Date: April 22, 1952

1952 : Singin' In The Rain is released in the USA.

Date: April 22, 1955

1955, Elvis Presley appeared at the New Boston High School Football Field in Texas.

Date: April 22, 1957

1957, Elvis Presley had his custom built 'Music Gates' installed at Gracelands. The gates were designed by Abe Saucer and custom built by John Dillars Jr, of Memphis Doors inc.

Date: April 22, 1959

1959 : The Alan Freed "Rock and Roll movie" Go, Johnny, Go premieres in New York, featuring Chuck Berry, Jackie Wilson, Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran, The Cadillacs, andThe Flamingos.

Date: April 22, 1962

1962 : Jerry Lee Lewis loses his first son, Steve Allen (named after the TV host and good friend), in a tragic drowning accident at the age of three.

Date: April 22, 1964

1964 : The President of England's National Federation of Hairdressers makes headlines when he offers a free haircut to the next rock group to reach Number One.

Date: April 22, 1964

1964, The President of The National Federation Of Hairdressers offered a free haircut to the next No.1 group in the UK pop charts. He said 'The Rolling Stones are the worst, one of them looks as if he's got a feather duster on his head.'

Date: April 22, 1965

1965, The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Ticket To Ride.' Taken from the film Help! it was the group's seventh UK No.1.

Date: April 22, 1966

1966, 'Wild Thing' by The Troggs (who were originally called The Troglodytes) was released in the U.S. on both the Atco and Fontana labels. The song went on to reach No.1. Fronted by Reg Presley, 'Wild Thing' became a major influence on garage rock and punk rock.

Date: April 22, 1966

Today in 1966, The Troggs' cover of "Wild Thing" (a song originally performed by The Wild Ones) was released in the U.S. on both the Atco and Fontana labels. The song would eventually reach No. 1 in June of that year; the Troggs' version of "Wild Thing" became a major influence on garage rock and punk rock. Many other artists have covered the song, including Jimi Hendrix, the Runaways, Jeff Beck, Cheap Trick, Hank Williams Jr., Liz Phair, and X.

Date: April 22, 1966

1966, Two dozen local group's appeared at a ‘battle of the bands’ gig in Matawan Keyport Roller Drome in New Jersey. All acts performed three songs each. The Rogues won first place, second was Sonny & The Starfires, and third place went to The Castiles, (with Bruce Springsteen on vocals). The three winners were given an opportunity to perform at the Roller Drome the following week as part of a major concert headlined by The Crystals.

Date: April 22, 1966

1966 : The Beatles record Taxman, Tomorrow Never Knows

Date: April 22, 1966

1966 : The Troggs release "Wild Thing"

Date: April 22, 1966

In 1966, "Wild Thing" by the British band the Troggs was released in the U.S.

Date: April 22, 1967

1967 : Elvis Presley's 23rd film, Easy Come, Easy Go, premieres in Hollywood.

Date: April 22, 1967

1967, In the most popular Monkee poll conducted in the music paper Disc & Music Echo, Davy Jones received 63% of the votes, Mickey Dolenz 22%, Peter Tork 8% and Mike Nesmith 7%.

Date: April 22, 1968

1968 : "This Guy's In Love With You" becomes a huge hit after Herb Alpert sings it to his wife on a TV special called The Beat of the Brass. The song, which was written by Burt Bacharach, was released as a single two days later thanks to viewer demand.

Date: April 22, 1969

1969 : On the roof of Apple headquarters at 3 Savile Row, London, John Lennon has his name legally changed from John Winston Lennon to John Ono Lennon.

Date: April 22, 1969

1969 : The Beatles record The Ballad of John and Yoko

Date: April 22, 1969

1969 : The Carpenters sign with A&M Records.

Date: April 22, 1969

1969 : The Who performs the complete rock opera I in its entirety in concert for the first time in Dolton, England.

Date: April 22, 1969

1969 - During a brief legal proceeding conducted on the roof of the Apple Records building in London, John Lennon changed his middle name from Winston to Ono.

Date: April 22, 1969

1969 - The Who gave their first unabridged live performance of the rock opera Tommy at a show held at the Bolton Institute of Technology (now the University of Bolton) in England.

Date: April 22, 1969

1969, Fleetwood Mac kicked off a 10-date UK tour at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Also on the bill, BB King, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee and Duster Bennett.

Date: April 22, 1969

1969, On the roof of the Apple building in London, John Lennon changed his middle name from Winston to Ono.

Date: April 22, 1972

1972, Deep Purple scored their second UK No.1 album with 'Machine Head.'

Date: April 22, 1972

1972 : A crowd of 25,000 attends "Roberta Flack Human Kindness Day" at the Washington Mall in honor of the singer. There would be 3 more Human Kindness Days - the last one in 1975 turned violent.

Date: April 22, 1974

1974 : Redbone's "Come And Get Your Love" is certified gold.

Date: April 22, 1974

1974 : The Who begins filming the movie version of Tommy, with Tina Turner's turn as the Acid Queen being filmed first. The task of producing the complex soundtrack would drive Pete Townshend to another nervous breakdown.

Date: April 22, 1975

1975 : Elvis Presley releases "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"

Date: April 22, 1976

1976 : Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" is certified platinum.

Date: April 22, 1976

In 1976, Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" became the first single to sell more than two million copies.

Date: April 22, 1977

1977, The Jam released their first single 'In The City', which peaked at No. 40 in the UK charts. The English punk rock/New Wave/mod revival formed in Woking, Surrey, fronted by Paul Weller, achieved 17 other Top 40 hits including four UK No.1's.

