This Day in Music History – April 22nd

1956 – Elvis Presley made his Las Vegas debut at the Frontier Hotel.

1958 – Buddy Holly’s second Fender Stratocaster guitar was stolen in East St. Louis, MO, out of the band’s station wagon.

1959 – The movie “Go Johnny Go” premiered.

1962 – Jerry Lee Lewis’s 3-year-old son drowned.

1966 – “Wild Thing” by the British band the Troggs was released in the U.S.

1968 – Herb Alpert debuted “This Guy’s in Love With You” on his CBS-TV special.

1969 – John Lennon legally changed his middle name from Winston to Ono.

1969 – The Carpenters signed with A&M Records.

1969 – The Who gave their first complete live performance of the rock opera “Tommy” at a show in Dolton, England.

1974 – Tina Turner started filming in the role of Acid Queen in the Who’s film “Tommy.”

1976 – Johnnie Taylor’s “Disco Lady” became the first single to sell over 2 million copies.

1978 – John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd made their first appearance as The Blues Brothers on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.”

1978 – Bob Marley and the Wailers performed at the One Love Peace Concert in Jamaica. It was Marley’s first public appearance in Jamaica since being wounded in an assassination attempt a year and a half earlier.

1981 – Eric Clapton was hospitalized after he suffered bruised ribs and a lacerated chin in a car accident in Seattle, WA.

1985 – Prince released the album “Around The World In a Day.” It was his first release after “Purple Rain.”

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