... and a few more October 18 birthdays – Allyn Ferguson (1924) – TV show theme composer (Charlie's Angles, Barney Miller). Cynthia Weil (1940) – songwriter (“On Broadway”). Russ Giguere (1943) – The Association. Joe Egan (1946) – Steelers Wheel. Denise Dufort (1958) – drummer for Girlschool. Wynton Marsalis (1961) – trumpeter/composer. Anders Peter Svensson (1974) – guitarist for The Cardigans.
October 18 R.I.P. – Thomas Edison (1931) – diabetes. Age 84. Inventor. Orville "Hoppy" Jones (1944) – Age 42. The Ink Spots. Lee Allen (1994) – Age 67. Saxophonist for Little Richard. Julie London (2000) – complications from a stroke. Age 74. Actress/ singer (“Cry Me A River”). Dee Dee Warwick (2008) – effects of years of drug addiction. Age 66. Soul singer (“You’re No Good”). Bob Brunning (2011) – heart attack. Age 68. Bassist for Fleetwood Mac and Savoy Brown. October 18 album releases – Cactus – Restrictions (1971) Hall & Oates – Rock ‘N Soul Part 1 (1983) Frank Zappa – Them Or Us (1984) The Cult – Love (1985) The Traveling Wilburys – Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (1988) The Smithereens – Smithereens 11 (1989) Brian Wilson – What I Really Want For Christmas (2005) October 18 events – 1922 – The British Broadcasting Company Ltd (BBC) is formed by British and American electrical companies doing business in the United Kingdom (anxious to build sales of their products by ensuring that there were radio broadcasts to which their radio-buying customers could listen) and licensed by the British General Post Office. 1935 – Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra makes their second recording of “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You.” 1952 – Country artist Hank Williams marries 19-year old Billie Jean Eshliman. 1956 – 21-year-old Elvis Presley pulls into a Memphis gas station where he starts to attract a small crowd of autograph seekers. After repeatedly asking Elvis to move on so he could resume normal business, station manager Ed Hopper slaps Presley on the head. Elvis then punches Hopper in the face. Station employee Aubrey Brown tries to help his boss, but is no match for Presley. After police are called, Hopper, Brown and Presley are arrested. 1957 – Paul McCartney appears onstage with The Quarrymen for the first time at the New Clubmoor Hall in Norris Green, Liverpool, as a guitar player. 1957 – The Frank Sinatra Show debuts on ABC-TV and runs for 31 weeks, five weeks less than CBS’ Frank Sinatra Show which ran from 1950 to 1951. 1959 – 75 teens are arrested outside of the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Kansas, after a riot breaks out at a concert, further goading civic leaders to decry the rock and roll "menace." 1963 – Chuck Berry is released from prison on his birthday after serving 19 months for violating the Mann Act by “transporting a minor across state lines for immoral purposes.” 1964 – The Animals begin their first UK tour as headliners, playing the ABC Club in Manchester with supporting acts Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, The Nashville Teens, and Tommy Tucker. 1964 – During a nine-hour session at Abbey Road Studios The Beatles record eight songs: “Eight Days A Week,” “Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey- Hey!” “Mr. Moonlight,” “I Feel Fine,” “I’ll Follow The Sun,” “Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby,” “Rock And Roll Music” and “Words Of Love.” 1965 – The Beatles record “In My Life.” 1966 – Frank Sinatra records “That’s Life” in Hollywood. 1968 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono are arrested for marijuana possession at their apartment in London's Montagu Square, a flat leased to them by Ringo, and previously lived in by Jimi Hendrix. 1969 – Rod Stewart joins Small Faces, who soon drop the “Small” and just become Faces. 1969 – The first Rock 'N' Roll Revival concert is held at Madison Square Garden. Chuck Berry, The Platters, The Coasters, and The Shirelles all appear, including a visibly ill Bill Haley, who receives an eight minute standing ovation after his performance. 1969 – The Jackson 5 makes their national television debut on The Hollywood Palace, performing “I Want You Back.” Also on the show are The Supremes and Sammy Davis, Jr. 1970 – The Carpenters, B.B. King and Tony Bennett all appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1974 – Al Green's ex-girlfriend, Mary Woodson, still jealous over his infidelities, breaks into his home in Memphis and dumps a pot of boiling grits on the singer's naked body while he’s in the bathtub. She then goes into the next room and takes her life with a handgun. 1975 – The second episode of NBC’s Saturday Night features re-united musical guests Simon and Garfunkel, who perform "Scarborough Fair," "The Boxer" and their new single, "My Little Town." 1979 – Police break up a 15-man robbery ring set up in the parking lot of Madison Square Garden during an Earth, Wind & Fire concert. 1979 – Johnny Cash receives the United Nations' Humanitarian Award. 1982 – Michael Jackson releases the first single from his upcoming Thriller album, the Paul McCartney collaboration, “The Girl Is Mine” b/ w Jackson’s “Can’t Get Outta The Rain.” 1986 – Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie marries her second husband, Portuguese music composer Eduardo “Eddy” Quintela. They’re still married. 1990 – The city of Los Angeles declares the day "Rocky Horror Picture Show Day" in honor of the 1975 cult classic musical. 1993 – The short-lived successor to Ralph Emery's Nashville Now TV series, Music City Tonight debuts on cable’s The Nashville Network. 1997 – Hanson sings “The National Anthem” at game one the World Series in Florida. 2002 – Citing a contract all group members signed in 1963, the New York Court of Appeals overturns an earlier ruling that awarded $3 million in unpaid royalties to The Ronettes, thus ending a 15-year court battle for the group. 2005 – In an interview in Attitude magazine, Madonna admits she begged and groveled to ABBA, asking if she could sample their song “Gimme, Gimme, Gimme” for her latest single, “Hung Up.” 2005 – The Rolling Stone magazine cover of a naked John Lennon curled around Yoko Ono, taken by Annie Leibovitz on the last day of his life, is named the top U.S. magazine cover of the past 40 years. 2007 – South African reggae star Lucky Dube is shot dead by car thieves in a botched hijacking attempt as he is dropping his teenage son and daughter off at their uncle’s in a Johannesburg suburb. 2007 – Amy Winehouse and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil are arrested in Bergen, Norway for possession of marijuana. 2007 – The Spice Girls’ U.S. record label announces that their forthcoming greatest hits album will be made available exclusively at Victoria's Secret lingerie chain shops in the U.S. two months ahead of other outlets. 2009 – An auction of Elvis Presley memorabilia takes place in Chicago. Among the items auctioned are clothes, handkerchiefs, and a lock of his hair which sells for $15,000.
