Don't forget that Roy Orbison was a Wilbury...
On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 7:07:26 AM UTC-7, Eidem wrote:
>
> April 23 Born –
> Shirley Temple (1928) – actress/singer (“On The Good Ship Lollipop”).
> Roy Orbison (1936) – singer/songwriter.
> Ray Peterson (1939) – American singer ("Corina, Corina").
> Dale Houston (1940) – Dale & Grace ("I’m Leaving It Up To You").
> Sandra Dee (aka Alexandra Zuck, 1942) – actress/singer ("When I Fall
> In Love").
> John Allen (1945) – guitarist for The Nashville Teens.
> Glenn Cornick (1947) – bassist for Jethro Tull and Paris.
> John Miles (aka John Errington, 1949) – British singer/songwriter/
> guitarist ("Music").
> Narada Michael Walden (1952) – drummer for The Mahavishnu Orchestra.
> Captain Sensible (aka Raymond Burns, 1955) – The Damned.
> Rob Dean (1955) – guitarist for Japan.
> Steve Clark (1960) – guitarist for Def Leppard.
> David Gedge (1960) – vocalist for The Wedding Present, and Cinerama.
> Gen (aka Simon Matthews, 1964) – drummer for Jesus Jones.
> Tommy DeCarlo (1965) – current singer for Boston.
> Stan Frazier (1968) – drummer for Sugar Ray.
>
> April 23 R.I.P. –
> Red Garland (1984) – heart attack. Age 61. Hard bop jazz pianist.
> Harold Arlen (1986) – Age 81. Composer/songwriter ("Over The
> Rainbow").
> Johnny Thunders (1991) – overdose, possibly murder. Age 38. New York
> Dolls.
> Robert Farnon (2005) – Age 87. Canadian composer/conductor/arranger.
> Norman Wright (2010) – Age 72. The Del-Vikings.
> Huey P. Meaux (2011) – Age 82. Studio owner, record producer ("Wasted
> Days And Wasted Nights").
> Tom King (2011) – Age 68. Guitarist for The Outsiders.
> Tommy Marth (2012) – suicide. Age 33. Saxophonist with The Killers.
>
> April 23 album releases –
> Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends (1969)
> The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers (1971)
> Stephen Stills and Manassas – Down The Road (1973)
> Gentle Giant – Interview (1976)
> Jethro Tull – Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die! (1976) UK
> The Rolling Stones – Black And Blue (1976)
> The Ramones – Ramones (1976)
> Judas Priest – Sin After Sin (1977)
> Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan At Budokan (1979)
> Madness – Complete Madness (1982)
> Men At Work – Two Hearts (1985)
> Various Artists – We Are The World (1985)
> Death Angel – The Ultra-Violence (1987)
> Inspiral Carpets – Life (1990)
> Joe Walsh – Ordinary Average Guy (1991)
> Michael Bolton – Time, Love & Tenderness (1991)
> Hootie & The Blowfish – Fairweather Johnson (1996)
> Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
> Asia – Omega (2010)
>
> April 23 events –
> 1943 – The Earl "Fatha" Hines Band, featuring then-unknowns Dizzy
> Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Sarah Vaughan, begins a series of
> engagements at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.
> 1956 – Elvis opens his ill-fated two-week engagement at the New
> Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, opening for comedian Shecky Greene.
> Presley is cancelled after one week.
> 1957 – Patti Page releases her single, “Old Cape Cod” b/w “Wondering.”
> 1960 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney perform as The Nerk Twins at The
> Fox and Hounds pub in Caversham, Berkshire, which is owned by Paul's
> cousin, Bett.
> 1962 – Tony Sheridan releases his single "My Bonnie" b/w "The Saints,"
> marking the first appearance of The Beatles (featuring Pete Best) on
> record, albeit credited as The Beat Brothers.
> 1963 – Jan and Dean record "Surf City" with members of the Wrecking
> Crew.
