This Day in Music History: April 1

April 1, 2017

We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.

 

Today: April 1.

 

1965: The Who recorded a performance for TV show Top Of The Pops at the Manchester television studio. They then played a show supporting Donovan at The Town Hall, Wembley, with Rod Stewart & the Soul Agents appearing at the bottom of the bill.

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1966: David Bowie's first solo single, 'Do Anything You Say', was released by Pye Records. Despite featuring Bowie’s backing band at the time, The Buzz, the single was credited to David Bowie, yet it failed to enter the chart. David Bowie had previously recorded as David Jones and The Lower Third.

 

1966: The Troggs recorded 'Wild Thing' at Regent Sound Studio in London. The single topped the US chart and reached the No.2 spot in the UK in June the following year. The song was recorded in one complete take (take two).

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1976: AC/DC made their live debut in the UK, as they played at The Red Cow in Hammersmith, London.

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1984: Marvin Gaye was shot dead by his father at his parent's home in Los Angeles, California. The argument started after his parents squabbled over misplaced business documents, Marvin tried to intervene, and was killed by his father who shot him with a gun he had given him four months before. The father was sentenced to 6 years of probation after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Charges of first-degree murder were dropped after doctors discovered that Marvin Sr. had a brain tumor.

 

1985: David Lee Roth left Van Halen shortly after he released his own version of 'California Girls' by The Beach Boys (which featured Carl Wilson on background vocals). Lee Roth was replaced by Sammy Hagar later that year.

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1989: Madonna scored her third UK No.1 album with 'Like A Prayer.' It was also a US chart topper and went to spend 70 weeks on the UK chart.

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1989: The Bangles topped the US singles chart with 'Eternal Flame', which also topped the UK chart. The song was the biggest selling single of 1989 in Australia.

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2004: Paul Atkinson, guitarist of The Zombies, died at the age of 58 due to liver and kidney disease. The band scored the 1964 US No.2 & UK No.12 single 'She's Not There'. Atkinson later became an artist and repertoire executive, he worked for Columbia and RCA and discovered and signed bands such as ABBA, Mr. Mister, Judas Priest, Bruce Hornsby and Michael Penn.

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