Music Almanac - April 25

Birthdays

• 1915 - Cliff Bruner (d. 2000)
• 1917 - Ella Fitzgerald (d. 1996)
• 1922 - Jerry Lieber (d. 2011)
• 1923 - Albert King (d. 1992)
• 1928 - Vassar Clements (d. 2005)
• 1933 - Jerry Leiber (d. 2011)
• 1940 - O.B. McClinton (d. 1987)
• 1941 - Chris Augustine (Every Mother's Son)
• 1943 - Tony Christie
• 1944 - Charlie Harper (U.K. Subs)
• 1944 - Ronnie Gilbert (Blues Magoos)
• 1944 - Mike Kogel (Los Brovos)
• 1945 - Björn Ulvaeus (ABBA)
• 1945 - Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
• 1949 - Michael Brown (born Michael Lookofsky) (Left Banke) (d. 2015)
• 1950 - Steve Ferrone (Heartbreakers, Average White Band)
• 1954 - Rob Crosby
• 1955 - David Sikes (Boston)
• 1958 - Derek Dick (aka Fish) (Marillion)
• 1960 - Paul Baloff (Exodus) (d. 2002)
• 1962 - Maya Gilder (Furniture)
• 1964 - Andy Bell (Erasure)
• 1965 - Eric Avery (Jane's Addiction)
• 1965 - Rory Lee Feek (Joey + Rory)
• 1977 - Matthew West
• 1980 - Jacob Underwood (O-Town)
• 1980 - James Johnston (Biffy Clyro)
• 1980 - Ben Johnston (Biffy Clyro)

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)
• 2002 - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (TLC) - Auto accident (30)
• 2007 - Bobby "Boris" Pickett - Leukemia (69)
• 2011 - Poly Styrene (born Marianne Elliott-Said) (X-Ray Spex) - Breast Cancer (53)

On This Day

• 1960 - Eddie Cochran was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Cypress, CA.
• 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 Broadcasts.
• 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.
• 1975 - The original New York Dolls ended after Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan quit the band.
• 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.
• 1981 - Denny Laine left Wings.
• 1984 - Wings broke up.
• 1985 - Roger Miller's Broadway show, Big River, opens.
• 1986 - The tour bus of Joe Ely was burglarized in San Francisco.
• 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.
• 1990 - The guitar on which Jimi Hendrix played the National Anthem at Woodstock sells for $295,000 at auction.
• 1993 - The Grateful Dead paid for the liver transplant of artist Stanley "Mouse" Miller who designed the band's skull and roses logo.
• 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.
• 1994 - The Eagles shot the first of two shows at Burbank Studio for their MTV Unplugged special.
• 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.
• 1999 - Paul Simon performed Mrs. Robinson at Yankee Stadium for Joe DiMaggio Day
• 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.
• 2003 - Styx and Kelly Clarkson cancel shows in Toronto due to the spreading SARS virus.
• 2004 - Ringo Starr had an operation for bone spurs in his shoulder.
• 2004 - Billy Joel drove his car into a house on Long Island.
• 2004 - Michael Jackson's legal team quit.
• 2005 - Bruce Springsteen opened his Devils & Dust tour in Detroit, MI
• 2005 - Travis Tritt split with Columbia Records after three albums.
• 2008 - Mariah Carey became the first person ever to be saluted on the side of the Empire State Building when it was lit up in lavender, pink and white.
• 2008 - Phil Collins announced his retirement from drumming due to medical problems.
• 2009 - Snoop Dogg was sued by a man who said the rapper's security team gave him a severe beating.
• 2017 - Elton John developed a life threatening bacterial infection and had to spend two nights in intensive care.
• 2017 - Shania Twain announced that her long running vocal cord problems were diagnosed as due to lyme disease.

Marriages

• 1962 - Dick Clark and Loretta Martin
• 1982 - John Conlee and Gale Schauer

Divorced

• 1960 - Kenny Rogers and Janice Gordon

Recorded

• 1967 - Magical Mystery Tour - Beatles (single)
• 1968 - Indian Lake - Cowsills
• 1970 - Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine - James Brown (single - first with new band)
• 1994 - Hell Freezes Over - Eagles

Released

• 1978 - Rose Colored Glasses - John Conlee (single)
• 1979 - Minute by Minute - Doobie Brothers (single)
• 2006 - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions - Bruce Springsteen

Broadcasts

• 1959 - The Dick Clark Show (ABC) - Billy Grammer
• 1961 - American Bandstand (ABC) - Faron Young
• 1970 - Dionne Warwick: Souled Out (British TV) - Dionne Warwick, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Glen Campbell
• 1975 - Alice Cooper: The Nightmare (ABC)
• 1977 - Paul Anka: Music My Way (NBC) - Paul Anka, Natalie Cole, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
• 1981 - The Muppet Show (Syn) - Paul Simon
• 2012 - South Park - Brad Paisley

Number Ones - U.S. Singles

• 1960 - Stuck on You - Elvis Presley (4 weeks)
• 1970 - ABC - Jackson 5 (2 weeks)
• 1992 - Jump - Kris Kross (8 weeks)
• 1998 - Too Close - Next (5 weeks)
• 2015 - See You Again - Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth (12 weeks)

Number Ones - U.S. Albums

• 1987 - The Joshua Tree - U2 (9 weeks)
• 2009 - Unstoppable - Rascal Flatts (1 week)
• 2015 - Furious 7 - Soundtrack (1 week)

Number Ones - U.S. R&B Singles

• 1960 - White Silver Sands - Bill Black's Combo (4 weeks)
• 1992 - Don't Be Afraid - Aaron Hall (2 weeks)
• 2015 - See You Again - Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth (14 weeks)

Number Ones - U.S. Country Singles

• 1981 - A Headache Tomorrow (Or a Heartache Tonight) - Mickey Gilley (1 week)
• 1987 - Rose in Paradise - Waylon Jennings (1 week)
• 2009 - Here Comes Goodbye - Rascal Flatts (1 week)

Number Ones - U.S. Adult Contemporary Singles

• 1987 - The Finer Things - Steve Winwood (3 weeks)

Number Ones - U.K. Singles

• 1958 - Whole Lotta Woman - Marvin Rainwater (3 weeks)
• 1987 - La Isla Bonita - Madonna (2 weeks)
• 2015 - See You Again - Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth (2 weeks)

Number Ones - U.K. Albums

• 1992 - Up - Right Said Fred (1 week)
• 2015 - The Ultimate Collection - Paul Simon (1 week)