1956: Elvis Presley played two shows at Denver Coliseum on Colorado.
1957: Elvis owned #1 with "All Shook Up".
1963: The Chiffons topped the chart with "He's So Fine".
1964: The Supremes recorded "Where Did Our Love Go" at Motown Studios in Detroit, Michigan. The song would become their first #1 song.
1965: Unit Four Plus Two topped the UK singles chart with "Concrete and Clay".
1967: Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Booker T and the MG's, Eddie Floyd and Arthur Conley joined for a concert at Hammersmith Odeon in London.
1967: The Top Five songs on the new singles chart were: #1 "Happy Together" by the Turtles, #2 "Dedicated to the One I Love" by Mamas & Papas, #3 "Penny Lane" by the Beatles, "There's a Kind of Hush" by Herman's Hermits and the fast-rising "Bernadette" by the Four Tops.
1968: The Petula Clark special "Petula" aired on NBC-TV.
1969: Neil Diamond sets a record by selling out the Los Angeles Forum for nine concerts in a row.
1970: The UK premiere of the movie Woodstock was in London. The film was a documentary of the landmark festival in August of 1969 in Bethel, New York.
1971: Chicago became the first rock group to ever sell out a week of shows at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
1972: A brand new singles chart was released on this date and America continued to hold on to #1 with their debut song "A Horse With No Name" for the third week in a row. The rest of the Top Five--#2 "Heart Of Gold" by Neil Young (a former #1), #3 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack (on its way to #1), "I Gotcha'" by Joe Tex and "Rockin' Robin" by Michael Jackson.
1972: Paul McCartney and Wings released the song "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" to protest the Bloody Sunday Massacre in Northern Ireland. The song was banned by the BBC.
1974: Elton John was in his heyday with "Bennie and the Jets" the new #1 song.
1975: Aerosmith released Toys in the Attic.
1977: Fleetwood Mac played the first of three sold-out concerts at the Rainbow Theatre in London.
Journey was off and running
1978: Journey debuted with their first hit "Wheel in the Sky" (and a Top Underrated Song) on this date.
1978: The new chart came out on this date and the Bee Gees dominated #1 for the fourth week in a row with "Night Fever", which would stay at the top for another four weeks. The rest of the Top Five: "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees (which would be the next #1), #3 "Lay Down Sally" by Eric Clapton, "Can't Smile Without You" by Barry Manilow and "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman, another song written by the Brothers Gibb from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
1978: England Dan & John Ford Coley remained at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the third week in a row (out of six) with "We'll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again".
1979: Aerosmith was featured in concert at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
1979: Van Halen began their first world tour.
1982: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts were still #1 with one of the biggest hard rock songs of all-time and a musical statement--"I Love Rock 'n Roll".
1983: Danny Rapp of Danny & the Juniors ("At the Hop") was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gun wound. He was 41.
1985: Songwriter J. Fred Coots died at the age of 87. He wrote over 700 songs, including Pat Boone's #1 "Love Letters in the Sand" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".
1988: R.E.M. changed recording labels from IRS Records to Warner Brothers.
1989: Lol Tolhurst, founding member of the Cure, left his group.
1989: Roxette zoomed to #1 with "The Look".
1989: "Eternal Flame" by the Bangles reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1991: The song with the great melody and beat hit #1, "I've Been Thinking About You", by Londonbeat.
1993: Bruce Springsteen played the second of two sellouts at the Hallen Stadion in Zurich, Switzerland.
1994: Electrician Gary Smith discovered the dead body of Kurt Cobain three days after he had killed himself at his house in Seattle. KXRX of Seattle broke the story at 9:40 a.m. that the Nirvana lead singer and guitarist was dead from suicide at the age of 27. A high concentration of heroin was found in Cobain's body.
1995: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced that Pink Floyd had taken over the fourth spot on the all-time list of best-selling albums with Dark Side of the Moon, which had passed 13 million sales in the U.S.
1995: Take That scored their sixth #1 in the UK with "Back For Good". The single topped 300,000 in sales its first week and won Best British Single at the 1996 Brit Awards.
We miss you, Laura
1997: Accomplished songwriter Laura Nyro died from ovarian cancer. Nyro wrote "And When I Die" for Blood, Sweat & Tears, "Eli's Coming" for Three Dog Night, "Stoned Soul Picnic" for the 5th Dimension and "Stoney End" for Barbra Streisand.
1998: Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood was rescued along with 11 others from a boat off the coast of Brazil after the engine had caught fire. Nearby journalists rescued the dozen passengers shortly before the boat exploded.
1998: Maybe their band should be called the Jailbirds? Tommy Lee of Motley Crue was ordered to serve six months in jail for breaking probation.
2000: Rage Against the Machine wins five California Music Awards for their album The Battle of Los Angeles.
Until the End of Time.
2001: Emma Bunton found success away from the Spice Girls with her #1 song "What Took You So Long". Bunton was the fourth of the Spice Girls to record a solo #1.
2003: The debut of Cher's special "Cher: The Farewell Tour" aired on NBC.
2006: Prince proved he could still do it with his album 3121, which reached #1.
2008: Mariah Carey was all obsessed with "Touch My Body", her new #1.
Born This Day:
1929: Jacques Brel, Belgian singer and songwriter. Dusty Springfield, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, David Bowie and the Kingston Trio are among those who have recorded Brel's songs.
1941: Peggy Lennon of the famous Lennon Sisters
1947: Steve Howe, guitarist of Yes and Asia
1962: Izzy Stradlin, guitarist for Guns N' Roses
1963: Julian Lennon, first son of John and Cynthia Lennon. Julian had hits with "Valotte" and "Too Late For Goodbyes".
1964: Marcel Hall (Biz Markie)
1971: Darren Jessee, drummer of Ben Folds Five
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1957: Elvis owned #1 with "All Shook Up".
