Wednesday, April 22, 2020

This Week in 1970


April 21st – Elton John makes his first solo appearance in London, England, when he opens the show for T.Rex.

April 23rd – Norman Greenbaum receives a Gold Record Award for his #1 Single “Spirit In The Sky,” a record that has probably played several times a day every day since.


1970:  April 24th – Grace Slick is invited to a party at The White House by Tricia Nixon.  When she arrives with Abbie Hoffman as her escort, both are asked to leave.




April 25th – The interracial group Pacific Gas And Electric are shot at after a concert held in Raleigh, North Carolina.  While four bullets hit their van, fortunately no one is injured.