April 29 Born –
Edward "Duke" Ellington (1899) – composer, pianist, band leader.
Donald Mills (1915) – The Mills Brothers.
Carl Gardner (1928) – The Coasters.
Ray Barretto (1929) – Puerto Rican jazz percussionist.
Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan (1931) – Skiffle musician.
Andy Simpkins (1932) – Jazz bassist for Sarah Vaughan, The Three
Sounds.
Rod McKuen (1933) – songwriter ("Seasons In The Sun").
Otis Rush (1935) – Blues singer/guitarist.
April Stevens (aka Carol LoTiempo, 1936) – singer ("Deep Purple").
Albee Cracolici (1936) – The Mystics.
Klaus Voorman (1938) – artist/bassist for Manfred Mann.
Vini Poncia, Jr. (1942) – The Trade Winds.
Duane Allen (1943) – The Oak Ridge Boys.
Tammi Terrell (1945) – Motown singer.
Hugh Hopper (1945) – Jazz fusion bassist, Soft Machine.
Joel Larson (1947) – session drummer, The Grass Roots.
John Cascella (1947) – keyboardist/accordionist for John Cougar
Mellencamp.
Tommy James (aka Tom Jackson, 1947) – Tommy James and The Shondells.
Michael Karoli (1948) – guitarist for Can.
Bill Drummond (1953) – Scottish musician/producer, The KLF.
Simon Edwards (1958) – bassist for Red Box and Fairground Attraction.
Carnie Wilson (1968) – Wilson Phillips.
Mike Hogan (1973) – bassist for The Cranberries.April 29 R.I.P. – Leroy Carr (1935) – nephritis. Age 30. Blues singer/songwriter/ pianist. Gilbert "Cisco" Houston (1961) – stomach cancer. Age 42. Folk singer with Woody Guthrie. Floyd Butler (1990) – heart attack. Age 52. The Hi-Fi's and The Friends of Distinction. Mick Ronson (1993) – liver cancer. Age 46. Guitarist for The Spiders >From Mars. Perry Ford (1999) – Age 58. The Ivy League. Jim Pash (2005) – heart failure. Age 57. Saxophonist for The Surfaris. David Mason (2011) – leukemia. Age 85. Piccolo trumpeter on "Penny Lane." April 29 album releases – Martha and The Vandellas – Ridin’ High (1968) The Temptations – The Temptations Wish It Would Rain (1968) The Doors – L.A. Woman (1971) Alice Cooper – Lace And Whiskey (1977) Van Halen – Fair Warning (1981) The Replacements – Hootenanny (1983) Freddie Mercury – Mr. Bad Guy (1985) The Ataris – …Anywhere But Here (1997) Prince – Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic (2001) Steve Winwood – Nine Lives (2008) April 29 events – 1953 – The musical variety show, Coke Time With Eddie Fisher debuts on NBC-TV. The soundtrack of the show also airs on Mutual Radio stations. The show runs for four years. 1959 – Ronnie Hawkins records "Mary Lou," "Need Your Lovin'" and six other songs at Bell Sound Studios in New York. 1960 – Per the Payola Committee’s orders on April 21, Dick Clark divests himself of all of his recording company interests and music publishing rights, worth nearly $8 million. 1963 – After seeing the group the previous evening, 19-year old publicist Andrew Loog Oldham and agent Eric Easton sign The Rolling Stones to a management contract. As part of the deal, pianist Ian Stewart is removed from the group’s public line-up, but continues to perform with the band at the back of the stage and on record. 1963 – Roy Orbison records “Mean Woman Blues” at RCA Studios in Nashville. 1965 – Ringo Starr stand-in, drummer Jimmy Nichol files for bankruptcy in London. 1967 – The 14-hour Technicolour Dream party takes place in the Great Hall at the Alexandra Palace in London, featuring Pink Floyd, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Soft Machine, The Move, Tomorrow, The Pretty Things, John's Children, Alexis Korner, Social Deviants, The Purple Gang, Champion Jack Dupree, Graham Bond, Savoy Brown and many others. 1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Walker Brothers, Engelbert Humperdinck and Cat Stevens play two shows at the Winter Gardens in Bournemouth. 1967 – Cindy Birdsong makes her stage debut as one of The Supremes at the Hollywood Bowl. 1967 – Aretha Franklin releases her single, “Respect” b/w “Dr. Feelgood.” 1969 – On his 70th birthday, Duke Ellington is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom - the nation's highest civilian honor - by President Nixon. 