May 31st Born on this Day in Music History
Henry Lewy (1926), Peter Yarrow - Peter Paul and Mary (1938), Johnny Paycheck (1938), Lenny Welch (1938), Richard Dunbar - The Knight Bros.(1939), Junior Campbell - Marmalade (1947), John Bonham - Led Zeppelin (1948), Paulinho Da Costa (1948), Jeff Cotton of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band (1948), Paulinho da Costa (1948), Marvin Yancy - The Independents (1950), Karl Bartos - Kraftwerk (1952), Vicki Sue Robinson (1954), Tommy Emmanuel (1955), Danny Pearson - American Music Club (1959), Corey Hart (1962), Wendy Smith - Prefab Sprout (1963), Darryl 'D.M.C' McDaniels - Run DMC (1964), Scotti Hill - Skid Row (1964), Frost (1964), Steven White - The Style Council/The Family Silver (1965), Mark Denis Lizotte 'Johhny Diesel' (1966), Christian McBride (1972), Andy Hurley - Fall Out Boy (1980), Azealia Banks (1991), Normani - Fifth Harmony (1996),
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Chart News
1969 The Beatles at No.1 in Australia with ‘Get Back / Don't Let Me Down’
1971 Paul McCartney at No.1 in Australia with ‘Another Day’
1980 Lipps Inc at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Funkytown'
1980 The Theme From M*A*S*H* (Suicide Is Painless), by Mash at No.1 on the UK singles chart, 10 years after it was first recorded after being championed by BBC Radio 1 DJ Noel Edmonds
1986 Peter Gabriel at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'So'
1997 Eternal at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Wanna Be The Only One'
1998 Simply Red at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Blue'
1998 The Tamperen at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Feel It'
2008 Death Cab For Cutie at No.1 on the US album chart with their sixth release 'Narrow Stairs'
2014 Sam Smith at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Stay with Me'
2025 Morgan Wallen featuring Tate McRae was at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'What I Want'
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Gig News
1962 The Beatles played at the Star-Club, Hamburg, West Germany
1976 The Who played at Charlton Athletic Football ground
1982 The Rolling Stones played at the 100 Club, Oxford St, London
1986 The Notting Hillbillies made their live debut at The Grove in Leeds. The group featured Mark Knopfler, Steve Phillips and Brendan Crocker.
1989 David Bowie's Tin Machine made their live debut at the International Music Awards, New York.
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Music News
1977 The BBC announced a ban on the new Sex Pistols single 'God Save The Queen'
1998 Geri Halliwell announced she had quit The Spice Girls
2023 DJ Casper died