On this day

1955 - Elvis Presley signed a management contract with Colonel Tom Parker.
Parker had previously managed the 'Great Parker Pony Circus' with one of the acts being a troupe of dancing chickens.

1967 - The first session recording George Harrison's new song 'Within You Without You' took place at Abbey Road studios,London.
George was the only Beatle to perform on this song,which was still called 'Untitled.'
Harrison played the swordmandel and tamboura,Natver Soni played tabla,Amrat Gajjar played dilruba,PD Joshi played swordmandel,and an undocumented musician played a droning tamboura.

1969 - Tommy Roe started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Dizzy',also No.1 in the UK.
In 1991 Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff took the song to No.1 on the UK chart.

1969 - T-Rex singer Mark Bolan's first book of poetry 'The Warlock Of Love' was published.

1977 - Pink Floyd played the first of six sold-out nights at Empire Pool,Wembley,London.

1982 - Bob Dylan was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame at the 13th annual dinner held at the Hilton Hotel in New York City.

1989 - The Rolling Stones signed a $70 million (£40 million) contract to play 50 North American dates.
It was the largest contract in Rock history.

1999 - Bruce Springsteen was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame by U2's Bono.

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1995: Killer Ronnie Kray dies
Notorious gangland killer Ronnie Kray has died in hospital two days after he collapsed in his ward at Broadmoor where he was serving a life sentence for murder.
Police said 61-year-old Ronnie died at 0907 GMT after being transferred to Wexham Park hospital, Slough, from a hospital in Ascot.

The man, once part of the infamous gang "The Firm", is understood to have suffered a heart attack.

Ronnie, a homosexual who had been married, was taken to Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot, two days ago after collapsing in his room at Broadmoor.

Reign of terror

He was transferred to Wexham Park hospital last night after his condition deteriorated, and he later died there.

Kray and his twin brother Reggie were sentenced to 30 years in prison in 1969, which ended a 10 year bloody reign of terror in London.

Ronnie had shot George Cornell in the Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel in 1966 for calling him a "fat poof".

And a year later Reggie stabbed Jack "The Hat" McVitie in a flat in North London.

Ronnie was later judged to be criminally insane and sent to the Broadmoor secure hospital.

He told friends and family he expected to die a prisoner.

Kray, who shared the ward with Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, had suffered two earlier heart attacks, the latest in September 1993 after which doctors warned his rumoured 100 cigarettes a day habit would kill him.

The Krays have reached iconic status, revered by some and scorned by others.

They ran a brutal gang in London's East End during the late 1950s and 1960s which netted them a fortune and allowed them to live a life of luxury.

Since their conviction, an industry has grown around them with books, T-shirts, television specials and a film starring pop star twins Gary and Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet.

Reggie is understood to have learnt of his twin's death from a fellow prisoner in Maidstone jail who had heard it on the radio and was described as "absolutely distraught".

Their elder brother Charlie, who served seven years for his part in the crimes, said he was saddened by the loss and that his late brother had been misunderstood.


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In Context
Scotland Yard had been on the trail of the Krays for many years and finally caught up with them and their accomplices in 1968.
In June 1997 Charlie was found guilty of masterminding a £39m cocaine plot and jailed for 12 years. He died in hospital as an inmate in April 2000.

The surviving brother Reggie, who had hoped for parole after serving 30 years in prison, got release as a dying wish when Home Secretary Jack Straw ordered his freedom when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given just weeks to live.

He died in October 2000.

Neither the Krays' incarceration or death has suppressed their legend.

Many people had campaigned for their release as they were seen as having a sense of honour by ridding London's streets of criminals.

Despite using violence many insisted women and children were safe as long as the Krays prowled the streets.


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1939 - Frank Sinatra made his first recording,a song called 'Our Love,' with the Frank Mane band.

1959 - EMI Records in the UK announced that it had now stopped all production of 78rpm discs.

1965 - The Rolling Stones were each fined £5 ($8.50) for urinating in a public place following an incident that had taken place at a petrol station after a gig at the ABC Theatre in Romford,Essex,England.

