1956: Elvis Presley performed at the Municipal Auditorium in Oklahoma City, Texas.
1956: Clyde McPhatter of the Drifters was released from the U.S. Armed Forces.
1965: The movie "Teenage Command Performance) featuring the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, the Supremes, the Four Tops, James Brown and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles opened in London.
1965: The Beatles released "Ticket to Ride" on Capitol records.
1969: Smile, the group that would later become Queen, appeared at the Revolution Club in London.
1969: "Galveston" by Glen Campbell spent a fourth out of six weeks at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1969: The classic "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by the 5th Dimension was #1 for the second out of six consecutive weeks. Blood, Sweat & Tears would have to settle for #2 because of the competition with "You've Made Me So Very Happy". The rest of the Top Ten: The Isley Brothers at #3 with "It's Your Thing", Jerry Butler had #4 with "Only the Strong Survive", Tommy Roe was at 5 with his former #1 "Dizzy", Glen Campbell dropped to 6 with "Galveston", the Cowsills moved "Hair" up to #7, Edwin Starr had song #8 with "Twenty-Five Miles", the Zombies were at position #9 with "Time of the Season" and Steppenwolf hopped into the top ten with "Rock Me".
1974: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the State Theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Only 250 people attended.
1975: The Captain & Tennille had their first single debut on the chart on this date with "Love Will Keep Us Together".
1975: The Stylistics had the #1 album in the UK with The Best Of the Stylistics.
1975: Pink Floyd was in concert at the Tucson Community Center Arena in Arizona.
1975: Tony Orlando & Dawn had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You).
1975: Led Zeppelin remained at #1 on the album chart with "Physical Graffiti".
1975: Elton John fired bassist Dee Murray and drummer Nigel Olsson.
1975: Elton ruled the charts with "Philadelphia Freedom", followed by B.J. Thomas at #2 with (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song", Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You" and Ringo Starr at #4 with "No No Song". The rest of the Top Ten: "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) by Tony Orlando & Dawn moving from 23-5, Ben E King getting a top ten song with "Supernatural Thing", Sammy Johns' "Chevy Van" at #7, Barry White coming in at 8 with "What Am I Gonna' Do With You", Hot Chocolate with their first top ten "Emma" and Freddy Fender's "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" at #10.
1978: Patti Smith released "Because the Night"
1980: 32-year-old Geordie Brian Johnson became the lead singer of AC/DC, replacing Bon Scott who had died after a drinking binge.
1980: R.E.M. performed for the first time as a group at the 11:11 Koffee Club in Athens, Georgia before 150 people.
1980: Air Supply was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the fourth out of six weeks with "Lost In Love".
1980: Blondie began a six week run at #1 with "Call Me" from An American Gigolo. Pink Floyd was displaced and dropped to #2 with "Another Brick in the Wall", Christopher Cross's debut "Ride Like the Wind" had reached #3 and Billy Preston & Syreeta's "With You I'm Born Again" moved up to #4. The rest of the Top Ten: "Special Lady" from Ray, Goodman & Brown, Air Supply's first hit "Lost in Love" moved from 12-6, Bob Seger entered the top ten with "Fire Lake", the Eagles rose to #8 with "I Can't Tell You Why", the Spinners were at #9 with "Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl" and Michael Jackson remained at #10 with "Off the Wall".
1986: Whitney Houston dominated the album chart, spending a ninth week (out of 14) at #1.
1986: George Michael reached #1 in the UK with "A Different Corner". He became only the second person (Stevie Wonder was the first) to reach #1 with a song that was written, sung, played, arranged and produced by the same person.
1986: "Overjoyed" by Stevie Wonder spent a second week atop the Adult Contemporary chart.
1988: Sonny Bono was inaugurated as Mayor of Palm Springs.
1989: Weird "Al" Yankovic records "Grapefruit Diet", "It's All About the Pentiums" and "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" for his Running With Scissors album.
1993: Saxophonist Steve Douglas, who played on "Da Doo Ron Ron" and "Be My Baby", died at the age of 55.
2002: Layne Staley of Alice and Chains was found dead in his apartment.
Born This Day:
1928: Alexis Korner, who, if you followed this blog's story about the British Family Tree, you know was a major force behind the birth of rock and roll in Britain as a member of Blues Incorporated; he died January 1, 1984
1942: Alan Price, keyboardist with the Animals was born in County Durham, England
1943: Eve Graham, singer with the New Seekers ("I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing"
1944: Bernie Worrell, keyboards for Parliament and Funkadelic
1947: Mark Volman of the Turtles and Mothers of Invention; also worked with Bruce Springsteen, T. Rex and Frank Zappa
1953: Rod Morganstein of WingerSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-music-history-april-19.html
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1956: Clyde McPhatter of the Drifters was released from the U.S. Armed Forces.
