Music Almanac: October 31

Tom Paxton

Birthdays

• 1896 - Ethel Waters (d. 1977)
• 1902 - Julia Lee (d. 1958)
• 1912 - Dale Evans (d. 2001)
• 1927 - Ania Kerr (85)
• 1937 - Tom Paxton (74)
• 1940 - Eric Griffiths (Quarrymen) (d. 2005)
• 1944 - Kinky Friedman (68)
• 1945 - Russ Ballard (Argent) (67)
• 1945 - Rik Kenton (Roxy Music) (67)
• 1949 - Bob Siebenberg (Supertramp) (63)
• 1951 - Doug Bennett (Doug and the Slug) (d. 2004)
• 1952 - Tony Bowers (Simply Red) (60)
• 1952 - Bernard Edwards (Chic) (d. 1996)
• 1957 - Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices) (55)
• 1961 - Larry Mullen (U2) (51)
• 1961 - Kate Campbell (51)
• 1963 - Johnny Marr (born John Maher) (Smiths) (48)
• 1963 - Mikkey Dee (born Micael Delaoglou) (Motörhead) (48)
• 1964 - Darryl Worley (47)
• 1964 - Colm Ó Cíosóig (My Bloody Valentine) (47)
• 1966 - Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock, Beastie Boys) (46)
• 1966 - Annabella Lwin (Bow-Wow-Wow) (46)
• 1967 - Vanilla Ice (born Robert Van Winkle) (45)
• 1968 - Ally McErlaine (Texas) (44)
• 1968 - Al Mackenzie (D:Ream) (44)
• 1970 - Linn Berggren (Ace of Base) (42)
• 1970 - Johnny Moeller (Fabulous Thunderbirds) (42)
• 1970 - Rogers Stevens (Blind Melon) (42)
• 1981 - Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance) (31)
• 1982 - Monica Irimia (Cheeky Girls) (30)
• 1982 - Gabriela Irimia (Cheeky Girls) (30)

Deaths

• 1989 - Roger Scott (British DJ) - Cancer (46)
• 1994 - Lester Sill (executive, Phillies, Colpix, Colgems) (76)
• 2003 - Ron Davies (songwriter, It Ain't Easy, Long Hard Climb) - Heart attack (57)

Linda Eastman

On This Day

• 1952 - Chuck Berry was hired to play guitar for Johnnie Johnson.
• 1959 - The Quarry Men (with John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison) changed their name to Johnny and the Moondogs.
• 1963 - Ed Sullivan was at Heathrow Airport when the Beatles came through and saw full fledged Beatlemania, causing him to look into booking the group.
• 1964 - Ray Charles was arrested in Boston for heroin possession.
• 1967 - Iggy & the Stooges made their live debut at a Halloween party in Michigan.
• 1968 - Linda Eastman moved to England to live with Paul McCartney.
• 1974 - Led Zeppelin started their label, Swan Song.
• 1975 - The Marshall Tucker Band performed at a fund raiser for presidential candidate Jimmy Carter.
• 1986 - Roger Waters was in court trying to stop his former bandmates from using the name Pink Floyd.
• 1989 - The first MTV Unplugged show was tapped in New York with Squeeze.
• 1993 - The Red Hot Chili Pepper's Flea was a witness to the fatal collapse of River Phoenix in Los Angeles.
• 1993 - Tupac Shakur is arrested for shooting two off-duty police officers in Atlanta.
• 1995 - James Brown was arrested for assaulting his wife, Adrienne.
• 1996 - Slash announced his departure from Guns N' Roses.
• 1998 - Kiss opened their Psycho-Circus tour in Los Angeles.
• 2003 - Cher completed her Farewell Tour by being named Billboard's top touring female artist.
• 2004 - R. Kelly was fired from a tour with Jay-Z after an altercation with his entourage.

Marriages

• 1970 - Michelle Phillips (Mamas & the Papas) and Dennis Hopper

Released

• 1953 - Golden Teardrops - Flamingos (single)
• 1992 - - Prince & the New Power Generation
• 1995 - Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains (vinyl only, the CD release would wait a week)
• 2000 - Stankonia - Outkast

Broadcasts

• 1986 - The Tube (U.K.) - Jermaine Stewart, Troublefunk, Bob Geldof, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Spandau Ballet
• 1992 - Halloween Jam at Universal Studios (ABC) - AC/DC, the Black Crowes,  Ozzy Osbourne, En Vogue and Slaughter.

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Music Almanac: October 30

Grace Slick

Birthdays

• 1908 - Patsy Montana (born Ruby Blevins) (d. 1996)
• 1934 - Hamilton Camp (died 2005)
• 1939 - Grace Slick (born Grace Wing) (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship) (73)
• 1939 - Eddie Holland, Jr. (73)
• 1939 - Norman West (Soul Children) (73)
• 1941 - Otis Williams (Temptations) (71)
• 1946 - Chris Slade (Manfred Mann's Earth Band, AC/DC, Asia) (66)
• 1947 - Timothy B. Schmidt (Eagles) (65)
• 1949 - David Green (Air Supply) (63)
• 1954 - T. Graham Brown (58)
• 1960 - Joey Belladonna (born Joseph Bellardini) (Anthrax) (52)
• 1960 - Jerry De Borg (Jesus Jones) (52)
• 1962 - Geoff Beauchamp (Eighth Wonder) (50)
• 1965 - Gavin Rossdale (Bush) (47)
• 1969 - Snow (born Darrin O'Brien) (43)
• 1970 - Tommy Walter (Eels) (42)
• 1973 - Maurizio Lobina (Eiffel 65) (39)
• 1975 - Ian D'Sa (Billy Tallent) (37)
• 1976 - Kassidy Osborn (SheDaisy) (36)
• 1984 - Keisha Buchanan (Sugarbabes) (28)

Deaths

• 2002 - Jam Master Jay (born Jason Mizell) (Run-D.M.C.) - Murdered (37)
• 2007 - Linda Stein (manager of the Ramones) - Murdered (62)
• 2008 - Mike Terry (producer) (68)

Ronstadt in Le Boheme

On This Day

• 1966 - Pink Floyd signed with managers Peter Jenner and Andrew King.
• 1967 - Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones plead guilty to possession of marijuana and allowing his residence to be used for smoking the drug and not guilty to cocaine and methedrine possession. He was sentenced to nine months in prison but was bailed out the next day.
• 1967 - T. Rex became the first group without a recording contract to record for Radio 1's (U.K.) Top Gear show.
• 1970 - Hotlegs played their first live show in London. They went on to become 10cc.
• 1970 - Jim Morrison was found guilty of exposing himself on stage in Miami.
• 1972 - Elton John performed at the Royal Variety Performance for Queen Elizabeth, the first rocker to do so since the Beatles in 1963.
• 1975 - Bob Dylan opened his Rolling Thunder Revue in Plymouth, MA.
• 1984 - Linda Ronstadt premiered as an opera singer in La Boheme in New York.
• 1984 - Barry Manilow set a new Radio City Music Hall record by selling $1.9 million in tickets for a series of shows. The previous record of $1.8 million was held by Diana Ross.
• 1990 - Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses was arrested and released on $10,000 bail for hitting a neighbor over the head with a bottle during an argument over loud music.
• 1995 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced they would induct David Bowie, Gladys Knight and the Pips, the Jefferson Airplane, Little Willie John, Pink Floyd, the Shirelles, and the Velvet Underground.
• 1998 - Bon Jovi opened their New Jersey Syndicate Tour in Dublin, Ireland.
• 1998 - The Vocal Group Hall of Fame held their first induction ceremony. Some of the groups inducted were The Mills Brothers, The Ravens, The Orioles, The Original Drifters, The Platters, The Beach Boys, The Supremes and The Manhattan Transfer.
• 2001 - Tim Booth announced he would be leaving the group James at the end of their next tour.
• 2002 - The U.S. Postal Station in Los Angeles was renamed the Nat King Cole Post Office.
• 2003 - Terry Corso quit the group Alien Ant Farm.
• 2004 - A warrant for the arrest of Vince Neil of Motley Crue was issued in Dallas, TX after he knocked a venue's sound man unconscious.
• 2005 - Willie Nelson held a fundraiser at his Austin ranch for singer and Texas Governor candidate Kinky Friedman.
• 2005 - Zak Sally left the band Low.

