1953: Frankie Laine hit #1 in the UK with "I Believe", where he would stay for nine weeks.
1956: Elvis Presley performed in two concerts at the Fairgrounds Pavilion in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1960: Percy Faith spent a ninth week at #1 with the classic instrumental "The Theme From 'A Summer Place'". The Brothers Four had #2 with "Greenfields", Paul Anka was at #3 with "Puppy Love", Brenda Lee moved to #4 with "Sweet Nothin's" and Johnny Horton was moving up with "Sink the Bismark".
1964: The Beatles appeared on the television show "The Morecambe and Wise Show" in the UK, performing "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "All My Loving" and "This Boy". They also took part in comedy sketches with the hosts of the show.
1964: The Beatles had #1 and #2 on the chart with "Can't Buy Me Love" and "Twist and Shout", respectively. Terry Stafford remained at #3 with Suspicion while Louis Armstrong had a surprise hit with "Hello, Dolly!". The rest of the Top Ten: "Do You Want To Know a Secret" by the Beatles, which moved from 14-5, "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)" by Betty Everett at #6, "Glad All Over" from the Dave Clark Five at #7, "She Loves You" by the Beatles dropping to #8, "Don't Let the Rain Come Down" by the Serendipity Singers and Jan & Dean found the top ten with "Dead Man's Curve".
1964: Louis Armstrong spent a fourth out of nine consecutive weeks at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Hello, Dolly!"
1968: Pink Floyd played two shows at the Piper Club in Rome, Ital.
1969: Lulu married Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees.
1970: Santana headlined a show at the Royal Albert Hall in London that also included Taj Mahal and It's A Beautiful Day.
1970: Steel Mill, with leader Bruce Springsteen, appeared at the Main Gym at Ocean County College in New Jersey. Tickets were $2.
Friends of Distinction had a top ten song
1970: "Let It Be" spent a second week at #1 for the Beatles, followed closely by "ABC" from the Jackson 5 and "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum. The remainder of the Top Ten--"Instant Karma" by John Ono Lennon at #4, "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse, the classic former #1 "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel at #6, "Come and Get It" from Badfinger, the Friends of Distinction at #8 with "Love Or Let Me Be Lonely", the Guess Who moving from 15-9 with "American Woman" and the Supremes at #10 with "Up the Ladder to the Roof".
1970: "Let It Be" also was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1970: The number one album for the seventh week in a row (out of an eventual 10) was Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel.
1971: The Jackson 5, Bill Cosby and Danny Thomas were guests on Diana Ross's television special "Diana".
1972: The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards were at #1 in the UK with "Amazing Grace".
1973: The Neil Young movie "Journey Through the Past" debuted at the Dallas Film Festival.
1981: "Kiss On My List" by Hall & Oates topped the charts once again with the former #1 "Rapture" from Blondie at #2 and Sheena Easton's first hit "Morning Train coming in at #3. The rest of the Top Ten had Grover Washington Jr. with Bill Withers on vocals on the song "Just the Two Of Us" at #4, John Lennon falling to #5 with "Woman", Juice Newton's first hit "Angel of the Morning" moving from 12-6, Steve Winwood's big comeback song "While You See a Chance" at #7, Smokey Robinson's "Being With You" moving from 14-8, Styx at 9 with "The Best of Times" and the Police remaining at #10 with "Don't Stand So Close To Me".
Juice reached the top of the AC chart
1981: "Angel of the Morning" by Juice Newton was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for a second week.
1981: Yes announced they were splitting up after 13 years.
1984: Michael Jackson went in for surgery after his hair caught on fire during the filming of his Pepsi commercial on January 27.
1985: Wham! became the first Western group to release an album (Make It Big) in China.
1987: U2 played the second of five concerts at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on their Joshua Tree tour.
1987: Aretha Franklin and George Michael teamed for a #1 song "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)". Starship's former #1 "Nothing's Gonna' Stop Us Now" was at 2 with the great Crowded House song "Don't Dream It's Over" moving into the #3 slot. Prince had #4 with "Sign 'O' the Times" and Lou Gramm's "Midnight Blue" was at #5.
1987: Starship owned #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Nothing's Gonna' Stop Us Now".
1988: Holland/Dozier/Holland, responsible for dozens of Motown hits, are inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame.
