5 MAY
In Music History
1934 Johnnie Taylor is born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas.
1934 Saxophonist Ace Cannon, known for the 1962 hit "Tuff," is born in Grenade, Mississippi.
1911 James Bland dies of tuberculosis in Philadelphia.
1898 Blues musician Blind Willie McTell is born William Samuel McTier in Thomson, Georgia.
Chrissie Hynde And Jim Kerr Get Married
1984Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders marries Jim Kerr of Simple Minds.
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Featured Events
2014 Beyoncé's sister Solange Knowles attacks Jay-Z in an elevator they are all riding after attending the Met Gala at The Standard hotel in New York. The footage, which is leaked on TMZ, shows Jay taking his whooping before a security guard restrains Solange. Beyoncé later mentions the incident in her song "Flawless" when she sings, "sometime s--t go down when there's a billion dollars on an elevator."More
2009 Tina Turner, 69, closes out her 50th Anniversary Tour with a show in Sheffield Arena that turns out to be her last concert. "I don't want people to come to a show and think that I used to be great," she says.
1999 At the 34th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, Garth Brooks is named Artist of the Decade.
1988 Adele is born Adele Laurie Blue Adkins in London. Her albums are named after her age when they're released, starting with 19 in 2008. Her second album, 21, goes stratospheric, with visceral songs about her ex that make a deep connection with fans.
1942 Tammy Wynette is born Virginia Wynette Pugh in Mississippi.
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