1964, Louis Armstrong went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Hello Dolly' making him the oldest artist to hit No.1 one at the age of 62.
1967, Sandie Shaw was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Puppet On A String'. This week's two highest new entries were Jimi Hendrix with 'The Wind Cries Mary' and The Kinks 'Waterloo Sunset'.
1969, Beatles guitarist George Harrison’s experimental album Electronic Sounds was released on Zapple records.
1970, Guess Who started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'American Woman', it was the group's sixth Top 30 hit and only chart topper. The song was born by accident when guitarist Randy Bachman was playing a heavy riff on stage after he had broken a string, the other members joined in on the jam. A fan in the audience who had recorded the gig on tape presented it to the group after the show and they developed it into a full song.
1973, Mick Jagger added $150,000 of his own money to the $350,000 by The Rolling Stones January benefit concert for victims of the Nicaraguan earthquake.
1974, Bonnie Raitt played two shows at Harvard Square Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts; opening act was Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Rolling Stone critic John Landau saw Springsteen and wrote 'I have seen rock & roll's future and his name is Bruce Springsteen'.
1980, 'I Don't Like Mondays' by The Boomtown Rats won the best pop song and outstanding British lyric categories at the 25th Ivor Novello Awards. And Supertramp's 'The Logical Song' won Best Song Musically and Lyrically. Boomtown Rats lead singer Bob Geldoff was inspired to write the song after reading about the tragic shooting spree when 16-year-old Brenda Spencer killed two people and wounded nine others when she fired from her house across the street onto the entrance of San Diego's Grover Cleveland Elementary School.
1981, Adam and the Ants were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Stand And Deliver.' The song enjoyed a five-week run at No.1.
1987, Curiosity Killed The Cat started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Keep Your Distance'.
1987, Starship started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with a song co-written by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren, 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now.' At
48, it made lead singer Grace Slick the oldest female to reach No.1 on the UK chart, (later broken by Cher's 'Believe' in 1999).
2005, Akon was at No.1 on the UK singles with ‘Lonely’, Gwen Stefani held the US No.1 spot with ‘Hollaback Girl’ and Snoop Dogg and Justin Timberlake were at No.1 on the Australian chart with ‘Signs.’
1935, Born on this day, Nokie Edwards, (real name: Noel Floyd Edwards), bass guitar, The Ventures, (1960 UK No.4 single 'Perfidia', 1960 US No.2 single 'Walk Don't Run').
1937, Born on this day, Dave Prater, US soul singer, (Sam & Dave), 1967 US No.2 and UK No 24 & 1967 US No.2 single 'Soul Man'. Killed 9th April 1988 when his car left the road and hit a tree in Syracuse, Georgia.
1937, Born on this day, Sonny Curtis, The Crickets, (1957 US No.1 single 'That'll Be The Day', 1959 UK No.1 single 'It Doesn't Matter Anymore' plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles).
1941, Born on this day, Danny Rapp, Danny and the Juniors, (1958 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'At The Hop'). Rapp shot himself dead in a hotel in Arizona on 5th April 1983.
1941, Born on this day, Pete Birrell, Freddie & The Dreamers, (1963 UK No.3 single 'You Were Made For Me', 1965 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'I'm Telling You Now).
1942, Born on this day, Mike Millward, The Fourmost, (1964 UK No.6 single 'A Little Loving'). He died on 7th April 1998.
1943, Born on this day, Tommy Roe, singer, (1969 UK & US No.1 single 'Dizzy' plus 10 other US Top 40 hits).
1945, Born on this day, Steve Katz, guitar, vocals, Blood Sweat & Tears, (1969 US No.12 & UK No.35 single 'You've Made Me So Very Happy').
1950, Born on this day, Tom Petersson, bass, vocals, Cheap Trick, (1979 UK No.29 & US No.17 single 'I Want You To Want Me', 1988 US No.1 single 'The Flame').
1953, Born on this day, John Edwards, bass, Status Quo, (1977 UK No.3 single 'Rockin' All Over The World' plus 50 other UK Top 75 singles since 1968).
1962, Born on this day, Dave Gahan, vocals, Depeche Mode, (1984 UK No.4 single 'People Are People', plus over 25 other UK Top 40 singles). Solo.
1962, Born on this day, Paul Heaton, vocals, Housemartins, (1986 UK No.1 single 'Caravan Of Love'), The Beautiful South, (1990 UK No.1 single 'A Little Time' plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles). Solo.
1971, Born on this day, Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan, bass, Oasis, (first single 'Supersonic', 1994 UK No.31, 1996 UK No.1 single 'Don't Look Back In Anger', 1994 UK No.1 album 'Definitely Maybe' fastest selling UK debut album ever. Quit in Aug 1999)
1975, Born on this day, Ryan 'Nik' Vikedal, drums, Nickelback, (2002 US No.1 & UK No. 4 single 'How To Remind You', 2001 US No.2 & 2002 UK No.2 album 'Silver Side Up'). Left the band in 2005.
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