Music Almanac: May 23*

Jewel

Births:

• 1910 - Artie Shaw (d. 2004)
• 1918 - Bumps Blackwell (d. 1985)
• 1925 - Mac Wiseman (87)
• 1928 - Rosemary Clooney (d. 2002)
• 1934 - Robert Moog (d. 2005)
• 1941 - General Norman Johnson (Chairman of the Board) (d. 2010)
• 1945 - Misty Morgan (Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan) (67)
• 1946 - Danny Klein (J. Geils Band) (66)
• 1947 - Bill Hunt (Electric Light Orchestra) (65)
• 1951 - Judy Rodman (61)
• 1952 - James Mankey (Concrete Blonde) (60)
• 1953 - Rick Fenn (10cc) (59)
• 1955 - Luka Bloom (57)
• 1957 - Jimmy McShane (Baltimora) (d. 1995)
• 1958 - Shelly West (54)
• 1967 - Junior Waite (Musical Youth) (45)
• 1967 - Phil Selway (Radiohead) (45)
• 1973 - Maxwell (born Gerald Rivera) (39)
• 1974 - Jewel (born Jewel Kilcher) (38)
• 1975 - K.T. Tunstall (37)

Deaths:

• 1975 - "Moms" Mabley - Heart failure (81)
• 2005 - Clifford Antone (ran Austin club Antone's) (56)

On This Date:

• 1960 - Merle Kilgore made his first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1964 - Ella Fitzgerald had the first hit with a Beatles cover when Can't Buy Me Love reached #34 in the U.K.
• 1970 - The Grateful Dead played outside the U.S. for the first time in Lyme, England.
• 1971 - Iron Butterfly broke up.
• 1973 - The Jefferson Airplane were barred from playing Golden Gate Park in San Francisco after the city council banned electric instruments in public concerts.
• 1974 - George Harrison announced the start of Dark Horse records.
• 1978 - Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band started the Darkness Tour in Buffalo, NY.
• 1979 - Tom Petty filed for bankruptcy over a $575,000 dispute with his record company.
• 1982 - In the U.K., the musicians union tried to ban synthesizers and drum machines.
• 1992 - It was announced that Freddie Mercury left the majority of his estate to long-time friend Mary Austin.
• 2002 - Madonna opened on London's West End in Up For Grabs.
• 2002 - Buddy Guy was the big winner at the W.C. Handy Awards.
• 2002 - U2's Walk On won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song while Mick Hucknall won for Best Song Collection and Kate Bush was given Outstanding Contribution to British Music.
• 2006 - Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were given the Polar Music Prize in Sweden.

Recorded:

• 1940 - I'll Never Smile Again - Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey and the Pied Pipers
• 1967 - See Emily Play - Pink Floyd (group's second single)

Released:

• 1966 - Paperback Writer/Rain - Beatles 

Number Ones - U.S. Singles:

• 1960 - Cathy's Clown - Everly Brothers (5 weeks)
• 1998 - My All - Mariah Carey (1 week)

Number Ones - U.S. Albums:

• 1970 - McCartney - Paul McCartney (3 weeks)
• 1992 - Totally Krossed Out - Kris Kross (1 week)
• 1998 - The Limited Series - Garth Brooks (2 weeks)
• 2009 - Epiphany - Chrisette Michele (1 week)

Number Ones - U.K. Singles:

• 1999 - Sweet Like Chocolate - Shanks & Bigfoot (2 weeks)
• 2010 - Nothin' But You - B.o.B. Featuring Bruno Mars (1 week)

Number Ones - U.K. Albums:

• 1970 - Let It Be - Beatles (3 weeks)
• 1981 - Stars on 45 - Starsound (5 weeks)
• 1987 - It's Better to Travel - Sing Out Sister (2 weeks)
• 1992 - Fear the Dark - Iron Maiden (1 week)
• 1999 - Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA (2 weeks (3 previous weeks at number 1))
• 2010 - Exile on Main Street - Rolling Stones (1 week)