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Rock and Roll Birthdays
April 19th
- April 19th Birthday, Blues Incorporated singer, songwriter Alexis Korner, who mentored Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Ginger Baker and others, born in Paris, France in 1928. He died on January 1st, 1984 of lung cancer, aged 55.
- April 19th Birthday, The originator of the novelty “break-in” record, Dickie Goodman, born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1934.
- April 19th Birthday, Ten Wheel Drive singer Genya Raven, born in Genyusha Zelkovicz in Łódź, Poland in 1940.
- April 19th Birthday, Original Animals keyboardist and solo artist Alan Price, born in 1942 in Fatfield, Washington, Tyne and Wear, England.
- April 19th Birthday, Record producer and sound engineer Eddie Kramer, born in 1942 in Cape Town, South Africa. Kramer has worked with Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, The Kinks and many others.
- April 19th Birthday, The Association and New Christy Minstrals guitarist and banjo player Larry Ramos, Jr., born in 1942 in Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii.
- April 19th Birthday, Bernie Worrell, keyboard player for Parliament and Funkadelic, born in Long Branch, New Jersey in 1944. He died on June 24th, 2016, aged 72.
- April 19th Birthday, Actor, singer Tim Curry, born in 1946 in Grappenhall, Cheshire, England.
- April 19th Birthday, The Turtles, Flo and Eddie and Mothers of Invention singer Mark Volman, born in Los Angeles, California in 1947. He passed away on September 5th, 2025 at the age of 78, diagnosed in 2023 with Lewy body dementia.
- April 19th Birthday, Dixie Dregs keyboardist Rod Morgenstein, born in 1953 in New York City.
- April 19th Birthday, Singer Bekka Bramlett 1990’s era singer for Fleetwood Mac and the daughter of Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett, born in Westwood, California in 1968.
Today In Rock and Roll History
April 19th
- April 19th, 1956 Chuck Berry records “Roll Over Beethoven” at Chess Studios in Chicago with Leonard and Phil Chess producing. On the session, Johnny Johnson played piano, Leroy C. Davis was on saxophone, Vincent Pitts played trumpet, Willie Dixon was on double bass and Melvin Billups played the drums. Written by Chuck Berry, Chess released the track on 45 credited to Chuck Berry and His Combo in May. “Roll Over Beethoven” peaked at No. 29 on June 30th.
- April 19th, 1968 Regal Zonophone Records release “Deborah” backed with “Child Star” by Tyrannosaurus Rex on 45. The songs were written by Marc Bolan. The single was produced by Tony Visconti.
- April 19th, 1968 Columbia Records in Britain release “It Would Be So Nice” by Pink Floyd on 45, written by keyboardist Rick Wright. It was the fourth single by Pink Floyd and the band’s first not written by the band’s original guitarist Syd Barrett. Tower Records in America released the single on June 3rd.
- April 19th, 1968 CBS Records in Britain release “Odyssey And Oracle,” the third studio album by The Zombies. Mainly recorded between June and August 1967 at EMI and Olympic Studios in London. The album did not chart in England or the US, where it was released on Date Records in June but is now considered a classic of the era and contains the hit single “Time Of The Season.”
- April 19th, 1968 George Harrison and John Lennon leave the Maharishi’s compound in Rishikesh, India, later renouncing their association with the guru.
- April 19th, 1969 Elektra Records release “Happy Sad,” the third album by Tim Buckley. Co-produced by Jerry Yester and Zal Yanovsky of The Lovin’ Spoonful at Elektra Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, the album peaked at No. 81 on June 7th.
- April 19th, 1969 The 5th Dimension have the No. 1 record in the US with “Aquarius”/”Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures).”
- April 19th, 1969 Pavillion Records release “Oh Happy Day” by The Edwin Hawkins’ Singers Featuring Dorothy Combs Morrison on 45. The record peaked at No. 4 on May 31st. The song was written by Don Howard and Nancy Binns Reed and first released in March 1957 by The Five Satins. The Edwin Hawkins version became an international hit, reaching No. 2 in England, No. 4 in the United States on May 31st.
- April 19th, 1971 Columbia Records release “Lowdown” by Chicago on 45. The song was co-written by bassist Peter Cetera and drummer Danny Seraphine. It was the second single released from the band’s “Chicago III” LP. A Japanese language version was recorded in 1972 and released as a single in Japan. The record entered the singles charts in May and peaked at No. 35 on June 12th.
- April 19th, 1971 Apple Records release Ronnie Spector’s “Try Some Buy Some” on 45. Written by George Harrison and placed with the former Ronette, the London sessions for the song were co-produced by Harrison with her husband Phil Spector for a planned comeback album on the Beatles’ Apple record label. The project was abandoned following recording sessions that were hampered by Phil Spector’s erratic behavior. The recording features a choir and long, lavishly orchestrated instrumental passages arranged by John Barham and Pete Ham from Badfinger on acoustic guitar. George Harrison would reuse the backing track of the song on his own version, released on his 1973 LP “Living In The Material World.” The single’s B-side “Tandoori Chickern,” was written in the studio and recorded in one take with Beatles roadie Mal Evans and Joe the chauffer name-checked in the lyrics. The record peaked at No. 77 on May 22nd.
