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April 10
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| 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. |
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