Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for April 29th

New singer for old band! -- Lawsuit tossed! -- Happy Birthday to a 1960's Top 40 icon!

4/29/1980 (39 years ago today) - Black Sabbath begin their first tour with vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who had replaced Ozzy Osbourne.  Mmmm, still thinking this one over...

4/29/2003 (16 years ago today) - A $5 million lawsuit filed against former Creedence Clearwater Revival leader John Fogerty was dismissed by the Judge overseeing the case which involved a personal-injury lawyer claims that he 'suffered hearing loss in his left ear' from attending a Fogerty concert -- The court ruled in the one-time CCR-main-man's favor, noting that the "plaintiff assumed the potential risk of hearing damage when he attended the concert back in 1997". Old Billy was right...

4/29/1947 - Happy Birthday to Tommy James, 72 years old today and one of the Sixties most successful pop-rock musicians  -- As the leader-singer-songwriter and record producer for Tommy James & The Shondells, he racked up one of the era's most consistent runs on the Billboard singles chart: 14 Top 40 singles between 1966 and '69, including two classic No. 1's, "Hanky Panky" (1966) and "Crimson and Clover" (1968), and five others that made the Top Ten: "I Think We're Alone Now", "Mirage", "Mony Mony", "Sweet Cherry Wine" and "Crystal Blue Persuasion", classics all! Better than you remember, actually...

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"Look at the way/We gotta hide what we're doin...", xoxo!