... and more October 3 birthdays – Alan O’Day (1940) – singer/songwriter (“Undercover Angel”). Antonio Martinez (1945) – guitarist for Los Bravos. John Curulewski (1950) – original guitarist for Styx. Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954) Douglas Allen Woody (1955) – bassist for The Allman Brothers Band and Gov’t Mule. Robbie Jaymes (1961) – keyboardist for Modern Romance. Tommy Lee (1962) – drummer for Mötley Crüe. Dan Miller (1967) – guitarist for They Might Be Giants. Chris Collingwood (1967) – Fountains Of Wayne. Gwen Stefani (1969) – No Doubt. Ashlee Simpson (1984) – singer.
October 3 R.I.P. – Woody Guthrie (1967) – Huntington's disease. Age 55. Del Wood (1989) – stroke. Age 69. Pianist for the Grand Ole Opry. Benjamin Orr (2000) – pancreatic cancer. Age 53. The Cars. Darryl DeLoach (2002) – liver cancer. Age 55. Original member of Iron Butterfly. Johnny “J” (2008) – suicide. Age 39. Rapper/songwriter, hip hop producer. “Charmin” Kay Armen (2008) – Age 95. Singer on Stop The Music. October 3 album releases – The Kingston Trio – The Last Month Of The Year (1960) Merle Haggard – Mama Tried (1968) The Who – The Who By Numbers (1975) The Police - Zenyattà Mondatta (1980) Lindsey Buckingham – Law And Order (1981) Keith Richards – Talk Is Cheap (1988) Tracy Chapman – Crossroads (1989) The Cranberries – No Need To Argue (1994) Green Day – Warning (2000) Lindsey Buckingham – Under The Skin (2006) October 3 events – 1901 – The Victor Talking Machine Company is founded. 1945 – Ten-year old Elvis Presley sings “Old Shep” at a talent contest at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show in Tupelo. He comes in 2nd place. 1945 – Stan Kenton and His Orchestra records “Painted Rhythm” for Capitol. 1957 – The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom variety show debuts on ABC-TV. The show runs for three years. 1958 – The Biggest Show Of Stars 1958 Tour kicks off its Fall Edition at the Worcester Auditorium in Massachusetts, featuring headliners Buddy Holly and The Crickets, along with Frankie Avalon, Bobby Darin, The Olympics, Dion and The Belmonts, Bobby Freeman, The Elegants, Jimmy Clanton, The Danleers, Duane Eddy, Clyde McPhatter and The Coasters. 1960 – Ike and Tina Turner make their U.S. television debut on American Bandstand, performing “A Fool In Love.” 1961 – Jimmie Rodgers, Fred Rose, and Hank Williams are the first artists to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. 1964 – John Lennon writes “I Feel Fine.” 1965 – Johnny Cash is stopped by U.S. customs officials at the Mexican border on suspicion of heroin smuggling, and is found to be holding over 1,000 prescription narcotics and amphetamines. He will receive a suspended sentence. 1968 – The Beatles record the backing track for George Harrison’s “Savoy Truffle” in one take at Trident Studios in London. 1977 – The television special Elvis In Concert airs on CBS just weeks after the singer’s death, and the general public gets their first glimpse of a bloated and drug-addled Presley. 1978 – Aerosmith posts bail for 30 fans arrested for smoking pot during their show at the Fort Wayne Coliseum in Indiana. 1980 – Paul Simon’s semi-autobiographical movie, One Trick Pony, premieres in theaters to a lukewarm response. 1981 – The Kinks play Madison Square Garden for the first time. 1983 – Paul McCartney releases his duet single with Michael Jackson, “Say, Say, Say” b/w “Ode To A Koala Bear.” 1987 – Lithonia, Georgia declares the day “Brenda Lee Day,” and re- names a street Brenda Lee Lane. 1988 – The documentary Imagine: John Lennon premieres in Westwood, California. 1988 – Lisa Marie Presley marries her first husband, Danny Keough. 1991 – Texas governor Ann Richards proclaims the day "Stevie Ray Vaughan Day.” 1992 – Sinéad O'Connor appears as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, and during her performance, rips up a photograph of Pope John Paul II in a protest of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. NBC is fined $2.5 million dollars by the FCC for the incident. 1999 – The co-founder of the Sony Corporation, Akio Morita, passes away from pneumonia at age 78. 2000 – Mark David Chapman is denied parole at his first parole hearing. 2003 – The concert film, Concert For George, premieres in theaters. 2008 – Country artist Stonewall Jackson settles his age discrimination lawsuit again the Grand Ole Opry for an undisclosed amount.
