Music Almanac: April 2

Birthdays:

• 1903 - Cliff Carlisle (d. 1983)
• 1928 - Serge Gainsbourg (d. 1991)
• 1931 - Kenneth "Thumbs" Carllile (d. 1987)
• 1938 - Warner Mack (born Warner MacPherson) (74)
• 1939 - Marvin Gaye (d. 1984)
• 1941 - Sonny Throckmorton (71)
• 1942 - Leon Russell (70)
• 1943 - Larry Coryell (69)
• 1946 - Kurt Winter (Guess Who) (d. 1997)
• 1947 - Emmylou Harris (65)
• 1949 - David Robinson (Cars) (59)
• 1952 - Leon Wilkeson (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2001)
• 1954 - Gregory Abbott (56)
• 1959 - Dean Townson (Pirates of the Mississippi) (d. 2010)
• 1961 - Karen Woodward (Bananarama) (51)
• 1961 - Buddy Jewell (51)
• 1962 - Billy Dean (50)
• 1967 - Greg Camp (Smash Mouth) (45)
• 1967 - Prince Paul (born Paul Huston) (Gravediggaz) (45)
• 1977 - R.L. Huggar (Next) (35)
• 1979 - Jesse Carmichael (Maroon 5) (33)
• 1980 - Yung Joc (born Jasiel Robinson) (32)

Deaths:

• 1987 - Buddy Rich - Heart failure after surgery for a brain tumor (69)
• 1996 - Guitar Gabriel (Robert Lewis Jones) (71)
• 1998 - Rob Pilatus (Milli Vanilli) - Accidental alcohol & prescription pill overdose (33)
• 2003 - Edwin Starr - Heart attack (61)

On This Day:

• 1955 - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Slim Whitman, Johnny Horton and Floyd Cramer all appeared on the Louisiana Hayride.
• 1963 - Liza Minnelli opened on Broadway in Best Foot Forward.
• 1966 - Jan & Dean, Sonny & Cher, the Mamas & the Papas, the Turtles, Otis Redding, Donovan and Bob Lind put on a charity concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
• 1967 - Steve Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group to form Traffic.
• 1967 - At a Rolling Stones concert in Austria, a person threw a smoke bomb on the stage leading to a riot. 154 fans were arrested.
• 1969 - The group Child, which included a young Bruce Springsteen, made their live debut in Wanamassa, NJ.
• 1970 - Phil Spector finished the final production on the Beatles' album Get Back.
• 1974 - British pirate radio station Piccadilly Radio went on the air.
• 1979 - Doyle Lawson formed his group Quicksilver.
• 1981 - Back catalog albums got a boost when Columbia started their "Nice Price" campaign.
• 1987 - U2 started the North American leg of its Joshua Tree tour.
• 1990 - Eric Clapton was fined and lost his drivers license for three months after being clocked at 105 MPH.
• 1997 - Joni Mitchell and Kilauren Gibb, the daughter she had given up in 1965, were reunited.
• 1998 - Metallica kicked off their Poor Re-Touring Me Tour.
• 2001 - Mariah Carey signed with Virgin for three albums in what was, at the time, the biggest recording deal in history.
• 2003 - Ozzy Osbourne's wife, Sharon, announces she is now free of colon cancer.
• 2004 - Chris Martin of Coldplay was accused of attacking a photographer in London.
• 2006 - Bryan Adams is inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

Recorded:

• 1942 - American Patrol - Glen Miller & His Orchestra
• 1964 - I Get Around - Beach Boys
• 1965 - Do the Freddie - Freddie & the Dreamers
• 1967 - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles (completed recording the album)
• 1969 - My Way - Frank Sinatra (album)
• 1990 -  In Bloom, Dive, Lithium, Pay To Play, Imodium, Sappy and Polly - Nirvana (began recording demos)

Released:

• 1971 - It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr (single)
• 1977 - Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder (single)
• 1987 - Sign O' the Times - Prince

Broadcast:

• 1965 - Ready Steady Goes Live (U.K.) (premier)
• 1965 - Joe Loss Pop Show (BBC Radio) - Who (radio debut)
• 1993 - Loving (NBC) - Robert Flack

Number Ones - U.S. Albums:

• 1949 - Kiss Me Kate - Original Cast (9 weeks)
• 1977 - Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (2 weeks)

Number Ones - U.K. Singles:

• 1964 - Can't Buy Me Love - Beatles (3 weeks)
• 1977 - Knowing Me, Knowing You - ABBA (5 weeks)

Number Ones - U.K. Albums:

• 1977 - Portrait - Frank Sinatra (2 weeks)
• 1983 - The Final Cut - Pink Floyd (2 weeks)