Marriages

• 1937 - Kitty Wells and Johnnie Wright
• 1965 - Ronnie Milsap and Joyce Reeves
• 1995 - Jimmy Olander (Diamond Rio) and Claudia Fontenot

Divorces

• 1974 - Sly Stone and Kath Sivia Stewart (filed by Stewart)
• 2003 - Lionel Richie and Diane Richie (filed by Lionel)

Recorded

• 1940 - Walking the Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb
• 1947 - Bob Wills had his first recording session for MGM

Released

• 1961 - Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee and the Starliters (single)
• 1961 - Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby - Crystals (single, first release on Phil Spector's Philles label)
• 2001 - Christmas Memories - Barbara Streisand (first holiday album in 34 years)
• 2001 - Invincible - Michael Jackson

Broadcasts

• 1978 - Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (NBC, Cartoon)
• 1998 - Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) - Black Sabbath (all four original members)
• 1998 - Millennium (Fox) - Kiss

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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)

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Music Almanac: October 28

Birthdays

• 1927 - Cleo Lane (85)
• 1936 - Charlie Daniels (76)
• 1936 - Ted Hawkins (d. 1995)
• 1937 - Graham Bond (d. 1974)
• 1941 - Hank Marvin (Shadows) (74)
• 1941 - Curtis Lee (74)
• 1945 - Wayne Fontana (born Glyn Ellis) (67)
• 1948 - Ricky Reynolds (Black Oak Arkansas) (64)
• 1948 - Telma Hopkins (Tony Orlando & Dawn) (64)
• 1952 - Tuck Andress (Tuck & Patti) (60)
• 1952 - Tommy Dobeck (Michael Stanley Band) (60)
• 1956 - Dave Wyndorf (Monster Magnet) (56)
• 1957 - Stephen Morris (Joy Division, New Order) (55)
• 1958 - William Reid (Jesus & Mary Chain) (54)
• 1959 - Neville Henry (Blow Monkeys) (53)
• 1969 - Ben Harper (43)
• 1972 - Brad Paisley (40)

Deaths

• 1970 - Baby Huey (Baby Huey & the Babysitters) - Heart attack (26)
• 1991 - Billy Wright - Pulmonary embolism (59)
• 2006 - Marijohn Wilkin (songwriter (Waterloo, The Long Black Vail, One Day at a Time) - Heart disease (86)
• 2007 - Porter Wagoner - Lung cancer (80)

On This Day

• 1939 - Bill Monroe joined the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1957 - Los Angles police told Elvis Presley he was not allowed to wiggle his hips while performing in the city. The next night they filmed his performance to study it.
• 1964 - The T.A.M.I. Show was put on for the first of two nights in Los Angeles. Performing was the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Chuck Berry, the Supremes and Marvin Gaye.
• 1964 - Willie Nelson joined the Grand Ole Opry
• 1972 - Join Together by the Who was made the official theme of the United States Council for World Affairs.
• 1978 - Queen opened their Jazz tour in Dallas, TX.
• 1982 - The Jam announced they would split up after their current tour.
• 1997 - Bill Berry announced he was leaving R.E.M. to become a farmer.
• 2001 - The Beastie Boys played their first show in 2-1/2 years in New York.
• 2003 - The musical Tonight's the Night, based on the music of Rod Stewart, opened in London's West End.
• 2003 - Sting published Broken Music, the first volume of his autobiography.
• 2004 - Courtney Love was charged and ordered to stand trial on assault with a deadly weapon charges.
• 2005 - The Game was arrested on disorderly conduct and resisting arrest charges in North Carolina.

Marriages

• 1986 - Marie Osmond and Brian Blosil

Recorded

• 1965 - My World is Empty Without You - Supremes

Released

• 1985 - Biograph - Bob Dylan (one of the first box sets)
• 1997 - Live at Red Rocks, 8.15.95 - Dave Mathews Band (first live release)

Broadcasts

• 1956 - Ed Sullivan Show - Elvis Presley (second appearance)
• 1958 - American Bandstand - Buddy Holly (his last major TV appearance)
• 1987 - Miami Vice - Sheena Easton

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Music Almanac: October 27

Birthdays

• 1933 - Floyd Cramer (d. 1997)
• 1939 - Dallas Frazier (73)
• 1942 - Lee Greenwood (70)
• 1945 - Mark Ryan (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (67)
• 1949 - Byron Allred (Steve Miller Band) (63)
• 1949 - Jack Daniels (Highway 101) (63)
• 1949 - Garry Tallent (E-Street Band) (63)
• 1951 - K. K. Downing (Judas Priest) (61)
• 1953 - Peter Dodd (Thompson Twins) (59)
• 1956 - Hazel Dean (56)
• 1958 - Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran, Arcadia) (54)
• 1967 - Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots, Arcadia) (45)
• 1984 - Kelly Osbourne (28)

Deaths

• 1980 - Steve Took (T Rex) - Choked on cherry (31)
• 1994 - Robert White (Funk Brothers) (57)
• 2002 - Tom Dowd (producer) - Emphysema (77)

On This Day

• 1962 - Sonny James joined the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1969 - Muddy Waters was seriously injured in a car crash that killed three others.
• 1970 - Black Sabbath played their first live show in the U.S. at Glassboro State College.
• 1975 - Bruce Springsteen, a relative unknown, was on the cover of both Time and Newsweek.
• 1979 - Elton John collapsed from exhaustion while playing the Hollywood Bowl.
• 1988 - The U2 film Rattle and Hum premiered in Dublin, Ireland.
• 1988 - Def Leppard finished their Hysteria Tour in Tacoma, WA after 232 dates.
• 1989 - Adam Clayton of U2 was fined and had his drivers license suspended for one year after being found guilty of DWI.
• 1990 - Musical Youth's Michael Waite was sentenced to four years in prison for robbery.
• 1992 - Bo Diddley sued his manager who he claimed took $75,000 in unauthorized expenses.
• 1995 - Gloria Estefan performed for Pope John Paul II.
• 1995 - Yolanda Saldivar was sentenced to life in prison for the killing of singer Selena.
• 1998 - Peggy Lee was hospitalized with a stroke.
• 1999 - Tina Turner announced that her Millennium 2000 Twenty Four Seven Tour would be her last.
• 2000 - Lonnie Donegan received his MBE from Queen Elizabeth.
• 2005 - Jay-Z and Naz put their feud to rest at a New York radio station concert.
• 2006 - Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth premiered her movie Perfect Partner in Montclair, NJ.
• 2007 - Howard Donald of Take That missed a show on the group's current tour due to a chest injury he sustained the previous show.
• 2009 - Eric Clapton canceled his appearance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25^th Anniversary Concert for gall stone surgery. Jeff Beck took his place.
• 2009 - Michael Jackson's film This is It was released simultaneously in fifteen cities around the world.