- April 19th, 1971 Elektra Records release the final Doors album with Jim Morrison, “L.A. Woman.” Co-produced by Bruce Botnick and The Doors after long-time Doors producer Paul A. Rothschild quit, the group brought in bassist Jerry Scheff and rhythm guitarist Marc Benno to augment the band in the studio. The album was recorded at a makeshift studio dubbed The Doors Workshop in their rehearsal space on Santa Monica Boulevard. “L.A. Woman” reached No. 9 in the album charts on June 5th and featured the hit singles “Love Her Madly” and “Riders On The Storm.”
- April 19th, 1973 RCA Records issue “Time” from David Bowie on 45, recorded in January at Trident Studios with producer Ken Scott. The song was written by David Bowie, released from the Aladdin Sane” LP.
- April 19th, 1973 Tamla Records release “Darling Come Back Home” by former Temptations’ singer Eddie Kendricks on 45. Co-written by Kathleen Wilkens, Frank Wilson and King Errisson. Co-produced by Frank Wilson and Leonard Caston, the record entered the singles charts in July and peaked at No. 67 on August 11th.
- April 19th, 1974 Warner Brothers Records in Britain release “Rock ‘N’ Roll Winter (Looney’s Tune)” by Wizzard on 45. The song was written and produced by the band’s multi-instrumentalist Roy Wood. “Rock ‘N’ Roll Winter” reached No. 6 in the UK singles charts.
- April 19th, 1974 Asylum Records release “Already Gone” by the Eagles on 45. Co-written by Jack Tempchin and Robb Strandlund and produced by Bill Szymczyk, Tempchin had previously written the Eagles’ “Peaceful Easy Feeling.” “Already Gone” was one of the first songs that the Eagles recorded for the “On The Border” album after they stopped recording in London and returned to Los Angeles, switching producers from Glyn Johns to Bill Szymczyk. The record entered the charts in May and went to No. 32 on June 29th.
- April 19th, 1975 Elton John dismisses bassist Dee Murray and drummer Nigel Olsson on the eve of the release of the LP “Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy.” The pair would perform occasional gigs with Elton before being re-hired in 1982.
- April 19th, 1978 More than fifty rock musicians, including James Taylor, Carly Simon, Bonnie Raitt and John Hall, petition President Carter to halt America’s commitment to the use of nuclear power.
- April 19th, 1980 Blondie scores their second No. 1 hit with “Call Me,” the first of a six week run at the top.
- April 19th, 1982 A&M Records release “Caught Up In You” by 38 Special on 45. The song was co-written by Don Barnes, Jeff Carlisi and Jim Peterik and the track was produced by Rodney Mills. The record peaked at No. 10 on July 3rd.
- April 19th, 1982 Simon and Garfunkel announce a continuation of their partnership with an announced tour of Europe. The show made its way later that summer to New York’s Central Park for a free show, broadcast on HBO and released as a two-record live album.
- April 19th, 1993 Capitol Records release two Paul McCartney singles on white vinyl. “Off The Ground” backed with the non-LP track, “Cosmically Conscious”. “Biker Like An Icon” was also from the “Off The Ground” album, while the B-side was a live version of The Beatles’ “Things We Said Today” from the MTV Unpluggedsession in 1991. The CD singles of the “Biker Like An Icon” single featured a live version of the song from the “Paul Is Live” LP, along with a live “Midnight Special” from the MTV special.
- April 19th, 2000 Phil Collins wins a royalties lawsuit against Louis Satterfield and Rahmlee Michael Davis. The two members of Earth, Wind and Fire’s horn section were overpaid three hundred and ninety thousand dollars in royalties from a live album recorded when they backed Collins on his 1990 tour.
Miscellaneous April
- April 1953 Specialty Records release “Don’t Take It Out On Me” backed with “Lucy Mae Blues,” the third single by Texas electric blues guitarist Frankie Lee Sims. Both songs were written by Frankie Lee Sims, a cousin to musician Lightnin’ Hopkins. “Lucy Mae Blues” became a regional hit in Texas.
- April 1954 Specialty Records release “The Story Of My Life” backed with “A Letter To My Girl Friend,” the third single by electric blues pioneer Guitar Slim and His Band. Both songs were written by Slim, credited to his given name Eddie Jones.
