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Post by TJ on Apr 6, 2004 14:34:48 GMT -5
April 6th- 1944
Michelle Phillips,
of the Mamas and Papas is born. 
- 1956
Paramount Pictures signs
Elvis Presley
to a three-picture deal only five days after
he makes his first screen test in Hollywood. 
- 1957
Elvis Presley's
" All Shook Up " is released.
- 1968
Steve Miller,
on tour in England,
writes an article for Billboard
decrying the British rock scene as
" more an industry than a scene...
It's at a low, lifeless point...
The only good bands I've seen are
Traffic,
Marmalade
&
Procol Harum.
I've seen bands doing queer bits
in their underwear to get attention."  ;D
- 1968
Apple Corps Ltd.,
the Beatles' new record company
&
management & publishing firm,
opens offices at 95 Wigmore Street, London.
- 1968
Pink Floyd,
announces founder Syd Barrett
has officially left the group.
He suffering from psychiatric disorders
compounded by drug use.  
(TJ Says Where's Pink, He's Back At The Hotel )
- 1969
Ike & Tina Turner,
Procul Harum,
John Mayall & others appear at the first,
as last,
Palm Springs Pop Festival
&
San Andreas Boogie in Palm Springs, California.
The festival site holds 15,000 people
but 25,000 show up which meant
more force needed to disperse the
crowd & the rioting.  
- 1974
" Ladies & Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones "
opens at New York City's Ziegfeld Theatre.
The premiere is turned into an event:
a 40-foot height Rolling Stone
winged tongue that rises in the air,
2,000 white doves are released
&
a 65-foot long dragon is flown in from San Francisco.
- 1974
The California Jam rock festival
pulls in 200,000 people to see such acts as
Emerson, Lake & Palmer,
Black Sabbath,
Deep Purple,
Black Oak Arkansas
&
The Eagles. 
The event runs with no problems, 
in fact it begins 15 minutes early.
- 1979
The punk/new wave group Blondie
has its first big hit in the U.S. with
" Heart of Glass."
The tune goes platinum on this date,
two months after it hit Number One. ;D
- 1979
Rod Stewart marries actor George Hamilton's
ex-wife Alana Hamilton in Beverly Hills.
- 1985
Miami Steve Van Zandt
announces that he's leaving the E Street Band.
Springsteen hires on guitarist Nils Lofgren
as the replacement.
- 1990
Motley Crue drummer
Tommy Lee
suffers a mild concussion in New Haven, CT.
when he falls after swinging from a scaffolding
above an elevated drum kit. 
- 1999
Tipper Gore,
wife of Vice-President
&
presidential candidate Al Gore,
sits in on conga drums with former
Grateful Dead members Bob Weir & Mickey Hart
during a fundraiser for her husband's
presidential campaign in San Jose, California.
They play " Queen Jane."
- 2000
An all-star tribute to Joni Mitchell
is held in New York featuring performances by
Shawn Colvin,
James Taylor,
Cyndi Lauper,
Richard Thompson,
Sweet Honey,
Elton John,
Cassandra Wilson,
Wynonna Judd,
K.D. Lang
Bryan Adams,
&
Mary Chapin Carpenter.
The special is aired on TNT 10 days later.
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Post by TJ on Apr 7, 2004 13:48:46 GMT -5
April 7th- 1946
Bill Kreutzmann,
drummer with the Grateful Dead, is born.
- 1949
John Oates of Hall & Oates is born.
(John on Right)
- 1951
Janis Ian is born.
www.classicbands.com/ian.html
- 1956
The CBS Radio Network
premieres the first regularly scheduled national broadcast
rock & roll show,
" Rock 'n Roll Dance Party,"
with Alan Freed as host.
- 1956
Little Richard's
" Long Tall Sally " is released.
- 1958
The Platters'
" Twilight Time " is released.
- 1962
Mick Jagger,
Keith Richards,
&
Mick Taylor
meet Brian Jones at the Ealing Club,
a London hangout for those who like the blues.
- 1973
Elton John's
" Daniel " is released.
- 1974
MCA Records releases Elton John's
" Daniel. "
The song makes it to #2.
- 1975
Richie Blackmore,
lead guitar player for Deep Purple,
leaves the group.
The attempts to carry on with
Tommy Bolin at Blackmore's spot.
However, next year they give it up
after making one more record,
" Come Taste the Band. "
- 1979
The two-day California Music Festival
at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum opens.
