Music Almanac: October 5

Birthdays

• 1907 - Mrs. Miller (born Elva Miller) (d. 1997)
• 1933 - Billy Lee Riley (d. 2009)
• 1935 - Margie Singleton (77)
• 1937 - Abraham Reichstadt (Esther & Abi Ofarim) (75)
• 1938 - Carlo Mastrangelo (Belmonts) (74)
• 1938 - Johnny Duncan (d. 2006)
• 1941 - Roy Book Binder (71)
• 1942 - Richard Street (Temptations) (70)
• 1943 - Steve Miller (69)
• 1945 - Brian Connolly (Sweet) (d. 1997)
• 1946 - Richard Kermode (Malo) (66)
• 1947 - Brian Johnson (AC/DC) (65)
• 1948 - Russell Mael (Sparks) (64)
• 1948 - Lucius Ross (Parliament-Funkadelic) (64)
• 1948 - Delroy Wilson (d. 1995)
• 1949 - B.W. Stephenson (d. 1988)
• 1950 - Eddie Clarke (Fastway, Motorhead) (62)
• 1951 - Bob Geldof (61)
• 1952 - Harold Faltermeyer (60)
• 1953 - Sandra "Puma" Jones (Black Uhuru) (d. 1990)
• 1955 - Leo Barnes (Hothouse Flowers) (57)
• 1957 - Lee Thompson (Madness) (55)
• 1959 - Troy Luccketta (Tesla) (53)
• 1960 - Paul Heard (M People) (52)
• 1961 - David Bryson (Counting Crows) (51)
• 1964 - Dave Dederer (Presidents of the United States of America) (48)
• 1974 - Heather Headley (38)
• 1974 - Colin Meloy (Decemberists) (38)
• 1975 - Brian Mashburn (Save Ferris) (37)
• 1977 - Kele Le Roc (35)
• 1978 - James Valentine (Maroon 5) (34)
• 1980 - Paul Thomas (Good Charlotte) (32)
• 1984 - Brooke Valentine (28)
• 1985 - Nicola Roberts (Girls Aloud) (27)

Deaths

• 1981 - Jud Strunk - Heart attack/plane crash (45)
• 1992 - Eddie Kendricks (Temptations) - Lung cancer (52)

On This Day

• 1925 - WSM radio in Nashville went on the air.
• 1958 - Cliff Richard & the Shadows played their first live date in Hanley, England.
• 1966 - Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding played together for the first time.
• 1970 - Papa John Creach joined the Jefferson Airplane.
• 1974 - Randy Newman played with an 87-piece orchestra conducted by his uncle Emil Newman in Atlanta.
• 1975 - The original Wailers, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, played together for the last time at the Wonder Dream Concert in Kingston, Jamaica. Stevie Wonder also performed.
• 1995 - Bill Monroe received the National Medal of the Arts award.
• 1995 - Merle Haggard was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• 1999 - Roger Daltrey said that the Who were reforming and would play Las Vegas on October 29.
• 2006 - A heritage plaque was placed at the former north London home of Bob Marley.
• 2007 - Isaac Hanson of Hanson had emergency surgery to remove blood clots in his lungs.

Divorces

• 1999 - Trisha Yearwood and Robert Reynolds
• 2001 - Eminem and Kim Mathers

Released

• 1962 - Love Me Do - Beatles (U.K. single - debut release)
• 1968 - White Room - Cream (single)
• 1968 - Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf (single)
• 1975 - Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin (single)
• 1976 - Abandoned Luncheonett - Hall & Oates
• 1993 - 1962-1966 and 1967-1970 - Beatles (first release on CD)
• 1999 - Run, Devil, Run - Paul McCartney

Broadcasts

• 1969 - Ed Sullivan - Who
• 2003 - Surviving Nugent (VH1) (debut) - Ted Nugent