1946 - The Irving Berlin musical, "Annie Get Your Gun
," opened at New York’s Imperial Theatre for the first of 1,147 performances. 1983 - The television special "Motown 25: Yesterday, Today and Forever
" aired. It was a taping of the first time that Michael Jackson performed the moonwalk for a live audience. May 17
1840 - Niccolo Paganini, composer, died at 57
1866 - Composer Erik Alfred-Leslie Satie born.
1918 – Operatic soprano Birgit Nilsson
, born in Karup Sweden
, born in Karup Sweden 
1935 - Paul A Dukas, French composer/tutor of Messiaen, died at 69 1961 - Enya
, [Eithne N¡ Bhraon in], born in Gweedore Ireland
, [Eithne N¡ Bhraon in], born in Gweedore Ireland 1965 - Trent Reznor (NIN) born in Mercer, PA
1971 - The musical "Godspell
" opened in New York City and ran for 2,124 performances.
" opened in New York City and ran for 2,124 performances. 1975 - Elton John’s "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
" album was released. It was the first album to be certified a million-seller on its first day of release.
" album was released. It was the first album to be certified a million-seller on its first day of release. 1980 - Peter Criss left KISS to pursue a solo career.
May 18
1911 – Composer Gustav Mahler died at age 50. His last word was "Mozart." He had conducted his last concert on February 21.
2003 - "Les Miserables
" closed after 6,680 shows and 16 years on Broadway. May 19
1945 - Peter Townshend (The Who) born in Chiswick, London
1958 - Bobby Darin’s single, "Splish Splash
" was released as the first eight-track master recording pressed to a plastic 45-RPM disc. 1979 - Eric Clapton married George Harrison's ex-wife, Patti Boyd
May 20
1967 - Jimi Hendrix signed his first American record contract with Reprise Records. 1967 - BBC bans Beatle's "A Day in the Life" (drug references)
1970 - "Let It Be," the film by The Beatles, premiered worldwide.
1979 - Elton John
performed in Leningrad, Soviet Union, becoming the first Western pop star to play in the U.S.S.R. May 21
1904 - Fats Waller [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer, born
1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono began a ten-day "bed-in" in Montreal's Queen Elizabeth Hotel.
May 22 1954 - Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) celebrated his bar mitzvah.
1958 - Jerry Lee Lewis
announced that he had married his 13-year-old cousin, Myra. 1970 - Elvis Presley
signed a three-picture deal with MGM. 2003 - The final manuscript of Beethoven's 9th Symphony
, which was annotated by the composer, sold at auction for $3.47 million*~*~*~*~*
The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star. - Elton John
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