Music Almanac: October 3

Birthdays

• 1938 - Eddie Cochran (d. 1960)
• 1940 - Alan O'Day (72)
• 1941 - Chubby Checker (71)
• 1941 - Lenny Waronker (producer) (71)
• 1944 - Frank Hannon (Tesla) (68)
• 1945 - Antonio Martinez (Los Bravos) (67)
• 1949 - Lindsey Buckingham (63)
• 1950 - Ronnie Laws (62)
• 1951 - Keb' Mo' (born Kevin Moore) (61)
• 1951 - Jack Grondin (.38 Special) (61)
• 1954 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (d. 1990)
• 1959 - Jack Wagner (53)
• 1961 - Robbie James (Modern Romance) (51)
• 1962 - Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) (50)
• 1966 - Dan Miller (They Might Be Giants) (46)
• 1969 - Gwen Stefani (No Doubt) (43)
• 1971 - Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys) (41)
• 1972 - Garrett Dutton (G. Love & Special Sauce) (40)
• 1972 - Lajon Witherspoon (Sevendust) (40)
• 1975 - India.Arie (37)
• 1975 - Talib Kweli (born Talib Greene) (37)
• 1978 - Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters) (34)
• 1980 - Danny O'Donoghue (Script) (32)
• 1984 - Ashlee Simpson (28)

Deaths

• 1967 - Woody Guthrie - Huntington's disease (55)
• 1969 - Skip James (67)
• 1976 - Victoria Spivey - Internal haemorrhage (69)
• 1999 - Akio Morita (founder of Sony) - Pneumonia (78)
• 2000 - Benjamin Orr (Cars) - Pancreatic cancer (53)
• 2002 - Darryl DeLoach (Iron Butterfly) - Liver cancer (55)
• 2008 - Johnny J (born Johnny Jackson) (producer) - Suicide (39)

On This Day

• 1945 - Elvis Presley made his first public performance at the Mississippi-Alabama Diary Show. He is ten years old.
• 1958 - The Biggest Show of Stars tour opened in Worcester, MA with the amazing lineup of Buddy Holly, Bobby Darin, Frankie Avalon, Dion & The Belmonts, Duane Eddy, Clyde McPhatter, The Coasters, The Olympics, Bobby Freeman, The Elegants, Jimmy Clanton, and The Danleers.
• 1961 - The Country Music Hall of Fame inducted their first class: Jimmie Rodgers, Fred Rose and Hank Williams.
• 1970 - Jack Bruce, John McLaughlin, Larry Young and Tony Williams formed Lifetime.
• 1978 - Aerosmith bailed thirty concert goers out of jail after they were arrested for smoking marijuana in Fort Wayne, IN.
• 1980 - Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band opened its latest tour in Ann Arbor, MI.
• 1981 - The Tokens reunited at New York's Radio City Music Hall after over a decade apart.
• 1987 - It was Brenda Lee day in her hometown of Lithonia, GA.
• 1988 - The documentary Imagine: John Lennon was premiered in Los Angeles, CA.
• 1990 - A Ft. Lauderdale, FL record store owner was convicted of obscenity for selling a 2 Live Crew album that had already been ruled too vulgar for the public.
• 1991 - Ann Richardson, the governor of Texas, declared it Stevie Ray Vaughan day.
• 1992 - Sinead O'Connor caused immense controversy when she tore up a picture of the pope in protest of abortion laws while appearing on Saturday Night Live.
• 1994 - Eric Clapton kicked off his Nothing But the Blues tour.
• 1997 - Sugar Ray is forced to postpone their European tour after singer Mark McGrath hurts his leg during the first show.
• 1998 - Farm Aid '98 was held in Tinley Park, IL with Willie Nelson, Phish, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Steve Earle, Del McCoury Band and Wilco
• 2000 - Mark Chapman, the man who assassinated John Lennon, was denied parole after twenty years in prison.
• 2006 - The United States Supreme Court refused to hear a lawsuit by Vinnie Vincent against Kiss over royalties.
• 2007 - The Rolling Stones broke the record for top grossing tour as the A Bigger Bang trek earned $558 million.

Recorded

• 1969 - Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand in the Snow) - John Lennon

Released

• 1924 - The Prisoner's Song/The Wreck Of The Old 97 - Vernon Dalhart (the first southern/country song to become popular among a general audience)
• 1981 - Songs in the Attic - Billy Joel
• 1989 - Sound + Vision - David Bowie
• 2000 - Warning - Green Day

Awards

• 2004 - VH1 Hip Hop Honors (Inaugural Ceremony)
• Honorees - DJ Hollywood, Kool Herc, KRS-One, Public Enemy, Run-DMC, Rock Steady Crew, Sugarhill Gang, 2 Pac, The Graffiti Movement

Broadcasts

• 1957 - The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom (ABC) (Premier)
• 1960 - American Bandstand - Ike & Tina Turner
• 1980 - The Police in the East (BBC) - Police
• 1992 - Saturday Night Live - Sinead O'Connor