This Day in Music History: April 10

April 10, 2017

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

 

Today: April 10.

 

1962: Stuart Sutcliffe, former bassist of The Beatles, died. He was the original bass player for 18 months (January 1960 - June 1961). He had stayed in Hamburg Germany after he left the band and died of a brain haemorrhage in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. He was 22 years old.

 

1965: A British school in Wrexham, North Wales, asked parents to please keep children in school uniform and not send them to school in 'corduroy trousers', just like the ones that were worn by the member of The Rolling Stones.

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1967: Marvin Gaye recorded his own version of the song 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine'. It was first recorded by The Miracles and had also been a huge success in 1967 selling a million copies for Gladys Knight and the Pips.

 

1970: Ray Manzarek, keyboardist of The Doors, he to drag singer Jim Morrison off stage during a show in Boston, after Morrison asked the audience if they would you like to see his genitals. Theater management quickly shut down the power. A year before, Jim Morrison had been arrested in Miami for "lewd and lascivious behavior" during another show.

 

1970: Paul McCartney issued a press statement where he announced that The Beatles had split, one week before the release of his solo album. McCartney said that he had no future plans to record or appear with the band again, or to write any music with John Lennon. Lennon, who had kept his much-earlier decision to leave the band quiet for the sake of the others, was furious. When a reporter called John Lennon to hear his comment about McCartney's resignation, Lennon said that McCartney hasn't left, because he (Lennon) had fired him.

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1976: Peter Frampton topped the US album chart with 'Frampton Comes Alive', one of the biggest selling 'live' albums in the history of rock music. It was the best-selling album of 1976, as it sold more than 6 million copies in the US. Frampton Comes Alive! was also voted "Album of the year" in the 1976 poll that was held by Rolling Stone magazine. The album stayed on the chart for 97 weeks.

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1982: Iron Maiden scored their first UK No.1 album with The Number Of The Beast. Maiden's third studio album was also the debut of vocalist Bruce Dickinson and the final appearance of the late drummer Clive Burr. This was the first album by Iron Maiden that topped the UK Albums Chart, and was certified platinum in the US.

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