This Day In Music - April 28th

April 28th: On this Day

(from thisdayinmusic.com)

2003, Ozzy Osbourne's son Jack was reported to be in rehab. The 17 year old was a patient at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, California.

2002, UK boy band Blue went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘All Rise.’

2002, Sugababes scored their first UK No.1 single with 'Freak Like Me.'

2001, appearing at the Campaign For A Living Wage concert at Manchester Arena, Toploader, Catatonia, Idlewind, Wheatus and Dumdums.

2000, a blaze swept through James Brown Enterprises, the office that co-ordinate the superstar's tours. Nobody was injured, but memorabilia and live tapes were destroyed in the blaze. An employee was later arrested charged with arson.

2000, Paul Atkinson was jailed for three years after being found guilty of stealing more than £25,000 from Rolling Stone Charlie Watts. Atkinson had been the manager of an Arabian stud farm owned by Watts.

1999, The tour bus carrying The Clint Boon Experience was involved in a near fatal accident when it was involved in a crash outside Glasgow. Members of the band had to be airlifted to hospital.

1999, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1997, Mark Morrison was fined £750 after admitting threatening behaviour during an incident in Leicester city centre when he believed someone had kicked his car.

1990, Sinead O'Connor started a six-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got.'

1979, Blondie scored their first US No.1 single with 'Heart Of Glass', also No.1 in the UK.

1979, The Very Best Of Leo Sayer' started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart, giving Sayer his first and only No.1 LP.

1978, Mike Oldfield played the first of two nights at London's Wembley Arena.

1973, Pink Floyd's album 'Dark Side Of The Moon' went to No.1 on the US chart, it went on to enjoy a record breaking 741 weeks, selling over 20 million copies world-wide.

1973, The Faces scored their first UK No.1 album with 'Ooh La La.'

1968, The musical 'Hair' opened at the Baltimore Theatre, New York. The first rock- musical, it went on to give 1,729 performances on Broadway and was made into a move in 1979.

1966, The Kinks appeared at the Mecca Ballroom, Nottingham, England.

April 28th: Born on this day

1970, Born on this day, Howard Donald, Take That, (1995 UK No.1 single 'Back For Good' and seven other UK No.1 singles).

1969, Born on this day, Mica Paris, singer, (1988 UK No. 7 single, 'My One Temptation').

1968, Born on this day, Daisy Berkowitz, Marilyn Manson, (1998 US No.1 album, 'Mechanical Animals', UK No. 12 single, 'The Dope Show'1998 UK No. 12 single, 'The Dope Show').

1955, Born on this day, Eddie Jobson, violin, Curved Air, (1971 UK No.4 single 'Back Street Luv'), Roxy Music, (1975 UK No.2 single 'Love Is The Drug').

1953, Born on this day, Kim Gordon, bass, Sonic Youth, (1993 UK No.26 single 'Sugar Kane').

1945, Born on this day, John Wolters, drums, Dr Hook, (1972 UK No.2 and US No.5 single 'Sylvia's Mother').