Elton John's US debut album got released on this day in 1970. (Empty Sky, his first album in the UK would not get its US release until 1975). Your Song, Take Me to the Pilot and Border Song were the album's biggest tracks but overall, the lp was loaded with solid songs.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on April 10 include...

1959 Stray Cats leader Brian Seltzer is born.

1962 Original Beatle bass player Stuart Sutcliff dies of a brain aneurysm at just 22.

1968 Drummer Mickey Hart joins the Grateful Dead.

1970 Paul McCartney announces he will no longer record with John Lennon.

1970 A Doors concert in Boston comes to an abrupt end when Jim Morrison asks the audience, "Would you like to see my genitals?" and Ray Manzarek drags Morrison off the stage as power is cut.

1973 John Fogerty releases The Blue Ridge Rangers, his first album outside Creedence Clearwater Revival.

1978 Jethro Tull releases Heavy Horses.

1982 Jethro Tull releases Broadsword and the Beast.

1990 Tom Waits sues Doritos Chips for using a sound-alike of him in a commercial. He later gets nearly $2.5 million.

1992 Axl Rose leaves Chicago before he can be detained for inciting a riot during a Guns N' Roses concert in St. Louis.

1996 Alice in Chains records its Unplugged album.

1998 Gary Cherone makes his live debut of his short-lived run as Van Halen's front man.

1999 A concert honoring the late Linda McCartney is staged by Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello and Chrissie Hynde.

2003 Tour jets mechanical problems strand the Rolling Stones in India, forcing cancellation of their Bangkok concert.