APRIL 16
TODAY IN 1969 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL RELEASE “BAD MOON RISING” AS THE LEAD SINGLE FROM THEIR ALBUM ‘GREEN RIVER’. IT IS ONE OF FIVE SONGS BY THE BAND THAT PEAKED AT #2 ON THE U.S. BILLBOARD CHART AND DID NOT GET TO #1.
THE TEMPLE OF THE DOG ALBUM IS RELEASED TODAY IN 1991 AS A TRIBUTE TO THE LATE ANDREW WOOD, THE MOTHER LOVE BONE LEAD SINGER WHO DIED IN 1990. TEMPLE OF THE DOG IS COMPRISED OF SOUNDGARDEN MEMBERS CHRIS CORNELL AND MATT CAMERON, ALONG WITH STONE GOSSARD, JEFF AMENT, MIKE MCCREADY, AND EDDIE VEDDER OF PEARL JAM.
AND IN 1993 PAUL MCCARTNEY HEADLINES A CONCERT AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL TO CELEBRATE EARTH DAY. OTHER PERFORMERS AT THE CONCERT INCLUDE RINGO STARR, STEVE MILLER, DON HENLEY, KENNY LOGGINS AND 10,000 MANIACS. MCCARTNEY HAD LAST PERFORMED THERE AS A MEMBER OF THE BEATLES IN 1965.