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In Music History
1969 The singer Gabrielle, who scores UK #1 hits with "Dreams" and "Rise," is born Louise Gabrielle Bobb in Hackney, East London. Her date of birth is often erroneously stated as April 16, 1970.
1966 Brian Vander Ark (lead singer of The Verve Pipe) is born in Holland, Michigan.
1965 The Who, Spencer Davis, and Marianne Faithfull appear at the Uxbridge Folk & Blues Festival.
1963 Simon Wright (drummer for AC/DC) is born in Oldham, Lancashire, England.
1962 Nat King Cole records "Ramblin' Rose."
1962 Paula Abdul (her real name) is born in Los Angeles, California.
1950 Ann Wilson, who forms Heart with her sister Nancy, is born in San Diego, California.
1942 Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane (vocalist for Spanky & Our Gang) is born in Peoria, Illinois.
1940 The composer Maurice Jaubert dies in Baccarat Hospital, France at age 40 after being wounded in action.
1939 Soul singer Al Wilson is born in Meridian, Mississippi.
1936 Shirley Goodman (of Shirley & Lee, Shirley & Company) is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1925 English entertainer Charlie Drake is born Charles Springall in Elephant and Castle, Southwark, London, England.
Carole King's Landmark Tapestry Hits #1
1971Carole King's album Tapestry hits #1 in the US, where it stays for 15 weeks.
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2014 Lyricist Gerry Goffin, author of over 100 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, many with former wife and songwriting partner Carole King, dies at age 75.
2010 Backstreet Boys join New Kids on the Block at NKOTB's show in Radio City Music Hall. The response is so great that the re-formed bands begin touring together... as NKOTBSB.
2010 "California Gurls" hits #1, the first of five Hot 100 chart-toppers from Katy Perry's Teenage Dream album - a feat equaled only by Michael Jackson's Bad.More
1999 In an interview published in Melody Maker, Britney Spears says, "I would have to be totally happy in every aspect before I would get married. I believe marriage is for life." She ends up getting married twice... in 2004.
1987 Mötley Crüe begin their Girls, Girls, Girls tour with a show in Tucson, Arizona. The stage show features an inflatable Harley, lots of pyro, and a contraption that spins Tommy Lee and his drum kit upside down while he plays. Whitesnake is the opening act; later on the tour an new band called Guns N' Roses takes that slot.
1965 "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" by The Four Tops goes to #1 in America, knocking off another Motown song: "Back in My Arms Again" by The Supremes. Both songs were written and produced by the team of Holland-Dozier-Holland.
1948 Folk artist Nick Drake is born in Rangoon, Burma. Raised in England, the mercurial and highly influential musician releases three albums before his death in 1974.
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