... and more October 10 birthdays –
Conrad Leonard (1898) – British pianist/composer/arranger ("My Love Is
Only For You").
Johnny Green (1908) – songwriter/composer ("Body And Soul").
Ivory Joe Hunter (1914) – singer/songwriter/pianist (“Since I Met You
Baby”).
Harry "Sweets" Edison (1915) – trumpeter with the Count Basie
Orchestra.
Louis Gottlieb (1923) – The Limeliters.
Oscar Brown (1926) – singer/songwriter.
Larry Finnegan (aka John Finneran, 1938) – singer ("Dear One").
Anita Humes (1940) – The Essex ("Easier Said Than Done").
Dennis D’Ell (aka Dennis Dalziel, 1943) – vocalist for The Honeycombs.
Jerry LaCroix (1943) – vocalist/saxophonist for Edgar Winter’s White
Trash.
Ben Vereen (1946) – actor/dancer/singer.
Cyril Neville (1948) – percussionist for The Neville Brothers.
James “Midge” Ure (1953) – Scottish singer/songwriter/guitarist.
Tanya Tucker (1958)
Kirsty MacColl (1959)
Eric Martin (1960) – vocalist for Mr. Big.
Martin Kemp (1961) – bassist for Spandau Ballet.
Mike Malinin (1967) – drummer for The Goo Goo Dolls.
October 10 R.I.P. –
Eddie Cantor (1964) – heart attack. Age 72. Singer/songwriter/actor
(“Makin’ Whoopee”).
Ralph Marterie (1978) – Age 63. Trumpeter, big band leader
(“Skokiaan”).
Art Todd (2007) – congestive heart failure. Age 93. Art and Dotty Todd
("Chanson D'Amour").
Stephen Gately (2009) – pulmonary edema. Age 33. Boyzone.
Joan Sutherland (2010) – heart failure. Age 83. Australian opera
singer.
Solomon Burke (2010) – natural causes. Age 70.
October 10 album releases –
Brenda Lee – This Is…Brenda (1960)
Simon and Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme (1966)
The Monkees – The Monkees (1966)
Elvis Presley – Clambake (1967)
Frank Zappa – Hot Rats (1969)
The Kinks – Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)
(1969)
King Crimson – In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969)
Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Deep Purple – Come Taste The Band (1975)
Thin Lizzy – Chinatown (1980)
U2 – Rattle And Hum (1988)
Green Day – Insomniac (1995)
Fleetwood Mac – Time (1995)
Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive! II (1995)
October 10 events –
1902 – Orville Gibson forms the Gibson Mandolin Guitar Company.
1939 – Liverpool resident Eleanor Rigby passes away at age 44.
1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis and Thurston Harris appear on American
Bandstand.
1958 – Eddie Cochran records “C’mon Everybody” for Liberty Records.
1959 – Ken Brown quits The Quarrymen after an argument with Paul
McCartney when Brown is paid for their gig at the Casbah by Mona Best,
but was too sick to perform on stage. The Quarrymen now consists of
Lennon, McCartney and Harrison.
1959 – Brenda Lee is hospitalized in Nashville with thyroid
deficiency: the first of many neck problems for the singer.
1965 – The Supremes make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan
Show. Also on the show are Petula Clark, Wayne Newton and Kate Smith.
1966 – The Beach Boys release their single, “Good Vibrations” b/w
“Let’s Go Away For Awhile.”
1968 – Perry Como records “Sunshine Wine” and “Seattle” at RCA Studios
in Nashville.
1970 – The UK music magazine, Sounds, publishes its first issue.
1970 – FCC head, Nicholas Johnson, responds to recent comments made by
Vice President Spiro Agnew that attacked radio stations for playing
songs that contained "drug culture propaganda,” saying, "If we really
want to do something about drugs, let's do something about life... The
song writers are trying to help us understand our plight and deal with
it. It's about the only leadership we're getting. They're not really
urging you to adopt a heroin distribution program, Mr. Vice
President."
1973 – Rod Stewart and The Faces perform at the San Diego Sports
Arena, with Rory Gallagher as opening act.
1975 – Queen releases their single, “Bohemian Rhapsody” b/w “I’m In
Love With My Car.”
1978 – At Aerosmith’s show in Philadelphia, an audience member tosses
a cherry bomb firecracker on stage, injuring Steven Tyler and Joe
Perry.
1978 – Steve Perry joins Journey as their vocalist.
1979 – Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley declares the day "Fleetwood Mac
Day," and unveils a star for the band on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1979 – The Bette Midler movie, The Rose, based loosely on the life of
Janis Joplin, premieres in Hollywood.
1980 – A private funeral and burial is held for Led Zeppelin drummer
John Bonham at the parish church in Cutnall Green, near Kidderminster.
1981 – The Kinks are the musical guests on Saturday Night Live.
1987 – David Bowie is charged with rape when Wanda Nicholls files a
complaint saying the singer raped her and bit her on the legs and
back. Bowie passes her off as a “publicity seeker.”
1992 – Slash marries model/actress Renée Suran in Marina del Rey,
California.
1997 – Jimmy Osmond and wife Michelle welcome their second child,
Zachary James, who becomes the 50th member of the Osmond clan.
1999 – Las Vegas’ Grand Hotel holds the final day of their three-day
Elvis Presley memorabilia auction.
2000 – Britney Spears makes her UK live debut when she plays the first
of three sold-out nights at London's Wembley Arena.
2001 – Dennis De Young sues Styx, his former band, for touring and
singing his songs without him. De Young left the band in 1999 due to
chronic fatigue syndrome.
2002 – Twelve protesters dressed as monkeys picket outside the north
Wales holiday home of former Stone Roses singer Ian Brown, who is
selling his five-bedroom house in the small village of Llithfaen on
the Llyn Peninsula for an inflated price which local people can not
afford.
2007 – The U.S. music magazine, Blender, votes Sting the worst
lyricists ever in a poll. The survey places Rush drummer Neil Peart at
#2, Creed frontman Scott Stapp at #3, and Oasis guitarist Noel
Gallagher at #4 saying Gallagher "seemed incapable of following a
metaphor through a single line, let alone a whole verse."
2009 – Roger Daltrey begins his first solo tour in 24 years at the
Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver.
