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Today in Rock & Roll: Births 1899: Duke Ellington 1915: Donald Mills (The Mills Brothers) 1925: Danny Davis 1928: Carl Gardner (The Coasters) 1929: Ray Barretto 1931: Lonnie Donegan 1933: Rod McKuen 1934: Otis Rush 1936: April Stevens (Nino Tempo and April Stevens) 1942: Klaus Voorman (Manfred Mann, Plastic Ono Band) 1943: Duane Allen (The Oak Ridge Boys) 1945: Tammi Terrell 1947: Tommy James (Tommy James and the Shondells) 1949: Francis Rossi (Status Quo) Events 1960: Testifying in front of the US House of Representatives during the Payola scandal hearings, Dick Clark denies having indulged in the practice of receiving cash and gifts for radio airplay but agrees to relinquish publishing rights to the tune of $80 million. 1963: Having first witnessed them in action at Londons Crawdaddy Club the day before, Andrew Loog Oldham agrees to manage the Rolling Stones, persuading the bands piano player, Ian Stewart, to leave the lineup and instead sign on as road manager. 1967: At the Hollywood Bowl, Cindy Birdsong makes her stage debut as the latest member of the Supremes, replacing Florence Ballard. 1969: On Duke Ellingtons 70th birthday, US President Richard Nixon awards the bandleader the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 1971: Bill Graham declares his intention to close down the East and West Coast versions of his rock ballroom, The Fillmore. 1973: An unknown John Denver begins his self-titled BBC television series, which will make him a star in the UK. 1973: The Goldrush Caravan to the Sky concert in Stockton, CA, featuring Canned Heat, Fleetwood Mac, Elvin Bishop and Buddy Miles ends in a riot with 80 injuries and 50 arrests in the crowd of 15,000. 1976: After performing a show in Memphis, Bruce Springsteen catches a cab to Elvis Presleys mansion, Graceland, and when he is turned away at the gates, he scales a wall in an attempt to meet the icon. Elvis isnt home, however, and Bruce is escorted off the property without incident. 1977: The Temptations leave the Motown label, their home since 1960. 1978: Singer P.J. Proby is fired from his part as the oldest of three Elvises in the London stage musical Elvis, allegedly for his insistence on changing his lines during performances. 1988: Patti Boyd, the woman for whom Eric Clapton wrote Layla for and later married, files for divorce, claiming that the guitarist has been carrying on an affair with Italian model Lori Del Santo. 1990: ABC airs the TV docudrama Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys. 1993: Barry White guest stars as himself (in cartoon form) on tonights Whacking Day episode of Fox-TVs The Simpsons. 1996: A rumored collaboration between Celine Dion and famed producer Phil Spector falls though after financial terms cannot be met. 2003: The musical documentary about Stax Records, Only The Strong Survive, premieres in New York City. 2005: Peter, Paul and Marys own Mary Travers has bone-marrow transplant surgery to attempt to stave off the leukemia that will take her life in 2009. Releases 1967: Aretha Franklin, Respect 1975: The Bee Gees, Main Course Recording 1959: Ronnie Hawkins, Mary Lou 1966: The Beatles: Eleanor Rigby, Im Only Sleeping 1969: The Beatles, Octopuss Garden
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 09:21:44 +0000

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