- April 1963 Ron Romans record “Tell Me” and “Love Of My Life.” Daani Records released them as the A and B-side of a single. The A-side was written by Frank Zappa associate Kenny Williams, while “Love Of My Life” was a Zappa/Dave Aerni co-write. The song was recorded at PAL Recording Studio in Cucamonga, California with Zappa playing guitar and drums. Zappa rerecorded “Love Of My Life” with The Mothers Of Invention on the 1968 LP “Cruising With Ruben and The Jets.
- April 1964 Chess records release the “Folk Singer” album, the fourth by Muddy Waters. The album features Waters on acoustic guitar, Willie Dixon on string bass, Clifton James on drums and Buddy Guy on acoustic guitar.
- April 1965 Fantasy Records release “Where You Been” backed with “You Came Walking,” the second single by The Golliwogs on 45. Both sides were co-written by Tom and John Fogerty, using the names Rann Wild and Toby Green. The Golliwogs renamed themselves Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1967.
- April 1966 Are You Kidding Me? Records issue “The Ballad Of The Yellow Beret” backed with “Florida Time” by The Beach Bums, actually Bob Seger’s first released record. Done as an answer record to Sgt. Barry Sandler’s “The Ballad Of The Green Beret,” “The Ballad Of The Yellow Beret” is executed in a humorous manner but the lyrics are a sharp criticism of men who dodged the draft in the US. The song is credited to D. Dodger. “Florida Time” is closer to the style of The Beach Boys, written by long-time Seger producer “Punch,” with both sides produced and arranged by The Omens.
- April 1966 Paradise Records out of Texas release “Splash Day” backed with “Life’s A Misery” by The Warlocks on 45. The band featured brothers Rocky and Dusty Hill. The band would change their name to American Blues when drummer Frank Beard joined. Beard and Dusty Hill would later join Billy Gibbons in ZZ Top.
- April 1969 Liberty Records in Britain release “Folkjoke Opus,” the third album by Roy Harper. Produced by Shel Talmy, the LP sessions included Nicky Hopkins on piano and Clem Cattini on drums. Ron Geesin scored the arrangements on the record.
- April 1970 CBS Records in Britain release “Zero She Flies,” the third album by Al Stewart. The LP was produced by Roy Guest at Sound Technics Studios in London. Gerry Conway and Trevor Lucas from Fairport Convention played sessions on the record.
- April 1971 Harvest Records release “Stormcock,” the fifth studio album by Roy Harper. Produced by Peter Jenner at EMI Studios in London, David Bedford played keyboards and did the arrangements and Jimmy Page played guitar on “The Same Old Rock,” credited as S. Favius Mercurius.
- April 1973 Chrysalis Record in England release “Parcel Of Rogues,” the fifth studio album by Steeleye Span. The LP was co-produced by Steeleye Span and Jerry Boys at Sound Techniques Studios in Chelsea, London. The band toured the album in the US opening for Jethro Tull.
- April 1975 Asylum Records release “Fountain Of Sorrow” by Jackson Browne on 45. Written by Browne, it was the second single issued from his “Late For The Sky” LP. The 45 version was two minutes shorter than the nearly seven-minute-long album version.
- April 1975 Bob Seger releases “Beautiful Loser,” his first single for Capitol Records. The 45 peaked at No. 103 on the Pop Singles charts.
- April 1978 DB Records in Georgia release “Rock Lobster” backed with “52 Girls,” the debut single by The B-52’s. The A-side was co-written by Fred Schneider and Ricky Wilson. “52 Girls” was co-written by Jeremy Ayers and Ricky Wilson.
- April 1978 Virgin Records release “This Is Pop” backed with “Heatwave,” the third single by XTC. “This Is Pop” was written by Andy Partridge and “Heatwave” was written by Colin Moulding. Both songs were produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange. The A-side was an album track, re-recorded for its’ single release.
- April 1979 Asylum Records release “Alison,” Linda Ronstadt’s cover version of the Elvis Costello song on 45, produced by Peter Asher.
- April 1980 Harvest Records release “The Unknown Soldier,” the tenth studio album by Roy Harper. Co-produced by Harper and Peter Jenner at Abbey Road Studios in London, David Gilmour Andy Roberts, Andy Newmark, Kate Bush, B.J. Cole, Pete Wingfield and others play on the record. David Bedford did the orchestral arrangements.
- April 1981 RCA Records release the soundtrack to the movie Christiane F., Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo. The record was a collection of previously released songs by David Bowie that spanned the years 1976-1978. Bowie appears in an in-concert sequence of the movie during the Isolar Tour of 1976.
- April 1982 Warner Brothers Records release “Deep Sleep” by The B-52’s on 45. The track came from the David Byne produced “Mesopotamia” EP, recorded at Blank Tape Studios in New York City. The song was co-written by Keith Strickland, Kate Pierson and Robert Waldrop.
- April 1982 Woody Records in Britain release “O.T.T.” backed with “Mystery Song” by Roy Wood on 45. Both songs were written and produced by Roy Wood.
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