Today in rock history May 1st

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1956 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Heartbreak Hotel,” Elvis Presley. The song is Presley’s first No. 1 single.

1957 – Steve Farris, Mr Mister, is born

1966 – The Beatles play their last show for a paying audience in Britain at the NME Poll Winners’ Party.

1966 – Born on this day, Johnny Colt, The Black Crowes,

1967 – Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu.

1968 – Born on this day, D’arcy Wretsky-Brown, bass, Smashing Pumpkins,

1969 – Jimi Hendrix is busted for narcotics possession at Toronto Airport. He is released on $10,000 bail.

1969 – Neil Young releases Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.

1969 – Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash videotape a special to appear on ABC. They play Dylan’s “I Threw It All Away,” “Living the Blues,” and “Girl From the North Country.”

1970 – In New York, Bob Dylan records with George Harrison. The two mess around on the Beatles’ “Yesterday,” Dylan’s “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues,” and “Da Doo Ron Ron.”

1973 – Bachman-Turner Overdrive release their self-titled debut album.

1975 – In one of their best-ever publicity stunts, the Rolling Stones announce their Tour of the Americas by playing “Brown Sugar” on the back of a flatbed truck driving down Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue.

1977 – The Clash begin their first tour of England at London’s Roxy.

1984 – Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac files for bankruptcy.

1993 – Supermodel Naomi Campbell announces her engagement to U2 bassist Adam Clayton.

2001 – “Touring Band 2000,” the first full-length DVD featuring Pearl Jam, is released. The three-hour disc features 28 live songs filmed in various cities during the band’s 2000 U.S. tour.

2005 – Nine Inch Nails close the Coachella Festival in California.

2005 – Bruce Springsteen’s Devils & Dust tops the U.K. album chart in its first week of release.

2009 – A Queen fan won a private two-hour guitar lesson with Brian May after bidding more than £7,500 at a charity auction in London. The auction was held in support of the Action for Brazil’s Children Trust, of which May is a patron.