... and more October 29 birthdays –
Neil Hefti (1922) – Jazz trumpeter, television composer (Batman).
Sonny Osbourne (1937) – Bluegrass singer/banjoist, The Osbourne
Brothers.
David Brigati (1940) – Joey Dee and The Starliters.
Ray Steinberg (1942) – The Reflections (“(Just Like) Romeo And
Juliet”).
Robbie van Leeuwen (1944) – guitarist for Shocking Blue.
Melba Moore (aka Beatrice Smith, 1945) – R&B/disco singer.
David Paton (1949) – Scottish bassist for Pilot and The Alan Parsons
Project.
Kevin DuBrow (1955) – singer for Quiet Riot.
Steven “Randy” Jackson (1961) – The Jackson 5.
Peter Timmins (1965) – drummer for Cowboy Junkies.
October 29 R.I.P. –
John Scott Trotter (1975) – cancer. Age 67. Musical director for Bing
Crosby.
Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood (1979) – stomach cancer. Age 35. Drummer for
Parliament-Funkadelic.
Wells Kelly (1984) – overdose. Age 35. Drummer for Orleans ("You're
Still The One").
Woody Herman (1987) – Age 74. Clarinetist/saxophonist, big band
leader, The Herd.
Jimmy Saville (2011) – Age 84. Renowned British DJ and television
host.
October 29 album releases –
Neil Diamond – The Feel Of Neil Diamond (1966)
David Bowie – David Live (1974)
Rush – Hemispheres (1978)
Rush – Power Windows (1985)
Paul McCartney – Tripping The Live Fantastic (1990)
The Travelling Wilburys – Travelling Wilburys Vol. 3 (1990)
Nirvana – Nirvana (2002)
October 29 events –
1930 – Bing Crosby records “It Must Be True” with Gus Arnheim and his
orchestra.
1931 – Gene Autry and Jimmy Long record “That Silver Haired Daddy Of
Mine.”
1955 – Slim Whitman joins the Grand Ole Opry after more than five
years with the Louisiana Hayride.
1955 – Billboard magazine reviews Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti,"
calling it a "cleverly styled novelty with nonsense words, rapid fire
delivery."
1957 – Elvis Presley appears at the Pan Pacific Auditorium in L.A.
After the concert, Elvis throws a party in his hotel suite and meets
TV star and teen heartthrob Ricky Nelson.
1957 – Bobby Helms records “Jingle Bell Rock” at Owen Bradley’s
Quonset Hut Studio in Nashville.
1957 – Bonnie Guitar and The DeJohn Sisters appear on American
Bandstand.
1958 – Private First Class Elvis Presley attends a Bill Haley concert
in Stuttgart, Germany.
1962 – The Beatles make their second appearance on People And Places,
this time traveling to the Granada TV Centre in Manchester to film
their performances of “Love Me Do” and “A Taste Of Honey.”
1962 – Mary Wells releases her single, “Two Lovers” b/w “Operator” on
Motown.
1963 – The Everly Brothers, Little Richard and Bo Diddley headline two
shows at the Gaumont Theatre in Southampton. Also on the bill are The
Rolling Stones, Mickie Most, Julie Grant and The Flintstones.
1963 – The Hollies begin recording their first album at Abbey Road
Studios in London.
1965 – The Byrds release their single, “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To
Everything There Is A Season)” b/w “She Don’t Care About Time” on
Columbia Records.
1965 – The Beatles record overdubs onto “We Can Work It Out,”
completing the song.
1965 – The Who release their single, “My Generation” b/w “Shout And
Shimmy” on Brunswick Records in the UK.
1965 – The Rolling Stones begin their second North American tour at
the Montreal Forum in Quebec.
1966 – “96 Tears” by ? and The Mysterians hits #1 on the Billboard Hot
100.
1967 – Cream appears at the Saville Theatre in London as part of a
concert series called Sundays At The Saville.
