972 1st day of the 3 day Bickershaw Festival, Wigan, England, with The #GratefulDead, #Donovan & more @GratefulDead @donovanofficial | |
| OTD May5,1973 | Dawn, Tony Orlando | #OTD May5,1973 #Dawn Featuring #TonyOrlando are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree" for the 3rd week of a 4wk run @TonyOrlando | |
| OTD May5,1973 | Elvis Presley | #OTD May5,1973 #ElvisPresley went to #1 on the US album chart with "Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite" | |
| OTD May5,1973 | Secretariat | #OTD May5,1973 #Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby in 1:59 2/5 still a record. Betters Secretariat & Angle Light at 3–2 & Sham at 5–2. Attendance at Churchill Downs is 134,476; Finish 1st Secretariat post 10; 2nd Sham post 4; 3rd Our Native post 7; Angle Light 10th @KentuckyDerby | |
| OTD May5,1974 | Television, Blondie | #OTD May5,1974 #Television is at #CBGB (Country, BlueGrass, and Blues) music club #NYC; supported by the #Stilettoes (with #DebbieHarry & #ChrisStein) by July they part ways with the Stilettoes forming Angel and the Snake which would change to #Blondie Oct12,1974 @BlondieOfficial | |
| OTD May5,1979 | Peache sand Herb | #OTD May5,1979 #PeachesandHerb start a 4wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Reunited" written by #DinoFekaris and #FreddiePerren | |
| OTD May5,1979 | Soul Train | #OTD May5,1979 300th episode of #SoulTrain airs. Created by #DonCornelius 1st host & executive producer; on the show Third World playing "African Woman" and "Now That We Found Love" and Danny Pearson playing "What's Your Sign, Girl?" and "Honey Please, Can't Ya See?" | |
| OTD May5,1984 | Phil Collins | #OTD May5,1984 #PhilCollins is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" for the last week of a 3wk run at #1 @PhilCollinsFeed | |
| OTD May5,1985 | Paul Hardcastle | #OTD May5,1985 #PaulHardcastle starts a 5wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "19" written by Paul Hardcastle, William Coutourie and Jonas McCord. The title is the average age of the US soldiers in the Vietnam War, narrator #PeterThomas @HardcastleMusic | |
| OTD May5,1986 | Ahmet Ertegen, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | #OTD May5,1986 Chairman #AhmetErtegen announces Cleveland, Ohio has been chosen for the location of the @rockhall of fame | |
| OTD May5,1990 | Sinéad O'Connor | #OTD May5,1990 #SinéadOConnor is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "Nothing Compares 2 U" for the 3rd week of a 4wk run at #1 @SineadOConnor |