Of course the Blockhead with all today's cake is Chaz Jankel!!! On Tuesday, 16 April 2013 16:23:07 UTC+1, Jurgenhaim wrote:
> Plus Happy Birthday from the fabulous Blockheads....here he is post Ian > Dury! > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cTT4pD4fNA > > On Monday, 1 April 2013 15:30:19 UTC+1, Eidem wrote: > >> April 1 Born – >> Alberta Hunter (1895) – Blues singer/songwriter (“Downhearted Blues”). >> Art Lund (1915) – singer with the Benny Goodman and Harry James >> orchestras. >> Bonnie Baker (aka Evelyn Nelson, 1917) – singer (“Oh Johnny, Oh!”). >> Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith (1921) – musician/songwriter. >> Amos Milburn (1927) – R&B/blues singer. >> Debbie Reynolds (aka Mary Reynolds, 1932) – actress/singer ("Aba Daba >> Honeymoon"). >> Jim Ed Brown (1934) – The Browns. >> Arthur Crier (1935) – The Chimes and The Mellows. >> Rudy Isley (1939) – The Isley Brothers. >> Alan Blakely (1942) – guitarist for Brian Poole and The Tremeloes. >> Phil Margo (1942) – The Tokens. >> Frank Gari (aka Frank Garofalo, 1944) – songwriter, The City Surfers >> with Roger McGuinn. >> Johnny Barbata (1945) – drummer for The Turtles and Jefferson >> Starship. >> Kenny Buttrey (1945) – Nashville session drummer. >> Ronnie Lane (1946) – bassist for The Small Faces. >> Jimmy Cliff (1948) – Jamaican singer/musician. >> Simon Cowe (1948) – guitarist for Lindisfarne. >> Gil Scott-Heron (1949) – Jazz/soul musician/poet. >> Billy Currie (1950) – violinist for Ultravox. >> Henry Gross (1951) – singer/songwriter ("Shannon"), Sha Na Na. >> Jeff Porcaro (1954) – drummer for Toto. >> D. Boon (aka Dennes Boon, 1958) – singer/songwriter/guitarist for >> Minutemen. >> Mark White (1961) – guitarist/synthesizer player for ABC. >> Susan Boyle (1961) – singer, talent contest sensation. >> Leslie Langston (1964) – bassist for Throwing Muses. >> Peter O'Toole (1965) – bassist for Hothouse Flowers. >> Hannah Spearritt (1981) – S Club 7. >> Hillary Scott (1986) – vocalist for Lady Antebellum. >> >> April 1 R.I.P. – >> Scott Joplin (1917) – syphilis. Age 49. Ragtime composer/pianist. >> Alfred “Alf” Lennon (1976) – stomach cancer. Age 63. >> Marvin Gaye (1984) – murdered. Age 44. Singer/songwriter. >> Nigel Preston (1992) – heroin overdose. Age 32. Original drummer for >> The Cult. >> Paul Atkinson (2004) – kidney disease. Age 58. The Zombies. >> >> April 1 album releases – >> Marvin Gaye – When I’m Alone I Cry (1964) >> Otis Redding – The Soul Album (1966) >> Journey – Journey (1975) >> Rush – 2112 (1976) >> The Grateful Dead – Reckoning (1981) >> Suzanne Vega – Solitude Standing (1987) >> School Of Fish – School Of Fish (1991) >> Lit – Tripping The Light Fantastic (1997) >> Stabbing Westward – The Essential Stabbing Westward (2003) >> >> April 1 events – >> 1928 – The first gramophone with record changing abilities, the Victor >> Automatic Orthophonic, goes on sale. >> 1955 – George Martin becomes head of A&R at EMI Parlophone. >> 1957 – Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers begin a two-week residency at >> the London Palladium. >> 1957 – Elvis Presley appears at the Memorial Coliseum in Buffalo, New >> York. >> 1958 – Alan Freed's Big Beat Show plays the Convention Hall in >> Philadelphia, 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. >> 1959 – Bobby Darin appears as teen idol Buzz Berry in the "April Fool" >> episode of The Donna Reed Show. >> 1961 – The Beatles make their second trip to Hamburg, this time >> performing at the Top Ten Club, where they will perform 92 shows in >> the next three months. >> 1961 – Troy Shondell records “This Time.” >> 1963 – After nearly 14 years on the Imperial label, Fats Domino signs >> with ABC-Paramount when his contract expires. >> 1964 – John Lennon meets his father Freddie for the first time in 17 >> years for 20 minutes at the NEMS offices in London. >> 1965 – The Who appears on Top Of The Pops. In the evening, the group >> opens