Happy Birthday Dave Paton, an original Bay City Roller who body swerved the
tartan trousers and chose to make decent pop music!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnQZ5AHUk2U
On Monday, October 29, 2012 3:33:20 PM UTC, Eidem wrote:
> ... 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.
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