1956: Elvis Presley had a screen test at Paramount Studios in Hollywood for the role of Jimmy Curry in The Rainmaker.
1957: The Everly Brothers released "Bye Bye Love".
1957: Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers appeared live in concert at the London Palladium
1961: The Beatles kicked off 92 straight shows at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, Germany. The foursome played for seven hours a night on weekdays and eight hours on weekends.
1963: Fats Domino switched recording labels, signing with ABC-Paramount.
1964: John Lennon was reunited with his father after 17 years.
1965: The Who recorded a show at a Manchester, England television studio for an appearance on Top of the Pops. The group then played a concert supporting Donovan at the Town Hall in Wembley, with Rod Stewart and the Soul Agents opening for both acts.
1966: David Bowie's first single, "Do Anything You Say" was released.
1966: The Troggs recorded "Wild Thing" at Regent Sound Studio in London.
1967: The Kinks were in concert at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland.
1969:: The Beach Boys sued their record label, Capitol, for $2 million in unpaid royalties. The group also announced that they were starting their own Brothers Records label.
1970: Musicians recorded the orchestral scores for the Beatles' songs "The Long and Winding Road" and "Across the Universe" that would be included on the Let It Be album.
1970: The movie "Woodstock" premiered in Hollywood.
1970: Over one million postal ticket applications were sent to Earls Court in London for the forthcoming series of six European concerts by the Rolling Stones.
1971: Led Zeppelin performed in concert for the BBC Radio show Rock Hour at London's Paris Theater. The group performed songs from their forthcoming fourth album.
1972: Mar Y Sol, a three-day festival in Puerto Rico, featured Rod Stewart, Alice Cooper, Emerson Lake & Palmer, the Allman Brothers and Dr. John.
1975: The Bay City Rollers' TV series "Shang-A-Lang" premiered on ITV in the UK.
1976: AC/DC made their live UK debut at the Red Cow in Hammersmith, London.
1976: "Margaritaville" by Jimmy Buffett was released.
1976: Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's house was broken into and guitars valued at over £7,000 were stolen.
1977: Elvis Presley was admitted to a hospital in Memphis following fatigue and intestinal flu. He was confined to a hospital bed for six days.
1978: The Philadelphia Fury soccer team, owned by Paul Simon, Peter Frampton, James Taylor and others, makes their debut.
1978: The #1 song in the UK is "Denis" by Blondie.
1979: The Who released the album The Kids Are Alright.
1983: Kirk Hammett joined Metallica.
1984: One of the most shocking moments in rock history--Marvin Gaye was shot dead by his father at his parent's home in Los Angeles. Gaye had tried to intervene in a squabble his parents were having over misplaced documents, but was killed by the gun Gaye had given his father just four months before. Marvin Gaye, Sr. pleaded guilty to manslaughter after first-degree murder charges had been dropped due to the discovery that he had a brain tumor.
1985: David Lee Roth quit Van Halen.
1989: Madonna collected her third #1 album in the UK with Like A Prayer.
1989: The Bangles went to #1 in the U.S., the UK and Australia with "Eternal Flame".
1992: Jimmy Buffett's daughter Sarah Delaney is born in Nashville, Tennessee.
1993: Carole King, David Crosby, Kenny Loggins, Phish, and Ann & Nancy Wilson of Heart play a benefit concert in Portland, Oregon to save the forests.
1993: Willie Nelson's tour bus crashed into a car in Riverdale, Canada, killing the car driver.
2000: Santana's "Maria Maria" took over the #1 spot in the U.S. where it would stay for nine weeks.
2001: Crazytown had the #1 single "Butterfly".
2001: Spice Girl Mel B was advised to sell her Buckinghamshire mansion because she couldn't afford to keep it.
2002: Paul McCartney opened his "Driving USA" tour at the Oakland Arena in California.
2002: Sum 41 opened a national concert tour in Philadelphia.
