On May 29 in music history, The Fab 4 took all May 29s off. 1961: Ricky Nelson started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Travellin Man; the B-side was the Gene Pitney song Hello Mary Lou. 1962: Chubby Checker won a Grammy Award for Best Rock and Roll Recording for ‘Lets Twist Again’ and Ray Charles won Best Rhythm & Blues Recording for ‘Hit The Road Jack’. 1965: The Beach Boys started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Help Me Rhonda, the groups second US No.1. 1972: After seeing his protest song Give Ireland Back To The Irish banned by the BBC for its content, Paul McCartney rush released a version of the nursery rhyme Mary Had A Little Lamb as the followup. In the US, where no one is in on the joke, it actually makes it to #28. In Country music, 1958: Ray Price recorded the Bill Anderson-penned City Lights in the evening at the Bradley Studios in Nashville. 1961: Decca released The Wilburn Brothers Blue Blue Day. 1973: MCA released the Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn recording Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man. 1979: You got an Eastwood smile and Robert Redford hair: MCA releases Mel Tillis single Coca Cola Cowboy.
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 12:47:15 +0000
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