This Week in Rock Music History – Week 3
Number 1 Hits from This Week in Music
2002 – “I Stand Alone” Godsmack
2007 – “What I’ve Done” Linkin Park
2008 – “Inside the Fire” Disturbed
2011 – “Live to Rise” Soundgarden
2013 – “Vilify” Device
2014 – “Guilty All the Same” Linkin Park
Music History Events from This Week
May 12, 1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience released their debut album Are You Experienced.
May 12, 1972 – The Rolling Stones released Exile on Main St. on their self-titled label.
May 13, 1996 – Oasis became the fastest-selling group in UK history after selling out all 330,000 tickets for their summer concerts in just nine hours.
May 13, 2011 – ‘Like A Rolling Stone’ was voted as Bob Dylan’s best-ever song by Rolling Stone Magazine.
May 14, 1998 – it was the end of an era when 82-year-old Frank Sinatra passed away.
May 14, 2015 – B.B. King died at age 89
May 14, 2002 – The musical We Will Rock You opened at London’s Dominion Theatre.
May 16, 1966 – The Beach Boys released their 11th studio album Pet Sounds.
May 16, 1987 – U2 scored their first chart-topping single in the US with the song With or Without You.
May 18, 2017 – 52-year-old singer, songwriter, and grunge icon Chris Cornell took his own life while on tour.
