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April 23, 1976 –Sire Records released The Ramones eponymous debut album, which arguably ushered in the punk rock era, on this date. The album took seven days to make and cost $6,400, while its iconic front cover – depicting the band standing against a brick wall – was taken by renowned punk photographer Roberta BayleyContinue reading “The Ramones first album went on sale”

April 23, 1958 –Orson Welles’ noir thriller Touch of Evil, starring Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh, was released on this date. Orson Welles initially despised the title Touch of Evil, having had nothing to do with its conception. Over the years, however, he grew to like it, and eventually considered it the best title outContinue reading “Touch of Evil premiered”

April 23, 1985 –Coca-Cola changed its classic formula and released New Coke on this date. The response was overwhelmingly negative, and the real thing was back on the market in less than three months. If only the public had the same response when they removed the cocaine from the formula!

April 22, 1978 –The Blues Brothers (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) make their debut on Saturday Night Live, on this date, later becoming the first characters from the show to get their own movie. Steve Martin performs King Tut on the same Saturday Night Live episode, popularizing goofy Egyptian dancing. The song, which portrays theContinue reading “Jake and Elwood’s first time on TV”

April 22, 1974 – Maude and Walter finally leave Tuckahoe, New York and moves to Washington D.C. when she was elected as a congresswoman during the last episode of Maude, Maude’s Big Move, aired on CBS TV on this date. The producers of Maude liked the idea of a show centered around a new CongressionalContinue reading “The finale of Maude”

On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment in massive coast-to-coast rallies. Thousands of colleges and universities organized protests against the deterioration of the environment. Groups that had been fighting against oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, raw sewage, toxic dumps,Continue reading “Happy Earth Day!”

April 22 –Since 2007 (give or take a year), record stores on six continents are set to celebrate Record Store Day, an annual event, held one Saturday (typically the third) every April and every Black Friday in November, in order to ‘celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store‘. Click here to see whichContinue reading “The album’s not dead”

April 21, 1982 – The DJs at WKRP spun their last platter when the final episode of the original WKRP in Cincinnati series, Up and Down the Dial aired on CBS TV on this date. The show was famous for playing music of up-and-coming bands. Many artists have said that their music being on theContinue reading “The finale of WKRP in Cincinnati”

April 21, 1986 –Geraldo Rivera hosted a live, highly promoted two-hour syndicated special from the Lexington Hotel in Chicago, The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vault, on this date. Internal Revenue Service agents and a medical examiner stood at the ready should any cash or corpse lay inside. When demolition crews finally made their way insideContinue reading ““Seems Like We Struck Out””

April 21, 1990 –Sinead O’Connor’s cover of Prince’s Nothing Compares 2U, went to No 1 on the Billboard Charts, on this date. The attention from the song hitting no. 1 had some deleterious effects on the singer. Sinead O’Connor claimed she hated the fame the song brought her, and she struggled with the commercialization ofContinue reading “Nothing Compares 2U topped the charts”