King Crimson's 2nd studio album, In The Wake Of Poseidon, was released on this day in 1970. Happy 54th birthday to the old barnstormer... #KingCrimson

Born 15 May 1948, musician Brian Eno. He joined Roxy Music as their synth player in 1971 and participated in the recording of their 1st two albums 'Roxy Music' and For Your Pleasure'. He then pursued a solo career, recording 'Here Come The Warm Jets' in 1974. #BrianEno

Born 15 May 1953, musician Mike Oldfield. Best known for his hit album, conceptual piece Tubular Bells, he experimented with a whole range of musical genres such as progressive rock, folk & new-age rock. His music was featured in the cult horror film The Exorcist. #MikeOldfield

Born 14 May 1944, National Medal of Arts-winner George Lucas is best known for his iconic movie series Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Here he is with Bowie and Henson. #GeorgeLucas

Born 14 May 1952, singer/songwriter David Byrne. The 1st Talking Heads album, Talking Heads: 77, received acclaim and produced their 1st hit single, 'Psycho Killer'. Many connected the song to the serial killer Son of Sam, however, Byrne said he had written the song years before.

UK Singles chart, 13 May 1973.

Born 13 May 1943 singer Mary Wells. She helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s and had a No. 1 hit on both sides of the Atlantic with 'My Guy'. She died in 1992, aged just 49. #MaryWells

Born 13 May 1907, #DaphneduMaurier was an English playwright and author. Many of her works have been adapted into films, including 3 Alfred Hitchcock movies. She wrote 'Rebecca', a tale of young woman who impetuously marries a wealthy widower who is haunted by his first wife.

Born 13 May 1950, US singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder is one of most influential and the best-selling musicians of all time. That Girl, Gotta Have You, I Just Called to Say I Love You, Part-Time Lover and Happy Birthday are just some of his chartbuster songs. #StevieWonder

Here's some useful advice from 1969.

Cover of Time Magazine, 11th Sept 1972. Remember Mark Spitz?

My nan did the football pools. Everybody's nan did the football pools. Winning the pools was everyone's dream. Back then you could retire in luxury with a pools jackpot, buy a bungalow even. Today you could buy a nice car. this is Cope's pools coupon from 30 Sep 1972.

In 1975 Record Mirror merged with Popswop and on 1st February featured The Glitter Band on the cover. #RecordMirror

Born 12 May 1928, composer, songwriter, record producer, pianist & singer Burt Bacharach. He wrote many classic songs including, 'Close To You', '24 Hours From Tulsa' & 'Make It Easy On Yourself'. He won 2 Oscars for the score to Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid. #BurtBacharach

Born 12 May 1942 - rock and roll singer-songwriter and actor Ian Dury. His No.5 album New Boots And Panties!! spent 90 weeks on the UK chart and was my second favourite LP of 1977. Sadly, he died on 27th March 2000 aged only 57. #IanDury

TV Times 8-14 May, 1977.

Suzi Quatro: I was doing my 1st big photoshoot, & I had a meeting with Mickie Most & he asked: “What would you like to wear?” I said leather because I was a big Elvis fan – he was against it as he said it was old-fashioned, but I insisted, so he asked: “What about a jumpsuit?”

The Top Of The Pops series of albums were launched in 1968. The albums were transient & would probably have been all but forgotten today except for the sleeves. The Top of the Pops girls were memorable and set a trend for cover albums. This was the cover of Vol 1. #topofthePops

Phil Silvers was born 11 May 1911. He achieved major popularity when he starred in The Phil Silvers Show, a 1950s sitcom set on a U.S. Army post in which he played Master Sergeant Ernie Bilko. The series was set in Fort Baxter in the fictional town of Roseville. #PhilSilvers

US actress Frances Fisher was born 11 May 1952. She gained recognition playing Detective Deborah Saxon on the ABC daytime soap opera 'The Edge of Night' from 1976 to 1981. She later joined the cast of CBS's Guiding Light as Suzette Saxon in 1985. #FrancesFisher