110,000 people pour in & makes $1.2 million.
The promoters claim it's a finacial loss
though performers like Aerosmith,
the Boomtown Rats,
Cheap Trick,
Ted Nugent & Van Halen make appearances.
- 1981
Early Who manager Kit Lambert
dies after falling down a flight of stairs
in his mother's London home.
With his partner Chris Stamp,
Lambert oversaw the Who from 1964 through 1967
&
produced many of their albums including
" The Who Sell Out " & " Tommy."
- 1981
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band,
start their first European tour in
Hamburg, Germany.
- 1990
Farm Aid IV
is held at the Indiana Hoosierdome.
Performers include Neil Young,
Kris Kristofferson,
Willie Nelson,
John Mellencamp,
Guns N' Roses & Jackson Browne.
Elton John dedicates
" Candle in the Wind "
to AIDS patient Ryan White during the show.
White dies later that night. 
- 1997
Oasis singer,
Liam Gallagher marries actress Patsy Kensit.
- 1998
Wendy O. Williams,
the chainsaw-wielding singer for the punk rock band,
The Plasmatics,
committed suicide in the woods near her Connecticut home.
- 1998
Singer George Michael,
is arrested in a public restroom in Beverly Hills
for lewd conduct.
Days later,
he acknowledges his homosexuality on CNN.
Michael is sentenced to community service for the incident. 
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Post by TJ on Apr 7, 2004 23:43:59 GMT -5
April 8th- 1947
Steve Howe,
guitarist with Yes & Asia, is born.
- 1962
Guns 'n' Roses
guitarist Izzy Stradlin is born.
- 1963
Julian Lennon is born.
- 1973
Neil Young's docu-autobiography,
" Journey through the Past, "
premieres at the US Film Festival in Dallas.
Young is typically ambiguous when describing the film,
a bunch of scenes & images throughout his career:
" It's a collection of thoughts.
Every scene meant something to me
-- although with some of them I can't say what."
- 1974
Elton John earns another gold record.
" Bennie & the Jets "
has John smiling even more as it's a big hit
on the R&B charts as well.
- 1975
Minnie Riperton,
receives her only gold record for
" Lovin' You,"
her recent Number One record.
- 1976
Folk singer Phil Ochs,
hangs himself in Queens, New York.
- 1977
The Damned
becomes the first British punk group
to perform in America.
They play New York's legendary CBGB's.
- 1983
Danny Rapp,
lead singer of Danny & the Juniors
was found dead of an apparant
self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
He was 41.
- 1991
A lawsuit, filed against Virgin Records,
claims that Paula Abdul
did not do all the singing on her hit album,
" Forever Your Girl."
Virgin eventually won.
- 1994
Nirvana
lead singer & defacto head of the grunge generation,
Kurt Cobain
commits suicide by putting a shotgun to his head
&
pulling the trigger at his Seattle home.
He was 27.
- 1996
Ted Nugent,
a staunch hunting advocate,
demonstrates archery at the state capitol
in Lansing, MI.
Nugent declares the sport
a way to keep kids off alcohol & drugs.
- 2000
Santana
performs at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium
with people who collaborated with him on his
Supernatural album including
Dave Matthews,
Lauryn Hill
&
Everlast.
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Post by CorkMan on Apr 8, 2004 20:31:14 GMT -5
That 10 year thing of Kurts death is so annoying, he wasn't even that great but the people who were truely great don't get anything like he is getting eg. Randy Rhodes |
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Post by Ed Hunter on Apr 9, 2004 4:12:32 GMT -5
That 10 year thing of Kurts death is so annoying, he wasn't even that great but the people who were truely great don't get anything like he is getting eg. Randy Rhodes Exactly! i feel the people who really need to be remembered and praised for what they did are: Bon Scott Randy Rhoads Cliff Burton Ingo Schwichtenberg |
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Post by TJ on Apr 9, 2004 11:22:59 GMT -5
Exactly! i feel the people who really need to be remembered and praised for what they did are: Bon Scott Randy Rhoads Cliff Burton Ingo Schwichtenberg Well, I Personally Won't Get Into The Whole Kurt Thing Cos' I Might Say Things To Piss Off Some Nice Laddies BUT I missed Bon Scott In Rock History Cos' I Didn't Start This Thread Till After His Memoriam Date....And As For Helloween's Drummer Sorry Just Each Day YOU Peepz Think Someone Should Be Added To A Certain Day Let Me Know Via PM Thanks!Bon Scott was also an excessive & this would ultimately lead to tragedy. After a night of heavy drinking, Bon died in a car parked outside a friend's flat in South London sometime on February 19, 1980. He was prononced dead on arrival at Kings College Hospital. Bon Scott lies in the Fremantle Cemetery's Memorial Garden in Australia.