1969 – Ringo Starr records his vocals for “Octopus’ Garden” at Abbey Road studios. 1970 – George Harrison announces his plans for his first solo album, and states that The Beatles will reunite… eventually. 1970 – Rick Nelson and Doug Kershaw appear on The Johnny Cash Show. 1971 – In a letter to the Village Voice, Bill Graham announces that he is closing both Fillmores. 1972 – New York Mayor John Lindsay intervenes in the immigration proceedings against John Lennon, calling the attempts to deport Lennon, "a grave injustice in light of Lennon's unique contributions to music and art." 1973 – American unknown John Denver begins his self-titled BBC television show, which makes him a star. 1973 – The "Goldrush Caravan to the Sky" concert in Stockton, California, featuring Canned Heat, Fleetwood Mac, Elvin Bishop and Buddy Miles, ends in a riot with 80 injuries and 50 arrests in the crowd of 15,000. 1976 – After playing a show in Memphis, Bruce Springsteen takes a cab to Graceland to meet Elvis. When he is turned away at the gates, he climbs a wall to get on the grounds, and is escorted off the property without incident. 1977 – The Temptations leave Motown after 17 years with the label. 1977 – The Jam releases their first single, "In The City" b/w "Takin' My Love" in the UK. 1977 – The Grateful Dead play the first of five nights at the Palladium in New York City. 1977 – The Kinks appear at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. 1978 – P.J. Proby is fired from the musical production, Elvis, for ad- libbing and not sticking to the script. 1980 – Black Sabbath begins their first tour with Ronnie James Dio as their singer. 1981 – Elton John pays £14,000 for 232 Goon Show scripts broadcast during the 1950's at an auction held by Christies in London. 1988 – Patti Boyd files for divorce from Eric Clapton, citing infidelity. 1989 – Jon Bon Jovi marries his childhood sweetheart, Dorthea Hurley, at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. They’re still married. 1990 – Summer Dreams: The Story Of The Beach Boys airs on ABC-TV. 1992 – Singer/dancer Paula Abdul marries actor Emilio Estevez. The marriage lasts two years. 1992 – Country music singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes successful quadruple bypass surgery at Nashville's Centennial Medical Center. 1993 – Barry White "appears" as himself in the "Whacking Day" episode of The Simpsons. 1995 – Tupac Shakur marries Keisha Morris inside the Clinton Correctional Facility, where he is serving a four-year jail term for sex abuse. The marriage is annulled a short time later. 1996 – A Celine Dion and Phil Spector project falls through after terms can't be agreed upon. 1997 – Boy George is called a "professional liar" during a London court hearing by musician Kirk Brandon, who is suing the singer over claims in George's autobiography that the pair had slept together. 1998 – Aerosmith's Steven Tyler breaks his knee during a concert in Anchorage, Alaska, delaying the group’s Nine Lives Tour. 2001 – In an interview, Rod Stewart suggests there be a change in wedding vows, bringing them up to date and treated like a dog license. Stewart said, “A change is needed because they've been in existence for 600 years, when people used to live until they were only 35.” 2003 – The documentary about Stax Records, Only The Strong Survive, premieres in New York City. 2003 – A $5 million hearing-loss lawsuit brought against John Fogerty is dismissed by the judge, who tells the plaintiff that he assumed the risk of hearing damage when he attended the concert. 2005 – Mary Travers - of Peter, Paul and Mary - undergoes a bone marrow transplant in an attempt to stave off the leukemia that will ultimately take her life in 2009. 2009 – A Queen fan bids $11,000 at a charity auction and wins a two hour, one-on-one guitar lesson from Queen's guitarist, Brian May. -- 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]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
