April 18 Born –
Leopold Stokowski (1882) – British orchestra conductor (Fantasia).
Tony Mottola (1918) – studio/session guitarist.
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (1924) – Blues guitarist/singer/songwriter.
Paul A. Rothchild (1935) – producer for The Doors and Janis Joplin.
Hal Galper (1938) – Jazz pianist.
Glen D. Hardin (1939) – The Shindogs and The Crickets.
Mike Vickers (1940) – guitarist/sax player for Manfred Mann.
Alexander "Skip" Spence (1946) – Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape.
Lennie Baker (1946) – saxophonist for Danny and The Juniors and Sha Na
Na.
Hayley Mills (1946) – actress/singer ("Let's Get Together").
Andy Kyriacou (1958) – drummer for Modern Romance.
Les Pattinson (1958) – bassist for Echo and The Bunnymen.
Shirlie Holliman (1962) – backing singer for Wham!
Mike Mangini (1963) – drummer for Dream Theater.
Mark "Bez" Berry (1964) – dancer, percussionist for Happy Mondays and
Black Grape.
Greg Eklund (1970) – drummer for Everclear.
Mark Tremonti (1974) – lead guitarist for Creed.April 18 R.I.P. – Bernard Edwards (1996) – pneumonia. Age 43. Bassist for Chic. Billy Mitchell (2001) – Age 74. Jazz saxophonist with Woody Herman and Dizzy Gillespie. Andrew Steele (2005) – cancer. Age 43. Drummer for The Herd and Steelers Wheel. Dick Clark (2012) – heart attack. Age 82. American Bandstand. April 18 album releases – Cilla Black – Cilla Sings A Rainbow (1966) The Pretty Things – Emotions (1967) The Miracles – Renaissance (1973) ZZ Top – Fandango (1975) The Cure – Seventeen Seconds (1980) Butthole Surfers – Rembrandt Pussyhorse (1986) Eric Clapton – Crossroads (1988) (box set) Erasure – The Innocents (1988) Reba McEntire – Reba (1988) Pixies – Doolittle (1989) Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Let Love In (1994) Scorpions – Live Bites (1995) Tricky – Maxinquaye (1995) U.S. Blind Guardian – The Forgotten Tales (1996) Black Label Society – Stronger Than Death (2000) Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs – Under The Covers, Vol. 1 (2006) April 18 events – 1936 – Gene Autry records “Back In The Saddle Again” in Los Angeles. 1956 – Elvis Presley plays two shows at the Fairgrounds Pavilion in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1957 – Buddy Knox is inducted into the Army Reserves. 1960 – Paul Anka records "Hello, Young Lovers" at Bell Sound Studios in New York City. 1963 – The Beatles appear on the BBC radio special, Swinging Sounds '63, recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall. While backstage, Paul McCartney meets Jane Asher. 1963 – Bobby Bare records "Detroit City" at RCA Studios in Nashville. 1964 – The Beatles appear on the Morecambe And Wise Show, performing "This Boy," "All My Loving," "I Want To Hold Your Hand," and a rendition of "Moonlight Bay" with the hosts of the show. 1965 – World renowned African-American classical singer Marian Anderson performs her final concert at aqe 68 at Carnegie Hall. 1966 – John Lennon and George Harrison attend a show by The Lovin' Spoonful at the Marquee Club in London. 1968 – Pink Floyd plays two shows at the Piper Club in Rome, Italy. 1970 – Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant collapses from exhaustion on stage at the Coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona. 1970 – Steel Mill, featuring Bruce Springsteen, plays in the main gym in North Hall at Ocean County College in Toms River, New Jersey. 1971 – Diana Ross' first solo television special, Diana, airs on ABC- TV, featuring The Jackson 5, Bill Cosby and Danny Thomas. 1972 – Elvis Presley appears at the Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. 1973 – Neil Young's movie, Journey Through The Past, featuring footage of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash, premieres at the Dallas Film Festival in Texas. 1975 – John Lennon releases his single, "Stand By Me" b/w "Move Over Ms. L" in the UK. In the U.S., Lennon performs "Imagine" and "Slippin' And Slidin'" at the All-Star Salute To Lew Grade, held at the Hilton Hotel in New York City. Tom Jones and Julie Andrews also appear. 1975 – Alice Cooper's first television special, Welcome To My Nightmare, airs on ABC. 1975 – Bay City Rollers fans attempt to swim across a lake to reach the band at a BBC1 radio-sponsored event at the racetrack in Mallory Park. 39 people are taken to the hospital, four being admitted. 1981 – Yes' bassist Chris Squire and drummer Alan White begin rehearsals with the remaining members of Led Zeppelin for a band to be called XYZ (ex-Yes and Zeppelin). The band never materializes. 1984 – Michael Jackson undergoes scalp surgery to repair damage caused by fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial on January 27. 1985 – Liberace breaks his own record by earning $2 million for his latest set of engagements at Radio City Music Hall. 1987 – U2 plays the second of five nights at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles, on their Unforgettable Fire Tour. 1988 – Dennis Lobban goes on trial for the murder of Peter Tosh. He will be found guilty in June and sentenced to hang. 1988 – Motown songwriters Holland/Dozier/Holland are inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame. 1995 – Oasis drummer Tony McCarrol is fired from the band with a telephone call. He will sue. 2003 – Etta James receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 2005 – Reebok pulls a UK TV ad featuring 50 Cent after a mother whose son was shot and killed complains that the ad glamorizes gun crime. 2006 – The lyric, "One life, with each other, sisters, brothers…," from the U2 song, "One," is voted the UK's favorite lyric in a poll of 13,000 people done by VH1. 2006 – A five-day sale of Elton John's clothing brings in more than $700,000 for Elton's AIDS charity. 2012 – An original and extremely rare 1963 mono copy of The Beatles‘ Please Please Me album, signed by all four Beatles in May 1963, sells on eBay for $24,675. 2012 – Elton John plays his fourth night of five at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas during his April residency run of The Million Dollar Piano show. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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