In The Rock 4/28/1978: FM, a movie about a team of DJs at a hip station, banding together to fight the over commercialization of rock radio. The double LP soundtrack features music from Steely Dan, Linda Ronstadt, Tom Petty, Buffet, Seger, Boston, Steve Miller and more; it goes platinum.
In The Rock 4/28/2016: The Monkees release “She Makes Me Laugh”, the lead single from their forth coming album ‘Good Times’. The track was written for the band by Rivers Cuomo, produced by Adam Schlesinger.
This Week On The Chart 4/28/1973: Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ tops the Album Chart. They only hold the number one spot for a week, but the the record stays on the chart for 741 consecutive weeks.
Originally, The Bee Gees and Peter Frampton were given dialogue in "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (1978). However, since Frampton had a British accent and The Bee Gees were Australian, their accents were not in line with a movie taking place in middle America, it was decided that they would do away with all dialogue, and use George Burns' role as narrator to supply the dialogue for all the characters.
Frampton wanted to get on the trampoline during "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite." It wasn't allowed because he wasn't insured.
During the filming of Strawberry Fields' funeral, Frampton forced himself to cry by thinking of the then-recent Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash that claimed the lives of several friends and associates.
The shooting script called for Frampton's character to kill Steven Tyler's. When it came time to film this scene, Aerosmith threatened to walk out. "There's no f*cking way that Steven is gonna get directly offed by Frampton," commented Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry. "It's gotta be an accident, the way it was in the original script we f*cking agreed to." They finally agreed to a compromise, with Sandy Farina's character Strawberry Fields accidentally pushing Tyler's character to his death. (IMDb)
This is something I never expected. I am overwhelmed that I will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, especially alongside so many incredible artists who have gone before me.
I can’t thank everyone enough for voting for me. You are the best.
...“It’s something I never expected,” Frampton told Rolling Stone. “Because I was eligible so long ago, I kind of put it into the back of my mind.
“The thing that blew me away the most was not actually getting in – even though that is a phenomenal, unbelievable thing. It’s the amount of people who voted for me (in the fan vote). You don’t quite understand where you’re at until you look at the amount of people who voted for you. Those are the people I need to thank the most. That was a real wonderful shock,” he added." By Cleveland news.