Happy Birthday Dan, fae Fife and a real rocker (not to my taste though)!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HolbQ_XBnak&feature=related
On Sunday, October 14, 2012 5:12:39 PM UTC+1, Eidem wrote:
> ... 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.
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