1965 - John Lennon gave his friend and ex-Quary man Pete Shotton £20.000 to open Hayling Supermarkets.
Lennon,George Harrison and Shotton became joint directors of Hayling Supermarkets LTD.

1976 - The film 'The Man Who Fell To Earth' featuring David Bowie premiered in London.

1977 - The Clash released their debut single 'White Riot.'
It peaked at No.38 on the UK charts.

1982 - Driving home from a basketball game in Philadelphia,soul singer Teddy Pendergrass crashed his Rolls Royce severely injuring his spinal cord.

1991 - After attending an in-store promo appearance,U2 were fined £500 ($850) after being found guilty of selling condoms illegally at the Virgin Megastore,Dublin.

2001 - American singer,guitarist and songwriter John Phillips of Mamas and The Papas died of heart failure aged 65.
His first band The Journeymen were a folk trio.
Mamas and The Papas had a US No.1 'Monday Monday.'
Phillips was married to Michelle Gilliam,they had one child together,Chyna Phillips,vocalist of the 1990's POP trio Wilson Phillips.
His second solo album was released on Rolling Stones records and featured Mick Jagger,Keith Richards,Mick Taylor and Ronnie Wood.

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1960 - Elvis Presley started his first recordings since being discharged from the US Army.
A 12 hour session in a Nashville recording studio produced his next No.1 single, 'Stuck On You.'
Scotty Moore and Bill Black,who had quit Presley's touring band in 1957 were in the studio with him for the last time.

1969 - John Lennon married Yoko Ono at the British Consulate Office in Gibraltar.
The spent their honeymoon in Amsterdam campaigning for an international 'Bed-in' for peace.
They planned another 'Bed-in' in the United States,but were denied entry.
The couple then went to Montreal,and during a 'Bed-in' at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel recorded 'Give Peace A Chance.'

1970 - David and Angela Bowie were married at Beckenham Registry Office,London.
The were divorced in 1980.

1971 - At their own expense The Rolling Stones placed a full page advertisement in all the UK's music papers disclaiming any connection with the release of the Decca album 'Stone Age' saying "In our opinion the content is below the standard we try to keep."

1977 - Lou Reed was banned from appearing at The London Palladium in England because of his punk image.

1977 - T-Rex played their final ever gig when they appeared at The Lacarno in Portsmouth,England.

1991 - Eric Clapton's four year old son,Conor,fell to his death from a 53rd story of a New York City apartment after a house keeper who was cleaning the room left the window open.

1991 - Michael Jackson signed a $1 billion contract with Sony,the richest deal in recording history.

2013 - The Truth makes his last ever post on the UK Babe Channels Forum.
6 days short of his one year forum anniversary,he calls it a day,No issues,Just time.

1989 - The Hillsborough disaster occurred during the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool & Nottingham Forest football clubs at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield.
The crush resulted in 96 innocent lives being lost and another 766 being injured.
This tragedy remains the worst stadium-related disaster in British history and one of the world's worst football disasters.

Images that should never be forgotten & the like should never be seen again.

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While i agree we should remember those who lost their lives,showing images of people being crushed(some of Which may have lost their lives)
for me is not appropriate.

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While I understand & respect your point of view,the strength of those images are part of a of a sad & tragic day in history,one of which I'll never forget.
I understand you feel the images maybe inappropriate and for that I apologies,but the truth of the images should not be hidden.

2013 - Images from today's Hillsborough Memorial Service.

1955: Albert Einstein dies
Albert Einstein has died in hospital in Princeton, New Jersey, aged 76.
The eminent scientist and originator of the theory of relativity was admitted to hospital three days ago with an internal complaint.

In recent years Dr Einstein had lived a secluded life although he was still a member of staff at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University.

In a statement issued following the scientist's death, US President Dwight Eisenhower said: "No other man contributed so much to the vast expansion of the 20th century knowledge.

"Yet no other man was more modest in the possession of the power that is knowledge, more sure that power without wisdom is deadly.

"To all who live in the nuclear age, Albert Einstein exemplified the mighty creative ability of the individual in a free society."

'Disruptive' behaviour

Albert Einstein was born on 14 March 1879 to Jewish parents at Ulm, Wurttenburg in Germany.

