Steve,
Jam hammer was keyboardist for the Mahavishnu Orchestra as well (along with
Billy Cobham, Jean-Luc Ponty, John McLaughlin and Bill Evans... quite a
group BTW)
On Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:22:35 AM UTC-7, Eidem wrote:
>
> April 17 Born –
> Chris Barber (1930) – British jazz trombonist ("Petite Fleur").
> Don Kirshner (1934) – promoter, record executive.
> Alexander "Pete" Graves (1936) – The Moonglows.
> Tony Bellus (1936) – singer ("Robbin' The Cradle").
> Billy Fury (aka Ronald Wycherley, 1940) – British singer.
> Shelly Buchansky (1942) – Vito and The Salutations.
> Bobby Curtola (1943) – Canadian singer, teen idol ("Fortune Teller").
> Roy Estrada (1943) – bassist for The Mothers of Invention.
> Tony Crane (1945) – The Merseybeats.
> Jan Hammer (1948) – Jazz fusion keyboardist.
> Michael Sembello (1954) – session musician/songwriter.
> Pete Shelley (1955) – singer/guitarist for The Buzzcocks.
> Valerie Jones (1956) – The Jones Girls.
> Maynard James Keenan (1964) – singer for Tool and A Perfect Circle.
> Liz Phair (1967) – singer/songwriter.
> Matt Chamberlain (1967) – session drummer.
> Posh Spice (aka Victoria Adams Beckham, 1974) – The Spice Girls.
>
> April 17 R.I.P. –
> Eddie Cochran (1960) – car crash. Age 21. Singer/songwriter
> (“Summertime Blues”).
> Carmen Lombardo (1971) – cancer. Age 67. Songwriter (“Sweethearts On
> Parade”).
> Vinnie Taylor (1974) – heroin overdose. Age 25. Guitarist for Sha Na
> Na.
> Felix Pappalardi (1983) – murdered. Age 43. Mountain.
> Carlton "Carly" Barrett (1987) – murdered. Age 36. Drummer for Bob
> Marley and The Wailers.
> Jack Yellen (1991) – Age 98. Lyricist ("Ain't She Sweet").
> Linda McCartney (1998) – breast cancer. Age 56. Wings.
> Earl King (2003) – diabetes. Age 69. Blues singer/songwriter/guitarist
> ("Let The Good Times Roll").
> Danny Federici (2008) – melanoma. Age 58. Keyboardist for The E Street
> Band.
>
> April 17 album releases –
> Dusty Springfield – A Girl Called Dusty (1964)
> Brinsley Schwarz – Brinsley Schwarz (1970)
> Ten Years After – Cricklewood Green (1970)
> Paul McCartney – McCartney (1970)
> The Eagles – Desperado (1973)
> Stiff Little Fingers – Go For It (1981)
> Motörhead – Iron Fist (1982)
> John Lennon – Live In New York City (1986) U.S.
> Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – The Good Son (1990)
>
> April 17 events –
> 1950 – Tony Bennett begins recording "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams” at
> CBS Studios in New York City, also recording "Sing You Sinners" and "I
> Can't Give You Anything” at the same session.
> 1956 – The Platters record “My Prayer,” “Someone To Watch Over Me,”
> “I'm Sorry,” and “At Your Beck And Call” at Mercury Sound Studios in
> New York City.
> 1958 – Ricky Nelson records "Poor Little Fool" at Master Recorders in
> Hollywood for Imperial Records.
> 1962 – Roy Orbison records “The Crowd” and “Mama” at RCA Studios in
> Nashville.
> 1963 – Elvis Presley throws a party at Graceland, ordering 80 Tasty
> Dogs and 115 Cokes.
> 1964 – The Beatles announce that their movie will be called A Hard
> Day's Night.
> 1964 – Van Morrison makes his first live appearance with Them at the
> Maritime Hotel in Belfast, Ireland.
> 1964 – After an extensive investigation, the FBI reports that the
> allegedly "filthy" lyrics of The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" are, in
> fact, incomprehensible.
> 1965 – Paul McCartney spends the day shopping for furniture on
> Portobello Road in London, disguised in a cloth cap, moustache,
> glasses and overcoat.
