Pick a Day

3 MAY

In Music History

1987 Italian-French singer Dalida overdoses on barbiturates at age 54, leaving behind a note that reads "Life has become unbearable for me... Forgive me."

1982 Huey Lewis & the News play a great gig at the Agora in Cleveland. On the ride out, Lewis looks at the skyline and thinks, "The heart of rock and roll is beating in Cleveland." A song is born.

1981 Josh Tillman is born in Rockville, Maryland. He is the drummer for Fleet Foxes before going solo as Father John Misty.

1978 Bob Dylan records "Ain't No Man Righteous, No Not One," "I Believe In You," and "Slow Train."

1977 Country singer Eric Church is born in Granite Falls, North Carolina.

1977 Paul Simon, Phoebe Snow, Jimmy Cliff and others perform a benefit for the New York Public Library.

1977 Helmut Koellen (bass player for Triumvirat) dies of carbon monoxide poisoning at age 27 as he listens to studio tracks in his car while the engine is running in his garage.

1975 Chicago's LP Chicago VIII hits #1.

1975 Tony Orlando and Dawn's "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" hits #1.

1974 Led Zeppelin launches its Swan Song label.

1972 Scottish rock guitarist Les Harvey, age 27, dies onstage during a Stone The Crows concert when he's electrocuted by a ungrounded microphone standing in a pool of rainwater.

1971 Led Zeppelin play their song "Four Sticks" for the first and only time in concert during a show in Denmark.

1969 Bob Dylan records "Take A Message To Mary" and "Blue Moon."

1969 Canadian customs officials arrest Jimi Hendrix after finding heroin in his bag (he is acquitted in court).

1968 The Beach Boys begin a United States tour with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who gives a lecture as the opening act. The tour is a flop, and some of the dates are canceled.