This Day In Music - May 31

 This Day In Music - May 31

1917 - The first jazz record, "Darktown Strutters' Ball," was released - https://youtu.be/8Vrpb-LbaS0 .

1930 - Clint Eastwood born in San Francisco, California. The actor/director also dabbles in music, releasing an album of Cowboy Favourite's in 1959 and composing scores for several of his films, including Mystic River, Gran Torino, and Grace is Gone.

1931 - Jazz guitarist Dick Garcia is born in New York City.

1938 - Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary) is born in Manhattan, New York - https://youtu.be/ZgXNVA9ngx8 .

1940 - Augie Meyers (of the Sir Douglas Quintet) is born in San Antonio, Texas.

1941 - Johnny Paycheck is born Donald Eugene Lytle in Greenfield, Ohio.

1947 - Junior Campbell (of Marmalade) is born William Campbell Jr. in Glasgow, Scotland - https://youtu.be/zqUDRkO93DA .

1948 - English cellist Mike Edwards who was a member of Electric Light Orchestra from 1972 and played with the band from their first live gig in Croydon until he departed in January 1975. Edwards was killed in Devon, on 3 September 2010, when a cylindrical hay bale weighing 1,300 pounds (590 kg) rolled down a hillside and collided with the van he was driving - https://youtu.be/nxz1DuVaRr8 .

1948 - John “Bonzo” Bonham (Led Zeppelin drummer) is born in Redditch, Worcestershire, England https://youtu.be/HibBnC6SVk8 . The bands fourth album released in 1971 featuring the rock classic Stairway To Heaven, has sold over 37 million copies. He is regarded as the greatest and most influential rock drummer of all time. Bonham died on September 25th 1980 aged 32 after choking on his own vomit.

1950 - Chris Bailey (GANGgajang) was born in South Australia - https://youtu.be/ML9h3I5Uktw .

1952 - Karl Bartos (of Kraftwerk) is born in Berchtesgaden, Germany - https://youtu.be/vnAiV64xNu0 .

1952 - Slow Coach Pee Wee King) #1 this week.

1954 - David Sterry (Real Life) born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - https://youtu.be/bdb-s9zuYKQ .

1954 - Vicki Sue Robinson is born in New York - https://youtu.be/95eWL8s_wRc .

1955 - Tommy Emmanuel was born in Muswellbrook, NSW - https://youtu.be/8GfC8l-MyCg .

1956 - Buddy Holly was inspired to write "That'll Be the Day" after he saw the John Wayne movie "The Searchers.".

1958 - He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands (Laurie London) #1 this week.

1961 - Chuck Berry opens the Berryland amusement park, complete with guitar-shaped swimming pool, in Wentzville, Missouri, outside of St. Louis.

1961 - Jimi Hendrix enlists in the Army and is stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, as a member of the 101st Airborne Division - https://youtu.be/TLV4_xaYynY .

1962 - Corey Hart born in Montréal, Québec, Canada; best known for his hit singles 'Sunglasses at Night' and 'Never Surrender'. He has sold over 16 million records worldwide and scored nine US Billboard Top 40 hits - https://youtu.be/X2LTL8KgKv8 .

1964 - Darryl McDaniels of Run-D.M.C. is born in Harlem, New York City.

1965 - Steve White (drummer for The Style Council) is born in Southwark, London, England.

1966 - Johnny Diesel (Mark Denis Lizotte) born in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA - https://youtu.be/AVdhZLgnOOs .

1969 - Get Back (The Beatles) #1 this week - https://youtu.be/IKJqecxswCA .

1971 - Another Day (Paul McCartney) #1 this week.

1971 - Badfinger record "Day After Day." - https://youtu.be/-btv-7GkVk0 .

1975 - Freddy Fender's "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" hits #1 in America.

1976 - Fernando (ABBA) AU's #1 this week (14 weeks in total) - https://youtu.be/dQsjAbZDx-4 .

1976 - Ten years after it appeared on The Beatles' Revolver album, Capitol Records issues "Got To Get You Into My Life" as a single in America - https://youtu.be/yJ8WI3Q9jm4 .

1976 - The Who set the record for "World's Loudest Rock Band" when their show in London measures 126 decibels. Concerned about hearing loss, Guinness later stops certifying the record.

1979 - In New York City, the restored Radio City Music Hall was reopened.

1980 - Theme From M*A*S*H* (Suicide Is Painless) #1 on chart for 3 weeks.

1982 - I Love Rock & Roll (Joan Jett & The Black Hearts) AU's #1 this week - https://youtu.be/wMsazR6Tnf8 .

1983 - After a break in which David Byrne and Jerry Harrison release solo albums and Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth form Tom Tom Club, Talking Heads return with their fifth album, Speaking In Tongues. It contains their biggest hit, "Burning Down The House." - https://youtu.be/bgJ-hyzl6jg .

1985 - Peter Gabriel’s fifth studio album “So” entered chart at #1, eventually spending 18 months in the lists.

1991 - Azealia Banks is born in New York City.

1998 - Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice) announces that she is leaving Spice Girls, releasing a statement saying: "Sadly I would like to confirm that I have left the Spice Girls. This is because of differences between us. I'm sure the group will continue to be successful and I wish them all the best... PS, I'll be back."

2000 - Soul singer Johnnie Taylor dies of a heart attack at age 66.

2005 - Strawberry Field (no "s"), the Liverpool orphanage which inspired The Beatles' famous song, is closed by the Salvation Army after almost seventy years.