Marriages

• 1991 - Jimmy Dean and Donna Meade
• 1991 - Lorrie Morgan and Brad Thompson

Recorded

• 1936 - Ernest Tubb had his first recording session.
• 1956 - Ain't Got No Home - Clarence “Frogman” Henry
• 1960 - Spanish Harlem, Stand By Me - Ben E. King (first solo recordings)
• 1969 - Sentimental Journey - Ringo Starr (first day of recording)

Released

• 1958 - Lovers Never Say Goodbye - Flamingos (single)
• 1964 - Come See About Me - Supremes (single)
• 1982 - 1999 - Prince

Awards

• 2003 - Radio Music Awards
• Legend Award - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
• 2005 - International Bluegrass Music Association Awards
• Entertainer of the Year - Cherryholmes
• Vocal Group - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
• Instrumental Group - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
• Female Vocalist - Rhonda Vincent
• Male Vocalist - Larry Sparks
• Song of the Year - Me and John and Paul - Harley Allen (recorded by the Grascals)
• Album of the Year, Recorded Event - 40 - Larry Sparks
• Instrumental Recorded Performance - Slide Effects - Phil Leadbetter
• Gospel Recorded Performance - Praise His Name - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
• Emerging Artist - Grascals
• Banjo - Jim Mills
• Guitar - Bryan Sutton
• Fiddle - Stuart Duncan
• Bass - Mike Bub
• Dobro - Phil Leadbetter
• Mandolin - Adam Steffey
• Hall of Fame - Red Allen, Benny Martin

Broadcasts

• 1999 - South Park - Korn (they debut their new single Falling Away From Me)

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Music Almanac: October 26

Birthdays

• 1911 - Mahalia Jackson (d. 1972)
• 1929 - Neal Matthews, Jr. (Jordanaires) (d. 2000)
• 1936 - Al Casey (d. 2006)
• 1944 - Mike Piano (Sandpipers) (68)
• 1944 - Alan Henderson (Them) (68)
• 1946 - Keith Hopwood (Herman's Hermits) (66)
• 1951 - Bootsy Collins (61)
• 1951 - Maggie Roche (Roches) (61)
• 1952 - David Was (born David Weiss) (Was (Not Was)) (60)
• 1953 - Keith Strickland (B-52's) (59)
• 1963 - Natalie Merchant (49)
• 1967 - Keith Urban (45)
• 1978 - Mark Barry (BBMak) (34)
• 1981 - Guy Sebastian (31)

Deaths

• 1994 - Wilbert Harrison - Stroke (65)
• 1999 - Hoyt Axton - Heart attack (61)

Bill Haley in Germany (1958)

On This Day

• 1958 - Bill Haley & the Comets played the first Rock and Roll show in Germany. 7,000 turned out and it ended in a riot.
• 1959 - The Everly Brothers said they were thinking of leaving Cadence Records for RCA or Warner Brothers.
• 1961 - Bob Dylan signed with Columbia Records.
• 1963 - Bob Dylan sold out Carnegie Hall. He had played at the venue for 53 people just one year before.
• 1965 - The Beatles are given their MBE's by Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace.
• 1970 - A wake was held for Janis Joplin in San Alselmo, CA. The singer left $2,500 in her will for the celebration should she pass away.
• 1970 - The Rolling Stones were sued by the mother of the man killed by the Hells Angels at Altamont.
• 1978 - The Police played their first U.S. show at the Rat Club in Boston.
• 1980 - Paul Kantner suffered a stroke during a Jefferson Starship recording session. He eventually recovered after two weeks in the hospital.
• 1984 - John D. McCollum, 19, committed suicide after listening to Ozzy Osbourne records all day. His death would kick off a landmark court case over whether music can lead to violence and suicides.
• 1991 - Ozzy Osbourne broke his foot while performing in Chicago.
• 1992 - Pearl Jam set a record for the time by selling 950,000 copies of Vs. in the first week.
• 1993 - The Catholic Church of Puerto Rico protested the upcoming concert by Madonna by asking members to tie black ribbons in trees.
• 1998 - The RIAA loses its battle to have MP3 devices banned.
• 1998 - Marilyn Manson opened their Mechanical Animals tour in Kansas City, MO.
• 1998 - It was announced that Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Roberta Peters and Fats Domino would receive the 1998 National Medal of Honor.
• 2000 - The attorney-general of the province of Ontario asked the federal government to not allow Eminem to enter the country for a tour based on hate speech.
• 2000 - Capitol Records through a huge party for Garth Brooks to honor his being the first artist to sell 100 million albums in a decade and have four 10 million sellers.
• 2001 - Courtney Love played her first solo show in Ventura, CA.
• 2007 - TI was released on $3 million bail to await trial on a charge of unlawful possession of firearms, machine guns and silencers.
• 2007 - Britney Spears was relieved of hit-and-run charges after she compensated the other driver. She still faced charges of driving without a license.

Marriages

• 1969 - Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter
• 2002 - Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey (98 Degrees)

Recorded

• 1936 - The Great Speckled Bird & The Wabash Cannonball - Roy Acuff (his first recording session)
• 1962 - Close Together, You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover, Soon Forgotten - Rollin' Stones (sic) (first recording session)
• 1962 - Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan (first session with a band)
• 1964 - Beatles for Sale - Beatles (last day of recording for the album)
• 1981 - Under Pressure - Queen and David Bowie

Released

• 1973 - Mind Games - John Lennon (single)
• 1993 - World Gone Wrong - Bob Dylan

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Music Almanac: October 25

Birthdays

• 1912 - Minnie Pearl (d. 1996)
• 1932 - Andy Star (born Franklin Gulledge) (d. 2003)
• 1937 - Jeanne Black (75)
• 1941 - Helen Reddy (71)
• 1943 - Roy Lynes (Status Quo) (69)
• 1944 - Jon Anderson (Yes) (68)
• 1944 - Taffy Danoff (born Taffy Nivert) (Starland Vocal Band) (68)
• 1946 - John Hall (Equals) (66)
• 1947 - Glen Tipton (Judas Priest) (65)
• 1950 - Chris Norman (Smokie) (62)
• 1951 - Richard Lloyd (Television) (61)
• 1955 - Matthias Jabs (Scorpions) (57)
• 1957 - Robbie Macintosh (Pretenders) (55)
• 1958 - Mark Miller (Sawyer Brown) (54)
• 1959 - Christina Amphlett (Divinyls) (53)
• 1961 - Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chickenfoot) (51)
• 1963 - John Leven (Europe) (49)
• 1968 - Speech (born Todd Thomas) (Arrested Development) (44)
• 1970 - Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies) (42)
• 1970 - Chely Wright (42)
• 1981 - Romeo (born Jerome Jones) (31)
• 1984 - Katy Perry (28)
• 1984 - Sara Lumholdt (A-Teens) (28)
• 1985 - Ciara (born Ciara Harris) (27)

Deaths

• 1984 - Johnnie Lee Wills - Heart complications (72)
• 1985 - Gary Holton (Heavy Metal Kids) - Heroin overdose (33)
• 1991 - Bill Graham - Helicopter crash (60)
• 1992 - Roger Miller - Lung cancer (56)
• 1993 - Howie Blauvelt (Hassles (Billy Joel's first band) - Heart attack
• 2002 - Richard Harris - Hodgkin's lymphoma (72)
• 2004 - John Peel (influential British DJ) - Heart attack (65)
• 2010 - Gregory Isaacs - Lung cancer (59)

On This Day

• 1958 - Cliff Richard made his radio debut on the BBC's Saturday Club.
• 1960 - Former schoolmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards meet on a train ride.
• 1968 - Led Zeppelin plays for the first time since changing their name from the New Yardbirds at Surrey University in England.
• 1968 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono announced they were to be parents; however, Ono later miscarries.
• 1980 - New Order played live for the first time in Manchester, England.
• 1986 - Mark Knopfler broke his collarbone after crashing in a celebrity car race before the Australian Grand Prix.
• 1988 - Chico and Bobby DeBarge were convicted of trafficking cocaine.
• 1995 - Cliff Richard received his knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II.
• 1997 - Johnny Cash announced that he was suffering from Parkinson's Disease during a show in Michigan.
• 2002 - A home owned by Aretha Franklin in Bloomfield, MI burned to the ground. She had not lived in it in two years.
• 2003 - The 17^th edition of the Bridge School Benefit concert was held in Mountain View, CA with performances including Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Dave Matthews Band, Neil Young, Pearl Jam, Willie Nelson, Pearl Jam, Incubus, Dashboard Confessional and Wilco
• 2006 - Ronnie James Dio announced he was reuniting with his edition of Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward) under the name Heaven and Hell.
• 2006 - Andy Taylor quit Duran Duran.