1965: The movie "Teenage Command Performance) featuring the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, the Supremes, the Four Tops, James Brown and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles opened in London.
1965: The Beatles released "Ticket to Ride" on Capitol records.
1969: Smile, the group that would later become Queen, appeared at the Revolution Club in London.
1969: "Galveston" by Glen Campbell spent a fourth out of six weeks at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1969: The classic "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by the 5th Dimension was #1 for the second out of six consecutive weeks. Blood, Sweat & Tears would have to settle for #2 because of the competition with "You've Made Me So Very Happy". The rest of the Top Ten: The Isley Brothers at #3 with "It's Your Thing", Jerry Butler had #4 with "Only the Strong Survive", Tommy Roe was at 5 with his former #1 "Dizzy", Glen Campbell dropped to 6 with "Galveston", the Cowsills moved "Hair" up to #7, Edwin Starr had song #8 with "Twenty-Five Miles", the Zombies were at position #9 with "Time of the Season" and Steppenwolf hopped into the top ten with "Rock Me".
1974: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the State Theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Only 250 people attended.
1975: The Captain & Tennille had their first single debut on the chart on this date with "Love Will Keep Us Together".
1975: The Stylistics had the #1 album in the UK with The Best Of the Stylistics.
1975: Pink Floyd was in concert at the Tucson Community Center Arena in Arizona.
1975: Tony Orlando & Dawn had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You).
1975: Led Zeppelin remained at #1 on the album chart with "Physical Graffiti".
1975: Elton John fired bassist Dee Murray and drummer Nigel Olsson.
1975: Elton ruled the charts with "Philadelphia Freedom", followed by B.J. Thomas at #2 with (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song", Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You" and Ringo Starr at #4 with "No No Song". The rest of the Top Ten: "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) by Tony Orlando & Dawn moving from 23-5, Ben E King getting a top ten song with "Supernatural Thing", Sammy Johns' "Chevy Van" at #7, Barry White coming in at 8 with "What Am I Gonna' Do With You", Hot Chocolate with their first top ten "Emma" and Freddy Fender's "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" at #10.
1978: Patti Smith released "Because the Night"
1980: 32-year-old Geordie Brian Johnson became the lead singer of AC/DC, replacing Bon Scott who had died after a drinking binge.
1980: R.E.M. performed for the first time as a group at the 11:11 Koffee Club in Athens, Georgia before 150 people.
1980: Air Supply was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the fourth out of six weeks with "Lost In Love".
1980: Blondie began a six week run at #1 with "Call Me" from An American Gigolo. Pink Floyd was displaced and dropped to #2 with "Another Brick in the Wall", Christopher Cross's debut "Ride Like the Wind" had reached #3 and Billy Preston & Syreeta's "With You I'm Born Again" moved up to #4. The rest of the Top Ten: "Special Lady" from Ray, Goodman & Brown, Air Supply's first hit "Lost in Love" moved from 12-6, Bob Seger entered the top ten with "Fire Lake", the Eagles rose to #8 with "I Can't Tell You Why", the Spinners were at #9 with "Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl" and Michael Jackson remained at #10 with "Off the Wall".
1986: Whitney Houston dominated the album chart, spending a ninth week (out of 14) at #1.
1986: George Michael reached #1 in the UK with "A Different Corner". He became only the second person (Stevie Wonder was the first) to reach #1 with a song that was written, sung, played, arranged and produced by the same person.
1986: "Overjoyed" by Stevie Wonder spent a second week atop the Adult Contemporary chart.
1988: Sonny Bono was inaugurated as Mayor of Palm Springs.
1989: Weird "Al" Yankovic records "Grapefruit Diet", "It's All About the Pentiums" and "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" for his Running With Scissors album.
1993: Saxophonist Steve Douglas, who played on "Da Doo Ron Ron" and "Be My Baby", died at the age of 55.
2002: Layne Staley of Alice and Chains was found dead in his apartment.
Born This Day:
1928: Alexis Korner, who, if you followed this blog's story about the British Family Tree, you know was a major force behind the birth of rock and roll in Britain as a member of Blues Incorporated; he died January 1, 1984
1942: Alan Price, keyboardist with the Animals was born in County Durham, England
1943: Eve Graham, singer with the New Seekers ("I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing"
1944: Bernie Worrell, keyboards for Parliament and Funkadelic
1947: Mark Volman of the Turtles and Mothers of Invention; also worked with Bruce Springsteen, T. Rex and Frank Zappa
1953: Rod Morganstein of WingerSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-music-history-april-19.html
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