1956: Elvis Presley appeared at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas.
1958: Buddy Holly's Fender Stratocaster guitar was stolen while the group was having lunch prior to a concert in St. Louis, Missouri.
1960: The Dick Clark movie Because They're Young, featuring James Darren and Duanne Eddy, opens in New York.
1964: After a long day of filming for their first movie Beatlemania! Ringo Starr says "It's been a hard day's night". John Lennon begins writing lyrics to that title and the phrase becomes the eventual title of the movie.
1966: Buffalo Springfield appeared in concert for the first time, opening for the Byrds in San Bernadino, California.
1966: Jimi Hendrix, Cat Stevens, the Walker Brothers and Engelbert Humperdinck appeared together at The Odeon.
1967: Nancy and Frank Sinatra teamed for a new #1 "Somethin' Stupid". That replaced the Turtles' classic "Happy Together". The remainder of the Top Ten: "This Is My Song" From Petula Clark at #3, "Bernadette" from the Four Tops at #4, the Monkees had #5 with "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You", "Western Union" from the Five Americans was song #6, Tommy James & the Shondells had #7 with "I Think We're Alone Now", the Mamas & Papas came in at 8 with "Dedicated to the One I Love", Aretha Franklin moved into the Top Ten with "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" and "Jimmy Mack" from Martha & the Vandellas rounded out the Top Ten.
1967: "Somethin' Stupid" was in the third of nine weeks at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1968: Aretha Franklin recorded "Think".
1969: Archie Bell of the Drells was released from the military after serving in Vietnam.
1971: The Beatles win the Oscar for Best Film Score for "Let It Be".
1972: Roberta Flack began a six-week assault on the singles chart with her #1 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". That replaced America's "A Horse With No Name" which had enjoyed a three-week stay at the top. "I Gotcha'" from Joe Tex was #3, followed by "Rockin' Robin" from Michael Jackson, Neil Young's former #1 "Heart of Gold" at #5, "In the Rain" from the Dramatics moving up to #6, "Puppy Love" by Donny Osmond, the Stylistics jumped into the top ten with "Betcha By Golly, Wow" at #8, Aretha Franklin had #9 with "Day Dreaming" and Sonny & Cher came in at #10 with "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done".
1972: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" spent a third week atop the Adult Contemporary chart.
1975: Kiss and Rush were in concert at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1978: A song written by the Bee Gees (in this case their own "Night Fever" was at #1 for the 11th consecutive week of what would be 15 weeks in a row for the trio. The rest of the Top Ten--The Bee Gees' former #1 "Stayin' Alive" at #2, "Lay Down Sally" by Eric Clapton, Barry Manilow at #4 with "Can't Smile Without You", Yvonne Elliman remaining at 5 with "If I Can't Have You", Kansas appeared to have a big hit with "Dust in the Wind", Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway jumped from 13-7 with "The Closer I Get To You", Raydio had #8 with "Jack and Jill", England Dan & John Ford Coley moved into the top ten with "We'll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again" and Natalie Cole scored a top 10 with "Our Love".
1978: Dan & Coley held down #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again" for the fourth week in a row.
1982: Billy Joel was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident on Long Island, New York when a car ran a red light. Joel was hospitalized for over a month.
1984: Kenny Loggins had the top song in the land for a third week with "Footloose". Phil Collins was making a move with "Against All Odds" while Rockwell was going the wrong way, down to #3 with "Somebody's Watching Me". Lionel Richie appeared destined for the top with "Hello", moving from 10-4. The rest of the Top Ten: the Pointers had #5 with "Automatic", Culture Club was at 6 with "Miss Me Blind", the Eurythmics slipped to 7 with "Here Comes the Rain Again", the Thompson Twins had a top ten song with "Hold Me Now", Hall & Oates slipped to #9 with "Adult Education" and Van Halen's former #1 "Jump" was at 10.
1984: Lionel Richie spent a second of six weeks at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Hello".
1985: Bruce Springsteen appeared before a sold-out crowd for the fourth of five concerts at Yoyogi Olympic Pool in Tokyo, Japan as part of his "Born in the U.S.A." tour.
