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This Day in Music History – April 18th

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1965 – Marian Anderson ended her 30-year singing career with a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

1971 – The Jackson 5, Danny Thomas and Bill Cosby were guests on Diana Ross’ solo TV special “diana.”

1973 – The Neil Young movie “Journey Through the Past” debuted at the Dallas Film Festival.

1975 – Alice Cooper’s first TV special, “Welcome To My Nightmare: The Making Of A Record Album” aired.

1984 – Michael Jackson went into surgery in Los Angeles. Doctors performed scalp surgery to repair damage done after Jackson’s hair caught fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial on January 27.

1985 – Liberace grossed more than $2,000,000 for his engagement at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. He broke his own record of $1.6 million.

1985 – Wham! became the first Western act to release a pop album, “Make It Big,” in China.

1989 – The album “Twice Shy” was released by Great White.


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