What Happened Today In Music, April 2nd 1939 was born Marvin Gaye (Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.), American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of hits, earning him the nicknames "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul". On April 1, 1984, the day before his 45th birthday, Gaye was shot dead by his father, Marvin Gay Sr. at their house in West Adams,…
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What Happened Today In Music, April 2nd 1998 Robert Pilatus, one half of pop duo Milli Vanilli was found dead in a Frankfurt Hotel room after taking a lethal combination of drugs and alcohol. He was 33 (born 8 June 1965). Milli Vanilli won the 1989 best new artist Grammy after hits like 'Blame it on the Rain' and 'Girl, You Know It's True,' selling 30 million singles and 14 million albums. But in late 1990, the performers were stripped of the award after it was revealed that…
What Happened Today In Music, April 3rd 1985 was born Leona Louise Lewis, British singer, songwriter, actress, model, and activist. Lewis achieved national recognition when she won the third series of The X Factor in 2006, winning a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music. Her winner's single, a cover of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This", peaked at number one for four weeks on the UK Singles Chart and broke a world record for reaching 50,000 digital downloads…
What Happened Today In Music, April 4th 1952 was born Gary Moore (Robert William Gary Moore), Northern Irish musician and songwriter. Over the course of his career he played in various groups and performed an eclectic range of music including blues, hard rock, heavy metal, and jazz fusion. On 6 February 2011, Moore died of a heart attack in his sleep at the age of 58. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ2nHgZcf3I #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, April 5th 1950 was born Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and actress. She achieved success in Sweden after the release of her self-titled debut album in 1968, and reached international stardom as a member of the pop group ABBA, which has sold over 380 million albums and singles worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists in history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUrzicaiRLU #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, April 6th 1965 was born Frank Black (Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV), American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Following the band's breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under the name Frank Black. Thompson regrouped the Pixies in early 2004, but continued to release solo records and tour as a solo…
What Happened Today In Music, April 7th 1915 was born Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan) American jazz and swing music singer. She had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing. She won four Grammy Awards, all of them posthumously. She was also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. Several films about her life have been released. Holiday died on 17th July 1959 from liver failure, aged 44.…
What Happened Today In Music, April 7th 1947 was born Florian Schneider- Esleben, German musician. He is best known as one of the founding members and leaders of the electronic band Kraftwerk. Widely considered as innovators and pioneers of electronic music, it was among the first successful acts to popularize the genre. The group began as part of West Germany's experimental krautrock scene in the early 1970s before fully embracing electronic instrumentation, including…
What Happened Today In Music, April 8th 1929 was born Jacques Brel (Jacques Romain Georges Brel), Belgian singer, songwriter, actor and director. He is considered a master of the modern chanson. English translations of his songs were recorded by many performers, including: David Bowie; Scott Walker, Ray Charles; Judy Collins; John Denver; The Kingston Trio; Nina Simone; Shirley Bassey; Frank Sinatra and Andy Williams. Brel was a successful actor, appearing in 10 films. He…
What Happened Today In Music, April 9th 1932 was born Carl Lee Perkins, American singer-songwriter. Perkins's songs were recorded by artists (and friends) as influential as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash and Eric Clapton. Called "the King of Rockabilly", he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He also received a Grammy Hall of Fame…
What Happened Today In Music, April 10th 1959 was born Brian Robert Setzer, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He found widespread success in the early 1980s with the rockabilly group Stray Cats, and revitalized his career in the early 1990s with his swing revival band, the Brian Setzer Orchestra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS-oIPm6xV4 #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, April 11th 1971 was born Oliver "Ollie" Riedel, German musician, best known as the bassist for German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein. Commercially, the band have been very successful, earning many No. 1 albums as well as gold and platinum certifications in countries around the world. Their grand live performances, which often feature pyrotechnics, have contributed to their popularity growth. Despite success, the band have been subject to…
What Happened Today In Music, April 12th 1956 was born Alexander Briley, American singer who was the original "G.I." in the disco group The Village People. He originally performed in jeans and a T-shirt, but he took the role of a soldier for the album Cruisin' in 1978 and when the group recorded "In the Navy" in 1979 he appeared as a sailor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9OO0S5w2k&ab_channel=VillagePeople #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, April 13th 1951 was born Max Weinberg, American drummer and television personality, most widely known as the longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band and as the bandleader for Conan O'Brien on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. He is the father of Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8uBVH1ZG4o #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, April 14th 1945 was born Ritchie Blackmore (Richard Hugh Blackmore), English guitarist and songwriter. He was one of the founding members of Deep Purple in 1968. During his solo career, Blackmore established the heavy metal band Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Blackmore was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OorZcOzNcgE #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, April 15th 1968 was born Ed O'Brien (Edward John O'Brien), English guitarist and member of the rock band Radiohead. In 2010, Rolling Stone named O'Brien the 59th greatest guitarist of all time. Along with the other members of Radiohead, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk Great cover by Vintage Postmodern Jukebox ft. Haley Reinhart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3lF2qEA2cw…
What Happened Today In Music, April 16th 1924 was born Henry Mancini (Enrico Nicola Mancini), American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His works include the theme and soundtrack for the Peter Gunn television series as well as the music for The Pink Panther…
What Happened Today In Music, April 17th 1955 was born Pete Shelley (Peter Campbell McNeish), English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 when Devoto left. The band broke up in 1981 and reformed at the end of the decade. Shelley also had a solo career; his song "Homosapien" charted in the US in 1981. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Af7ayYIJ9w #TodayInMusic
