Today's
events - April 22
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1952 |
1952 : Singin' In The Rain is released in the USA....
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1955 |
1955, Elvis Presley appeared at the New Boston High School Football Field in Texas....
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1957 |
1957, Elvis Presley had his custom built 'Music Gates' installed at Gracelands. The gates were designed by Abe...
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1959 |
1959 : The Alan Freed "Rock and Roll movie" Go, Johnny, Go premieres in New York, featuring Chuck Berry, ...
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1962 |
1962 : Jerry Lee Lewis loses his first son, Steve Allen (named after the TV host and good friend), in a tra...
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1964 |
1964 : The President of England's National Federation of Hairdressers makes headlines when he offers a free h...
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1964 |
1964, The President of The National Federation Of Hairdressers offered a free haircut to the next No.1 group i...
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1965 |
1965, The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Ticket To Ride.' Taken from the film Help! it was...
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1966 |
1966, 'Wild Thing' by The Troggs (who were originally called The Troglodytes) was released in the U.S. on both...
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1966 |
Today in 1966, The Troggs' cover of "Wild Thing" (a song originally performed by The Wild Ones) was releas...
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1966 |
1966, Two dozen local group's appeared at a ‘battle of the bands’ gig in Matawan Keyport Roller Drome in N...
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1966 |
1966 : The Beatles record Taxman, Tomorrow Never Knows...
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1966 |
1966 : The Troggs release "Wild Thing"...
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1966 |
In 1966, "Wild Thing" by the British band the Troggs was released in the U.S....
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1967 |
1967 : Elvis Presley's 23rd film, Easy Come, Easy Go, premieres in Hollywood....
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1967 |
1967, In the most popular Monkee poll conducted in the music paper Disc & Music Echo, Davy Jones received 63% ...
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1968 |
1968 : "This Guy's In Love With You" becomes a huge hit after Herb Alpert sings it to his wife on a TV sp...
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1969 |
1969 : On the roof of Apple headquarters at 3 Savile Row, London, John Lennon has his name legally changed ...
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1969 |
1969 : The Beatles record The Ballad of John and Yoko...
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1969 |
1969 : The Carpenters sign with A&M Records....
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1969 |
1969 : The Who performs the complete rock opera I in its entirety in concert for the first time in Dolton...
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1969 |
1969 - During a brief legal proceeding conducted on the roof of the Apple Records building in London, John Len...
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1969 |
1969 - The Who gave their first unabridged live performance of the rock opera Tommy at a show held at the Bo...
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1969 |
1969, Fleetwood Mac kicked off a 10-date UK tour at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Also on the bill, BB King, ...
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1969 |
1969, On the roof of the Apple building in London, John Lennon changed his middle name from Winston to Ono....
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1972 |
1972, Deep Purple scored their second UK No.1 album with 'Machine Head.'...
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1972 |
1972 : A crowd of 25,000 attends "Roberta Flack Human Kindness Day" at the Washington Mall in honor of the si...
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1974 |
1974 : Redbone's "Come And Get Your Love" is certified gold....
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1974 |
1974 : The Who begins filming the movie version of Tommy, with Tina Turner's turn as the Acid Queen being...
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1975 |
1975 : Elvis Presley releases "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"...
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1976 |
1976 : Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" is certified platinum....
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1976 |
In 1976, Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" became the first single to sell more than two million copies. ...
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1977 |
1977, The Jam released their first single 'In The City', which peaked at No. 40 in the UK charts. The English ...
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1978 |
1978, Bob Marley and the Wailers performed at the 'One Love Peace Concert' in Jamaica. It was Marley's first p...
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1978 |
1978 : Bob Marley headlines the historic One Love Peace Concert in Jamaica, the singer's first appearance i...
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1978 |
In 1978, John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd made their first appearance as The Blues Brothers on NBC's "Saturday Nig...
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1978 |
1978 - Bob Marley and the Wailers performed at the "One Love Peace Concert" in Jamaica. It was Marley's first ...
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1978 |
1978, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd made their first ever appearance as The Blues Brothers when they appeared o...
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1978 |
1978 : The Blues Brothers (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) make their debut on Saturday Night Live, later becomi...
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1978 |
1978 - John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd performed as the The Blues Brothers for the first time on Saturday Night ...
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1978 |
In 1978, the Blues Brothers-the musical creation of cast members Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi-debuted on Satur...
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1978 |
In 1978, the Blues Brothers-the not-quite-real, not-quite-fake musical creation of "Saturday Night Live" cast ...
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1979 |
1978 : Gerry Rafferty releases "Baker Street"...
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1979 |
1979 : Keith Richards serves his punishment for a Toronto arrest on heroin charges when The Rolling Stones ...
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1979 |
1979 - As part of reparations for his 1977 Canadian drug bust, Keith Richards played a benefit concert in Osha...
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1981 |
1981 : Two days after being released from a hospital for treatment of ulcers, Eric Clapton is involved in a...
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1985 |
1985 : Prince releases the LP Around The World In A Day...
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1989 |
1989 : Kid 'N Play's biggest hit "Rollin' With Kid 'N Play" hits #11 on the BillboardR&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Also...
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1989 |
1989 : No. 1 Billboard Album: Madonna's Like a Prayer...
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1989 |
1989, Madonna started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Like A Prayer', the singers seven...
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1989 |
1989 : Despite (or thanks to) a generous heaping of controversy over its video (where she dances in front of ...
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1991 |
1991, The Dave Matthews Band played their first ever-live show when they appeared at The Earth Day festival in...
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1993 |
1993, The Who's 'Tommy' opened on Broadway at the St James Theatre....
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1993 |
1993 : The Broadway play Tommy, based on The Who's album, opens at St. James Theater....
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1998 |
1998 : Faith No More announce that they are no more....
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1999 |
1999 : Sinead O'Connor is ordained in Lourdes, France as the first woman priest in the Latin Tridentine Chu...
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2000 |
2000 : N.W.A.'s reunion single "Chin Check" debuts at #71 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. This w...
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2001 |
2001, Destiny's Child went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Survivor.' Their second chart topper, they we...
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2003 |
2003, Songwriter Felice Bryant died of cancer. Wrote many hits with her husband Boudleaux including; The Everl...
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2007 |
2007, Beyonce & Shakira were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Beautiful Liar'. The track won the Most Ear...
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2007 |
2007, Avril Lavigne went to No.1 on the UK album chart with her third album 'The Best Damn Thing', also a No.1...
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2008 |
2008, It was revealed that 60's singer Tommy Steele took Elvis Presley on a secret tour of London in 1958 afte...
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2009 |
2009 : Jeff Beck is joined onstage by Rod Stewart for the first time in over 25 years at the El Rey Theat...
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2013 |
2013, Richie Havens, the folk singer who opened the legendary 1969 Woodstock rock festival, died of a heart at...
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