This Day in History: 2023-04-11
APRIL 11th
One ballad replaces another. The Beatles “Let It Be” displaces Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Meanwhile, John Lennon’s powerful “Instant Karma (We All Shine On)” sits at #3 on the pop chart. 1970
White Zombie release “Astro-Creep: 2000 – Songs Of Love, Destruction And Other Synthetic Delusions Of The Electric Head.” 1995
The group’s fourth album is their only one to feature drummer John Tempesta. The set peaks at #6 on the Billboard 200.
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Sum 41 singer/guitarist, Tom Thacker, is born. 1974