1967 – The Cowsills appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “The
Rain, The Park, And Other Things.”
1969 – New York underground newspaper Rat Subterranean News compiles
and publishes all of the existing “Paul is dead” info to date.
1970 – Gladys Knight and The Pips release their single, “If I Were
Your Woman” b/w “The Tracks Of My Tears” on the Motown subsidiary Soul
label.
1973 – John Lennon releases his single, “Mind Games” b/w “Meat City”
in the U.S.
1976 – RCA sets up a portable recording studio in the Jungle Room at
Graceland, and Elvis records three of his final four songs: “It’s Easy
For You,” “Way Down” and “Pledging My Love.”
1977 – The Belgian travel service issues a summons for The Sex
Pistols, claiming the sleeve to the band’s single “Holidays In The
Sun” copies one of their brochures, causing copyright issues.
1980 – Mark David Chapman flies to New York and brings his gun in his
luggage. When he arrives he realizes he forgot the bullets.
1982 – The group Alabama makes their debut appearance at the Grand Ole
Opry.
1987 – Rolling Stones guitarist and sometime painter Ron Wood gets his
first public exhibit, Decades, in London, featuring mostly portraits
of Wood's famous friends painted over the past 20 years.
1987 – David Bowie begins the Australian leg of his Glass Spider Tour
at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Boondall, New Zealand.
1991 – The Memphis City Council re-names Interstate 55 through
Jackson, Mississippi, the B.B. King Freeway.
1991 – Three members of Pink Floyd are injured during an auto race in
Mexico when their car rolls 230 feet down an embankment near San Luis
Potosi. Guitarists Steve O'Rourke breaks his leg and David Gilmour
receives minor blows to the head. Drummer Nick Mason continues the
race.
1995 – Paul Anka lends his voice to the “Treehouse Of Horrors VI”
episode of The Simpsons.
1996 – Stone Roses bassist Mani Mounfield quits the group to join
Primal Scream, and rather than replace him, the band breaks up.
1998 – Billy Preston, his manager Merle Otis Greene, and Greene's wife
Sandra, are indicted in California on more than 20 counts of insurance
fraud, including multiple incidents involving arson, staged
burglaries, and staged auto accidents. Preston will agree to testify
against the others for a lesser sentence.
1999 – The Who reunite for a concert at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in
Las Vegas.
2001 – U2 plays the first of five consecutive nights as musical guest
on The Late Show With David Letterman.
2002 – The Palm Springs airport dedicates the Sonny Bono Memorial
Concourse in honor of the singer who also served as the town's mayor
in the late Eighties.
2003 – P. Diddy promises to investigate claims that his clothing
company uses a sweatshop factory in Honduras to produce his Sean John
clothing line when an American organization campaigning for workers'
rights claims conditions at the factory are wholly unacceptable and
unconscionable.
2005 – The wax figures of the younger Beatles used on the cover of the
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album are auctioned off for
£81,500 in London after being discovered languishing in the backroom
of Madame Tussauds' wax museum.
2007 – Kylie Minogue is honored with the Music Industry Trust prize
for her 20-year career and status as an "icon of pop and style" at a
London ceremony. It is the first time in the event's 16-year history
that the award has gone to a woman.
2007 – The Johnny Cash film Walk The Line is voted the greatest music
biopic in a poll conducted by Lovefilm. It is followed by rapper
Eminem's 8 Mile, with Mozart's life story Amadeus next, and Ray at
number four. The most recent film in the Top 10 was the Joy Division
biopic, Control.
2009 – Donna Fargo's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina dedicates
a section of Highway 103 in her honor as the Donna Fargo Highway.
2010 – The Royal Mint issues a limited edition John Lennon £5 coin
showing Lennon with long hair, sideburns and his trademark round
glasses.
2010 – Country artist Randy Travis and his manager wife of 19 years,
Elizabeth, are divorced, yet she remains his manager.
