What Happened Today In Music, May 1st 1968 was born D'arcy Wretzky (D'arcy Elizabeth Wretzky-Brown), American musician. She is the original bass player of the alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins and is credited on their first six studio albums. She left the band in 1999. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7-30i1f5e0&ab_channel=AlexMarvik #TodayInMusic
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What Happened Today In Music, May 2nd 1985 was born Lily Allen (Lily Rose Beatrice Allen), English singer, songwriter, and author. Her first mainstream single, "Smile", reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in July 2006. Her debut record, Alright, Still, was well received, selling over 2.6 million copies worldwide and bringing Allen nominations at the Grammy Awards, the Brit Awards, and the MTV Video Music Awards. After announcing a hiatus from her music career in 2009,…
What Happened Today In Music, May 3rd 1933 was born James Brown (James Joseph Brown), American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer, and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is often referred to by the honorific nicknames "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. 1". In a career that lasted over 50 years, he influenced the development of several music genres. Brown was one of the first…
What Happened Today In Music, May 4th 1937 was born Dick Dale (Richard Anthony Monsour), American rock guitarist. He was the pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scales and experimenting with reverberation. Dale was known as "The King of the Surf Guitar". His style and music influenced guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Eddie Van Halen and Brian May. The use of his recording of "Misirlou" by Quentin Tarantino in the film Pulp Fiction led to…
What Happened Today In Music, May 5th 1988 was born Adele (Adele Laurie Blue Adkins), English singer and songwriter. With sales of over 120 million records, Adele is one of the world's best-selling music artists. Her accolades include fifteen Grammy Awards and nine Brit Awards. In 2011, 2012, and 2016, Billboard named her Artist of the Year. At the 2012 and 2016 Ivor Novello Awards, Adele was named Songwriter of the Year by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and…
What Happened Today In Music, May 6th 1967 was born Mark Bryan (Mark William Bryan), American musician. He is a founding member, songwriter, and the lead guitarist for the band Hootie & the Blowfish. The band's 1994 debut album, Cracked Rear View, was the 16th-best-selling album of all time in the U.S. He has also made three solo albums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln6WQqRDrCo #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, May 7th 1945 was born Christy Moore (Christopher Andrew Moore), Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. Moore is best known for his political and social commentary which reflects a left-wing, Irish republican perspective. In 2007, he was named as Ireland's greatest living musician in RTÉ's People of the Year Awards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQbXO828Vio Carlos Núñez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3La4Z4Rch0 #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, May 8th 1964 was born Dave Rowntree (David Alexander De Horne Rowntree), English musician, politician, solicitor, and animator. He was radio presenter and DJ. He owns computer animation company and directed two series of the animated show Empire Square. He is the drummer for the rock band Blur. Blur is the one of the most popular bands in Britpop genre (together with Oasis). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSbBvKaM6sk #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, May 9th 1962 was born Dave Gahan (David Callcott), English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the electronic band Depeche Mode since their debut in 1980. Depeche Mode have had 54 songs in the UK Singles Chart and 17 Top 10 albums in the UK chart; they have sold more than 100 million records worldwide. They were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 and 2018, and were inducted as part of the Class of…
What Happened Today In Music, May 10th 1957 was born Sid Vicious (Simon John Ritchie), English musician best known as the bassist for the English punk rock band, Sex Pistols. Due to intravenous drug use, Vicious was hospitalized with hepatitis during the recording of the Sex Pistols' only studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols; his bass is only partially featured on one song. Vicious later appeared as a lead vocalist, performing three songs, on the…
What Happened Today In Music, May 10th 1960 was born Bono (Paul David Hewson), Irish singer-songwriter, activist, philanthropist, venture capitalist, businessman, and actor. He is best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of rock band U2. As a member of U2, Bono has received 22 Grammy Awards and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Bono is well known for his activism for social justice causes, both through U2 and as an individual.…
What Happened Today In Music, May 11th 1966 was born Christoph "Doom" Schneider, German musician, the drummer of the Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein. Rammstein were one of the first bands to emerge within the Neue Deutsche Härte genre. Commercially, the band have been very successful, earning many No. 1 albums as well as gold and platinum certifications in countries around the world. Their grand live performances, which often feature pyrotechnics, have contributed to…
What Happened Today In Music, May 12th 1948 was born Steve Winwood (Stephen Lawrence Winwood), English singer, songwriter and musician. Though primarily a vocalist and keyboard player, Winwood proficiently plays other instruments including drums, mandolin, guitars, bass and saxophone. He was a key member of several major acts of the 1960s and 1970s, including the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic and Blind Faith. Beginning in the 1980s, his solo career took off and he had a…
What Happened Today In Music, May 13th 1950 was born Stevie Wonder (Stevland Hardaway Morris), American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Wonder has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He has won 22 Grammy Awards. He has been inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He…
