April 8 Born –
Edgar “Yip” Harburg (aka Isidore Hochberg, 1896) – lyricist (“Over The
Rainbow”).
Carmen McRae (1920) – Jazz singer/composer, pianist with Mercer
Ellington.
Fred Ebb (1928) – Broadway lyricist (Cabaret).
Jacques Brel (1929) – Belgian singer/songwriter ("Seasons In The
Sun").
Jerome "J. J." Jackson (1941) – R&B singer/songwriter ("But It's
Alright").
Peggy Lennon (1941) – The Lennon Sisters.
Roger "Chappo" Chapman (1942) – vocalist for Family.
Keith "Keef" Hartley (1944) – drummer and band leader.
Steve Howe (1947) – guitarist for Yes and Asia.
Larry Norman (1947) – singer/songwriter for People!
Mel Schacher (1951) – bassist for ? and The Mysterians and Grand Funk
Railroad.
Justin Sullivan (1956) – singer/songwriter for New Model Army.
Izzy Stradlin (aka Jeff Isbell, 1962) – former guitarist for Guns 'N
Roses.
Donita Sparks (1963) – guitarist/vocalist for L7.
Julian Lennon (1963) – singer/songwriter.
Darren Jessee (1971) – drummer for Ben Folds Five.
Paul Gray (1972) – bassist for Slipknot.
April 8 R.I.P. –
John Frederick Coots (1985) – Age 87. Songwriter ("Santa Claus Is
Coming To Town").
Marian Anderson (1993) – congestive heart failure. Age 96. African-
American opera singer.
Laura Nyro (1997) – ovarian cancer. Age 49. Singer/songwriter ("Eli's
Coming").
Van Stephenson (2001) – melanoma. Age 47. Country music singer/
songwriter, BlackHawk.
Tam Paton (2009) – heart attack. Age 70. Manager of The Bay City
Rollers.
Malcolm McLaren (2010) – peritoneal mesothelioma. Age 64. Manager of
The Sex Pistols.
April 8 album releases –
Elvis Presley – Elvis Is Back! (1960)
Merle Haggard – The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde (1968)
P.J. Proby – Three Week Hero (1969)
Caravan – In The Land Of Grey And Pink (1971)
Dr. John – Destively Bonnaroo (1974)
Aerosmith – Toy In The Attic (1975)
The Clash – The Clash (1977)
Dave Edmunds – D.E. 7th (1982)
Toto – Toto IV (1982)
Heaven 17 – The Luxury Gap (1983)
The Rolling Stones – Flashpoint (1991)
The Offspring – Smash (1994)
Boz Scaggs – Come On Home (1997)
Third Eye Blind – Third Eye Blind (1997)
Mariah Carey – E=MC2 (2008)
April 8 events –
1954 – Stuart Hamblen records “This Ole House” for RCA Records.
1956 – The Johnny Burnette Trio makes their first of three appearances
on Ted Mack's Amateur Hour, performing "Train Kept A-Rollin'."
1956 – Elvis Presley performs two shows at the Denver Coliseum in
Colorado, with opening acts Faron Young and Wanda Jackson.
1957 – Buddy Holly records the songs for his next single, "Words Of
Love" and "Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues" at Norman Petty’s studio
in Clovis, New Mexico.
1957 – The Jimmy Dean Show debuts on CBS-TV as a morning show. It
lasts eight months.
1958 – Alan Freed's Big Beat Show plays two shows at the War Veterans
Memorial Auditorium in Columbus, Ohio, featuring Chuck Berry, Danny
and The Juniors, The Pastels, Dickie Doo and The Don’ts, Jo Ann
Campbell, Ed Townsend and many others.
1959 – Bobby Darin appears as teen idol Buzz Berry in the "April Fool"
episode of The Donna Reed Show.
1961 – The BBC bans Gene McDaniels' "100 Pounds Of Clay" because of
the reference that women were built from clay.
