April 1 Born –
Alberta Hunter (1895) – Blues singer/songwriter (“Downhearted Blues”).
Art Lund (1915) – singer with the Benny Goodman and Harry James
orchestras.
Bonnie Baker (aka Evelyn Nelson, 1917) – singer (“Oh Johnny, Oh!”).
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith (1921) – musician/songwriter.
Amos Milburn (1927) – R&B/blues singer.
Debbie Reynolds (aka Mary Reynolds, 1932) – actress/singer ("Aba Daba
Honeymoon").
Jim Ed Brown (1934) – The Browns.
Arthur Crier (1935) – The Chimes and The Mellows.
Rudy Isley (1939) – The Isley Brothers.
Alan Blakely (1942) – guitarist for Brian Poole and The Tremeloes.
Phil Margo (1942) – The Tokens.
Frank Gari (aka Frank Garofalo, 1944) – songwriter, The City Surfers
with Roger McGuinn.
Johnny Barbata (1945) – drummer for The Turtles and Jefferson
Starship.
Kenny Buttrey (1945) – Nashville session drummer.
Ronnie Lane (1946) – bassist for The Small Faces.
Jimmy Cliff (1948) – Jamaican singer/musician.
Simon Cowe (1948) – guitarist for Lindisfarne.
Gil Scott-Heron (1949) – Jazz/soul musician/poet.
Billy Currie (1950) – violinist for Ultravox.
Henry Gross (1951) – singer/songwriter ("Shannon"), Sha Na Na.
Jeff Porcaro (1954) – drummer for Toto.
D. Boon (aka Dennes Boon, 1958) – singer/songwriter/guitarist for
Minutemen.
Mark White (1961) – guitarist/synthesizer player for ABC.
Susan Boyle (1961) – singer, talent contest sensation.
Leslie Langston (1964) – bassist for Throwing Muses.
Peter O'Toole (1965) – bassist for Hothouse Flowers.
Hannah Spearritt (1981) – S Club 7.
Hillary Scott (1986) – vocalist for Lady Antebellum.April 1 R.I.P. – Scott Joplin (1917) – syphilis. Age 49. Ragtime composer/pianist. Alfred “Alf” Lennon (1976) – stomach cancer. Age 63. Marvin Gaye (1984) – murdered. Age 44. Singer/songwriter. Nigel Preston (1992) – heroin overdose. Age 32. Original drummer for The Cult. Paul Atkinson (2004) – kidney disease. Age 58. The Zombies. April 1 album releases – Marvin Gaye – When I’m Alone I Cry (1964) Otis Redding – The Soul Album (1966) Journey – Journey (1975) Rush – 2112 (1976) The Grateful Dead – Reckoning (1981) Suzanne Vega – Solitude Standing (1987) School Of Fish – School Of Fish (1991) Lit – Tripping The Light Fantastic (1997) Stabbing Westward – The Essential Stabbing Westward (2003) April 1 events – 1928 – The first gramophone with record changing abilities, the Victor Automatic Orthophonic, goes on sale. 1955 – George Martin becomes head of A&R at EMI Parlophone. 1957 – Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers begin a two-week residency at the London Palladium. 1957 – Elvis Presley appears at the Memorial Coliseum in Buffalo, New York. 1958 – Alan Freed's Big Beat Show plays the Convention Hall in Philadelphia, featuring Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Danny and The Juniors, The Pastels, Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers, The Diamonds, Dickie Doo and The Don’ts, Jo Ann Campbell, Ed Townsend and others. 1959 – Bobby Darin appears as teen idol Buzz Berry in the "April Fool" episode of The Donna Reed Show. 1961 – The Beatles make their second trip to Hamburg, this time performing at the Top Ten Club, where they will perform 92 shows in the next three months. 1961 – Troy Shondell records “This Time.” 1963 – After nearly 14 years on the Imperial label, Fats Domino signs with ABC-Paramount when his contract expires. 1964 – John Lennon meets his father Freddie for the first time in 17 years for 20 minutes at the NEMS offices in London. 1965 – The Who appears on Top Of The Pops. In the evening, the group opens for Rod Stewart and The Soul Agents and headliner Donovan at the Town Hall in Wembley. 1966 – David Bowie releases his first single, "Do Anything You Say" b/ w "Good Morning Girl" under his new "Bowie" moniker on Pye Records. 1966 – The Troggs record "Wild Thing" in two takes at Regent Sound Studio in London. 1966 – John Lennon purchases Timothy Leary's book, The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based On The Tibetan Book Of The Dead, and finds inspiration in the lines, "When in doubt, relax, turn off your mind, float downstream." 1967 – The Country Music Hall of Fame opens on Music Row in Nashville. 1969 – The Beach Boys announce they are leaving Capitol Records and suing them for $2 million in unpaid royalties. 1969 – Ambrose Slade makes their stage debut at the Walsall Town Hall. They will soon change their name to just Slade. 1970 – A final Beatles session is held at Abbey Road with only Ringo in attendance, adding percussion to "Let It Be," "The Long And Winding Road" and "I, Me, Mine" before Phil Spector adds orchestra to each of the songs later in the day. 1970 – As an April Fool's joke, John and Yoko announce that they are both going to have sex change operations. 1970 – Roy Orbison and Kenny Rogers and The First Edition appear on The Johnny Cash Show. 1970 – Promoters for The Rolling Stones’ forthcoming six concerts at Earls Court - as part of the group's European tour - announce they have received over one million postal ticket applications. 1972 – The first day of the Mar Y Sol Festival begins in Puerto Rico. The three-day event features Rod Stewart, Dr. John, The Allman Brothers Band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Alice Cooper, The J. Geils Band, Herbie Mann, Long John Baldry, Osbisa, Dave Brubeck, B.B. King and others. 1975 – The Bay City Rollers' children's music show, Shang-A-Lang, debuts on ITV. 1976 – AC/DC relocates from Australia to the UK, playing their first gig at The Red Cow in Hammersmith. 1976 – The Buzzcocks make their live stage debut at the Bolton Institute of Technology. The power is turned off after three numbers. 1976 – Wings release their single, “Silly Love Songs” b/w “Cook Of The House” in the U.S. 1976 – Thieves break into David Gilmour's home and steal several guitars worth £6,500. 1977 – Elvis Presley is hospitalized for six days at Baptist Hospital in Memphis for fatigue and intestinal flu after canceling his concert in Baton Rouge mid-show the previous evening. 1978 – The Philadelphia Fury soccer team, jointly owned by Paul Simon, James Taylor and Peter Frampton, plays its first match. 1978 – Elvis Costello and The Attractions appear at the Bracknell Sports Centre in Berkshire. 1984 – Marvin Gaye is murdered by his father, who will get six years probation for the killing. 1985 – David Lee Roth quits Van Halen. 1985 – Tom Bailey of The Thompson Twins collapses from exhaustion while staying at the Holiday Inn in Chelsea, and is flown to Paris to see his private doctor. 1990 – Willie Nelson's tour bus collides with a car in Riverdale, Canada, killing the driver of the car. 2001 – Spice Girl Mel B is advised to sell her £3.5 million Buckinghamshire mansion because she can't afford to run it. 2002 – Paul McCartney kicks off the first leg of his 19-date Driving North American tour at the Oakland Arena in California. 2005 – U2 appears at the Arrowhead Sports Arena in Anaheim, California, with opening act Kings Of Leon on their Vertigo Tour. 2008 – Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich declares the day "Cheap Trick Day" in honor of the band. 2009 – Santana signs on to perform 36 concerts at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. 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