What Happened Today In Music, May 13th 1941 was born Ritchie Valens (Richard Steven Valenzuela), American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement. On February 3, 1959, on what has become known as "The Day the Music Died", Valens died in a plane crash in Iowa, an accident that also claimed the lives of fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as pilot Roger Peterson. In 2001,…
What Happened Today In Music, May 14th 1962 was born Ian Astbury (Ian Robert Astbury), British singer and songwriter. He is best known as a founding member and lead vocalist for the rock band the Cult. Astbury became lead singer of The Doors of the 21st Century in 2002. The group featured original Doors members Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Vu-EeYq_w #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, May 14th 1952 was born David Byrne, Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, and filmmaker, who was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads. Byrne has released solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography, opera, fiction, and non-fiction. He has received Academy, Grammy, and Golden Globe Awards,…
What Happened Today In Music, May 15th 1953 was born Mike Oldfield (Michael Gordon Oldfield), British musician, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter best known for his debut studio album Tubular Bells. Though primarily a guitarist, Oldfield is known for playing a range of instruments, which includes keyboards and percussion, and doing vocals. He has adopted a range of musical styles throughout his career, including progressive rock, world, folk, classical, electronic,…
What Happened Today In Music, May 16th 1965 was born Krist Novoselic (Krist Anthony Novoselic), American musician and activist best known as the bassist and a founding member of the rock band Nirvana. Outside of music Novoselic has been active politically, being involved in the formation of a PAC named JAMPAC (Joint Artists and Musicians Political Action Committee). From 2007 through 2010, he wrote a weekly column on music and politics for the Seattle Weekly website. He…
What Happened Today In Music, May 17th 1961 was born Enya (Enya Patricia Brennan, Irish: Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin), Irish singer, songwriter, record producer and musician. She is Ireland's best-selling solo artist and second-best-selling artist behind U2, with a discography that has sold 26.5 million certified albums in the United States and an estimated 75 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. A Day Without Rain (2000)…
What Happened Today In Music, May 17th 1965 was born Trent Reznor (Michael Trent Reznor ), American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer. He serves as the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and principal songwriter of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, which he founded in 1988 and of which he was the sole official member until 2016. Beginning in 2010, Reznor, alongside Atticus Ross, began to work on film and television scores. The duo have…
What Happened Today In Music, May 17th 1974 was born Andrea Corr (Andrea Jane Corr), Irish singer, songwriter, musician, author and actress. Corr debuted in 1990 as the lead singer of the Celtic folk rock and pop rock group The Corrs along with her three elder siblings Caroline, Sharon and Jim. Aside from singing lead vocals, Corr plays the tin whistle, the ukulele and the piano. Along with her siblings, she was appointed an honorary M.B.E. in 2005 by Queen Elizabeth II for…
What Happened Today In Music, May 18th 1980, Ian Kevin Curtis, lead singer and lyricist of the post-punk band Joy Division, hanged himself in the kitchen of his house in Macclesfield, England at the age of 23. Curtis was known for his bass-baritone voice, dance style and songwriting typically filled with imagery of desolation, emptiness and alienation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EdUjlawLJM #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, May 18th 2017, Chris Cornell, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave, was found dead in his Detroit hotel room. His death was ruled a suicide by hanging. Cornell is considered one of the key figures of the 1990s grunge movement, and is well known for his extensive catalog as a songwriter, his nearly four-octave vocal range, and his powerful vocal belting technique.…
What Happened Today In Music, May 19th 1952 was born Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Ross Hyman), American musician, singer, composer, and lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Ramones. The Ramones were a major influence on the punk rock movement in the United States, though they achieved only minor commercial success. Recognition of the band's importance built over the years, and they are now regularly represented in many assessments of all-time great rock music. Joey Ramone died at…
What Happened Today In Music, May 19th 1948 was born Grace Jones (Grace Beverly Jones), a Jamaican-American model, singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. Born in British Jamaica, she and her family moved to Syracuse, New York, when she was 13. Jones began her modelling career in New York state, then in Paris. Beginning in 1977, Jones embarked on a music career, securing a record deal with Island Records and initially becoming a star of New York City's Studio…
What Happened Today In Music, May 20th 1944 was born Joe Cocker (John Robert Cocker), English singer known for his gritty voice and dynamic stage performances that featured spastic body movements. Most of his best known singles were covers of songs by other artists, though he composed a number of his own songs for most of his albums as well. He released a total of 22 studio albums over a 43-year recording career. Cocker died from lung cancer on 22 December 2014.…
What Happened Today In Music, May 20th 1946 was born Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian), American singer, actress and television personality. Having sold 100 million records to date, Cher is one of the world's best-selling music artists. Her achievements include a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award, the Billboard Icon Award, and awards from the Kennedy Center Honors and the Council of Fashion Designers of America.…