Soon afterwards the family moved to Munich where the young Einstein began his education at the Luitpold Gymnasium.

His early academic career was notable only for the fact he was asked to leave his school for "disruptive" behaviour.

But he had always excelled at mathematics - a subject which would later make him the most renowned scientist in the world.

In 1896 Einstein entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to train as a physics and maths teacher.

But he struggled to get a job, largely due to the fact he was German, so, in 1902, he accepted a job as a technical assistant in the Swiss Patent Office.

It was during his seven years at the Patent Office that, in his spare time, he worked on his mathematical theories which would eventually take the world by storm.

The Special Theory of Relativity, which describes the motion of particles moving close to the speed of light, was published in 1905.

In the years that followed, Einstein took up senior academic posts in Berne and Zurich. In 1911 he became Professor of Theoretical Physics in Prague but returned to Zurich a year later.

However, well-known German physicists, Walter Nernst and Professor Planck, were eager for Einstein to return to Berlin.

In 1913 they persuaded him to take up the position of director of the projected research institute for physics in the University of Berlin and become a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Science.

Einstein's General Theory of Relativity was published in 1916. In 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics.

He kept the positions in Berlin until 1933, when he accepted a part-time post at Princeton University in America.

His plan was to divide his time between Germany and America but in the same year the Nazis came to power and Einstein, being a Jew, never returned to his birthland.


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Albert Einstein's work laid the groundwork for many modern technologies including nuclear weapons and cosmic science.
After his death, Einstein's brain was removed and preserved for scientific research by Canadian scientists.

It was found that the part of Einstein's brain responsible for mathematical thought and the ability to think in terms of space and movement was 15% wider than average.

It also lacked a groove which normally runs through this region suggesting that the neurons were able to communicate.

In 1999 Albert Einstein was named "person of the century" by Time magazine.


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April 30th: On this Day

1956, Ronnie Hilton was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Rodgers & Hammerstein song 'No Other Love', (his only chart topper). Hilton scored a total of 18 UK Top 40 hits during his career.

1960, The Everly Brothers started a seven week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Cathy's Clown', giving Warner Bros a No.1 with their first release.



1964, During a UK tour The Beatles played two shows at The Odeon Cinema in Glasgow. They were also interviewed by BBC Scotland and STV for the evening news programs.

1965, Manchester group Herman's Hermits began their first US tour supported by The Zombies.

1966, The Rolling Stones fourth album 'Aftermath' went to No.1 on the UK chart, the group's third UK No.1 album.


1966, The Young Rascals went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Good Lovin'. The song had been a hit for The Olympics the year before.

1967, Jimi Hendrix, The Walker Brothers, Engelbert Humperdink and Cat Stevens all appeared at the Granada Theatre, Tooting, London.


1968, BBC TV launched The Cilla Black Show making Cilla the first British female performer to have her own TV show. The theme song, 'Step Inside Love', was written by Paul McCartney.

1970, Twiggs Lyndon, the road manager for the Allman Brothers Band, was arrested for murder after he stabbed a club manager during an argument over a contract. At the ensuing trial, Lyndon's lawyers argued that he had been temporarily insane at the time of the incident and that touring with the Allman Brothers would drive anyone insane. Lyndon was acquitted.

1976, The Who's drummer Keith Moon paid nine cab drivers to block-off both ends of a New York street so he could throw the contents of his hotel room out of the window.


1977, Glen Campbell went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Southern Nights', his second US No.1.

1977, Led Zeppelin broke a new world attendance record at a concert when they played to 76,229 people at a gig at the Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan. The Who held the previous record at the same venue with 75,962 people.


1980, The film 'McVicar' with The Who's Roger Daltrey in the title role premiered in London.

1982, American music journalist, author and musician Lester Bangs died of a heart attack aged 33. Bangs worked for Rolling Stone, Creem and The Village Voice.

1983, American Blues legend Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) died in his sleep at his home in Westmont, Illinois, aged 68. Major influence of many acts, Cream, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones named themselves after Waters' 1950 song 'Rollin' Stone.' Best known songs include 'I Just Want To Make Love To You', 'I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man', 'Got My Mojo Working.'

