Monday, April 4, 2011

The Retroscope: 5 April

5 April 1980: The Genesis album "Duke" hit #1 in the UK. In Athens, GA, REM played their first show when they arrived at St. Mary's Episcopal Church.
5 April 1983: The Beach Boys were banned from the Fourth of July concert at the White House. US president Ronald Reagan overturned the ban two days later.
5 April 1985: An estimated 5000 radio studies around the world simultaneously played the song "We are the world"

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