May 16 – Today in Music History Events
1966: The Beach Boys released their critically acclaimed album “Pet Sounds”.
1969: Pete Townshend of The Who and Roger Daltrey spend the night in jail after a fight broke out during their performance at The Fillmore East in New York.
1970: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s album “Deja Vu” reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard chart.
1974: The Streak by Ray Stevens was at #1 on the U.S. singles chart. The novelty song was about the then popular craze of streaking.
1980: “The Blues Brothers,” a film featuring numerous musical performances by R&B and soul legends, premiered in Chicago.
1987: U2 started a three-week run at No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with ‘With Or Without You’, the group’s first U.S. No.1.
1990: Jim Henson, a puppeteer, animator, and musician known for creating The Muppets, passed away.
1993: Mariah Carey’s “I Don’t Wanna Cry” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
1997: U2 caused traffic chaos in Kansas City, Missouri after they paid for traffic control to close down five lanes so they could shoot the video for ‘Last Night On Earth’.
2000: Britney Spears released her second studio album “Oops!… I Did It Again”. The album broke the record for the highest debut-week album sales by a female artist.
2003: June Carter Cash, wife of Johnny Cash and a well-respected country musician in her own right, passed away.
2010: Ronnie James Dio, known for his work with Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and his own band Dio, passed away.
2011: Adele’s album “21” reached #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, where it would stay for a record-breaking number of weeks.
2013: French electronic music duo Daft Punk released their fourth studio album “Random Access Memories”.
2017: American musician Chris Cornell, best known as the lead vocalist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave, passed away.