2003: Pearl Jam was in concert at Denver's Pepsi Center. Eddie Vedder took a George W. Bush mask and impaled it with his mike stand to the crowd's delight.
2004: Paul Atkinson, guitarist with the Zombies, died at age 58 of liver and kidney disease. Atkinson had been a record executive at Columbia at RCA, helping sign acts such as ABBA, Bruce Hornsby, Mr. Mister and Judas Priest.
2006: Former R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry joined members of the group onstage at Georgia Theatre in Athens to play "Country Feedback".
2007: Modest Mouse had the #1 album with We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.
Born This Day:
1932: Debbie Reynolds is born in El Paso, Texas.
1939: Rudolph Isley of the Isley Brothers
1942: Alan Blakley of the Tremeloes ("Silence Is Golden"
1942: Phil Margo of the Tokens ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
1945: John Barbata of the Turtles
1946: Arthur Conley ("Sweet Soul Music")
1946: Ronnie Lane, vocalist and bassist with Small Faces ("Itchycoo Park"), died on June 4, 1997 (age 51) after a battle with multiple sclerosis
1947: Robin Scott (known as "M" on the hit "Pop Muzik" in 1979)
1948: Jimmy Cliff, singer (remake of "I Can See Clearly Now" and songwriter (Cat Stevens' "Wild World")
1948: Simon Cowe, guitarist for Lindisfarne ("Run For Home"0
1952: Billy Currie, keyboardist for Ultravox
1954: Jeff Porcaro, drummer for Toto in Hartford, Connecticut
1955: Stan Ridgway of Wall of Voodoo
1961: Mark White, guitar and keyboards for ABC
1961: Susan Boyle, singer who caught the world by storm after her appearance on Britain's Got Talent. Susan's album I Dreamed a Dream
1965: Peter O'Toole, Hothouse Flowers
1971: Clifford Smith (Method Man)
1972: Jesse Tobias, musician who has worked with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alanis Morissette and Morrissey.
1981: Hannah Louise Spearitt, vocalist for S Club 7Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-history-april-1.html
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1957: The Everly Brothers released "Bye Bye Love".
1957: Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers appeared live in concert at the London Palladium
1961: The Beatles kicked off 92 straight shows at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, Germany. The foursome played for seven hours a night on weekdays and eight hours on weekends.
1963: Fats Domino switched recording labels, signing with ABC-Paramount.
1964: John Lennon was reunited with his father after 17 years.
1965: The Who recorded a show at a Manchester, England television studio for an appearance on Top of the Pops. The group then played a concert supporting Donovan at the Town Hall in Wembley, with Rod Stewart and the Soul Agents opening for both acts.
1966: David Bowie's first single, "Do Anything You Say" was released.
1966: The Troggs recorded "Wild Thing" at Regent Sound Studio in London.
1967: The Kinks were in concert at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland.
1969:: The Beach Boys sued their record label, Capitol, for $2 million in unpaid royalties. The group also announced that they were starting their own Brothers Records label.
1970: Musicians recorded the orchestral scores for the Beatles' songs "The Long and Winding Road" and "Across the Universe" that would be included on the Let It Be album.
1970: The movie "Woodstock" premiered in Hollywood.
1970: Over one million postal ticket applications were sent to Earls Court in London for the forthcoming series of six European concerts by the Rolling Stones.
1971: Led Zeppelin performed in concert for the BBC Radio show Rock Hour at London's Paris Theater. The group performed songs from their forthcoming fourth album.
1972: Mar Y Sol, a three-day festival in Puerto Rico, featured Rod Stewart, Alice Cooper, Emerson Lake & Palmer, the Allman Brothers and Dr. John.
1975: The Bay City Rollers' TV series "Shang-A-Lang" premiered on ITV in the UK.
1976: AC/DC made their live UK debut at the Red Cow in Hammersmith, London.
1976: "Margaritaville" by Jimmy Buffett was released.
