April 2 – Today in Music History
1964 The Beatles at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’
1971 Janis Joplin at No.1 on the US album charts with ‘Pearl’
1975 The Bay City Rollers at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Bye Bye Baby.’
1977 Abba were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their fifth No.1 ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You.’
1977 Fleetwood Mac at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Rumours’
1977 Frank Sinatra at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Portrait Of Sinatra’
1979 Blondie at No.1 in Australia with ‘Heart of Glass’
1984 Nena at No.1 in Australia with ’99 Luftballons’
1983 Pink Floyd at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘The Final Cut’
1994 Ace Of Base at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘The Sign’
1995 2Pac at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Me Against The World’
2000 Westlife at No. 1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Fool Again’
2006 Gnarls Barkley at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Crazy’
2006 Embrace at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘This New Day’
Gig News.
1955 Elvis Presley, Slim Whitman, Hoot and Curley, Johnny Horton, Tibby Edwards and Floyd Cramer appeared at the Louisiana Hayride broadcast from Shreveport Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana
1966 Jan and Dean, Sonny & Cher, The Mamas And The Papas, The Turtles, Otis Redding, Donovan and Bob Lind appeared at a charity concert at The Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California
1966 Roy Orbison played two shows at Newcastle City Hall
1968 Jimi Hendrix appeared at the Paul Suave Arena, Montreal, Canada
1969 Bruce Springsteen’s new group Child made their live debut at the Pandemonium Club in Wanamassa, New Jersey
1977 Fleetwood Mac played at the Odeon, Birmingham, England.
1987 U2 performed at Arizona State Activity Centre, US
1998 Metallica played at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre in Newcastle, Australia
Music News
1965 The first edition of ‘Ready Steady Goes Live!’ was shown on UK TV
1987 Buddy Rich died
2003 Edwin Starr died