Music Almanac: October 13

Birthdays

• 1909 - Art Tatum (d. 1956)
• 1934 - Nana Mouskouri (78)
• 1938 - Shirley Caesar (74)
• 1940 - Chris Farlowe (72)
• 1941 - Paul Simon (71)
• 1944 - Robert Lamm (Chicago) (68)
• 1946 - Lacy J. Dalton (66)
• 1947 - Sammy Hagar (65)
• 1947 - Alan Wakeman (Soft Machine) (65)
• 1948 - John Ford Coley (England Dan & John Ford Coley) (64)
• 1948 - Pete Spencer (Smokie) (64)
• 1949 - Craig MacGregor (Foghat) (63)
• 1950 - Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention) (62)
• 1951 - Olympia-Ann Sylvers (Sylvers) (61)
• 1958 - Joseph Richard Sylvers (Sylvers) (54)
• 1959 - Marie Osmond (53)
• 1959 - Gerry Darby (Carmel) (53)
• 1960 - Joey Belladonna (Anthrax) (52)
• 1962 - Rob Marche (JoBoxers) (50)
• 1968 - Carlos Marín (Il Divo) (44)
• 1969 - Rhett Akins (43)
• 1970 - Paul Potts (42)
• 1972 - Jan Van Sichem Jr. (K's Choice) (40)
• 1975 - Brandon Casey (Jagged Edge) (37)
• 1975 - Brian Casey (Jagged Edge) (37)
• 1980 - Ashanti (born Ashanti Douglas) (32)
• 1981 - Kele Okereke (Bloc Party) (31)

Deaths

• 1974 - Ed Sullivan - Esophageal cancer (73)
• 1977 - Shirley Brickley (Orlons) - Murdered (32)
• 1993 - Wade Flemons (Earth, Wind & Fire) - Cancer (53)
• 2001 - Peter Doyle (New Seekers) - Throat cancer (52)
• 2009 - Al Martino (82)

On This Day

• 1937 - Roy Rogers left the Sons of the Pioneers.
• 1962 - Don Everly of the Everly Brothers collapsed rehearsing for a U.K. tour and returned to the U.S. to recuperate. Phil continued with the tour solo.
• 1967 - Pat Boone performed the National Anthem at the first game of the new American Basketball Association. He was the owner of the Oakland Oaks.
• 1970 - The ashes of Janis Joplin were spread on Stinson Beach in California.
• 1975 - Neil Young had surgery for a growth on his vocal chords.
• 1980 - Johnny Cash and Connie B. Gay were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• 1986 - Wesley Rose and Benjamin F. “Whitey” Ford (Duke of Paducah) were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• 1992 - The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case of two sets of parents suing Ozzy Osbourne for his music's influence in the suicide of their sons.
• 1997 - Billy Joel's classical piece, Reverie, “premiers” on NPR.
• 1998 - The Crossroads Center, Eric Clapton's addiction recovery program, opened in Antigua.
• 2000 - A Ralph Nadar fund raising concert in New York sees performances by Eddie Vedder, Ani DiFranco, Ben Harper and Patti Smith.
• 2000 - Christina Aguilera filed a lawsuit against her former manager, charging he had an improper influence over her career.
• 2001 - Merle Haggard canceled the balance of his current tour after feeling tightness in his chest.
• 2002 - The band Muse sued Celine Dion after the singer planned on calling her Las Vegas show Muse.
• 2004 - Ronald Isley of the Isley Brothers was charged with tax evasion.
• 2006 - An annual Diddy Day was announced by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley who gave P. Diddy a pair of cufflinks.
• 2008 - Ringo Starr announced he would no longer sign autographs.

Recorded

• 1965 - My Generation - Who
• 1965 - Drive My Car - Beatles
• 1968 - Julia - Beatles (last song recorded for White Album)

Released

• 1956 - A Thousand Miles Away - Heartbeats (single)
• 1982 - Creatures of the Night - Kiss
• 1998 - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The Royal Albert Hall Concert - Bob Dylan

Broadcasts

• 1957 - Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra starred in a one-hour special introducing the Edsel.
• 1963 - Sunday Night at the London Palladium (U.K.'s ITV) - Beatles (the phrase Beatlemania was coined for the thousands of fans outside the studio)