This Day In Music - May 28

 This Day In Music - May 28

1910 - T-Bone Walker (Aaron Thibeaux Walker) born. American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, T-Bone Walker pioneered the jump blues and electric blues sound. His most famous song, 'Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)' was released in 1947. He died of bronchial pneumonia on 16 March 1975 at the age of 64 - https://youtu.be/VAPDJheC0Jk .

1917 - John Henry Creach (May 28, 1917 – February 22, 1994), better known as Papa John Creach, was an American blues violinist, who also played classical, jazz, R&B, pop and acid rock music. He was born at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.

1943 - Tony Mansfield (drummer for Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas) is born Anthony Bookbinder in Salford, Lancashire, England - https://youtu.be/q0QD9SWEcjE .

1944 - Gladys Knight born in Atlanta Georgia - https://youtu.be/HwbmufPphP0 .

1945 - John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) born Berkeley, California, U.S. - https://youtu.be/Xq3hEMUeBGQ .

1948 - Ray Laidlaw (drummer for Lindisfarne) is born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. Lindisfarne had the 1970s hit singles 'Meet Me on the Corner', 'Lady Eleanor and 'Run For Home'. Their album Fog on the Tyne became the biggest selling UK album in 1972

1958 - Buddy Holly gets his draft notice, but poor eyesight keeps him out of the Army.

1962 - Roland Gift (Fine Young Cannibals) born Sparkhill, Birmingham, United Kingdom - https://youtu.be/We_9MthGzwk .

1964 - You’re My World (Cilla Black) took the #1 spot on chart for 4 weeks https://youtu.be/64Aoy91d_SM .

1966 - Ike & Tina Turner released "River Deep, Mountain, High." - https://youtu.be/uj0wPrN_Y_4 .

1968 - Kylie Minogue born in Melbourne , Australia - https://youtu.be/POWsFzSFLCE .

1969 - On the 24th birthday of John Fogerty, CCR made their first appearance on singles chart with Proud Mary, the first of 10 hit singles in 2 years - https://youtu.be/XfyEpmQM7bw .

1973 - Ronnie Lane left The Faces.

1973 - Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon was on both the UK and US album charts. It remained in the US charts for 741 discontinuous weeks from 1973 to 1988, longer than any other album in history. (After moving to the Billboard Top Pop Catalog Chart, the album notched up a further 759 weeks, and had reached a total of over 1,500 weeks on the combined charts by May 2006).

1976 - The Allman Brothers disbanded.

1983 - David Bowie has 4 albums in chart; 3 of these were re-issues.

1983 - Irene Cara started a six week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Flashdance...What A Feeling'.

1983: Candy Girl (New Edition) took the #1 spot on chart for 1 week.

1996 - Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode takes a nasty speedball (cocaine and heroin) and goes into cardiac arrest. Medics manage to kickstart his heart, saving his life.More

2001 - The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) announces their list of the 30 best Australian songs of the last 75 years. The top 3: (1) "Friday On My Mind" by The Easybeats (2) "Eagle Rock" by Daddy Cool (3) "Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil - https://youtu.be/dnqxbdnzlhw