April 4 1960
RCA Victor Records announced that it would be release all Pop singles in mono and stereo simultaneously, the first record company to do so. Elvis Presley's single, ‘Stuck on You’ was RCA's first mono / stereo release.
April 4 1967
Jimi Hendrix was the special guest on the first edition of the UK BBC-TV's 'Dee Time', along with Kiki Dee and Cat Stevens.
April 4 1968
Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Joni Mitchell, Al Kooper and Ted Nugent (really?) met up for an all night blues, folk and rock jam at The New Generation Club, New York, NY after hearing the news of Martin Luther King's assassination. What a night of music that must have been!...
Something to add: 100 years ago today, Muddy Waters was born. I know his birth wasn't exactly music history, but what comes later, yep!
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