1987: Queen was presented with an award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music at the Ivor Novello Awards Show in London.
1988: Pink Floyd began a North American tour at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.
1989: The Fine Young Cannibals overtook Roxette (which slipped to #2) at #1 with "She Drives Me Crazy". The rest of the Top Five: "Like a Prayer" from Madonna at #3, "Eternal Flame" by the bangles, and "Girl You Know It's True" by Milli Vanilli had #5, just another clue that the quality of music was slipping.
1989: "Eternal Flame" was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for a second straight week.
1989: Tone Loc hit #1 on the album chart with Loc-ed After Dark.
1989: "You Got It", which was to be the comeback song for Roy Orbison produced by fellow Traveling WIlbury member Jeff Lynne, reaches the Top 10 four months after Orbison's death of a heart attack.
1992: Queen reunited for a concert dedicated to lead singer Freddie Mercury, who had died from AIDS six months previously. Elton John, George Michael, Guns N' Roses, Annie Lennox, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey, David Bowie and Paul Young join the remaining members in the tribute concert.
1996: The remaining ashes of Jerry Garcia were scattered near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. He had requested a small portion of the ashes to be scattered in the Ganges River in India on April 4.
1999: "Entropy" starring U2 premiered at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival.
2003: Fleetwood Mac released the album Say You Will.
2005: John Fred Gourrier (John Fred and his Playboy Band) died.
2007: Aerosmith, Velvet Revolver and Evanescence appeared in concert at the Quilmes Rock Festival at River Stadium in Argentina.
Born This Day:
1940: Clarence Satchell of the Ohio Players, died on December 30 of 1995
1942: Allan Clark of the Hollies
Birthday boy Edmunds
1944: Dave Edmunds ("I Hear You Knocking") is born in Cardiff, Wales; produced albums by Brinsley Schwarz and the Stray Cats
1947: Mike Chapman
1965: Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes
1966: Graeme Clark of Wet, Wet, Wet
1966: Samantha Fox
1967: Frankie Poullain of the Darkness
1968: Ed O'Brien of RadioheadSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-music-history-april-15.html
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1958: Buddy Holly's Fender Stratocaster guitar was stolen while the group was having lunch prior to a concert in St. Louis, Missouri.
1960: The Dick Clark movie Because They're Young, featuring James Darren and Duanne Eddy, opens in New York.
1964: After a long day of filming for their first movie Beatlemania! Ringo Starr says "It's been a hard day's night". John Lennon begins writing lyrics to that title and the phrase becomes the eventual title of the movie.
1966: Buffalo Springfield appeared in concert for the first time, opening for the Byrds in San Bernadino, California.
1966: Jimi Hendrix, Cat Stevens, the Walker Brothers and Engelbert Humperdinck appeared together at The Odeon.
1967: Nancy and Frank Sinatra teamed for a new #1 "Somethin' Stupid". That replaced the Turtles' classic "Happy Together". The remainder of the Top Ten: "This Is My Song" From Petula Clark at #3, "Bernadette" from the Four Tops at #4, the Monkees had #5 with "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You", "Western Union" from the Five Americans was song #6, Tommy James & the Shondells had #7 with "I Think We're Alone Now", the Mamas & Papas came in at 8 with "Dedicated to the One I Love", Aretha Franklin moved into the Top Ten with "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" and "Jimmy Mack" from Martha & the Vandellas rounded out the Top Ten.
1967: "Somethin' Stupid" was in the third of nine weeks at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1968: Aretha Franklin recorded "Think".
1969: Archie Bell of the Drells was released from the military after serving in Vietnam.
1971: The Beatles win the Oscar for Best Film Score for "Let It Be".
1972: Roberta Flack began a six-week assault on the singles chart with her #1 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". That replaced America's "A Horse With No Name" which had enjoyed a three-week stay at the top. "I Gotcha'" from Joe Tex was #3, followed by "Rockin' Robin" from Michael Jackson, Neil Young's former #1 "Heart of Gold" at #5, "In the Rain" from the Dramatics moving up to #6, "Puppy Love" by Donny Osmond, the Stylistics jumped into the top ten with "Betcha By Golly, Wow" at #8, Aretha Franklin had #9 with "Day Dreaming" and Sonny & Cher came in at #10 with "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done".