> 1965 – RCA and LearJet Corporation announce the development of the 8-
> track tape player.
> 1965 – Local L.A.-based television show Shivaree is nationally
> syndicated and begins airing across the U.S., with guests The
> Supremes, Johnny Tillotson and Brenda Holloway.
> 1966 – The Animals perform “Don’t Bring Me Down” and “Shake,” and
> Petula Clark sings “A Sign Of The Times” and “Just Say Goodbye” on The
> Ed Sullivan Show. Other musical guests include Jimmy Durante with
> Sonny King, and Dorothy Kirsten with Franco Corelli.
> 1966 – The Beatles record the backing track for "Dr. Robert" in seven
> takes at Abbey Road studios.
> 1966 – The Troggs release their single, “Wild Thing” b/w “From Home”
> on the Fontana label in the U.S. Because of a U.S. distribution
> dispute, “Wild Thing” is also released on the Atco label with the B-
> side being “With A Girl Like You.”
> 1969 – After three years of touring with Bob Dylan as The Hawks, The
> Band (as they are now known) plays their first solo show at the
> Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.
> 1970 – Santana begins sessions for the album that will become Abraxas,
> at Wally Heider Recording Studios in San Francisco.
> 1970 – Johnny Cash performs at The White House at President Nixon's
> invitation. Nixon requests Merle Haggard's "Okie From Muskogee," but
> Cash declines and plays "A Boy Named Sue" instead.
> 1971 – All four Beatles have solo singles in the UK charts –
> McCartney's "Another Day," Lennon's "Power To The People," Harrison's
> "My Sweet Lord," and Starr's "It Don't Come Easy."
> 1972 – Elton John releases his single, "Rocket Man" b/w "Susie
> (Dramas)."
> 1972 – Elvis Presley appears at the T.H. Barton Coliseum in Little
> Rock, Arkansas.
> 1973 – Tito Jackson and Jackson 5 drummer Johnny Jackson (no relation)
> are arrested for buying a stolen stereo and television.
> 1975 – Elvis Presley buys a Convair 880 jet from Delta Airlines for
> $250,000 and christens it the Lisa Marie.
> 1977 – The Stranglers, Cherry Vanilla, The Police and The Jam all
> appear at the Roundhouse in London.
> 1980 – In what he refers to as "the greatest honor of my life," Bob
> Marley headlines the official Independence Day celebration for the
> recently liberated country of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
> 1981 – Ringo Starr’s movie Caveman premieres in theaters in the U.S.
> 1982 – Johnny Cash hosts Saturday Night Live, with musical guest Elton
> John.
> 1991 – Nirvana appears at the O.K. Hotel in Seattle, Washington, and
> debut their song “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”
> 1993 – The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs marries movie director/producer Jay
> Roach. They’re still married.
> 2000 – Gloria Gaynor appears as herself in the "I Will Survive"
> episode of Ally McBeal.
> 2002 – Tammy Wynette's four daughters reach a confidential agreement
> with Wynette's doctor over her death, after having filed a lawsuit
> against him in 1998 claiming he contributed to her death, and having
> her body exhumed in 1999 to determine the actual cause of death.
> 2002 – The New Musical Express publishes their list of the 50 most
> influential pop acts of the last 50 years, with Public Enemy at #10,
> U2 at #9, followed by The Jam, Radiohead and Oasis, and the Top 5
> going to The Sex Pistols, David Bowie, The Stone Roses at #3, The
> Beatles taking the #2 slot, and The Smiths as the most influential at
> #1.
> 2004 – The Heritage-Odyssey Icons of 20th Century Music auction is
> held in Dallas. Among other things, Kurt Cobain's Mark IV-style
> Mosrite Gospel guitar sells for $100,000, Elton John and Bernie
> Taupin's songwriting piano sells for $140,000, and Roger McGuinn's
> 1966 Rickenbacker guitar sells for $99,000.
> 2007 – Bryan Ferry apologizes for comments he made in an interview
> regarding the pomp and circumstance of Nazi Germany, and the
> "beautiful" way they had of presenting themselves.
> 2009 – Morrissey, a vegetarian, says, "I can smell burning flesh," and
> walks off stage and cancels his show at the Coachella Festival in
> California because of the smell of the festival's barbeque area.
>
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