MAX WEBSTER...A Million Vacations (1979)
A Million Vacations was released 35 years ago in April 1979
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)
ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 16
Peter Garrett formerly with Midnight Oil is 61; David Pirner of Soul Asylum is 50; Dan Rieser formerly with Marcy Playground is 48;
ON THIS DATE
1924 Rudy Pompilli of Bill Haley and the Comets was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. Pompilli died in 1976 of lung cancer from second hand smoke
1943 Lonesome Dave Peverett of Foghat was born in Dullwich, England. Peverett died in 2000 in Orlando, Florida
1947 Gerry Rafferty is born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Rafferty died in 2011
1960 Shortly before midnight, rock-and-roll performer Eddie Cochran, 21, was fatally injured in a taxi crash in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; he died the next day.
1972 Electric Light Orchestra makes its debut in Croydon, England at the Fox and Greyhound pub
1993 David Lee Roth is arrested for buying a small amount of marijuana in New York
1996 Kiss announce a world tour with all 4 original members at a press conference in New York
1999 Skip Spence of Jefferson Airplane dies at the age of 52 of lung cancer in Santa Cruz, California
2011 Ozzy Osbourne is the head ambassador for Record Store Day
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