On April 22 in music history, 1957: Elvis Presley hired his custom built Music Gates installed at Gracelands. 1964: The President of The National Federation Of Hairdressers offered a free haircut to the next No.1 group in the UK pop charts. He said The Rolling Stones are the worst, one of them looks as if hes got a feather duster on his head. 1965: The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Ticket To Ride. Taken from the film Help! it was the groups seventh UK No.1. This song took a lot of lyric abuse from kids in later years - my baby don- key. 1966: Wild Thing by The Troggs (who were originally called The Troglodytes) was released in the U.S. on both the Atco and Fontana labels. The song went on to reach No.1. Wild Thing became a major influence on garage rock and punk rock. 1978: John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd made their first ever appearance as The Blues Brothers appearing on US TVs Saturday Night Live. In country music, 1961: Patsy Cline made out her will, leaving to husband Charlie Dick only their furniture, the family car and their record collection. 1973: The Houston Post quoted Ernest Tubb on Kris Kristofferson: Representing country music, you know--with a beard, and using four-letter words in front of children...its just a shame. I didnt know a Rhodes Scholar could be so dumb. 1975: Merle Haggard recorded The Roots Of My Raising in a late-night session at Nashvilles Jack Clement Studios. 1988: If You Aint Lovin (You Aint Livin) became the 10th gold album for George Strait.
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