The Rock History Report for May 29th

1959 - In one of the first outdoor rock festivals, Ray Charles, B.B. King and Jimmy Reed played to about 9,000 people at Atlanta's Herndon Stadium.

1963 - Del Shannon's cover of The Beatles' "From Me to You" became the first song written by the Lennon /McCartney songwriting team to appear on U.S. charts.

1965 - Bob Dylan's album Bringing It All Back Home rocketed to the top of the charts in the UK, knocking his own album Freewheelin' Bob Dylan from the #1 spot.

1969 - Crosby, Stills and Nash released their self-titled debut album.

1971 - The Rolling Stones' track "Brown Sugar" hit #1 on US charts. 

1972 - Paul McCartney released his own take of "Mary Had A Little Lamb."

1973 – The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn made his solo debut at New York's Academy of Music.

1977 - Elvis Presley cut short a Baltimore gig by walking off the stage in the middle of a concert; this was the first time The King ended a show in this manner.

1981 – Prince played in Europe for the first time.

1982 - The Clash's Combat Rock album was released.

1997 - While swimming with a friend off Mud Island in Memphis, Jeff Buckley drowned, ending his promising career.

1999 - Missing since 1995, Iron Butterfly’s Philip "Taylor" Kramer, was found in a valley in Malibu, CA.

Birthdays:

1949  Gary Brooker of Procol Harum
1949  Francis Rossi of Status Quo
1960  Mel Gaynor of Simple Minds
1960  Jesse Johnson The Time
1967  Noel Gallagher of Oasis