TODAY IN HISTORY – APRIL 13TH
1933 - Born this day, Shani Wallis, in England. This red-headed singer and actress played Nancy in the Oscar-winning musical Oliver! (1968).
1946 - Born this day, Al Green [Albert Greene], in Forrest City (St. Francis County), Arkansas, singer, 1971 UK No.4 single Tired of Being Alone, 1972 US No.1 and UK No.7 single Let's Stay Together, 1974 UK No.20 single Sha-la-la (Make Me Happy, 1975 UK No.18 album Al Green's Greatest Hits. In 1976, he bought a memphis church and was ordained pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle.
1951 - Born this day, Max Weinberg, rock drummer, (Bruce Springstein) E Street Band, 1975 US No.23 single Born To Run.
1954 - Born this day, Jimmy Destri, rock musician, keyboards, Blondie, five UK No.1 singles including 1979 UK and US No.1 single Heart Of Glass. 1978 world-wide No.1 album Parallel Lines.
1955 – Louis Johnson (from The Brothers Johnson) was born this day. He is the grand-daddy of slap bass playing and had 2 monster hits with “Strawberry Letter #23” (1977) and “Stomp” (1980) with his brother George. Played on Michael Jackson hits “Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough”, “Billie Jean” and many others. Nicknamed “Thunder Thumbs”
1957 - Elvis Presley's All Shook Up rocketed to the Number 1 spot on Billboard's record charts on this date, remaining in the top spot for 8 weeks.
1971 - The Rolling Stones released Brown Sugar, the first record on their own label, Rolling Stones Records, which introduced the infamous licking-tongue-and-lips logo.
1974 - Paul McCartney's Band On The Run, went to No.1 on the US album charts, it was his third US No.1, which went on to sell over 6 million copies world-wide.
1975 - Born this day, Lou Bega, singer, 1999 UK No.1 single Mambo No 5, a little bit of.
1980 - Broadway’s longest-running musical closed after eight years. Grease ran for 3,388 performances (another source says 3883 performances) and earned $8 million.
1982 - David Crosby of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills and Nash, was arrested for the second time in three weeks with drugs, this time in Dallas.
1985 - We Are the World, written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie and performed by USA for Africa, shot up to Number 1 on Billboard's record charts and stayed there for 4 weeks.
1991 - Londonbeat went to No.1 on the US singles chart with I've Been Thinking About You, it was a No.2 hit in the UK.
1933 - Born this day, Shani Wallis, in England. This red-headed singer and actress played Nancy in the Oscar-winning musical Oliver! (1968).
1946 - Born this day, Al Green [Albert Greene], in Forrest City (St. Francis County), Arkansas, singer, 1971 UK No.4 single Tired of Being Alone, 1972 US No.1 and UK No.7 single Let's Stay Together, 1974 UK No.20 single Sha-la-la (Make Me Happy, 1975 UK No.18 album Al Green's Greatest Hits. In 1976, he bought a memphis church and was ordained pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle.
1951 - Born this day, Max Weinberg, rock drummer, (Bruce Springstein) E Street Band, 1975 US No.23 single Born To Run.
1954 - Born this day, Jimmy Destri, rock musician, keyboards, Blondie, five UK No.1 singles including 1979 UK and US No.1 single Heart Of Glass. 1978 world-wide No.1 album Parallel Lines.
1955 – Louis Johnson (from The Brothers Johnson) was born this day. He is the grand-daddy of slap bass playing and had 2 monster hits with “Strawberry Letter #23” (1977) and “Stomp” (1980) with his brother George. Played on Michael Jackson hits “Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough”, “Billie Jean” and many others. Nicknamed “Thunder Thumbs”
1957 - Elvis Presley's All Shook Up rocketed to the Number 1 spot on Billboard's record charts on this date, remaining in the top spot for 8 weeks.
1971 - The Rolling Stones released Brown Sugar, the first record on their own label, Rolling Stones Records, which introduced the infamous licking-tongue-and-lips logo.
1974 - Paul McCartney's Band On The Run, went to No.1 on the US album charts, it was his third US No.1, which went on to sell over 6 million copies world-wide.
1975 - Born this day, Lou Bega, singer, 1999 UK No.1 single Mambo No 5, a little bit of.
1980 - Broadway’s longest-running musical closed after eight years. Grease ran for 3,388 performances (another source says 3883 performances) and earned $8 million.
1982 - David Crosby of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills and Nash, was arrested for the second time in three weeks with drugs, this time in Dallas.
1985 - We Are the World, written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie and performed by USA for Africa, shot up to Number 1 on Billboard's record charts and stayed there for 4 weeks.
1991 - Londonbeat went to No.1 on the US singles chart with I've Been Thinking About You, it was a No.2 hit in the UK.