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What Happened Today In Music, May 21st 1972 was born The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher George Latore Wallace), American rapper and songwriter. Rooted in the New York rap scene and gangsta rap traditions, he is widely considered one of the greatest rappers of all time. His music was often semi-autobiographical, telling of hardship and criminality, but also of debauchery and celebration. On March 9, 1997, while visiting Los Angeles, Wallace was murdered in a drive-by shooting.…
What Happened Today In Music, May 22nd 1959 was born Morrissey (Steven Patrick Morrissey), English singer, songwriter, and author. He came to prominence as the frontman of rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then, he has pursued a successful solo career. Morrissey's music is characterized by his baritone voice and distinctive lyrics with recurring themes of emotional isolation, sexual longing, self-deprecating and dark humor, and anti-establishment…
What Happened Today In Music, May 23rd 1967 was born Philip James Selway, English musician best known as the drummer of English rock group Radiohead. Selway has released two solo albums, and composed the soundtrack for the 2017 film Let Me Go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCJblaUkkfc #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, May 24th 1941 was born Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman), American singer-songwriter, author and visual artist. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career spanning nearly 60 years. Since 1994, Dylan has published eight books of drawings and paintings, and his work has been exhibited in major art galleries. He has sold more than 100 million records, making him…
What Happened Today In Music, May 25th 1958 was born Paul Weller (John William Weller), English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame with the punk rock/new wave/mod revival band The Jam. He had further success with the blue-eyed soul music of the Style Council (1983–1989), before establishing himself as a solo artist. He has received four Brit Awards, winning the award for Best British Male twice, and the 2006 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.…
What Happened Today In Music, May 26th 1964 was born Lenny Kravitz (Leonard Albert Kravitz), American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. His style incorporates elements of rock, blues, soul, R&B, funk, jazz, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, pop, folk, and ballads. Kravitz won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance four years in a row from 1999 to 2002. He has been nominated for and won other awards, including American Music Awards, MTV…
What Happened Today In Music, May 27th 1957 was born Siouxsie Sioux (Susan Janet Ballion), English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. She is best known as the lead singer of the rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees (1976–1996). They released 11 studio albums and had several UK Top 20 singles. Siouxsie also formed a second group the Creatures (1981–2005). With the Creatures, she recorded four studio albums. After disbanding the Creatures in the mid-2000s, she…
What Happened Today In Music, May 28th 1945 was born John Fogerty (John Cameron Fogerty), American musician, singer, and songwriter. Together with Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, and his brother Tom Fogerty, he founded the band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), for which he was the lead singer, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter. The group had nine top-10 singles and eight gold albums between 1968 and 1972, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Since…
What Happened Today In Music, May 28th 1968 was born Kylie Ann Minogue, Australian singer, songwriter and actress. Minogue is the highest-selling female Australian artist of all time, having sold over 70 million records worldwide. Her accolades include a Grammy Award, three Brit Awards and 17 ARIA Music Awards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKB9JqLAHNY #TodayInMusic
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What Happened Today In Music, May 29th 1949 was born Francis Rossi (Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi), English singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the co-founder, lead singer, lead guitarist and the sole continuous member of the rock band Status Quo. Status Quo have had over 60 chart hits in the UK, more than any other rock band. Twenty-two of these reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart. In July 1985 the band opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium…
What Happened Today In Music, May 29th 1967 was born Noel Gallagher (Noel Thomas David Gallagher), English singer, songwriter, record producer and musician. He served as the songwriter, lead guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of the rock band Oasis. After leaving Oasis in 2009, he formed and became the lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpqQJfdLO14 #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, May 30th 1958 was born Marie Fredriksson, Swedish pop singer, songwriter, pianist and painter, who was best known internationally as the lead vocalist of pop rock duo Roxette, which she formed in 1986 with Per Gessle. The duo achieved international success in the late-1980s and early-1990s with their albums Look Sharp! (1988) and Joyride (1991), and had multiple hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including four number ones. She died on 9 December…
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Today is the birthday of Clint Eastwood, American actor, film director, composer, and producer. He was born May 31st, 1930. Did you know that Robert Brammer, Jamaican reggae deejay, used name Clint Eastwood as his stage name? He recorded as a solo artist in the late 1970s and early 1980s before teaming up with UK deejay General Saint as the duo Clint Eastwood & General Saint. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD41dy-AFgg
What Happened Today In Music, May 31st 1948 was born John Bonham (John Henry Bonham), English musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer for the English rock band Led Zeppelin. While primarily known for his hard rock style during his lifetime, Bonham's reputation as a drummer has grown beyond hard rock following his death; he is now seen as one of the greatest drummers of all time. He played with Led Zeppelin until his death at the age of 32, at September 25th, 1980,…