... and more October 14 birthdays –
Allan Jones (1907) – actor/singer ("Donkey Serenade"), father of Jack
Jones.
Robert Parker (1930) – singer/saxophonist (Barefootin’”).
Melba Montgomery (1938) – Country singer with George Jones (“No
Charge”).
Ivory Tilmon (1941) – The Detroit Emeralds (“Feel The Need In Me”).
Billy Harrison (1942) – singer/guitarist for Them.
Colin Hodgkinson (1945) – British jazz/blues bassist, Back Door.
Dan McCafferty (1946) – vocalist for Nazareth.
Norman Harris (1947) – songwriter/guitarist/producer, MFSB.
Marcia Barrett (1948) – Jamaican singer for Boney M.
Thomas Dolby (aka Tom Robertson, 1958)
Anthony Jude “A.J.” Pero (1959) – drummer for Twisted Sister.
Natalie Maines Pasdar (1974) – The Dixie Chicks.
Usher Raymond (1978) – R&B artist.October 14 R.I.P. – Leonard Bernstein (1990) – pneumonia. Age 72. Composer/conductor. Frankie Yankovic (1998) – heart failure. Age 83. Accordionist, "America's Polka King." Freddy Fender (2006) – lung cancer. Age 69. Chuck Ruff (2011) – Age 60. Drummer for The Edgar Winter Group (“Free Ride”). October 14 album releases – Tyrannosaurus Rex – Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels Of The Ages (1968) Elvis Presley – From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis (1969) Jethro Tull – War Child (1974) U.S. David Bowie – “Heroes” (1977) KISS – Alive II (1977) Prince – Controversy (1981) Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual (1983) INXS – Listen Like Thieves (1985) Robert Plant and Jimmy Page – No Quarter (1994) Counting Crows – Recovering The Satellites (1996) Green Day – Nimrod (1997) October 14 events – 1930 – The Broadway play Crazy Girl opens at the Alvin Theatre, and makes Ethel Merman an overnight sensation with her rendition of "I Got Rhythm." 1938 – Bob Crosby and The Bob Cats record “Big Noise From Winnetka” in Chicago. 1955 – Bill Haley and His Comets perform at the Fair Park Auditorium in Lubbock, Texas, with the opening act of Bob Montgomery, Buddy Holley and bassist Larry Welborn. Marty Robins’ manager Eddie Crandall is impressed and speaks to KDAV radio station owner Pappy Dave Stone and tells him he is interested in Holley as a solo performer. 1957 – Elvis Presley releases his single, “Jailhouse Rock” b/w “Treat Me Nice.” 1957 – The Four Coins appear on American Bandstand. 1959 – Connie Francis records “Among My Souvenirs” in New York. 1959 – Charlie Rich records “Lonely Weekends” at Sun in Memphis. 1964 – Rolling Stone Charlie Watts marries Shirley Ann Shepherd. They’re still married. 1964 – The Everly Brothers, Adam Faith, The Hondells, Manfred Mann, Roy Orbison and Elkie Brooks all appear on Shindig! 1965 – The Animals, Millie Small, Marianne Faithfull, Willie Nelson, Jim Weatherly and Billy Preston all appear on Shindig! Zsa Zsa Gabor is the show’s host. 1965 – Beach Boy Mike Love marries his second wife, Suzanne Celeste Belcher. 1966 – Former R&B cover band The Pink Floyd debuts an entire set of psychedelic originals at their gig at All Saints Hall in London. 1966 – Grace Slick makes her first stage appearance with Jefferson Airplane at Fillmore West. 1967 – The second season of The Monkees TV show begins on BBC TV in the UK. Plans for the shows to be screened in color are dropped, so it airs in black & white. 1967 – The Who release their single, “I Can See For Miles” b/w “Someone’s Coming” in the UK. In the U.S., the single’s B-side is an electric version of “Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand.” 1969 – Police in New Jersey issue a warrant for the arrest of Frank Sinatra in relation to his connections with the Mafia. 1969 – Fred LaBour, entertainment reviewer for the University of Michigan student newspaper, The Michigan Daily, turns his assigned review of the new Beatles album, Abbey Road, into a satirical piece headlined "McCartney Dead; New Evidence Brought to Light." In the article, LaBour repeats the musical "clues" that center around the recent "Paul Is Dead" rumors and adds several of his own. He also invents the name "William Campbell" as Paul's "replacement." This finally causes the mainstream press to take note of the phenomenon, and when contacted by other media outlets, LaBour furthers what he thinks is a joke by validating every rumor within the rumor. 1969 – The Supremes release their final single to feature Diana Ross, “Someday We’ll Be Together” b/w “He’s My Sunny Boy.” As with most Supremes songs, Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong did not sing on the A- side, but both appear on the single’s B-side. 1971 – Creedence Clearwater Revival leader John Fogerty is sued by Arco Industries, the current owners of the Specialty Records catalog, for half a million dollars for allegedly copying several elements of Little Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly" for the band's single "Travelin' Band." Ironically, CCR covered "Good Golly" just a year before "Travelin' Band." The suit is later dropped. 1971 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono are the only guests on The Dick Cavett Show. 1972 – Joe Cocker and six members of his band are arrested after a concert in Adelaide, Australia, when police discover marijuana and heroin in their hotel rooms. The group is not charged, but is given four hours to leave the country. 1977 – Linda Ronstadt sings the National Anthem at game three of the World Series. 1988 – Def Leppard becomes the first music act ever to sell seven million copies of two consecutive albums: 1983’s Pyromania, and its follow-up, Hysteria, in 1987. 1989 – Holly Dunn joins the Grand Ole Opry. 1996 – Madonna gives birth to her first child, daughter Lourdes. 1997 – 55 years after the film’s premiere, the soundtrack to Casablanca is finally released. 2000 – The Beatles’ Anthology book hits #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. 2003 – Former Temptation Barrington Henderson sues the band and Motown for wrongful termination and millions of dollars in alleged unpaid royalties. 2004 – Eric Clapton is fined 750 Euros and is suspended from driving in France after being caught speeding at 134mph in his Porsche 911 Turbo near Merceuil. 2007 – Rapper T.I. (aka Clifford Harris) is arrested in Atlanta and charged with collecting machine guns and silencers just hours before he is due to perform and collect two awards at a BET Hip-Hop gala. 2009 – Paul McCartney is named Songwriter of the Year at the 29th Annual ASCAP Awards in London. 2010 – Christina Aguilera files for divorce from her husband of five years, music executive Jordan Bratman.
