This day in 'Musical' history

Oct 1st
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1975 - Al Jackson
39 year old Al Jackson, drummer for Booker T. And The MGs, was shot and killed by a burglar at his home.

His wife was questioned about the killing because she was arrested in July for shooting her husband in the chest during a domestic dispute.
He wasn't badly hurt and the charges were dismissed when his wife claimed self-defense.

Jackson had returned home to what police described as a botched robbery attempt.
According to Jackson's wife, an intruder made her answer the door and then threw her husband to the floor demanding money.
Jackson was forced to lie face down and then was shot in the back five times.

The identity of the culprit remains a mystery.
Booker T had backed such artists as Otis Redding, Al Green and Sam and Dave.
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1979
Marvel publishes the first Alice Cooper comic book.
The story takes place in a sanitarium and is based on his stay in rehab.
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Oct 2nd:
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1945
Elvis Presley, just 10 years old, makes his first public appearance when he takes part in a talent contest at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show singing "Old Shep."
  • He comes in second.
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1954
Elvis Presley makes his one and only appearance at the Grand Ole Opry, where he sings "Blue Moon Of Kentucky."
It doesn't go over well with the crowd, which does not approve of his take on traditional country music.
The Opry's talent director, Jim Denny, reportedly tells Presley he should go back to driving a truck.
Elvis swears never to return.
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1977
After a plot is uncovered to steal them the bodies of Elvis Presley and his mother Gladys were moved from the cemetery where they were buried to Graceland's and its Memphis mausoleum to its final resting place in the Meditation Garden at Graceland.

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2002
Return of the King: 25 years after his death, Elvis Presley has a #1 album in 17 countries - including the United States - when
Elv1s 30 No. 1 Hits

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.... makes its debut.
 
Oct 2nd:
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1960 - Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
'Stay' by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs entered the US chart on its way to No.1.
At just 1:37, it becomes the shortest US chart topper in Rock and Roll history.

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1970 - Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd released their fifth, and first UK No.1 album Atom Heart Mother in the UK.
The original album cover shows a cow standing in a pasture with no text, nor any other clue as to what might be on the record.

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Storm Thorgerson, inspired by Andy Warhol's famous ‘cow wallpaper,’ has said that he simply drove out into a rural area near Potters Bar, England and photographed the first cow he saw. The cow's owner identified her name as ‘Lulubelle III’.
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Oct 2nd:
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1971
Soul Train makes its debut, with guests
It stays on the air an astonishing 35 years.

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1982 - Genesis
Peter Gabriel and Steve Hacket joined their former band mates in Genesis for a one-time benefit performance at The Milton Keynes Bowl in Buckinghamshire, England to help raise money for Gabriel's WOMAD project (World of Music, Arts and Dance).

A financial disaster brought the two parties back together, for one night only, at a concert dubbed Six of the Best.
Staged on Oct. 2, 1982 at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England, the show attempted to recoup Gabriel's debts after the inaugural WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) festival earlier that year.
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Oct 3rd:
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1965
Johnny Cash is stopped by US Customs officials at the Mexican border on suspicion of heroin smuggling and found to be holding over 1,000 prescription narcotics and amphetamines.
  • He receives a suspended sentence.
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1973
The Who, forced to comply with union rules by recording a new track to "5:15" for their appearance on Top Of The Pops, take out their frustrations at the end of the performance.
Pete Townshend smashes their gear and gives a producer the two-finger salute; Keith Moon throws wigs from the props department into the audience.
  • The offensive bits are edited out when the show airs the following night.
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Oct 3rd:
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2003
School of Rock
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... Opens in theaters, starring Jack Black as a musician who poses as a substitute teacher and forms a band with the students. Classic rock abounds in the film, with teachable moments soundtracked to "Highway to Hell," "Smoke on the Water" and even "Immigrant Song" - a track secured after Black made a video literally begging Led Zeppelin to let them use it.
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2004
Teenage English soul star Joss Stone becomes the youngest female solo artist to top the British albums survey as Mind Body & Soul debuts at #1.

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The 17-year-old's second release, and first full-length album, bows ahead of Top 10 entries by Marilyn Manson, Tom Jones and Brian Wilson.
 
Oct 4th
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1970
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Janis Joplin is found dead at the Landmark Hotel in Los Angeles after a heroin overdose.
- She was just 27.

Joplin's road manager, John Cooke, went looking for her when she didn't turn up for a recording session.
When there was no answer at her door, he got the key from the front desk and found Joplin dead.

The singer had battled heroin addiction and seemed to have it beat, but while recording her Pearl album, she started taking it again in small doses to get her through the sessions.
- The recordings went well and were nearly finished when Joplin's musicians, the Full Tilt Boogie Band, put down tracks for the last song, "Buried Alive In The Blues."

Joplin liked what she heard and planned to do her vocal the next day. Around 11 p.m. on October 3, she and the band grabbed some food and a few drinks at Barney's Beanery, and an hour or so later headed to the Landmark, where they were staying.

Joplin was usually on time, so when she didn't show for the session on October 4, her producer, Paul Rothchild, called Cooke, who entered her room around 8 p.m.

The time of death is estimated at 1:40 a.m. Joplin died because the heroin she got that night from a local dealer was nearly pure, about 10 times stronger than what she was used to.
It's an all-too-common tragedy;
  • Jimi Hendrix died of an overdose just 16 days earlier; in July 1971,
  • Jim Morrison meets a similar fate.
*** All three are 27 when they die.
The Pearl album is released on January 12, 1971. "Buried Alive In The Blues" is left on as an instrumental, and "Mercedes Benz," a song Joplin recorded on a lark her last night alive, is included a capella.
The album goes to #1 in America, as does the single "Me And Bobby McGee."
 
Oct 4th:
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2007 - The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones set a new record for the top grossing tour of all time with their A Bigger Bang tour.

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The tour which ran from late 2005 to August 2007, earned the band £247m, ($437m) with The Stones playing to over 3.5 million people at 113 shows.
(The previous high was set by U2's Vertigo tour, which took place in 2005 and 2006, earning £220m, ($389m).)

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A Bigger Bang Tour - Wikipedia
 
Oct 4th:
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2019 - Abbey Road

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The Beatles' Abbey Road returned to No.1 in the UK, 50 years after it first topped the album charts after the release of an expanded anniversary edition.


The feat also sees the album set a record
  • - The gap of 49 years and 252 days since its initial chart-topping run ended in early 1970 is the longest gap before returning to No.1.
 
Oct 4th.
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1978
Tammy Wynette claims that on this day she was kidnapped from a Nashville shopping mall and then beaten and dumped by the side of the road.

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Wynette struggled with an addiction to prescription pain killers, which contributed to her death in 1998.
Her daughter claimed that she made up the story about the kidnapping, possibly to explain bruises inflicted by her husband.


There was no confirmed kidnapping; instead, the incident was characterized by a poorly reported event where she was found injured and disoriented

While the nature of her injuries (a black eye and a broken cheekbone) were noted, there was little explanation for how they were sustained, and the fact that no money or credit cards were taken by a supposed kidnapper, and her easily identifiable car was used, led to suspicions that the story was not what it seemed
 
Oct 4th
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1980
Fleetwood Mac members Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks join the USC Trojan Marching Band, which performed on their hit "Tusk," during halftime of the football game between USC and Arizona State.

Nicks twirls a baton, Fleetwood plays a bass drum, and Buckingham mock conducts as the band plays the song.
The USC band is then presented with a platinum record for their contribution.

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