Music Almanac: April 25*
- Jerry Lieber (d. 2011)
- Chris Augustine (Every Mother's Son) (71)
- Tony Christie (69)
- Charlie Harper (U.K. Subs) (68)
- Björn Ulvaeus (ABBA) (67)
- Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival) (67)
- Mike Kogel (Los Bravos) (67)
- Ronnie Gilbert (Blues Magoos) (66)
- Michael Brown (Left Banke) (63)
- Steve Ferrone (Average White Band) (62)
- Derek Dick (aka Fish) (Marillion) (54)
- Andy Bell (Erasure) (48)
- Maya Gilder (Furniture) (48)
Deaths:
- 1974 - Pam Courson (companion of Jim Morrison who found his body in 1971) - Drug overdose (27)
- 1988 - Carolyn Franklin (sister of Aretha Franklin) - Breast cancer (43)
- 1999 - Roger Troutman (Zapp) - Shooting (47)
- 2007 - Bobby "Boris" Pickett - Leukemia (69)
On This Day:
- 1961 - Elvis Presley makes his last stage appearance until the comeback special in Hawaii.
- 1967 - The Beatles go back in the studio just a few days after completing Sgt. Pepper to record Magical Mystery Tour. They also perform All You Need is Love on a global broadcast.
- 1970 - Members of Pacific Gas & Electric were shot at while leaving a club in Raleigh, NC.
- 1974 - Gregg Allman played the last night of a solo tour followed by a surprise 90-minute encore with the rest of the Allman Brothers.
- 1977 - The last recording of Elvis Presley was made during a show in Saginaw, MI.
- 1979 - The Ramones movie, Rock & Roll High School, premiered.
- 1979 - The Police made their debut on the BBC's Top of the Pops.
- 1980 - Hugh Cornwall of the Stranglers was released from prison after a six-week stint for drug possession.
- 1984 - Wings broke up.
- 1985 - Roger Miller's Broadway show, Big River, opens.
- 1988 - Doc McGee, manager of Bon Jovi, was convicted for his part in the smuggling of 40,000 pounds of marijuana into the U.S.
- 1994 - Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys was sentenced to 200 hours of community service for attacking a TV cameraman.
- 1994 - Michael Bolton loses in court in a case where his Love is a Wonderful Thing is determined to sound too much like the Isley Brothers song of the same name.
- 1997 - U2's Pop Mart tour started in Las Vegas.
- 1997 - Warren Haynes and Allen Woody quit the Allman Brothers to spend more time on Gov't Mule.
- 2000 - Eric Clapton and Bobby Whitlock are reunited for the first time in 29 years on the BBC's Live with Jools Holland.
- 2003 - Nina Simone was buried in Carry-Le-Rouet, France.
- 2003 - The parents of Jim Morrison sued Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and Ian Astbury for misappropriation of the Doors name and logo.
- 2004 - Ringo Starr had an operation for bone spurs in his shoulder.
- 2004 - Billy Joel drove his car into a house on Long Island.
- 2005 - Bruce Springsteen opened his Devils & Dust tour in Detroit, MI
Recorded:
- 1994 - Hell Freezes Over - Eagles
Number Ones - U.S. Singles:
- 1960 - Stuck on You - Elvis Presley (4 weeks)
- 1970 - ABC - Jackson 5 (2 weeks)
Number Ones - U.S. Albums:
- 1987 - The Joshua Tree - U2 (9 weeks)
Number Ones - U.K. Singles:
- 1958 - Whole Lotta Woman - Marvin Rainwater (3 weeks)
- 1987 - La Isla Bonita - Madonna (2 weeks)
- 1993 - Five Live - George Michael & Queen with Lisa Stansfield
Number Ones - U.K. Albums:
- 1999 - Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA (2 weeks, 1 previous week at number 1)
- 2010 - Iron Man 2 - AC/DC (1 week)
