April 13 in Music History: Diana Ross makes her first solo appearance, David Bowie releases Aladdin Sane - WXPN | Vinyl At Heart
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1965 – The Beatles record the song “Help!” during an evening session at Abbey Road in London. That same night, they win their first Grammy Awards: Best New Artist and Best Performance by a Vocal Group for “A Hard Day’s Night.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezObs-Rc-Jc

1969– Diana Ross makes her first television appearance as a solo act, performing on Dinah Shore’s NBC special Like Hep.

1973 – David Bowie releases Aladdin Sane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGQo6zpVzt8

1996 – Rage Against The Machine appears on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Their two-song performance is cut to one song when the band attempts to hang inverted American flags from their amplifiers.

Information for this post was gathered from This Day in Music, The Music History Calendar, On This Day, and Wikipedia.

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