1963, The Beatles second album 'With The Beatles' became the first million selling album by a group in the UK.
1968, Glen Campbell started a five-week run at No. 1 on the US album chart with 'Wichita Lineman.'
1969, The Monkees made what would be their last live appearance for 15 years when they played at The Oakland Coliseum, California.
1969, David Bowie, The Graham Bond Organisation and Dusty Springfield all performed at a fund raising show in London for youth magazine 'Rave.'
1969, The Rolling Stones played the final night on a 17 date North American tour at the International Raceway Festival, West Palm Beach, Florida. Also appearing, The Moody Blues, Ten Years After, King Crimson, Janis Joplin, The Band, Steppenwolf and Iron Butterfly.
1971, Sly And The Family Stone were at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Family Affair.'
1974, Elton John started a ten-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with his 'Greatest Hits'.
1985, Phil Collins had his fifth US No.1 with 'Separate Lives'. The song was taken from the film 'White Nights' and featured Marilyn Martin.
1991, Michael Jackson scored his fourth UK No.1 album with 'Dangerous.'
1997, Metallica were at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Reload’, the bands third US No.1 album.
1999, Don 'Sugarcane' Harris was found dead in his Los Angeles apartment at the age of 61. The American guitarist and violinist was part of the 50's duo Don & Dewey. He also worked with Little Richard, John Mayall, Frank Zappa, John Lee Hooker and Johnny Otis.
2002, High Court probate records showed that George Harrison left his fortune of £99m in a trust to his wife Olivia and his son Dhani, depriving the taxman of £40m. His English mansion near Henley-on-Thames was said to be worth £15m.
2003, A block of East 2nd Street in New York City was officially renamed Joey Ramone Place. It is the block where Joey once lived with band mate Dee Dee Ramone, and is near the music club CBGB, where the Ramones played their first gigs.
2006, The sale of Syd Barrett's final belongings were sold by Cheffins auctioneers in Cambridge, England. The sale of the 77 items raised £119,890 ($233,786). Ten paintings alone raised over £55,000 and two bicycles over £10,000. The sale included such things as the armchair he used to sit in, his home-made bread bin, tools, notebooks and binders and books. The sale catalogue described Barrett - who quit Pink Floyd in 1968 - as a man with a "total disinterest in materialism."
2007, During a Christies Rock & Roll auction held the Rockefeller Plaza, New York City a collection of 276 ticket stubs compiled by a rock journalist who covered many of the greatest rock concerts at New York City venues between the late 1960s to the 1990s, sold for $2,000. The tickets included concerts by: Jimi Hendrix; The Who; Rolling Stones; Frank Zappa; Beach Boys; Pink Floyd; Traffic; Allman Brothers; Led Zeppelin; Neil Young; Fleetwood Mac; Grateful Dead and Bruce Springsteen.
Happy Rock -n-Roll Birthdays to...
1929, Dick Clark
1937, Paul Stookey, Peter Paul and Mary
1943, Leo Lyons, Ten Years After
1945, Roger Glover, Deep Purple
1953, June Pointer, The Pointer Sisters, died on April 11, 2006.
1953, David Sancious, Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band
1954, George McArdale, Little River Band
1955, William Broad (Billy Idol)
1957, John Ashton, Psychedelic Furs
1973, John Moyer, Disturbed
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