1983, Michael Jackson started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Beat It', his fifth solo US No.1. The third single from the singer's Thriller album featured Eddie Van Halen on the song's distinctive overdriven guitar solo, but Halen was prevented by his record label from appearing in the music video.

1983,


1988, S'Express were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Theme From S'Express'. One of the landmarks of early acid house and late 1980s sampling culture, the British track sampled Rose Royce, TZ's 'I Got the Hots for You' and the count-in 'Uno, dos, uno, dos, tres, quatro' is from Debbie Harry's 1985 single 'Feel the Spin'.

1990, Prince played a concert at Rupert's Night-club, Minneapolis. The $100 a head ticket proceeds all went to the family of his former bodyguard Charles 'Big Chick' Huntsberry, who had died from a heart attack.

1991, Nirvana signed a recording contract with Geffen's DGC label for $290,000.


1999, Nazareth drummer Darrell Sweet died aged 52, after suffering a fatal heart attack before a show in New Albany, Indiana. Nazareth had the 1973 UK No.9 single 'Broken Down Angel' 1976 US No. 8 single 'Love Hurts'.

1999, The three former members of Spandau Ballet lost a court case against band songwriter Gary Kemp. They had claimed they were owed £1 million in lost royalties. The Judge said he had become a fan of the bands during the case.


2001, A light aircraft carrying Sting went off the runway as it landed in Florence. None of the four aboard, Sting, a friend, and two pilots were hurt. Brake failure was suspected as the cause of the accident.

2004, New child abuse charges were made against Michael Jackson including a count of conspiracy, covering allegations of child abduction, extortion and false imprisonment. A new court date of May 28th 2004 was set.


2005, The Dave Matthews Band agreed to pay $200,000 (£105,000) after their tour bus dumped human waste on a boatload of tourists in Chicago in August 2004. Bus driver Stefan Wohl who was alone on board the bus at the time the sewage was dumped was fined $10,000 (£5,200), the band had already donated $100,000 (£54,252) to two group's that protect the Chicago River and its surrounding area. The Dave Matthews Band offered their "deepest apologies" to more than 100 boat passengers who were on an architectural tour.

2005, American guitarist Norma-Jean Wofford died. Known as 'The Duchess', she worked with Bo Diddley as a Bo-ette from 1962 to 1966. (Diddley was one of the first artists to have female musicians in his group).

2006, Gnarls Barkley went to No.1 on the UK abum chart with 'St Elsewhere' the duo's debut album which was also a US No.4 hit.


2008, Mariah Carey married actor Nick Cannon in the Bahamas following a whirlwind two-month romance. The pop diva met Cannon, 27, while shooting the music video for her single 'Bye Bye.' It was the second marriage for Carey, who married Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola in 1993, which ended in 1998. 


2008, A giant inflatable pig which floated away during a Roger Waters concert was recovered in tatters in California. Two families from La Quinta who found what was left of the inflatable, decided to share four life tickets to the Coachella festival that were offered as part of the reward.

2008, Gail Renard, who was given the hand written lyrics to 'Give Peace A Chance' by John Lennon in 1969, announced plans to sell the lyric sheet at a Christie's auction. At the time, Lennon told Renard to hang on to the piece of paper, saying "It will be worth something someday." The piece of music history was expected to fetch around $400,000, but when it was actually sold in July of this year, it went for $790,000

1955, On tour with Hank Snow's All Star Jamboree, Elvis Presley played three shows at the Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sun Records had just released Elvis' fourth single, ‘Baby, Let’s Play House.’

1962, The Beatles started a month long residency at The Star Club, Hamburg, Germany.

1964, The Beatles received $140,000 dollars for the rights to having their pictures included in packages of bubble gum in the USA.

1965, Herman's Hermits started a three week run at No.1 in the US singles chart with 'Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter'.

1966,The Beatles played a 15-minute live set on stage for the last time in the UK when they appeared at the NME Poll Winners concert at Wembley Empire Pool. The Beatles set included five songs: 'I Feel Fine', 'Nowhere Man', 'Day Tripper', 'If I Needed Someone' and 'I'm Down'. Also on the bill, The Spencer Davis Group, The Fortunes, Herman's Hermits, Roy Orbison, Cliff Richard, The Rolling Stones, The Seekers, The Small Faces, Dusty Springfield, The Walker Brothers, The Who and The Yardbirds.