Marriages

• 1996 - Paula Abdul and Brad Beckerman
• 2003 - Dave Buckner (Papa Roach) and Mia Tyler

Released

• 1968 - Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix Experience
• 1969 - Ummagumma - Pink Floyd
• 1972 - A Good Feeling to Know - Poco
• 1994 - Bedtime Stories - Madonna

Broadcasts

• 1964 - Ed Sullivan Show - Rolling Stones (first appearance)
• 2006 - Oprah Winfrey - Madonna

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Music Almanac: October 24

Birthdays

• 1911 - Sonny Terry (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee) (d. 1986)
• 1930 - Big Bopper (born Jiles “J.P.” Richardson, Jr.) (d. 1959)
• 1934 - Sanger D. Shafer (country songwriter) (78)
• 1936 - Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones) (76)
• 1937 - Johnny Farina (Santo & Johnny) (75)
• 1944 - Ted Templeman (producer) (68)
• 1946 - Jerry Edmonton (Steppenwolf) (d. 1993)
• 1948 - Dale Griffin (Mott the Hoople) (64)
• 1948 - Barry Ryan (64)
• 1948 - Paul Ryan (Paul & Barry Ryan) (d. 1992)
• 1949 - Perry Lee Tavares (Tavares) (63)
• 1950 - Steven Greenberg (Lipps Inc) (62)
• 1952 - Mark Gray (60)
• 1962 - Debbie Googe (My Bloody Valentine) (50)
• 1969 - Rob Green (Toploader) (43)
• 1970 - Eds Chesters (Bluetones) (42)
• 1970 - Alonza Bevan (Kula Shaker) (42)
• 1978 - Sabrina Washington (Mis-Teeq) (34)
• 1979 - Ben Gilles (Silverchair) (33)
• 1980 - Monica (born Monica Brown) (32)
• 1983 - Adrienne Bailon (3LW, Cheetah Girls) (29)

Deaths

• 2001 - Kim Gardner (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke) - Cancer (53)
• 2003 - Rosy Nix Adams (daughter of June Carter Cash and step-daughter of Johnny Cash) and Jimmy Campbell (fiddler) - Carbon monoxide poisoning on tour bus (Adams, 45)

On This Day

• 1954 - Clyde McPhatter recorded with the Drifters for the last time.
• 1962 - James Brown performed at the Apollo Theater in New York. The show was recorded and went on to be considered one of the greatest live albums ever made.
• 1964 - The Rolling Stones opened a 12-date American Tour at the New York Academy of Music.
• 1973 - John Lennon sued the U.S. government, claiming that they were tapping his telephone.
• 1974 - The film Stardust, starring David Bowie, premiered in London.
• 1977 - Keith Richards plead guilty to heroin possession in Toronto, receiving a suspended sentence and an order to perform a charity concert for the blind.
• 1977 - Filming began on The Buddy Holly Story starring Gary Busey.
• 1979 - Paul McCartney received a rhodium medallion from the Guinness Book of World Records for being the most successful composer of all-time.
• 1988 - The trial of Fantasy Records vs. John Fogerty opens. The litigation is over Fantasy's claim that Fogerty's solo song The Old Man Down the Road was too much like the CCR song Run Through the Jungle.
• 1989 - It was announced that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame would be inducting the Who, Simon & Garfunkel, the Platters, the Kinks, Hank Ballard, Bobby Darin, the Four Seasons, the Four Tops Holland, Dozier and Holland and Carole King and Gerry Goffin.
• 1993 - Duran Duran is forced to cancel their upcoming tour when Simon LeBon tears a vocal chord.
• 1995 - It was Tony Bennett Day in New York City.
• 1996 - Barry Gordy received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 1998 - Ian Brown of the Stone Temple Roses received a four-month prison sentence after an outbreak on a flight from Paris to New York.
• 2000 - Roy Clark and Wanda Jackson were inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
• 2003 - Ben Moody, the guitarist for Evanescence, quit the band.
• 2003 - Shakira became a goodwill ambassador for the U.N.
• 2003 - Bruce Springsteen donated money to help save the New York club The Bottom Line.
• 2003 - Shed Seven announced they were breaking up.
• 2005 - C.C. DeVille receives a sentence of 80 days in prison for an August 2005 DUI charge causing injury.
• 2006 - Foxy Brown was sentenced to three years probation for assaulting two New York nail salon workers in 2004.

Marriages

• 1993 - Clay Walker and Lori Jane Lampson

Recorded

• 1939 - Let's Dance - Benny Goodman Orchestra
• 1962 - Live at the Apollo - James Brown
• 1975 - Hurricane - Bob Dylan (last session for Desire album)

Released

• 1995 - It's a Mystery - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
• 2000 - Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park (debut)

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Music Almanac: October 23

Birthdays

• 1892 - Speckled Red (born Rufus Perryman) (d. 1973)
• 1937 - Johnny Carroll (born John Carrell) (d. 1995)
• 1939 - Charlie Foxx (Inez & Charlie Foxx) (73)
• 1940 - Ellie Greenwich (d. 2009)
• 1940 - Freddie Marsden (Gerry & the Pacemakers) (d. 2006)
• 1942 - Greg Ridley (Spooky Tooth, Humble Pie) (d. 2003)
• 1943 - Barbara Ann Hawkins (Dixie Cups) (69)
• 1945 - Ernie Watts (67)
• 1949 - Würzel (born Michael Bursten) (Motörhead) (d. 2011)
• 1951 - David Wills (61)
• 1953 - Pauline Black (born Belinda Magnus) (Selecter) (59)
• 1954 - David Thomas (Take 6) (58)
• 1956 - Dwight Yoakam (56)
• 1957 - Kelly Marie (born Jacqueline McKinnon) (55)
• 1959 - Weird Al Yankovic (53)
• 1964 - Robert Trujillo (Metallica) (48)
• 1967 - Dale Crover (Melvins, Nirvana) (45)
• 1972 - Richard McNamara (Embrace) (40)
• 1972 - Jimmy Wayne (40)
• 1976 - Jessicka (born Jessica Fedora) (Jack Off Jill) (36)

Deaths

• 1950 - Al Jolson - Heart attack (64)
• 1976 - Leonard Lee (Shirley & Lee) - Heart attack (40)
• 1978 - Mother Maybelle Carter (69)
• 1982 - Hoyt Hawkins (Jordanaires)
• 1985 - Merle Watson (Doc & Merle Watson) - Tractor accident
• 1986 - Esquerita (born Eskew Reeder, Jr.) (early influence on Little Richard) - AIDS (50)
• 2001 - Rusty Kershaw (Rusty & Doug) (63)

