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April 10

1921 Sheb (Shelby) Wooley born in Erick, Oklahoma. Country singer & actor who had a # 1 hit in 1958 with "The Purple People Eater". Also in High Noon, Giant, Hoosiers and the TV series Rawhide.
1936 Country singer Glen Campbell ("By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Rhinestone Cowboy") born in Delight, Arkansas.
1940 Righteous Brother Bobby Hatfield born in Beaver Dam, WI.
1947 Reggae artist Bunny Wailer (Neville O'Reilly Livingston), one of the original Wailers band, born.
1956 Racist segregationists attack Black jazz and pop vocalist/pianist Nat King Cole on stage at the Municipal Hall in Birmingham, Alabama.
1958 Singer Chuck Willis ("What Am I Living For?") dies after an operation in Atlanta, GA.
1962 Almost a Beatle Stuart Sutcliff dies in Germany from cerebral paralysis due to a brain hemmorage. Although he wasn't a very good bass player, he was a great friend of John.
1964 Reni (Alan John Reni) of Stone Roses born.
1968 Kenadid Osman of Sleeper born
1979 The Boogie'n' Blues Concert is held at NYC's Carnegie Hall. The bill includes performances by John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thorton, and Lightning Hopkins.
1980 Cherry Hill, NJ, hosts the first show of the Cure's first US tour.
1991 Martin Hannett, successful British producer (Buzzcocks, Joy Division) dies of a heart attack at the age of 42.