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Music on the 15th of April in history

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15 Apr 1894 birth Bessie Smith, US blues singer, 'Empress Of The Blues'. Songs include, 'Downhearted Blues', 'St Louis Blues', and 'Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out'. Died in a car accident on 26th September 1937
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15 Apr 1932 birth Roy Clark, US singer, (1969 US No.19 single, 'Yesterday, When I Was Young').
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15 Apr 1939 birth Reginald Smith (Marty Wilde), 1959 UK No.2 single 'A Teenager In Love', plus over 10 other UK Top 40 singles). Father of 80's singer Kim Wilde.
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15 Apr 1940 birth Clarence Satchell, The Ohio Players, (1974 US No.1 single 'Fire'). He died on 30th December 1995.
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15 Apr 1944 birth Dave Edmunds, guitar, vocals, producer, Love Sculpture, (1968 UK No.5 single 'Sabre Dance'), solo (1970 UK No.1 and US No.4 single 'I Hear You Knocking'). Member of Rockpile.
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15 Apr 1947 birth Michael Chapman, Chinnichap productions, (producer and writer for Suzi Quatro, Mud).
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15 Apr 1947 birth Wooly Wolstenholme, Barclay James Harvest, (eight UK Top 40 albums from 1974-87).
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15 Apr 1948 Born on this day Michael Kamen, American composer and orchestral arranger. Worked with many acts including Pink Floyd, Queen, Eric Clapton, David Bowie, Kamen co-wrote Bryan Adams' ballad ‘(Everything I Do), I Do It for You.’ He died on Nov 18th 2003.
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15 Apr 1962 birth Nick Kamen, singer, (1986 UK No.5 single 'Each Time You Break My Heart').
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15 Apr 1964 The Beatles filmed outside shots at the Scala Theatre in Tottenham Street London for their forthcoming movie 'A Hard Day's Night'.
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15 Apr 1965 Cliff Richard was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Country music song 'The Minute You're Gone.' The singers eighth UK No.1.
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15 Apr 1965 birth Oscar Harrison, drums, Ocean Colour Scene, (1996 UK No.4 single 'The Day We Caught The Train', plus over 12 other Top 40 singles, 1997 UK No.1 album ‘Marchin’ Already’).
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15 Apr 1965 birth Linda Perry, songwriter, producer, singer, 4 Non Blondes, (1993 UK No.2 single ‘What’s Up’, 1993 UK No. 4 album ‘Bigger Better Faster More!). Wrote ‘Beautiful’ for Christina Aguilera, plus Jewel, Courtney Love, Gwen Stefani, Sugababes, Robbie Williams, Melissa Etheridge, Gavin Rossdale have all recorded her songs.
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15 Apr 1966 birth Graeme Clark, bass, Wet Wet Wet, (1994 UK No.1 single 'Love Is All Around', 15 weeks at No.1, plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles).
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15 Apr 1966 birth Samantha Fox, former model, singer, (1986 UK No.3 single 'Touch Me, I Want Your Body').
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15 Apr 1967 Jimi Hendrix, The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens and Engelbert Humperdink all appeared at the The Odeon, Blackpool, England, tickets cost 5 and 10 shillings, ($0.70 and $1.40).
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15 Apr 1967 Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Somethin' Stupid'. They became the only father and daughter act ever to score a No.1 single. UB40 singer Ali Cambell covered the song in 1995 with his daughter Kibbi. Robbie Williams had a 2001 UK No.1 with his version of the song featuring Nicole Kidman.
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15 Apr 1967 birth Frankie Poullian, bass, The Darkness, (2003 UK No.2 single ‘I Believe In A Thing Called Love’, 2003 UK No.1 album ‘Permission To Land’). Left the band in 2005.
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15 Apr 1968 birth Edward John O'Brien, guitarist, Radiohead. Their 1993 debut single 'Creep' was initially unsuccessful, but it became a worldwide hit several months after the release of their debut album, 'Pablo Honey'. Their 1997 album 'OK Computer' appeared in many 1997 critics' lists and listener polls for best album of the year.