On This Day

• 1957 - The Grand Ole Opry was televised for the first time.
• 1964 - Harold Box and the rest of the members of Buddy and the Kings were killed in the plane crash of a Cesna Skyhawk piloted by the group's drummer. Box had replaced Buddy Holly in the Crickets.
• 1969 - Columbia Records announced they would take action against the makers of the Bob Dylan bootleg Great White Wonder.
• 1972 - Filming began on the film That'll Be the Day with David Essex, Ringo Starr and Keith Moon.
• 1978 - Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols tried to commit suicide while being held at Rikers Island Prison in New York awaiting trial for the murder of his girlfriend.
• 1987 - The movie Who's That Girl with Madonna opened in London.
• 1989 - Nirvana played in Europe for the first time in Newcastle, England.
• 1995 - Def Leppard played three shows on three continents in 24 hours in Tangier, London and Vancouver.
• 1995 - Tone-Loc was ordered to take anger management classes after an altercation with a pizza delivery person.
• 1995 - Yolanda Saldivar, the president of the Selena fan club, was convicted of murdering the singer on March 31, 1995.
• 1998 - A federal judge blocked a St. Louis High School marching band from playing the Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit, saying that the principle has the right to stop the song, known for drug references, from being used in a 60's medley.
• 1998 - Eddie Nichols of the Royal Crown Revue was arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer in Toledo, OH.
• 2002 - Kanye West broke his jaw when he was in a single-car accident after falling asleep at the wheel.
• 2002 - A U.S. federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by Johnnie Johnson against Chuck Berry. Johnson was looking for royalties on over thirty songs that he said he and Berry had written together but Berry had copyrighted only in his own name.
• 2005 - Cam'ron was shot through both arms trying to stop his car from being carjacked.
• 2005 - Lou Rawls gave his last performance, singing the national anthem at game two of the World Series.
• 2007 - Foxy Brown received eleven weeks in solitary confinement after fighting with another inmate in prison.
• 2009 - Bon Jovi announced their The Circle World Tour that would last two years.

Recorded

• 1962 - Thank You For Loving Me All the Way - Stevie Wonder (first recording for Motown at age 12)
• 1963 - The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan
• 1966 - Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix Experience (first single)

Released

• 1965 - Turn! Turn! Turn! - Byrds (single)
• 2001 - Live in Chicago 12-19-98 at the United Center - Dave Matthews Band

Broadcasts

• 1976 - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert - Led Zeppelin (their U.S. television debut)
• 2004 - Saturday Night Live - Ashlee Simpson (the infamous lip synching incident)

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Music Almanac: October 22

Birthdays

• 1925 or 1929 - Dory Previn (87 or 83)
• 1939 - Ray Jones (Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas) (d. 2000)
• 1942 - Annette Funicello (70)
• 1942 - Bobby Fuller (d. 1966)
• 1945 - Leslie West (Mountain) (67)
• 1945 - Eddie Brigati (Rascals) (67)
• 1949 - Stiv Bators (Dead Boys) (d. 1990)
• 1952 - Greg Hawkes (Cars) (60)
• 1958 - Bobby Blotzer (Ratt) (54)
• 1960 - Darryl Jenifer (Bad Brains) (52)
• 1964 - TobyMac (born Kevin McKeehan) (48)
• 1965 - John Wesley Harding (born Wesley Stace) (47)
• 1968 - Shaggy (born Orville Richard Burrell) (44)
• 1968 - Shelby Lynne (44)
• 1976 - Jon Foreman (Switchfoot) (36)
• 1980 - Garrett Tierney (Brand New) (32)
• 1985 - Zac Hanson (Hanson) (27)

Deaths

• 1969 - Tommy Edwards - Brain aneurysm (47)
• 1983 - Keith Barrow - AIDS (29)
• 1986 - Jane Dornacker (Tubes) - Helicopter crash while working as a traffic reporter (39)
• 1989 - Ewan MacColl (74)
• 1994 - Jimmy Miller (producer) - Liver failure (52)

On This Day

• 1946 - Bill Monroe recorded for the first time with Mac Wiseman.
• 1955 - Carl Perkins wrote Blue Suede Shoes.
• 1964 - The High Number receive a letter from EMI asking them to submit original material after their original audition. They later became the Who.
• 1965 - Ernest Tubb was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• 1966 - Eddie Arnold, Jim Denny, Uncle Dave Macon and George D. Hay were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• 1975 - The marriage of Hank Williams and Billie Jean was ruled valid by a federal judge, awarding her 50% of the singer's future royalties.
• 1978 - Earth, Wind & Fire started a 75-date U.S. tour in Louisville, KY.
• 1982 - It's Van Halen Day in Worcester, MA.
• 1990 - Pearl Jam played their live debut in Seattle.
• 1993 - Oasis signed with Criterion for six albums.
• 2005 - Madonna DJ'ed at the Misshapes Club in New York to debut her new album Confessions on a Dance Floor.

Marriages

• 1963 - Kenny Rogers and Margo Gladys Anderson

Divorces

• 2003 - Liza Minnelli and David Gant (filed)

Recorded

• 1963 - Act Naturally - Buck Owens

Released

• 1965 - Get Off My Cloud - Rolling Stones (U.K. single release)
• 1966 - Good Vibrations - Beach Boys (single)
• 1974 - Hotter Than Hell - KISS
• 1976 - The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin (soundtrack)

Broadcasts

• 1961 - Ed Sullivan Show - Chubby Checker

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Music Almanac: October 21

Birthdays

• 1915 - Owen Bradley (d. 1998)
• 1917 - Dizzy Gillespi (d. 1993)
• 1925 - Celia Cruz (d. 2003)
• 1935 - Mel Street (d. 1978)
• 1937 - Norman Wright (Del-Vikings) (d. 2010)
• 1940 - Manfred Mann (born Manfred Lubowitz) (72)
• 1941 - Steve Cropper (71)
• 1941 - Jimmy Beaumont (Skyliners) (71)
• 1942 - Elvin Bishop (70)
• 1943 - Ron Elliott (Beau Brummels) (69)
• 1945 - Kathy Young (Kathy Young & the Innocents) (67)
• 1946 - Lee Loughnane (Chicago) (66)
• 1946 - Tetsu Yamauchi (Free) (66)
• 1946 - Lux Interior (Cramps) (d. 2009)
• 1952 - Brent Mydland (Grateful Dead) (60)
• 1953 - Charlotte Caffey (Go-Go's) (59)
• 1953 - Eric Faulkner (Bay City Rollers) (59)
• 1957 - Steve Lukather (Toto) (55)
• 1957 - Julian Cope (Teardrop Explodes) (55)
• 1959 - Rose McDowell (Strawberry Switchblade) (53)
• 1964 - Jon Carin (Pink Floyd) (48)
• 1969 - Garfield Bright (Shai) (43)
• 1970 - Tony Mortimer (East 17) (42)
• 1972 - Matthew Friedberger (Fiery Furnaces) (40)
• 1973 - Charlie Lowell (Jars of Clay) (39)
• 1976 - Josh Ritter (36)
• 1980 - Brian Pittman (Reliant K) (32)

Deaths

• 1965 - Bill Black - Brain tumor (39)
• 1978 - Mel Street - Suicide (43)
• 1995 - Maxene Andrews (Andrews Sisters) - Heart attack (79)
• 1995 - Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon) - Cocaine overdose (28)
• 2003 - Elliott Smith - Stabbed (not known if suicide or homicide) (34)
• 2003 - Syl Rice (Flatlanders)
• 2006 - Sandy West (Runaways) - Lung cancer (47)
• 2007 - Paul Fox (Ruts) - Lung cancer (56)

