15 MAY
In Music History
1948 Gary Thain (bassist for Uriah Heep) is born in Christchurch, New Zealand.
1947 Graeham Goble, guitarist and harmony vocalist of Little River Band, is born in Adelaide, Australia. He writes the band's biggest hit, "Reminiscing."
1942 Country singer-songwriter K.T. Oslin, known for '80s hits like "Hold Me" and "80s Ladies," is born Kay Toinette Oslin in Crossett, Arkansas.
1937 Pop singer and guitarist Trini Lopez, known for the '60s hits "If I Had A Hammer" and "Lemon Tree," is born in Dallas, Texas.
1918 Country singer Eddy Arnold is born on a farm near Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Paul McCartney And Stevie Wonder Are Together In Perfect Harmony
1982The racial-harmony anthem "Ebony And Ivory," by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, hits #1 in the US.
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2007 During her performance of her debut single "Tim McGraw" at the Academy of Country Music Awards, teenaged Taylor Swift goes into the audience and introduces herself to McGraw and his wife, Faith Hill.More
2002 The Wu-Tang Name Generator goes online. The app turns your real name into one suited for the rap collective; the Songfacts Calendar Wu name is Drunken Desperado. Donald Glover gets his stage name from the generator, becoming Childish Gambino.
1986 Run-DMC release their Raising Hell album, featuring the groundbreaking rap reworking of "Walk This Way."
1975 Fleetwood Mac play their first concert with new members Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks at a show in El Paso, Texas.
1963 The Rolling Stones sign with Decca Records in London, the label that turned down The Beatles the year before.
1948 Ambient composer Brian Eno is born in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.More
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