This Day in Music History: April 8
April 8, 2017We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: April 8.
1964: The Supremes recorded the song 'Where Did Our Love Go' at Motown Studios in Detroit. It became the band's first US No.1 single. Originally founded as the Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and are, to this day, America's most successful vocal group, scoring 12 No.1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.
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1972: Paul McCartney and Wings released 'Give Ireland Back To The Irish' which was written after the 'Bloody Sunday Massacre', in Northern Ireland. The song was banned by the BBC and the IBA. It reached the No.16 spot in the UK and the No.21 spot in the US.
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1977: The self-titled first album by The Clash was released by CBS in the UK. It is considered as one of the greatest punk albums of all time. CBS in the US refused however to release it until 1979 and so Americans had to buy more than 100,000 imported copies of the album, which made it one of the biggest selling import records of all time.
1994: Gary Smith, an electrician who was working at Kurt Cobain's house in Seattle discovered Cobain's body lying on the floor in the greenhouse. Local radio station KXRX broke the news at 9.40am that the Nirvana singer and guitarist was dead. A shotgun was found next to his body and a suicide note was found also, saying: "I haven't felt the excitement of listening to as well as creating music, along with really writing . . . for too many years now". Cobain's body also contained high concentration of heroin and traces of Valium.
1994: The Recording Industry Association of America announced that the 1973 album The Dark Side of The Moon by Pink Floyd had become the fourth biggest-selling album in US history and that it had passed the 13 million mark in sales. The album has sold over 25 million copies all over the world.
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1995: Take That scored their sixth UK No.1 hit with 'Back For Good.' The song sold more than 300,000 copies in the first week of its release and was also a US Top 10 hit. The song also won Best British Single at the 1996 Brit Awards.
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2001: Emma Bunton of The Spice Girls scored her first UK No.1 single with 'What Took You So Long.' She became the fourth Spice Girl that had a solo No 1. Written by Richard Stannard who wrote 6 of the Spice Girls' UK No.1 hits.
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