Forecast For Today Oklahoma City , Yukon, Norman, Edmond, Mustang and Midwest City

68/47

Cool and Cloudy 

Wind 10 -15mph  

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)

1964 - The Beatles

The Beatles recorded the TV special ‘Around The Beatles’ at Wembley studios England. As well as performing songs they played Act V Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’ with John playing the female role of Thisbe, Paul as Pyramus, George as Moonshine and Ringo as Lion. Paul later named his cat Thisbe.