Music News & Information Sunday, April 20, 2014 Johnny Tillotson (Poetry In Motion) is 75 Phil Spectors father, Harvey commits suicide (To Know Him Is To Love Him on his gravestone eventually inspires Phil to write the Teddy Bears song of that name), 1949 Rick Nelson marries (pregnant) Kris Harmon (sister of actor Mark Harmon- they separate in 1980 and divorce two years later), 1963 Gerry Marsden of Gerry & the Pacemakers receives the Freedom of Liverpool Award for services to charity and his home town, 2009 The first-ever Deep Purple concert is held, in Jastrup, Denmark, 1968 David Bowie and Elton John are among the artists who perform at a posthumous tribute to Queens Freddie Mercury in London, 1992 John Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas pleads guilty to drug trafficking (all but 30 days of his eight-year sentence are suspended), 1981 The Elvis Presley/Ann-Margret film, Viva Las Vegas premieres in New York (it will open nationally two months later), 1964 The Beatles record the vocals for Eleanor Rigby, 1966
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 15:17:40 +0000
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