May 08 Histori-o-Song-triviality
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Awards and Honors (1)
| 1995 : Rick Nelson receives a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
Births (16)
| 1911 : Robert Johnson |
| 1933 : Billy Burnette (Fleetwood Mac) |
| 1940 : Rick Nelson (Eric Hilliard Nelson) in Teaneck, New Jersey. Singer/guitarist/actor Recorded as Ricky Nelson from 1957-1961. Recorded as Rick Nelson mid-1961 and later. Rick Nelson SongFacts |
| 1940 : Toni Tennille (Captain & Tennille) |
| 1941 : John Fred (John Fred and His Playboy Band) |
| 1942 : Jack Blanchard |
| 1943 : Danny Whitten (Crazy Horse) |
| 1943 : Paul Samwell-Smith (The Yardbirds) |
| 1944 : Gary Glitter |
| 1951 : Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind & Fire) |
| 1951 : Chris Frantz (Talking Heads) |
| 1953 : Alex Van Halen (Van Halen) |
| 1964 : Dave Rowntree (Blur) |
| 1972 : Darren Hayes (Savage Garden) |
| 1975 : Enrique Iglesias |
| 2001 : Clint Black and his wife Lisa Hartman Black become proud parents. Lily Pearl Black weighs in at 7 lbs., 14 ounces. |
Charts (5)
| 1949 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: Vaughn Monroe's Riders in the Sky |
| 1969 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: The 5th Dimension's Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In |
| 1977 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: Leo Sayer's When I Need You |
| 1988 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine's Anything For You |
| 1993 : Aerosmith’s Get a Grip debuts on the Billboard 200 top pop album chart at No. 1, making it the group’s highest-debuting album and highest-charting album ever. |
Concerts and Festivals (1)
| 1972 : Billy Preston becomes the first rock star to headline at New York's Radio City Music Hall. |
Deaths (6)
| 1967 : LaVerne Sophie Andrews (The Andrews Sisters) |
| 1974 : Graham Bond |
| 1982 : Neil Bogart |
| 1991 : Rudolf Serkin |
| 1999 : Leon Thomas |
| 2008 : Eddy Arnold |
Legal Issues (1)
| 2001 : William B. Dial, road manager for Detroit rap act Insane Clown Posse is arrested in Omaha, Nebraska, for allegedly choking an audience member who was ejected from the group’s show for brandishing an Eminem T-shirt and tossing M&M candies on stage. |
Marriages and Breakups (2)
| 1978 : Donny Osmond gets married at the age of 21 (and he and Debra are still together). |
| 1992 : Rapper-actor Will Smith (the Fresh Prince) marries songwriter Sheree Zampino, who is pregnant with their first child, in Santa Barbara, CA. |
Movies (1)
| 1965 : Bob Dylan films one of the earliest music video, the famous "flashcard" clip for Subterranean Homesick Blues |
Recordings (1)
| 1963 : Major Lance, "Monkey Time" |
Releases (1)
| 1970 : The Beatles' Let It Be. |
TV, Radio, Press (1)
1810 : A poem titled "The Lady of the Lake" is published by Sir Walter Scott. The title of the song "Hail to the Chief" is derived from the said poem.
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