On This Day

• 1957 - Elvis Presley's film Jailhouse Rock premiered.
• 1975 - Elton John received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 1976 - Keith Moon played his last show with the Who at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.
• 1978 - The Clash fired manager Bernie Rhodes and replaced him with Caroline Coon from Melody Maker.
• 1985 - Carl Perkins was the subject of a tribute concert at London's Limehouse Studio with guests Rosanne Cash, Dave Edmunds, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Eric Clapton.
• 1992 - George Michael sued Sony over his contract. He would lose the case two years later.
• 1992 - Elton John sued the program Hard Copy for saying he moved to Atlanta to be near an AIDS treatment center.
• 1992 - Madonna released her book Sex.
• 1995 - Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day was arrested and fined $141 for mooning the audience in Milwaukee, WI.
• 1997 - The Guinness Book of World Records named Candle in the Wind 97 the biggest selling record of all time with 31.8 million in sales.
• 1998 - Paul Stanley and Bruce Kulick of Kiss were sued by Alice Cooper over their song Dreamin' which it is said sounds too much like his Eighteen.
• 2001 - Concerts were held in Madison Square Garden and RFK Stadium in Washington for the victims of the 9/11 attacks. Performers included Michael Jackson, Elton John, The Who, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Aerosmith, *NSYNC, P Diddy, James Brown, Paul McCartney and David Bowie.
• 2003 - Destiny's Child was sued by a Miami producer who claimed they stole their song Survivor from him.
• 2003 - David Gest sued ex-wife Liza Minnelli for $10 million saying that she beat him up while drunk.
• 2003 - Elton John signed with Caesar's Palace to play 75 shows in their Colosseum.
• 2004 - Bo Diddley postponed a concert in California while he recovered from having a toe amputated. The operation was made necessary by his diabetes.
• 2007 - Kid Rock and members of his entourage were arrested in an Atlanta, GA Waffle House after a fight.

Marriages

• 2007 - Joe Dee Messina and Chris Deffenbaugh

Recorded

• 1936 - Wabash Cannonball - Roy Acuff
• 1957 - Buzz, Buzz, Buzz - Bobby Day & the Hollywood Flames
• 1958 - True Love Ways, Raining in My Heart, Moondreams, It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Buddy Holly (final recording session)
• 1965 - Norwegian Wood, Nowhere Man - Beatles
• 1965 - Keep on Running - Spencer Davis Group

Released

• 1960 - Blue Angel - Roy Orbison (single)
• 1970 - New Morning - Bob Dylan

Broadcasts

• 1962 - Ed Sullivan - Cliff Richard
• 1965 - Shindig! - Dave Clark Five, Kingsmen
• 1966 - Ready Steady Go (U.K.) - Who

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Music Almanac: October 20

Birthdays

• 1885 - Jelly Roll Morton (d. 1941)
• 1913 - Grandpa Jones (d. 1998)
• 1934 - Eddie Harris (d. 1996)
• 1937 - Wanda Jackson (75)
• 1938 - Kathy Kirby (d. 2011)
• 1939 - Jay Siegel (Tokens) (73)
• 1939 - Ray Jones (Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas) (d. 2000)
• 1942 - John Carter (born John Shakespeare) (producer, songwriter) (70)
• 1945 - Ric Lee (Ten Years After) (67)
• 1950 - Tom Petty (62)
• 1951 - Al Greenwood (Foreigner) (61)
• 1958 - Mark King (Level 42) (54)
• 1958 - Ricky Byrd (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts) (54)
• 1964 - Jim Sonefeld (Hootie & the Blowfish) (48)
• 1964 - Dave Ryan (Lemonheads) (48)
• 1965 - Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) (47)
• 1966 - Fred Coury (Cinderella) (46)
• 1971 - Snoop Dogg (41)
• 1971 - Dannii Minogue (41)
• 1971 - Jimi Westbrook (Little Big Town) (41)
• 1976 - Tom Wisniewski (MxPx) (36)
• 1977 - Nick Hodgson (Kaiser Chiefs) (35)
• 1978 - Paul Wilson (Snow Patrol) (34)
• 1980 - Gary Jarman (Cribs) (32)

Deaths

• 1977 - Ronnie Van Zandt (Lynyrd Skynyrd) - Plane crash (29)
• 1977 - Cassie Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd) - Plane crash (29)
• 1977 - Steve Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd) - Plane crash (28)
• 1983 - Merle Travis - Heart attack (65)
• 1997 - Henry Vestine (Canned Heat) - Heart and respiratory failure (52)
• 2007 - Paul Raven (Killing Joke) - Heart attack (46)
• 2010 - Ari Up (born Ariane Forster) (Slits) - Cancer (48)

On This Day

• 1951 - Hank Williams signed a movie contract with MGM.
• 1960 - The Elvis Presley film G.I. Blues premiered
• 1962 - LeRoy Van Dyke joined the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1964 - The Rolling Stones played their first live show in France at the Paris Olympia. The show ended in a riot.
• 1966 - Del Reeves became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1967 - Davy Jones opened a boutique in Greenwich Village, New York.
• 1976 - The Song Remains the Same, the Led Zeppelin concert film, premiered in New York.
• 1978 - The Police played live for the first time in the U.S. at CBGBs in New York.
• 1994 - Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young joined Bob Dylan on stage at the Roseland Ballroom in New York.
• 1996 - Mark Morrison was arrested for conspiracy to rob a London store.
• 1999 - Ricky Martin started a North American tour in Miami, FL.
• 2000 - The Vocal Group Hall of Fame held their second induction ceremony for the 1999 and 2000 classes. New members for 1999 were The Ink Spots, The Imperials, Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, The Moonglows and The Four Seasons among others. 2000 inductees were The Flamingos, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, Dion & The Belmonts, The Drifters and The Mama’s & The Papa’s.
• 2003 - Cheryl Tweedy of Girls Alive was found guilty of assaulting a worker at a nightclub.
• 2003 - The Kills postponed a U.K. tour due to exhaustion.
• 2003 - Jimmy Cliff was awarded Jamaica's Order of Merit.
• 2005 - Rapper Sticky Fingaz was arrested after leaving an unlicensed gun in his New York hotel room.

Marriages

• 1991 - Clint Black and Lisa Hartman
• 1996 - Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison

Recorded

• 1955 - The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) - Harry Belafonte
• 1965 - We Can Work it Out - Beatles

Released

• 1962 - Big Girls Don't Cry - Four Seasons (single)
• 1969 - The Wedding Album - John Lennon & Yoko Ono
• 1973 - The Joker - Steve Miller Band (single)
• 1980 - Boy - U2
• 1992 - Erotica - Madonna

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Music Almanac: October 19

Birthdays

• 1889 - Art Satherly (early country music promoter) (d. 1986)
• 1934 - Dave Guard (Kingston Trio) (d. 1991)
• 1937 - Jerry Jaye (Rockabilly Hall of Fame member) (75)
• 1944 - George McCrae (68)
• 1944 - Peter Tosh (d. 1987)
• 1945 - Jeannie C. Riley (67)
• 1946 - Keith Reid (Procol Harum) (66)
• 1947 - Wilbert Hart (Delfonics) (65)
• 1948 - Patrick Simmons (Doobie Brothers) (64)
• 1955 - Nino DeFranco (DeFranco Family) (57)
• 1957 - Karl Wallinger (World Party, Waterboys) (55)
• 1960 - Jennifer Holliday (52)
• 1960 - Daniel Woodgate (Madness) (52)
• 1965 - Todd Park Mohr (Big Head Todd & the Monsters) (47)
• 1968 - Sinitta (born Sinitta Malone) (44)
• 1970 - Toby Smith (Jamiroquai) (42)
• 1972 - Pras (born Prakazrel Michel) (Fugees) (40)
• 1976 - Cyndi Thompson (36)
• 1976 - Pete Loeffler (Chevelle) (36)

