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Today In R&R History May 14th
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Rock and Roll Birthdays
May 14th
- May 14th Birthday, Singer Bobby Darin, born Walden Robert Cassotto in East Harlem, New York City in 1936. He died on December 20th, 1973 at the age of 37.
- May 14th Birthday, Bassist and singer Jack Bruce born in 1943 in Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Bruce started his professional career with blues men Alexis Korner and John Mayall before forming Cream with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker. He died on October 25th, 2014, aged 71.
- May 14th Birthday, Joey Dee and The Starlighters and The Rascals guitarist Gene Cornish, born in in 1944 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- May 14th Birthday, Herman’s Hermits guitarist Derek Leckenby, born in Leeds, England in 1943.
- May 14th Birthday, Original Mott The Hoople singer Stan Tippins, who continued to work with the band in various capacities, born in 1945.
- May 14th Birthday, Talking Heads singer, songwriter and guitarist David Byrne, born in 1952 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
- May 14th Birthday, Red Rider guitarist, singer and songwriter Tom Cochran, born in 1953 in Lynn Lake, Manitoba, Canada.
- May 14th Birthday, Marillion singer and multi-instrumentalist Steve Hogarth, born in 1956 in Kendal, Westmorland, England.
- May 14th Birthday, Ian Astbury, singer from The Cult, born in 1962 in Heswall, Cheshire, England.
- May 14th Birthday, Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille, born Bruce Anthony Johannesson in 1962 in Brooklyn, New York City.
Today In Rock and Roll History
May 14th
- May 14th, 1954 Influential Blues guitarist Pat Hare records Doctor Clayton’s “I’m Gonna Murder My Baby” at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee with producer Sam Phillips. Tragically, Hare was later arrested and convicted of murdering his girlfriend the previous December. Hare’s distorted guitar tones were an influence on rockabilly and electric blues guitarists. He spent the last sixteen years of his life in jail.
- May 14th, 1965 Pye Records in Britain release “What’s Bin Did and What’s Bin Hid,” the debut album by Donovan, co-produced by Peter Eden, Terry Kennedy and Geoff Stephens at Peer Music on Denmark Street in London. The record was released in the US as “Catch the Wind” on Hickory Records in June to include the song that was his latest single. The LP peaked at No. 30 on November 20th.
- May 14th, 1965 Tamla Records release “Operator” by Brenda Holloway on 45. “Operator” was written and produced by Smokey Robinson. The song had been done by Mary Wells three years earlier in a more teen Pop-oriented arrangement as opposed to the more soulful Holloway version. The record entered the charts in June and went to No. 36 R&B, No. 78 on the Pop Singles charts on July 3rd.
- May 14th, 1965 The British release on Parlophone Records of “Trains And Boats And Planes” by Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas on 45. The Burt Bacharach, Hal David song was produced by George Martin. Liberty Records in the US released the single on June 5th, where it peaked at No. 47 on July 31st.
- May 14th, 1966 “Green Grass” by Gary Lewis and The Playboys enters the singles charts. Reissued by Liberty Records that April “Green Grass” was a Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway song, arranged on the record by Leon Russell. The record peaked at No. 8 on June 18th.
- May 14th, 1966 “Gloria,” the first album by Shadows Of The Knight, enters the LP charts on Dunwich Records. Issued after their cover version of Them’s “Gloria” became a hit, the album covered many of their hometown Chicago blues artists and included three group written originals. The record peaked at No. 46 on July 23rd.
- May 14th, 1966 “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen enters the singles charts. The song was written by Richard Berry and co-produced by Ken Chase and Jerry Dennon. It was the third time around for the record, first issued by Jerdan Records in June 1963, then again in October 1963. This time, the 45 peaked at No. 97 on May 21st.
- May 14th, 1966 New Voice Records release “Break Out” by Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels on 45. The song was co-written by Harold Paul Tempkin under the name Gary Knight and Herb Bernstein. Produced by Bob Crewe, the record entered the singles charts two weeks later and peaked at No. 62 on June 18th.
- May 14th, 1966 “Gloria,” the debut album by The Shadows Of Knight” enters the album charts following an April release on Dunwich Records. The record featured two hit singles, the title track and “Oh Yeah.” The LP peaked at No. 46 on July 23rd.
- May 14th, 1966 The self-titled debut album by Love enters the album charts following a March release on Elektra Records. Ten of the songs on the LP were co-produced by Jac Holzman and Mark Abramson over four days, January 24th through the 27th at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood, California. The record peaked at No. 57 on July 30th.
- May 14th, 1966 Philips Records release “You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me” by Dusty Springfield on 45. The track was recorded at Philips Studios in London with producer Johnny Franz. Originally a 1965 Italian song, “Io che non vivo (senza te)” by Pino Donaggio and Vito Pallavicini, Springfield’s version reached No. 1 in England and No. 4 in America on July 16th.
