May 21st Born on this Day in Music History Fats Waller (1904), Ronald Isley - The Isley Brothers (1941), Hilton Valentine - The Animals (1943), John Dalton - The Kinks (1943), Vincent Crane - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1943), Marcie Blane (1944), Sondra "Blinky" Williams (1944), Bill Champlin (1947), Leo Sayer (1948), Carl Carlton (1953), Marc Ribot (1954), Stan Lynch - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1955), Kevin Shields - My Bloody Valentine (1963), Tim Lever - Dead Or Alive (1963), Martin Blunt - The Charlatans (1964), Rachelle Ferrell (1964), The Notorious B.I.G (1972), Chris Kael, - Fiver Finger Death Punch (1974), Lee Gaze - Lostprophets (1975), Adam Wade Gontier - Three Days Grace (1978), Gotye (1980), Mutya Buena - Sugababes (1985)
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Chart News
1955 Eddie Calvert at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White'
1960 Elvis Presley at No.1 in Australia with ‘Stuck on You’ / ‘Fame and Fortune’
1973 Tony Orlando and Dawn at No.1 in Australia with ‘Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree’
1977 Rod Stewart at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Don't Want To Talk About It / First Cut Is The Deepest'
1977 Stevie Wonder at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Sir Duke'
1983 David Bowie at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Let's Dance'
1983 Michael Jackson's album 'Thriller' at No.1 for the third time on the UK charts
1988 Prince at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Lovesexy'
1988 Wet Wet Wet and Billy Bragg at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'With A Little Help From My Friends/ She's Leaving Home'
1994 All 4 One at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Swear'
1994 Manchester United Football Club and Status Quo at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Come On You Reds'
2000 Billie Piper at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Day & Night'
2011 Adele went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Rolling In The Deep'
2011 Bruno Mars at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Lazy Song'
2016 Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'One Dance'
2020 Dababy ft. Roddy Ricch at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Rockstar'
2022 Jack Harlow at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'First Class'
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Gig News
1966 The Castiles (with Bruce Springsteen on vocals) appeared at Freehold Regional High School in New Jersey
1972 The Doors, Pink Floyd, The Faces, Family, Curved Air, Atomic Rooster, The Kinks, Rory Gallagher, Uriah Heep, Country Joe McDonald, Buddy Miles, Status Quo, Brinsley Schwarz, Spencer Davis, The Strawbs and Humble Pie all appeared at the 2nd British Rock Meeting, Insel Grun, Germersheim, West Germany
2006 Madonna played the first of three sold out nights at The Los Angeles Forum in California
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