Deaths

• 1986 - Moses Asch (founder of Folkway Records) (80)
• 1988 - Son House (born Eddie House, Jr.) - Cancer of the larnyx (86)
• 1989 - Alan Murphy (Level 42) - Pneumonia/AIDS (35)
• 1997 - Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper) - Pneumonia (49)
• 2007 - Lala Brown - Murdered (21)

On This Day

• 1896 - Frank Seaman opened the National Gramophone Company.
• 1961 - The then unknown Beatles and Gerry & the Pacemakers joined together for a one-time show in Litherland, England, billing themselves as the Beatmakers.
• 1966 - The Yardbirds arrived in New York for their first U.S. tour. Jeff Beck would only last two shows.
• 1967 - Jim Reeves, Red Foley, Steve Sholes and Joe Frank were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• 1968 - Peter Frampton, 18, guested with the Small Faces in London.
• 1979 - ABBA opened a European tour in Gothenburg, Sweden
• 1991 - Oasis played their first show with Noel Gallagher in the group in Manchester, England.
• 1997 - Vince Gill paid tribute to the late John Denver at the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1998 - George Martin retired from the music business (at least for awhile).
• 2000 - Robbie Williams was found guilty of plagiarizing his song Jesus Was a Camper Van from both Woody Guthrie's I Am the Way and a parody by Loudon Wainwright III.
• 2004 - Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana appear in public together for the first time at a rally for presidential candidate John Kerry.
• 2005 - Bono dined with President George W. Bush at the White House.
• 2007 - Johnny Marr became a professor at the University of Salford in Manchester, England.

Recorded

• 1965 - Third Christmas Record - Beatles
• 1967 - Hello, Goodbye - Beatles

Released

• 1967 - I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (single)
• 1979 - Prince - Prince
• 1993 - Vs. - Pearl Jam

Awards

• 2000 - International Bluegrass Music Awards
• Entertainer of the Year - Del McCoury Band
• Vocal Group - IIIrd Tyme Out
• Instrumental Group - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
• Female Vocalist - Rhonda Vincent
• Male Vocalist - Dudley Connell
• Song of the Year - Murder on Music Row by Larry Cordele & Larry Shell
• Album of the Year - The Grass is Blue - Dolly Parton
• Instrumental Recorded Performance, Recorded Event- Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza - David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Sam Bush, Frank Wakefield, Bobby Osborne, Jesse McReynolds, Ricky Skaggs & Buck White
• Gospel Performance - Winding Through Life - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
• Emerging Artist - Nickel Creek
• Banjo - Jim Mills
• Guitar - Bryan Sutton
• Fiddle - Ronnie Stewart
• Bass - Missy Raines
• Dobro - Rob Ickes
• Mandolin - Ronnie McCoury
• Hall of Fame - Doc Watson, Lance LeRoy
• 2005 - ASCAP Awards London
• Songwriter of the Year - Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)
• Song of the Year - The First Cut is the Deepest (Yusuf Islam)

Broadcasts

• 1954 - Ozark Jubilee (ABC) - Final broadcast

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Music Almanac: October 18

Birthdays

• 1919 - Anita O'Day (d. 2006)
• 1926 - Chuck Berry (86)
• 1938 - Ronnie Bright (Valentines, Cadillacs, Coasters) (73)
• 1940 - Cyntha Weil (72)
• 1943 - Russ Giguere (Association) (69)
• 1946 - Joe Egan (Stealers Wheel) (66)
• 1947 - Laura Nyro (d. 1997)
• 1949 - Gary Richrath (REO Speedwagon) (63)
• 1953 - Vickie Wynans (59)
• 1956 - Dick Crippen (Tenpole Tudor) (56)
• 1961 - Wynton Marsalis (51)
• 1965 - Curtis Stigers (47)
• 1967 - Tim Cross (Sponge) (45)
• 1971 - Mark Morrison (Bluetones) (41)
• 1974 - Peter Svensson (Cardigans) (38)
• 1974 - Nonchalant (born Tanya Pointer) (38)
• 1977 - Simon Rix (Kaiser Chiefs) (35)
• 1982 - Ne-Yo (born Shaffer Smith, Jr.) (30)

Deaths

• 1994 - Lee Allen (early rock saxophonist) (67)
• 2000 - Julie London - Stroke (74)
• 2007 - Lucky Dube - Murdered (43)
• 2008 - Dee Dee Warwick - Effects of narcotics addiction (63)

On This Day

• 1956 - Elvis Presley was assaulted by a gas station owner who was upset that the singer had drawn a small crowd of autograph seekers.
• 1957 - Paul McCartney made his first appearance with the Quarry Men.
• 1964 - The Animals opened their first headlining tour in Manchester, England.
• 1966 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience played their first show as a band in Paris, France.
• 1967 - The movie How I Won the War with John Lennon opened in London.
• 1968 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono were charged with obstruction after marijuana was found in their apartment.
• 1968 - Bob Wills was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• 1969 - Paul Kantner of the Jefferson Airplane is arrested for marijuana possession.
• 1969 - Richard Nadar held his first Rock and Roll Revival concert in New York.
• 1974 - Mary Woodson, the ex-girlfriend of Al Green, poured a boiling pot of grits on the singer and then commits suicide.
• 1986 - For the first time in U.S. chart history, female vocalists held the top three positions on the singles chart (Janet Jackson (When I Think of You), Tina Turner (Typically Male), Cyndi Lauper (True Colors))
• 1989 - Axl Rose announced he was quitting Guns N' Roses to the crowd at the Los Angeles Colisseum.
• 1990 - It was Rocky Horror Picture Show Day in Los Angeles.
• 1992 - Loretta Lynn was released after two days in a Nashville jail after swearing at her former husband in front of their children.
• 2000 - Zach De La Rocha quit Rage Against the Machine.
• 2002 - The Ronettes lost their court case against Phil Spector that he owed them money for the use of their songs in movies, advertising and television.
• 2005 - Midge Ure of Ultravox received his Officer of the British Empire (OBE) from the Queen for his music and charity work.
• 2007 - Amy Winehouse and her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil were arrested in Norway for marijuana possession.
• 2007 - It was announced that the Spice Girls' Greatest Hits album would be available two months early exclusively through Victoria's Secret stores.

Marriages

• 1952 - Hank Williams and Billie Jean Eshliman
• 1983 - John Anderson and Jamie Atkinson
• 1986 - Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac) and Eduardo Quintela
• 1998 - Frank Sinatra, Jr. and Cynthia McMurrey

Recorded

• 1964 - Eight Days a Week - Beatles
• 1976 - The Buzzcocks had their first recording session in Manchester, England.

Broadcasts

• 1968 - Hollywood Palace (ABC) - Jackson 5 (broadcast debut)
• 1975 - Saturday Night Live (NBC) (second program) - Simon & Garfunkel

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Music Almanac: October 17

Birthdays

• 1909 - Cozy Cole (d. 1981)
• 1933 - Jeanine Deckers (Singing Nun) (d. 1985)
• 1934 - Rico Rodriguez (Specials) (78)
• 1941 - Alan Howard (Tremeloes) (71)
• 1941 - Earl Thomas Conley (71)
• 1941 - Jim Seals (Seals & Crofts) (71)
• 1942 - Gary Puckett (Union Gap) (70)
• 1946 - Jim Tucker (Turtles) (66)
• 1946 - Michael Hossack (Doobie Brothers) (d. 2012)
• 1947 - Michael McKean (Spinal Tap) (65)
• 1949 - Bill Hudson (Hudson Brothers) (63)
• 1958 - Alan Jackson (54)
• 1967 - Rene Dif (Aqua) (45)
• 1967 - Allen West (Obituary, Six Feet Under) (45)
• 1968 - Ziggy Marley (44)
• 1969 - Wyclef Jean (Fugees) (43)
• 1971 - Chris Kirkpatrick ('N Sync) (41)
• 1972 - Eminem (born Marshall Mathers III) (40)
• 1978 - Sergio Andrade (Lifehouse) (34)

