1963: Publicist Andrew Oldham and agent Eric Easton signed a management contract with the Rolling Stones.
1967: Jimi Hendrix, Cat Stevens, Engelbert Humperdinck and the Walker Brothers played two concerts at Bournemouth Winter Gardens in England.
1967: Aretha Franklin released her cover of the Otis Redding song "Respect".
1968: The musical Hair opened on Broadway.
1969: Ringo Starr added the lead vocal to "Octopus's Garden" for the upcoming Beatles' album Abbey Road.
1971: Bill Graham announced he was closing both Fillmores in San Francisco and New York.
1972: Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" remained at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the fifth week in a row.
1972: Flack set a record when her album First Take reached #1 on the album chart in its 118th week on the chart. The album first charted in 1970, fell off the chart on June 13 of 1970 and then re-entered on March 18, 1972 after 91 weeks. The album then climbed to #1 on this date back in 1972.
1973: The Bay City Rollers were at the Odeon Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1973: John Denver began his weekly "John Denver Show" on BBC TV in the U.K.
1975: The Bee Gees released the album that would launch them into superstardom, Main Course.
1977: The Grateful Dead played the first of five concerts at the Palladium in New York City.
1977: The Kinks were at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1979: Van Halen released the single "Dance the Night Away".
1980: Black Sabbath appeared in concert for the first time with Ronnie James Dio aboard as lead singer.
1988: B.W. Stevenson, who gave us the great song "My Maria" died after heart surgery.
1988: After stealing George Harrison's wife from him, Eric Clapton announced that he and Patti Boyd were divorcing.
1990: Floyd Butler of the Friends of Distinction died of a heart attack at the age of 49.
1992: Sheena Easton collapsed on stage during a performance of Man of La Mancha on Broadway. The illness was later determined to be an intestinal ailment.
1992: Paula Abdul married actor Emilio Estevez.
1993: Gilby Clarke of Guns N' Roses broke his hand in a motorcycle accident, causing the group to cancel several concerts.
1993: Elite guitarist Mick Ronson, who played for David Bowie, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Morrissey, died of cancer in England.
1995: Rapper Tupac Shakur married Keisha Morris inside the Clinton Correctional Facility where he was serving a four-year sentence for sex abuse. Sounds like a match in heaven--a jailbird and a woman who was looking for the worst man she could find.
1996: Phil Spector canceled a recording session with Celine Dion due to lack of a recording contract.
1998: Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler broke his knee while in concert in Anchorage, Alaska, delaying the group's tour.
2003: The movie Only the Strong Survive, starring Jerry Butler and many other R&B singers, opened in New York.
The respectable Pearl Jam
2003: Pearl Jam purchased a 1,400 square-mile area of rainforest in Madagascar to compensate for the greenhouse gas emissions they estimated would be released because of their North American tour. You wish everyone would act that responsibly.
2004: Christina Aguilera canceled her spring tour due to vocal strain.
2005: Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary had a bone marrow transplant in her battle with leukemia; she died four years later.
Born This Day:
1928: Carl Gardner of the Coasters
1929: Ray Barretto, who played percussion for the Bee Gees and Rolling Stones, was born in Brooklyn, New York
1931: Lonnie Donnegan, who wrote the Dr. Demento staple "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight"; died November 3, 2002
1933: Poet and songwriter Rod McKuen was born; his songs include the #1 "Seasons in the Sun" for Terry Jacks in 1974
1936: April Stevens; recorded "Deep Purple" with brother Nino Temple
1942: Klaus Voorman, bassist for Manfred Mann and John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band; designer of the album cover for the Beatles' Revolver.
1943: Fantastic Johnny C Corley ("Boogaloo Down Broadway")
1945: Tammi Terrell; died of a brain tumor March 16, 1970
1947: Tommy James was born in Dayton, Ohio
1949: Francis Rossi of the Status Quo ("Pictures of Matchstick Men"
1953: Bill Drummond, musician, songwriter, producer; joined Big In Japan and formed KLF ("3 AM Eternal")
1968: Carnie Wilson, daughter of Beach Boy Brian Wilson and future member of Wilson Phillips
1971: Tamara Johnson-George of SWV
1973: Mike Hogan, bass guitarist for the Cranberries
1979: Jo O'Meara of S Club
1980: Kian Egan of WestlifeSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-music-history-april-29.html
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1967: Jimi Hendrix, Cat Stevens, Engelbert Humperdinck and the Walker Brothers played two concerts at Bournemouth Winter Gardens in England.
