May
22 IN THE EVOLUTION OF
ROCK
‘n ROLL:
May
22, 1961:
Ernie K-Doe reached the top spot on the Billboard chart with "Mother-In-Law", a song that he took out of composer Allen Toussaint's discarded song pile. Ernie and his wife were having marital problems at the time, and Ernie wanted to express his frustration with his mother-in-law…
May
22, 1961: The Dominoes hit #1 on the
R&B chart and #17 on the pop chart with "Sixty Minute Man"…
May
22, 1963:
13 year old Little Stevie Wonder recorded a song that would be his first number 1 hit, "Fingertips Pt. 2" at a concert in Detroit. The 7 minute song was later edited into two parts for radio play…
May
22, 1965:
The Beatles attained their eighth Billboard number one hit with "Ticket To Ride", on which Paul McCartney, not George Harrison, played lead guitar…
May
22, 1971:
The Rolling Stones achieve the rare feat of having both the Number One LP ("Sticky Fingers") and Number One single ("Brown Sugar") in the US…
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