May 22 Chart Toppers! Ernie K Doe, The Beatles, Stones and Hall and Oates…

May 22, 1961: 


In order to express his frustration with his mother-in-law, Ernie K-Doe reached the top spot on the Billboard chart with "Mother-In-Law,” a tune Allen Toussaint decided not to record…







May 22, 1965: 

The Beatles hit number one for the eighth time with "Ticket To Ride," 
Paul and George both played lead guitar…



May 22, 1971: 

The Rolling Stones have both the Number One LP ("Sticky Fingers") and Number One single ("Brown Sugar") in the US…



May 22, 1981: 

Philadelphia’s Hall And Oates' "Kiss on My List" makes it to #1 in the US:  The first of three chart toppers the duo will amass in the next 12 months…



The Evolution of Rock and Roll...

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May 21, 1963: Little Stevie Wonder at The Motortown Revue...

May 21, 1963:  

At The Motortown Revue in Detroit, 12 year old Little Stevie Wonder recorded a song that would be his first number 1 hit... 

"Fingertips Pt. 2”…



 (NOTE: This was the Apollo Theater version of the Motortown Revue. The original recording was done at the Detroit show)

Exactly 14 years later on May 21, 1977:

Stevie Wonder scored his sixth #1 record on the Billboard Pop chart (#2 in UK) with a song written as a tribute to Jazz legend, Duke Ellington:

 "Sir Duke”…



And, twenty years or so later, with the help of a ‘magic’ mic, Stevie brings that first #1 hit back to life on David Letterman:



Stevie Wonder, You Rock!

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May 14: Bo Diddley to Frank Sinatra, some cool stuff...

May 14, 1955:

 Bo Diddley's tune "Bo Diddley" debuts on the US R&B chart, where it will stay for 18 weeks, climbing to #1...

 The song will become his most successful record and introduces what will be known as the Bo Diddley beat…

May 14, 1966:  

The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" enters the Billboard Hot 100 for the ninth time…But, who wrote the tune and recorded it first?

http://tropicaljon.blogspot.com/2013/04/april-11-1935-richard-berry-originator.html

The Kingsmen cover  only stayed on the charts for two weeks, going to #97. When it was first released in 1963, it made it to #2…

May 14, 1968: The Rascals record "People Got To Be Free", a song written by the group because of the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy. It will become their fourth and final million-selling single…

https://youtu.be/sastKEBZhXY

May 14, 1983: Spandau Ballet topped the UK album chart with their third studio LP, "True". The title track spent four weeks at #1 on the UK singles charts, and went to #4 in America. Badazz  jam…

https://youtu.be/ldXgK71pgxs

MAY 14, 1988: Frank Sinatra died at the age of 82 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills. He had his first hit in 1940 and went on to have over 30 US and 40 UK Top 40 singles…

Cool, Frank, R.I.P. Man…

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May 4, 1970: We are finally on our own...

May 4, 1970:  

Four students were shot and killed by the National Guard at Kent State University in Ohio during an anti-war demonstration...

 Neil Young reacted to the senseless slayings by writing and recording the song, "Ohio", with Crosby, Stills & Nash, the very next day…

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