Birthday Sonja, you had this particular 18 year old weal kneed!
Curved Air had a huge UK sinlge hit with this in 1971, my usual did this
register in the USA?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUnjMI81vAA
On Sunday, 14 April 2013 17:44:43 UTC+1, Eidem wrote:
> 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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