This Day in Rock History: April 3

1956:  Elvis Presley performed "Heartbreak Hotel", "Shake Rattle and Roll" and "Blue Suede Shoes" on "The Milton Berle Show" live from the USS Hancock in San Diego.  Nielsen Ratings estimated that one out of four Americans tuned in.
1960:  Elvis recorded "It's Now or Never" and "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" at the RCA studios in Nashville, Tennessee for his upcoming album.
1960:  The Everly Brothers made their UK concert debut.
1962:  Shelly Fabares hit #1 with "Johnny Angel".
1964:  Bob Dylan scored his first hit in the UK with "The Times They Are A-Changin'".
1965:  "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs was released.
1966:  Peter Tork gave a solo concert at the Troubadour in Hollywood.  He had already auditioned for the Monkees and would join the group later in the year.
1967:  George Harrison recorded the lead vocal, the sitar and some acoustical work for "Within You Without You", a track on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

1969:  Jim Morrison of the Doors turned himself in to FBI authorities in Los Angeles, after being sought for six counts of lewd behavior and public exposure in Miami at a concert March 2.
1971:  Tom Waits performed at the Heritage Coffee House in San Diego.
1977:  After several #1's in virtually every other country, Abba finally reached #1 in America with "Dancing Queen".

1978:  Cher's television special with Rod Stewart aired on ABC-TV.
1983:  U2 appeared on the BBC-TV show "Top of the Pops" performing "Two Hearts Beat As One".
1984:  Producer Jack Douglas wins $3 million he said he was owed him by Yoko Ono for his work on the album Double Fantasy.
1986:  Falco capitalized on Mozart fanaticism with "Rock Me Amadeus", which hit #1.
1988:  Billy Ocean landed on top of the charts with "Get Outta' My Dreams, Get Into My Car'.


1989:  23 people were arrested after thousands without tickets tried to enter a Grateful Dead concert at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1989:  Pepsi dropped Madonna as a spokesperson after the release of her "Like a Prayer" video.
1991:  Paul McCartney recorded a session for MTV's popular "Unplugged" series.




1993:  Depeche Mode had the #1 album in the UK with Songs of Faith and Devotion.
1994:  An upcoming tour by Nirvana and Hole was cancelled due to Kurt Cobain's drug problems.
1994:  Morrissey had the #1 UK album with Vauxhall & I.
1996:  MC Hammer filed for bankruptcy.
1998:  Michael Jackson's daughter Paris was born.
1999:  Dave Navarro left the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
1999:  Composer Lionel Bart died of cancer at age 69.  He was the writer of "Living Doll" for Cliff Richard, the composer of the musical score for "Oliver" and the writer of the theme from the James Bond flick "From Russia With Love".
1999:  Alanis Morisette and Garbage were in concert at the Cox Arena in San Diego.
2003:  Ashanti, Ja Rule and Redman perform for U.S. troops stationed on Long Island.
2004:  Usher had the #1 song with "Yeah!".
2008:  Mariah Carey reached #1 for the 18th time with "Touch My Body", passing Elvis Presley's mark of 17 #1's.  The Beatles have the all-time record with 20.




Born This Day:
1924:  Doris Day
1928:  Don Gibson ("Oh Lonesome Me" from 1958
1938:  Jeff Barry, writer of songs such as "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Be My Baby", "Baby I Love You" and "Do Wah Diddy Diddy".
1938:  Phillippe Wynne, vocalist with the Spinners.
1938:  Jeff Barry, writer of "Leader of the Pack", "River Deep Mountain High" and many others, is born in Brooklyn, New York.
1941:  Jan Berry of Jan & Dean.  Berry died March 26, 2004 after being in poor health from brain damage caused by a 1966 car crash.
1943:  Richard Manuel of the Band.  Manuel committed suicide on March 6, 1986.
1944:  Barry Pritchard, guitarist and vocalist of the Fortunes.  Pritchard died January 11, 1999.
1944:  Tony Orlando

1949:  Richard Thompson, guitarist and vocalist with Fairport Convention
1951:  Mel Sclacher of Grand Funk Railroad
1961:  Eddie Murphy
1968:  Sebastian Bach of Skid Row
1974:  Drew Shirley of Switchfoot

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