Date: April 22, 1978

1978, Bob Marley and the Wailers performed at the 'One Love Peace Concert' in Jamaica. It was Marley's first public appearance in Jamaica since being wounded in an assassination attempt a year and a half earlier.

Date: April 22, 1978

1978 : Bob Marley headlines the historic One Love Peace Concert in Jamaica, the singer's first appearance in his home country since an assassination attempt two years before. At the concert, Marley manages to unite Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley with rival Edward Seaga, who had both been using local warlords to battle for power.

Date: April 22, 1978

In 1978, John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd made their first appearance as The Blues Brothers on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." 

Date: April 22, 1978

1978 - Bob Marley and the Wailers performed at the "One Love Peace Concert" in Jamaica. It was Marley's first public appearance in Jamaica since being wounded in an assassination attempt a year and a half earlier.

Date: April 22, 1978

1978, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd made their first ever appearance as The Blues Brothers when they appeared on US TV's 'Saturday Night Live'.

Date: April 22, 1978

1978 : The Blues Brothers (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) make their debut on Saturday Night Live, later becoming the first characters from the show to get their own movie. They're not so much a comedy act as a musical one, as both Belushi and Aykroyd love to play the blues. For their debut on the show, they play a cover of "Soul Man" by Sam & Dave, who they used as the basis for their characters.

Date: April 22, 1978

1978 - John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd performed as the The Blues Brothers for the first time on Saturday Night Live, opening the show with "Hey Bartender."

Date: April 22, 1978

In 1978, the Blues Brothers-the musical creation of cast members Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi-debuted on Saturday Night Live.

Date: April 22, 1978

In 1978, the Blues Brothers-the not-quite-real, not-quite-fake musical creation of "Saturday Night Live" cast members Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi-made their television debut.

Date: April 22, 1979

1978 : Gerry Rafferty releases "Baker Street"

Date: April 22, 1979

1979 : Keith Richards serves his punishment for a Toronto arrest on heroin charges when The Rolling Stones play the first of two concerts in Ontario to raise money for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, which is his court-ordered community service.

Date: April 22, 1979

1979 - As part of reparations for his 1977 Canadian drug bust, Keith Richards played a benefit concert in Oshawa, Ont., for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.

Date: April 22, 1981

1981 : Two days after being released from a hospital for treatment of ulcers, Eric Clapton is involved in a car crash near Seattle is once again treated.

Date: April 22, 1985

1985 : Prince releases the LP Around The World In A Day

Date: April 22, 1989

1989 : Kid 'N Play's biggest hit "Rollin' With Kid 'N Play" hits #11 on the BillboardR&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Also on this day, their debut album 2 Hype (which was released six months earlier) debuts at #9 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Date: April 22, 1989

1989 : No. 1 Billboard Album: Madonna's Like a Prayer

Date: April 22, 1989

1989, Madonna started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Like A Prayer', the singers seventh US No.1, also a No.1 in the UK.

Date: April 22, 1989

1989 : Despite (or thanks to) a generous heaping of controversy over its video (where she dances in front of burning crosses), Madonna's "Like A Prayer" hits #1 in the US.

Date: April 22, 1991

1991, The Dave Matthews Band played their first ever-live show when they appeared at The Earth Day festival in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Date: April 22, 1993

1993, The Who's 'Tommy' opened on Broadway at the St James Theatre.

Date: April 22, 1993

1993 : The Broadway play Tommy, based on The Who's album, opens at St. James Theater.

Date: April 22, 1998

1998 : Faith No More announce that they are no more.

Date: April 22, 1999

1999 : Sinead O'Connor is ordained in Lourdes, France as the first woman priest in the Latin Tridentine Church, a dissident Roman Catholic group.

Date: April 22, 2000

2000 : N.W.A.'s reunion single "Chin Check" debuts at #71 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. This was the group's only single without its core members DJ Yella and the late Eazy-E and their first one with Ice Cube since his departure in 1989.

Date: April 22, 2001

2001, Destiny's Child went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Survivor.' Their second chart topper, they were the first US female band to have more than one UK No.1. The song won the trio a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Group.

Date: April 22, 2003

2003, Songwriter Felice Bryant died of cancer. Wrote many hits with her husband Boudleaux including; The Everly Brothers, 'Bye Bye Love', 'All I Have To Do Is Dream', 'Wake Up Little Susie' and 'Raining In My Heart' a hit for Buddy Holly. Other acts to record their song include Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Tony Bennett, Simon & Garfunkel, Sarah Vaughan, Grateful Dead, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Elvis Costello, Count Basie, Dean Martin, Ruth Brown, Cher, R.E.M. and Ray Charles.

Date: April 22, 2007

2007, Beyonce & Shakira were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Beautiful Liar'. The track won the Most Earth-Shattering Collaboration award at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards and the song won an Ivor Novello Award for Best-Selling British Song.

Date: April 22, 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 on the US chart.

Date: April 22, 2008

2008, It was revealed that 60's singer Tommy Steele took Elvis Presley on a secret tour of London in 1958 after Presley struck up a friendship with Steele. When the rock legend flew into London for a day, Steele apparently took him round the city, showing him famous landmarks such as the Houses of Parliament. For more than 50 years, Presley fans had believed the only time Elvis ever set foot in the UK was during a stop-over at Prestwick Airport in Scotland in March 1960.

Date: April 22, 2009

2009 : Jeff Beck is joined onstage by Rod Stewart for the first time in over 25 years at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.

Date: April 22, 2013

2013, Richie Havens, the folk singer who opened the legendary 1969 Woodstock rock festival, died of a heart attack at 72. He died at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey.