Music Almanac: October 4

Birthdays

• 1929 - Leroy Van Dyke (83)
• 1937 - Lloyd Green (steel guitarist) (75)
• 1941 - Arlene Smith (Chantels) (71)
• 1944 - Patti LaBelle (68)
• 1944 - Larry Collins (Collins Kids) (68)
• 1947 - Jim Fielder (Blood, Sweat & Tears) (65)
• 1952 - Jody Stephens (Big Star) (60)
• 1957 - Russell Simmons (55)
• 1958 - Barbara Kooyman (Timbuk3) (54)
• 1959 - Chris Lowe (Pet Shop Boys) (53)
• 1960 - Gregg Hubbard (Sawyer Brown) (52)
• 1962 - Jon Secada (50)
• 1965 - Neil Sims (Catherine Wheel) (47)
• 1970 - Heidi Newfield (42)
• 1970 - Andy Parle (Space) (d. 2009)
• 1971 - BT (born Brian Transeau) (producer) (41)
• 1984 - Lena Katina (t.A.T.u.) (28)
• 1988 - Jessica Benson (3LW) (24)

Deaths

• 1970 - Janis Joplin - Heroin overdose (27)
• 1991 - J. Frank Wilson - Alcoholism (49)
• 1994 - Daniel Gatton - Suicide (49)
• 1996 - Jerry Rivers (Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys) - Cancer (68)
• 1999 - Art Farmer (71)
• 2005 - Mike Gibbins (Badfinger) - Natural causes (56)

On This Day

• 1958 - The Flamingos signed with End Records.
• 1961 - Bob Dylan played at Carnegie Hall for 53 people.
• 1963 - Eric Clapton replaced Anthony Topham in the Yardbirds.
• 1965 - Johnny Cash was arrested for bringing 1,163 pills across the border from Mexico.
• 1968 - Cream set out on their farewell tour.
• 1971 - Pink Floyd played the first of four nights at the Roman Theater in Pompeii, Italy.
• 1974 - Thin Lizzy play live for the first time with the two guitars of Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson.
• 1978 - Tammy Wynette was kidnapped by a masked gunman, beaten and held in a car while driven 90 miles from Nashville.
• 1980 - Carly Simon collapsed while performing from nervous exhaustion in Pittsburgh, PA.
• 1982 - The Smiths played live for the first time in Manchester, England.
• 1982 - Squeeze broke up.
• 1988 - Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach entered an alcohol abuse program in Tuscon, AZ.
• 1991 - Diamond Rio debuted at the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1996 - Van Halen announced that Gary Cherone (Extreme) would be the group's new lead singer.
• 1996 - Roger Miller was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• 1997 - Farm Aid '97 was held in Tinsley Park, IL with Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Fogerty, Beck, the Dave Matthews Band and the Allman Brothers Band
• 2000 - Faron Young and Charley Pride were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• 2006 - Henry Vaughn, a former employee of R Kelly, sued the singer for assault, false imprisonment and breach of contract. He also stated that other members of Kelly's entourage had beaten him.
• 2006 - Barbra Streisand opened a tour in Philadelphia, PA, setting a record for the city's Wachovia Center.
• 2007 - The starting date for Phil Spector's second trial for the murder of Lana Clarkson was set to begin October 23.
• 2009 - Farm Aid 2009 was held in Maryland Heights, MO with Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds with Jamey Johnson, Jason Mraz, Phosphorescent and Wilco.

Divorces

• 1975 - Glen Campbell and Billie Joe Cambpell (filed)

Released

• 1943 - Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby - Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
• 1962 - Working for the Man - Roy Orbison (single)
• 1969 - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills and Nash (single)
• 1974 - Walls and Bridges - John Lennon

Awards

• 1995 - CMA Awards
• Entertainer of the Year - Alan Jackson
• Single of the Year - When You Say Nothing at All - Alison Krauss & Union Station
• Song of the Year - Independence Day - Gretchen Peters
• Album of the Year - When Fallen Angels Fly - Patty Loveless
• Male Vocalist - Vince Gill
• Female Vocalist - Alison Krauss
• Vocal Duo - Brooks & Dunn
• Vocal Group - Mavericks
• Musician - Mark O'Connor
• Horizon Award - Alison Krauss
• Vocal Event - Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart - Shenandoah and Alison Krauss
• Music Video - Baby Likes to Rock It - Tractors
• 2000 - CMA Awards
• Entertainer of the Year, Vocal Group - Dixie Chicks
• Single of the Year - I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack
• Song of the Year - I Hope You Dance - Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers
• Album of the Year - Fly - Dixie Chicks
• Male Vocalist - Tim McGraw
• Female Vocalist - Faith Hill
• Vocal Duo - Montgomery Gentry
• Musician - Hargus “Pig” Robbins
• Horizon Award - Brad Paisley
• Vocal Event - Murder on Music Row - George Strait and Alan Jackson
• Music Video - Goodbye Earl - Dixie Chicks

Broadcasts

• 1963 - Ready Steady Go (U.K.) - Beatles (first appearance)
• 1973 - Top of the Pops (BBC) - Slade, Gary Glitter, Osmonds (500^th show)