This Day In Music - May 30

 This Day In Music - May 30:

1909 - Benny Goodman is born in Chicago. At just 12 years old, he begins performing professionally as a clarinettist; by 14, he joins a musicians union. He records his first solo in 1926 and by 1934 he is the leader of a 12-piece big band - https://youtu.be/r2S1I_ien6A.

1944 - Lenny Davidson (Dave Clark Five) born in Enfield, Middlesex, England - https://youtu.be/LJYgNqOFBLk .

1953 - Till I Waltz Again With You (Teresa Brewer) was #1 for this week - https://youtu.be/WZkTC0YmfVY .

1957 - Topper Headon (drummer for The Clash) is born Nicholas Bowen Headon in Bromley, Kent, England. His nickname comes from the comic Topper because he looks like the character Mickey the Monkey.

1958 - Marie Fredriksson (half of the pop-rock duo Roxette) is born in Össjö, Sweden - https://youtu.be/xCorJG9mubk .

1959 - (Now And Then There’s) A Fool Such As I (Elvis Presley) Is #1 this week - https://youtu.be/iJ5LQb5PQsc .

1960 - Stephen Duffy is born in Alum Rock, Birmingham, England. A founding member of Duran Duran, he leaves the band shortly before they are signed to EMI.

1962 - Benny Goodman led the first American jazz band to play in the Soviet Union.

1963 - Lesley Gore makes her first TV appearance, performing "It's My Party" on American Bandstand - https://youtu.be/m6KhXo13_H0 .

1964 - The Beatles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Love Me Do', the group's fourth US No.1 in five months. The version released in America had Andy White playing drums while Ringo played the tambourine. The British single was a take on which Ringo Starr played the drums - https://youtu.be/KPon7i1-T1U .

1964 - Can’t Buy Me Love (The Beatles) is AU's #1 this week - https://youtu.be/srwxJUXPHvE .

1964 - Country singer Wynonna Judd is born Christina Claire Ciminella in Ashland, Kentucky. She rises to fame alongside her mom, Naomi Judd, in the duo The Judds.

1966 - Dolly Parton married Carl Dean in Catoosa County, Georgia.

1968 - Tim Burgess (Charlatans) born.

1968 - The Beatles began recording the "White Album."

1970 - Ray Stevens, known for novelty hits like "The Streak," hits #1 in America with "Everything Is Beautiful." - https://youtu.be/mlwfGh-SVXw .

1972 - Roxy Music made their first major live appearance at the Great Western Express Festival in Lincolnshire, England - https://youtu.be/0n3OepDn5GU .

1973 - George Harrison releases his second post-Beatles album, Living In The Material World. It goes to #1 in America, where the single "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" also hits the top spot - https://youtu.be/LYW9cjcO_SY .

1977 - Don’t Cry For Me Argentina is #1 this week.

1987 - Adam Horowitz of The Beastie Boys arrested in Liverpool after hitting a girl fan during a riot at a local theatre after the group’s appearance.

1990 - Australian rockers Midnight Oil make headlines when they stage a protest concert outside of the Exxon building in New York City in response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill that devastated Prince William Sound in Alaska the year before. Vocalist Peter Garrett says: "We can't treat the world like a garbage dump, and there's more to life than profit and loss." - https://youtu.be/Ofrqm6-LCqs .

1997 - Yanni becomes the first Western artist in modern times to perform at the Forbidden City in Beijing. Despite strict regulations (including a 40-decibel sound limit), the show is a success as the Chinese welcome the Greek musician - https://youtu.be/0Bibakst1H0 .

1999 - In London, a bomb threat at a Kenny Rogers concert being held at Royal Albert Hall caused the evacuation of more than 3,000. No bomb was found and no injuries were reported.

1999 - In New Jersey, Lenny Kravitz walked off stage after 40 minutes and collapsed from heat exhaustion. He had been performing in a fur coat - https://youtu.be/8LhCd1W2V0Q .

2000 - Eminem's second major-label album, The Marshall Mathers LP, becomes the fastest-selling rap album ever when it sells 1.76 million copies in its debut week.

2002 - Diana Ross enters a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Los Angeles.

2003 - English record producer Mickie Most, who issued hits from The Animals, Herman's Hermits, and Hot Chocolate on his RAK Records label, dies of peritoneal mesothelioma at age 64.

2017 - Olivia Newton-John postpones her US and Canadian tour to fight a recurrence of breast cancer, which has spread to her back. The 68-year-old singer had been in remission since 1992.

2017 - Bob Seger's Greatest Hits album, released in 1994, is certified Diamond for sales of 10 million copies. His music was kept off streaming services until 2017, which helped boost sales, at least half of which came after 2002 - https://youtu.be/xH7cSSKnkL4 .

2019 - Singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor Leon Redbone died age 69. Redbone rose to fame in the '70s folk scene when Bob Dylan sought him out at a Canadian music festival. He later performed in several TV commercials, including Budweiser beer, in which he lay on a surfboard singing "This Bud's for You.”