TODAY IN HISTORY – APRIL 8TH
1947 - Born this day, Steve Howe, rock musician, guitar, Yes, 1977 UK No.7 Wonderous Stories, 1983 US No.1 and UK No.28 single Owner Of A Lonely Heart, with Asia, 1982 US No.4 and UK No.46 single Heat Of The Moment.
1962 - Born this day, Izzy Stradlin, rock musician, guitar, Guns N' Roses, 1988 US No.1 and 1989 UK No.6 single Sweet Child O' Mine, 1991 US No.1 album Use Your Illusion II.
1963 - Born this day, Julian Lennon, musician, singer, 1991 UK No.6 single Saltwater.
1967 - Bare-foot Sandie Shaw won the Eurovision Song Contest for Britain with Puppet On A String. An eventual 1967 No.1 hit single. The show was held in Vienna. She became the first UK female artist to win the contest.
1974 - Elton John's single, Bennie and the Jets, was awarded the Gold Disc Award on this date.
1988 - R.E.M. left IRS Records and signed with Warner Brothers.
1989 - Roxette went to No.1 on the US singles chart with The Look, the duo's first US No.1, it was a No.7 hit in the UK.
1994 - Kurt Cobain, singer and guitarist for the grunge band Nirvana, was found dead in Seattle from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, he was 27. His body was discovered by electrician Gary Smith who was working at his house in Seattle.
1998 - Rolling Stone Ron Wood was rescued along with ten other passengers from a boat off the coast of Brazil after the engine exploded.
1947 - Born this day, Steve Howe, rock musician, guitar, Yes, 1977 UK No.7 Wonderous Stories, 1983 US No.1 and UK No.28 single Owner Of A Lonely Heart, with Asia, 1982 US No.4 and UK No.46 single Heat Of The Moment.
1962 - Born this day, Izzy Stradlin, rock musician, guitar, Guns N' Roses, 1988 US No.1 and 1989 UK No.6 single Sweet Child O' Mine, 1991 US No.1 album Use Your Illusion II.
1963 - Born this day, Julian Lennon, musician, singer, 1991 UK No.6 single Saltwater.
1967 - Bare-foot Sandie Shaw won the Eurovision Song Contest for Britain with Puppet On A String. An eventual 1967 No.1 hit single. The show was held in Vienna. She became the first UK female artist to win the contest.
1974 - Elton John's single, Bennie and the Jets, was awarded the Gold Disc Award on this date.
1988 - R.E.M. left IRS Records and signed with Warner Brothers.
1989 - Roxette went to No.1 on the US singles chart with The Look, the duo's first US No.1, it was a No.7 hit in the UK.
1994 - Kurt Cobain, singer and guitarist for the grunge band Nirvana, was found dead in Seattle from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, he was 27. His body was discovered by electrician Gary Smith who was working at his house in Seattle.
1998 - Rolling Stone Ron Wood was rescued along with ten other passengers from a boat off the coast of Brazil after the engine exploded.