Posted in: Entertainment History, News, Trivia Q & A | No Comments | Posted on March 31, 2018 by Mary Anne

April 6
~ 1968 – Syd Barrett leaves Pink Floyd
~ 1937 – Merle Haggard is born

April 7
~ 1956 – CBS Radio premieres the first regularly scheduled national broadcast rock & roll show, Alan Freed’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance Party
~ 1915 – Billie Holiday is born

April 8
~ 1989 – Roxette have a #1 hit with “The Look”
~ 1947 – Steve Howe was born

April 9
~ 1932 – Carl Perkins was born

April 10
~ 1985 – Madonna launches her first tour in Seattle

April 11
~ 1961 – Bob Dylan makes his New York City debut playing Gerde’s Folk City
~ 1988 – Cher wins Best Actress Oscar for movie Moonstruck. American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison. It is about a widowed, 37-year-old, Italian-American woman (Cher) who falls in love with her fiancé’s (Danny Aiello) estranged, hot-tempered younger brother (Nicolas Cage). Vincent Gardenia and Olympia Dukakis play supporting roles. The movie’s line “Snap out of it!” was voted as the #96 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).

April 12
~ 1961 – Comedian Bob Newhart wint ‘Best New Artist’ and “Album of the Year’ for The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart