May 18th Born on this Day in Music History Big Joe Turner (1911), Perry Como (1912), Jack Ashford - The Funk Brothers (1934), Doris Duke (1941), Albert Hammond (1944), Bruce Gilbert - Wire (1946), George Alexander - The Flamin' Groovies (1946), Mick Stubbs - Home (1947), Joe Bonsall - The Oak Ridge Boys (1948), Rick Wakeman - Yes (1949), William Wallace - Guess Who (1949), Mark Mothersbaugh - Devo (1950)George Strait (1952), Butch Tavares - Tavares (1953), Wreckless Eric (1954), Jim Moginie - Midnight Oil (1956), Michael Cretu - Enigma (1957), Toyah Wilcox (1958), Hugh Whittaker - Housemartins (1961), Russell Senior - Pulp (1961), Rob Base (1967), Martika (1969), Alfred Nevarez of All For One (1973), Jack Johnson (1975)
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Chart News
1970 Norman Greenbaum at No.1 in Australia with ‘Spirit in the Sky’
1974 Ray Stevens at No.1 on the US singles chart with the novelty song 'The Streak'
1975 Tammy Wynette at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Stand By Your Man'
1978 Boney M were at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Rivers of Babylon'
1984 Simple Minds at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Don't You Forget About Me'
1987 Dave Dobbyn with Herbs at No.1 in Australia with ‘Slice of Heaven’
1987 Starship were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now'
1991 Daryl Braithwaite at No.1 in Australia with ‘The Horses’
1996 George Michael at No.1 in Australia with ‘Fastlove’
2008 Ting Tings at No.1 on the UK chart with 'That's Not My Name'
2011 Bruno Mars was at No.1 on the UK chart with 'The Lazy Song'
2017 Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Despacito'
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Gig News
1964 Rolling Stones played at the Chantingall Hotel in Hamilton, Scotland
1968 Grateful Dead, The Doors, The Steve Miller Band and Jefferson Airplane appeared at The Northern California Rock Festival in Santa Clara
1988 Fleetwood Mac played at Wembley Arena, London
1993 Sister Lovers, 18 Wheeler, Boyfriend and Oasis appeared at King Tuts in Glasgow, Scotland. Creation Records boss Alan McGee who was in the audience declared after seeing Oasis, 'I've found the greatest rock 'n' roll band since The Beatles.' McGee had missed a train at nearby Queen Street station, and decided to head to Tuts to kill time before the next one. He signed Oasis to his Creation label.
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Music News
1980 Ian Curtis from Joy Division was found dead, aged 23
2017 Chris Cornell from Soundgarden / Audioslave died