I Did Mention Rhandy (The God) Rhodes On 2nd Page Of This Thread
Clifford Lee Burton was born on 10 February 1962. It was a tragic loss when he was killed in that bus accident on 27 September 1986 in Denmark.
Ingo Schwichtenberg
Helloween...
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Place of Birth:
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Post by TJ on Apr 9, 2004 11:34:33 GMT -5
April 9th- 1932
Carl Perkins is born.
- 1956
Singer Nat King Cole
is beaten up by a group of racial segregationists
in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1958
Bill Haley & the Comets
open their first tour of
South America in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The month-long juncket will take them
to Sao Paulo, Montevideo & Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
- 1964
Capitol & Vee Jay Records
settle their feud out of court
over the rights to recordings by the Beatles.
Capitol wins.
- 1965
The Rolling Stones
make their first live appearance on
British TV's " Ready Steady Go! "
- 1966
Percy Sledge's
" When A Man Loves A Woman " is released. 
- 1966
Jr. Walker & the All Stars'
" (I'm A) Roadrunner " is released.
- 1973
Paul McCartney releases
" My Love,"
a ballad which will be the biggest hit
of his solo career thus far.
It goes to Number One for four weeks.
- 1974
At Charley's Place in Harvard Square, MA,
Bruce Springsteen
meets rock critic & former manager Jon Landau. ;D
- 1981
The Sam Goody record chain
&
a top company executive are
convicted of trafficking in pirated tapes.
- 1988
Brook Benton
dies due to complications of spinal meningitis.
He was 56 years old.
Also passing away on this date is
Dave Prater,
of Sam & Dave,
in a car accident. He was 50 years old.
- 1989
Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman
announces he's to marry 19 year old Mandy Smith.
He reveals the two have been dating for 6 years.
- 1989
Alabama
is named artist of the decade
by the Academy of Country Music.
- 1992
Comedian Sam Kinison
is killed when a pickup truck slams into his car
on a desert road between L.A. & Las Vegas.
The 17 year old driver of the car is arrested.
- 1997
Songwriter Laura Nyro
dies at her home in Danbury, Connecticut
of ovarian cancer.
Nyro wrote numerous hit songs including
" Eli's Coming " for Three Dog Night,
" And When I Die " for Blood, Sweat & Tears
&
" Stoned Soul Picnic " for the Fifth Dimension.
Nyro was 49.
- 1997
A&M Records
issues a press release stating that the members of
Soundgarden
have mutually & amicably decided to disband.
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Post by CorkMan on Apr 10, 2004 2:59:36 GMT -5
Well, I Personally Won't Get Into The Whole Kurt Thing Cos' I Might Say Things To Piss Off Some Nice Laddies BUT I missed Bon Scott In Rock History Cos' I Didn't Start This Thread Till After His Memoriam Date....And As For Helloween's Drummer Sorry Just Each Day YOU Peepz Think Someone Should Be Added To A Certain Day Let Me Know Via PM Thanks! Bon Scott was also an excessive & this would ultimately lead to tragedy. After a night of heavy drinking, Bon died in a car parked outside a friend's flat in South London sometime on February 19, 1980. He was prononced dead on arrival at Kings College Hospital. Bon Scott lies in the Fremantle Cemetery's Memorial Garden in Australia. I Did Mention Rhandy (The God) Rhodes On 2nd Page Of This Thread Clifford Lee Burton was born on 10 February 1962. It was a tragic loss when he was killed in that bus accident on 27 September 1986 in Denmark.
Ingo Schwichtenberg
Helloween...
(Drums, 1982 - 89)
Born:
May 18th, 1965
Place of Birth:
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Died: March 8th, 1994TJ just incase you took it the wrong way I don't think me or ED were talking about this thread but all the media and stuff like that , me and Ed were talking about this earlier and had a good laugh about what other people thought of him but the media should concerntrate on the REAL legends of the music industry. Don't forget John Bonham and Keith Moon Ed |
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Post by TJ on Apr 10, 2004 14:49:56 GMT -5
TJ just incase you took it the wrong way I don't think me or ED were talking about this thread but all the media and stuff like that , me and Ed were talking about this earlier and had a good laugh about what other people thought of him but the media should concerntrate on the REAL legends of the music industry. Don't forget John Bonham and Keith Moon Ed I know NO WORRIES Bud!!! April 10th- 1950
Dave Peveret
with Foghat is born.
