This Day in Music History – April 2nd

1963 – “Best Foot Forward” with Liza Minnelli opened in New York City.

1964 – The Beach Boys recorded “I Get Around.”

1965 – Freddie & the Dreamers recorded “Do The Freddie.”

1965 – The Beach Boys appeared on ABC-TV’s “Shindig!” and performed “Do You Wanna Dance?”

1978 – KISS released the album “Double Platinum.”

1967 – Steve Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group to form Traffic.

1972 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono held a news conference in New York to discuss their appeal of the Immigration Department’s decision to deport John.

1974 – The British radio station Piccadilly Radio went on the air.

1975 – “Rock and Roll All Nite” / “Getaway” was released by KISS.

1987 – The Prince album “Sign O’ The Times” was released worldwide.

1993 – Roberta Flack appeared on the ABC-TV soap opera “Loving.”

1997 – Joni Mitchell was reunited with Kilauren Gibb. Gibb was the daughter that Mitchell had given up for adoption 32 years before.


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