Today in Rock and Roll History

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I collected music videos for a while and there are a lot of Ready, Steady, Go's available. Cool stuff from the UK. Flashback DVD has a great selection of music and hard to find movies. Home - Flashback DVD - Rare Films, TV, Concert & Music Footage on DVD
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Cool site, thanks. I have hundreds of DVD's I've recorded off the TV. Concerts mostly, but a fair amount of music videos. I was just recording some blues shows from ACL this weekend to clear up space on the DVR. I set the DVR to record them all, then I make DVD's of the good ones. No satellite TV at the riverhouse, so they come in handy once in a while.
 
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2004 - Niki Sullivan
Guitarist and singer Niki Sullivan, died suddenly of a heart attack, at his home in Independence, Missouri aged 66. Sullivan was one of the three original members of Buddy Holly's backing group, The Crickets. He co-wrote a number of his hit songs and sang back-up vocals on 27 of the 32 songs Buddy recorded over his brief career.

Miki is the other guy in glasses.


 
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2020 - John Prine
US folk and country singer John Prine died aged 73 due to complications from Covid-19. He released his debut album in 1971, and put out 19 studio albums in all. While wider mainstream success eluded him for years, he earned a sizeable following, including some of the 20th century’s greatest songwriters. Bob Dylan said in 2009: “Prine’s stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. Midwestern mind trips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs.”

Doesn't seem like it's been a year since we lost John.



 
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On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain's body is found in his Seattle home by an electrician sent to install a burglar alarm. He is believed to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound three days earlier. The Nirvana song "Come As You Are" takes on new meaning with the line, "I swear that I don't have a gun."

On the night of March 31, 1994, Cobain hops a fence at the rehab facility where he has been detoxing from heroin, and disappears. He had gone to the facility after an intervention from his family and friends following an alleged suicide attempt earlier in the month. He is spotted around Seattle several times over the next few days, and then drops off the radar completely.

On April 3, Cobain's wife, Courtney Love, hires a private investigator to locate him, but he remains missing until the morning of April 8, when electrician Gary Smith spots him lying on the floor of his Seattle home and alerts the authorities. An autopsy determines that Cobain died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head.

Cobain's drug use and struggles with depression had been well-documented, and several of his songs hinted at his troubled state of mind. In January 1994, Nirvana recorded a song later titled "You Know You're Right," featuring a chorus of the word "pain" screamed at the top of the singer's lungs. Despite his history and a suicide note addressed to his childhood imaginary friend, Boddah, many fans remain unconvinced that Cobain's death was a suicide.
 
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1977 - Clash
CBS released the self- titled first album by The Clash in the UK. The album is widely celebrated as one of the greatest punk albums of all time. CBS in the US refused to release it until 1979 and Americans bought over 100,000 imported copies of the record making it one of the biggest- selling import records of all time.


 
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2012 - The Who
It was reported that organizers for the 2012 London Olympics ceremony had recently asked the manager of The Who if legendary drummer Keith Moon would be able to perform at the forthcoming London Olympics Games. Who manager Bill Curbishley, told The Times how he responded to the request. 'I emailed back saying Keith now resides in Golders Green crematorium, having lived up to The Who's anthemic line 'I hope I die before I get old,' he said. 'If they have a round table, some glasses and candles, we might contact him.'

 
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1983 - David Bowie
David Bowie was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the title track from his latest album 'Let's Dance', his fourth UK No.1 and featuring blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. The song introduced Bowie to a new, younger audience oblivious to his former career in the 1970s and was a US No.1 hit, Bowie’s first single to reach number one on both sides of the Atlantic.

I saw DB in Norfolk on the Serious Moonlight tour. Great use of white light during the show.

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April 11th
1953 - Hank Williams
Hank Williams' 'Your Cheatin' Heart was at No.1 on the Billboard country chart. The story goes that Williams was prompted to write the song when thinking about his first wife, Audrey Williams, while driving around with his second, Billie Jean Jones who she is supposed to have written down the lyrics for him whilst sat in the passenger seat. The song was record during his last ever recording sessions, on September 23, 1952 and had been released the following year, shortly after he died.

Whilst? I thought we fought a war of independence to get rid of this word.

 
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1966 - Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield made their live debut at The Troubadour in Hollywood, California. The folk rock band are renowned both for their music and as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina. Buffalo Springfield were among the first wave of North American bands to become popular in the wake of the British invasion.

 
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1963 - Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan performed his first major solo concert at the Town Hall in New York City. Dylan played a 24 song set including 'Blowin' In The Wind', 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall', 'Highway 51' and 'Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie'.

 
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1973 - Bob Marley
Bob Marley and the Wailers released Catch a Fire their first album on Island Records and which is now regarded as one of the greatest reggae albums of all time. The album was also groundbreaking as its singles were released as long-playing records as against to the early reggae songs coupled with two sides.

 
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1974 - Elton John
Elton John went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Bennie And The Jets', his second US No.1. John was set against releasing it as a single, believing it would fail. CKLW in Windsor, Ontario, began heavy airplay of the song and it became the No.1 song in the Detroit market with other radio stations adding it to playlists.

 
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1972 - David Bowie
David Bowie released 'Starman' as a single in the UK, which became his first hit since 1969's 'Space Oddity' three years before. The song was a late addition to the album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars included at the insistence of RCA’s Dennis Katz, who heard a demo and loved the track, believing it would make a great single. The lyrics describe Ziggy Stardust bringing a message of hope to Earth's youth through the radio, salvation by an alien 'Starman'.
 
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April 15th
1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis released 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On' on Sun Records. Written by Dave "Curlee" Williams the song was first recorded by American R&B singer Big Maybelle. The record reached No. 3 on the Billboard pop chart, No. 1 on the country charts, and No. 8 in the UK.

 
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April 16, 1990, The Nelson Mandela: An International Tribute for a Free South Africa concert is held in Wembley Stadium, London, to celebrate the release of Mandela, who had been imprisoned since 1962. Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Tracy Chapman, Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt all perform.

Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist and leader of the African National Congress, was given a life sentence in prison on charges of sabotage against the South African government. Before his conviction, he said: "During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."

After serving 27 years in prison, the future president of South Africa (1994-1999) is greeted with a six-minute standing ovation from 72,000 rock fans at Wembley Stadium. He urges the crowd to continue to support the fight against apartheid and help institute a nonracial democracy in his country. Musical guests echo Mandela's cry for freedom. In addition to a star-studded solo lineup that includes everyone from Neil Young to Lou Reed to Natalie Cole, Peter Gabriel and Tracy Chapman - who respectively sing "Biko" and "Talkin' Bout A Revolution" - celebrate with a duet of "Don't Give Up." Meanwhile, Simple Minds sing "Mandela Day," a tune they penned for Mandela's 70th birthday celebration two months earlier. Rappers Neneh Cherry, Stetsasonic, and the Jungle Brothers are also on hand to remind the crowd of South Africa's plight, chanting "Free South Africa."
 
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1964 - The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones first album was released in the UK, it went to No.1 two weeks later and stayed on the chart for 40 weeks, with 11 weeks at No.1. The American edition of the LP, with a slightly different track list, came out on London Records on 30 May 1964, subtitled England's Newest Hit Makers, which later became its official title.
 
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