April 6 Born – Vernon Dalhart (1883) – Country singer/songwriter (“The Prisoner’s Song”). "Pappy" Wade Ray (1916) – Country/rockabilly fiddler. Big Walter Horton (1917) – Blues harmonica player. Paula Kelly (1919) – big band singer, The Modernaires. Dorothy Donegan (1922) – swing jazz/boogie-woogie pianist with Cab Calloway. Gerry Mulligan (1927) – Jazz saxophonist with Stan Kenton and Miles Davis. André Previn (aka Andreas Priwin, 1929) – composer/pianist. Merle Haggard (1937) – Country music singer/songwriter. John Stax (1944) – bassist for The Pretty Things. Tony Connor (1947) – drummer for Hot Chocolate. Ralph Cooper (1951) – drummer for Air Supply. Christopher Franke (1953) – Tangerine Dream. Frank Black (aka Black Francis aka Charles Thomson IV, 1965) – singer/ guitarist for The Pixies.
April 6 R.I.P. – Igor Stravinsky (1971) – Age 88. Russian composer/pianist. Ral Donner (1984) – lung cancer. Age 41. Early rock musician/singer. Tammy Wynette (1998) – died in her sleep on her couch. Age 55. Wendy O. Williams (1998) – suicide. Age 48. The Plasmatics. Red Norvo (1999) – Age 91. Jazz vibraphonist for Dizzy Gillespie. Niki Sullivan (2004) – heart attack. Age 66. The Crickets. Coyote McCloud (2011) – cirrhosis of the liver. Age 68. Nashville DJ, songwriter (“Where’s The Beef”). April 6 album releases – Cilla Black – ‘Sher-oo!’ (1968) John Denver – Poems, Prayers & Promises (1971) Beck, Bogert & Appice – Beck, Bogert & Appice (1973) UK J.J. Burnel – Euroman Cometh (1979) Roger Taylor – Fun In Space (1981) The Cult – Electric (1987) Annie Lennox – Diva (1992) The Dandy Warhols – Dandys Rule, OK? (1995) Big Sugar – Heated (1999) April 6 events – 1925 – Eddie Cantor records his signature song, "If You Knew Susie." 1946 – Roy Acuff quits the Grand Ole Opry in a salary dispute over being required to appear every Saturday night of the year and be paid $15 when he could earn $100 a night touring. 1956 – The Capitol Records tower in Hollywood opens its doors. 1956 – Elvis Presley signs a seven-year movie deal with Hal Wallis and Paramount Pictures. 1958 – Alan Freed's Big Beat Show plays the Public Hall in Cleveland, featuring Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Danny and The Juniors and many others. 1960 – The Everly Brothers begin their first tour of the UK in London at the New Victoria Theatre, with the remaining members of The Crickets as their backing band. 1963 – Fats Dominos leaves Imperial Records after almost 14 years and signs with ABC-Paramount. 1963 – The Kingsmen record both sides of their single, "Louie Louie" and "Haunted Castle" at Northwestern Incorporated Motion Pictures and Recording in Portland, Oregon. 1963 – Bobby Darin records “18 Yellow Roses” at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. 1965 – Five years after recording the song, Elvis Presley releases his single, “Crying In The Chapel” b/w “I Believe In The Man In The Sky.” 1965 – Brian Wilson records the backing track for "California Girls" at Western in Hollywood. 1966 – The Beatles record "Mark I," a track that will soon become "Tomorrow Never Knows." 1967 – George Martin and Geoff Emerick sequence Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band for the first time, with Side 1’s songs in a different running order: “Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “With A Little Help From My Friends,” “Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite,” “Fixing A Hole,” “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds,” “Getting Better” and “She's Leaving Home.” 1968 – Syd Barrett quits Pink Floyd. 1968 – The Beatles' Apple Corps offices open in London. 1968 – Caravan plays their first ever gig at the Beehive Club in Canterbury. 1969 – Pete Quaife quits The Kinks. 1969 – Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett, Shirley Verrett and Duke Ellington and His Orchestra appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1971 – The Rolling Stones launch Rolling Stones Records and their infamous lips and tongue logo, with Atlantic Records being the distributor of the new label. 1971 – Carly Simon opens for Cat Stevens at The Troubadour in L.A., and meets James Taylor backstage after the show. 1972 – Elvis Presley appears at Olympic Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. 1972 – Micky Dolenz appears as himself in the "Barbara Lost" episode of My Three Sons. 1973 – In Federal court, The Smothers Brothers win more than $750,000 from CBS Television in their lawsuit over the cancellation of their TV show. 1974 – The first California Jam takes place at the Ontario Motor Speedway in California. Acts include Rare Earth, The Eagles, Earth, Wind & Fire, Seals & Crofts, Black Oak Arkansas, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. 1974 – Billy Joel's "Piano Man" enters the Top 40. 1974 – ABBA become stars overnight when their composition "Waterloo" wins the annual Eurovision Song Contest. 1975 – Labelle performs "Lady Marmalade" on Cher on CBS. 1978 – Peter Frampton appears as Peter Buckley, and Elvis Presley associate Red West appears as Sgt. Micklin in the “A Little Bit Of England” episode of NBC’s Black Sheep Squadron. 1979 – Rod Stewart marries George Hamilton's ex-wife, Alana, in Beverly Hills. They will stay married for five years. 1984 – E Street Band guitarist "Miami" Steve Van Zandt announces he's leaving the group. He will be replaced by Nils Lofgren in June. 1985 – Gilbert O'Sullivan is awarded $2 million in a lawsuit against his former manager for unpaid royalties for the song "Alone Again (Naturally)." 1987 - Roger Waters' lawyers issue the statement that Roger is the creative force behind Pink Floyd, and will contest the use of the name by anyone, including former members of the band. 1992 – George Harrison plays a benefit concert for the Natural Law Party at the Royal Albert Hall. 1997 – Disneyland closes Michael Jackson's 3-D film/ride, Captain E/O. 1998 – Chubby Checker, Fabian, Lesley Gore and Dick Clark all appear as themselves in the "Opus One" episode of Murphy Brown. 1999 – The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and Micky Hart perform at a benefit for Presidential candidate Al Gore, with Gore's notoriously anti-rock music wife, Tipper, playing congas. 1999 – An all-star tribute to Johnny Cash is held at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, featuring Sheryl Crow, Chris Isaak, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, U2 and others. 2000 – Visage vocalist Steve Strange is arrested after stealing a £10 Teletubbies doll in Bridgend, South Wales, while on a shoplifting spree, also stealing cosmetics and clothes from High Street stores. Strange was already on bail for stealing a £15 ladies' jacket from Marks and Spencer in Cardiff when he was arrested. 2000 – An all-star tribute to Joni Mitchell is held at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, featuring Elton John, Richard Thompson, James Taylor, Cyndi Lauper and others. 2006 – Eminem divorces his wife Kim for the second time, after re- marrying three months earlier on January 14. 2009 – The Temptations sing the National Anthem at the NCAA Men's Final Four Championship Game in Detroit. 2009 – Meatloaf appears as Eddie Novack in the “Simple Explanation” episode of House MD on FOX. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
