What happened in Music on this day !?

April 9th

2000

Craig David went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Fill Me In'. At 18 years 11 months he became the youngest UK male solo artist to write and sing a UK No.1.

April 10th

1967

Marvin Gaye recorded his version of 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine'. The song was first recorded by The Miracles and had also been a million seller in 1967 for Gladys Knight and the Pips.

April 11th

2022 

Red Hot Chili Peppers were at No.1 on the UK chart with their twelfth studio album Unlimited Love. Produced by Rick Rubin, the album marked the return of guitarist John Frusciante, who left the band in 2009 and rejoined in 2019. The album debuted at No.1 in 16 countries, including the United States.

April 12th

1989 

Garth Brooks released his self-titled debut album which was both a critical and chart success, peaking at No.13 on the Billboard 200 and No.2 on the Top Country Albums. This album contains Brooks earliest hits, including his first ever single, 'Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)', and his first No.1, 'If Tomorrow Never Comes' and the Academy of Country Music's 1990 Song of the Year and Video of the Year, 'The Dance'.

April 13th

1974 

Elton John went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Bennie And The Jets', his second US No.1. John was set against releasing it as a single, believing it would fail. CKLW in Windsor, Ontario, began heavy airplay of the song and it became the No.1 song in the Detroit market with other radio stations adding it to playlists.

April 14th

1978 

Art Garfunkel started a six week run at No.1 in the UK with the theme from the film 'Watership Down', 'Bright Eyes' which went on to become the biggest selling single of the year. The song was written by the man behind The Wombles, Mike Batt.

April 15th

1989 

American all girl group The Bangels started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Eternal Flame.' Also a No.1 in Australia (the biggest selling single of 1989) and the United States.

April 16th

1977 

David Soul one half of TV cop show Starsky & Hutch, went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Don't Give Up On Us', his only US hit. Also No.1 in the UK.

April 17th

1993

David Bowie went to No.1 on the UK album chart with his eighteenth studio album Black Tie White Noise. It was his first solo release in the 1990s after spending time with his hard rock band Tin Machine

April 18th

1970 

Johnny Cash was at No.1 on the Country album chart with Hello, I'm Johnny Cash, his 33rd album release. The album featured 'If I Were a Carpenter', the famous duet with his wife, June Carter Cash, which earned the couple a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1971.

April 19th

2002 

'Jeepster' by TRex became the first song successfully identified by Shazam in a pre-launch version of the service that required the user to call a phone number and receive a text message with the name of the song. The company, which is now owned by Apple has the technology to identify over 15 billion songs.

April 20th

1993 

Aerosmith released 'Get A Grip' their 11th studio album which became their best selling album to date with sales over 20m. The album which featured the hits: 'Livin' On The Edge' and 'Crazy' also featured guests Don Henley and Lenny Kravitz.

April 21st

2013 

Calvin Harris made chart history by becoming the first artist to have eight top 10 hits from one studio album. His track 'I Need Your Love', featuring singer Ellie Goulding, climbed to No.7 on the Official UK Chart. The DJ and producer from Dumfries, Scotland had overtakenMichael Jackson , who previously held the record with seven top 10 hits from both his 1987 album Bad and his 1991 record Dangerous.

Love this idea—music history is always fun to explore! 🎶 Thanks for sharing, and what a great throwback with Chubby Checker winning for Let’s Twist Again! Looking forward to more gems like this. Keep 'em coming!

April 22nd

2007 

Beyoncé and Shakira were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Beautiful Liar'. The track won the Most Earth-Shattering Collaboration award at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards and the song won an Ivor Novello Award for Best-Selling British Song.

April 23rd

1994 

Pink Floyd were at No.1 on the UK album chart with The Division Bell, their fourth UK No.1 album.

April 24th

1995 

Oasis released 'Some Might Say' which went on to give the band their first UK No.1 single. The planned promo video for the song was cancelled due to Liam not turning up for the shoot. Instead, a makeshift video was created using footage from the 'Cigarettes & Alcohol', US 'Supersonic' and UK 'Whatever' videos.

April 25th

1987 

U2 started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with their fifth studio album The Joshua Tree. Inspired by American tour experiences, literature, and politics, the album topped the charts in over 20 countries, and is one of the world's all-time best-selling albums, with over 25 million copies sold. The album which won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year produced the hit singles 'With or Without You', 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For', and 'Where the Streets Have No Name'.

April 26th

1980 

Blondie were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Call Me', the group's fourth UK No.1, featured in the Richard Gere movie 'American Gigolo', the track was also a No.1 in the US where it became the band's biggest selling single. Producer Giorgio Moroder originally asked Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac to help compose and perform a song for the soundtrack, but she declined.