APRIL 7
TODAY IN 1962, THE ROLLING STONES BEGAN 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 BROTHERS’ “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.
AND ON THIS DAY IN 1978, THE POLICE RELEASE THE SINGLE “ROXANNE”; A SONG WRITTEN BY LEAD SINGER AND BASSIST ‘STING’ FOR THEIR UPCOMING ALBUM ‘OUTLANDOS D’AMOUR’