This Day in Music: May 13th

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Born on this day:

1941, Ritchie Valens, singer, guitarist
1945, Magic Dick, harmonica, The J. Geils Band
1950, Stevie Wonder, singer, songwriter
1966, Darius Rucker, Hootie & The Blowfish
1967, Chuck Shuldiner, singer, guitarist, Death
1969, Buckethead, guitarist

1967, The Monkees’ second album, More of The Monkees, went to #1 on the U.K. charts. In 1967, only four albums reached #1: The Sound of Music, which spent 17 weeks at #1; The Beatles’ Sgt.Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 25 weeks at #1; and The Monkees’ first and second albums, nine weeks at #1.

1968, John Lennon and Paul McCartney gave a series of interviews to help launch Apple Corps in the U.S.

1970, The world premiere of The Beatles film Let it Be took place in New York City. For more on this story, see today’s This Day in Music Spotlight.

1974, Forty-three people were arrested and more than 50 were injured after youths started throwing bottles outside a Jackson Five concert at RFK stadium in Washington, D.C.

1976, KISS played the first U.K. date on their current Alive World Tour at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England.

1978, Yvonne Elliman went to #1 on the U.S. singles chart with the Gibb brothers’ song “If I Can’t Have You.” The song was featured in the film Saturday Night Fever.

1987, U2 played the third of a five-night run at Brenden Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey.

1989, Bon Jovi went to #1 on the U.S. singles chart with “I’ll Be There For You,” the group’s fourth U.S. #1, and a #18 hit in the U.K.

1996, Oasis became the fastest-selling group in U.K. history after all 330,000 tickets for their summer shows sold out in just nine hours. The tickets for shows at Knebworth and Loch Lomand were priced at ?22.50.

2006, Godsmack were at #1 on the U.S. album chart with IV, the American heavy metal band’s second #1 album.

2008, The U.S. Postal Service issued a 42-cent postage stamp in honor of Frank Sinatra. The design showed a 1950s-vintage image of Sinatra, wearing a hat.

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