Rocking50s Blog

Saturday May 15
Trini Lopez ("If I Had A Hammer") is 73
Mike Oldfield ("Tubular Bells") is 57
The late Eddy Arnold ("Make The World Go Away") is born in 1915
June Carter Cash ("Jackson" with husband Johnny Cash) dies of complications from heart surgery the previous week, 2003
Elvis Presley inhales the cap from one of his teeth and is taken to a Los Angeles hospital to have it removed from his lung, 1957
Ike Turner spends a day in a Los Angeles jail over a mistaken warrant, 2007
Paul McCartney first meets Linda Eastman at a Georgie Fame concert in London (they marry two years later), 1967
The Rolling Stones sign with Decca Records in London (who had turned down the Beatles the year before), 1963
Two short John Lennon films are shown at the Cannes Film Festival in France, 1971
Brenda Lee guests on "Make Room For Daddy" on CBS-TV, 1961

Saturday May 15
Trini Lopez ("If I Had A Hammer") is 73
Mike Oldfield ("Tubular Bells") is 57
The late Eddy Arnold ("Make The World Go Away") is born in 1915
June Carter Cash ("Jackson" with husband Johnny Cash) dies of complications from heart surgery the previous week, 2003
Elvis Presley inhales the cap from one of his teeth and is taken to a Los Angeles hospital to have it removed from his lung, 1957
Ike Turner spends a day in a Los Angeles jail over a mistaken warrant, 2007
Paul McCartney first meets Linda Eastman at a Georgie Fame concert in London (they marry two years later), 1967
The Rolling Stones sign with Decca Records in London (who had turned down the Beatles the year before), 1963
Two short John Lennon films are shown at the Cannes Film Festival in France, 1971
Brenda Lee guests on "Make Room For Daddy" on CBS-TV, 1961