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What happened in history on this day: May 1?
On May 1 in ...
- 1786 - Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna).
- 1966 - Last British concert by The Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley).
- 1980 - 15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins.
Births on May 1
- 1892 - Birth of Howard Barlow in Plain City, Ohio, USA; conductor (Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Voice of Firestone radio and TV show).
- 1907 - Birth of Kate Smith in Greenville, Alabama, USA; singer (Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"), radio host in 1930s-40s.
- 1927 - Birth of Harry [Harold George Junior] Belafonte in New York City, New York, USA; calypso singer ("The Banana Boat Song").
- 1929 - Birth of Sonny James AKA James Loden in Hackelburg, Alabama, USA; rocker (Young Love).
- 1939 - Birth of Judy Collins in Seattle, Washington, USA; singer ("Send in the Clowns", "Both Sides Now", "Clouds").
- 1945 - Birth of Rita Coolidge in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; singer ("Higher and Higher", "We're All Alone").
- 1946 - Birth of Jerry Weiss in New York City, New York, USA; rocker (Blood Sweat and Tears).
- 1946 - Birth of Nick Fortune [Nicholas Fortuna]; rock bassist (The Buckinghams).
- 1947 - Birth of Carlos Ward; rocker (B T Express).
- 1948 - Birth of James Wise; American soul singer (Archie Bell and the Drells).
- 1953 - Birth of Felix Hanemann; rocker (Zebra).
- 1954 - Birth of Ray Parker Junior in Detroit, Michigan, USA; rock guitarist/vocalist ("Ghostbusters").
- 1957 - Birth of Steve Farris; rock guitarist (Mr Mister).
- 1959 - Birth of Paul Smith; rock saxophonist (Haircut 100).
- 1964 - Birth of Bruno Ravel in Paris, France; rocker (Danger Danger - "Screw It").
- 1966 - Birth of Johnny Colt in Cherry Point, North Carolina, USA; rock bassist (Black Crowes - "Shake Your Money Maker").
- 1968 - Birth of Mark Scott in Paramus, New Jersey, USA; rock drummer (Trixter - "Give It To Me Good").
- 1968 - Birth of D'Arcy Wretzky; bassist (Smashing Pumpkins).
- 1969 - Birth of Roy Rosello; singer (Menudo - "Cannonball").
Deaths on May 1
- 1964 - Death of Spike Jones at age 62; bandleader (Spike Jones and His City Slickers - "All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" (1948)).
- 1965 - Death of Spike (Lindley Armstrong) Jones at age 53 from emphysema; band leader and drummer ("Cocktails for Two", "Der Fuhrer's Face", "You Always Hurt the One You Love", "All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth", The Spike Jones Show TV Show).
- 1984 - Death of Gordon Jenkins of Lou Gehrig's Disease at age 73; orchestra leader (The Mayor of the Town, The Man Called X, Al Jolson, Jack Carson, Dick Haymes, NBC Comedy Hour), musical director (Decca, Capitol Records, Frank Sinatra, Nat Cole).
- 1990 - Death of Sergio Franchi of cancer at his Connecticut estate; international singing star (recorded 25 albums, Nine musical (Tony award)).
- 2023 - Death of Gordon Lightfoot at age 84 in a hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist ("Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", "Carefree Highway", "Sundown", "If You Could Read My Mind", received 17 Juno awards, recipient of the Order of Canada (1970), Canadian Music Hall of Fame (1986), inducted in US Songwriters Hall of Fame (2012), recipient of the Governor General's Award (1997)).
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