... and more October 15 birthdays –
Victoria Spivey (1906) – Blues singer.
Mickey “Guitar” Baker (aka MacHouston Baker, 1925) – session
guitarist.
Marv Johnson (1938) – R&B/soul singer ("You Got What It Takes").
Chris Andrews (1942) – singer/songwriter (“Long Live Love”).
Don Stevenson (1941) – drummer for Moby Grape.
Chris de Burgh (1948) – singer/songwriter (“Lady In Red”).
Frank Dimino (1951) – singer for Angel.
Chris Lacklison (1956) – keyboardist for Kenny.
Mark Reznicek (1962) – drummer for The Toadies.October 15 R.I.P. – Cole Porter (1964) – kidney failure. Age 73. Bobby Lester (1980) – cancer. Age 49. The Moonglows. Terry Gilkyson (1999) – Age 83. Folk singer/songwriter, The Weavers. October 15 album releases – Elvis Presley – Elvis’ Christmas Album (1957) Brenda Lee – Brenda, That’s All (1962) Manfred Mann – Mann Made (1965) UK The Grateful Dead – Wake Of The Flood (1973) Neil Young – Time Fades Away (1973) Fleetwood Mac – Mystery To Me (1973) The Band – Moondog Matinee (1973) AC/DC – ’74 Jailbreak (1984) Julian Lennon – Valotte (1984) The Monkees – Justus (1996) October 15 events – 1955 – Elvis Presley performs at the Big D Jamboree at Fair Park Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas, with the opening act of Buddy Holley, Bob Montgomery and Larry Welborn on bass. 1955 – Fats Domino records “I’m In Love Again” at Cosimo Studios in New Orleans. 1955 – The Grand Ole Opry television show debuts on ABC-TV, with Les Paul and Mary Ford as opening night guests. The show lasts one year. 1956 – Little Richard records “Good Golly Miss Molly” at J&M Studios in New Orleans. 1957 – The Crickets record "Maybe Baby." 1959 – Jim Reeves records “He’ll Have To Go” at RCA Studios in Nashville. 1960 – While in Hamburg, Rory Storm and The Hurricanes’ guitarist Wally Eymond records his version of George Gershwin's "Summertime," with The Beatles backing him up. Beatles drummer Pete Best is off somewhere else, so Rory Storm's drummer, Ringo Starr, provides drums. Though the master is long lost, this is the earliest known recording session with John, Paul, George and Ringo together. 1960 – Loretta Lynn makes her Grand Ole Opry debut. 1960 – The Miracles release their single, “Shop Around” b/w “Who’s Lovin’ You” on the Tamla label. 1960 – Merv Griffin's weekly music series, Saturday Prom, debuts on NBC-TV, with guests Conway Twitty and Johnny and The Hurricanes. 1961 – Elvis Presley begins recording “Good Luck Charm” at RCA Studios in Nashville. 1963 – Bruce Johnston and Terry Melcher, along with the Wrecking Crew, record “Hey Little Cobra.” 1964 – British singer Screaming Lord Sutch runs for the English parliament. 1965 – 22-year old Jimmy Hendrix signs a three-year recording contract with entrepreneur Ed Chalpin, receiving $1 and 1% royalty. While the relationship with Chalpin is short-lived, his contract remains in force, causing considerable problems for Hendrix later in his career. 1966 – The backing track for The Monkees’ song “I’m A Believer” is recorded in New York. 1966 – The Pink Floyd, The Move, Denny Laine, Soft Machine, Yoko Ono and a West Indian steel band all appear at the launch for the International Times – the first and longest-running British hippy newspaper - at the Roundhouse in London. 1967 – The Lovin’ Spoonful appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “She’s Still A Mystery.” Also on the show is Ethel Merman. 1968 – Stevie Wonder releases his single, “For Once In My Life” b/w “Angie Girl” on the Tamla label. 1968 – Led Zeppelin performs its first show under their new name at Surrey University. 1969 – Blues musician Howlin’ Wolf suffers his first non-fatal heart attack. 1970 – The Supremes - now with Jean Terrell on lead vocals - release their single, “Stoned Love” b/w “Shine On Me” on Motown. 1971 – Pink Floyd begins the North American leg of their Meddle tour at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. 1971 – The Seventh Annual Rock 'N' Roll Revival Show is held at Madison Square Garden, featuring Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and many others. Also on the bill is Rick Nelson who performs with his Stone Canyon Band. During his set, Nelson chooses to debut some of his newer, country-rock material, and is booed by the audience. The experience so unnerves the former teen idol that he goes home and pens a song about the experience, entitled "Garden Party." 1973 – Elvis Presley is hospitalized in Memphis for recurring pneumonia, pleurisy, an enlarged colon, and hepatitis. 1973 – The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to review a 1971 FCC directive that broadcasters censor songs with drug-oriented lyrics from the airwaves. 1973 – Rolling Stone Keith Richards is found guilty in Nice, France, of possessing and intending to distribute both marijuana and heroin. He receives a one-year suspended sentence, is fined 5,000 francs and is forbidden from entering the country for two years. 1976 – Ike and Tina Turner split up after 15 years as a musical duo. Shortly after, the couple divorces as well. 1977 – Paul Simon releases his single, “Slip Slidin’ Away” b/w “Something So Right.” 1980 – Abbey Road Studios auctions off thousands of dollars of equipment, including some used on Beatles recordings. 1987 – The Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band begins a two week stay at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway. 1995 – Paul and Linda McCartney “appear” as themselves in the “Lisa The Vegetarian” episode of The Simpsons. 1996 – Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee is charged with assault for attacking a cameraman who was trying to take pictures of Lee and his wife Pamela Anderson Lee outside an L.A. club. 1997 – Michael Jackson plays the final date of his HIStory Tour at King's Park Rugby Stadium in Durban, South Africa. It is his final tour date ever. 2000 – Dave Edmunds undergoes triple-bypass heart surgery at Cedars- Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. 2007 – Britney Spears visits a Los Angeles police station after being ordered by a judge to be photographed and fingerprinted ahead of her hit-and-run court case. 2008 – Jon Bon Jovi releases a statement asking the McCain presidential campaign to stop using the Bon Jovi song “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” at their rallies.