1989: Great White released the album Twice Shy.
1992: "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1992: Def Leppard rose to #1 on the album chart with Adrenalize.
1992: Annie Lennox had the #1 album in the UK with Diva.
1995: Tony McCarrol received a phone call telling him he was being fired as drummer of Oasis.
1996: Bernard Edwards, bassist and producer of Chic, died of pneumonia in a Tokyo hotel room during a tour of Japan. Edwards also produced for Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Air Supply, ABC, Sister Sledge, Power Station, Johnny Mathis and Debbie Harry.
2001: Midnight Oil backs out of a proposed tour with INXS and Men At Work.
2003: Kiss and Aerosmith announce a concert tour together.
2003: A star was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Etta James.
2004: Guns N' Roses had the #1 UK album with their Greatest Hits package.
2004: Jessica Simpson, Gladys Knight, Cyndi Lauper, Patti Labelle, Ashanti, Kylie Minogue and Joss Stone star in VH1's Divas Live in Las Vegas.
2005: Reebok pulled a television ad featuring 50 Cent after a mother whose son was shot dead complained it glamorized gun crime. What is truly sad is that Reebok had no clue that they shouldn't be featuring the rapper in an ad.
2009: The Black Eyed Peas began a run of 12 weeks at the top with "Boom Boom Pow".
2011: The current top five songs--Katy Perry's "E.T.", Rihanna at #2 with "S&M", the Black Eyed Peas have #3 with "Just Can't Get Enough", Cee-Lo Green is at #4 with "Forget You" and Lady Gaga has song #5 "Born This Way".
Born This Day:
1901: Al Lewis, songwriter of "Blueberry Hill"
1935: Paul Rothchild is born in Brooklyn, New York; producer of albums such as L.A. Woman for the Doors and Pearl for Janis Joplin
1939: Glen D. Hardin of the Crickets
1942: Mike Vickers of Manfred Mann
1958: Les Pattinson of Echo and the Bunnymen ("The Cutter")
1962: Shirley Holliman, vocalist of Wham!
1970: Greg Eklund, drummer for Everclear
1974: Mark Tremonti of CreedSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-music-history-april-18.html
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1956: Elvis Presley performed in two concerts at the Fairgrounds Pavilion in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1960: Percy Faith spent a ninth week at #1 with the classic instrumental "The Theme From 'A Summer Place'". The Brothers Four had #2 with "Greenfields", Paul Anka was at #3 with "Puppy Love", Brenda Lee moved to #4 with "Sweet Nothin's" and Johnny Horton was moving up with "Sink the Bismark".
1964: The Beatles appeared on the television show "The Morecambe and Wise Show" in the UK, performing "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "All My Loving" and "This Boy". They also took part in comedy sketches with the hosts of the show.
1964: The Beatles had #1 and #2 on the chart with "Can't Buy Me Love" and "Twist and Shout", respectively. Terry Stafford remained at #3 with Suspicion while Louis Armstrong had a surprise hit with "Hello, Dolly!". The rest of the Top Ten: "Do You Want To Know a Secret" by the Beatles, which moved from 14-5, "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)" by Betty Everett at #6, "Glad All Over" from the Dave Clark Five at #7, "She Loves You" by the Beatles dropping to #8, "Don't Let the Rain Come Down" by the Serendipity Singers and Jan & Dean found the top ten with "Dead Man's Curve".
1964: Louis Armstrong spent a fourth out of nine consecutive weeks at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Hello, Dolly!"
1968: Pink Floyd played two shows at the Piper Club in Rome, Ital.
1969: Lulu married Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees.
1970: Santana headlined a show at the Royal Albert Hall in London that also included Taj Mahal and It's A Beautiful Day.
1970: Steel Mill, with leader Bruce Springsteen, appeared at the Main Gym at Ocean County College in New Jersey. Tickets were $2.
Friends of Distinction had a top ten song
1970: "Let It Be" spent a second week at #1 for the Beatles, followed closely by "ABC" from the Jackson 5 and "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum. The remainder of the Top Ten--"Instant Karma" by John Ono Lennon at #4, "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse, the classic former #1 "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel at #6, "Come and Get It" from Badfinger, the Friends of Distinction at #8 with "Love Or Let Me Be Lonely", the Guess Who moving from 15-9 with "American Woman" and the Supremes at #10 with "Up the Ladder to the Roof".
