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What happened in history on this day: May 5?
On May 5 in ...
- 1891 - Carnegie Hall opens in New York City with Tchaikovsky as guest conductor.
- 1900 - The Billboard magazine for music and entertainment industries begins weekly publication after six years as a monthly.
- 1927 - Dmitri Shostakovich's first Symphony, premieres in Berlin.
- 1969 - NBC airs "The Best On Record: The GRAMMY Awards Show", the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 11th Annual Grammy Awards.
Record of the year: Simon And Garfunkel for "Mrs. Robinson";
Album of the Year: Glen Campbell and Al De Lory for "By The Time I Get To Phoenix";
Song of the Year: Bobby Russell for "Little Green Apples";
Best New Artist of the Year: Jose Feliciano;
Best Instrumental Arrangement: Mike Post for "Classical Gas";
Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Jimmy L. Webb for "Mac Arthur Park";
Best Engineered Recording (non-classical): Hugh Davies and Joe Polito for "Wichita Lineman";
Best Album Cover: John Berg, Richard Mantel, and Horn Grinner Studios for "Underground";
Best Album Notes: Johnny Cash for "Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison";
Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Dionne Warwick for "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?";
Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Jose Feliciano for "Light My Fire";
Best Contemporary Pop Performance - Vocal Duo or Group: Simon And Garfunkel for "Mrs. Robinson";
Best Contemporary Pop Performance, Chorus: Alan Copeland Singers for "Mission Impossible/Norwegian Wood Medley";
Best Contemporary Pop Performance, Instrumental: Mason Williams for "Classical Gas";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female: Aretha Franklin for "Chain Of Fools";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: Otis Redding for "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay";
Best Rhythm and Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental: The Temptations for "Cloud Nine";
Best Rhythm and Blues Song: Otis Redding and Steve Cropper for "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Jeannie C. Riley for "Harper Valley P.T.A.";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Johnny Cash for "Folsom Prison Blues";
Best Country Performance, Duo or Group - Vocal or Instrumental: Flatt And Scruggs for "Foggy Mountain Breakdown";
Best Country Song: Bobby Russell for "Little Green Apples";
Best Sacred Performance: Jake Hess for "Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere";
Best Gospel Performance: The Happy Goodman Family for "The Happy Gospel Of The Happy Goodmans";
Best Soul Gospel Performance: Dottie Rambo for "The Soul Of Me";
Best Folk Performance: Judy Collins for "Both Sides Now";
Best Instrumental Theme: Mason Williams for "Classical Gas";
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special: Dave Grusin and Paul Simon for "The Graduate";
Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album: Galt MacDermott, Gerome Ragni, James Rado, and Andy Wiswell for "Hair";
Best Comedy Recording: Bill Cosby for "To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With";
Best Spoken Word Recording: Rod McKuen for "Lonesome Cities";
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group: Bill Evans Trio for "Bill Evans At The Montreux Jazz Festival";
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group: Duke Ellington for "And His Mother Called Him Bill";
Best Classical Performance - Orchestra: Pierre Boulez for "Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux)";
Best Chamber Music Performance: E. Power Biggs, Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble, and Vittorio Negri for "Glory Of Gabrieli Vol. II - Canzonas For Brass, Winds, Strings And Organ";
Best Opera Recording: Erich Leinsdorf and Richard Mohr for "Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte";
Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra): Vladimir Horowitz for "Horowitz On Television (Chopin, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Horowitz)";
Best Choral Performance (other than opera): Vittorio Negri, George Bragg, and Gregg Smith for "The Glory Of Gabrieli";
Best Vocal Soloist Performance: Montserrat Caballe for "Rossini: Rarities";
Best Engineered Recording - Classical: Gordon Parry for "Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D".
- 1973 - Largest paid crowd ever assembled in US to see a single musical act: 56,800 fans pay US$309,000 to see Led Zeppelin at Tampa Stadium, Florida.
Births on May 5
- 1900 - Birth of Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt; German composer/conductor (Hassan gewinnt).
- 1915 - Birth of Alice Faye AKA Alice Jeanne Leppert in New York City, New York, USA; actress/singer (NBC Radio's Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, The Dean Martin Show TV show, Hollywood Palace TV show).
- 1919 - Birth of George London in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto).
- 1921 - Birth of Sonja Oosterman; Dutch singer (Marketensters).
- 1922 - Birth of Phil Gordon in Meridian, Mississippi, USA; actor/singer (Jasper - The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres).
- 1927 - Birth of Charles Rosen in New York City, New York, USA; pianist/musicologist (Sonata Forms).
- 1938 - Birth of Johnnie Taylor; US gospel singer ("I Believe in You").
- 1942 - Birth of Tammy Wynette AKA Virginia Wynette Pugh in Mississippi, USA; country singer ("Stand By Your Man").
- 1945 - Birth of Raphael Spain; Spanish singer ("When the Sun Sets", "Lo Meyur de Ano").
- 1948 - Birth of Bill Ward in Birmingham, England; heavy metal drummer (Black Sabbath).
- 1950 - Birth of Maggie MacNeal; Dutch singer ("Mouth and MacNeal", "I See a Star").
- 1951 - Birth of Rex Goh; rock guitarist (Air Supply).
- 1952 - Birth of Louis Cortelezzi; rock saxophonist (Mink DeVille).
- 1953 - Birth of Billy Burnette in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac).
- 1954 - Birth of Angelo Kimball in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; rock guitarist (Face To Face).
- 1954 - Birth of Peter Erskine; jazz drummer (Weather Report).
- 1956 - Birth of Dick Kemper in Amsterdam, Netherlands; rock vocalist/bassist (Vandenberg).
- 1957 - Birth of Thereza Bazaar; rocker (Dollar - "Love's Gotta Hold on Me").
- 1959 - Birth of Ian McCullough; rocker (Echo and The Bunnymen - "Heaven Up Here").
- 1964 - Birth of Lorraine McIntosh; British pop singer (Deacon Blue - "Fellow Hoodlums").
Deaths on May 5
- 2008 - Death of Jerry Wallace at age 79 of congestive heart failure; singer ("How the Time Flies" (1958), "Primrose Lane" (1959), "In the Misty Moonlight" (1964)).
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