° Eddie Cochran dies and Gene Vincent is seriously injured during a car crash on this date in 1960.

° Linda McCartney dies of breast cancer on this date in 1998. Exactly 28 years earlier, her husband Paul McCartney released his first solo album, "McCartney."

° The FBI crime lab in Washington, D.C., fails to determine the lyrics to The Kingsmen's "Louie, Louie" in 1964.

Friday, April 18

° The Neil Young film "Journey Through The Past" debuts at the Dallas Film Festival on this date in 1973.

° The movie "FM," featuring Linda Ronstadt and Jimmy Buffett, debuts in 1978.

° The Jackson 5 and Bill Cosby guest star on Diana Ross's first solo TV special, "Diana," in 1971.

Saturday, April 19

° The made-for-TV special "Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys" airs on ABC-TV on this date in 1990.

° Patti Smith releases her only Top 40 single, "Because The Night," which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen on this date in 1978. The song reaches #13.

° Dead Boys drummer Johnny Blitz is stabbed in a street fight near CBGB in New York City in 1978. A four-day benefit is held soon after to lighten the burden of his extensive medical costs.