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What happened in history on this day: May 24?
On May 24 in ...
- 1964 - The Beatles' make a third appearance on Ed Sullivan Show.
Births on May 24
- 1886 - Birth of Paul Paray in Le Tréport, Normandy, France; conductor/composer (Artemis Trouble).
- 1904 - Birth of George Formby [William Booth]; British singer/comic (Let George Do It).
- 1941 - Birth of Bob Dylan AKA Robert Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota, USA; singer/songwriter ("Blowin' in Wind").
- 1941 - Birth of Tony Valentino; rocker (Standells - "Dirty Water").
- 1942 - Birth of Derek Quinn; guitarist (Freddie and Dreamers - "I'm Telling You Now").
- 1942 - Birth of Sarah Dash in Trenton, New Jersey, USA; rocker (LaBelle - "Lady Marmalade").
- 1944 - Birth of Patti LaBelle [Holt] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer (LaBelle - "Lady Marmalade").
- 1946 - Birth of Steve Upton; rock drummer (Wishbone Ash - "There's the Rub", "Locked In").
- 1947 - Birth of Mike Reid in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA; country singer ("Walk on Faith").
- 1949 - Birth of John Illsley; rocker (Dire Straits - "Sultans of Swing").
- 1951 - Birth of Rob Baker; rock drummer (Red Rider).
- 1955 - Birth of Rosanne Cash in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; country singer ("Runaway Train", "Seven Year Ache", "I Wonder").
- 1956 - Birth of Helen Terry; rocker ("Now You're Mine").
- 1963 - Birth of Vivian Trimble; keyboardist (Luscious Jackson).
- 1967 - Birth of Steve McDonald; rocker (Redd Kross).
- 1969 - Birth of Rich Robinson in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; guitarist (Black Crowes - "Shake Your Money Maker").
- 1970 - Birth of Tommy Page in West Caldwell, New Jersey, USA; singer ("I'll Be Your Everything").
Deaths on May 24
- 1963 - Death of Elmore James at age 45 of a heart attack in Chicago, Illinois, USA; influential urban blues guitarist (slide-guitar technique, "Dust My Broom").
- 1974 - Death of Edward Kennedy Ellington AKA Duke Ellington at age 75 of lung cancer; jazz bandleader and composer (50 years, "Mood Indigo", "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good", "Satin Doll").
- 1991 - Death of Gene Clark at age 49 of natural causes at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, USA; singer-guitarist-songwriter (founding member of The Byrds - "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Turn! Turn! Turn!", New Christy Minstrels).
- 1994 - Death of King Ganam at age 78 in Carlsbad, California, USA; Canadian fiddler, western musician (Country Hoedown CBC TV show (1956-1959), host of The King Ganam Show (1961)).
- 2023 - Death of Bill Lee at age 94 in Brooklyn, New York, USA; jazz musician (She's Gotta Have It movie, Do the Right Thing movie).
- 2023 - Death of Tina Turner AKA Anna Mae Bullock at age 84; musician (Ike and Tina Turner Revue band, "Proud Mary" song, "River Deep/Mountain High" song (1966), "Private Dancer" song (1984), "What's Love Got to Do With It?" song (1984, winner of three Grammy awards), "The Best" song (1989), "We Don't Need Another Hero" song (1985), won 12 Grammy awards, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee (1991, 2021)), actor (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome movie (1985), Tommy movie (1975)).
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