April 12 Born –
Russ Garcia (1916) – film/television composer ("Rawhide").
Helen Forrest (aka Helen Fogel, 1917) – big band singer ("I Had The
Craziest Dream").
Richard “Billy” Vaughn (1919) – singer/multi-instrumentalist, The
Hilltoppers (“Melody Of Love”).
"Shakey" Jake Harris (aka James Harris, 1921) – Blues singer/
songwriter ("Call Me If You Need Me").
Henry Ned Miller (1925) – Country music artist ("From A Jack To A
King").
Prentiss Barnes (1925) – The Moonglows.
Carol Young (1930) – The Kaye Sisters.
Tiny Tim (aka Herbert Khaury, 1932) – singer.
Herbie Hancock (1940) – keyboardist/composer.
John Kay (aka Joachim Krauledat, 1944) – singer for Steppenwolf.
Sandra "Lois" Reeves (1948) – Martha Reeves and The Vandellas.
David Cassidy (1950) – The Partridge Family.
Alex Briley (1947) – "Navy/G.I." for The Village People.
Don Mitchell (1949) – vocalist for Was Not Was.
Jakson Spires (1951) – drummer for Blackfoot.
Pat Travers (1954) – guitarist/singer/songwriter.
Herbert Grönemeyer (1956) – German actor/singer/songwriter.
Vince Gill (1957) – Country music singer/songwriter, Pure Prairie
League.
Will Sergeant (1958) – guitarist for Echo and The Bunnymen.
Art Alexakis (1962) – singer/guitarist for Everclear.
Amy Ray (1964) – Indigo Girls.
Sean Welch (1965) – bassist for The Beautiful South.
Nicholas Hexum (1970) – guitarist for 311.
Shakir Stewart (1974) – record executive, Island Def Jam Music Group.
Guy Berryman (1978) – bassist for Coldplay.
April 12 R.I.P. –
Josephine Baker (1975) – cerebral hemorrhage. Age 68. Dancer/singer
("J'ai deux amours").
Herbert Mills (1989) – pneumonia. Age 77. The Mills Brothers.
Boxcar Willie (1999) – leukemia. Age 67. Country music singer.
Andrew Love (2012) – Alzheimer’s disease. Age 70. Saxophonist for The
Memphis Horns.
April 12 album releases –
Martha and The Vandellas – Dance Party (1965)
The Supremes – We Remember Sam Cooke (1965)
The Jackson 5 – Maybe Tomorrow (1971)
Stevie Wonder – Where I’m Coming From (1971) U.S.
Stephen Stills and Manassas – Manassas (1972)
The J. Geils Band – Bloodshot (1973)
Poco – Seven (1974)
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band – 'Live' Bullet (1976)
R.E.M. – Murmur (1983)
Rush – Grace Under Pressure (1984)
Cheap Trick – Lap Of Luxury (1988)
Garth Brooks – Garth Brooks (1989)
Bruce Springsteen – In Concert/MTV Unplugged (1993)
All-4-One – All-4-One (1994)
Hole – Live Through This (1994)
Nightmares On Wax – Carboot Soul (1999)
April 12 events –
1939 – Woody Herman and His Orchestra record “At The Woodchopper’s
Ball” for Decca Records.
1954 – Big Joe Turner releases his single, "Shake, Rattle And Roll" b/
w "You Know I Love You."
1954 – Bill Haley and His Comets record their single, "(We're Gonna)
Rock Around The Clock" and "Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)"
at Pythian Temple Studios in New York City.
1957 – Alan Freed's Rock ‘N’ Roll Easter Jubilee begins a ten-day run
at the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, New York, featuring Bo Diddley,
Buddy Knox, The Harptones, LaVern Baker, The Del Vikings, The
Penguins, Jimmy Bowen, The Three Chuckles, Bobby Marchan, The
Cleftones, Charlie Gracie, and The Rhythm Jesters.
1958 – Don Gibson joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1959 – Brook Benton performs “It’s Just A Matter Of Time,” and Johnny
Ray sings “Well Alright, Okay, You Win” and “Here And Now” on The Ed
Sullivan Show. Also on the show are Teresa Brewer, Patachou, and Jinny
Teal.
1961 – Ray Charles is the big winner at the 3rd Grammy Awards, taking
Best Vocal Performance on Album by a Male for his record The Genius Of
Ray Charles. His single “Georgia On My Mind” wins for Best Vocal
Performance on Single by a Male, and Best Performance by a Pop Single
Artist, and his version of “Let The Good Times Roll” wins him the Best
Rhythm and Blues Performance award.
1963 – Bob Dylan performs and records his legendary concert at the
Town Hall in New York City. The album is never released.
