Music Almanac: October 29

Birthdays

• 1916 - Jimmy Dolan (d. 1994)
• 1922 - Neil Hefti (d. 2008)
• 1930 - Peter Stampfel (Holy Modal Rounders) (82)
• 1937 - Sonny Osbourne (Osbourne Brothers) (75)
• 1939 - Eugene Daughtry (Intruders) (d. 1994)
• 1942 - Lee Clayton (70)
• 1944 - Denny Laine (Moody Blues, Wings) (68)
• 1944 - Robbie van Leeuwen (Shocking Blue) (68)
• 1945 - Melba Moore (67)
• 1946 - Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) (66)
• 1948 - Rickie Lee Reynolds (Black Oak Arkansas) (64)
• 1949 - James Williamson (Iggy & the Stooges) (63)
• 1949 - David Paton (Pilot, Alan Parsons Project) (63)
• 1951 - Ricky Borgia (Mink DeVille) (61)
• 1951 - Guy Gelso (Zebra) (61)
• 1952 - Arnell Carmichael (Raydio) (60
• 1954 - Steve Luscombe (Blancmange) (58)
• 1955 - Roger O'Donnell (Cure) (57)
• 1955 - Kevin DuBrow (Quiet Riot) (57)
• 1961 - Randy Jackson (Jackson 5) (51)
• 1962 - Einar Örn Benediktsson (Sugarcubes) (50)
• 1966 - Peter Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) (46)
• 1967 - Paris (born Oscar Jackson, Jr.) (45)
• 1969 - SA Martinez (43)
• 1969 - Roni Size (43)
• 1970 - Toby Smith (Jamiroquai) (42)
• 1983 - Amit Sebastian Paul (A-Teens) (29)

Deaths

• 1971 - Duane Allman - Motorcycle accident (24)
• 1984 - Wells Kelly (Orleans) - Choking
• 1987 - Woody Herman - Cardiac arrest (74)
• 1991 - Margo Sylvia (Tune Weavers) - Heart attack
• 2008 - Mike Baker (Shadow Gallery) - Heart attack (45)

On This Day

• 1955 - Slim Whitman joined the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1963 - The first issue of the magazine Hootenanny, based on the ABC television program, was relased.
• 1965 - The Rollings Stones opened their fourth tour of the U.S. in Montreal, QB.
• 1975 - Joan Baez joined Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue.
• 1976 - An appearance by the Sex Pistols was halted by the administrators at Lancaster Polytechnic in Coventry, England.
• 1982 - Alabama debuted at the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1983 - Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd broke the all-time Billboard record for weeks on the Album chart with their 741^st week, passing Johnny Mathis' Greatest Hits.
• 1987 - Ron Woods first British art exhibition opened in London.
• 1990 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced their next group of inductees would be the Byrds, LaVern Baker, John Lee Hooker, the Impressions, Wilson Pickett, Jimmy Reed and Ike & Tina Turner
• 1991 - Interstate 55 through Jackson, TN was renamed the B.B. King Freeway.
• 1991 - Steve O'Rourke, David Gilmour and Nick Mason of Pink Floyd are injured at a Mexican auto race when their car rolls 230 feet down an embankment.
• 1996 - The Stone Roses broke up.
• 1998 - Three former members of the Dead Kennedys sued lead singer Jello Biafra, saying he had diverted money owed to them for his own use.
• 1998 - Brian Setzer filed suit against Ken Kinnally, a former bandmate in the group the Bloodless Pharaohs for licensing tracks to a record company without his permission.
• 1999 - The Who played together for the first time in two years for a Las Vegas show introducing a new internet video company.
• 2001 - Gil Scott-Heron was sentenced to one to three years in a New York prison after not appearing at a hearing on his mandatory drug rehabilitation.
• 2003 - P Diddy said he would investigate reports that factories making his clothing line in Honduras were actually sweat shops.
• 2003 - Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots was ordered into rehab by a Pasadena, CA court.
• 2003 - Gwen Stefani of No Doubt introduced her new line of clothing, L.A.M.B.
• 2007 - Kylie Miongue received the Music Industry Trust prize in London.

Recorded

• 1936 - Hank Snow had his first recording session
• 1952 - A Begger for Your Kisses - Diamonds
• 1957 - Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
• 1963 - Hollies first recording session for first album
• 1976 - Elvis Presley's last recording session

Released

• 1957 - Oh Boy! - Buddy Holly & the Crickets
• 1977 - Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf
• 1982 - The Girl is Mine - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson (single)
• 2002 - Stripped - Christina Aguilera

Broadcasts

• 1967 - American Bandstand (ABC) - Pink Floyd
• 1995 - The Simpsons (ABC) - Paul Anka
• 2001 - Late Show With David Letterman (CBS) - U2 (first appearance on show)