Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Apr4,1913 | Muddy Waters | #BTD Apr4,1913 #MuddyWaters (McKinley Morganfield) RIP singer, guitarist, his use of amps is often cited as the link between Delta blues & rock n roll. 1st hit 1948 US R&B #11 "(I Feel Like) Going Home", +14 Top10 US R&B singles | |
| BTD Apr4,1939 | Hugh Masekela | #BTD Apr4,1939 #HughMasekela RIP trumpeter, cornet, composer, singer. Jul20,1968 US and R&B #1 "Grazing In The Grass", 1969 R&B #21 "Riot" and released 48 albums | |
| BTD Apr4,1939 | Major Lance | #BTD Apr4,1939 #MajorLance RIP singer 1963 US #2 & R&B #8 "The Monkey Time", 1964 US R&B #1, US #5 & UK #40 "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um" (no R&B Chart in 1964 used #Cashbox charts), +13 & 4 US Top40 singles; became an iconic figure in Britain in the 1970s | |
| BTD Apr4,1940 | Sharon Sheeley | #BTD Apr4,1940 #SharonSheeley RIP songwriter 1958 "Poor Little Fool" US #1 for #RickyNelson, A 1959 #EddieCochran hit "Somethin' Else", wrote songs for #GlenCampbell, #BrendaLee & others; co-creator of TV series #Shindig! In the car accident Apr17,1960 that killed #EddieCochran | |
| BTD Apr4,1945 | Knox | #BTD Apr4,1945 #Knox (Ian Milroy Carnochan) also known as I.M. Carnarchan guitarist, founding member of The #Vibrators (one of the first punk bands in the UK) 1978 UK #35 "Automatic Lover" and 1977 UK #49 Album "Pure Mania" #HBday @knoxvibrator | |
| BTD Apr4,1946 | Dave Hill | #BTD Apr4,1946 #DaveHill lead guitarist #Slade 1971 UK #1 single "Coz I Luv You", +5 other UK #1s & 18 UK Top40 singles | |
| BTD Apr4,1948 | Berry Oakley | #BTD Apr4,1948 #BerryOakley (Raymond Berry Oakley III) RIP bassist, founding member The #AllmanBrothers Band 1973 US #12 Ramblin Man; Killed in a motorcycle accident Nov11,1972. Ranked #46 Bass Player magazine's list of "The 100 Greatest Bass Players of All Time" @allmanbrothers | |
| BTD Apr4,1948 | Pick Withers | #BTD Apr4,1948 #PickWithers (David Withers) drums, original drummer #DireStraits played on 1st 4 LPs, which includes the 1979 US #4 & UK #8 "Sultans Of Swing"; 2018 inducted into the @rockhall of Fame as a member of Dire Straits | |
| BTD Apr4,1952 | Gary Moore | #BTD Apr4,1952 #GaryMoore (Robert William Gary Moore) RIP guitarist, vocals #SkidRow then #ThinLizzy & solo career 1979 UK #8 single "Parisian Walkways" Moore died of a heart attack in his sleep at the age of 58 on Feb6,2011 | |
| BTD Apr4,1952 | Pete Haycock | #BTD Apr4,1952 #PeteHaycock RIP lead guitarist, founding member of the #ClimaxBlues Band (originally known as The Climax Chicago Blues Band) 1977 US #3 & 1976 UK #10 "Couldn't Get It Right", 1980 US #12 "I Love You" | |
| OTD Apr4,1859 | Dan D Emmett | #OTD Apr4,1859 #DanDEmmett (Daniel Decatur Emmett) introduced the song "I Wish I was in Dixie’s Land." Later the song would be adopted as the anthem of the Confederacy | |
| OTD Apr4,1939 | Glenn Miller | #OTD Apr4,1939 #GlennMiller records his theme song, "Moonlight Serenade" written by Glenn Miller with lyrics added by #MitchellParish. Great song | |
| OTD Apr4,1956 | Dean Martin | #OTD Apr4,1956 #DeanMartin peaks at #27 on the US singles chart with "Innamorata" written by #HarryWarren with lyrics by #JackBrooks for the 1955 Martin and Lewis film "Artists and Models" Rick (Dean Martin) sings the song while rubbing sun cream on Abigail (Dorothy Malone) | |
| OTD Apr4,1956 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Apr4,1956 #ElvisPresley plays the 1st of 2 nights at San Diego Arena. Police say if Elvis returns tomorrow & performs in the same way he will be arrested | |
| OTD Apr4,1956 | Les Baxter | #OTD Apr4,1956 #LesBaxter, His Chorus And Orchestra are still at #1 for the week ending Apr4 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "The Poor People Of Paris" for the 4th week of a 6wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Apr4,1960 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Apr4,1960 #ElvisPresley continues to record "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" At 4 am Elvis is accompanied by an acoustic guitar, drums, bass and the backup group. He asks everyone else in the studio to leave the session | |