1963 – The Beatles headline an eight-hour Rhythm and Blues Marathon at
the Cavern Club, beginning at 4pm and ending at midnight. Others act
include The Fourmost, The Dennisons, The Nomads, The Panthers, The
Flintstones, The Roadrunners, Group One, and Faron's Flamingoes. This
is the next to the last time The Beatles will play at the Cavern.
1964 – Chubby Checker marries Miss World, Catherina Lodders. They’re
still married.
1966 – Tom Jones enters the hospital to have his tonsils removed,
though some believe it’s for a nose job.
1966 – Jan Berry is seriously injured when the car he is driving hits
a parked truck, leaving him with permanent brain damage, some
paralysis, and years of rehabilitation.
1967 – Mick Jagger is punched in the face by an airport official in
France when the singer loses his temper after missing his flight
because he was being searched for drugs.
1968 – Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention perform at a National
Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences dinner in New York. From the
stage, Zappa tells the audience, “All year long you people have
manufactured this crap, now for one night you’re gonna have to listen
to it!”
1968 – John Lennon and George Harrison and their wives abruptly leave
Rishikesh, India, citing indecent advances and behavior by the
Maharishi.
1969 – Simon and Garfunkel release their single, “The Boxer” b/w “Baby
Driver.”
1972 – Elvis Presley performs at the Fair Grounds Coliseum in
Indianapolis.
1973 – Stevie Wonder appears on Sesame Street, becoming the first
contemporary music artist to do so.
1973 – The film That'll Be The Day, starring Ringo Starr, Keith Moon,
Billy Fury and David Essex, premieres in London.
1975 – David Bowie announces his retirement from the music industry
for the second time, claiming that it's a "boring dead end."
1975 – Pink Floyd plays the first of two nights at the Cow Palace in
San Francisco on their Wish You Were Here Tour.
1975 – Linda Ronstadt releases her single, “When Will I Be Loved” b/w
“It Doesn’t Matter Anymore.”
1979 – Mickey Thomas joins Jefferson Starship as their new lead
singer.
1980 – Country music singer Vince Gill marries Janis Oliver. They stay
married for 18 years.
1986 – Go-Gos singer Belinda Carlisle marries talent agent Morgan
Mason. They’re still married.
1988 – Sonny Bono is elected Mayor of Palm Springs.
1989 – David Cassidy's career "comeback" gets a kick start on his 39th
birthday when two KLOS disc jockeys pose the question, "Whatever
happened to David Cassidy?" Cassidy is listening and calls the
station, and within days is on the radio show singing three new songs
which lands him a new record deal.
1990 – The Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Flagstaff,
Arizona announces that four newly discovered asteroids, numbers
4147-4150, will be named Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr.
1990 – Fleetwood Mac plays the first of five nights at the Sydney
Entertainment Centre in Australia on their Behind The Mask World Tour.
1990 – James Brown is released from a South Carolina jail on a work
furlough after serving 15 months of a six-year sentence for aggravated
assault.
1992 – Don Henley and other celebrities lead 6,000 people on a six
mile walk through Walden Woods as part of a benefit to save the woods
made famous by Henry Thoreau.
1993 – Actress Lisa Bonet divorces Lenny Kravitz after five and a half
years of marriage.
1995 – Two weeks after her death, Texas Governor George W. Bush
declares the day "Selena Day."
1997 – While on tour, Fun Lovin' Criminals drummer Stephen Borgovini
is arrested and jailed on suspicion of making obscene phone calls to
women working out in gyms in the Leeds area. Borgovini is released the
following day and cautioned by police.
1997 – Country music singer Travis Tritt marries his third wife,
Theresa Nelson.
1999 – Shania Twain becomes the only female artist in music history to
sell 10 million units of back to back releases with her albums The
Woman In Me (1995) and Come On Over (1997).
2000 – Bo Diddley sues Nike for $500,000 for their continued use of
his name and image after the expiration of their 1991 contract.
2001 – Gladys Knight marries her fourth husband, corporate consultant
William McDowell.
2002 – Ozzy Osbourne receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2007 – The Beatles’ Apple Corps settles a £30 million royalties
dispute with the band's label, EMI, claiming unpaid royalties on
Beatles albums based on a sales audit between 1994 and 1999, a period
which included the release of three Anthology compilations. Details of
the settlement are not disclosed.
2008 – With her new single, "4 Minutes," Madonna surpasses Elvis
Presley for having the most all-time Top Ten hits on Billboard charts
with 37.
2008 – Lou Reed marries his second wife, performance artist Laurie
Anderson.
2010 – The Vatican's official newspaper, L'Osservatore Ramano,
publishes a story endorsing and praising The Beatles on the 40th
anniversary of the group's break up, also saying that it forgives John
Lennon for his 1966 comment that the group was "bigger than Jesus."
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