... and more October 5 birthdays –
Mrs. Miller (aka Elva Miller, 1907) – singer.
Margie Singleton (aka Margaret Ebey, 1935) – Country music singer.
George “Wydell” Jones (1936) – The Edsels (“Rama Lama Ding Dong”).
Abi Ofarim (aka Abraham Reichstadt, 1937) – Esther & Abi (“Cinderella
Rockafella”).
Johnny Duncan (1938) – Country music singer (“Thinkin’ Of A
Rendezvous”).
Arlene Smith (1941) – The Chantels (“Maybe”).
Wally Lester (1941) – The Skyliners (“Since I Don’t Have You”).
Richard Street (1942) – The Temptations.
Brian Johnson (1947) – vocalist for AC/DC.
Lucius “Tawl” Ross (1948) – guitarist for Funkadelic.
Russell Mael (1948) – Sparks.
B. W. Stevenson (aka Louis Stevenson, 1949) – singer/songwriter ("My
Maria").
"Fast" Eddie Clarke (1950) – guitarist for Fastway and Motörhead.
Bob Geldof (1951) – Boomtown Rats.
Lee Thompson (1957) – vocalist/saxophonist for Madness.
James Valentine (1978) – guitarist for Maroon 5.
Paul Thomas (1980) – bassist for Good Charlotte.
October 5 R.I.P. –
Don Barbour (1961) – car accident. Age 44. The Four Freshmen.
Jud Strunk (1981) – heart attack/plane crash. Age 45. Singer/
songwriter, banjo player ("A Daisy A Day").
Brian Keenan (1985) – heart attack. Age 42. Drummer for The Chambers
Brothers.
Eddie Kendricks (1992) – lung cancer. Age 52. The Temptations.
Dick Jurgens (1995) – cancer. Age 85. Swing bandleader (“One Dozen
Roses”).
Arthur Tracy (1997) – Age 98. Singer, “The Street Singer.”
October 5 album releases –
Muddy Waters – Electric Mud (1968)
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III (1970)
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
The Rolling Stones – No Stone Unturned (1973) UK
The Police – Regatta de Blanc (1979)
Joe Jackson – I’m The Man (1979)
The Who – Quadrophenia Soundtrack (1979)
Terence Trent D’Arby – Introducing The Hardline According To Terence
Trent D’Arby (1987) U.S.
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Legend (1987)
October 5 events –
1947 – The first taped radio show is broadcast on ABC: a performance
by Bing Crosby that demonstrated the capabilities of the new Ampex 200
recorder.
1953 – Eartha Kitt, with Henri René and his orchestra, record "Santa
Baby" in New York City.
1957 – Cliff Richard plays his first gig with The Shadows at the
Victoria Hall in Hanley.
1959 – The movie Girls Town, starring Paul Anka, Mel Tormé and Mamie
Van Doren, premieres in theaters. The film also features music by The
Platters.
1960 – Johnny Burnette releases his fourth single for Liberty Records,
“You’re Sixteen” b/w “I Beg Your Pardon.”
1961 – Neil Sedaka records “Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen.”
1961 – The Marcels release their single, “Heartaches” b/w “My Love For
You” on the Colpix label.
1966 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience is formed in London as Hendrix,
Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding play together for the first time.
1968 – Iron Butterfly lip-synchs to “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” on American
Bandstand. Also on the show is Eddie Floyd.
1970 – Country music’s husband and wife team George Jones and Tammy
Wynette welcome the arrival of their only child, daughter Georgette.
1973 – Neil Young, Graham Nash and David Crosby join Stephen Stills
and Manassas on stage at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom.
1973 – Ringo Starr releases his single, “Photograph” b/w “Down And
Out.”
1975 – The three original Wailers - Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny
Wailer - perform together for the last time at Stevie Wonder's benefit
concert, the Wonder Dream Concert, in Kingston, Jamaica.
1987 – Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr begins rehearsals with The
Pretenders in preparation for the band supporting U2 on their North
America tour.
1989 – Country artist Clint Black performs at Carnegie Hall.
1999 – Country singer Trisha Yearwood files for divorce from Mavericks
bass player Robert Reynolds, citing irreconcilable differences.
1999 – Roger Daltrey announces that The Who will re-unite for a
concert in Las Vegas on October 29.
2000 – The Beatles’ Anthology book is published.
2006 – Bob Marley is posthumously honored with a heritage plaque at
his former north London home at 34 Ridgmount Gardens in Camden.
2006 – Jeffrey Borer, owner of the company that sold Michael Jackson
his private Gulfstream jet, is sentenced to six months in prison for
ordering employee Arvel Jett Reeves to install two video cameras in it
in order to catch Jackson saying or doing something for which he could
be blackmailed.
2007 – In Duluth, Minnesota, single mother Jammie Thomas is ordered to
pay $220,000 to six record companies - Sony BMG, Arista Records,
Interscope Records, UMG Recordings Inc., Capitol Records and Warner
Bros. Records Inc. - $9,250 for each of the 24 songs they focused on
in her Kazaa file sharing lawsuit case. She was accused of sharing a
total of 1,702 songs through her Kazaa account.
2007 – 26-year old Isaac Hanson of the group Hanson (“MMMBop”)
undergoes emergency life-saving surgery for a pulmonary embolism. He
makes a full recovery.
2009 – Elvis Presley’s 17-year old grandson, Benjamin Keough, signs a
$5 million/5 album contract with Universal Records.
2011 – David Cassidy sues Sony for unpaid royalties involving
Partridge Family merchandise bearing his image, including lunch boxes,
magazines and board games.