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15 Apr 1972 Roberta Flack started a six week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face'. Written in 1957 by political singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who was later to become his wife. At the time the couple were lovers, although MacColl was married to someone else. MacColl is the father of singer/songwriter Kirsty MacColl. The song was featured in the Clint Eastwood film 'Play Misty For Me.'
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15 Apr 1978 Television were forced to postpone their gig at Bristol's Colston Hall after the 40 foot truck carrying their equipment was involved in a crash killing the driver.
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15 Apr 1980 birth Patrick Carney, American drummer for The Black Keys, who had the 2014 US No.1 album Turn Blue. He also has a side-project rock band called Drummer.
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15 Apr 1982 Billy Joel, was reported to be in ''quite good'' condition after major surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. The singer broke his left wrist when his 1978 Harley Davidson hit a car in Long Island, New York. The hospital switchboard was jammed with calls from his fans, and Joel issued a plea through a spokesman that the calls ceased because they were ''tying up lines for those people who are really sick.''
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15 Apr 1985 During his Born In The USA world tour, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played the fourth of five sold out nights at Yoyogi Olympic Pool in Tokyo, Japan.
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15 Apr 1987 Queen were presented with an award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music at the 32nd annual Ivor Novello Awards held in London, England.
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15 Apr 1989 American all girl group The Bangles started a four week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Eternal Flame.' Also a No.1 in Australia (biggest selling single of 1989) and the United States.
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15 Apr 1989 Deacon Blue were at No.1 on the UK album chart with their second album, 'When The World Knows Your Name.'
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15 Apr 1989 The Fine Young Cannibals went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'She Drives Me Crazy.'
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15 Apr 1995 Montell Jordan started a seven week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'This Is How We Do It', a No.11 hit in the UK.
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15 Apr 1996 Milli Vanilli singer Rob Pilatus was jailed for 90 days by a Los Angeles judge for three violent attacks and parole violation.
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15 Apr 1996 The rest of Jerry Garcia's ashes were scattered near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. A small portion had been scattered in the Ganges River in India 11 days earlier. The Grateful Dead leader had died on 9th Aug 1995.
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15 Apr 1999 The body of Tammy Wynette was exhumed from her grave in an attempt to settle a dispute over how the country music legend died. A new autopsy was conducted on her a week after three of her daughters filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her doctor and her husband and manager, George Richey, claiming they were responsible for her death 12 months ago. Richey said he had requested the autopsy because of the allegations made against him.
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15 Apr 2001 Punk pioneer Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Ross Hyman) singer of The Ramones died after losing a long battle with lymphatic cancer aged 49. On November 30, 2003, a block of East 2nd Street in New York City was officially renamed Joey Ramone Place.
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15 Apr 2003 Beyonce was sued by the Wilhemina Artist Agency who claimed she hadn't paid them the commission for her L'Oreal ads. The agency claimed the singer refused to pass on the 10 percent of the $1m (£640,000), deal that was brokered by the agency.
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15 Apr 2005 John Fred Gourrier, singer from John Fred and his Playboy Band died after a long battle with kidney disease aged 63. Had the 1967 US No.1 single 'Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)', a parody of The Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'.
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15 Apr 2007 Aerosmith, Velvet Revolver, Placebo, Keane and Evanescence all appeared at the Quilmes Rock festival at River stadium in Argentina.
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15 Apr 2008 Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa proclaimed this day as Mariah Carey day in Los Angeles, California.
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15 Apr 2010 After receiving some bad reviews and even enduring some boos during her performance, Whitney Houston brushed off criticism of her first show in the UK in over eleven years by insisting she was playing to a "tough crowd". She had recently been hospitalized with chronic rhinopharyngitis, which is a swelling of the membranes in the nose and throat.
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15 Apr 2015 It was reported that Digital music revenues matched physical sales for the first time in 2014, thanks to strong growth in the streaming market. The digital market rose 6.9% to $6.9 billion (£4.6 billion), representing 46% of all global music sales. CDs, vinyl and other physical formats also accounted for 46% of the market. Pharrell Williams's 'Happy' was the most-downloaded single globally in 2014, with Taylor Swift the most popular artist.
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