April 16

Births

1924: Henry Mancini (Composer)

1924: Rudy Pompilli (Saxophone for Bill Haley and His Comets)

1930: Herbie Mann (Jazz Flutist)

1935: Bobby Vinton (Singer)

1939: Dusty Springfield (Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien) (Singer)

1943: Lonesome Dave Peverett (Guitar & Singer for Foghat)

1947: Gerry Rafferty (Singer / Songwriter)

1951: John Bentley (Bass for Squeeze)

1955: Kool Herc (Hip-Hop DJ)

1962: Ian MacKaye (Singer for Minor Threat & Fugazi)

1964: Dave Pirner (Lead Vocals & Guitar for Soul Asylum)

1965: Gerardo (Rapper)

1971: Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (best known as Singer Selena)

Events

1955: A young Roy Orbison sees Elvis for the first time, performing at the Sportatorium in Dallas, TX.

1964: The Rolling Stones released their first Album “The Rolling Stones” .  It charted for 40 weeks, 11 weeks at #1.

1964: The Beatles filmed the "chase scenes" for A Hard Days Night with actors dressed as policemen in the Notting Hill Gate area of London. In the evening they recorded the title track for the film, ‘A Hard Day's Night’ at Abbey Road. John and Paul had the title first, and had to write a song to order, completing the track in nine takes.

1965: The Hollies make their US stage debut at New York's Paramount Theatre.

1969: The Elektra label drops Detroit's MC5 from their roster after an infamous ad in a local music zine, complete with Elektra logo, advised buyers to "Stay alive with the MC5 -- and f*** Hudson's." Hudson's was a Michigan record chain that had refused to stock the band's latest album Kick Out The Jams, due to the lyric "Kick out the jams, m************!"

1971: The Rolling Stones released 'Brown Sugar' the first record on their own label, Rolling Stones Records, which introduces the infamous licking- tongue and lips logo.

1972: Electric Light Orchestra make their live debut at Croydon, England's Fox and Greyhound pub.

1973: Paul McCartney's first television special, James Paul McCartney, airs on ABC, featuring a few Beatles songs, new Wings tracks, sketches, and a final performance of a song called "Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance," originally written for Twiggy.

1974: Queen make their US live debut at Regis College in Denver, CO.

1976: Boz Scaggs goes to visit friend Bobby "Blue" Bland backstage at the famed Antone's in Austin, TX, and is beaten unconscious by two bouncers.

1977: Stevie Wonder becomes the proud father of his second child, son Kieta, by Yolanda Simmons.

1977: David Soul one half of TV cop show "Starsky & Hutch", went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Don't Give Up On Us', his only US hit.

1990: Neil Young, Natalie Cole, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Tracy Chapman, Simple Minds, and more take part in the concert Nelson Mandela: An International Tribute for a Free South Africa, an "international reception" for the famed civil-rights leader, who had just been released from a 27-year prison sentence.

1993: David Lee Roth was arrested in New York's Washington Square Park for allegedly buying a $10 bag of marijuana.

1993: Paul McCartney headlined a concert at the Hollywood Bowl to celebrate 'Earth Day' along with Ringo Starr, Don Henley and Steve Miller.  McCartney had last performed there as a member of the Beatles in 1965.

1993: Billy Burnette announced that he was leaving Fleetwood Mac to concentrate on recording country music.

1994: Toby Keith breaks his right ankle during the last play of a University of Oklahoma alumni football game.

1994: Prince had his first UK No.1 with 'The Most Beautiful Girl In The World', (his 37th single release). It was his first release since changing his stage name to an unpronounceable symbol.

1994: Singer Harry Connick Jr weds model Jill Goodare.

1995: Bob Seger becomes the proud parent of his second child, daughter Samantha Char, by his second wife, Annette Sinclair.

1996: At tonight's Grammy Awards ceremonies in New York, KISS, back again in full makeup, announce their reunion and upcoming tour, the first time all four original members have taken the stage together since 1981.

1996: Judy Collins marries her second husband, designer Louis Nelson.

1997: Elton John is awarded an honorary membership to his old alma mater, Britain's Royal Academy of Music.

1997: R&B Singer Mark Morrison was convicted with threatening a police officer with an illegal 23,000-volt electric stun gun. The singer left Maryebone Magistrates' Court in tears after being warned he was likely to be sent to prison.

1999: Skip Spence (Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape) died from lung cancer, two days before his 53rd birthday. He had also battled schizophrenia and alcoholism.

2002 : Sony Music Entertainment filed a complaint against the Dixie Chicks for breach of contract.

2003: After suffering a stroke in his Manhattan apartment, Luther Vandross is admitted to a local hospital.

2003: Jerry Lee Lewis files for divorce from his sixth wife, former Jerry Lee Lewis fan club president Kerrie McCarver.

2008: Barbra Streisand donates $5 million to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for a women's heart education and research program.