- May 14th, 1968 The Rascals record “People Got To Be Free,” co-written by group members Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati in response to the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy. Co-produced by the band and Arif Mardin, the 45 was released by Atlantic Records on July 1st and went to No. 1 on August 17th. “People Got To Be Free” became The Rascals fourth and final million-selling single.
- May 14th, 1969 Reprise Records release “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere,” the second solo album by Neil Young. Working with the band Crazy Horse, many of the tracks on the album were recorded live without overdubs at Wally Heider Studio 3 in Hollywood, California with Young and David Briggs co-producing. The album charted for ninety-eight weeks and peaked at No. 34 on August 29th.
- May 14th, 1970 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young announce that the band is breaking up, prior to a concert performance in Chicago. They reform a day later for a show in LA, but not before firing bassist Greg Reeves and drummer Dallas Taylor.
- May 14th, 1971 EMI Starline Records release the Pink Floyd “Relics” collection in Britain featuring singles and other non-LP recordings by the band. Harvest Records in the US released the album with a different cover on July 15th, where it peaked at No. 152 on August 8th.
- May 14th, 1971 A&M Records release the self-titled third album by the Carpenters. Recorded at A&M Studios in Hollywood with Jack Daugherty producing, Hal Blaine, Jim Horn and Joe Osborn were among the musicians who played on the sessions for the record. The LP featured the hit singles “For All We Know,” “Rainy Days And Mondays” and “Superstar.” It won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance – Duo or Group and was nominated for three others. The record peaked at No. 2 on July 3rd.
- May 14th, 1971 The Grass Roots release “Sooner Or Later” on 45. The song was co-written by Mitchell Bottler, Edward McNamara, Adeniya Paris, Ekundayo Paris and Gary Zekley. “Sooner Or Later” was produced by Steve Barri. Group bassist Rob Grill shared lead vocals with keyboardist Dennis Provisor. Along with Provisor’s organ, most of the instrumental backing track was made by the studio session members of The Wrecking Crew. “Sooner Or Later” was the third and final Grass Roots’ Top Ten hit, charting at No. 9, on July 31st.
- May 14th, 1972 Mott The Hoople record the song “All The Young Dudes” with the song’s writer David Bowie producing at Olympic Studios in London. “All the Young Dudes” became the title track of Mott The Hoople’s fifth studio album a month after the single was released on August 11th, 1972 on Columbia Records. The single became the band’s biggest US hit, charting at No. 37 on November 11th, No. 3 in Britain.
- May 14th, 1973 Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina’s first album, “Sittin’ In” received a Gold Record for a million copies sold. The collaboration was actually by accident. Messina had been signed to produce Loggin’s debut album, but the chemistry between the two was so good that Messina wound up singing and playing on the record as well.
- May 14th, 1974 Island Records in Britain release Bryan Ferry’s cover version of the Dobie Gray hit “The In Crowd” as a single. Written by Billy Page, the track was co-produced by Bryan Ferry and John Punter during sessions for Ferry’s forthcoming second solo album “Another Time Another Place.” John Wetton plays bass on the song. Original Nice guitarist David O’List played guitar.
- May 14th, 1974 Polydor Records in Britain release “Rory Gallagher Live In Europe.” A Top Ten album in the English charts, the record was renamed “Live!” when it came out in America and peaked at No. 101 on November 11th.
- May 14th, 1975 Columbia Records release “Rocks,” the fourth studio album by Aerosmith. Co-produced by Jack Douglas and Aerosmith at Wherehouse Studios in Waltham, Massachusetts with a mobile recording unit and then back at The Record Plant in New York City from February through March. The album spent fifty-three weeks on the charts and peaked at No. 3 on June 26th.
- May 14th, 1977 “When I Need You” by Leo Sayer is the No. 1 record in the US.
- May 14th, 1977 Portrait Records release “Little Queen,” the third album by Heart. Recorded at Kaye-Smith Studios in Seattle, Washington from February through April with Mike Flicker producing. The official version of the group’s second album “Magazine” was issued after “Little Queen” following a lawsuit between Heart and Mushroom Records. “Little Queen” peaked at No. 9 on July 9th. “Little Queen” featured the hit single “Barracuda.”
- May 14th, 1977 “Peace Of Mind” by Boston enters the singles charts following an April release on Epic Records. Written by Tom Scholtz, who co-produced the track with John Boylan, the 45 mix featured a different vocal track from the original album version. “Peace Of Mind” peaked at No. 38 on June 18th.
- May 14th, 1982 CBS Records in Britain release “Combat Rock,” the fifth studio album by The Clash. Tracks for the album were recorded from 1980 through April 1982. Glyn Johns was brought in to co-produced the final mix with the group at his garden studio in Warnfor, Hampshire, England after guitarist Mick Jones had produced the album with more of a dance record mix in mind and longer songs. The record became The Clash’s biggest album in the US, peaking at No. 7 on January 22nd, 1983. The album featured the hits “Rock The Casbah” and “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?”
- May 14th, 1982 Virgin Records in Britain release “No Thugs In Our House” by XTC on 45. The lyrics of the song were a social critique of a middle-aged couple coming to terms with their violent son. Written by Andy Partridge and co-produced by the band and Hugh Padgham at The Manor Studios, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England.
- May 14th, 1984 Epic Records release “Couldn’t Stand The Weather,” the second studio album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. During January 1984, Vaughan and Double Trouble spent nineteen days at the Power Station in Manhattan, New York City, recording the album with producer John H. Hammond. The record peaked at No. 31 on July 14th.
- May 14th, 1984 Produced by David Foster, Warner Brothers Records release “Chicago 17” by Chicago. The LP was recorded at The Lighthouse in Northern Hollywood, Sunset Sound in Hollywood and The Record Plant in Los Angeles with producer David Foster. The album won two Grammy Awards, Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) for David Foster and Jeremy Lubbock for arranging “Hard Habit to Break.” The record peaked at No. 4 on January 26th, 1985.
Miscellaneous May
- May 1949 “Back Home Blues” backed with “Rock Awhile” by Goree Carter and His Hep Cats is released as a 78 rpm record on the Freedom Records label. Influenced by the guitar work of T Bone Walker, “Rock Awhile” stakes a legitimate claim as the first rock and roll record released. Eighteen years old when he recorded the song, the overdriven guitar tone and pentatonic lead predated rock and a style similar to Chuck Berry.
- May 1966 White Whale Records release “If You Gotta Go, Go Now” backed with “I’ll Go On,” the second single by Lyme & Cybelle, the folk rock duo of Warren Zevon and Violet Santangelo. Bob Dylasn wrote “If You Gottsa Go, Go Now,” and the B-side was a Zevon/Santangelo co-write. The record was produced by Bones Howe.
- May 1968 Parlophone Records in Britain release “(The Autobiography Of) Mississippi Hobo,” the second single by Hans Christian. Hans Christian was future Yes singer Jon Anderson. The single was arranged and produced by Paul Korda.
- May 1970 Viking Records press promotional copies of “From Denver To L.A.” on 45. Credited with a vocal by “Elton Johns,” it was taken from the movie soundtrack from the 20thCentury Fox film The Games. Original copies of the record are considered one of the rarest Elton John singles.
- May 1972 Bearsville Records release “Wonder Girl,” the debut single by Sparks. Written by Ron Mael, the record was produced by Todd Rundgren. Rundgren signed the band to Bearsville and produced their first album when the band was known as Halfnelson. The band changed its’ name to Sparks after the LP came out in October 1971. The name change led to a new cover and re-release of the album in February 1972.
- May 1973 Chrysalis Records release “Grand Hotel” by Procol Harum on 45. Co-written by Keith Reid and Gary Brooker, the song served as the title track of Procol Harum’s sixth studio LP, produced by Chris Thomas.
- May 1975 Harvest Record release “HQ,” the eighth studio album by Roy Harper. Recorded in March at Abbey Road Studios in London with producer Peter Jenner, when the LP came out in America, the cover art and the title changed to “When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease.” David Gilmour, Chris Spedding, Bill Bruford and John Paul Jones played sessions on the LP.
- May 1976 MCA Records release “Gimme Back My Bullets” by Lynyrd Skynyrd on 45. The song was co-written by Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant. The studio track was produced by Tom Dowd.
- May 1977 CBS Records in Britain release “Ian Hunter’s Overnight Angels” album. Recorded at several different studios in the US, Canada and England with producer Roy Thomas Baker, Hunter’s US label, Columbia Records refused to release the LP with Hunter’s business management in disarray and no tour scheduled to support the album. Featured on the album sessions were guitarist Earl Slick.
- May 1984 Passport Records release “Russians & Americans,” the tenth studio album by Al Stewart. The LP was produced by Mike Flicker at four different studios, three in California and Abbey Road Studios in London. British and US issues on the record had different tracks. A 2007 reissue collected all the songs on one CD.
- May 1985 EMI Records in Britain release remixed versions of “Loving The Alien” backed with “Don’t Look Down” on 45, originally from from the David Bowie LP “Tonight.” Bowie wrote the AS-side. “Don’t Look Down” was a song co-written by David Bowie and The Stooges’ guitarist James Williamson.
- May 1985 Legacy Records in Britain release “Under Fire” backed with “On Top Of The World” by Roy Wood on 45. Both songs were written and produced by Roy Wood from the LP “Starting Up.”
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