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John Bonham, the best rock drummer ever, was born May 31, 1948. This was the first song Led Zeppelin played when I saw them in Greensboro in January 1975.

John Fogerty is 80 today. Creedence Clearwater Revival covered this 1956 Screamin' Jay Hawkins song in 1968.

Stevie Nicks is 77 today

Levon Helm was born May 26, 1940.

It's cool that three, Buck Leonard, Phil Ford, and Buck Williams, are from my hometown of Rocky Mount.

Bob Dylan is 84 today.

"It's a dog-eat-dog world, Sammy, and I'm wearing Milk Bone underwear."

Pet Sounds was released May 16, 1966. That's Brian Wilson's dogs Banana and Louie barking at the train.

One of my favorite memories is the day my five year old daughter and I sang along with this while driving around Henderson during a snow storm with the top down on my 1968 Camaro. She says it is one of her best memories, too.

Francis Albert Sinatra died May 14, 1998

Come on, come on down, you got it in ya Got to scrape the shit right off your shoes

The late, great Nicky Hopkins on piano, Bobby Keys on sax, and Jim Price on trumpet and trombone. This is just so damn good.

My favorite Rolling Stones album, Exile On Main Street, was released May 12, 1972. This is the first song on the album.