... and more October 19 birthdays – John Mills, Jr. (1910) – The Mills Brothers. George Cates (1911) – arranger/conductor/songwriter (“Moonglow”). Jerry Jaye (1937) – Rockabilly singer (“My Girl Josephine”). Larry Chance (1940) – The Earls. George McCrae (1944) – disco singer (“Rock Your Baby”). Divine (aka Harris Milstead, 1945) Gloria Jones (1945) – singer/songwriter (“Tainted Love”). Keith Reid (1946) – lyricist for Procol Harum. Wilbert Hart (1947) – The Delfonics. Patrick Simmons (1948) – guitarist/vocalist for The Doobie Brothers. Nino DeFranco (1955) – guitarist for The DeFranco Family. Karl Wallinger (1957) – keyboardist for The Waterboys, and World Party. Dan “Woody” Woodgate (1960) – drummer for Madness. Jennifer Holliday (1960) – Broadway singer (Dreamgirls). Praskazrel “Pras” Michel (1972) – The Fugees.
October 19 R.I.P. – Moses Asch (1986) – Age 80. Founder of Folkways Records. Son House (1988) – larynx cancer. Age 86. Blues artist. Alan Murphy (1989) – pneumonia/AIDS. Age 35. Guitarist for Kate Bush and Level 42. Don Cherry (1995) – liver failure. Age 58. Jazz instrumentalist. Glen Buxton (1997) – pneumonia. Age 49. Guitarist for Alice Cooper. October 19 album releases – Elvis Presley – Elvis (1956) The Kingston Trio – Here We Go Again! (1959) The Beach Boys – Beach Boys Concert (1964) Simon and Garfunkel – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964) Mama Cass Elliot – Dream A Little Dream (1968) Bob Dylan – New Morning (1970) The James Gang – Straight Shooter (1972) America – Hat Trick (1973) The Who – Quadrophenia (1973) David Bowie – Pin Ups (1973) Prince – Prince (1979) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Damn The Torpedoes (1979) Styx – Cornerstone (1979) INXS – Kick (1987) Keith Richards – Main Offender (1992) Santana – Sacred Fire: Live In South America (1993) Ringo Starr – VH1 Storytellers (1998) October 19 events – 1938 – Bob Crosby and His Orchestra records “I’m Free (What’s New)” for Decca. 1953 – Arthur Godfrey fires popular singer Julius LaRosa from his CBS radio show while on the air after the singer finishes his version of "Manhattan." Godfrey later holds a press conference after the incident becomes a national scandal, claiming that by hiring his own manager, LaRosa had "lost his humility," however several historians claim that Godfrey was actually upset that the singer was receiving more fan mail than he was. 1955 – For the first and only time, Elvis Presley and Pat Boone appear in concert together at the Circle Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. 1958 – The singing duo Jan & Arnie appear on CBS-TV’s The Jack Benny Program, performing “The Beat That Can’t Be Beat.” 1958 – Brenda Lee records “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” at Owen Bradley’s Barn. 1961 – The Beatles and Gerry and The Pacemakers appear together at Litherland Town Hall in Liverpool. Towards the end of the evening, they get on stage together, dub themselves The Beatmakers, and jam on ‘50s and R&B songs. George Harrison played lead guitar, Paul McCartney was on rhythm guitar, Pete Best and Freddy Marsden both played Best's drum kit, Les Maguire was on saxophone, Les Chadwick played bass guitar, John Lennon played piano, and Gerry Marsden was on lead guitar and vocals. Karl Terry also joined in on vocals. 1962 – Tony Bennett records “I Wanna Be Around” at CBS Studios in New York. 1963 – A package tour of American rock and pop acts called The Greatest Record Show begins at London's Finsbury Park Astoria, featuring Lesley Gore, Brook Benton, Dion, Trini Lopez and Timi Yuro. 1964 – The five-day American Negro Blues Festival concert series begins at Fairfield Halls in Surrey, England, featuring Sonny Boy Williamson, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, and Lightin' Hopkins. 1964 – The Animals begin their first UK tour as headliners, playing the Odeon Cinema in Liverpool with supporting acts Carl Perkins, The Nashville Teens, Tommy Tucker, Elkie Brooks, and The Quotations. 1966 – The Yardbirds, now featuring Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on guitars, arrive in New York City to begin their first American tour. 1967 – The Beatles continue work on their song, “Hello Hello.” 1967 – Jose Feliciano records “Light My Fire” in L.A. 1967 – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles release their single, “I Second That Emotion” b/w “You Must Be Love” on Tamla Motown. 1968 – Cream plays the second of two nights at the L.A. Forum and records the show for record release. 1968 – 18-year old Peter Frampton meets Steve Marriott at a Small Faces show in London. 1969 – The group Smith appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “Baby, It’s You.” 1970 – Elvis Presley orders thirteen 14-karat gold pendants from Beverly Hills jeweler Lee Ableser featuring the letters "TCB" - standing for “taking care of business” - set around a lightning bolt. The pendants are for his “Memphis Mafia.” 1973 – Bob Marley and The Wailers play the first of two nights at the Matrix Club in San Francisco. 1981 – Bob Dylan calls up longtime friend Larry Kegan, wheelchair- bound since the age of 15, to perform Chuck Berry's "No Money Down" as tonight's encore at the Holiday Star Theater in Merriville, Indiana. 1991 – Noel Gallagher plays his first show with Oasis. 1991 – Grant Turner, the voice of WSM-Nashville and the announcer at the Grand Ole Opry for 47 years, passes away at age 79. 1997 – At his concert at the Grand Ole Opry, Vince Gill performs a medley of John Denver songs in tribute to the singer who died the week before in a plane crash. 1999 – Producer George Martin retires from the music business. 2000 – Robbie Williams is found guilty of plagiarizing lyrics on his song “Jesus Was A Camper Van” from the 1961 Woody Guthrie song “I Am The Way,” and also using parts of a parody by Loudon Wainwright III. 2005 – The UK company, Prudential, conducts a survey and finds that the average person spends around £21,000 ($42,000) on music during their lives, including stereo equipment, concerts and CDs. 2007 – Ex- Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr is made a visiting professor of music at the University of Salford in Manchester. 2011 – At the involuntary manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, Dr. Steven Shafer testifies that it would have been impossible for Michael Jackson to have self-administered a lethal dose of the sedative propofol.
