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April, 20

  • 2000 Steven Curtis Chapman tops the 31st annual Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, presented at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. Chapman receives six accolades, including best male vocalist, best pop/contemporary album for “Speechless,” and best pop/contemporary recorded song for ”Dive.”
  • 1999 The Los Angeles Police Department confirms that Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight is a suspect in the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. The rapper, a Bad Boy/Arista artist, was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1997.
  • 1999 Bad Boy Entertainment rapper Mase, 21, announces that he is retiring from music in order to “follow God.” In a statement, the rapper says his decision is “effective immediately, and that he will only do speaking engagements to promote his current album “Double Up.”
  • 1999 The “No Security” tour, the Rolling Stones’ first arena outing in 20 years wraps with a make-up date at the San Jose Arena in California. The tour grosses more than $64.6 million from only 33 dates.
  • 1996 Tickets ranging in price from $27.50 – $85.00 go on sale for the KISS reunion tour. This marks the first time in 15 years that all four original members of the ‘70’s rock group join together in original costume and face paint.
  • 1991 Credence Clearwater Revival founder John Fogerty marries Julie Lebiedzinksi in Bristol, Ind.
  • 1991 Steve Marriott dies in a fire at his home in Essex, England. Age 44. He was a guitarist and lead singer for the rock bands Small Faces and Humble Pie.
  • 1988 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Where Do Broken Hearts Go,” Whitney Houston.
  • 1968 Deep Purple makes its live debut in Denmark. The group’s three top 10 albums are “Machine Head,” “Made in Japan” and “Burn.”
  • 1964 The Elvis Presley movie “Viva Las Vegas” premieres.
  • 1961 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Runaway,” Del Shannon. Shannon is the first artist to take a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney onto the U.S. pop charts. His version of “From Me to You” hits the Hot 100 on June 29, 1963, before the release of the Beatles debut American single, “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”
  • 1951 Luther Vandross is born in New York City. His biggest pop hit is “Power of Love/Love Power,” which hits No. 4 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1991. The album “Power of Love” reaches No. 1 on both Billboard’s pop and R&B album charts.