Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


May 19 1960	The Drifters record Save The Last Dance For Me and I Count The Tears, in Bell Sound Studios, New York City, USA, under the watchful eyes of legendary producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. (1960)
May 19 1960	Marty Wilde releases a new single, The Fight, in the UK. (1960)
May 19 1960	Controversial deejay and music business entrepreneur Alan Freed and eight others are charged by a US Federal Grand Jury with being the recipients of commercial bribery, better known as payola. Trial is set for 19 September. (1960)
May 19 1960	Sam Cooke plays the final night in a week of headlining dates at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA. (1960)
May 19 1960	Paul Anka plays the fourth of seven nights at The Holiday House, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA. (1960)
May 19 1960	Gene Vincent and Jerry Keller play the fourth of six nights at The Hippodrome, Brighton, UK. (1960)
May 19 1960	Marlene Dietrich plays at The Ufa Palast, Cologne, Germany, Europe. (1960)
May 19 1960	Elvis Presley continues with filming for the movie G.I. Blues, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. (1960)
May 19 1960	The Platters play the last night of a two-week engagement at Fack's II Club, San Francisco, California, USA. (1960)
May 19 1960	Popular Dutch pirate radio station, Radio Veronica, switches from transmissions at 186 metres in the medium wave to 192 metres. (1960)
May 19 1960	Jazz saxophonist Don Wilkerson records Morning Coffee, Idiom and Media, in San Francisco, California, USA, for Riverside Records. The tracks will appear on his album Texas Twister. (1960)
May 19 1960	Frankie Vaughan is the musical guest in tonight's edition of US tv's Tennesse Ernie FordShow. (1960)