开云体育

ctrl + shift + ? for shortcuts
© 2025 开云体育
  1. Dammaj-Control
  2. Topics

Fw: Music History for Aril 12

 

From: Jackie Schmitt






Music History for
April 12


1939 - Woody Herman’s orchestra recorded "Woodchopper’s Ball."?

1954 - Bill Haley and the Comets recorded "Rock Around the Clock." The song was released a year later in the movie "Blackboard Jungle."?

1954 - Big Joe Turner's "Shake, Rattle and Roll" was released.?

1955 - The national radio show?Your Hit Parade?celebrated its 20th anniversary.?

1963 - Bob Dylan performed his first major solo concert at Town Hall in New York City.?

1964 - Chubby Checker and former Miss World, Catherina Lodders, were married.?

1966 - Jan Berry (Jan & Dean) crashed his car near "Dead Man's Curve" in Beverly Hills, CA. He suffered severe head injuries and was in a coma for nearly two months.?

1969 - Simon & Garfunkel's "The Boxer" was released.?

1971 - Crosby, Stills Nash & Young's live album?Four Way Street?was certified gold by the RIAA.?

1973 - The film?That'll Be the Day, starring David Essex and Ringo Starr, premiered in London.?

1974?- Bad Company's "Can't Get Enough" was released.?

1978 - The Four Tops performed at Aretha Franklin's wedding.?

1984 - "Louie Louie Day" was held in Olympia, WA.?

1986 - Belinda Carlisle married Morgan Mason.?

1988 - Sonny Bono was elected mayor of Palm Springs, CA.?

1989 - Garth Brooks' self-titled debut album was released.?

1990 - James Brown was released from a South Carolina jail on work furlough after serving 15 months of a six-year sentence for aggravated assault.?

1993 - Actress Lisa Bonet filed for divorce from Lenny Kravitz.?

1994 - Hole's second album?Live Through This?was released.?

1999 - Shania Twain became the first female artist in music history to sell at least 10 million units with back to back releases.?

2000 - Bo Diddley filed suit against Nike for using his name and image without permission. Nike is accused of continuing to use his image after a contract expired in 1991.?

2000 - It was announced that Tony Bennett would have a selection of his paintings exhibited at a London gallery from May 16 until June 16. The title of the exhibition is "What My Heart Has Seen."?

2002 - Ozzy Osbourne received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.?

2010 - In San Antonio, TX, Bret Michaels had an emergency appendectomy. He had gone to the hospital while preparing for a show the previous night.?

Mary
Live long and prosper

1 - 1 of 1