BTD Apr26,1960 #RogerTaylor drummer Duran Duran 1983 UK #1 & US #4 Is There Something I Should Know, 1984 US & UK #1 The Reflex, 1985 US #1 & UK #2 A View to a Kill, +25 UK and 12 US Top40s. Worked with Arcadia, Freebass, Funk Face, The Power Station. 2022 inducted Rock Hall of…

BTD Apr26,1952 #NeolDavies composer, original member, founder The Selecter 1979 UK #8 On My Radio, +5 UK Top40s. 1981 Davies started up his own home studio and has his own label VoMatic Records

BTD Apr26,1951 #NickGarvey singer, guitarist The Motors from 1977–80; 1978 UK #4 Airport, 1978 UK #13 Forget About You

BTD Apr26,1945 #TonyMurray bassist for The Troggs 1969–77, 1979–84. Played on Elton John’s Empty Sky album then joined The Troggs when they reformed in 1969

BTD Apr26,1945 #GaryWright RIP singer, songwriter Spooky Tooth 1969 Feelin' Bad. Solo 1976 US #2 Dream Weaver, 1976 US #2 Love Is Alive, 1981 US #16 Really Wanna Know You. Wright played on all of George Harrison's solo albums during the 1970s. Wright died Sep4,2023 at 80

BTD Apr26,1942 #ClaudineAuger (Claudine Oger) RIP actress, 1958 Miss France, movies ie 1960 Testament of Orpheus, 1965 Thunderball as Dominique Derval 'Domino', 1968 Anyone Can Play, 1979 The Associate, 1984 Secret Places, 1992 Salt on Our Skin. Auger died Dec18,2019 at 78

Giorgio Moroder with Donna Summer

BTD Apr26,1942 #BobbyRydell (Robert Louis Ridarelli) RIP singer, actor 1960 US #2 & UK #7 Wild One, +17 US Top40s. Hugo Peabody in the 1963 movie Bye Bye Birdie. Rydell died Apr5,2022 at 79

BTD Apr26,1940 #GiorgioMoroder (Giovanni Giorgio Moroder) singer, songwriter, producer; 3 US Dance #1s 1978 Chase, 2015 Right Here, Right Now & Déjà Vu, +8 US Dance Top40s. Produced huge hits for Donna Summer in the 1970s disco era such as Bad Girls, Last Dance

BTD Apr26,1938 #MauriceWilliams singer Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs 1960 US #1 & 1961 UK #14 Stay (shortest US #1 at 1 min 37 sec). The Zodiacs were originally the Royal Charms, in 1957 the Gladiolas and 1958 Excellos before finally settling on the Zodiacs 1959

BTD Apr26,1938 #DuaneEddy guitarist 1960 UK #2 & US #4 Because They're Young, +22 UK & 16 US Top40s. Sold 12M records by 1963. 1994 inducted Rock Hall of Fame

BTD Apr26,1936 #LaneSmith (Walter Lane Smith III) RIP Actor TV/film movies ie 1973 The Last American Hero, 1984 Red Dawn, 1993 My Cousin Vinny as D.A. Jim Trotter III; TV 1975-79 The Rockford Files, 1984–85 V, 1986 Kay O'Brien, 1991 Good Sports. Smith died Jun13,2005 at 69

BTD Apr26,1933 #CarolBurnett actress TV/film, comedienne, singer; movies ie 1963 Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?, 1982 Annie, TV 1964–65 The Entertainers, 1966–67 The Lucy Show, 1967–78 The Carol Burnett Show. 2017 won a Grammy award for Best Spoken Word Album

BTD Apr26,1918 #StaffordRepp (Stafford Alois Repp) RIP. Actor film/TV; movies ie 1956 The Steel Jungle, 1957 Plunder Road; TV 1957-72 Gunsmoke various characters, 1960-61 Bonanza, 1963 The New Phil Silvers Show, 1963 The Lucy Show, 1969 Love American Style, 1966–68 Batman as…

BTD Apr26,1564 (baptism possible born 23 Apr23,1564) #WilliamShakespeare RIP. English playwright, poet, actor; regarded as the world's greatest dramatist. Shakespeare's works include collaborations of 39 plays, 154 sonnets, 3 long narrative poems. Shakespeare died Apr3,1616 at 52

Sad to hear; #MikePinder (Michael Thomas Pinder) RIP dies Apr24,2024 at 82. Founder, original keyboardist The Moody Blues (left the group 1978) 1965 UK #1 Go Now and 1972 US #2 Nights In White Satin. 2018 inducted Rock Hall of Fame with The Moody Blues

Apr25,2022 Twitter’s board accepted an offer from Elon Musk to buy Twitter the social media company. The cash deal $54.20 per share is valued around $44 billion. Twitter (now X) will become a private company once the deal is complete. Twitter was acquired by X Corp both to…

Apr25,2007 #BorisPickett or Bobby Picket (Robert Pickett) dies at 69. Singer 1962 #1 novelty song 'Monster Mash' spoof on the dance crazes popular in 1960's. 1962 the single was originally banned by BBC in the UK, it was deemed offensive. Re-released 1973 in UK

Apr25,1979 The #Police made their debut on the BBC TV's 'Top Of The Pops' with the song 'Roxanne' written by lead singer and bassist Sting (Gordon Sumner)