1964 – The Supremes record "Where Did Our Love Go" in Studio A at
Hitsville, U.S.A.
1964 – Frank Sinatra records "My Kind Of Town" at United Recorders in
Hollywood.
1967 – The Stax/Volt Review UK tour, featuring Otis Redding, Eddie
Floyd, Arthur Conley, Booker T. and The MGs and others, plays the
Hammersmith Odeon in London.
1967 – John Lennon takes his Rolls Royce in to J. P. Fallon Ltd. in
Surrey to get a psychedelic paint job.
1967 – Sandie Shaw becomes the first female artist from the UK to win
the Eurovision Song Contest, with her song "Puppet On A String."
1968 – Petula Clark's first and only TV special, Petula, makes
television history when during a duet with Harry Belafonte singing "On
The Path Of Glory," she reaches out and touches Belafonte, marking the
first time that a man and woman of different races exchange physical
contact on American television.
1969 – Neil Diamond becomes the first performer to sell out the L.A.
Forum nine nights in a row.
1970 – The Woodstock movie premieres in London.
1970 – Tony Joe White, Patti Page, and The Carter Family appear on The
Johnny Cash Show, taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
1972 – Elvis Presley performs two shows at the Stokely Center in
Knoxville, Tennessee.
1973 – David Bowie takes his Ziggy Stardust tour to Japan, beginning
the nine-date tour with the first of three sold out nights at Shinjuku
Koseinenkin Kaikan in Tokyo.
1973 – Neil Young's docu-autobiography, Journey Through The Past,
premieres at the U.S. Film Festival in Dallas, Texas.
1977 – The Damned make their U.S. stage debut - and become the first
UK punk band to play live in the U.S. - at CBGB’s in New York City.
1979 – The second day of The California World Music Festival takes
place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, featuring Aerosmith, Van
Halen, UFO, Eddie Money, Brownsville Station, Toto, April Wine
Mother’s Finest, and The Boomtown Rats.
1982 – New Order bass player Peter Hook is knocked unconscious during
a riot at their gig in Rotterdam, Holland.
1985 – Leader Of The Pack: The Songs Of Ellie Greenwich opens on
Broadway at the Ambassador Theatre where it will run for 120
performances.
1989 – After 33 years, American Bandstand moves from ABC-TV to the USA
Network, replacing Dick Clark with nobody, David Hirsch. The show will
last six more months before being canceled.
1994 – Kurt Cobain's body is found by electrician Gary Smith, who is
on the property to install a security system.
1998 – Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood and 11 others are rescued
when their boat engine catches fire off the coast of Brazil moments
before the craft explodes.
2002 – Marilyn Manson denies claims that he’s responsible for the
death of a woman after a party at his mansion in 2001, when Jennifer
Syme died after her Jeep Cherokee hit three parked cars. Her mother,
who is suing the singer for wrongful death, claims Manson was
negligent in "instructing the woman to operate a motor vehicle in her
incapacitated condition.” Manson countered that, "After Jennifer was
sent home safely with a designated driver, she later got behind the
wheel of her own car for reasons known only to her."
2003 – NBC airs the television special, Cher: The Farewell Tour.
2006 – After several cancellations in 2003, The Rolling Stones finally
make their stage debut in China at a one-off show at the Shanghai
Grand Stage on their A Bigger Bang Tour.
2008 – Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty is jailed for 14 weeks for
violating his probation and for using drugs. Doherty had been given a
suspended jail sentence for possession of drugs and driving illegally
in October 2007.
2008 – Classic Rock magazine publishes their Best Live Acts of All
Time poll, with Led Zeppelin topping the list, The Who coming in
second, and AC/DC taking third place.
2009 – Camden, New Jersey Mayor Gwendolyn Faison renames Mulford
Street as “Leon Huff Way” in honor of the city's native son and
legendary songwriter/founder of Philadelphia International Records.
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