1972: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" spent a third week atop the Adult Contemporary chart.
1975: Kiss and Rush were in concert at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1978: A song written by the Bee Gees (in this case their own "Night Fever" was at #1 for the 11th consecutive week of what would be 15 weeks in a row for the trio. The rest of the Top Ten--The Bee Gees' former #1 "Stayin' Alive" at #2, "Lay Down Sally" by Eric Clapton, Barry Manilow at #4 with "Can't Smile Without You", Yvonne Elliman remaining at 5 with "If I Can't Have You", Kansas appeared to have a big hit with "Dust in the Wind", Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway jumped from 13-7 with "The Closer I Get To You", Raydio had #8 with "Jack and Jill", England Dan & John Ford Coley moved into the top ten with "We'll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again" and Natalie Cole scored a top 10 with "Our Love".
1978: Dan & Coley held down #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again" for the fourth week in a row.
1982: Billy Joel was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident on Long Island, New York when a car ran a red light. Joel was hospitalized for over a month.
1984: Kenny Loggins had the top song in the land for a third week with "Footloose". Phil Collins was making a move with "Against All Odds" while Rockwell was going the wrong way, down to #3 with "Somebody's Watching Me". Lionel Richie appeared destined for the top with "Hello", moving from 10-4. The rest of the Top Ten: the Pointers had #5 with "Automatic", Culture Club was at 6 with "Miss Me Blind", the Eurythmics slipped to 7 with "Here Comes the Rain Again", the Thompson Twins had a top ten song with "Hold Me Now", Hall & Oates slipped to #9 with "Adult Education" and Van Halen's former #1 "Jump" was at 10.
1984: Lionel Richie spent a second of six weeks at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Hello".
1985: Bruce Springsteen appeared before a sold-out crowd for the fourth of five concerts at Yoyogi Olympic Pool in Tokyo, Japan as part of his "Born in the U.S.A." tour.
1987: Queen was presented with an award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music at the Ivor Novello Awards Show in London.
1988: Pink Floyd began a North American tour at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.
1989: The Fine Young Cannibals overtook Roxette (which slipped to #2) at #1 with "She Drives Me Crazy". The rest of the Top Five: "Like a Prayer" from Madonna at #3, "Eternal Flame" by the bangles, and "Girl You Know It's True" by Milli Vanilli had #5, just another clue that the quality of music was slipping.
1989: "Eternal Flame" was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for a second straight week.
1989: Tone Loc hit #1 on the album chart with Loc-ed After Dark.
1989: "You Got It", which was to be the comeback song for Roy Orbison produced by fellow Traveling WIlbury member Jeff Lynne, reaches the Top 10 four months after Orbison's death of a heart attack.
1992: Queen reunited for a concert dedicated to lead singer Freddie Mercury, who had died from AIDS six months previously. Elton John, George Michael, Guns N' Roses, Annie Lennox, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey, David Bowie and Paul Young join the remaining members in the tribute concert.
1996: The remaining ashes of Jerry Garcia were scattered near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. He had requested a small portion of the ashes to be scattered in the Ganges River in India on April 4.
1999: "Entropy" starring U2 premiered at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival.
2003: Fleetwood Mac released the album Say You Will.
2005: John Fred Gourrier (John Fred and his Playboy Band) died.
2007: Aerosmith, Velvet Revolver and Evanescence appeared in concert at the Quilmes Rock Festival at River Stadium in Argentina.
Born This Day:
1940: Clarence Satchell of the Ohio Players, died on December 30 of 1995
1942: Allan Clark of the Hollies
Birthday boy Edmunds
1944: Dave Edmunds ("I Hear You Knocking") is born in Cardiff, Wales; produced albums by Brinsley Schwarz and the Stray Cats
1947: Mike Chapman
1965: Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes
1966: Graeme Clark of Wet, Wet, Wet
1966: Samantha Fox
1967: Frankie Poullain of the Darkness
1968: Ed O'Brien of RadioheadSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-music-history-april-15.html
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