Jings, didn't know Darrell Sweet had died, and all these years back too!
Went to the same scholl as Darrell, a few years older than me but always a
friendly enough guy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vnOzs0vdlA&list=AL94UKMTqg-9AY1nJRWlpauFc54luFgI0A&index=13
On Tuesday, 30 April 2013 15:53:41 UTC+1, Eidem wrote:
> April 30 Born –
> Reverend Gary Davis (1896) – Blues singer/guitarist.
> Percy Heath (1923) – Jazz bassist with Miles Davis and Charlie Parker.
> Johnny Horton (1925) – Country/rockabilly singer.
> Bill Buchanan (1930) – Brill songwriter ("The Flying Saucer").
> Willie Nelson (1933) – Country music singer/songwriter.
> Johnny Farina (1941) – Santos & Johnny (“Sleepwalk”).
> Bobby Vee (aka Robert Velline, 1943) – singer.
> Richard Shoff (1944) – The Sandpipers.
> Mimi Fariña (aka Margarita Baez, 1945) – singer/songwriter/activist.
> Mike Beacon (1945) – Ox.
> Wayne Kramer (1948) – guitarist for The MC5.
> Des Tong (1951) – bassist for Sad Café.
> Merrill Osmond (1953) – The Osmond Brothers.
> Robert Reynolds (1962) – The Mavericks.
> J. R. Richards (1967) – lead vocalist for Dishwalla.
> Paulo Jr. (aka Paulo Xisto Pinto, Jr., 1968) – bassist for Sepultura.
> Chris Henderson (1971) – guitarist for 3 Doors Down.
>
> April 30 R.I.P. –
> Richard Fariña (1966) – motorcycle accident. Age 29. American folk
> singer.
> Lester Bangs (1982) – overdose. Age 33. Rock journalist.
> Muddy Waters (1983) – heart failure. Age 70. Blues singer/songwriter.
> Darrell Sweet (1999) – heart attack before going on stage. Age 51.
> Nazareth.
> Norma-Jean Wofford (2005) – Guitarist with Bo Diddley, 1962-1966.
> Zola Taylor (2007) – pneumonia. Age 69. The Platters.
> Hilliard “Buddy” Saltzman (2012) – Age 87. Prolific New York session
> drummer.
>
> April 30 album releases –
> Marvin Gaye – M.P.G. (1969)
> Thin Lizzy – Thin Lizzy (1971)
> Wings – Red Rose Speedway (1973) U.S.
> J.J. Cale – Okie (1974)
> Elton John – Here And There (1976)
> Bob Marley and The Wailers – Rastaman Vibration (1976)
> The Moody Blues – Caught Live + 5 (1977) UK
> Sister Sledge – We Are Family (1979) UK
> Cheap Trick – One On One (1982)
> The Cure – The Top (1984)
> Keel – The Final Frontier (1986)
> Joe Jackson – Laughter & Lust (1991)
> Yes – Union (1991)
> Iced Earth – Night Of The Stormrider (1992) U.S.
> Dave Matthews Band – Crash (1996)
> The Cranberries – To The Faithful Departed (1996)
>
> April 30 events –
> 1940 – Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra records “Contrasts” for Decca.
> 1941 – Charlie Parker makes his first recording with The Jay McShann
> Band on the song "Swingmatism."
> 1945 – The musical variety radio show Arthur Godfrey Time begins its
> 27 year run on CBS Radio.
> 1953 – Nelson Riddle arranges his first recording session for Frank
> Sinatra.
> 1957 – Elvis Presley records "Jailhouse Rock" and “Young And
> Beautiful” at Radio Recorders in Hollywood.
> 1960 – Fats Domino records "Walking To New Orleans" at J&M Studios in
> New Orleans.
> 1962 – The Orlons record "The Wah Watusi" at Cameo-Parkway Studios in
> Philadelphia.
> 1964 – While on tour in Scotland, The Beatles are interviewed by
> Evelyn Elliot with a BBC Scotland camera crew at the Roman Camp Hotel
> in Callander, Perthshire, where the group is staying. The piece is
> shown that evening on the BBC 1 news show Six Ten. During the
> afternoon, the group visits Glasgow's Theatre Royal studios to record
> a contribution for the Scottish television show Roundup, where they
> chat to hosts Morag Hood and Paul Young, but don't perform. In the
> evening, The Beatles play two shows at the Odeon Cinema in Glasgow.
> Meanwhile, in the United States, The Beatles are paid $140,000 for the
> rights to have their pictures included on bubble gum cards.
> 1965 – Bob Dylan begins his UK tour at the City Hall in Sheffield.
