April 14 Born –
Milton “Shorty” Rogers (1924) – Jazz trumpeter.
Bill Harris (1925) – The Clovers.
Loretta Lynn (1935) – Country singer.
Tony Burrows (1942) – session singer for Edison Lighthouse, White
Plains, The First Class.
Ritchie Blackmore (1945) – guitarist for Deep Purple and Rainbow.
Patrick Fairley (1943) – Marmalade.
June Millington (1948) – guitarist for Fanny.
Larry Ferguson (1948) – keyboardist for Hot Chocolate.
Dennis Byron (1949) – drummer for Amen Corner.
Sonja Kristina (1949) – vocalist for Curved Air.
Joey Pesce (1962) – keyboardist for ‘Til Tuesday.
Sheila Chandra (1965) – British singer.
Martyn LeNoble (1969) – bassist for Porno For Pyros.
April 14 R.I.P. –
Pete Farndon (1983) – drown due to heroin overdose. Age 30. The
Pretenders.
Thurston Harris (1990) – acute alcoholism. Age 58. Singer ("Little
Bitty Pretty One").
Burl Ives (1995) – mouth cancer. Age 85. Folk singer.
Dorothy Squires (1998) – lung cancer. Age 83. Welsh singer ("The
Gypsy").
Anthony Newly (1999) – renal cancer. Age 67. Actor/singer/songwriter
(“Goldfinger”).
Steve Jablecki (2005) – Age 59. Guitarist/songwriter for Wadsworth
Mansion ("Sweet Mary").
John Fred (2005) – complications from a kidney transplant. Age 63.
John Fred and His Playboy Band.
Don Ho (2007) – heart failure. Age 76. Hawaiian singer.
Peter Steele (2010) – heart failure. Age 48. Type O Negative.
April 14 album releases –
Gentle Giant – Three Friends (1972)
Judas Priest – British Steel (1980)
Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden (1980) UK
The Rolling Stones – Sucking In The Seventies (1981)
Van Halen – Diver Down (1982)
David Bowie – Let's Dance (1983)
Cocteau Twins – Victorialand (1986)
Chaka Khan – The Woman I Am (1992)
ZZ Top – Greatest Hits (1992)
Cast – Mother Nature Calls (1997)
Depeche Mode – Ultra (1997)
Converge – When Forever Comes Crashing (1998)
Rush – Snakes & Arrows Live (2008) UK
April 14 events –
1955 – Fats Domino releases his single "Ain't It A Shame" b/w "La-La."
1956 – Bobby Helms auditions for Decca and is signed on the spot.
1956 – Elvis Presley records "I Want You, I Love You, I Need You" at
RCA Studios in Nashville.
1956 – The Ampex Corporation of Redwood City, California demonstrates
the first videotape recorder, the VRX-1000, in Chicago. The machine,
invented by Ray Dolby, Charles Ginsburg and Charles Anderson, records
both images and sound.
1960 – Inspired by Elvis' stint in the Army, the Broadway production
of Bye Bye Birdie opens at the Martin Beck Theatre, where it will run
for 607 performances.
1960 – Lloyd Price records "Question" at Bell Sound Studio in New York
City.
1961 – Sam Cooke records "Cupid" at RCA Studios in Hollywood.
1963 – The Rolling Stones play the Crawdaddy Club at the Station Hotel
in Richmond. All four Beatles are in the audience.
1964 – The King Bees, featuring a young David Bowie - then David Jones
- play at a wedding reception at the Jack Of Clubs in London.
1965 – Millie Small, Neil Sedaka, The Wellingtons, Jerry Lee Lewis,
April Stevens and Nino Tempo, Sounds Incorporated, James Burton, Donna
Loren, The Righteous Brothers, Jerry Mason, Glen Campbell, Anita Sheer
and The Blossoms all appear on Shindig!
1965 – Elvis Presley's 17th movie, Girl Happy, premieres in theaters.
1966 – Roy Orbison, The Walker Brothers and Lulu all appear at the
Colston Hall in Bristol.
1967 – David Bowie releases his novelty single, “The Laughing Gnome” b/
w “The Gospel According To Tony Day” on the Deram label.