- 1959
Stray Cats
guitarist/songwriter Brian Setzer is born.
- 1956
Nat " King " Cole
is attacked & severely beaten
by a group of racial segregationists
while singing onstage at the Municipal Hall
in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1962
Stuart Sutcliffe,
an original member of the Beatles,
dies of cerebral paralysis cause by
a brain hemorrhage in Hamburg, Germany.
Sutcliffe met John Lennon
when the two were at art school.
Sutcliffe introduced Lennon
to modern art & literature & Lennon
introduced Sutcliffe to rock & roll.
He joined the Beatles & played bass
(Paul McCartney was on rhythm guitar at the time).
He left the band in 1961
to resumed painting because his headaches
were getting too bad.
By then he had given the Beatles
the look that would soon charm the world,
shaggy, brushed-forward hairstyles.
Stuart Sutcliffe was 22 years old.
- 1967
British Invasion band
Freddie & the Dreamers
hit Number One in the U.S.
with " I'm Telling You Now."
Their only other hit,
the dance the song
" Do the Freddie "
would hit #18 on the pop chart
within several weeks.
- 1968
Rolling Stone
reports Mickey Hart has joined the Grateful Dead
at the invitation of drummer
Bill Kreutzmann.
- 1970
At a concert in Boston,
Doors singer Jim Morrison asks the audience if
" anyone wants to see my genitals,"
just after a brief power failure.
- 1971
The Doors'
" Love Her Madly " is released.
It eventually hits #11.
- 1973
Led Zeppelin
get a gold record for
" Houses of the Holy,"
the first of their five LPs not eponymously titled.
- 1976
Paul McCartney's
" Silly Love Songs " is released.
- 1981
Pretenders guitarist James Honeyman-Scott marries Peggy Sue Fender in London.
- 1982
" Ebony & Ivory "
a duet by Stevie Wonder & Paul McCartney,
debuts on the U.S. charts at #29.
It will go on top be Number One
in both the U.S. & U.K.,
becoming Wonder's first British Number One.
- 1999
" Here, There & Everywhere:
A Concert For Linda,"
a charity tribute concert for the late
Linda McCartney
is held at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Among the perfomers are Paul McCartney,
Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders,
Elvis Costello,
Sinead O'Connor,
&
George Michael.
Proceeds raised funds for animal rights causes.
- 1999
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
appear as the musical guests on
" Saturday Night Live "
with actor John Goodman as host.
Petty plays two cuts from his Echo album.
This is the 2nd time that
Petty & Goodman appear on
" SNL" together.
This first time was in 1991.
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Post by TJ on Apr 11, 2004 0:26:03 GMT -5
April 11th- 1954
Chris Difford
of Squeeze is born.
- 1958
Stuart Adamson
of Big Country is born.
- 1956
The man who later will be known as
Soul Brother Number One,
James Brown,
has his first chart entry when
" Please, Please, Please "
debuts on the R & B chart.
- 1961
Bob Dylan
makes his New York City stage debut
at Gerde's Folk City,
a small Greenwich Village club,
opening for bluesman John Lee Hooker.
- 1963
Parlophone releases
" From Me to You " backed with
" Thank You Girl."
The Beatles third single,
it will be their first to hit Number One in the U.K.
Neither side will be released in the U.S.
until a year later.
Vee Jay will pair
" From Me to You " (#41) with
" Please Please Me " (#3)
&
" Thank You Girl " (#35) with
" Do You Want to Know a Secret " (#2).
- 1965
Both the Beatles & The Rolling Stones
perform at the
New Musical Expresss poll winners' concert.
Also performing are Freddie & the Dreamers,
the Animals,
Kinks,
Searchers,
Seekers,
Herman's Hermits,
Moody Blues,
Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders,
Donovan,
Them,
Cilla Black,
Dusty Springfield
&
Tom Jones.
- 1966
NBC broadcasts the last episode of
" Hulabaloo " which features Paul Anka,
Lesley Gore, Peter & Gordon & the Cyrkle.
