1960: The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Dave Clark Five were the top performers at the NME poll winner's concert at Wembley Empire Pool in London.
1960: Filming began for the Elvis Presley movie "G.I. Blues".
1962: Sam Cooke recorded "Having a Party" and "Bring It On Home To Me".
1965: The Who performed at Bridgewater Town Hall in England.
1965: Bob Dylan arrived in England to promote his new album Bringing It All Back Home.
1966: Dusty Springfield topped the UK singles chart with "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me".
1967: Mama Cass Elliott gave birth to daughter Owen Vanessa in Los Angeles.
1967: Janis Ian performed "Society's Child" at the age of 17 on Leonard Bernstein's CBS-TV special Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution.
1969: The Soundtrack to 'Hair' was the new #1 album, replacing Blood, Sweat & Tears. Galveston by Glen Campbell was #3, with Donovan's Greatest Hits at 4 and Cloud Nine from the Temptations fifth.
1969: Led Zeppelin performed a second night at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.
1969: The Beatles, with keyboard help from Billy Preston, reached #1 in the UK with "Get Back".
1969: On the other side of the Atlantic, an even better song was #1 as 5th Dimension were flying high with "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In". Blood, Sweat & Tears remained at 2 with "You've Made Me So Very Happy", the Isley Brothers took #3 with "It's Your Thing" and "Only the Strong Survive" from Jerry Butler came in fourth. The rest of the Top Ten: The former #1 "Dizzy" from Tommy Roe at #5, "Galveston" from Glen Campbell, "Hair" from the Cowsills at #7, "Twenty-Five Miles" by Edwin Starr moving up to 8, the Zombies checked in at #9 with "Time of the Season" and Steppenwolf had their third top ten hit with "Rock Me".
1970: Tom Jones was the guest on Racquel Welch's television special.
1975: B.J. Thomas set a record with the longest title ever to hit #1--"(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song". Elton John slipped to 2 with "Philadelphia Freedom while Tony Orlando & Dawn was at #3 with "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)". The rest of the Top Ten: Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You", Ben E. King had #5 with "Supernatural Thing", Sammy Johns climbed in his "Chevy Van" for #6, Freddy Fender had song #7 with "Before the Next Teardrop Falls", Hot Chocolate was at 8 with "Emma", Barry White had another winner--"What Am I Gonna' Do With You" and the Blackbyrds' hit "Walking In Rhythm" was at #10.
1977: Grateful Dead was in concert at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, New Jersey.
1977: Studio 54 opened in New York City.
1978: Ringo Starr appeared in his television special "Ringo", which was a musical version of "The Prince and the Pauper".
1980: The Carpenters starred in the television special "Music Music Music".
1980: Blondie prevailed on the UK singles chart with "Call Me".
1980: The group was also #1 in the States, trailed by Christopher Cross's "Ride Like the Wind" and "Another Brick in the Wall" from Pink Floyd. Billy Preston & Syreeta had #4 "With You I'm Born Again". The rest of the Top Ten: "Special Lady" from Ray, Goodman & Brown, Air Supply's "Lost in Love", Bob Seger remained at 7 with "Fire Lake", the Eagles had song #8 "I Can't Tell You Why", Billy Joel stormed into the top ten with "You May Be Right" and Dr. Hook rose to #10 with "Sexy Eyes".
1982: Meat Loaf gave the first of four sold out shows at Wembley Arena in London.
1984: Mike McCartney unveiled the statue of the Beatles by John Doubleday at the new Cavern Walks shopping centre in Liverpool, England.
1990: Nirvana performed at the Pyramid Club in New York City.
1997: Ernest Stewart, keyboardist with K.C. & the Sunshine Band, died of asthma.
1999: Sinead O'Connor was ordained as the first woman priest at Latin Tridentine Church.
2001: Destiny's Child held the #1 position in the UK with their smash "Survivor".
2006: Snoop Dogg was today's daily arrest of a rap star. Dogg was taken into custody at London's Heathrow Airport after a fight in the business lounge. He and his entourage of more than 30 people were upset when they were told they could not board their flight and starting hitting police officers. Once again the moral compass-challenged fans of rap music are left scratching their heads for answers.
2008: Leona Lewis had the #1 album with Spirit.
Born This Day:
1925: Jorgen Ingmann ("Apache" in 1961)
1938: Duane Eddy ("Because They're Young")
1938: Maurice Williams ("Stay")
1940: Giorgio Moroder, producer of Donna Summer and solo artist ("Chase") was born in Ortisei, Italy
1942: Robert Ridarelliu, better known as Bobby Rydell ("Wild One"), was born in Philadelphia
1945: Tony Murray of the Troggs
1945: Gary Wright of Spooky Tooth and a solo star was born in New Jersey
1946: Johnny "Buck" Wilkins (Ronny of Ronny & the Daytonas)
1951: Nick Garvey of the Motors ("Love and Lonliness")
1960: Roger Taylor, drummer for Duran Duran was born in Birmingham, England
1970: Tionne Watkins, known as T-Boz in the group TLC
Stanley Wayne DeMarcus, Jr. (Jay DeMarcus) of Rascal Flatts
1975: Joey Jordison, drummer of Slipknot
1982: Jonathan Lee, vocalist of S Club 7Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-music-history-april-26.html
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1960: Filming began for the Elvis Presley movie "G.I. Blues".