for Rod Stewart and The Soul Agents and headliner Donovan at the >> Town Hall in Wembley. >> 1966 – David Bowie releases his first single, "Do Anything You Say" b/ >> w "Good Morning Girl" under his new "Bowie" moniker on Pye Records. >> 1966 – The Troggs record "Wild Thing" in two takes at Regent Sound >> Studio in London. >> 1966 – John Lennon purchases Timothy Leary's book, The Psychedelic >> Experience: A Manual Based On The Tibetan Book Of The Dead, and finds >> inspiration in the lines, "When in doubt, relax, turn off your mind, >> float downstream." >> 1967 – The Country Music Hall of Fame opens on Music Row in Nashville. >> 1969 – The Beach Boys announce they are leaving Capitol Records and >> suing them for $2 million in unpaid royalties. >> 1969 – Ambrose Slade makes their stage debut at the Walsall Town Hall. >> They will soon change their name to just Slade. >> 1970 – A final Beatles session is held at Abbey Road with only Ringo >> in attendance, adding percussion to "Let It Be," "The Long And Winding >> Road" and "I, Me, Mine" before Phil Spector adds orchestra to each of >> the songs later in the day. >> 1970 – As an April Fool's joke, John and Yoko announce that they are >> both going to have sex change operations. >> 1970 – Roy Orbison and Kenny Rogers and The First Edition appear on >> The Johnny Cash Show. >> 1970 – Promoters for The Rolling Stones’ forthcoming six concerts at >> Earls Court - as part of the group's European tour - announce they >> have received over one million postal ticket applications. >> 1972 – The first day of the Mar Y Sol Festival begins in Puerto Rico. >> The three-day event features Rod Stewart, Dr. John, The Allman >> Brothers Band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Alice Cooper, The J. Geils >> Band, Herbie Mann, Long John Baldry, Osbisa, Dave Brubeck, B.B. King >> and others. >> 1975 – The Bay City Rollers' children's music show, Shang-A-Lang, >> debuts on ITV. >> 1976 – AC/DC relocates from Australia to the UK, playing their first >> gig at The Red Cow in Hammersmith. >> 1976 – The Buzzcocks make their live stage debut at the Bolton >> Institute of Technology. The power is turned off after three numbers. >> 1976 – Wings release their single, “Silly Love Songs” b/w “Cook Of The >> House” in the U.S. >> 1976 – Thieves break into David Gilmour's home and steal several >> guitars worth £6,500. >> 1977 – Elvis Presley is hospitalized for six days at Baptist Hospital >> in Memphis for fatigue and intestinal flu after canceling his concert >> in Baton Rouge mid-show the previous evening. >> 1978 – The Philadelphia Fury soccer team, jointly owned by Paul Simon, >> James Taylor and Peter Frampton, plays its first match. >> 1978 – Elvis Costello and The Attractions appear at the Bracknell >> Sports Centre in Berkshire. >> 1984 – Marvin Gaye is murdered by his father, who will get six years >> probation for the killing. >> 1985 – David Lee Roth quits Van Halen. >> 1985 – Tom Bailey of The Thompson Twins collapses from exhaustion >> while staying at the Holiday Inn in Chelsea, and is flown to Paris to >> see his private doctor. >> 1990 – Willie Nelson's tour bus collides with a car in Riverdale, >> Canada, killing the driver of the car. >> 2001 – Spice Girl Mel B is advised to sell her £3.5 million >> Buckinghamshire mansion because she can't afford to run it. >> 2002 – Paul McCartney kicks off the first leg of his 19-date Driving >> North American tour at the Oakland Arena in California. >> 2005 – U2 appears at the Arrowhead Sports Arena in Anaheim, >> California, with opening act Kings Of Leon on their Vertigo Tour. >> 2008 – Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich declares the day "Cheap Trick >> Day" in honor of the band. >> 2009 – Santana signs on to perform 36 concerts at The Hard Rock Hotel >> and Casino in Las Vegas. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. 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