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April 23

1988: Whitney Houston becomes the first artist to hit number one on the U.S. Hot 100 chart with seven consecutive singles

April 24

1968: During a birthday celebration The Who’s Keith Moon drives his Lincoln into a Holiday Inn swimming pool

1975: SNL producer Lorne Michaels makes on-air offer to pay $3,000 for a Beatles reunion on the show.

April 25

1990: Jimi Hendrix’s Woodstock Fender Stratocaster fetches $295,000 at auction

April 28

• 1987: For the first time a CD is released before its vinyl version

April 30

1983: Blues legend Muddy Waters dies of a heart attack at the age of 68

• 2005: The Dave Matthews Band pays $200,000 in damages after their tour bus dumped human waste onto a boatload of tourists in Chicago in August of 2004thebuzz

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