Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


May 25 1950	Dean Martin And Jerry Lewis headline The Copacabana, New York City, USA, supported by The DeMarco Sisters. (1950)
May 25 1950	Robert Eugene Steinhardt is born in Lawrence, Kansas, USA. He will find success as Robby Steinhardt, singer and violinist of Kansas. (1950)
May 25 1950	Ted Heath And His Music record Birmingham Bounce and Button Up Your Overcoat for Decca Records in London, UK. (1950)
May 25 1950	Benny Freedman And His Orchestra play at The Savoy Ballroom, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK. (1950)
May 25 1950	Popular vocalist Russ Emery, with The Percy Faith Orchestra, records Here Comes The Bride On A Pinto Pony for Columbia Records, In New York City, USA. (1950)
May 25 1950	Kay Starr records Mississippi for Capitol Records in the USA. (1950)
May 25 1950	Tex Beneke And His Orchestra play the eleventh night of four weeks at The Cafe Rouge in The Hotel Statler, New York City, USA. (1950)
May 25 1950	Frankie Laine and Patti Page play the ninth night in a three-week season at The Paramount Theater, New York City, USA. (1950)
May 25 1950	Jimmy Palmer And His Orchestra play the fifth night of four weeks at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1950)
May 25 1950	Griff Williams And His Orchestra play the fifth of 28 nights at The Trianon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1950)
May 25 1950	Judy Garland is rehearsing for the film Royal Wedding in which she co-stars with Fred Astaire. Garland will be fired before the film is completed. (1950)
May 25 1953	The Charlie Parker Quartet, with the Gil Evans Orchestra, records In The Still Of The Night, Old Folks and If I Love Again, at Fulton Recording Studios, New York City, USA. (1953)
May 25 1953	Stan Kenton And His Orchestra record All About Ronnie for Capitol Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1953)
May 25 1955	Ray Charles plays at the City Auditorium, Houston, Texas, USA. (1955)
May 25 1955	The Louvin Brothers record When I Stop Dreaming and Pitfall for Capitol Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with Chet Atkins on guitar. (1955)
May 25 1955	Lita Roza appears on the BBC tv show Off The Record, in the UK. (1955)
May 25 1956	Returning to the UK after a tour of the USA, popular bandleader and recording artist Ted Heath confidently predicts that, "Rock'n'roll is mainly performed by coloured artists for coloured people and is therefore unlikely to prove popular here." (1956)
May 25 1956	Lincoln Barrington Minott is born in Kingston, Jamaica. He will find international success as reggae singer, producer and sound-system operator Sugar Minott. (1956)
May 25 1956	Lillian Roth plays the first of two nights at The Lagoon, Salt Lake City, USA. (1956)
May 25 1957	Frankie Laine plays the thirteenth night in a two-week season at the Palladium, London, UK. (1957)
May 25 1957	Searchin' by The Coasters ascends to the top of the Billboard R?n?B chart in the USA. (1957)
May 25 1957	A tour of the USA, featuring Brenda Lee, Porter Wagoner and Patsy Cline, sets off. (1957)
May 25 1957	Butterfly by Charlie Gracie peaks at No12 on UK Popular Singles Chart, during an eight-week run on the chart. (1957)
May 25 1957	Butterfly by Andy Williams peaks at No1 in the UK Popular Singles Chart, during a sixteen-week run on the chart. (1957)
May 25 1957	Around The World reaches No1 in the Sheet Music Sales Chart in the UK. This position is achieved by amalgmating sales of versions of the song by Bing Crosby, Ronnie Hilton and Gracie Fields. (1957)
May 25 1957	Around The World by Ronnie Hilton enters the Popular Singles Chart in the UK at No16 . It will peak at No4 during a run of eighteen weeks on the chart. (1957)
May 25 1957	Around The World by Bing Crosby enters the Popular Singles Chart in the UK at No20. It will peak at No5 during a run of fifteen weeks on the chart. (1957)
May 25 1957	Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars play the second of two nights at The Lagoon, Salt Lake City, USA. (1957)