April 15 Born –
Bessie Smith (1894) – Blues singer, The Empress of the Blues.
Roy Clark (1933) – Country guitarist/singer/songwriter.
Reshad Feild (aka Richard Feild, 1934) – The Springfields.
Frank Frost (1936) – Delta blues harmonica player (“Hey Boss Man”).
Bob Luman (1937) – Country/rockabilly singer ("Let's Think About
Living").
Marty Wilde (1939) – British singer/songwriter.
Clarence "Satch" Satchell (1940) – saxophonist for The Ohio Players.
Dave Edmunds (1944) – singer/songwriter, Rockpile.
Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme (1947) – keyboardist for Barclay James
Harvest.
Michael Kamen (1948) – film composer (The Wall).
Phil Mogg (1948) – vocalist for UFO.
Graeme Clarke (1965) – bassist for Wet Wet Wet.
Oscar Harrison (1965) – drummer for Ocean Colour Scene.
Linda Perry (1965) – lead singer for 4 Non Blondes.
Samantha Fox (1966) – British singer.
Frankie Poullian (1967) – bassist for The Darkness.
Ed O'Brien (1968) – guitarist for Radiohead.
April 15 R.I.P. –
Rose Maddox (1998) – kidney failure. Age 71. Country music singer
("Loose Talk").
Joey Ramone (2001) – lymphoma. Age 49. The Ramones.
Brian "Blinky" Davison (2008) – Age 65. Drummer for The Nice.
Kent Morrill (2011) – cancer. Age 70. Keyboardist for The Fabulous
Wailers.
April 15 album releases –
Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells – Together (1964)
The Rolling Stones – Aftermath (1966) UK
Al Green – Green Is Blues (1969)
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Second Helping (1974)
The Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus (1977)
The Doobie Brothers – Brotherhood (1991)
The Grateful Dead – One From The Vault (1991)
Buck-O-Nine – Twenty-Eight Teeth (1997)
Fleetwood Mac – Say You Will (2003) U.S.
Rush – Snakes & Arrows Live (2008) U.S.
April 15 events –
1953 – Kay Starr records “Allez-Vous-En” and “Half A Photograph” at
Capitol Studios in Hollywood.
1956 – Elvis Presley appears at the Municipal Auditorium in San
Antonio, Texas.
1956 – Mitch Miller, DJ Alan Freed and two psychiatrists appear on
Eric Sevareid's television program CBS Sunday News to discuss the
potentially negative effects of rock and roll on teenagers.
1958 – Alan Freed's Big Beat Show plays the Kiel Auditorium in St.
Louis, Missouri, featuring Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis,
Danny and The Juniors, The Pastels, Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers,
The Diamonds, Dickie Doo and The Don’ts, Jo Ann Campbell, Ed Townsend
and others. Prior to the show, Buddy Holly has his Fender Stratocaster
stolen from the group's station wagon while they are having lunch.
1959 – Connie Francis records "Lipstick On Your Collar" and “Frankie”
at Metropolitan Studios in New York.
1960 – Paul Anka records "My Home Town" at Bell Sound Studio in New
York City.
1960 – Freddy Cannon appears on American Bandstand, lip-synching to
"Jump Over" and "The Urge."
1960 – The teen movie Because They’re Young, starring Dick Clark,
Tuesday Weld and Doug McClure, opens in theaters. Duane Eddy and James
Dean make cameo appearances, and Bobby Rydell's "Swingin' School" is
featured prominently in the movie's soundtrack, though he doesn’t
appear in the film.
1964 – The Beatles film scenes outside the Scala Theatre for their
movie, which at this point is titled Beatlemania! When filming wraps
for the day, a beleaguered Ringo Starr comments he’s had a hard day’s
night, and John Lennon immediately goes off and writes what will
become the movie’s title song. Late in the day, Paul McCartney is
interviewed by David Frost.
1965 – Roger Miller records "Engine Engine #9" at Columbia Recording
Studios in Nashville.
1965 – The Supremes release their single "Back In My Arms Again" b/w
"Whisper You Love Me, Boy."
1966 – Buffalo Springfield plays their first live gig, opening for The
Byrds at the Orange Show Grounds in San Bernardino.
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens
and Engelbert Humperdink all appear at the Odeon Cinema in Blackpool,
Lancashire.
1968 – Aretha Franklin records “Think” at Atlantic Studios in New York
City.
1968 – Glen Campbell records "Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife" at the
Capitol tower in Hollywood.
1969 – Archie Bell is discharged from the Army after completing his
tour of duty in Viet Nam.
1970 – Judy Collins appears on The Johnny Cash Show.
1971 – The Beatles win an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score
for Let It Be.
1971 – The Supremes release their single, “Nathan Jones” b/w “Happy
(Is A Bumpy Road).”
1972 – Barbara Streisand headlines the Presidential benefit concert
Four For McGovern at the L.A. Forum, with James Taylor, Carole King,
and Quincy Jones and his orchestra.
1972 – Elvis Presley performs two shows at the Macon Coliseum in
Georgia.
1974 – The Rolling Stones concert film, Ladies And Gentlemen, The
Rolling Stones, premieres in quadraphonic sound at the Ziegfeld
Theater in New York City.
1975 – KISS, Rush and Heavy Metal Kids appear at the Stanley Theater
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1977 – David Bowie and Iggy Pop perform “Funtime” and “Sister
Midnight” on The Dinah Shore Show.
1982 – Billy Joel is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident on
Long Island, and is hospitalized for a month.
1985 – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band play the fourth of five
sold-out nights at Yoyogi Olympic Pool in Tokyo, Japan.
1987 – Queen is presented with an award for Outstanding Contribution
to British Music at the 32nd annual Ivor Novello Awards in London.
1988 – Pink Floyd begins a 27-date North American tour at the Memorial
Coliseum in Los Angeles.
1996 – The remainder of Jerry Garcia's cremated ashes are sprinkled
near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay.
1996 – Milli Vanilli's Rob Pilatus is jailed for 90 days for three
violent attacks and parole violations.
2003 – The Wilhemina Artist Agency sues Beyoncé for non-payment of
commission for her L'Oreal cosmetics ads.
2007 – Aerosmith, Velvet Revolver, Placebo, Keane, and Evanescence
appear at the Quilmes Rock Festival at Estadio River Plate in Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
2008 – L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa proclaims the day “Mariah Carey
Day.”
2010 – Whitney Houston and Sony Music do damage control after
Houston's terrible concert performance on April 13 at Birmingham's LG
Arena in the UK.
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