Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


May 23 1950	Daithi Sproule is born in Derry, Northern Ireland. He will find success as a guitarist and singer of traditional Irish music, best-known as a member of the folk supergroup Altan. (1950)
May 23 1950	Dick Shurman is born in Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA. He will find success as a record producer working mainly in the blues field, with artists including Albert Collins and Johnny Winter. (1950)
May 23 1950	Rosemary Clooney overdubs her vocal to the song Crying Myself To Sleep for Columbia Records in New York City, USA. (1950)
May 23 1950	Judy Garland begins rehearsals for the film Royal Wedding in which she co-stars with Fred Astaire. Garland will be fired before the film is completed. (1950)
May 23 1950	Saxophonist Carl-Henrik Norin records Marcheta for His Master's Voice Records in Stockholm, Sweden, Europe. (1950)
May 23 1950	The Charlie Parker Quintet plays at Cafe Society [Downtown], Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. (1950)
May 23 1950	The Tito Burns Septet records Lullaby In Rhythm and Sloppy Joe for Decca Records in London, UK. (1950)
May 23 1950	Doris Day is the guest artist on The Bob Hope Show, sponsored by Lux Soap on NBC radio in the USA. (1950)
May 23 1950	Charytin Goyco is born in Santo Dimingo in the Dominican Republic. She will find success as singer, TV presenter and actress Charytin. (1950)
May 23 1950	Tex Beneke And His Orchestra play the ninth night of four weeks at The Cafe Rouge in The Hotel Statler, New York City, USA. (1950)
May 23 1950	Louis Jordan And His Orchestra play the fifth night of a week at The Paramount Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, USA. (1950)
May 23 1950	Jazz pianist Larry Green plays the ninth night of a ten-day engagement at Bill Green's Casino, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. (1950)
May 23 1950	Frankie Laine and Patti Page play the seventh night in a three-week season at The Paramount Theater, New York City, USA. (1950)
May 23 1950	Jimmy Palmer And His Orchestra play the third night of four weeks at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1950)
May 23 1950	Griff Williams And His Orchestra play the third of 28 nights at The Trianon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1950)
May 23 1953	Crazy Man Crazy by Bill Haley And His Comets enters the Billboard Juke Box Chart in the USA where it will peak at No12. It is generally regarded as the first recognized rock'n'roll recording to register on the national American musical charts. (1953)
May 23 1953	The Charlie Parker Sextet, including Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, plays at Birdland, New York City, USA. (1953)
May 23 1953	It is announced that Clyde McPhatter, former vocalist with The Dominoes, has signed a solo recording contract with Atlantic Records.(1953)
May 23 1953	It is announced by Atlantic Records that publicist Jerry Wexler is to join the label as a partner. (1953)
May 23 1953	Elvis Presley wins a guitar when he comes second in the amateur singing contest at the First Annual Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Festival in Meridian, Mississippi, USA. (1953)
May 23 1955	Hollywood musical star Vera-Ellen provides the first night entertainment with a show billed as The Magic Carpet Review, when The Dunes Hotel opens in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. (1962)
May 23 1957	The Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group plays at Wilson Hall, Speke Road, Garston, Liverpool, UK. Their drummer, Richard Starkey, will change his name to Ringo Starr and become the drummer for The Beatles. (1957)
May 23 1957	Frankie Laine plays the eleventh night in a two-week season at the Palladium, London, UK. (1957)
May 23 1957	The Coasters, The Cleftones, Shirley And Lee, Bobby Marchan and Huey 'Piano' Smith play the final night of a week at the Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA. (1957)
May 23 1957	The Top Record Stars of 1957 tour, featuring Johnny Cash, Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sonny James, Wanda Jackson and Johnny Hicks, plays the first of two nights in Beaumont, Texas, USA. The show is presented by Beaumont Police Department and, according to the posters, tickets costing $1 are available 'from any policeman or at Police Station.' (1957)
May 23 1957	Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers record Begin The Beguine and Goody Goody with producer Norrie Paramor, at Abbey Road studios, London, UK. It will prove to be Lymon?s last session with the group. (1957)
May 23 1958	Duane Eddy releases a new single, Rebel Rouser, on Dolton Records in the USA. It will reach No6 in the Billboard US Top 40 Singles chart. Duane Eddy will go on to become the most successful Rock'n'Roll instrumentalist of all time, with over 100 million records sold. (1958)
May 23 1959	Billy May And His band play at The Lagoon, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. (1959)
May 23 1959	Kansas City by Wilbert Harrison reaches No1 in the Cashbox pop singles chart in the USA. (1959)