Music Almanac: October 15

Birthdays

• 1906 - Victoria Spivey (d. 1976)
• 1925 - Mickey Baker (guitarist, Mickey & Sylvia) (87)
• 1935 - Barry McGuire (d. 2012)
• 1938 - Marv Johnson (d. 1993)
• 1941 - Don Stevenson (71)
• 1942 - Chris Andrews (70)
• 1943 - Larrie Londin (session drummer, Journey) (d. 1992)
• 1946 - Richard Carpenter (66)
• 1948 - Chris de Burgh (64)
• 1951 - Frank Dimino (Angel) (61)
• 1953 - Tito Jackson (Jackson 5) (59)
• 1966 - David Stead (Beautiful South) (46)
• 1966 - Dougie Vipond (Deacon Blue) (46)
• 1969 - Kimberly Schlapman (Little Big Town) (43)
• 1970 - Ginuwine (born Elgin Lumpkin) (42)
• 1970 - Eric Benét (42)
• 1981 - Keyshia Cole (31)

Deaths

• 1963 - Frank B. Walker (founder of MGM Records)
• 1964 - Cole Porter - Kidney failure (73)
• 1999 - Terry Gilkyson (83)

On This Day

• 1955 - Buddy (Holly) & Bob opened for Elvis Presley in Lubbock, TX. Talent scout Eddie Crandall heard Holly and arranged for an audition for Decca Records.
• 1960 - The first recording of John, Paul, George and Ringo was done in Hamburg, Germany even though Ringo was still a member of Rory Storm & the Hurricanes.
• 1960 - Loretta Lynn made her Grand Ole Opry debut.
• 1960 - Danny & the Juniors moved from ABC to Swan Records.
• 1965 - Jimi Hendrix signed his first recording contract.
• 1966 - Signe Anderson made her last appearance with the Jefferson Airplane.
• 1966 - Del Reeves became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1968 - Led Zeppelin played their first show at Surrey University in England.
• 1969 - Gene Autrey was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• 1971 - Pink Floyd opened a U.S. tour in San Francisco, CA.
• 1971 - The concert that was the inspiration for the song Garden Party was held at New York's Madison Square Garden. Rick Nelson was booed by the audience when he tried to play new material.
• 1973 - Keith Richards was convicted of marijuana trafficking in Nice, France, receiving a suspended sentence, fine and ordered not to return to France for two years.
• 1973 - Patsy Cline and Chet Atkins were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• 1974 - Pee Wee King and Owen Bradley were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• 1976 - Ike & Tina Turner ended their musical collaboration.
• 1979 - ABBA played in North America for the first time in Vancouver, BC.
• 1987 - Jerry Garcia opened a two-week run of solo shows on Broadway.
• 1996 - Tommy Lee of Motley Crue was sentenced to four months in prison for attacking a photographer who tried to take a picture of him and wife Pamela Anderson.
• 1997 - Michael Jackson played the last date of his HIStory Tour in Durban, South Africa.
• 1998 - MCA Records filed suit against the members of New Edition for failing to deliver an album.
• 2000 - Dave Edmunds had triple heart bypass surgery.
• 2003 - Ex-KISS member Bruce Kulick was shot in the leg outside of a Los Angeles club during a fight.
• 2003 - Ozzy Osbourne cancelled a European tour after treatment for tremors.
• 2008 - Jon Bon Jovi demanded that the John McCain campaign stop using the Bon Jovi song Who Says You Can't Go Home at rallys.

Released

• 1977 - Slip Slidin' Away - Paul Simon (single)

Broadcasts

• 1955 - Grand Ole Opry (ABC) (debut) - Les Paul & Mary Ford