They started in January 1965,
a year after ABC came up with
" Shindig! "
- 1970
Paul McCartney announces a
" temporary break with the Beatles,"
citing
" personal differences "
&
adding that he will no longer record with
John Lennon.
His actions are linked to disapproval of
Yoko Ono
&
of Beatles financial advisor
Allen Klein.
- 1970
Peter Green,
founding member of Fleetwood Mac,
announces he will leave the band on May 25
to devote himself to
" what God would have me do."
- 1970
Nice organist Keith Emerson
&
ex-King Crimson bass player Greg Lake
are reportedly checking out drummers
for a new trio in London.
With the addition of Carl Palmer,
they'll become art-rock supergroup
Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
- 1970
The Beatles
" Let It Be " single hits #1 on the chart
&
will stay there for 2 weeks.
- 1976
After doing a show for 40,000 in Sydney, Austrailia,
Alice Cooper
is placed under house arrest at his hotel
until he posts a bond for $59,632.
It's the sum a local promoter claims
to have paid Cooper for an 1975 Austrailia tour
he never made.
The two settle when it is found that
the promoter did not fulfill his part
of the agreement either.
- 1981
Van Halen
lead guitarist Eddie Van Halen
weds Valerie Bertinelli,
costar of the 1980's television hit,
" One Day at a Time." ;D
- 1983
Dave Prater of Sam & Dave
is killed in an automobile accident.
- 1990
Elton John & Michael Jackson
are among those who attend
the funeral of teen-age AIDS victim
Ryan White.
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Post by TJ on Apr 12, 2004 14:48:47 GMT -5
April 12th- 1944
John Kay,
guitarist & vocalist with Steppenwolf,
is born.
- 1950
David Cassidy is born.
- 1954
Pat Travers is born.
- 1954
Bill Haley & the Comets record
" Rock Around the Clock " for Decca Records.
The song is released the following year
when it's included in the film
" Blackboard Jungle. "
- 1954
Joe Turner's
" Shake, Rattle & Roll " is released.
- 1962
Singer/Songwriter
Art Alexis of Everclear is born.
- 1963
Bob Dylan
performs at his first major solo concert
at Town Hall in New York City.
Billboard's review is typical of public reaction:
" Dylan...
is the stuff of which legends are made...
His talent will be around for a long, long time."
- 1966
Jan Berry,
half of the hitmaking surf-rock vocal duo
Jan & Dean,
runs his Corvette into an parked truck
on L.A.'s Whittier Boulevard.
Berry suffers total physical paralysis for over a year
as well as extensive brain damage
which makes it nearly impossible
to return to performing.
They do give it a try in 1973
but it turns out to be a fiasco.
- 1971
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's
live Four Way Street
is certified gold even before it hits the LP chart.
The double record set makes it to Number One
giving the quartet the distinction of
two Number One albums in two tries.
It's the last LP the four will record together
until 1988's American Dream.
- 1973
Rolling Stone
reports a Buffalo Springfield reunion may be in the works.
Says original member Richie Furay now with Poco,
" It's all up to Neil right now."
Stephen Stills have given his consent
as has the original bassist Bruce Palmer
&
drummer Dewey Martin.
The reunion doesn't happen.
- 1977
The Marshall Tucker Band's
" Heard It In A Love Song " is released.
- 1990
James Brown
is released from a South Carolina jail
on work furlough after serving 15 months
of a six-year sentence for various drug charges.
- 1993
Actress Lisa Bonet
files for divorce from Lenny Kravitz.
- 2000
Metallica
files suit against Napster, Inc,
Yale University,
University of Southern California
&
Indiana University
for copyright infringement.
Napster's computer software allows users to trade
MP3 music formats for free.
Yale & Indiana are dropped from the suit
after they block access to Napster on campus servers.
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Post by TJ on Apr 13, 2004 11:39:12 GMT -5
April 13th- 1944
Jack Cassady,
bassist with Jefferson Airplane & Hot Tuna, is born.
- 1946
Al Green is born.
- 1951
Max Weinberg,
drummer for the E Street Band, is born.
- 1965
Winners of the 7th annual
Grammy Awards are announced...
Record of the Year is
" The Girl from Ipanema "
by Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto.
The Beatles win Best Performance
by a Vocal Group for
" A Hard Days Night "
&
the group is voted Best New Artists.
- 1967
The Rolling Stones
perform their first concert
behind the Iron Curtain at the Palace of Culture
in Warsaw, Poland.