Deaths

• 1972 - Billy Williams (61)
• 1984 - Alberta Hunter (89)
• 1991 - Tennessee Ernie Ford - Liver failure (72)
• 1996 - Chris Acland (Lush) - Suicide (30)
• 1999 - Thomas Durden (co-writer Heartbreak Hotel) (79)
• 2001 - Jay Livingston (songwriter, Mona Lisa, Que Sera Sera, Silver Bells) (86)
• 2002 - Derek Bell (Chieftains) - Cardiac arrest (66)
• 2002 - Bashful Brother Oswald (Roy Acuff's Smokey Mountain Boys) (90)
• 2007 - Teresa Brewer - Progressive supranuclear palsey (76)
• 2008 - Levi Stubbs (72)

On This Day

• 1960 - Dion & the Belmonts announced they were splitting up.
• 1967 - The musical Hair opened at New York's Public Theater where it would run for 1,758 performances.
• 1967 - A memorial service for Brian Epstein in London was attended by the Beatles.
• 1969 - Paul Kantner of the Jefferson Airplane was arrested for marijuana possession and fined $350.
• 1969 - Led Zeppelin started their fourth North American tour at Carnegie Hall.
• 1969 - The Kinks played their first U.S. show in four years after being banned by the American Federation of Musicians after a 1965 tour where they fought almost nightly on stage.
• 1986 - The movie Sid and Nancy about Sex Pistol Sid Vicious opened.
• 1991 - Sandie Shaw was arrested for refusing a breathalizer test outside her apartment in London.
• 1991 - John Mellencamp was hospitalized after suffering dizzy spells.
• 1995 - Keith Moore, the accountant for Sting, was sentenced to six years in prison after embezzling £6 million from the singer.
• 1995 - The entire Monkees TV series was released on video cassette by Rhino in a 21-tape set, the largest ever.
• 1998 - The Wilkonsons made their Grand Ole Opry debut.
• 1999 - Johnny Cash was admitted to a Nashville hospital for treatment of severe pneumonia.
• 1999 - The new Staples Center in Los Angeles hosts its first music concert with Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band.
• 2000 - The piano on which John Lennon wrote Imagine was auctioned off with George Michael paying the highest bid.
• 2001 - Jay-Z plead guilty to stabbing producer Lance “Un” Rivera in 1999.
• 2004 - Marc Almond of Soft Cell was injured in a motorcycle accident, requiring emergency surgery.

Marriages

• 1975 - Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees) and Yvonne Spencely

Divorces

• 2008 - Madonna and Guy Ritchie (announced)

Recorded

• 1967 - John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan (first day of recording)

Released

• 1964 - She's Not There - Zombies (single)
• 1968 - The Star Spangled Banner - Jose Feliciano (single of his World Series performance that was booed by fans)
• 1970 - After Midnight - Eric Clapton (single)
• 1977 - Street Survivors - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• 1979 - Tusk - Fleetwood Mac

Broadcasts

• 1962 - People and Places (Grenada TV) - Beatles (TV debut)

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Music Almanac: October 16

Birthdays

• 1903 - Big Joe Williams (d. 1982)
• 1918 - Stoney Cooper (Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper) (d. 1977)
• 1923 - Bert Keampfert (d. 1980)
• 1925 - Bob McNett (Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys) (d. 1995)
• 1935 - Sugar Pie DeSanto (77)
• 1937 - Emile Ford (Emile Ford & the Checkmates) (75)
• 1938 - Nico (born Christa Paffgen) (d. 1988)
• 1942 - Dave Lovelady (Fourmost) (70)
• 1943 - Fred Turner (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) (69)
• 1945 - Dave Hynes (Spencer Davis Group) (67)
• 1947 - Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) (65)
• 1952 - Cordell Mosson (Parliament-Funkadelic) (60)
• 1953 - Tony Carey (Rainbow) (59)
• 1959 - Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet) (53)
• 1960 - Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü) (52)
• 1961 - Wanda Vick (Wild Rose) (51)
• 1962 - Flea (born Michael Balzary) (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (50)
• 1965 - Simon Bartholomew (Brand New Heavies) (47)
• 1969 - Wendy Wilson (Wilson Phillips) (43)
• 1971 - Chad Gray (Mudvayne) (41)
• 1977 - John Meyer (35)
• 1978 - Ethan Luck (Reliant K) (34)
• 1984 - Shayne Ward (28)

Deaths

• 1969 - Leonard Chess - Heart attack (52)
• 1973 - Gene Krupa - Leukemia (64)
• 1982 - Doyle Wilburn (Wilburn Brothers) - Cancer (52)
• 1984 - Don Reno (Reno & Smiley) (57)
• 1990 - Art Blakey (71)
• 1999 - Ella Mae Morse (Cow Cow Boogie, Capitol's first million seller) - Respiratory failure (75)

On This Day

• 1948 - George Morgan became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1953 - Carl Butler made his first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1954 - Elvis Presley performed for the first time on the Louisiana Hayride.
• 1956 - Love Me Tender, Elvis Presley's first film, premiered
• 1962 - A Motown package tour opened in Washington, DC with Marvin Gaye, the Supremes, the Miracles, Mary Wells and 12-year-old Stevie Wonder.
• 1963 - It was announced the Beatles would play at this year's Royal Command Performance.
• 1966 - Grace Slick performed with the Jefferson Airplane for the first time at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. It's one year to the day since Slick and her group, The Great Society, played with the Airplane at Longshoreman's Hall in the same city.
• 1967 - Joan Baez and 123 others were arrested blocking the entrance to an induction station in Oakland, CA.
• 1968 - The New Yardbirds, who will become Led Zeppelin, play their first live show.
• 1972 - Creedence Clearwater Revival split up.
• 1972 - Jimmie Davis was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• 1981 - Bob Dylan opened his Shot of Love tour in Milwaukee, WI.
• 1986 - A 60^th birthday concert was held for Chuck Berry in St. Louis. The show would become the film Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll.
• 1990 - Naiom Judd announced that she was retiring from the Judds due to her fight with Hepatitis C.
• 1992 - A 30^th anniversary concert was held for Bob Dylan in Madison Square Garden with a long lineup of guest performers including George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Neil Young and Roger McGuinn. One of the low-lights of the show was Sinead O'Connor being booed reciting Bob Marley's War. Two weeks before she had ripped up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live.
• 2001 - Two security guards were fired when they refused to let Bob Dylan into his own concert.
• 2002 - Billy Joel completed his treatment for substance abuse.
• 2003 - Simon & Garfunkel opened their Old Friends tour in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
• 2003 - Courtney Love attempted to obtain custody of her daughter who had been in the care of Kurt Cobain's mother since Courtney was arrested on drug charges.
• 2006 - CBGB closed after one final show by Patti Smith.
• 2007 - Madonna signed with Live Nation for recording and touring, the first time a major star had agreed to such an all-inclusive deal. The amount was reported as $120 million over ten years.

Recorded

• 1951 - Little Richard made his first recordings at an Atlanta radio station
• 1965 - Day Tripper - Beatles

Released

• 1957 - You Send Me - Sam Cooke
• 1971 - Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes (single)
• 1982 - H2O - Hall & Oates

Broadcasts

• 1964 - Ready Steady Go (U.K.) - Beatles
• 1967 - Porter Wagoner Show - Dolly Parton (replacement for Norma Jean)
• 1982 - Top of the Pops (BBC) - Culture Club (got break after Shakin' Stevens was ill)
• 1996 - MTV Unplugged (MTV) (Premier) - Oasis

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