1967: Aretha Franklin released her cover of the Otis Redding song "Respect".
1968: The musical Hair opened on Broadway.
1969: Ringo Starr added the lead vocal to "Octopus's Garden" for the upcoming Beatles' album Abbey Road.
1971: Bill Graham announced he was closing both Fillmores in San Francisco and New York.
1972: Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" remained at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the fifth week in a row.
1972: Flack set a record when her album First Take reached #1 on the album chart in its 118th week on the chart. The album first charted in 1970, fell off the chart on June 13 of 1970 and then re-entered on March 18, 1972 after 91 weeks. The album then climbed to #1 on this date back in 1972.
1973: The Bay City Rollers were at the Odeon Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1973: John Denver began his weekly "John Denver Show" on BBC TV in the U.K.
1975: The Bee Gees released the album that would launch them into superstardom, Main Course.
1977: The Grateful Dead played the first of five concerts at the Palladium in New York City.
1977: The Kinks were at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1979: Van Halen released the single "Dance the Night Away".
1980: Black Sabbath appeared in concert for the first time with Ronnie James Dio aboard as lead singer.
1988: B.W. Stevenson, who gave us the great song "My Maria" died after heart surgery.
1988: After stealing George Harrison's wife from him, Eric Clapton announced that he and Patti Boyd were divorcing.
1990: Floyd Butler of the Friends of Distinction died of a heart attack at the age of 49.
1992: Sheena Easton collapsed on stage during a performance of Man of La Mancha on Broadway. The illness was later determined to be an intestinal ailment.
1992: Paula Abdul married actor Emilio Estevez.
1993: Gilby Clarke of Guns N' Roses broke his hand in a motorcycle accident, causing the group to cancel several concerts.
1993: Elite guitarist Mick Ronson, who played for David Bowie, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Morrissey, died of cancer in England.
1995: Rapper Tupac Shakur married Keisha Morris inside the Clinton Correctional Facility where he was serving a four-year sentence for sex abuse. Sounds like a match in heaven--a jailbird and a woman who was looking for the worst man she could find.
1996: Phil Spector canceled a recording session with Celine Dion due to lack of a recording contract.
1998: Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler broke his knee while in concert in Anchorage, Alaska, delaying the group's tour.
2003: The movie Only the Strong Survive, starring Jerry Butler and many other R&B singers, opened in New York.
The respectable Pearl Jam
2003: Pearl Jam purchased a 1,400 square-mile area of rainforest in Madagascar to compensate for the greenhouse gas emissions they estimated would be released because of their North American tour. You wish everyone would act that responsibly.
2004: Christina Aguilera canceled her spring tour due to vocal strain.
2005: Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary had a bone marrow transplant in her battle with leukemia; she died four years later.
Born This Day:
1928: Carl Gardner of the Coasters
1929: Ray Barretto, who played percussion for the Bee Gees and Rolling Stones, was born in Brooklyn, New York
1931: Lonnie Donnegan, who wrote the Dr. Demento staple "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight"; died November 3, 2002
1933: Poet and songwriter Rod McKuen was born; his songs include the #1 "Seasons in the Sun" for Terry Jacks in 1974
1936: April Stevens; recorded "Deep Purple" with brother Nino Temple
1942: Klaus Voorman, bassist for Manfred Mann and John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band; designer of the album cover for the Beatles' Revolver.
1943: Fantastic Johnny C Corley ("Boogaloo Down Broadway")
1945: Tammi Terrell; died of a brain tumor March 16, 1970
1947: Tommy James was born in Dayton, Ohio
1949: Francis Rossi of the Status Quo ("Pictures of Matchstick Men"
1953: Bill Drummond, musician, songwriter, producer; joined Big In Japan and formed KLF ("3 AM Eternal")
1968: Carnie Wilson, daughter of Beach Boy Brian Wilson and future member of Wilson Phillips
1971: Tamara Johnson-George of SWV
1973: Mike Hogan, bass guitarist for the Cranberries
1979: Jo O'Meara of S Club
1980: Kian Egan of WestlifeSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-music-history-april-29.html
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