1958: The Big Beat Show, Alan Freed's rock and roll show, had two performances at Central High School Auditorium in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The tour featured Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Frankie Lymon, the Diamonds, the Chantels, Danny & the Juniors and others.
1964: The Beatles recorded their television special "Around the Beatles" at Wembley studios in England.
1965: Barbra Streisand hosted her first television show My Name Is Barbra on CBS-TV.
1966: The Kinks appeared at the Mecca Ballroom in Nottingham, England.
1973: Faces had the #1 album in the UK with Ooh La La.
1973: The album Dark Side of the Moon rose to #1 for Pink Floyd. It would be the only week the album would top the charts. Aloha from Hawai'i via Satellite would knock the Floyd off the following week but on this day settled for #2. Billion Dollar Babies from Alice Cooper fell from 1-3 with the Best of Bread landing at #4. The rest of the Top Ten: Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin at #5, War's The World Is a Ghetto, Masterpiece from the Temptations at 7, the Soundtrack to "Lady Sings the Blues" by Diana Ross falling to #8, the Beatles/1962-1966 moving from 23-9 and the Beatles/1967-1970 moving from 24-10.
1975: John Lennon was a guest on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show.
1975: Ringo Starr sang "No No Song" on The Smothers Brothers Show.
1978: Mike Oldfield played the first of two shows at Wembley Arena in London.
1979: The Very Best of Leo Sayer topped the UK album chart.
George Benson had another smash album
1979: Minute By Minute by the Doobie Brothers took over from the Bee Gees' Spirits Having Flown on the album chart. 2 Hot! from Peaches & Herb came in at #3 while Dire Straits' debut was at 4. The rest of the Top Ten: Desolation Angels from Bad Company, Parallel Lines by Blondie was #6, George Benson had #7 with Livin' Inside Your Love, Supertramp's landmark Breakfast in America landed inside the ten for the first time, the Allman Brothers Band had #9 with Enlightened Rouges and Rod Stewart fell to 10 with Blondes Have More Fun.
1980: Tommy Caldwell of the Marshall Tucker Band died of head injuries sustained in a car crash near his hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina.
1981: Steve Currie, former member of T Rex, was killed in a car crash returning to his home near Vale de Parra, Algarve, Portugal. He was 33.
1983: U2 appeared at the Rochester Institute of Technology Ice Rink in New York.
1987: Ray Charles encouraged Congress to increase funding for hearing research. "My eyes may be my handicap," he said, "but my ears are my opportunity."
1988: Pink Floyd was in concert at Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas.
1989: Jon Bon Jovi married high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley.
1990: Sinead O'Connor remained at #1 with "Nothing Compares 2 U". Jane Child had the #2 song "Don't Wanna' Fall In Love", Calloway edged up to 3 with "I Wanna' Be Rich", Lisa Stansfield had #4 with "All Around the World" and Michael Bolton moved up to #5 with "How Can We Be Lovers".
1991: Bonnie Raitt married Michael O'Keefe.
1998: The Dave Matthews Band released the album Before These Crowded Streets.
1998: Stevie Nicks released the boxed set Enchanted.
1999: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2002: Sugababes had the #1 song in the UK with "Freak Like Me".
2004: The Recording Industry Association of America sued 477 people, accusing them of illegally swapping MP3's.
2004: George Michael was named as the most-played artist on British radio over the previous two decades.
2007: Amelle Berrabah of Sugababes was arrested for assaulting an 18-year-old woman in a Guildford bar. What kind of people are we giving our money to these days?
Born This Day:
1938: Duane Eddy was born in Corning, New York
1945: John Wolters, drummer for Dr. Hook
1953: Kim Gordon, bass player of Sonic Youth
1961: Roland Gift of the Fine Young Cannibals was born in Birmingham, England
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1964: The Beatles recorded their television special "Around the Beatles" at Wembley studios in England.
1965: Barbra Streisand hosted her first television show My Name Is Barbra on CBS-TV.
1966: The Kinks appeared at the Mecca Ballroom in Nottingham, England.
1973: Faces had the #1 album in the UK with Ooh La La.
1973: The album Dark Side of the Moon rose to #1 for Pink Floyd. It would be the only week the album would top the charts. Aloha from Hawai'i via Satellite would knock the Floyd off the following week but on this day settled for #2. Billion Dollar Babies from Alice Cooper fell from 1-3 with the Best of Bread landing at #4. The rest of the Top Ten: Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin at #5, War's The World Is a Ghetto, Masterpiece from the Temptations at 7, the Soundtrack to "Lady Sings the Blues" by Diana Ross falling to #8, the Beatles/1962-1966 moving from 23-9 and the Beatles/1967-1970 moving from 24-10.
1975: John Lennon was a guest on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show.
1975: Ringo Starr sang "No No Song" on The Smothers Brothers Show.
1978: Mike Oldfield played the first of two shows at Wembley Arena in London.
1979: The Very Best of Leo Sayer topped the UK album chart.
George Benson had another smash album
1979: Minute By Minute by the Doobie Brothers took over from the Bee Gees' Spirits Having Flown on the album chart. 2 Hot! from Peaches & Herb came in at #3 while Dire Straits' debut was at 4. The rest of the Top Ten: Desolation Angels from Bad Company, Parallel Lines by Blondie was #6, George Benson had #7 with Livin' Inside Your Love, Supertramp's landmark Breakfast in America landed inside the ten for the first time, the Allman Brothers Band had #9 with Enlightened Rouges and Rod Stewart fell to 10 with Blondes Have More Fun.
1980: Tommy Caldwell of the Marshall Tucker Band died of head injuries sustained in a car crash near his hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina.
1981: Steve Currie, former member of T Rex, was killed in a car crash returning to his home near Vale de Parra, Algarve, Portugal. He was 33.
1983: U2 appeared at the Rochester Institute of Technology Ice Rink in New York.
1987: Ray Charles encouraged Congress to increase funding for hearing research. "My eyes may be my handicap," he said, "but my ears are my opportunity."
1988: Pink Floyd was in concert at Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas.
1989: Jon Bon Jovi married high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley.
1990: Sinead O'Connor remained at #1 with "Nothing Compares 2 U". Jane Child had the #2 song "Don't Wanna' Fall In Love", Calloway edged up to 3 with "I Wanna' Be Rich", Lisa Stansfield had #4 with "All Around the World" and Michael Bolton moved up to #5 with "How Can We Be Lovers".
1991: Bonnie Raitt married Michael O'Keefe.
1998: The Dave Matthews Band released the album Before These Crowded Streets.
1998: Stevie Nicks released the boxed set Enchanted.
1999: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2002: Sugababes had the #1 song in the UK with "Freak Like Me".
2004: The Recording Industry Association of America sued 477 people, accusing them of illegally swapping MP3's.
2004: George Michael was named as the most-played artist on British radio over the previous two decades.
2007: Amelle Berrabah of Sugababes was arrested for assaulting an 18-year-old woman in a Guildford bar. What kind of people are we giving our money to these days?
Born This Day:
1938: Duane Eddy was born in Corning, New York
1945: John Wolters, drummer for Dr. Hook
1953: Kim Gordon, bass player of Sonic Youth
1961: Roland Gift of the Fine Young Cannibals was born in Birmingham, England
1968: Howard Donald of Take ThatSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-music-history-april-28.html
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