Today In Oldies Music History: April 16
--Births
1924: Henry Mancini1924: Rudy Pompilli (Bill Haley and His Comets)
1929: Ed Townsend
1929: Roy Hamilton
1930: Herbie Mann
1935: Bobby Vinton
1939: Dusty Springfield
1943: Lonesome Dave Peverett (Foghat)
1947: Gerry Rafferty
1963: Jimmy Osmond (The Osmonds)
Deaths
1980: Morris Stoloff1999: Skip Spence (Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape)
Events
1955: A young Roy Orbison sees Elvis for the first time, performing at the Sportatorium in Dallas, TX.1965: The Hollies make their US stage debut at New York's Paramount Theatre.
1969: The Elektra label drops Detroit's MC5 from their roster after an infamous ad in a local music zine, replete with Elektra logo, advised buyers to "Stay alive with the MC5 -- and f*** Hudson's." Hudson's was a Michigan record chain that had refused to stock the band's latest album Kick Out The Jams, due to the lyric "Kick out the jams, m************!"
1972: Electric Light Orchestra make their live debut at Croydon, England's Fox and Greyhound pub.
1973: Paul McCartney's first television special, James Paul McCartney, airs on ABC, featuring a few Beatles songs, new Wings tracks, sketches, and a final performance of a song called "Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance," originally written for Twiggy.
1974: Queen make their US live debut at Regis College in Denver, CO.
1976: Boz Scaggs goes to visit friend Bobby "Blue" Bland backstage at the famed Antone's in Austin, TX, and is beaten unconscious by two bouncers.
1977: Stevie Wonder becomes the proud father of his second child, son Kieta, by Yolanda Simmons.
1990: Neil Young, Natalie Cole, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Tracy Chapman, Simple Minds, and more take part in the concert Nelson Mandela: An International Tribute for a Free South Africa, an "international reception" for the famed civil-rights leader, who had just been released from a 27-year prison sentence.
1995: Bob Seger becomes the proud parent of his second child, daughter Samantha Char, by his second wife, Annette Sinclair.
1996: At tonight's Grammy Awards ceremonies in New York, KISS, back again in full makeup, announce their reunion and upcoming tour, the first time all four original members have taken the stage together since 1981.
1996: Judy Collins marries her second husband, designer Louis Nelson.
1997: Elton John is awarded an honorary membership to his old alma mater, Britain's Royal Academy of Music.
2003: After suffering a stroke in his Manhattan apartment, Luther Vandross is admitted to a local hospital.
2003: Jerry Lee Lewis files for divorce from his sixth wife, former Jerry Lee Lewis fan club president Kerrie McCarver.
2008: Barbra Streisand donates $5 million to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for a women's heart education and research program.
Releases
1964: The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones1964: Fleetwood Mac, "Dreams"
Recording
1964: Dean Martin, "Everybody Loves Somebody"1964: The Beatles, "A Hard Day's Night"
1966: The Beatles, "Rain"
1969: The Beatles: "Old Brown Shoe," "Something"
