1964, The Beatles went to number one on the singles chart with “Love Me Do,” the group’s fourth chart topper in five months. The version released in America had Andy White playing drums while Ringo played the tambourine. The British single was a take on which Ringo played the drums.
1965, The Who performed at Mojo Club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
1965, The Rolling Stones played the final night of a US tour at the New York Academy of Music. During the afternoon the band recorded six songs for the Clay Pole TV show.
1966, The Beatles release “Paperback Writer” in the US.
1966, The Who appeared at Sincil Bank Football Ground, Lincoln, England.
1966, The Doors appeared at the Hullabaloo, West Hollywood, California.
1966, The Jefferson Airplane perform at a benefit for the Haight-Ashbury Legal Organization in San Francisco.
1968, Cream appeared at Eagles Auditorium in Seattle, Washington.
1968, The Beatles began recording what became known as the White Album. The double-LP whose official title was simply The Beatles became the first Beatles album released with the Apple label. The first track they recorded was “Revolution.”
1969, Pink Floyd appeared at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England.
1969, The Grateful Dead played at Springer’s Inn in Portland, Oregon.
1969, Led Zeppelin played the first of two nights at The Fillmore East in New York City.
1969, Neil Young & Crazy Horse performed at La Cave in Cleveland, Ohio.
1970, Frank Sinatra performed at the Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee.
1970, Ray Stevens went to number one on the singles chart with “Everything Is Beautiful.” The former DJ had a string of novelty hits, including “Guitarzan,” “The Streak,” and “Jeremiah Peabody’s Poly Unsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green & Purple Pill.”
1971, The Allman Brothers Band played at the State Fairgrounds Coliseum, Detroit, Michigan.
1972, Roxy Music play their first major date at Lincolnshire, England’s Great Western Express Festival.
1973, David Bowie appeared at the New Theatre Oxford, Oxford, England.
1974, Bernadette Whelan, a 14 year-old David Cassidy fan died of heart failure four days after attending a concert of his. Over 1,000 other fans had to be given first aid during the White City Stadium show.
1975, Aerosmith played at Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan.
1976, Rush performed at the Nelson Center, Springfield, Illinois.
1977, It’s the last chance to see Elvis play Florida as he appears tonight at Jacksonville’s Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
1978, Led Zeppelin begin recording In Through the Out Door.
1979, Yes performed at the Civic Center, Amarillo, Texas.
1980, Carl Radle, bass player with Derek and the Dominoes, died of kidney failure aged 38. Also worked with Gary Lewis & the Playboys, George Harrison, Joe Cocker, Dave Mason & Delaney and Bonnie.
1981, Pete Townshend plays a solo show at Brockwell Park in Brixton, England in support of a march against unemployment in Britain. He performs “A Little Is Enough” (twice due to bad PA mix,) “Cats In The Cupboard,” “Big Boss Man,” “Substitute,” “Corrina Corrina,” “Body Language,” “Join Together,” and “Let My Love Open The Door.” He is accompanied by Neil Abbott (guitar), Peter Hope-Evans (harmonica), Mark Brzezicki (drums) and Tony Butler (bass). Jim Capaldi comes out to do vocals for “Substitute.”
1981, ZZ Top played at the Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center, Birmingham, Alabama.
1984, King Crimson performed at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, Canada.
1987, David Bowie kicked off his 87-date Glass Spider world tour at the Feyenoord Stadium, Rotterdam, Holland.
1991, Morrissey played the first date on his debut Kill Uncle US concert tour at San Diego Sports Arena, California
1992, The Black Crowes went to number one on the US album chart with The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion.
2003, Record producer Mickie Most died aged 64. Member of The Most Brothers during late 50’s, and Mickie Most and the Playboys, produced hits for The Animals, Hermans Hermits, Donovan, Kim Wilde, Lulu and Jeff Beck. Most ran his own record label RAK in the 1970’s, having hits with Hot Chocolate, Suzi Quatro and Mud.
2005, Coldplay’s new album X & Y was illegally put on the internet a week before its UK and US release. The leak took place on the day copies were sent to UK radio stations, and the day before it went on sale in Japan.
2007, A leaked copy of the new White Stripes album Icky Thump was played completely on Chicago radio station WKQX 101FM. Jack White personally called the station from Spain, where he was touring, to voice his displeasure.
2009, Ozzy Osbourne was suing the band’s guitarist Tony Iommi over royalty payments. The 60-year-old had accused Iommi of falsely claiming to have sole rights to the band’s name which has cost him royalties from merchandise sales. Osbourne was seeking unspecified damages, lost profits and a declaration he is a half-owner of the trademark. Iommi claims Osbourne legally relinquished rights to the band’s name in the 1980s. Osbourne said he believed all four original members of the band should share Black Sabbath’s name equally.
2015, Jeremy Brown, guitarist for Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts, died of unknown causes at the age of 34. Brown began playing with the Stone Temple Pilots singer in 2008
Born on May 30: Lenny Davidson, The Dave Clark Five (1944); Geoffrey Lyall, aka Klaus Flouride, bass, vocals, Dead Kennedys (1949); Nicky Headon, The Clash (1955); Stephen Duffy, Duran Duran (1960); Tom Morello, Rage Against The Machine (1964); Wynonna Judd, The Judds (1964); Thomas Callaway, aka Cee Lo Green (1974)
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