This Day in Music History: April 18

April 18, 2017

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

 

Today: April 18.

 

1984: Michael Jackson underwent surgery in a Los Angeles hospital in order to repair damage done, after his hair caught fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial.

 

1985: Wham! Became the first-ever Western pop act that had an album which was released in China.

 

1987: Aretha Franklin and George Michael started a two week run at the top of the US singles chart with the song 'I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)', which also topped the UK chart. Aretha Franklin set a record for the artist with the longest gap between US No.1 singles. It had been 19 years and 10 months from her last hit 'Respect' way back in June 1967.

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1992: Def Leppard started a five-week run at the top of the US album chart with 'Adrenalize.'

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1992: Annie Lennox topped the UK album chart with 'Diva', her debut solo release.

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2013: Storm Thorgerson, whose album cover artwork includes The Dark Side of The Moon by Pink Floyd, died at the age of 69. A childhood friend of the band members, he became Pink Floyd's designer-in-chief. His credits also include albums by Peter Gabriel, Led Zeppelin and Muse. In 2003, Storm Thorgerson suffered a stroke, but was able to recover from it. He was later diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer, which he battled for several years.

 

2015: Green Day was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a part of the 2015 class, in their first year of eligibility.

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