Today is April 28, 2003
40 years ago Andrew Loog Oldham, a 19 year old music-business publicist and former associate of Brian Epstein, catches a gig by the Rolling Stones at the Crawdaddy Club in London. The next day Oldham will sign the Stones to their first management contract. The band held their first recording session 2 weeks later. (1963)
36 years ago "This Diamond Ring" by Gary Lewis and the Playboys is certified gold. Though he has more Top Twenty hits, this is Lewis' only gold record. (1967) 35 years ago After six months at the off-Broadway New York Shakespeare Festival Theater, Hair opens at the Biltmore Theater in New York. It's the first rock-musical to play on the Great White Way. It goes to give 1,729 performances on Broadway and is made into a move in 1979. (1968)
32 years ago Barbara Streisand gets a gold album for "Stoney End," one of her rare forays into rock music. At 28 years old, Streisand is intent on changing her image and takes to lighting joints onstage in Las Vegas. (1971)
30 years ago Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon tops the chart for one week. The album has the longest chart life on the Billboard album charts. (1973)
27 years ago The Rolling Stones begin a two-month tour of Europe at the Festhalled in Frankfurt, Germany. The show makes their first appearance on the continent in three years. (1976)
23 years ago Marshall Tucker Band bass player Tommy Caldwell dies of injures he got in a car accident in his hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina. (1980)
16 years ago On a plane carrying returning spring breakers to Boston from Miami, Ozzy Osbourne buys three rounds of drinks and sings "Crazy Train" over the PA system. (1987)
14 years ago New Jersey rocker Jon Bon Jovi marries his high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. (1989)
12 years ago Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael "Noonan" O'Keefe in New York. They announce divorce plans in 1999. (1991)
5 years ago Enchanted, the Stevie Nicks three CD box set, is released. (1998)
4 years ago Tommy Petty and the Heartbreakers receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (1999)
As some know, I am a big fan of rock an roll, especially what is now known as classic rock. As an aside to Ms Priss's "This Day in History", I though I would add "This Day In Rock And Roll". Hope everyone enjoys. You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or
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