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1949 - Phil Spector
Phil Spector's father committed suicide when Phil was just 9 years old. The title of the song 'To Know Him Is To Love Him,' which Phil Spector wrote for the Teddy Bears, (the only vocal group of which he was a member), comes from the inscription on his father's headstone. The song spent three weeks at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1958.
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April 17, 1960 — "Summertime Blues" rocker Eddie Cochran is killed at age 21 and Gene Vincent ("Be-Bop-A-Lula") is seriously injured when their speeding taxi driver loses control and crashes into a light pole in Chippenham, England. (Photo, left: Memorial at crash site)
1964 — The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Washington laboratory reports it cannot determine the lyrics to the 1963 Kingsmen hit "Louie, Louie" after playing it at various speeds. The FBI ends it probe, which began after receiving public complaints that the indecipherable words may have been dirty and violated laws against the interstate transportation of obscene material.
April 18, 1957 — Second Lieutenant Buddy Knox is called up for six months of active duty with the U.S. Army Reserves in his home state of Texas, during which his second hit, "Rock Your Little Baby To Sleep," is issued listing his military rank.
April 19, 1988 — Sonny Bono of Sonny & Cher is inaugurated as mayor of Palm Springs, California.
April 20, 1970 — The New York Times reports on "submarine churches" inspired by the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine." Their logos adapt the Christian fish symbol into variations of a submarine with the periscope forming a peace sign.
April 21, 1962 — Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles appear on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with a song they hadn't recorded — "I Sold My Heart To The Junkman." It was actually taped by Chicago's Starlets ("Better Tell Him No"). While touring Philadelphia, they waxed the song at the request of a used car dealer who owned a studio on his lot. He issued the recording on his Newtown label, but gave singing credit to a local group led by Patricia Holt, who became Patti LaBelle when the group adopted the Bluebelles name. The Starlets sue the record company and win $5,000 each, but the disc rises to #15 pop / #13 R&B and the Blue-Bells become stars while the Chicago group soon breaks up.
1977 — Elvis Presley begins his final concert tour in Greensboro, North Carolina.
April 22, 1962 — Jerry Lee Lewis' first son, three-year-old Steve Allen (named after the TV host and good friend), drowns in the family pool.
April 23, 1954 — "Work With Me Annie" by the Royals is issued, beginning the era of the answer record. It becomes so popular (#1 R&B, #22 pop) that the group is renamed the Midnighters (eventually Hank Ballard & The Midnighters) to avoid confusion with the "5" Royales, who are under contract to the same record company.
1959 — After 24 years on radio and TV, the final Saturday night broadcast of the musical countdown show Your Hit Parade airs on NBC television.
The final Top Five:
#5 - "I Need Your Love Tonight" (Elvis Presley)
#4 - "It's Just A Matter Of Time" (Brook Benton)
#3 - "Never Be Anyone Else But You" (Ricky Nelson)
#2 - "Pink Shoe Laces" (Dodie Stevens)
#1 - "Come Softly To Me" (The Fleetwoods)
2012 — The Beach Boys begin their 50th anniversary tour, which reunites Brian Wilson with fellow founders Mike Love and Al Jardine along with longtime members Bruce Johnston and David Marks.
Sources:
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On This Day in Black Music History (Jay Warner)
Chronology of American Popular Music, 1900-2000 (Frank Hoffman)
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1939 - Johnny Tillotson
American singer-songwriter Johnny Tillotson who had the 1960 US No.2 and 1961 UK No.1 single 'Poetry In Motion'. He enjoyed his greatest success in the early 1960s, when he scored nine top-ten hits. Tillotson died on 1 April 2025, age 86, from complications of Parkinson's disease.
1934 - Ray Campi
American singer and musician Ray Campi. Nicknamed "The King of Rockabilly", he first recorded in the mid-1950s. Campi's trademark was his white double bass, which he often jumped on top of and "rode" while playing. He died died in his sleep at home on March 11, 2021, at the age of 86.
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1966 - The Beatles
During a 12 hour session at Abbey Road studios in London The Beatles worked on a new John Lennon song 'And Your Bird Can Sing', and a new George Harrison song 'Taxman'. The Beatles first recorded 'And Your Bird Can Sing' in the style of the Byrds. This discarded version was released on the 1996 Anthology 2 and includes the sound of Lennon and McCartney laughing their way through a vocal overdub and being unable to sing.
Music History UPDATE
Those born on this date include: Don Barbour, singer (The Four Freshmen) in 1927
Alexis Korner, British blues musician in 1928
Dickie Goodman, parody singer and producer ("The Flying Saucer"; "Mr. Jaws") in 1934
Genya Ravan, vocalist (Goldie & the Gingerbreads, Ten Wheel Drive) in 1940
Alan Price, English rock keyboardist (Animals - "House of the Rising Sun") in 1942
Eve Graham [Beatson], Scottish pop singer (The New Seekers - "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing") in 1943
Bernie Worrell, keyboardist (Funkadelic) in 1944
Michael Stewart, folk music producer, arranger, banjo player and guitarist (We Five - "You Were On My Mind") and producer (Billy Joel - “Piano Man”, Tom Jones, Kenny Rankin) in 1945
Mark Volman, rock and roll musician and songwriter (The Turtles - "Happy Together") in 1947
Tony Martin [Harford], British heavy metal vocalist (Black Sabbath, 1987-91 and 1993-7) in 1957
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