Today is Clean Up Your Room Day, Receptionist Day and School Nurses Day.
THIS DAY IN ROCK!
1963 The Rolling Stones very first recordings are rejected by Decca Records who calls them 'dreadful'.
1964 Dusty Springfield makes her TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1968 Jim Morrison incited a riot at a Doors' concert in Chicago.
1969 The Turtles and The Temptations performed at the White House for President Nixon's daughter.
1974 Eric Clapton recorded "I Shot The Sheriff".
1975 Stevie Wonder plays at the Washington Monument as part of Human Kindness Day.
1986 Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee marries Heather Locklear. It lasts eight years.
2007 Pink Floyd took part in a tribute concert to pay respects to "Syd" Barrett.
ZZ TOP BOXED! Vinyl versions of ZZ Top's first five albums will be gathered together in a new box set that will be released on June 9. Cinco: The First Five is expected to cost around $114.98. Meanwhile, ZZ Top launches a spring tour this Friday, May 12 in Amarillo. Click here for the itinerary.
GRATEFUL DEAD DOCUMENTARY! The new Martin Scorsese-produced Grateful Dead documentary Long Strange Trip will be screened in select theaters across the U.S. on May 25. After that, it will be available to stream exclusively via Amazon Prime Video starting June 2 followed by a soundtrack to be released on May 26. Get the details.
DEAD CELEB! Katherine Berman, the wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman, died Tuesday afternoon in a car accident in rural Connecticut. The couple was married for more than 33 years and had two children. She was 67. Get the obit.
SHOES FOR YOUS! After Nordstrom introduced an $85 leather rock holder and $425 jeans covered in fake mud, Neiman Marcus is now coming out with sneakers, conveniently trashed for your convenience, for the startling price of $1,425. But you'll have to be a size 10 or 11 because those are the only sizes available. Click here to check out the shoes.