1967, 32 year old Elvis Presley married 21 year old Priscilla Beaulieu, a girl he first met in 1959 when she was just 14 years old. When Elvis got out of the army in 1960, Beaulieu moved into the singer's Graceland mansion with her family's blessing. The wedding ceremony took place at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas and although the marriage license was only $15, the wedding cake cost $3,500. The couple divorced after five years of marriage on October 9, 1973.


1967, The F.B.I. arrested The Beach Boys' Carl Wilson on charges of avoiding the military draft and refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance. He was later released and joined the rest of the band in Ireland for a British tour.

1969, Bob Dylan recorded an appearance for The Johnny Cash Show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. After two solo numbers from Dylan, Johnny Cash joined him for a rendition of Girl From The North Country. In this primetime show, Cash enjoyed booking contemporary performers as guests; Neil Young, Kenny Rogers and The First Edition (who appeared a record four times on his show), James Taylor, Ray Charles and Eric Clapton were all booked to appear on forthcoming shows.



1970, The Jimi Hendrix Experience played the first of 13 US shows this month when they appeared at the Milwaukee Auditorium.


1971, Dave and Ansel Collins were at No.1 in the UK singles chart with 'Double Barrel'. It featured renowned drummer Sly Dunbar who was only 14 when the song was recorded.

1973, In the US, Washington DC, proclaimed a 'Marvin Gaye Day'.

1974, The Carpenters performed at the White House, at the request of President Nixon.

1976, Led Zeppelin started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Presence', the group's fifth No.1 album.


1976, The Bellamy Brothers went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Let Your Love Flow', the duo's only US No.1, a No.7 hit in the UK.

1977, The 'White Riot Tour' kicked of at the Roxy in London with The Clash, The Jam and The Buzzcocks.

1979, Elton John became the first pop star to perform in Israel. In three weeks time he also became the first Western solo pop performer to tour Russia.

1980, The South African government banned Pink Floyd's single 'Another Brick In The Wall' after black children adopted the song as their anthem in protest against inferior education.


1984, Fleetwood Mac drummer and founder member Mick Fleetwood filed for bankruptcy.

1986, American songwriter and producer Hugo Peretti died aged 70. Wrote and produced many classic hits including, 'Can't Help Falling In Love', 'Twistin' The Night Away', 'Shout', 'The Hustle' and 'You Make Me Feel Brand New.'

1993, George Michael, Queen and Lisa Stansfield went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Five Live EP' which was recorded at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert held in April 1992, at Wembley Stadium, London.


1997, Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt had a quadruple heart by-pass operation after visiting his Harley Street doctor and complaining of chest pains.


1997, The house where Kurt Cobain committed suicide went up for sale. The asking price for the five-bedroom house built in 1902 was $3 million. The carriage house where the Nirvana guitarist died had been demolished.


1999, The Paintings of Paul McCartney exhibit opened at the Lyz Art Forum, Siegen, Germany. The exhibit featured 70 paintings by the former Beatle, including a piece called 'Bowie Spewing' McCartney's representation of a young David Bowie.


2000, A writer who claimed Neil Young went back on an agreement to have a biography written about him filed a $1.8 million civil fraud suit against Young in Los Angeles Superior Court. Young had blocked the book's publication.


2003, American soul singer Barry White suffered a stroke while being treated for kidney failure. The singer died two months later on July 4th 2003.


2005, Coldplay became the first British band to have a new entry in the US Top 10 singles chart since The Beatles. Coldplay's latest single 'Speed Of Sound' entered the chart at number eight, only the second time a UK band has achieved the feat. The Beatles managed it with 'Hey Jude' in 1968.


2005, Tony Christie made chart history by hanging on to the UK number one spot for the seventh week in a row with '(Is This The Way To) Amarillo.' The last single to spend that long at number one was 'Believe' by Cher from October to December 1998.


2005, Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Devils & Dust' the American singer songwriters sixth UK No.1.

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