29 MAY
In Music History
1953 Danny Elfman (lead singer-songwriter for Oingo Boingo) is born in Los Angeles, California. Also an award-winning film composer, he is known for his work on Batman (1989) and the TV series Desperate Housewives.
1950 Rebbie Jackson, the eldest child of The Jacksons, is born Maureen Reillette Jackson in Gary, Indiana.
1949 Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi is born in Forest Hill, London, England.
1947 Pop musician Joey Levine (of Ohio Express, Third Rail, and Reunion) is born in New York City.
1945 Gary Brooker (lead singer of Procol Harum) is born in Hackney, East London, England.
1942 Backed by an orchestra, Bing Crosby records "White Christmas" at Radio Recorders studio in Los Angeles.
1942 Sir Monti Rock III (frontman of Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes) is born Joseph Montanez, Jr. in The Bronx, New York City.
1941 Roy Crewdson (guitarist for Freddie & the Dreamers) is born in England.
1903 Bob Hope is born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, London, England.
1860 Spanish pianist and composer Isaac Albéniz is born in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
Student Protest Gets Queen Song Re-released
1992Concerned that students are identifying with Freddie Mercury, who has recently died of AIDS, the principal at Sacred Heart School in Clifton, New Jersey, doesn't allow 8th graders to perform the Queen song "We Are The Champions" at their graduation ceremony. When students flood the radio station Z100 with requests for the song, it is re-released as a single.
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Featured Events
1997 Jeff Buckley drowns while swimming in Wolf River in Tennessee. The singer/songwriter/guitarist known for his version of "Hallelujah" is 30 years old at the time of his death.More
1996 This item appears in The Guardian: Newly widowed Stella Serth has been convicted of a public order offence in Tasmania. Mrs. Serth has been fined £200 for dancing on her husband's grave and singing "Who's Sorry Now?"
1984 Tina Turner releases Private Dancer, her big comeback album.More
1976 Diana Ross' "Love Hangover" hits #1 in America. It's the first disco hit for Motown Records, which is slow to embrace the sound.
1971 The Rolling Stones' "Brown Sugar" hits the top of the Hot 100 for the first of two weeks.
1969 Crosby, Stills & Nash release their self-titled debut album, lighting a path for '70s bands like America and the Eagles with rich harmonies and mysterious lyrics.More
1961 Melissa Etheridge is born in Leavenworth, Kansas.
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