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 22 1961, 1963, 1965 AND 1971 ~ IT'S ALL ROCK 'n ROLL TO ME...

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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