Buddy Holly’s first single is released, Johnny Cash visits Nixon at the White House, Johnny Tillotson was born a more This Week In Music History.
April 16 1956 – Buddy Holly’s first single ‘Blue Days, Black Nights‘, was released by Decca.
April 17 1970 – Johnny Cash played at the White House for President Nixon. Cash wrote afterwards:
“After the performance he and Pat Nixon were the souls of hospitality. For almost two hours they gave us a tour around the whole White House, including their private living quarters —no other president has done that with me— and pointed out all the things they thought we’d find interesting. The president even had me lie down and stretch out on the Lincoln bed (and didn’t charge me, either). He was really kind and charming with us, and he seemed to be honestly enjoying himself. It was getting late, though, close to midnight, and I worried that we were taking up too much of his time. I brought that up.
“Mr. President, you’ve been very gracious to entertain us like this, but I know you have more important things to do. Don’t you think we’d better leave and let you get some rest?”
“Oh, no, don’t worry about it,” he replied jovially. “I’m going to Hawaii tomorrow to meet the Apollo 11 astronauts after they splash down, so I’ll sleep on Air Force One. I’ll be fine. I’ll get plenty of sleep.” So we relaxed and had a good time. We didn’t talk about politics at all.”
April 18, 1935 – Producer Paul A. Rothchild was born on this day. Rothchild worked with a number of artists in the 60s and 70s and was best known for his work producing the first five Doors records. He also produced records for Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Janis Joplin’s final LP, Pearl.
April 19, 1965 – Under the title Teenage Command Performance, the concert film T.A.M.I. (Teen-Age Music International), opened in London, England. T.A.M.I. featured performances by The Rolling Stones, Supremes Four Tops, James Brown, The Beach Boys and Smokey Robinson & The Miracles to name a few.
April 20, 1939 – American singer, songwriter Johnny Tillotson was born on this day. He has had a number of top-ten hits including 1960’s ‘Poetry in Motion.’
originally published on February 3, 2011.
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