Rush was inducted into the Rock Hall Of Fame on this day in 2013 in a class that also included, Heart, Albert King and Randy Newman.  On April 18, 2015,  2015 Lou Reed, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joan Jett, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Green Day were honored with induction to the Hall.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on April 18 include...

 

1935 Paul Rothchild, producer of Doors, Janis Joplin, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young albums is born.

1940 Manfred Mann multi instrumentalist Mike Vickers is born.

1946 Drummer Tommy Shannon of Stevie Ray Vaughan's Double Trouble is born.

1946 Moby Grape and Jefferson Airplane drummer Skip Spence is born.
1949 Alan Parsons Project arranger, composer and conductor Andrew Powell is born.
1963 Paul McCartney and Jane Asher meet. They would be a couple until 1968.

1973 The Neil Young documentary Journey Through the Past premiers at the Dallas Film Festival.
1981 Yes announces a breakup.
1988 Eric Clapton releases Crossroads.
1991 Willie Nelson sells more than 600 acres of land he owns to settle debt to the IRS.
2006 An auction of Elton John memorabilia raises almost $750,000 for his AIDS Foundation. Elton's charity would raise over $600 million by 2024.
2009 Patti Scialfa suffers bruised ribs after being thrown from a horse, misses most of the remaining dates on the Bruce Springsteen tour...