> 1963 – Bob Dylan records "Girl Of The North Country," "Masters Of
> War," "Talking World War III Blues" and "Bob Dylan's Dream" at
> Columbia Studios in New York City.
> 1964 – The Beatles, minus John, run foolishly around Thornbury Playing
> Fields in Middlesex for the "Can't Buy Me Love" segment of their
> movie. Lennon’s absence is due to a literary luncheon in his honor at
> the Dorchester Hotel in London for his book In His Own Write.
> 1965 – The Rolling Stones begin their third North American tour -
> their first U.S. tour of 1965 - at the Maurice Richard Arena in
> Montreal, Canada.
> 1965 – The Four Tops release their single "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar
> Pie Honey Bunch)" b/w "Baby Love."
> 1966 – The Standells' "Dirty Water" debuts on the Billboard Hot 100
> chart and stays there for 16 weeks.
> 1969 – Famed L.A. folk/rock club, The Ash Grove is destroyed by fire.
> 1969 – Johnny Cash, June Carter and Vikki Carr appear on The Glen
> Campbell Goodtime Hour.
> 1970 – Fairport Convention, Fotheringay and Matthews Southern Comfort
> all appear at the Roundhouse in London.
> 1974 – During rehearsals for her appearance as guest host of The
> Tonight Show, Mama Cass Elliott collapses from exhaustion.
> 1975 – Pink Floyd plays the first of five sold-out nights at the Los
> Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in California.
> 1977 – Joan Jett appears at the Whiskey A Go-Go with opening act,
> Blondie.
> 1978 – Sid Vicious films his "My Way" segment for the Sex Pistols film
> The Great Rock 'N Roll Swindle.
> 1979 – David Bowie debuts his song "Boys Keep Swinging" on The Kenny
> Everett Show.
> 1981 – Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins join Johnny Cash on stage in
> Stuttgart, Germany. The concert is recorded for a live album release.
> 1983 – U2 kicks off their 48-date War North American tour opening for
> Todd Rundgren at the Carolina Concert For Children benefit at Kenan
> Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
> 1985 – Liberace appears as himself on the television soap opera,
> Another World. In the afternoon, he is a guest VJ on MTV.
> 1987 – Carole King sues Lou Adler for $400,000 in royalties and
> publishing rights to some of her late ‘60s material.
> 1988 – Prince releases his single, “Alphabet St.” b/w “Alphabet St.
> (This Is Not Music, This Is A Trip).”
> 1988 – Celebrating his 52nd birthday at a Springsteen concert in L.A.,
> Roy Orbison is brought out on stage by Bruce so he and the audience
> can sing "Happy Birthday" to Roy.
> 1992 – George Michael announces he is donating his $500,000 royalties
> from the sale of his duet record with Elton John, “Don't Let The Sun
> Go Down On Me,” to various British and American charities.
> 1993 – Guns N' Roses plays the first of two nights at Palacio de los
> Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico, on their Use Your Illusion Tour.
> 1995 – Peter Hodgson finds a reel-to-reel tape in his attic featuring
> 16 songs recorded by The Quarrymen in 1959. A young Paul McCartney
> borrowed the tape recorder from Hodgson's grandfather 46 years
> earlier, and forgot the tape in the machine.
> 1997 – The Four Tops receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
> 1997 – Club boss Paul Donavan is fined over £2,000 after being found
> guilty of selling tickets and tricking fans that he had Peter Andre
> appearing at his club in the West Midlands.
> 2000 – The U.S. Library of Congress awards Johnny Cash with a Living
> Legend Award.
> 2004 – Marion "Suge" Knight is released from Mule Creek State Prison
> after serving ten months for parole violations.
> 2008 – Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora is sentenced to three years
> probation for a drunk driving arrest in Laguna Beach.
> 2008 – In the early morning hours of the day, Amy Winehouse, on a
> drunken binge and rampage, injures several people, two of which are
> head-butted in the face.
>
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