Police with batons & tear gas bombs
are required to subdue 2,000 fans
hoping to get into the sold-out show.
- 1967
" Catch My Soul "
closes after grossing over half a million dollars.
Jerry Lee Lewis
portrayed the villian ' Iago '
in the modernized version of
Shakespeare's Othello
&
received the best reviews.
He played it straight except he brought
a new approach when he once ad-libbed
" Great Balls of Fire My Friend Roderigo! "
in Act V.
(That's The One Dex )
- 1967
The Temptations'
" All I Need " is released.
- 1970
Led Zeppelin's
" Whole Lotta Love "
& the album
" Chicago Transit Authority "
both go gold.
- 1971
The Rolling Stones release
" Brown Sugar "
the first record on their own label,
Rolling Stones Records,
which introduces the infamous
licking-tongue-&-lips logo.
On May 29,
the song becomes #1 single.
- 1973
When the J. Geils Band
appear on ABC-TV's ' In Concert '
to sing their hit " Give It to Me,"
they're censored because of the song's lyric
" Get it up."
The same thing happens to Curtis Mayfield
on " Soul Train "
when he performs
" Pusherman."
- 1973
The Who's, Roger Daltrey
releases his first solo album.
The material is composed by songwriters
Leo Sayer & David Courtney
&
is produced by Adam Faith.
" Daltry " makes it to #45.
- 1979
Five days into Van Halen's latest tour,
David Lee Roth
collapses from exhaustion on stage
in Spokane, Washington.
- 1980
The Broadway '50s musical
" Grease "
finally closes its run of 3,883 performances
-- which made it the longest running show
on Broadway, thus far,
&
along way earned a gross over $8-million.
- 1999
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
release their album Echo.
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Post by TJ on Apr 14, 2004 9:46:21 GMT -5
April 14th- 1933
Singer/songwriter
Buddy " Party Doll " Knox is born.
- 1945
Ritchie Blackmore,
guitarist with Deep Purple & Rainbow, is born.
- 1955
Fats Domino's
" Ain't That A Shame " is released.
- 1965
Millie Small
appears on ABC-TV's " Shindig! "
performing her smash
" My Boy Lollipop."
Also on the show are
Jerry Lee Lewis & Neil Sedaka.
- 1967
Polydor Records releases the Bee Gees'
first made-in England record,
" New York mining Disaster 1941."
It was released with a
promotional slogan announcing
"T he Most Significant Talent Since the Beatles."
The single goes #10 in the U.K.
&
#14 in the U.S.
- 1972
David Bowie
releases the first single from his conceptual
" The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars "
-- " Starman " backed with " Suffragette City."
" Ziggy " will remain on the LP chart
for more than a year
&
will finally break Bowie in the U.S.
- 1974
Pete Townshend
appears for the first time as a soloist.
The leader of the Who
performs at the benefit,
accompanied only by his homemade tapes.
- 1975
Having already received
two gold records for the albums,
" The Captain & Me "
&
" What Once Were Vices Are Now Habits,"
The Doobie Brothers
pick up their first gold single
for their country flavored " Black Water." ;D
- 1976
Motown Records & Stevie Wonder
hold a news conference to announce
he's signed a...
" $13 million-plus " contract with the label. ;D
- 1976
Bay City Rollers singer Eric Faulkner
almost dies after swallowing
Seconal & Valium tablets.
The 21 year old, after recovering,
admits to being very tired from the group's hecktic schedule.
- 1979
Dr. Hook's
" When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman "
is released.
- 1980
A New Jersey State assemblyman introduces
a resolution to make Bruce Springsteen's
" Born to Run "
the official state song.
- 1980
The Knack
release their 2nd album
just seven months after their first,
" Get the Knack. "
The 2nd is titled
"...but the little girls understand."
- 1980
Gary Numan releases
" The Touring Principle,"
a 45 minute concert video.
It is the 1st
commercially available home
rock video-cassette.
- 1980
Pete Townshend's
" Empty Glass " LP is released.
- 1983
Pete Farndon of the Pretenders
dies of a drug overdose.
He had been fired from the band the year before
because of his drug problem.
He was 29 years old.
- 1987
Fleetwood Mac's
" Tango In The Night " is released.
- 1989
Tom Petty's
" Full Moon Fever " LP is released.
- 1995
Burl Ives
dies at his home in Anacortes, Washington.
He was 85.
