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May, 14

  • 1999 Controversial Web site MP3.com files with the Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial public offering.
  • 1998 Frank Sinatra, the premier American pop stylist and Chairman of the Board to his legions of fans, dies of a heart attack. He is 82. The singer, who had stayed out of public view since a heart attack the year before, is pronounced dead at 10:50 p.m. in the emergency room of Ceders-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
  • 1998 Recording artist George Michael pleads no contest in Beverly Hills Municipal Court to committing a lewd act in a park restroom. Michael, who does not appear in court for arraignment on the misdemeanor charge, is fined $810, given 80 hours of community service and ordered to undergo counseling.
  • 1998 Ticketmaster group reports it sold 522,926 tickets worth 19.5 million over its Internet site, Ticketmaster Online, during the first quarter of the year. This figure, the firm says, represents a 270% increase over the analog quarter the year before.
  • 1988 Jazz trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker dies.
  • 1988 Led Zeppelin reunited for the Atlantic Records 40th anniversary party at Madison Square Garden, New York, appearing with Jason Bonham the son of John Bonham on drums. Other acts performing included Foreigner, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Wilson Pickett and Ben E. King.
  • 1981 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Bette Davis Eyes,” Kim Carnes. Bette Davis responds by sending roses to Carnes when the song wins a Grammy. The song is first recorded by Jackie DeShannon.
  • 1976 Keith Relf of the Yardbirds dies of electrocution at the age of 33.
  • 1973 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,” Stevie Wonder. It is his third chart-topping hit.
  • 1969 Danny Wood of New Kids on the Block is born.
  • 1963 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “If You Wanna Be Happy,” Jimmy Soul.
  • 1957 Elvis Presley was rushed to a Los Angles hospital after swallowing a porcelain cap from one of his front teeth, which then lodged its-self in one of his lung
  • 1952 David Byrne, lead singer of the Talking Heads, is born in Dumbarton, Scotland. The group’s biggest hit is “Burning Down the House,” a No. 9 song in 1983.
  • 1936 Bobby Darin (Walden Robert Cassotto) is born in New York City. His only No. 1 hit is “Mack the Knife.” He won two Grammys in 1959: Best New Artist and Best Vocal Performance (Male) for “Mack the Knife.”