October 3 Born –
Von Freeman (1923) – hard bop jazz saxophonist. Eddie Cochran (1938) – singer/songwriter. Alan O’Day (1940) – singer/songwriter (“Rock And Roll Heaven”). Chubby Checker (aka Ernest Evans, 1941) – singer. Antonio Martinez (1945) – guitarist for Los Bravos. Lindsey Buckingham (1949) – Fleetwood Mac. John Curulewski (1950) – original guitarist for Styx. Ronnie Laws (1950) – session saxophonist, Earth, Wind & Fire. Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954) – Blues guitarist/singer/songwriter. Douglas Allen Woody (1955) – bassist for The Allman Brothers Band and Gov’t Mule. Robbie Jaymes (1961) – keyboardist for Modern Romance. Tommy Lee (1962) – drummer for Mötley Crüe. Dan Miller (1967) – guitarist for They Might Be Giants. Chris Collingwood (1967) – Fountains Of Wayne. Gwen Stefani (1969) – singer No Doubt. Kevin Richardson (1971) – The Backstreet Boys. Jake Shears (aka Jason Sellards, 1978) – vocalist for Scissor Sisters. Nate Wood (1979) – drummer for The Calling. Ashlee Simpson (1984) – singer. October 3 R.I.P. – Woody Guthrie (1967) – Huntington's disease. Age 55. Folk singer/songwriter. Victoria Spivey (1976) – internal hemorrhage. Age 69. Blues singer. Del Wood (1989) – stroke. Age 69. Pianist for the Grand Ole Opry. Benjamin Orr (2000) – pancreatic cancer. Age 53. The Cars. Darryl DeLoach (2002) – liver cancer. Age 55. Original member of Iron Butterfly. Johnny “J” Jackson (2008) – suicide in prison. Age 39. Rapper/songwriter, hip hop producer. “Charmin” Kay Armen (2008) – Age 95. Singer on Stop The Music. Kathi McDonald (2012) – Age 64. Singer with The Rolling Stones and Long John Baldry, The Ikettes. October 3 album releases – The Kingston Trio – The Last Month Of The Year (1960) Merle Haggard – Mama Tried (1968) The Who – The Who By Numbers (1975) Elvis Presley – Elvis In Concert (1977) Diamond Head – Lightning To The Nations (1980) The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980) Lindsey Buckingham – Law And Order (1981) Genesis – Genesis (1983) Keith Richards – Talk Is Cheap (1988) Tracy Chapman – Crossroads (1989) Linda Ronstadt with Aaron Neville – Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind (1989) Otis Day and The Knights – Shout (1989) Blind Guardian – Tales From The Twilight World (1990) Scarface – Mr. Scarface Is Back (1991) The Cranberries – No Need To Argue (1994) Twisted Sister – Live At Hammersmith (1994) Brenda Lee – The Very Best Of Brenda Lee… With Love (1994) Mariah Carey – Daydream (1995) Green Day – Warning (2000) Van Morrison and Linda Gail Lewis – You Win Again (2000) Paul Simon – You’re The One (2000) Lindsey Buckingham – Under The Skin (2006) Sarah McLachlan – Mirrorball: The Complete Concert (2006) October 3 events – 1901 – The Victor Talking Machine Company is founded in Philadelphia. 1945 – Ten-year old Elvis Presley sings “Old Shep” at a talent contest at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show in Tupelo. He comes in 2nd place. 1945 – Stan Kenton and His Orchestra records “Painted Rhythm” for Capitol Records. 1957 – The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom variety show debuts on ABC-TV. The show runs for three years. 1958 – The Biggest Show Of Stars 1958 package tour kicks off its Fall Edition at the Worcester Auditorium in Massachusetts, featuring Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Frankie Avalon, Bobby Darin, The Olympics, Dion and The Belmonts, Bobby Freeman, The Elegants, Jimmy Clanton, The Danleers, Duane Eddy, Clyde McPhatter, and The Coasters. 1960 – Ike and Tina Turner make their U.S. television debut on American Bandstand, performing “A Fool In Love.” 1961 – Jimmie Rodgers, Fred Rose, and Hank Williams are the first artists to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. 1964 – John Lennon writes “I Feel Fine.” 1965 – Johnny Cash is stopped by U.S. customs officials at the Mexican border on suspicion of heroin smuggling, and is found to be holding over 1,000 prescription narcotic and amphetamine pills. He will receive a suspended sentence. 1968 – The Beatles record the backing track for George Harrison’s “Savoy Truffle” in one take at Trident Studios in London. 1977 – The television special Elvis In Concert airs on CBS just weeks after the singer’s death, and the general public gets their first glimpse of a bloated and drug-addled Presley. 1978 – Aerosmith posts bail for 30 fans arrested for smoking pot during their show at the Fort Wayne Coliseum in Indiana. 1979 – ABBA performs at the Music Hall in Boston, but only after arriving late to the show after a harrowing and dangerous afternoon flight from New York to Boston in severe thunderstorm and tornado weather. ABBA singer Agnetha Fältskog is so shaken by the event that the final date of their tour, scheduled for Washington DC, is cancelled. 1980 – Paul Simon’s semi-autobiographical movie, One Trick Pony, premieres in theaters to a lukewarm response. 1980 – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band open The River Tour at the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Springsteen opens the show with “Born To Run” and immediately forgets the words. 1981 – The Kinks play Madison Square Garden for the first time. 1983 – Paul McCartney releases his duet single with Michael Jackson, “Say, Say, Say” b/w “Ode To A Koala Bear.” 1987 – Lithonia, Georgia declares the day “Brenda Lee Day,” and re-names a street Brenda Lee Lane. 1988 – The documentary Imagine: John Lennon premieres in Westwood, California. 1988 – Lisa Marie Presley marries her first husband, Danny Keough, at the Church of Scientology in Hollywood. They stay married for six years. 1991 – Texas governor Ann Richards proclaims the day "Stevie Ray Vaughan Day.” 1992 – Sinéad O'Connor appears as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, and during her performance rips up a photograph of Pope John Paul II in a protest of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. NBC is fined $2.5 million dollars by the FCC for the incident. 1994 – Eric Clapton begins his Nothing But The Blues Tour at the Forum in Montreal, Canada, with opening act Jimmie Vaughan. 1998 – Farm Aid ’98 takes place at the Tweeter Center in Tinley Park, Illinois, featuring Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Phish, Steve Earle, John Mellencamp, The Del McCoury Band, and Wilco. 1999 – The co-founder of the Sony Corporation, Akio Morita, passes away from pneumonia at age 78. 2000 – Mark David Chapman is denied parole at his first parole hearing. 2003 – The concert film, Concert For George, premieres in theaters across America. 2008 – Country music artist Stonewall Jackson settles his age discrimination lawsuit again the Grand Ole Opry for an undisclosed amount. 2011 – ESPN and the NFL drop Hank Williams Jr. and his theme song “Are You Ready For Some Football” from Monday Night Football after public comments are made by the singer where he equates President Obama with Adolph Hitler. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. 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