Archive for October, 2009

1970 – Michelle Phillips, formerly of the Mamas and Papas, and actor Dennis Hopper were married. The two divorced 8 days later.

1985 – Producer Joseph Papp died of cancer at the age of 70. He was the co-creator of “A Chorus Line.”

1988 – Debbie Gibson held a séance at her Halloween party to contact the spirits of Liberace and Sid Vicious.

1992 – Prince and the New Power Generation released the album “.”

1993 – Tupac Shakur was arrested for allegedly shooting two off-duty Atlanta policemen.

1995 – Alice in Chains released “Alice in Chains” as a vinyl edition. It was not available on CD or cassette until November 7, 1995.

1997 – Over 200 counterfeit tickets were confiscated at a Jane’s Addiction reunion concert in New York.

1998 – KISS kicked off its Psycho-Circus tour with a Halloween extravaganza in Los Angeles, CA. The Smashing Pumpkins were the opening act.

1999 – Bryan White sang the National Anthem at the Adelphia Coliseum in Nashville prior to the game between the Tennessee Titans and the St. Louis Rams. Following the game, White gave his second annual Howl-O-Ween concert at the north end of the coliseum.

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1894 – Composer Peter Warlock was born.

1970 – Jim Morrison was sentenced to 6 months in jail and fined $500 for exposing himself in Miami, FL.

1973 – John Lennon released the album “Mind Games.”

1974 – Kathy Silva files for a divorce from Sylvester Stewart and was awarded custody of their 14-month-old son. Stewart disappeared with his son and was believed to be in hiding.

1978 – The movie “KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park” aired on NBC-TV.

1982 – Paul Weller announced the breakup of The Jam.

1984 – Linda Ronstadt made her operatic debut in “La Boheme” in New York City, NY.

1984 – Barry Manilow opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The shows sold out for $1.9 million. Manilow beat the previous record by $100,000 that was held by Diana Ross.

1986 – The Beastie Boys released the LP “License To Ill.”

1988 – Kurt Cobain smashed his very first guitar.

1995 – David Bowie, Tom Donahue, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Pete Seeger, Jefferson Airplane, Little Willie John, Pink Floyd, The Shirelles and The Velvet Underground are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.

1997 – Sally Nyolo (formerly of Zap Mama) began her first U.S. tour.

1997 – The U.S. Senate passd the “La Cienega” bill. The bill closed a loophole in the 1909 copyright act that put most pre-1978 music copyrights in jeopardy.

2001 – Michael Jackson’s album entitled “Invincible” was released.

2002 – U.S. President George W. Bush signed an act that renamed the Oakwood Postal Station in Los Angeles the Nat King Cole Post Office.

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1904 – Composer Vivian Ellis was born.

1936 – Hank Snow made his first recordings, “Lonesome Blue Yodel” and “Prisoned Cowboy.”

1956 – Maria Callas made her Metropolitan Opera debut in “Norma.”

1957 – “Oh Boy!” by Buddy Holly & the Crickets was released.

1963 – The Hollies began recording their first sessions for their first album.

1967 – The musical “Hair” opened off Broadway.

1970 – Neil Diamond received a gold record for “Cracklin’ Rosie.”

1971 – Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident in Macon, GA.

1975 – Joan Baez became a member of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue.

1977 – “Bat Out Of Hell” was released by Meat Loaf.

1990 – The Byrds, LaVern Baker, John Lee Hooker, The Impressions, Wilson Pickett, Jimmy Reed and Ike & Tina Turner were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1991 – Three members of Pink Floyd were injured in a auto race in Mexico.

1996 – In Pasadena, California, a judge drops drug possession charges against Scott Weiland, the singer for the Stone Temple Pilots. The judge concluded that Weiland had made significant progress in rehab.

1998 – Steven Adler surrendered to authorities to begin serving a sentence of 150 days for two counts of battery and violation of probation.

1998 – East Bay Ray, Klaus Flouride and D.H. Peligro, all former members of the Dead Kennedys, filed suit against Jello Biafra. The claim was that the former lead singer had diverted money owed to the other band members for his own use.

2002 – Christina Aguilera’s album “Stripped” was released.

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1798 – Composer Henri-Jerome Bertini was born.

1893 – Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted his first public performance of his Symphony Number Six in B minor “Pathetique.”

1896 – Composer Howard Hanson was born.

1956 – Elvis Presley’s song “Love Me Tender” became the No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit. He became the first artist to follow himself into the No. 1 position. The song “Don’t Be Cruel/Hound Dog” had been the No. 1 song for 11 weeks.

1956 – Elvis Presley appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show for the second time.

1965 – The studio recording of “My World Is Empty Without You” was made by the Supremes.

1972 – The United States Council for World Affairs announced that it was adopting the Who song, “Join Together” as its official theme.

1977 – “Nevermind The Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols” was released in America.

1999 – Terrell Davis (Denver Broncos) made his debut as a hip-hop artist when he performed with rapper Legit.

2007 – The game “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock” was released in North America.

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