1962: Sam Cooke recorded "Having a Party" and "Bring It On Home To Me".
1965: The Who performed at Bridgewater Town Hall in England.
1965: Bob Dylan arrived in England to promote his new album Bringing It All Back Home.
1966: Dusty Springfield topped the UK singles chart with "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me".
1967: Mama Cass Elliott gave birth to daughter Owen Vanessa in Los Angeles.
1967: Janis Ian performed "Society's Child" at the age of 17 on Leonard Bernstein's CBS-TV special Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution.
1969: The Soundtrack to 'Hair' was the new #1 album, replacing Blood, Sweat & Tears. Galveston by Glen Campbell was #3, with Donovan's Greatest Hits at 4 and Cloud Nine from the Temptations fifth.
1969: Led Zeppelin performed a second night at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.
1969: The Beatles, with keyboard help from Billy Preston, reached #1 in the UK with "Get Back".
1969: On the other side of the Atlantic, an even better song was #1 as 5th Dimension were flying high with "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In". Blood, Sweat & Tears remained at 2 with "You've Made Me So Very Happy", the Isley Brothers took #3 with "It's Your Thing" and "Only the Strong Survive" from Jerry Butler came in fourth. The rest of the Top Ten: The former #1 "Dizzy" from Tommy Roe at #5, "Galveston" from Glen Campbell, "Hair" from the Cowsills at #7, "Twenty-Five Miles" by Edwin Starr moving up to 8, the Zombies checked in at #9 with "Time of the Season" and Steppenwolf had their third top ten hit with "Rock Me".
1970: Tom Jones was the guest on Racquel Welch's television special.
1975: B.J. Thomas set a record with the longest title ever to hit #1--"(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song". Elton John slipped to 2 with "Philadelphia Freedom while Tony Orlando & Dawn was at #3 with "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)". The rest of the Top Ten: Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You", Ben E. King had #5 with "Supernatural Thing", Sammy Johns climbed in his "Chevy Van" for #6, Freddy Fender had song #7 with "Before the Next Teardrop Falls", Hot Chocolate was at 8 with "Emma", Barry White had another winner--"What Am I Gonna' Do With You" and the Blackbyrds' hit "Walking In Rhythm" was at #10.
1977: Grateful Dead was in concert at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, New Jersey.
1977: Studio 54 opened in New York City.
1978: Ringo Starr appeared in his television special "Ringo", which was a musical version of "The Prince and the Pauper".
1980: The Carpenters starred in the television special "Music Music Music".
1980: Blondie prevailed on the UK singles chart with "Call Me".
1980: The group was also #1 in the States, trailed by Christopher Cross's "Ride Like the Wind" and "Another Brick in the Wall" from Pink Floyd. Billy Preston & Syreeta had #4 "With You I'm Born Again". The rest of the Top Ten: "Special Lady" from Ray, Goodman & Brown, Air Supply's "Lost in Love", Bob Seger remained at 7 with "Fire Lake", the Eagles had song #8 "I Can't Tell You Why", Billy Joel stormed into the top ten with "You May Be Right" and Dr. Hook rose to #10 with "Sexy Eyes".
1982: Meat Loaf gave the first of four sold out shows at Wembley Arena in London.
1984: Mike McCartney unveiled the statue of the Beatles by John Doubleday at the new Cavern Walks shopping centre in Liverpool, England.
1990: Nirvana performed at the Pyramid Club in New York City.
1997: Ernest Stewart, keyboardist with K.C. & the Sunshine Band, died of asthma.
1999: Sinead O'Connor was ordained as the first woman priest at Latin Tridentine Church.
2001: Destiny's Child held the #1 position in the UK with their smash "Survivor".
2006: Snoop Dogg was today's daily arrest of a rap star. Dogg was taken into custody at London's Heathrow Airport after a fight in the business lounge. He and his entourage of more than 30 people were upset when they were told they could not board their flight and starting hitting police officers. Once again the moral compass-challenged fans of rap music are left scratching their heads for answers.
2008: Leona Lewis had the #1 album with Spirit.
Born This Day:
1925: Jorgen Ingmann ("Apache" in 1961)
1938: Duane Eddy ("Because They're Young")
1938: Maurice Williams ("Stay")
1940: Giorgio Moroder, producer of Donna Summer and solo artist ("Chase") was born in Ortisei, Italy
1942: Robert Ridarelliu, better known as Bobby Rydell ("Wild One"), was born in Philadelphia
1945: Tony Murray of the Troggs
1945: Gary Wright of Spooky Tooth and a solo star was born in New Jersey
1946: Johnny "Buck" Wilkins (Ronny of Ronny & the Daytonas)
1951: Nick Garvey of the Motors ("Love and Lonliness")
1960: Roger Taylor, drummer for Duran Duran was born in Birmingham, England
1970: Tionne Watkins, known as T-Boz in the group TLC
Stanley Wayne DeMarcus, Jr. (Jay DeMarcus) of Rascal Flatts
1975: Joey Jordison, drummer of Slipknot
1982: Jonathan Lee, vocalist of S Club 7Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-music-history-april-26.html
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