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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Oct 5th:
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1973 - Elton John
Elton John released his seventh studio album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Under the working titles of Vodka and Tonics and Silent Movies, Talking Pictures.

Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics to the album in two and a half weeks, with John composing most of the music in three days while staying at the Pink Flamingo Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has now sold over 30 million copies worldwide and is his best-selling studio album.

The double album, contains 17 tracks with the opening number is the 11-minute epic "Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding," begigining with a slow and quit almost a minute, it is an intricate song filled with musical pivots and a Bernie Taupin lyric filled with vitriol - a reflection of his time on the road, which isn't exactly family friendly.

"All The Girls Love Alice" is another rock radio favorite, along with the rather melanchol and reflective "Sweet Paited Lady" and the reality of paid Sex.


- But the song that keeps coming back throughout Elton's career is "Candle In The Wind," a look at celebrity with Marilyn Monroe on the far side of the lens. In America, it isn't released as a single until 1987, when a live version is issued.
In 1990, Elton dedicates it to Ryan White, one of the first high-profile AIDS victims.

Then in 1997, Elton performs a new version at Princess Diana's funeral with lyrics re-written by Taupin in tribute. Released as "Candle In The Wind '97," it becomes the best-selling single of the rock era and raises millions for Diana's foundation.

The album was written in a burst of creative energy; Taupin had the lyrics done in less than three weeks, and Elton, a melody machine, had most of the music composed in just days.

The plan was to record it in Jamaica, where the Rolling Stones did Goats Head Soup, but the facility proved inadequate so they returned to the "Honky Château" in France where they recorded their last two albums.Goodbye Yellow Brick Road goes to #1 in several countries, including America, where it stays on top for eight weeks.
 
Oct 5th:
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1978
Dolly Parton becomes the first country singer to pose for Playboy.



Readers are disappointed when they open the magazine to see the wholesome singer in a Playboy bunny outfit, but with no nudity.

Perhaps as a desperate distraction, in some of the shots she's accompanied by a guy in a rabbit suit looking like some kind of deranged Easter bunny.Parton does the shoot for a different kind of exposure, as she looks to break through to a wider audience.

The gambit works: Two years later, she stars in the movie 9 To 5 and scores a #1 Hot 100 hit with the title song.
In 1983, she returns to the top with "Islands in the Stream," a duet with another crossover country star, Kenny Rogers
  • - As for why she didn't get naked, Parton says, "I'm not that brave, nor do I look that good."
 
Oct 5th:
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1999
  • Paul McCartney releases Run Devil Run in the US.
  • After breaking up in 1983, The Who reform when Roger Daltrey announces that they will play a concert in Las Vegas. - making their first performance in Las Vegas on Oct 29th. The show was also to be broadcast live on the Internet.
  • The Corrs perform live on MTV's Unplugged at Ardmore Studios in Wicklow, Ireland. - The resulting CD and DVD have sold well over 2 million copies.
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2006 - Bob Marley
Reggae legend Bob Marley was honoured with a heritage plaque at his former north London home at 34 Ridgmount Gardens in Camden.
The event was part of Black History Month, a season of events promoting the contribution of African-Caribbean communities in London.

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2012
Adele posts her new theme to Skyfall, the 23rd film in the James Bond series.
The theme song, written by Adele and her songwriting partner Paul Epworth, features a 77-piece backing orchestra. In an informal Billboard poll, 69% of responses vote it the best theme to a Bond film ever.

 
Oct 6th:
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1959
At 23 years old, Bobby Darin becomes the youngest ever headliner at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas.
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1967 - Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd appeared at the Miss Teenage Brighton Contest, Top Rank Suite, Brighton, England, playing the musical interlude during the contest.
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1972 - David Bowie
During sessions at RCA Studios, New York City, David Bowie recorded 'The Jean Genie'.
It becames the lead single from his 1973 album Aladdin Sane.
The track spent 13 weeks in the UK charts, peaking at No.2, making it Bowie's biggest hit to date.
The line "He's so simple minded, he can't drive his module" would later give the Scottish band Simple Minds their name.
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1980
The Bee Gees sue their former manager Robert Stigwood for $136 million, claiming unpaid royalties and fraud.
The group alleges that contracts they signed with Stigwood in 1968 were predatory and unfair, and that they were too young to understand what they were signing.
  • The suit is eventually settled out of court.
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Oct 6th:
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2004 - Britney Spears
Britney Spears threw a full cup of cola over a photographer.

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The snapper was waiting to take pictures of the singer and her new husband outside a subway take-away shop in Malibu, California.
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2004 - Howard Stern
On his radio show, Howard Stern announces his move to satellite radio, where he will broadcast on Sirius, which gets a huge bump in subscribers.
The move to satellite frees Stern from the shackles of the FCC, which doesn't regulate satellite.
He and his crew are free to swear like sailors and talk dirty, which they often do.
It also means fewer commercials.

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Oct 6th:
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2005 - The Rolling Stones
A The Rolling Stones concert at the University of Virginia, in the US, was halted eight songs into the show at the Scott Stadium after police received a bomb threat targeting the stage area.
A 45-minute police sweep of the area found nothing unusual, and the band completed the show.
  • The Stones were touring to promote their latest album, '..... A Bigger Bang
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2019 - Ginger Baker
Ginger Baker, the legendary drummer and co-founder of rock band Cream died at the age of 80.
The drummer co-founded Cream in 1966 with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce.

The band released four albums before splitting in 1968, after which he formed the short-lived band Blind Faith with Clapton, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech.

One of the most innovative and influential drummers in rock music also played with Hawkwind and Fela Kuti in a long and varied career.

In 1962, joined Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated on the recommendation of Charlie Watts - who was leaving to join the Rolling Stones and later gained early fame as a member of the Graham Bond Organisation alongside bassist Jack Bruce.

 
Oct 7th:
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1965 - The Beatmen and Manfred Mann

After playing as a support at the two Manfred Mann shows in Bratislava on October 7, 1965 and October 8, 1965.
The Beatman were one of the first bands from behind the iron curtain to play in the western Europe
Manfred Mann become one of the first Western bands to play behind the Iron Curtain when they do a show in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
  • MM were so amazed by them that they wanted to take them as their support for their UK tour, but the negotiations failed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatmen
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1966 - Johnny Kidd
Johnny Kidd was killed in a car crash while on UK tour in Radcliffe, Manchester, aged 27.

Pirates' bassist Nick Simper, who later became an original member of Deep Purple, was also in the car with Kidd but he suffered only some cuts and a broken arm.
Kidd scored the UK hits with 'Hungry for Love", "I'll never get over you", 'Shakin' All Over' as well as the future Motorhead hit -
"Please don't touch" as Johnny Kidd and the Pirates.

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Oct 7th:
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1967
After a London hotel accuses The Mamas & The Papas', Cass Elliot of stealing from a hotel and running out on her bill, the singer is jailed overnight and strip-searched, forcing the cancellation of both an upcoming gig and television appearance.

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1968 - Jose Feliciano
Jose Feliciano performed a controversial version of The Star Spangled Banner before the fifth game of the World Series between the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals.


As a result of his slow, Bluesy delivery, many radio stations refused to play his songs, and his career suffered.
 

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