Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


May 22 1950	Bernie Taupin, lyricist-partner to Elton John, is born in Lincolnshire, UK. (1950)
May 22 1950	Gary Weeks, vocalist of popular 70s duo Gary And Dave, is born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward island, Canada. (1950)
May 22 1950	Jazz saxophonist Illinois Jacquet records My Old Gal, Slow Down Baby, Hot Rod and You Gotta Change in New York City, USA. (1950)
May 22 1950	Bill Whelan is born in Limerick, Ireland. He will find success as a popular music composer, perhaps best known for writing the music for the long-running stage show Riverdance. (1950)
May 22 1950	Bernard Fowler is born in New York City, USA. He will enjoy an acclaimed career as a vocalist, first with his group The Peech Boys, before collaborating with Material, Sly And Robbie and many others. He is also well-known for a lengthy relationship as a back-up singer with The Rolling Stones (1950)
May 22 1950	Jazz saxophonist Eddie Cleanhead Vinson records Queen Bee Blues, Jump And Grunt, If You Don't Think I'm Sinking and My Big Brass Bed Is Gone for King Records in New York City, USA. (1950)
May 22 1950	Popular country music vocalist and guitarist Buddy Bishop sets off with The Great Levant Show, on a tour of Queensland, Australia. (1950)
May 22 1950	Jazz clarinettist George Lewis, with trumpet player Elmer Talbert, records Willie The Weeper, Make Me A Pallet On the Floor, Sheik Of Araby, Jerusalem Blues, 2:19 Blues and other songs in Philiberto?s Music Store, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The tracks will be released on an album entitled Jam Session. (1950)
May 22 1950	Billy Cotton And His Band, with vocalist Alan Breeze, play at The Theatre Royal, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK. (1950)
May 22 1950	The Ted Wilcox Sextette plays at The Embassy Ballroom, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK. (1950)
May 22 1950	Tex Beneke And His Orchestra play the eighth night of four weeks at The Cafe Rouge in The Hotel Statler, New York City, USA. (1950)
May 22 1950	Louis Jordan And His Orchestra play the fourth night of a week at The Paramount Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, USA. (1950)
May 22 1950	Jazz pianist Larry Green plays the eighth night of a ten-day engagement at Bill Green's Casino, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. (1950)
May 22 1950	Frankie Laine and Patti Page play the sixth night in a three-week season at The Paramount Theater, New York City, USA. (1950)
May 22 1950	Jimmy Palmer And His Orchestra play the second night of four weeks at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1950)
May 22 1950	Griff Williams And His Orchestra play the second of 28 nights at The Trianon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1950)
May 22 1953	When The Charlie Parker Quartet plays at Birdland, New York City, USA, the show is broadcast live by WJZ Radio. (1953)
May 22 1953	Dennis Bovell [aka Blackbeard] is born in St. Peter, Barbados. As a solo artist and as a producer, he will become one of the key figures on the London reggae scene of the late '70s and early '80s. He is perhaps best-known as co-founder of the band Matumbi. (1953)
May 22 1953	The Joe Daniels Band is in residence at Butlins, Ayr, Scotland. (1953)
May 22 1953	I'm Walking Behind You by Eddie Fisher enters the UK singles chart where it will peak at No1 during a run of eighteen weeks. (1953)
May 22 1953	Elvis Presley plays at at private party in the Columbia Mutual Towers, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. (1953)
May 22 1954	Secret Love by Doris Day reaches No1 on the Sheet Music Sales Chart in the UK. The song comes from the soundtrack of the movie Calamity Jane. (1954)
May 22 1955	A Fats Domino concert in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, is cancelled by police who fear that ?rock?n?roll dances might be featured?. (1955)
May 22 1957	The Coasters, The Cleftones, Shirley And Lee, Bobby Marchan and Huey 'Piano' Smith play the sixth night of a week at the Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA. (1957)
May 22 1957	Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers play at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, Eire. (1957)