> 1965 – Herman's Hermits make their U.S. stage debut with The Zombies
> as opening act.
> 1965 – The Kinks begin their first British tour as headliners at the
> Adelphi Cinema in Slough. Also on the bill are The Yardbirds, Goldie
> and The Gingerbreads, Jeff and Jon, The Riot Squad, and Val McKenna.
> 1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Walker Brothers, Engelbert
> Humperdinck and Cat Stevens wrap up their package tour with two shows
> at the Granada Theatre in Tooting.
> 1967 – Folksingers Ian & Sylvia appear at Carnegie Hall in New York
> City.
> 1967 – Paul Revere and The Raiders perform "Good Thing," "Ups And
> Downs," "Him Or Me (What's It Gonna Be?)" and "Kicks" on The Ed
> Sullivan Show. Also on the program are Melina Mercouri and Gilbert
> Price.
> 1968 – Organist Al Kooper announces he is leaving Blood, Sweat And
> Tears.
> 1968 – The Cilla Black Show debuts on the BBC, making Cilla the first
> Englishwoman to have her own television show.
> 1969 – At Abbey Road studios, George Harrison overdubs his lead guitar
> part onto "Let It Be," which will be included on the single version.
> Afterward, John and Paul record all the vocals to the May 1967
> instrumental track “You Know My Name (Look Up The Number).”
> 1969 – The Righteous Brothers, Waylon Jennings and Liza Minnelli
> appear on The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.
> 1970 – Allman Brothers road manager Twiggs Lyndon is arrested for
> murdering a club manager in Buffalo, New York over a contract dispute
> after the band showed up 15 minutes late to their gig. At the ensuing
> trial, Lyndon's lawyers argued that he had been temporarily insane at
> the time of the incident because touring with The Allman Brothers Band
> would drive anyone insane. Lyndon was found not guilty.
> 1976 – In New York City, Keith Moon pays nine cab drivers $100 each to
> block off each end of the street so he can throw all his hotel
> furniture out the window.
> 1977 – Led Zeppelin sets an attendance record when 76,229 people see
> their show at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan.
> 1977 – Steve Miller’s single “Jet Airliner” enters the Billboard Hot
> 100 at # 71.
> 1980 – Roger Daltry premieres in his first acting role in the film,
> McVicar.
> 1983 – The original members of Manfred Mann reunite for the 25th
> anniversary of the Marquee Club in London.
> 1987 – The Beatles release Help! Rubber Soul and Revolver on compact
> disc.
> 1988 – For the first time since its release 15 years earlier, Pink
> Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon leaves the Billboard charts, only to
> return a few months later.
> 1990 – Prince plays a benefit show at Rupert’s Nightclub in Golden
> Valley, Minnesota for the family of former bodyguard Charles "Big
> Chick" Huntsberry, who died suddenly from a heart attack.
> 1991 – Nirvana signs with Geffen’s DGC label for $290.000.
> 1993 – Elton John's single “Simple Life” enters Billboard's Top 40,
> breaking Elvis Presley's longstanding record with 24 consecutive years
> of Top 40 hits.
> 1995 – Singer/songwriter Rosanne Cash marries producer John Leventhal.
> They’re still married.
> 1999 – Former Spandau Ballet members Tony Hadley, Steve Norman and
> John Keeblelost lose their court case against band songwriter Gary
> Kemp, claiming they were owed £1 million in royalties.
> 2001 – A small aircraft carrying Sting, a friend and two pilots skids
> off the runway as it lands in Florence, Italy. No one is hurt, and
> faulty brakes are blamed.
> 2002 – Roger Daltry appears as a music teacher in the "That '70s
> Musical" episode of That '70s Show.
> 2003 – Sixties soul icon Earl King is buried in his hometown of New
> Orleans with an authentic jazz funeral. Paul McCartney and Eric
> Clapton send their condolences.
> 2004 – Michael Jackson is arraigned on child molestation charges,
> pleading not guilty to ten different criminal counts, including
> extortion and false imprisonment.
> 2004 – Ray Charles makes his final public appearance at the dedication
> of his music studio as a historic landmark in Los Angeles.
> 2005 – The Dave Matthews Band pays $200,000 in damages for dumping
> human waste from their tour bus as they drove over a bridge onto a
> boatload of people below in August 2004.
> 2008 – Gail Renard, owner of the hand-written lyrics to John Lennon's
> "Give Peace A Chance" announces his plans to sell the piece of paper
> at an auction.
> 2008 – The tattered remains of Roger Waters' inflatable pig, which
> floated away during his performance at the Coachella Festival on April
> 27, are found by two families in their yards in La Quinta, California.
>
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