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April 24, 1984 — Jerry Lee Lewis, 48, gets married to the fourth of his seven wives, this time to the 22-year-old president of his fan club, Kerrie McCarver. The marriage lasts 21 years.
2012 — The Beach Boys begin their 50th anniversary tour, reuniting Brian Wilson (playing piano) with fellow founders Mike Love and Al Jardine along with longtime members Bruce Johnston and David Marks.
April 25, 1960 — Elvis Presley scores his first #1 hit of the '60s and thirteenth of his career when "Stuck on You" reaches the top spot.
April 27, 1956 — Capitol Records signs Gene Vincent, intending to market him as the next Elvis.
2006 — 62-year-old Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones falls out of a palm tree while vacationing in Fiji and goes to the hospital with a concussion, creating a rare news event on the island. A band spokeswoman refuses to explain what he was doing up the tree, but the British newspaper The Independent quotes an islander as saying, "Picking coconuts is quite common on the island. It's just that Keith had a bit of an accident coming down."
April 28, 1958 — David Seville's "Witch Doctor" hits #1, the first song to use sped-up vocals to create the squeaky sound that later becomes The Chipmunks.
April 29, 1944 — R&B and rock 'n' roll progenitor Louis Jordan's "G. I. Jive" enters the music charts, becoming his third #1 R&B record (for six weeks) and crossing over to #1 pop (for two weeks), his first appearance on that list. Jordan's discs hold the R&B record for the most time at #1, an astounding 113 weeks.
April 30, 1930 — Texas-born blues singer, bottleneck slide guitarist, and evangelist Blind Willie Johnson.
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On This Day in Black Music History (Jay Warner)
Chronology of American Popular Music, 1900-2000 (Frank Hoffman)
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1942 - Bobby Rydell
American singer Bobby Rydell who had the 1960 US No.2 & UK No.7 single 'Wild One', plus 17 other US Top 40 hits. It is estimated he sold over 25 million records in total. Rydell died from complications of pneumonia on 5 April 2022, three weeks before his 80th birthday.
1938 - Maurice Williams
Maurice Williams, from American doo-wop group The Zodiacs, who had the 1960 US No.1 & 1961 UK No.14 single 'Stay'. At 1:36, 'Stay' is the shortest recording ever to reach No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. The song was also a hit for Jackson Browne, The Four Seasons and The Hollies. The inclusion of 'Stay' on the soundtrack to the film Dirty Dancing in 1987 led to the song selling more records than it had during its original release. Williams died on 5 August 2024 age 86.
1938 - Duane Eddy
American guitarist Duane Eddy, who had a string of hit records in the late 1950s and early 1960s, produced by Lee Hazlewood, which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" sound, including 'Rebel Rouser', 'Peter Gunn', and 'Because They're Young'. Eddy died of cancer in Franklin, Tennessee, on 30 April 2024, four days after his 86th birthday.
1964 - The Beatles
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and the Dave Clark Five headlined the NME poll winner's concert at Wembley Empire Pool, London.
1976 - Paul McCartney
'Wings At The Speed Of Sound' went to No.1 on the US album chart. Paul McCartney's fifth No.1 album after The Beatles became his most successful American chart album, spending seven unconsecutive weeks at No.1. The album featured the hits 'Let 'Em In' and 'Silly Love Songs'.
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