Thursday, April 10, 2014

April 10, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
THE BEATLES...The Beatles' Second Album  (1964)
The Beatles' Second Album was released 50 years ago today in 1964. It reached number 1 on the US Billboard album charts
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 10
Brian Setzer of the Stray Cats is 55; Reni formerly with the Stone Roses is 50; Tim "Herb" Alexander Primus and a Perfect Circle is 49; Mike Mushok of Staind is 45; Bryce Soderberg of Lifehouse is 34;

ON THIS DATE
1962 The Beatles original bass guitarist, Stuart Sutcliffe, dies of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 21 in Hamburg, Germany
1970 Paul McCartney announces that the Beatles have broke up
1994 At the Seattle Center a public memorial is held for Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
2007  Fans of Jim Morison of the Doors send a petition to Florida governor Charlie Crist asking him to pardon Morrison for charges that were on appeal when he died in 1971.  Morrison had been convicted of exposing himself while in concert in Miami
2013  It is revealed that in 2010 charges had been filed against Tim Bachman, formerly of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, of sexually abusing a girl under the age of 14.  There had been a ban on reporting the story in order to protect the girl.  Bachman was found not guilty

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