Legacy Recordings Week in Music May 5 - May 11

From the King of the blues to the King of rock to the Queen of country to the Queen of pop, we got it all in this weeks edition! Elvis! Robert Johnson! Adele! Tammy Wynette! Jimi Hendrix, Billy Joel and more!

May 5 1942, Born on this day, the first lady of country music, Tammy Wynette. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Wynette charted 23 No. 1 songs and she is credited with helping to define the role of women in country music during the 1970s.

May 6 1988, Born on this day, Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, better known as Adele. In 2011 Adele became the first artist to have two top five hits in both the singles chart and the albums chart simultaneously since The Beatles in 1964.

May 7 1967, Jimi Hendrix played two shows at London's Saville Theatre. Ringo Starr, Brian Jones and members of The Beach Boys and The Moody Blues were all checking Jimi out.

May 8 1911, Born on this day, Robert Johnson, the King of the Delta Blues. Eric Clapton has called Johnson "the most important blues singer that ever lived."

May 9 1949, Born on this day, Billy Joel. Billy is a six-time Grammy Award winner, has had 33 Top 40 hits in the U.S. and has sold over 150 million records worldwide.
And yes, it's still rock n roll to him.

May 10 On this day two classic rock pioneers were born. Yes, on the same day that Dave Mason was born in Worcester, Donovan was born in Glasgow. Dave told the doctors at his birth that he was feeling alright and Donovan told his doctors, who were concerned about possible jaundice, that he was mellow yellow. Happy birthday Dave and Donovan!

May 11 1974, members of Led Zeppelin attended an Elvis Presley show at the Los Angeles Forum in California. After a shaky start to the song "Funny How Time Slips Away," Elvis stopped the band and jokingly said: "Wait a minute, if we can start together fellas, because we've got Led Zeppelin out there, let's try to look like we know what we're doing, whether we do or not." Jimmy Page and Robert Plant met with Elvis after the show, spending over two hours with The King.

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