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Post by TJ on Apr 14, 2004 23:24:33 GMT -5
Someday
I Feel It In My Bones,
Members Dex, Corkman & Troll
WILL BE In Rock History 
Btw,
Thanks For The Updates On Your Bands
In The Members Rockin' Section
- To U Guys April 15th- 1942
Allan Clarke of the Hollies is born.
- 1944
Dave Edmunds is born.
- 1965
The Crew-Cuts' cover of the Penguins'
1954 #1 R&B hit
" Earth Angel "
begins a 20-week run on the British charts.
- 1966
Decca Records releases the Rolling Stones'
" Aftermath " in Britain.
Featuring " Mother's Little Helper,"
" Under My Thumb,"
" Goin' Home,"
" Lady Jane,"
" Out of Time "
another gems from their music arsenal.
In 2wks, it will hit #1 for a 9wk stay
at that position on the U.K. album chart.
In the U.S.,
" Aftermath " will reach #2.
- 1967
Decca Records
releases the Who's
" Happy Jack " in the U.S.
The record peaks at #24
making it The Who's 1st record
to crack the top 70.
- 1971
Rolling Stone magazine
reports that the Illinois Crime Commission
has issued a list of
" drug oriented rock records."
Included are:
" Lets Go Get Stoned,"
" A Whiter Shade of Pale"
&
" White Rabbit."
- 1973
Bette Midler
receives a gold album for her recording debut.
One of the year's hottest entertainers,
Midler combines her schick
with elements of the big band era
of the '40s & '50s.
- 1976
Gary Wright's
" Love Is Alive " single is released.
- 1977
Ronnie van Zant & Gary Rossington
of Lynyrd Skynyrd
present a gold disc awarded to them for
" One More from the Road "
to Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson.
This is in appreciation of their fans in Atlanta
&
because the LP was recorded there.
- 1982
Billy Joel
is seriously hurt in a motorcycle accident
on Long Island, New York.
He goes to hospital & stays for over a month
undergoing therapy on his injured hand.
- 1982
Rolling Stone magazine
reports on the growing trend towards EP's,
or
" Mini-Albums,"
which have been succesfully released by
the B-52's,
Devo
&
the Pretenders.
- 1983
Pretenders
guitarist Pete Farndon
dies of a drug overdose.
- 1996
The rest of Jerry Garcia's ashes
were scattered near the Golden Gate Bridge
in San Francisco.
A small portion had been scattered
in the Ganges River in India
11 days earlier.
- 1999
The film " Entropy "
makes its world debut at the
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival.
The movie features U2 in their acting debut.
Bono is the only band member
with lines in the romantic comedy
starring Stephen Dorff
&
co-produced by Robert DeNiro.
The band plays themselves.
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Post by TJ on Apr 16, 2004 9:47:11 GMT -5
April 16th- 1939
Dusty Springfield is born.
She died on March 2, 1999.
- 1956
One week after CBS unveiled
the first national rock & roll show,
ABC airs its own:
" Rhythm on Parade,"
which is broadcast live from
the Flam Show Bar in Detroit.
- 1964
Singer/songwriter David Pirner
of Soul Asylum is born.
- 1965
The Hollies
open their first tour of the U.S.
at the Brooklyn Paramount theater in New York.
The English group
has had only one very minor hit in America,
their Hot 100 cover of Doris Troy's
" Just One Look."
- 1966
The Rolling Stones
" Aftermath "
LP is released.
- 1966
Bob Dylan's
" Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 "
is released.
- 1971
The Rolling Stones
hold an informal celebration
in Cannes, France,
to mark the formation of their label,
Rolling Stones Records.
- 1972
The Electric Light Orchestra
play their first live gig.
Most of ELO's early shows were disastrous:
Roy Woods' attempt to play more
than one instrument would often lead
to him tripping over chords
&
wires just to get to them.
- 1973
Paul McCartney s
tars in his first TV special,
" James Paul McCartney,"
which features his wife Linda & Wings.
Highlights include a rendition of
" Yesterday "
&
footage from several concerts.
- 1976
Boz Scaggs
is cold-cocked by two bouncers outside
the Austin, Texas blues club Antone's
after attempting to go backstage
to see the headliner,
Bobby " Blue " Bland.
Sparks flew when Scaggs was not let backstage
despite him claiming
he was invited by a member of Bland's group.
- 1977
Stevie Wonder
enters the soul chart
with what will be another of his many #1 hits.
