The song "School Days" was recorded at Universal Recording
Studios in Chicago, Illinois. The session(s) were produced by
the Chess brothers – Leonard and Phil – and backing Berry
on the recording were guitarist Hubert Sumlin (who is known
for his work with Howlin’ Wolf), bassist Willie Dixon, and the
drummer was Fred Below. The single peaked at No. 5 on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart, his third highest-ranked pop hit and
also hit number one on the R&B Best Sellers chart.

Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry will turn 90 this year.

Tim Maguire

"In the Ghetto" (originally titled "The Vicious Circle") was recorded
during Elvis Presley’s session in the American Sound Studio in
Memphis, Tennessee. It was Presley’s first creative recording
session since the ’68 Comeback. The song was Presley’s first
Top 10 hit in the US in four years, peaking at number 3.

Camille Bohannon

Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean is 70 today.

Dolly Parton grew up alongside eleven brothers and sisters in a one-
room cabin in Appalachia, Tennessee; she learned to sing while
attending the Pentecostal Church of God. 

She was given the nickname The Queen of Country Music, after
releasing more #1 hits than any other country singer in U.S. history.

April 3, 1953

Desi Arnaz Jr.
(born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV in Los Angeles, California)

Musician Desi Arnaz is the son of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. He served as the
drummer for the band Dino, Desi, and Billy. He began playing drums when he
was twelve years old. Because his parents were the stars of I Love Lucy, his
birth was worked into the CBS television show’s plot.