Tuesday, May 21, 2013

May 21, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
THE DOORS...Waiting For The Sun
Released: 45 years ago in July 1968
Highest Chart Position: #1 Billboard album charts
Label: Elektra
Track Highlights: Hello I Love You (#1 Billboard Hot 100), The Unknown Soldier (#39 Billboard Hot 100), Five To One


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 21
Hilton Valentine of The Animals is 70; Stan Lynch formerly with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is 58;

ON THIS DATE
1940  Tony Sheridan, who recorded with the Beatles in 1961, was born in Norwich, Norfolk.  Sheridan died in 2013

1955 Chuck Berry records his first single in Chicago, "Maybelline"
1968 Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones is arrested for possession of cannabis in London
1969 The Beatles announce that Allen Klein will run their financial affairs. That same day John Lennon and Yoko Ono start their 10 day "Bed In For Peace" in Montreal
1980 Joe Strummer of the Clash is arrested after he smashes his guitar over the head of an audience member in Hamburg, West Germany
1996 Bringing Down The Horse by the Wallflowers is released
2000 Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots and model Mary Forsberg are wed in Los Angeles
2008 Steven Tyler of Aerosmith enters a Pasadena, California rehab clinic
2009 Walmart offers to sell a clean version of 21st Century Breakdown but Green Day says no
2010 Bono of U2 has back surgery in Munich, Germany. He had hurt his back during rehearsals
2013 Trevor Bolder, formerly with Uriah heep, dies at the age of 62

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