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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.
Sources:
Eight Days a Week (Ron Smith)
On This Day in Black Music History (Jay Warner)
Chronology of American Popular Music, 1900-2000 (Frank Hoffman)
Birthdays Singers and Song Writers
1943 - Tony Christie
Tony Christie, UK singer, 1971 UK No.18 single (‘Is This The Way To) Amarillo’, re-released in aid of Comic Relief in 2005 becoming a UK No.1 with comedian Peter Kay. This broke the record set over 18 years previously by Jackie Wilson. His 'Reet Petite' topped the chart in Dec 1986; 29 Years, 1 Month, and 11 Days after it first entered the chart. The new record set by Christie was 33 Years, 3 Months, and 27 Days.
1933 - Jerry Leiber
Jerry Leiber, (& Stoller), songwriter and producer for Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, The Monkees, Cliff Richard. Among their hit songs: Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, King Creole, Don't, There Goes My Baby, Searchin', Yakety Yak and Kansas City. Leiber died on August 22, 2011 in Los Angeles at the age of 78 from cardio-pulmonary failure.
Early Beatles News
1969 - The Beatles
The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Get Back' the group's 16th UK No.1. Credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston", it was the Beatles' only single that credited another artist, 'Get Back' was also the Beatles' first single release in true stereo in the US.
1967 - The Beatles
Just days after the completion of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles embarked upon their next project, recording the theme to 'Magical Mystery Tour' at Abbey Road studios in London.
1982 - Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Ebony And Ivory.' This was McCartney's 24th No.1 hit single as a songwriter. The title was inspired by McCartney hearing Spike Milligan say "black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two to make harmony folks!". It was later named as the tenth worst song of all time by Blender magazine and in 2007 was named the worst duet in history by BBC 6 Music listeners.
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