| OTD Apr4,1960 | Percy Faith | #OTD Apr4,1960 #PercyFaith is still at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with The Theme From "A Summer Place" for the 7th week of a 9wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Apr4,1960 | RCA Records | #OTD Apr4,1960 #RCA Records Victor will release all pop singles in mono & stereo simultaneously; the 1st record company to do so. #ElvisPresley's single "Stuck on You" is the 1st stereo mono release @RCARecords | |
| OTD Apr4,1963 | Cliff Richard and The Shadows | #OTD Apr4,1963 #CliffRichard and The #Shadows are back at #1 on UK singles chart with "Summer Holiday" from the film of the same name; last week the song fell to #2 and would be at #1 for a total of 3wks | |
| OTD Apr4,1963 | Beatles | #OTD Apr4,1963 The #Beatles play a gig at Stowe School Roxburgh Hall in Buckinghamshire, a prestigious all-boys academy | |
| OTD Apr4,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Apr4,1964 The #Beatles hold the first two spots on the @billboard Album chart #1 "Meet The Beatles" and #2 "Introducing The Beatles" | |
| OTD Apr4,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Apr4,1964 The #Beatles hold the Top5 spots on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart. #5 Please Please Me; #4 I Want To Hold Your Hand; #3 She Loves You; #2 Twist and Shout; #1 Can't Buy Me Love. The Beatles have another 7 singles on the chart (12 total) in Top100 | |
| OTD Apr4,1967 | Jimi Hendrix | #OTD Apr4,1967 #JimiHendrix is a guest on the 1st edition of the #BBC TV show Dee Time hosted by #SimonDee with #CatStevens | |
| OTD Apr4,1969 | Smothers Brothers | #OTD Apr4,1969 The #SmothersBrothers Comedy Hour is canceled by CBS executives; the brothers were unwilling to accept the criteria of taste established by @CBS; even though the comedy/variety show was picked up for the 1969–70 season on Mar14. By summer "Hee Haw" will replace it | |
| OTD Apr4,1970 | Janis Joplin | #OTD Apr4,1970 #JanisJoplin held a reunion concert with Big Brother & the Holding Company in #SanFrancisco California | |
| OTD Apr4,1971 | Hogans Heroes | #OTD Apr4,1971 The final episode of #HogansHeroes airs. TV sitcom set in a German prisoner of war (POW) camp during World War II. A run of 168 episodes from Sep17,1965 to Apr4,1971 on @CBS network. About a crew of Allied prisoners running a special operations from Luft Stalag 13 | |
| OTD Apr4,1973 | Supremes | #OTD Apr4,1973 The #Supremes play at the Granada, Tooting, the last date on a 20 date UK tour. They play 2 shows at every venue | |
| OTD Apr4,1973 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Apr4,1973 The NBC network airs the #ElvisPresley global broadcast of "Aloha from Hawaii" that was beamed by satellite to 1 Billion viewers in over 40 countries on Jan14,1973 | |
| OTD Apr4,1976 | Sex Pistols | #OTD Apr4,1976 The #SexPistols play the 1st night of a residency at the El Paradiso club in Soho, London, England @pistolsofficial | |
| OTD Apr4,1976 | Rock Follies | #OTD Apr4,1976 TV soundtrack album "Rock Follies" starts a 2wk run at #1 on the UK album chart. The album featured songs from the show, sung by stars Julie Covington, Charlotte Cornwell and Rula Lenska; songs composed by Howard Schuman and Roxy Music's Andy Mackay | |
| OTD Apr4,1981 | Blondie | #OTD Apr4,1981 #Blondie is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Rapture" for the last week of a 2wk run at #1. Considered to be the first #1 song in the US to feature #Rap @BlondieOfficial | |
| OTD Apr4,1986 | Knight Rider | #OTD Apr4,1986 Final episode of "Knight Rider" airs #90 "Voo Doo Knight" Michael walks in on a robbery at Towers Gemstones Inc to find three men seemingly under the influence of a voodoo princess @DavidHasselhoff | |
| OTD Apr4,1987 | Starship | #OTD Apr4,1987 #Starship starts a 2wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now" written by #DianeWarren & #AlbertHammond. A duet featuring Starship vocalists #GraceSlick and #MickeyThomas. The theme to the romantic comedy film "Mannequin" | |
| OTD Apr4,1998 | Spice Girls | #OTD Apr4,1998 SECC Concert Hall 4 Glasgow, Scotland, the #SpiceGirls debut concert tour. Known as the The Spiceworld Tour (or Spice Girls in Concert and the Girl Power Tour '98) |