" Sir Duke "
is a tribute to Duke Ellington
which will top the charts next month.
- 1977
Fleetwood Mac's
" Dreams " is released.
- 1979
Gloria Gaynor
earns a platinum 45 for her hits
" I Will Survive."
It's the biggest hit of her career
&
a #1 record for 3wks in March.
- 1990
Over 72,000 people
gather at London's Wembley Stadium
for an anti-aparthied concert
honoring Nelson Mandela,
who was recently released from prison.
Performers included
Jackson Browne & Bonnie Raitt.
- 1993
Paul McCartney
headlines a concert at the Hollywood Bowl
to celebrate Earth Day.
He had last performed there
as a member of the Beatles in 1965.
Other performers at the concert include
Ringo Starr,
Steve Miller
&
Don Henley.
- 1993
Singer/songwriter Billy Burnette
announces he's leaving Fleetwood Mac
to concentrate on recording
country music.
- 1995
Bob Seger & wife Nita
become parents to daughter
Samantha Char.
- 1999
Skip Spence,
an original member of Jefferson Airplane a
&
founding member of Moby Grape,
dies of lung cancer
in a San Francisco hospital at age 52.
He had also battled
schizophrenia & alcoholism
&
had been on a ventilator for
11 days before his death.
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Post by TJ on Apr 17, 2004 8:05:28 GMT -5
April 17th- 1937
Don Kirshner is born.
- 1948
Jan Hammer is born.
- 1955
Fats Domino's
" Ain't That a Shame,"
which Billboard erroneously lists for months as
" Ain't It a Shame,"
is released on Commodore Records.
- 1960
Eddie Cochran
dies in a hospital in Bath, England,
from severe brain injuries sustained
in a car crash near Chippenham, Wiltshire.
Also injured in the crash are
Cochran's girlfriend Sharon Sheeley
&
rocker Gene Vincent.
- 1964
The Rolling Stones' debut album,
" The Rolling Stones "
is released in the U. K. on Decca Records.
It will be released in the U.S.
on London Records as England's
newest hitmaker.
- 1965
The Beach Boys'
" Help Me Rhonda " is released.
- 1970
Johnny Cash
performs at the White House
at the invitation of President Richard M. Nixon.
Nixon asked Cash to perform
" Okie From Muskogee "
but Cash refused since it wasn't his song.
Instead,
Cash sang his #1 hit,
" A Boy Named Sue."
- 1970
Paul McCartney
releases his first solo album,
" McCartney."
The self-interview enclosed with the album
basically confirms that
the Beatles had broken up.
- 1971
The Doors'
" Love Her Madly " is released.
- 1971
Carly Simon's
" That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"
is released. ;D
- 1973
Pink Floyd
receives a gold album for
" The Dark Side of the Moon,"
one of rock's landmark albums.
The LP will remain on the charts
for more than ten years
&
become the longest charting rock record
of all time.
1976
Veteran jazz guitarist George Benson's album "Breezin'" enters the album chart. It will go on to become one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time. The albums goes gold on June 4 and platinum on August 10.
- 1976
" Jailbreak,"
Irish rockers Thin Lizzy's
most successful U.S. release,
enters the chart.
It will peak at #18
thanks to their #12 gold single,
" The Boys are Back in Town."
- 1980
Bob Marley & the Wailers
are performers & official guests of
State at Zimbabwe's Independence festival.
Marley calls the event the
" greatest honor of my life."
- 1982
Iron Maiden's third album,
" The Number of the Beast,"
enters the U.K. LP chart at #1.
The British heavy-metal group
says the making of the album,
which contains references to Satanism,
was haunted by mysterious things
like amplifiers blowing out for no apparent reason
&
tapes losing recorded tracks
&
picking up strange voices.
However, the best story is about
a car accident their producer was involved in
soon after the LP's title song was recorded.
His auto repair bill came to 666 pounds,
the Number of the Beast.
- 1982
Toto,
a group of veteran L.A. studio sessionmen,
enter the pop chart again with
" Roseanna " at #81.
It will later climb to #1
&
be named Record of the Year
at the 1983 Grammy Awards.
- 1993
Susanna Hoffs
Former Bangles leader marries screenwriter
M. Jay Roach in Los Angeles.
- 1998
Linda Eastman McCartney,
wife of Beatle Paul McCartney,
dies in Tucson, AZ
while vacationing with her family.
She had been suffering from cancer
since 1995.
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