Today in Oldies Music History: April 22

Today In Oldies Music History: April 22

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Births

1921: Candido Camero
1922: Charles Mingus
1927: Laurel Aitken
1931: Joe Cuba
1936: Glen Campbell
1937: Jack Nitzsche
1943: Mel Carter
1948: Larry Groce
1950: Peter Frampton

Deaths

1983: Earl "Fatha" Hines
2003: Felice Bryant
2008: Paul Davis

Events

1959: The Alan Freed "rock and roll movie" Go, Johnny, Go premieres in New York, featuring Chuck Berry, Jackie Wilson, Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran, The Cadillacs, and the Flamingos.
1962: Jerry Lee Lewis loses his first son, Steve Allen (named after the TV host and good friend), in a tragic drowning accident at the age of three.
1964: The President of England's National Federation of Hairdressers makes headlines when he offers a free haircut to the next rock group to reach Number One.
1966: A young Bruce Springsteen gets a boost when his band The Castiles wins a battle of the bands contest at a roller rink in Matawan, NJ. The first prize? Opening for the Crystals and the Ad-Libs at next week's show.
1967: Elvis' 23rd film, Easy Come, Easy Go, premieres in Hollywood.
1968: Herb Alpert sings a Burt Bacharach composition, "This Guy's In Love With You," to his wife on the Tijuana Brass' CBS special Beat Of The Brass, sparking a national demand for the song, which results in it being released a few weeks later. It goes on to sell a million records.
1969: A&M signs the Carpenters.
1969: On the roof of Apple headquarters at 3 Savile Row, London, John Winston Lennon has his name legally changed to John Ono Lennon.
1969: Today is Tommy Day. The Who perform their new rock opera Tommy for the first time on stage in its entirety at a concert in Dolton, England; five years later to the day, the group begins filming the movie version (with Tina Turner's turn as the Acid Queen being filmed first), and, on the same date in 1993, the Broadway play based on the album opens.
1978: Bob Marley headlines the historic One Love Peace Concert in Jamaica, the singer's first appearance in his home country since an assassination attempt two years before. At the concert, Marley manages to unite Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley with rival Edward Seaga, who had both been using local warlords to battle for power.
1978: On tonight's Saturday Night Live, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd team up to debut two new characters called "The Blues Brothers," who perform a cover of Sam and Dave's "Soul Man."
1979: The Rolling Stones play two concerts in Oshawa, Ontario for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, a result of court-ordered community service for guitarist Keith Richards, busted two years earlier in Toronto for heroin possession.
1981: Eric Clapton is involved in a car crash near Seattle and is hospitalized with bruised ribs and lacerations, a mere two days after being released from hospitalization for ulcer treatment in St. Paul, MN.

Releases

1966: The Troggs, "Wild Thing"
1975: Elvis Presley, "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"
1978: Gerry Rafferty, "Baker Street"

Recording

1966: The Beatles: "Taxman," "Tomorrow Never Knows"

Charts

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Certifications

1974: Redbone's "Come And Get Your Love" is certified gold
1976: Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" is certified platinum