1963: The Chiffons topped the chart with "He's So Fine".
1964: The Supremes recorded "Where Did Our Love Go" at Motown Studios in Detroit, Michigan. The song would become their first #1 song.
1965: Unit Four Plus Two topped the UK singles chart with "Concrete and Clay".
1967: Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Booker T and the MG's, Eddie Floyd and Arthur Conley joined for a concert at Hammersmith Odeon in London.
1967: The Top Five songs on the new singles chart were: #1 "Happy Together" by the Turtles, #2 "Dedicated to the One I Love" by Mamas & Papas, #3 "Penny Lane" by the Beatles, "There's a Kind of Hush" by Herman's Hermits and the fast-rising "Bernadette" by the Four Tops.
1968: The Petula Clark special "Petula" aired on NBC-TV.
1969: Neil Diamond sets a record by selling out the Los Angeles Forum for nine concerts in a row.
1970: The UK premiere of the movie Woodstock was in London. The film was a documentary of the landmark festival in August of 1969 in Bethel, New York.
1971: Chicago became the first rock group to ever sell out a week of shows at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
1972: A brand new singles chart was released on this date and America continued to hold on to #1 with their debut song "A Horse With No Name" for the third week in a row. The rest of the Top Five--#2 "Heart Of Gold" by Neil Young (a former #1), #3 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack (on its way to #1), "I Gotcha'" by Joe Tex and "Rockin' Robin" by Michael Jackson.
1972: Paul McCartney and Wings released the song "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" to protest the Bloody Sunday Massacre in Northern Ireland. The song was banned by the BBC.
1974: Elton John was in his heyday with "Bennie and the Jets" the new #1 song.
1975: Aerosmith released Toys in the Attic.
1977: Fleetwood Mac played the first of three sold-out concerts at the Rainbow Theatre in London.
1978: Journey debuted with their first hit "Wheel in the Sky" (and a Top Underrated Song) on this date.
1978: The new chart came out on this date and the Bee Gees dominated #1 for the fourth week in a row with "Night Fever", which would stay at the top for another four weeks. The rest of the Top Five: "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees (which would be the next #1), #3 "Lay Down Sally" by Eric Clapton, "Can't Smile Without You" by Barry Manilow and "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman, another song written by the Brothers Gibb from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
1978: England Dan & John Ford Coley remained at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the third week in a row (out of six) with "We'll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again".
1979: Aerosmith was featured in concert at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
1979: Van Halen began their first world tour.
1982: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts were still #1 with one of the biggest hard rock songs of all-time and a musical statement--"I Love Rock 'n Roll".
1983: Danny Rapp of Danny & the Juniors ("At the Hop") was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gun wound. He was 41.
1985: Songwriter J. Fred Coots died at the age of 87. He wrote over 700 songs, including Pat Boone's #1 "Love Letters in the Sand" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".
1988: R.E.M. changed recording labels from IRS Records to Warner Brothers.
1989: Lol Tolhurst, founding member of the Cure, left his group.
1989: Roxette zoomed to #1 with "The Look".
1989: "Eternal Flame" by the Bangles reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1991: The song with the great melody and beat hit #1, "I've Been Thinking About You", by Londonbeat.
1993: Bruce Springsteen played the second of two sellouts at the Hallen Stadion in Zurich, Switzerland.
1994: Electrician Gary Smith discovered the dead body of Kurt Cobain three days after he had killed himself at his house in Seattle. KXRX of Seattle broke the story at 9:40 a.m. that the Nirvana lead singer and guitarist was dead from suicide at the age of 27. A high concentration of heroin was found in Cobain's body.
1995: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced that Pink Floyd had taken over the fourth spot on the all-time list of best-selling albums with Dark Side of the Moon, which had passed 13 million sales in the U.S.
1995: Take That scored their sixth #1 in the UK with "Back For Good". The single topped 300,000 in sales its first week and won Best British Single at the 1996 Brit Awards.
1997: Accomplished songwriter Laura Nyro died from ovarian cancer. Nyro wrote "And When I Die" for Blood, Sweat & Tears, "Eli's Coming" for Three Dog Night, "Stoned Soul Picnic" for the 5th Dimension and "Stoney End" for Barbra Streisand.
1998: Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood was rescued along with 11 others from a boat off the coast of Brazil after the engine had caught fire. Nearby journalists rescued the dozen passengers shortly before the boat exploded.
1998: Maybe their band should be called the Jailbirds? Tommy Lee of Motley Crue was ordered to serve six months in jail for breaking probation.
2000: Rage Against the Machine wins five California Music Awards for their album The Battle of Los Angeles.
Until the End of Time.
2001: Emma Bunton found success away from the Spice Girls with her #1 song "What Took You So Long". Bunton was the fourth of the Spice Girls to record a solo #1.
2003: The debut of Cher's special "Cher: The Farewell Tour" aired on NBC.
2006: Prince proved he could still do it with his album 3121, which reached #1.
2008: Mariah Carey was all obsessed with "Touch My Body", her new #1.
Born This Day:
1929: Jacques Brel, Belgian singer and songwriter. Dusty Springfield, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, David Bowie and the Kingston Trio are among those who have recorded Brel's songs.
1941: Peggy Lennon of the famous Lennon Sisters
1947: Steve Howe, guitarist of Yes and Asia
1962: Izzy Stradlin, guitarist for Guns N' Roses
1963: Julian Lennon, first son of John and Cynthia Lennon. Julian had hits with "Valotte" and "Too Late For Goodbyes".
1964: Marcel Hall (Biz Markie)
1971: Darren Jessee, drummer of Ben Folds Five
1972: Paul Gray, bassist with SlipknotSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-history-april-8.html
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