1976: Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's house was broken into and guitars valued at over £7,000 were stolen.
1977: Elvis Presley was admitted to a hospital in Memphis following fatigue and intestinal flu. He was confined to a hospital bed for six days.
1978: The Philadelphia Fury soccer team, owned by Paul Simon, Peter Frampton, James Taylor and others, makes their debut.
1978: The #1 song in the UK is "Denis" by Blondie.
1979: The Who released the album The Kids Are Alright.
1983: Kirk Hammett joined Metallica.
1984: One of the most shocking moments in rock history--Marvin Gaye was shot dead by his father at his parent's home in Los Angeles. Gaye had tried to intervene in a squabble his parents were having over misplaced documents, but was killed by the gun Gaye had given his father just four months before. Marvin Gaye, Sr. pleaded guilty to manslaughter after first-degree murder charges had been dropped due to the discovery that he had a brain tumor.
1985: David Lee Roth quit Van Halen.
1989: Madonna collected her third #1 album in the UK with Like A Prayer.
1989: The Bangles went to #1 in the U.S., the UK and Australia with "Eternal Flame".
1992: Jimmy Buffett's daughter Sarah Delaney is born in Nashville, Tennessee.
1993: Carole King, David Crosby, Kenny Loggins, Phish, and Ann & Nancy Wilson of Heart play a benefit concert in Portland, Oregon to save the forests.
1993: Willie Nelson's tour bus crashed into a car in Riverdale, Canada, killing the car driver.
2000: Santana's "Maria Maria" took over the #1 spot in the U.S. where it would stay for nine weeks.
2001: Crazytown had the #1 single "Butterfly".
2001: Spice Girl Mel B was advised to sell her Buckinghamshire mansion because she couldn't afford to keep it.
2002: Paul McCartney opened his "Driving USA" tour at the Oakland Arena in California.
2002: Sum 41 opened a national concert tour in Philadelphia.
2003: Pearl Jam was in concert at Denver's Pepsi Center. Eddie Vedder took a George W. Bush mask and impaled it with his mike stand to the crowd's delight.
2004: Paul Atkinson, guitarist with the Zombies, died at age 58 of liver and kidney disease. Atkinson had been a record executive at Columbia at RCA, helping sign acts such as ABBA, Bruce Hornsby, Mr. Mister and Judas Priest.
2006: Former R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry joined members of the group onstage at Georgia Theatre in Athens to play "Country Feedback".
2007: Modest Mouse had the #1 album with We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.
Born This Day:
1932: Debbie Reynolds is born in El Paso, Texas.
1939: Rudolph Isley of the Isley Brothers
1942: Alan Blakley of the Tremeloes ("Silence Is Golden"
1942: Phil Margo of the Tokens ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
1945: John Barbata of the Turtles
1946: Arthur Conley ("Sweet Soul Music")
1946: Ronnie Lane, vocalist and bassist with Small Faces ("Itchycoo Park"), died on June 4, 1997 (age 51) after a battle with multiple sclerosis
1947: Robin Scott (known as "M" on the hit "Pop Muzik" in 1979)
1948: Jimmy Cliff, singer (remake of "I Can See Clearly Now" and songwriter (Cat Stevens' "Wild World")
1948: Simon Cowe, guitarist for Lindisfarne ("Run For Home"0
1952: Billy Currie, keyboardist for Ultravox
1954: Jeff Porcaro, drummer for Toto in Hartford, Connecticut
1955: Stan Ridgway of Wall of Voodoo
1961: Mark White, guitar and keyboards for ABC
1961: Susan Boyle, singer who caught the world by storm after her appearance on Britain's Got Talent. Susan's album I Dreamed a Dream
1965: Peter O'Toole, Hothouse Flowers
1971: Clifford Smith (Method Man)
1972: Jesse Tobias, musician who has worked with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alanis Morissette and Morrissey.
1981: Hannah Louise Spearitt, vocalist for S Club 7Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-history-april-1.html
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