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Image 1 — On April 19th, 1974, Son of Dracula, a rock and roll horror film premiered. Directed by Freddie Francis and starring Harry Nilsson and Ringo Starr. Features Peter Frampton, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Bobby Keyes, Jim Price, Klaus Voormann, and Leon Russell.

Image 2 — On April 19th, 1974, Son of Dracula, a rock and roll horror film premiered. Directed by Freddie Francis and starring Harry Nilsson and Ringo Starr. Features Peter Frampton, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Bobby Keyes, Jim Price, Klaus Voormann, and Leon Russell.

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On April 19th, 1974, Son of Dracula, a rock and roll horror film premiered. Directed by Freddie Francis and starring Harry Nilsson and Ringo Starr. Features Peter Frampton, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Bobby Keyes, Jim Price, Klaus Voormann, and Leon Russell.

u/BirdBurnett — 11 hours ago

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On April 18th, 1924, Blues multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown was born in Vinton, LA. Brown was acclaimed for his skills on multiple instruments, including the guitar, mandolin, viola, violin, piano, harmonica and drums.

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On April 18th, 1943, Drummer Clyde Stubblefield was born in Chattanooga, TN. Stubblefield is best known for his 6 years with James Brown. Samples of his drum performances (particularly his break in the 1970 track "Funky Drummer") were heavily used in hip hop music beginning in the 1980s.

u/BirdBurnett — 2 days ago

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On April 18th, 1959, Negativland co-founder Richard Lyons was born and on April 18, 2016, Richard Lyons died. Negativland is an American experimental music band and have released a number of albums ranging from pure sound collage to more musical expositions.

u/BirdBurnett — 2 days ago

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On April 18, 1964, singer and guitarist Jim Ellison was born in Addison, IL. As frontman and primary songwriter of Material Issue, he left a lasting mark on the genre of power pop and on the Chicagoland music scene with songs like “Valerie Loves Me” and “What Girls Want”.

u/Valerie-Loves-Me — 2 days ago

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On April 18th, 1918, Session guitarist Tony Mottola was born in Kearny NJ. Mottola recorded with Perry Como, Ray Charles, Burl Ives and others. He was a member of Frank Sinatra‘s backing band and Doc Severinsen‘s The Tonight Show house band.

u/BirdBurnett — 2 days ago