1970: "Let It Be" also was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1970: The number one album for the seventh week in a row (out of an eventual 10) was Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel.
1971: The Jackson 5, Bill Cosby and Danny Thomas were guests on Diana Ross's television special "Diana".
1972: The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards were at #1 in the UK with "Amazing Grace".
1973: The Neil Young movie "Journey Through the Past" debuted at the Dallas Film Festival.
1981: "Kiss On My List" by Hall & Oates topped the charts once again with the former #1 "Rapture" from Blondie at #2 and Sheena Easton's first hit "Morning Train coming in at #3. The rest of the Top Ten had Grover Washington Jr. with Bill Withers on vocals on the song "Just the Two Of Us" at #4, John Lennon falling to #5 with "Woman", Juice Newton's first hit "Angel of the Morning" moving from 12-6, Steve Winwood's big comeback song "While You See a Chance" at #7, Smokey Robinson's "Being With You" moving from 14-8, Styx at 9 with "The Best of Times" and the Police remaining at #10 with "Don't Stand So Close To Me".
Juice reached the top of the AC chart
1981: "Angel of the Morning" by Juice Newton was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for a second week.
1981: Yes announced they were splitting up after 13 years.
1984: Michael Jackson went in for surgery after his hair caught on fire during the filming of his Pepsi commercial on January 27.
1985: Wham! became the first Western group to release an album (Make It Big) in China.
1987: U2 played the second of five concerts at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on their Joshua Tree tour.
1987: Aretha Franklin and George Michael teamed for a #1 song "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)". Starship's former #1 "Nothing's Gonna' Stop Us Now" was at 2 with the great Crowded House song "Don't Dream It's Over" moving into the #3 slot. Prince had #4 with "Sign 'O' the Times" and Lou Gramm's "Midnight Blue" was at #5.
1987: Starship owned #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Nothing's Gonna' Stop Us Now".
1988: Holland/Dozier/Holland, responsible for dozens of Motown hits, are inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame.
1989: Great White released the album Twice Shy.
1992: "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1992: Def Leppard rose to #1 on the album chart with Adrenalize.
1992: Annie Lennox had the #1 album in the UK with Diva.
1995: Tony McCarrol received a phone call telling him he was being fired as drummer of Oasis.
1996: Bernard Edwards, bassist and producer of Chic, died of pneumonia in a Tokyo hotel room during a tour of Japan. Edwards also produced for Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Air Supply, ABC, Sister Sledge, Power Station, Johnny Mathis and Debbie Harry.
2001: Midnight Oil backs out of a proposed tour with INXS and Men At Work.
2003: Kiss and Aerosmith announce a concert tour together.
2003: A star was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Etta James.
2004: Guns N' Roses had the #1 UK album with their Greatest Hits package.
2004: Jessica Simpson, Gladys Knight, Cyndi Lauper, Patti Labelle, Ashanti, Kylie Minogue and Joss Stone star in VH1's Divas Live in Las Vegas.
2005: Reebok pulled a television ad featuring 50 Cent after a mother whose son was shot dead complained it glamorized gun crime. What is truly sad is that Reebok had no clue that they shouldn't be featuring the rapper in an ad.
2009: The Black Eyed Peas began a run of 12 weeks at the top with "Boom Boom Pow".
2011: The current top five songs--Katy Perry's "E.T.", Rihanna at #2 with "S&M", the Black Eyed Peas have #3 with "Just Can't Get Enough", Cee-Lo Green is at #4 with "Forget You" and Lady Gaga has song #5 "Born This Way".
Born This Day:
1901: Al Lewis, songwriter of "Blueberry Hill"
1935: Paul Rothchild is born in Brooklyn, New York; producer of albums such as L.A. Woman for the Doors and Pearl for Janis Joplin
1939: Glen D. Hardin of the Crickets
1942: Mike Vickers of Manfred Mann
1958: Les Pattinson of Echo and the Bunnymen ("The Cutter")
1962: Shirley Holliman, vocalist of Wham!
1970: Greg Eklund, drummer for Everclear
1974: Mark Tremonti of CreedSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-music-history-april-18.html
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