Music Almanac: April 13

Al Green

Birthdays:

• 1934 - Horace Key (Tams) (78)
• 1936 - Tim Field (born Reshad Field) (Springfields) (76)
• 1940 - Lester Chambers (Chambers Brothers) (72)
• 1942 - Bill Conti (70)
• 1944 - Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane) (68)
• 1944 - Brian Pendleton (Pretty Things) (68)
• 1945 - Lowell George (Little Feet) (d. 1979)
• 1946 - Al Green (66)
• 1946 - Roy Loney (Flamin' Groovies) (66)
• 1950 - Riff West (Molly Hatchet) (62)
• 1951 - Peabo Bryson (61)
• 1951 - Max Weinberg (E-Street Band) (61)
• 1952 - Sam Bush (60)
• 1953 - Randy Piper (W.A.S.P.) (59)
• 1954 - Jimmy Destri (Blondie) (58)
• 1955 - Louis Johnson (Brothers Johnson) (57)
• 1957 - Wayne Lewis (Atlantic Starr) (55)
• 1961 - Butch Taylor (Dave Matthews Band) (51)
• 1961 - Tammy Stephens (Girls Next Door) (51)
• 1962 - Hillel Slovak (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (d. 1988)
• 1966 - Marc Ford (Black Crowes) (46)
• 1972 - Aaron Lewis (Staind) (40)
• 1975 - Lou Bega (born David Lubega) (37)
• 1982 - Nellie McKay (30)

Deaths:

• 2004 - Ritchie Cordell (songwriter - I Think We're Alone Now, Mony Mony, Bad Reputation) - Pancreatic cancer (61)
• 2005 - Johnnie Johnson (80)
• 2008 - Clifford Davies (Ted Nugent) - Suicide (59)

On This Day:

• 1936 - Milton Brown, considered the co-founder of Western Swing was in a car accident that left him in the hospital but expected to recover. He contracted pneumonia and died five days later.
• 1962 - The Beatles opened a 48-night residency at Hamburg's Star Club.
• 1964 - The Beatles announced their first film would be called A Hard Days Night.
• 1967 - The Rolling Stones played their first concert behind the Iron Curtain in Warsaw, Poland.
• 1979 - David Lee Roth collapsed on stage from exhaustion during the fifth day of Van Halen's world tour.
• 1980 - Grease closed on Broadway after 3,883 performances.
• 1982 - David Crosby was arrested in Dallas, TX after police found him preping cocaine in his dressing room.
• 1985 - The Grand Ole Opry debuted on TV for the first time.
• 1990 - Madonna started her Blonde Ambition Tour in Tokyo, Japan.
• 1993 - The first Aerosmith Day was celebrated in Massachusetts.
• 1999 - VH1 holds their Divas Live concert with Whitney Houston, Tina Turner, Cher, Brandy, LeAnn Rimes, Mary J. Blige, Faith Hill and Elton John.
• 2000 - Gavin Rossdale of Bush collapsed after leaving the stage during a show in Mt. Pleasant , MI. He refuses treatment.
• 2000 - Metallica sued Napster.
• 2003 - Madonna fought back against downloaders by seeding the internet with a fake audio file disguised as her album American Life. When played, you would hear Madonna's voice saying "What the f**k do you think you are doing?"
• 2004 - The Pixies played their first live show in 12 years in Minneapolis, MN.
• 2007 - Julian Lennon sold off a large portion of his share in the songs of his father.
• 2009 - Phil Spector was convicted of murder in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson.

Divorces:

• 1994 - Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley (announced separation)

Recorded:

• 1965 - Help! - Beatles
• 1966 - Paperback Writer - Beatles

Released:

• 1971 - Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones (first single released on Rolling Stones Records)
• 1973 - Daltrey - Roger Daltrey
• 1999 - Echo - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Awards:

• 1965 - Grammy Awards
• Record of the Year - The Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto
• Album of the Year - Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto
• Song of the Year - Hello Dolly - Jerry Herman
• New Artist - Beatles
• Female Pop Vocal - People - Barbra Streisand
• Male Pop Vocal - Hello Dolly - Louis Armstrong
• Pop Performance Duo or Group - A Hard Day's Night - Beatles
• Rock Recording - Downtown - Petula Clark
• R&B Recording - How Glad I Am - Nancy Wilson
• Female Country Vocal - Here Comes My Baby - Dottie West
• Male Country Vocal, Country Single - Dang Me - Roger Miller
• Country Album - Dang Me/Chug-a-Lug - Roger Miller

Broadcast:

• 1969 - Like Hep (NBC) - Diana Ross
• 1996 - Saturday Night Live (NBC) - Rage Against the Machine

Number Ones - U.S. Singles:

• 1957 - All Shook Up - Elvis Presley (8 weeks)
• 1959 - Come Softly To Me - Fleetwoods (4 weeks)
• 1968 - Honey - Bobby Goldsboro (5 weeks)
• 1974 - Bennie & the Jets - Elton John (1 week)
• 1985 - We Are the World - U.S.A. for Africa (4 weeks)

Number Ones - U.S. Albums:

• 1974 - Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings (1 week)

Number Ones - U.K. Singles:

• 1956 - The Poor People of Paris - Winifred Atwell (3 weeks)
• 1967 - Somethin' Stupid - Frank & Nancy Sinatra (2 weeks)
• 1968 - Congratulations - Cliff Richard (2 weeks)

Number Ones - U.K. Albums:

• 1985 - Hits 2 - Various Artists (6 weeks)