ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC
Here are some birthdays and other events of interest in the music world.
Some are more related to music than others...
OCTOBER 1
Donny Hathaway (1945)
Pink Floyd arrives in the US for their first tour (1967)
Elton John opens first of eight sold-out nights at Madison Square Gardens (1979)
OCTOBER 2
Groucho Marx (1898)
Don McLean (1945)
Mike Rutherford (Genesis, Mike & The Mechanics) (1950)
Sting (1951)
Phil Oakley (Human League) (1955)
The Grateful Dead are busted in their communal home, 710 Ashbury St, San Francisco. The bust is meaningless because there is no warrant.
OCTOBER 3
Eddie Cochran (1938)
Chubby Checker (1941)
Lindsay Buckingham (1947)
OCTOBER 4
Janis Joplin dies from a drug overdose (1970)
OCTOBER 5
Steve Miller (1943)
The Beatles release "Love Me Do" (1962)
OCTOBER 6
OCTOBER 7
Dino Valenti (1940)
Dick Clark's first network broadcast of American Bandstand on ABC (1957)
Janis Joplin is cremated (1970)
Thom Yorke (Radiohead) (1968)
OCTOBER 8
Johnny Ramone (1948)
The Sex Pistols are signed by EMI (1976)
OCTOBER 9
John Lennon (1940)
John Entwistle (The Who) (1946)
Jackson Browne (1949)
Sean Ono Lennon (John & Yoko's son) (1975)
Judge Irving Kaufman rules that John Lennon's UK conviction for pot is not grounds for deportation (1976)
OCTOBER 10
Thelonious Monk (1918)
John Prine (1946)
David Lee Roth (1955)
Frank Zappa's first solo LP "Hot Rats" is released (1969)
OCTOBER 11
Daryl Hall (1946)
Muddy Waters is nearly killed in a car wreck (1969)
OCTOBER 12
Sam Moore (Sam & Dave) (1932)
Gene Vincent dies from bleeding ulcers (1971)
OCTOBER 13
Lenny Bruce (1925)
Paul Simon (1942)
Sammy Hagar (1947)
OCTOBER 14
Cliff Richard (1940)
Justin Hayward (Moody Blues) (1946)
Each member of Kiss releases a solo effort (1978)
OCTOBER 15
Richard Carpenter (1945)
Tito Jackson (1953)
Derek And The Dominoes begin their US tour (1970)
Fleetwood Mac releases "Tusk" at a cost of $1 million (1979)
OCTOBER 16
Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) (1947)
OCTOBER 17
Jimmy Seals (Seals And Crofts) (1942)
Ziggy Marley (1968)
OCTOBER 18
Chuck Berry (1926)
Laura Nyro (1947)
The Grand Ole Opry opens (1925)
John Lennon's first non-Beatle film "How I Won The War" opens (1967)
OCTOBER 19
David Guard (Kingston Trio) (1934)
Peter Tosh (1944)
The Specials release their debut LP with Elvis Costello as producer (1979)
OCTOBER 20
Tom Petty (1953)
Ronnie Van Zandt and Steve Gaines from Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a plane crash (1977)
Jesus Christ Superstar open on broadway (1971)
OCTOBER 21
Steve Cropper (1941)
Dizzy Gillespie (1917)
Manfred Mann (1941)
Elvin Bishop (1942)
Charlotte Caffee (Go-Gos) (1953)
Jade Jagger (Mick and Bianca's daughter) (1971)
Jack Kerouac dies (1969)
Buddy Holly does his final recording session (1958)
OCTOBER 22
Franz Liszt (1811)
Timothy Leary (1920)
Annette Funicello (1952)
Leslie West (1945)
EMI records passes on signing The High Numbers, later known as The Who (1964)
We Are The Champions/We Will Rock You is released by Queen (1977)
OCTOBER 23
Al Jolson dies (1950)
OCTOBER 24
Sonny Terry (1911)
J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) (1930)
Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones) (1939)
The Beatles begin their first Scandinavian tour, in Sweden (1963)
OCTOBER 25
Johann Strauss (1925)
Helen Reddy (1942)
Pablo Picasso (1881)
Jon Anderson (Yes) (1944)
Nick Drake dies of a drug overdose (1974)
The Rolling Stones appear on the Ed Sullivan Show (1964)
OCTOBER 26
Mahalia Jackson (1911)
Maggie Roche (The Roches) (1951)
Keith Strickland (B-52s) (1953)
Bob Dylan plays Carnegie Hall (1963)
The Beatles go to Buckingham Palace to get their MBE medals but rumor has it they smoke a joint in the bathroom first (1965)
OCTOBER 27
Simon LeBon (Duran Duran) (1958)
Bruce Springsteen is on the covers of Time and Newsweek (1975)
Charlie Manson's defense annouces they will call The Beatles to testify on the meanings of certain of their songs (1970)
OCTOBER 28
Randy Newman (1943)
OCTOBER 29
Zoot Sims (1925)
Denny Laine (Wings) (1944)
Peter Green (ex-Fleetwood Mac) (1946)
Duane Allman dies in a motorcycle accident (1971)
The musical "Hair" opens at the Public Theater in Greenwich Village (1967)
Meat Loaf releases "Bat Out Of Hell" (1977)
OCTOBER 30
Grace Slick (1939)
Timothy B. Schmidt (The Eagles) (1947)
Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue opens their tour in Plynouth, Mass (1975)
OCTOBER 31
Kinky Friedman (1944)
Bernard Edwards (1952)
Larry Mullen (U2) (1961)
Tom Paxton (1937)
Annabella Lwin (Bow Wow Wow) (1952)
Queen releases their biggest hit "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975)
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