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May, 23

  • 2000 Billy Corgin of the Smashing Pumpkins announces that the Seattle-based rock group will officially break up at year’s end. Corgan claims that he and his bandmates are tired of “fighting the good fight against the Britneys of the world.”
  • 2000 “Binaural,” Pearl Jam’s long-awaited sixth studio album hits U.S. store shelves.
  • 1998 Teen heart-throb group Hanson notches a sellout in less than 20 minutes in the Detroit market for a June 29 show at the Pine Knob Amphitheatre.
  • 1979 Tom Petty files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The filing is partly the result of a dispute with Petty’s record label, which had been purchased by MCA.
  • 1975 “Moms” Mabley (Loretta Mary Aiken) dies at the age of 78. The comedienne places 13 albums on Billboard’s pop chart.
  • 1971 Iron Butterfly breaks up. The group’s biggest hit is “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida,” a No. 30 song in 1968.
  • 1970 The Grateful Dead gives its first performance outside the U.S., a four-hour set at the Hollywood Rock Festival in the U.K.
  • 1965 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Help Me Rhonda,” The Beach Boys.
  • 1945 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Sentimental Journey,” Les Brown Orchestra/Doris Day.