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April 28, 1985 –The first single from Bryan Ferry’s album Boys and Girls, Slave To Love, was released on this date. The album, Boys and Girls, featured many brilliant guitarists, including Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler, Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, Chic’s Nile Rodgers and Bryan Adams‘ guitarist Keith Scott.

April 28, 1978 –John A. Alonzo’s film about a radio station with a motley collection of DJs, FM, starring Michael Brandon, Eileen Brennan, Alex Karras, Cleavon Little, Martin Mull and Cassie Yates went into general release in the US on this date. Linda Ronstadt, Jimmy Buffett and REO Speedwagon all make cameo appearances in theContinue reading “FM opened”

April 28, 2009 –A TV commercial for the UK car insurance company, Swiftcover featuring Iggy Pop was ruled as misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority. In the ad, Iggy was seen exclaiming that he had an insurance policy with Swiftcover but the company did not cover musicians at the time of the ad being shown.Continue reading “Oops, that naughty Iggy”

April 27, 1971 – CBS executives finally sobered up and the last episode of Green Acres aired on this date. This was to have been the pilot for a proposed spin off featuring Elaine Joyce as Carol. Oliver and Lisa only appear briefly in the beginning as an excuse to introduce Carol and the pilot.Continue reading “We got to be at Green Acres one last time”

April 27, 1990 –The British film based on the lives and crimes of the English gangster twins Ronald and Reginald Kray, The Krays, starring Gary Kemp (of Spandau Ballet) and Martin Kemp, opened in the UK on this date. Roger Daltrey had originally intended to produce a film about the Kray twins life after acquiringContinue reading “The Krays premiered”

April 27, 2001 –And I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I’d said … The Bee Gees performed audience and viewer requests for tunes from their long career in a concert at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom on the A&E series, Live By Request, on this date.

National Pretzel Day celebrates pretzels of all shapes and sizes. Pretzels are believed to be the world’s oldest snack. (This appears to be a legitimate celebration, there are many stores giving away free pretzels today.) Wake me up when it’s Very Dry Martini, straight up with Olives Day. And no that’s not every day atContinue reading “A little beer will help the pretzels go down”

April 26, 1967 –CBS broadcast the documentary, Inside Pop – The Rock Revolution, with the host Leonard Bernstein, on this date. The program marked the first time that television presented pop music as a legitimate art form.

April 26, 1978 – The concert billed as The Band’s “farewell concert appearance“, was held on November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The concert film, The Last Waltz, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring members of the band and many of their friends, premiered in the US on this date. The Band’s managementContinue reading “The Waltz debuted”

April 26, 1978 –NBC aired a a musical version of The Prince and the Pauper, Ringo, starring Ringo, Art Carney, Angie Dickinson, Carrie Fisher, Vincent Price, John Ritter, and George Harrison narrating, on this date. Really, don’t feel you have to watch the whole thing (it’s not very good.)