Today in music: 1964, The President of The National Federation Of Hairdressers offered a free haircut to the next No.1 group in the UK pop charts. He said The Rolling Stones are the worst, one of them looks as if hes got a feather duster on his head. 1966, Wild Thing by The Troggs (who were originally called The Troglodytes) was released in the U.S. on both the Atco and Fontana labels. The song went on to reach No.1. Fronted by Reg Presley, Wild Thing became a major influence on garage rock and punk rock. 1969, On the roof of the Apple building in London, John Lennon changed his middle name from Winston to Ono. 1977, the Grateful Dead played the first show of their Spring Tour at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA. The set was heavy with songs from the yet to be released, Terrapin Station album. The second set includes a 37+ minute marathon session that included Dancin--> Got My Mojo Workin--> Dancin--> Wheel --> Terrapin. (Not to be missed, folks!) Stream here: https://archive.org/details/gd77-04-22.sbd.miller.27747.sbeok.flacf 1978, Bob Marley and the Wailers performed at the One Love Peace Concert in Jamaica. It was Marleys first public appearance in Jamaica since being wounded in an assassination attempt a year and a half earlier. 1978, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd made their first ever appearance as The Blues Brothers when they appeared on US TVs Saturday Night Live. 1991, The Dave Matthews Band played their first ever-live show when they appeared at The Earth Day festival in Charlottesville, Virginia. 2003, Songwriter Felice Bryant died of cancer. Wrote many hits with her husband Boudleaux including; The Everly Brothers, Bye Bye Love, All I Have To Do Is Dream, Wake Up Little Susie and Raining In My Heart a hit for Buddy Holly. Other acts to record their song include Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Tony Bennett, Simon & Garfunkel, Sarah Vaughan, Grateful Dead, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Elvis Costello, Count Basie, Dean Martin, Ruth Brown, Cher, R.E.M. and Ray Charles (Wow!) 2013, Richie Havens, the folk singer who opened the legendary 1969 Woodstock rock festival, died of a heart attack at 72. He died at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey. Happy birthday to Immanuel Kant, Jack Nicholson, Paul Carrack, Betty Page, Charles Mingus, Peter Frampton & Glen Campbell! Happy Earth Day! https://youtube/watch?v=sd803FMP_f4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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