This Day In Music: May 23rd 1960, The Everly Brothers started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Cathys Clown, which also spent seven weeks at No.1 in the UK. It became the Everly Brothers biggest hit single and their third and final US chart topper, selling eight million copies worldwide. 1964, Ella Fitzgerald became the first artist to have a hit with a Beatles cover when Cant Buy Me Love entered the UK chart. 1970, Paul McCartneys debut solo album, McCartney, started a three-week run at No.1 on the US album chart. Apart from Linda McCartneys vocal contributions, McCartney performed (and recorded) the entire album solo. The album featured Maybe Im Amazed, which Rod Stewart and the Faces featured on their 1971 album Long Player. 1970, The Beatles 12th and final studio album Let It Be started a three week run at No.1 on the UK chart, featuring The Long And Winding Road, Across The Universe and the title track. 1970, The Grateful Dead played their first gig outside the US at The Hollywood Rock Music Festival, in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffs, England. 1973, Jefferson Airplane were prevented from giving a free concert in Golden Gate Park when San Francisco authorities passed a resolution banning electronic instruments. The group later wrote We Built this City about the ban. 1974, George Harrison announced the launch of his own record label, Dark Horse. 1978, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band kicked off their 117 show Darkness Tour at Sheas Buffalo, in Buffalo, New York. 1979, Due to a record company dispute, Tom Petty was forced to file for bankruptcy owing $575,000 (£338,235). A long-running battle with his record company followed. 1987, Twelve former members of the Doobie Brothers reunited for a charity concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The show raised $350,000 for Vietnam veterans, about two-thousand of whom attended the show for free. 1991, Photographer Michael Lavine took what would be the publicity shots for Nirvanas Nevermind album at Jay Aaron Studios in Los Angeles. The idea for the front cover shot of the baby swimming was taken after Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl saw a TV documentary on water babies and was taken by Kirk Weddle. Several babies were used; five-month old Spencer Eldons photo came out best. 1992, A statement issued by Freddie Mercurys attorneys stated that Mercury had bequeathed the majority of his estate (£10 million - $17 million) to his long-time friend Mary Austin. 1992, Iron Maiden went to No.1 on the UK album chart with Fear Of The Dark their third No.1 album. 2000, Noel Gallagher walked out on his band Oasis during a European tour. The move was put down to a series of burst-ups with his brother Liam. The band drafted in replacement guitarist Matt Deighton for the rest of the European dates. 2002, Up For Grabs opened at Londons Wyndhams Theatre featuring Madonna in the lead role. The first night crowd complained that the singer was lacking in vocal power and strained to hear her lines. 2006, The king of Sweden presented the surviving members of Led Zeppelin with the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm recognising them as great pioneers of rock music. Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were joined by the daughter of drummer John Bonham, who died in 1980. The Polar Music Prize was founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson, manager of Swedish pop group Abba, who named it after his record label, Polar Records previous winners include Sir Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and producer Quincy Jones. 2009, Amy Winehouse cancelled her appearance at a concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Island Records. The event, scheduled to take place on 31st May at Londons Shepherds Bush Empire, had now been cancelled completely, her management said. 2010, The Rolling Stones scored their first UK No.1 album for 16 years with the re-release of their classic 1972 double LP Exile On Main Street. The album, which was first released in 1972, had been reissued with previously unheard tracks. Their last No.1 album was 1994s Voodoo Lounge. May 23rd: Born on this day 1928, Born on this day, Rosemary Clooney, American singer, (1954 UK No.1 single This Ole House). She died on 29th June 2002. 1934, Born on this day, Robert Moog, inventor of the synthesiser. He built his first electronic instrument, a theremin - aged 14 and made the MiniMoog, the first compact, easy-to-use synthesiser in 1970. He died on 21st Aug 2005 at his North Carolina home aged 71, four months after being diagnosed with brain cancer. 1944, Born on this day, Raymond Fulwood, Parliament, Funkadelic, (1978 US No.16 album One Nation Under A Groove). 1947, Born on this day, Bill Hunt, Electric Light Orchestra, (1979 UK No.3 & US No.4 single Dont Bring Me Down, plus 26 other Top 40 hits). 1953, Born on this day, Rick Fenn, 10cc, (1975 UK No.1 & US No.2 single Im Not In Love, plus 10 other UK Top 30 hits including two No.1s). 1967, Born on this day, Philip James Selway, drummer with Radiohead. Their 1993 debut single Creep was initially unsuccessful, but it became a worldwide hit several months after the release of their debut album, Pablo Honey. Their 1997 album OK Computer appeared in many 1997 critics lists and listener polls for best album of the year. 1974, Born on this day, Jewel Kilcher, US singer, songwriter, (1995 US No.5 album Pieces Of You, has sold over 12m copies. 1997 US No.3 single You Were Meant For Me).
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