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What Happened Today In Music, April 18th 1943 was born Clyde Stubblefield (Clyde Austin Stubblefield), American drummer best known for his work with James Brown. His rhythm pattern on James Brown's "Funky Drummer" is among the world's most sampled musical segments. It has been used for decades by hip-hop groups and rappers such as Public Enemy, Run-DMC, N.W.A, Raekwon, LL Cool J, Beastie Boys and Prince, and has also been used in other genres. Stubblefield died on February…
What Happened Today In Music, April 19th 1942 was born Alan Price, English musician, who was the original keyboardist for the British band The Animals. Price formed The Animals in 1962 and left the band in 1965. After leaving The Animals, Price went on to have success with his own band the Alan Price Set and later with Georgie Fame. He has also acted in films and television productions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-43lLKaqBQ #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, April 20th 1971 was born Mikey Welsh (Michael Edward Welsh), American artist and musician who played bass with the rock band Weezer. Welsh played with Weezer from the time that they unofficially regrouped in 1998 until August 2001, when he experienced mental health problems. Shortly afterwards, he retired from music to focus on his art career. Welsh died from a drug overdose on October 8, 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erG5rgNYSdk…
What Happened Today In Music, April 21st 1947 was born Iggy Pop (James Newell Osterberg Jr.), American musician, singer, lyricist, record producer and actor. Designated the "Godfather of Punk", he was the vocalist and lyricist of influential proto-punk band The Stooges, who were formed in 1967 and have disbanded and reunited multiple times since. He was one of the first performers to do a stage-dive and popularized the activity. Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles…
What Happened Today In Music, April 21st 1959 was born Robert James Smith, English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer, guitarist, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the rock band The Cure, which he co-founded in 1976. He was also the lead guitarist for the band Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1982 to 1984. Smith is known for his guitar-playing style, distinctive voice, and fashion, which has been highly…
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What Happened Today In Music, April 22nd 1974 was born Shavo Odadjian (Shavarsh Odadjian), Armenian-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the bassist, backing vocalist, and occasional songwriter of heavy metal band System of a Down. Odadjian is an passionate painter outside of music. His artwork has been featured in many System of a Down music videos and live shows. He is a human rights activist known to take a role in protesting against human atrocities,…
What Happened Today In Music, April 23rd 1936 was born Roy Orbison (Roy Kelton Orbison), American singer, songwriter, and musician. He was signed by Sam Phillips of Sun Records in 1956, but enjoyed his greatest success with Monument Records. From 1960 to 1966, 22 of Orbison's singles reached the Billboard Top 40. Orbison experienced a resurgence in popularity in the 1980s following the success of several cover versions of his songs. In 1988, he co-founded the Traveling…
What Happened Today In Music, April 24th 1957 was born David J (David John Haskins), British alternative rock musician, producer, and writer. He is the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus and for Love and Rockets. David J has released a number of singles and solo albums, composed the scores for a number of plays and films, and also wrote and directed his own plays. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxqq5vahHKk #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, April 25th 1945 was born Björn Kristian Ulvaeus, Swedish singer-songwriter, producer, a member of the Swedish musical group ABBA, and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia! He co-produced the films Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again with fellow ABBA member and close friend Benny Andersson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfnOaLQHKh8 https://noise.cash/post/1337r0v9 Erasure version:…
What Happened Today In Music, April 25th 1964 was born Andy Bell (Andrew Ivan Bell), lead singer of the English synth-pop duo Erasure. The duo is most popular in their native UK and mainland Europe, and also in South America. The band is also popular within the LGBT community, for whom the openly gay Bell has become an icon. Erasure have penned over 200 songs and have sold over 25 million albums worldwide. Bell is known for his soulful voice and flamboyant stage persona…
What Happened Today In Music, April 26th 1960 was born Roger Taylor (Roger Andrew Taylor), English musician, best known as the drummer of the new wave band Duran Duran from their inception until 1985, and again from 2001 onwards. Duran Duran have sold over 100 million records worldwide. The band have won numerous awards throughout their career: two Brit Awards including the 2004 award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, two Grammy Awards, an MTV Video Music Award for…
What Happened Today In Music, April 27th 1951 was born Ace Frehley (Paul Daniel Frehley), American musician and songwriter best known as the original lead guitarist and co-founding member of the rock band Kiss. He invented the persona of The Spaceman (a.k.a. Space Ace) and played with the group from its inception in 1973 until his departure in 1982. After leaving Kiss, Frehley embarked on a solo career, which was put on hold when he rejoined Kiss in 1996 for a highly…
There is lots of noise lately about FARSITE. In their own words: Farsite is a blockchain-powered sandbox MMO RTS game with elements of adventure in a sci-fi setting based on a post-apocalyptic story. This might be new great opportunity, since it's build on ETH blockchain, and all ingame items will be NFT's. Game didn't start yet, for now is possible to signup, do some social tasks which will unlock some basic game items for free, and participate in airdrops. If anyone is…
What Happened Today In Music, April 28th 1953 was born Kim Gordon (Kim Althea Gordon), American musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of alternative rock band Sonic Youth. In addition to her work as a musician, Gordon has had ventures in record producing, fashion, and acting, and has worked consistently as a visual artist throughout her musical career. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XdYnh729IQ #TodayInMusic
What Happened Today In Music, April 29th 1933 was born Willie Nelson (Willie Hugh Nelson), American musician, actor, and activist. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana. Along with…
What Happened Today In Music, April 30th 1969 was born Paulo Jr. (Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr.), Brazilian musician/bassist for heavy metal band Sepultura. Pinto joined Sepultura after Roberto Raffan left the band in 1984, becoming Sepultura's second bassist. Although no original members are left in Sepultura, Pinto is the longest remaining member of Sepultura despite never performing on any album until Chaos A.D. (1993). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_6IjeprfEs #TodayInMusic