1967 – The Bee Gees release their single, “New York Mining Disaster
1941” b/w “I Can’t See Nobody.”
1968 – Phil Spector marries Veronica “Ronnie” Bennett.
1969 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney, recording as "The Beatles,"
record the song "The Ballad Of John And Yoko," with Paul on drums,
bass, piano and backing vocals, and John on guitars, lead vocals and
percussion.
1969 – Elvis Presley releases his single, “In The Ghetto” b/w “Any Day
Now.”
1969 – The Monkees' television special, 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee,
airs on NBC.
1970 – Stephen Stills breaks his wrist in a car accident, causing the
cancellation of an American tour by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
1970 – Creedence Clearwater Revival makes their live UK debut, playing
the first of two nights at the Royal Albert Hall in London, recording
both shows for a live album release.
1971 – The Illinois Crime Commission issues a blacklist of drug-
related songs, which includes "A Whiter Shade Of Pale," "White Rabbit"
and "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds."
1972 – Elvis Presley appears at the Greensboro Coliseum in North
Carolina.
1974 – Pete Townshend makes his solo concert debut at the Roundhouse
in London, backed solely by his own pre-recorded audio tapes.
1975 – In a press release, The Rolling Stones announce that Ron Wood
will officially be replacing Mick Taylor as their new guitarist.
1976 – Stevie Wonder signs a new contract with Motown for $13 million.
1976 – Eric Faulkner of The Bay City Rollers overdoses on Seconal and
Valium and almost dies. Some view it as a suicide attempt, but
Faulkner claims is was accidental.
1978 – Joy Division plays at the Stiff Records Chiswick Challenge at
Rafters in Manchester. Future managers Rob Gretton and Tony Wilson are
in the audience and see the band for the first time.
1978 – Johnny Cash's television special, Spring Fever, airs on CBS,
featuring Waylon Jennings, June Carter Cash, Jessi Colter, Ray Charles
and Roseanne Cash.
1980 – A resolution is introduced by a New Jersey assemblyman to make
Bruce Springsteen's song "Born To Run" the state song. It is,
instead, adopted as the state's "rock anthem."
1980 – Olivia Newton-John's television special, Olivia's Hollywood
Nights, airs on ABC-TV, featuring Elton John, The Carpenters and Andy
Gibb.
1983 – Tears For Fears appear at the De Montfort Hall in Leicester.
1983 – Spandau Ballet performs at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
1986 – At a record burning at the First Church of the Nazarene in
Ironton, Ohio, evangelist Jim Brown claims that the Mr. Ed theme, “A
Horse Is A Horse,” is just one of many popular songs that contain
satanic backwards messages.
1993 – Paul McCartney begins the North American leg of his New World
Tour at Sam Boyd Stadium in Lad Vegas.
1993 – Joan Baez performs for 700 people in war-torn Sarajevo in
Bosnia.
1994 – Kurt Cobain’s body is cremated at the Bleitz Funeral Home in
Seattle, Washington.
1999 – The body of Tammy Wynette is exhumed for an autopsy to
determine her official cause of death.
2001 – Sean Puffy Combs is arrested in Miami, Florida for riding a
motor scooter in South Beach on a suspended driver's license.
2003 – Alex Conate is arrested after persuading a San Diego nightclub
owner that singer Björk had agreed to play there, and selling $14,000
worth of tickets at $40 a piece, then fleeing to Hawaii where he is
picked up by police.
2004 – Dick Clark reveals he has Type 2 diabetes.
2004 – The Library of Congress honors country singer Dolly Parton with
its Living Legend award.
2008 – Queen's Brian May becomes Chancellor of Liverpool's John Moores
University.
2009 – George Harrison posthumously receives a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame in front of the Capitol Records building. Paul McCartney
attends the ceremony along with Harrison’s widow Olivia, son Dhani,
and friends Eric Idle, Tom Petty and Tom Hanks.
2009 – Juliens Auctions cancels a planned auction of nearly 1,400
items from the former home of Michael Jackson after a last-minute
settlement returns Jackson's belongings to his estate.
2010 – Country music singer George Strait sets a Billboard record,
becoming the first act ever to place a record in the Top 10 on any
Billboard chart for 30 consecutive years.
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