... and more October 25 birthdays –
Minnie Pearl (1912)
Earl Palmer (1924) – New Orleans session drummer, also with the
Wrecking Crew.
Jimmy Heath (1926) – Jazz saxophonist with Milt Jackson and Art
Farmer.
Jeanne Black (aka Jeanne Strange, 1937) – Country singer (“He’ll Have
To Stay”).
Dick Dodd (1943) – drummer for The Standells, The Mickey Mouse Club.
Taffy Nivert Danoff (1944) – Starland Vocal Band.
Glen Tipton (1947) – guitarist for Judas Priest.
Chris Norman (1950) – vocalist for Smokie.
Richard Lloyd (1951) – singer/songwriter/guitarist for Television.
Matthias Jabs (1955) – guitarist for Scorpions.
Robbie McIntosh (1957) – guitarist for The Pretenders.
Christina Amphlett (1959) – vocalist for Divinyls.
Chad Smith (1961) – drummer for Red Hot Chili Peppers and Chickenfoot.
John Levén (1963) – bassist for Europe.
Ed Robertson (1970) – songwriter/guitarist for Barenaked Ladies.
Katy Perry (aka Katheryn Hudson, 1984) – singer/songwriter.
October 25 R.I.P. –
Gary Holton (1985) – overdose. Age 33. Vocalist for Heavy Metal Kids.
Morton Downey (1985) – stroke. Age 83. Singer, The Irish Nightingale.
Willis "Gator" Jackson (1987) – complications from heart surgery. Age
55. Jazz saxophonist.
Johnnie Louise Richardson (1988) – stroke. Age 43. Johnnie & Joe
(“Over The Mountain, Across The Sea”).
Bill Graham (1991) – helicopter crash. Age 60. Concert promoter.
Margo Sylvia (1991) – heart attack. Age 55. The Tune Weavers.
Roger Miller (1992) – lung and throat cancer. Age 56. Singer/
songwriter ("Dang Me").
Howie Blauvelt (1993) – heart attack. Age 44. Bassist for Ram Jam
(“Black Betty”).
Billy Martin Bennett (2000) – heart attack. Age 56. Drummer for Sam
the Sham and The Pharoahs.
Richard Harris (2002) – Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Age 72. Actor/singer/
songwriter (“MacArthur Park”).
John Peel (2004) – heart attack. Age 65. Renowned British DJ.
Gregory Isaacs (2010) – lung cancer. Age 59. Reggae musician/singer.
October 25 album releases –
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland (1968) U.S.
Jethro Tull – This Was (1968) UK
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma (1969)
The Doors – Other Voices (1971)
Jeff Beck – Rough And Ready (1971) UK
Chicago – Chicago Live At Carnegie Hall (1971)
Bob Marley and The Wailers – Natty Dread (1974)
Al Di Meola – Land Of The Midnight Sun (1976)
Aerosmith – Rockin’ The Joint (2005)
Brian Wilson – In The Key Of Disney (2011)
October 25 events –
1943 – Benny Carter and His Orchestra record “Poinciana (Song Of The
Tree)” for Capitol.
1946 – Actress Ava Gardner divorces bandleader Artie Shaw after one
year of marriage.
1955 – Smiley Lewis records “One Night Of Sin” for Imperial Records.
1958 – Lonnie Donegan, The Fraser Hayes Four, Alex Welsh, Joe Gordon
and His Folk Four, and Fiona Duncan all appear on the BBC radio show
Saturday Club. Also on the show is Cliff Richard, making his live
radio debut.
1960 – 17-year old Keith Richards runs into old schoolmate Mick Jagger
at a train station in London and get re-acquainted.
1962 – Paul Peterson’s character, Jeff, honors his dad by singing “My
Dad” on The Donna Reed Show.
1962 – The Beatles appear on the BBC radio show Here We Go.
1963 – The Beatles begin their first Scandanavian tour with two shows
at Nya Aulan in Sundsta Läroverk, a secondary school in the small town
of Karlstad.
1963 – Brenda Lee records “As Usual” at Columbia Studios in Nashville.
1967 – Diana Ross and The Supremes release their single, “In And Out
Of Love” b/w “I Guess I’ll Always Love You” on Tamla Motown.
1968 – Led Zeppelin performs its first show under their new name at
Surrey University.
1968 – The Temptations release their single, “Cloud Nine” b/w “Why Did
She Have To Leave Me (Why Did She Have To Go).”
1970 – The Ed Sullivan Show celebrates the United Nations’ 25th
anniversary with international acts, including Australia’s The New
Seekers, singing “Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma,” and Ravi
Shankar, on film from India, who performs a classic raga piece. Also
on the show are The Young Americans.
1973 – Rick Nelson appears as a former rock star turned pimp and
murderer on the “Harem” episode of The Streets Of San Francisco.
1974 – Wings release their single, “Junior’s Farm” b/w “Sally-O.”
1979 – Bob Marley and The Wailers play the first of a four-day stay at
the Apollo Theater in Harlem, performing two shows a day.
1985 – R.E.M., The Smiths and Tom Waits all appear on the BBC
television show The Tube.
1986 – For the first time in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, the
top three spots are held by female solo acts: Cyndi Lauper at #1 with
“True Colors,” Tina Turner #2 with “Typical Male,” and Janet Jackson's
“When I Think Of You” at #3.
1986 – Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler breaks his collarbone after
crashing in a celebrity car race before the Australian Grand Prix.
1995 – Cliff Richard is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II: the first
artist to receive the honor.
1997 – Johnny Cash reaches over to pick up a dropped guitar pick at a
concert in Flint, Michigan, and falls over on stage. Apologizing, he
reveals to the audience that he is in the early stages of Parkinson's
Disease.
2001 – Six years after Jerry Garcia’s death, 13 law firms are still
involved in claims for his $10 million estate. Former wives and
girlfriends continue to fight on how to distribute his estate and
annual royalties of $4.6 million.
2002 – Aretha Franklin’s $1.4 million mansion burns to the ground in
Detroit. Investigators rule it arson.
2003 – Country artist Del McCoury joins the Grand Ole Opry.
2003 – The first day of the 17th annual Bridge School Benefit Concert
is held at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California,
with performances by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Pearl Jam, Wilco,
The Indigo Girls, Willie Nelson, Incubus, Counting Crows and Dashboard
Confessional. The concert is repeated the next day.
2006 – Forbes reveals that Kurt Cobain has overtaken Elvis Presley as
the highest earning dead celebrity. Cobain's work earned $50 million
(£27m) from October 2005 to October 2006, compared with Presley's $42
million (£22m). Former Beatle John Lennon earned $35 million (£19m).
2010 – The California Second District Court of Appeals rejects a bid
by Michael Jackson’s father, Joe, to challenge the administration of
his son’s estate. The decision by the 3 justice panel was unanimous
stating that Joe did not have standing to challenge or intervene in
his son’s estate, which earned $275 million in the past year.
