Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


May 26 1945	Alan Jules Weberman is born in New York City, USA. He will find fame in the 1970s as a self-described Dylanologist, under the name A.J.Weberman, best-known for having raked through Bob Dylan's garbage cans in search of information. (1945)
May 26 1946	Mick Ronson, guitarist for David Bowie and Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue band, is born in Hull, UK. (1946)
May 26 1965	Reportedly having contracted a viral infection, Bob Dylan is treated in St Mary?s Hospital, Paddington, London, UK. (1965)
May 26 1966	Bob Dylan plays at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, with John Lennon and George Harrison of The Beatles, plus various Rolling Stones in the audience. (1966)
May 26 1966	Elvis Presley records his version of the Bob Dylan song Tomorrow Is A Long Time, in RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. (1966)
May 26 1973	Stuck In The Middle With You by Stealers Wheel enters the UK Singles Chart where it will peak at No8 during a ten-week run on the chart. Bud Scoppa in Rolling Stone magazine will later describe it as, "the single you thought was the best Dylan record since 1966." (1973)
May 26 1979	Bob Dylan?s live album Bob Dylan At Budokan enters the UK albums chart where it will peak at No4 during a nineteen-week run. (1979)
May 26 1981	During sessions for the album Shot Of Love, Bob Dylan is in Clover Studios, Los Angeles, working on mixes of the songs Watered-Down Love and Heart Of Mine. (1981)
May 26 1988	When John Mellencamp plays at Irvine Meadows, Irvine, California, USA, Bruce Springsteen makes a brief guest appearance to sing with him on a version of Bob Dylan's Like A Rolling Stone. (1988)
May 26 2006	A Bob Dylan tribute concert, Million Dollar Bash, takes place in the Now Lounge, Toronto, Canada. Artists appearing include Robert & The Zimmermans, Arthur Renwick, Steve Puklver and Adam The Dylan Imitator. (2006)