APRIL 7
TODAY IN 1962, THE ROLLING STONES BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE WHEN MICK JAGGER AND KEITH RICHARDS SAW GUITARIST BRIAN JONES PLAY AT THE EALING CLUB IN LONDON. BILL WYMAN AND CHARLIE WATTS CAME INTO THE PICTURE THE FOLLOWING JANUARY.
IN 1979 THE DOOBIE BROTHER’S “MINUTE BY MINUTE” CLAIMS THE TOP SPOT ON THE U.S. ALBUM CHART, ON THE STRENGTH OF THE HIT SINGLE “WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES,” WRITTEN BY KENNY LOGGINS AND DOOBIES’ FRONTMAN MICHAEL MCDONALD.
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS RELEASE THE SINGLE “HERE COMES MY GIRL” TODAY IN 1980, THE THIRD SINGLE FROM THEIR BREAKTHROUGH HIT 1979 ALBUM, ‘DAMN THE TORPEDOES’.