On This Day in Rock: April 5
13 moments in rock history on April 5.
From the forum: This Day In Rock History
CrazyConnie on April 5, 2026 (6 posts)
This Day In Rock History: April 5th 1942 Allan Clarke (original lead singer of The Hollies) is born Harold Allan Clarke in Salford, Lancashire, England. 1966 Alt rock guitarist Mike McCready (of Pearl Jam) is born in Pensacola, Florida. 2006 Rock and roll singer-songwriter Gene Pitney dies of a heart attack at...
Album releases
- 1961 Serge Gainsbourg released L'Étonnant Serge Gainsbourg Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1965 The Beach Boys released the single "Help Me, Rhonda" Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1968 The Kinks released the single "Wonderboy" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1993
David Bowie released Black Tie White Noise
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1993
PJ Harvey released Rid of Me
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Born on this day
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1941
Dave Swarbrick of Fairport Convention was born
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Photo: Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0
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1942
Allan Clarke of The Hollies was born
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Photo: AVRO, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl
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1945
Cem Karaca was born
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Photo: HalitBaris, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 1948 Dave Holland of Judas Priest was born Forum threads Wikipedia
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1966
Mike McCready of Pearl Jam was born
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Photo: deep ghosh from Melbourne, VIC, Australia, CC BY 2.0
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1981
Bob Hite of Canned Heat died
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Photo: Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 2.0
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1998
Cozy Powell of Whitesnake died
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Photo: Geffen Records, Public domain
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2007
Mark St. John of Kiss died
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Photo: Polygram Records, Public domain
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