April 18th: Music Headlines

Name: April 18th: Music Headlines
Uploaded: 2023-04-18T17:51:00+03:00
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Description: In 2021, Maren Morris wins trophies in two categories during the 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, claiming Female Artist of the Year, and Song of the Year, for "The Bones," co-written by Jimmy Robbins and Laura Veltz. In 2017, numerous opioid painkillers were found at US singer Prince's home

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In 2021, Maren Morris wins trophies in two categories during the 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, claiming Female Artist of the Year, and Song of the Year, for “The Bones,” co-written by Jimmy Robbins and Laura Veltz.

In 2017, numerous opioid painkillers were found at US singer Prince’s home shortly after his death last year, unsealed court documents show. Some of the pills discovered at Prince’s Paisley Park estate in Minnesota had prescriptions in the name of his friend and bodyguard. But the documents do not offer evidence about the source of the fentanyl that killed the singer on 21 April 2016.

In 2012, a super-rare mono copy of The Beatles’ 1963 debut, Please Please Me – autographed by all of the Fab Four – fetched almost $25,000 on eBay.

In 2006, a line from U2’s 1992 hit ‘One’ was voted the UK’s favourite song lyric after in a poll of 13,000 people by music channel VH1. The line “One life, with each other, sisters, brothers” came top. The Smiths lyric “So you go, and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own, and you go home, and you cry, and you want to die” from the song ‘How Soon is Now’ came second in the poll, followed by “I feel stupid and contagious, here we are now, entertain us”, from Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ which was voted into third place.

In 1997, rock guitarist Jay Hening (of Demolition 23) dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

In 1996, Bernard Edwards (bass guitarist for Chic) dies of pneumonia at age 43 after a Chic concert at the Budokan Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
In 1992, Annie Lennox topped the UK album chart with Diva, her solo debut. The album, which spent 76 weeks on the chart, later scooped the British Album Of The Year award at the 1993 BRITs.

In 1987, Aretha Franklin established a new record for the lengthiest interval between No.1 hits when “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me),” her duet with ex-Wham! singer George Michael, reached the summit of the Hot 100. A testament to her enduring star power, the “Queen of Soul’s” last No.1 had come 19 years and 10 months earlier, when “Respect” topped the chart back in June 1967. Franklin and Michael’s duet went on to win the Grammy for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.

In 1987, Aretha Franklin and George Michael started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘I Knew You Were Waiting’ also a No.1 in the UK. Aretha Franklin set a record for the artist with the longest gap between US No.1 singles, it had been 19 years, 10 months from her last hit ‘Respect‘ in June 1967.

In 1985, Wham! Became the first-ever Western pop act to have an album released in China with their second LP, Make It Big. Its release followed in the wake of the British duo’s groundbreaking ten-day visit to the country.

In 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.

In 1963, after a Beatles performance at Royal Albert Hall in London for the radio show Swingin’ Sound ’63, Paul McCartney meets the actress Jane Asher. They become one of the most popular couples in England and get engaged, but they never marry and split up in 1968. This relationship inspires several Beatles songs, including “All My Loving” and “I’m Looking Through You.”