October 7 Born –
Vaughn Monroe (1911) – singer/trumpet, big band leader ("Let It Snow, Let
It Snow, Let It Snow").
“Papa” Jo Jones (1911) – Jazz drummer for Count Basie.
Al Martino (aka Jasper Cini, 1927) – singer/entertainer.
Dino Valenti (aka Chester Powers, Jr., 1937) – singer/songwriter (“Get
Together”).
Colin Cooper (1939) – saxophonist for Climax Blues Band.
Martin Murray (1939) – The Honeycombs.
Mel Brown (1939) – Blues guitarist.
Norm Ezell (1941) – guitarist for The Five Americans.
Tony “Champagne” Silvester (aka Enrique Silvester, 1941) – The Main
Ingredient.
Bob Webber (1945) – guitarist for Sugarloaf.
Kevin Godley (1945) – 10cc, and Godley & Crème.
Dave Hope (1949) – original bassist for Kansas, A.D.
David Taylor (1950) – bassist for Edison Lighthouse.
John “Cougar” Mellencamp (1951) – singer/songwriter.
Hector “Tico” Torres (1953) – drummer for Bon Jovi.
Simon Cowell (1959) – producer, A&R man, American Idol judge.
Samantha “Sam” Brown (1964) – British singer/songwriter.
Toni Braxton (1967) – R&B singer.
Thom Yorke (1968) – Radiohead.
October 7 R.I.P. –
Mario Lanza (1959) – pulmonary embolism. Age 38. Tenor singer.
Smiley Lewis (1966) – stomach cancer. Age 53. R&B musician ("I Hear You
Knocking").
Johnny Kidd (1966) – car crash. Age 30. Johnny Kidd and The Pirates.
Billy Daniels (1988) – cancer. Age 73. Singer (“That Old Black Magic”).
Donald Banks (2011) – cancer. Age 72. The Tymes (“So Much In Love”).
October 7 album releases –
The Beach Boys – Little Deuce Coupe (1963)
Dire Straits – Dire Straits (1978)
Heart – Dog & Butterfly (1978)
Loverboy – Get Lucky (1981)
John Cougar Mellencamp – Uh-Huh (1983)
Talking Heads – True Stories (1986)
Slayer – Reign In Blood (1986)
Exodus – Pleasures Of The Flesh (1987)
R.E.M. – Automatic For The People (1992)
Leonard Cohen – More Best Of Leonard Cohen (1997)
Gov’t Mule – The Deepest End Live In Concert (2003)
The Pretenders – Break Up The Concrete (2008)
October 7 events –
1940 – Artie Shaw records “Stardust” in Hollywood.
1940 – Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Boys record “Mule Skinner Blues” and
“No Letter In The Mail” in Atlanta, Georgia.
1950 – The Frank Sinatra Show debuts on CBS-TV. Slated to run for five
years, the show lasts 36 weeks.
1952 – After a month on air showing short music films, the re-vamped and
more familiar dance-oriented Bandstand debuts on WFIL-TV in Philadelphia,
with host Bob Horn.
1955 – The movie Rock ‘N’ Roll Revue - a compilation of musical television
clips - opens in theaters in the U.S. Artists in the film include Big Joe
Turner, Ruth Brown, The Delta Rhythm Boys, Nat “King” Cole, Martha Davis,
The Clovers, Dinah Washington, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton and others.
The movie will open in the UK on May 14, 1956, as Harlem Rock ‘N’ Roll, and
in Sweden as simply Rock ‘N’ Roll.
1957 – RCA Victor announces that they have already received 500,000 advance
orders for Elvis’ Christmas Album.
1957 – George Hamilton IV records “Why Don’t They Understand” at Capitol
Studios in New York City.
1957 – The Shepherd Sisters perform “Alone (Why Must I Be Alone)” on
American Bandstand.
1960 – Elvis Presley records “Flaming Star” at Radio Recorders in Hollywood
for the movie soundtrack.
1961 – The Platters, Del Shannon, The Drifters, Brook Benton, Gary U.S.
Bonds, Dee Clark, The Cleftones, and Curtis Lee all perform at The Forum in
Wichita, Kansas.
1963 – The Rolling Stones record the Lennon/McCartney song “I Wanna Be Your
Man” at De Lane Lea Studios in London.
1964 – The Beatles appear on ABC-TV in the U.S. via videotape (filmed on
October 3) on the British Invasion edition of Shindig! performing "Kansas
City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!" "I'm A Loser" and "Boys." Also on the show are The
Karl Denver Trio, P.J. Proby, Tommy Quickly, Lyn Cornell, Sounds
Incorporated and Sandie Shaw.
1965 – The Kinks, Dee Dee Sharp, Billy Preston, Charlie Rich, Evie Sands,
Jean King, The Shindogs and Bobby Sherman all appear on Shindig!
1967 – Mama Cass Elliott is released from a London jail after being cleared
of charges that she ran out on a hotel bill the previous February when The
Mamas and The Papas were on tour in England.
1967 – Promoter Sid Bernstein offers $1 million to The Beatles to undertake
a third concert tour of the U.S. They refuse.
1968 – Jose Feliciano stuns and outrages baseball fans at Game 5 of the
World Series in Detroit with his jazzy acoustic take on the National Anthem.
1968 – The Beatles, minus John Lennon, record 62 takes of George Harrison’s
new song “It’s Been A Long Long Long Time” - soon to become simply “Long,
Long, Long.”
1969 – The Jackson 5 releases their single, “I Want You Back” b/w “Who’s
Lovin’ You.”
1970 – The body of Janis Joplin is cremated at the Pierce Brothers Westwood
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in Los Angeles.
1970 – The Mick Jagger film, Ned Kelly, premieres worldwide in theaters.
1971 – Michael Jackson releases his first solo single, “Got To Be There”
b/w “Maria (You Were The Only One).”
1972 – The Eagles perform at the Tarrant County Convention Center Arena in
Fort Worth, Texas.
1975 – The U.S. Court of Appeals overturns the longstanding deportation
order for John Lennon, ruling that Lennon, in being held accountable for
violating a foreign law (a 1968 rap for possession of marijuana in
England), had been denied due process.
1976 – Dennis Edwards announces he is leaving The Temptations.
1977 – Guitarist Steve Hackett quits Genesis.
1978 – The Rolling Stones host and are the musical guest on Saturday Night
Live.
1978 – Merle Haggard marries his third wife, bassist for Loretta Lynn,
Leona Williams.
1978 – Billboard magazine reveals that Marvin Gaye has declared bankruptcy
twice in the past year, claiming debts of over $7 million.
1979 – ABBA plays the final date of the North American leg of their tour at
the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada.
1982 – Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page is given a one year suspended s
entence for cocaine possession.
1982 – The Broadway musical Cats opens at the Winter Garden Theatre in
Manhattan, where it will run for 7,485 performances until September 10,
2000 - setting a record for the longest-running musical, until 2006 when
Phantom Of The Opera surpasses the mark.
1984 – The movie Songwriter, starring Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson,
Melinda Dillon, Rip Torn, and Lesley Ann Warren, premieres in Nashville.
1995 – Alanis Morissette becomes the first Canadian female artist to have a
#1 album on the Billboard 200 when her third album, Jagged Little Pill,
hits the top spot. The album will go on to be one of the most successful
albums in history, selling more than 33 million copies worldwide.
1996 – Michael Jackson performs in Africa for the first time at the El
Menzah Stadium in Tunis, Tunisia, on his HIStory World Tour.
1999 – The Irish Hot Press Awards are held at the HQ in Dublin. Performers
include The Corrs, Divine Comedy, Ash, Boyzone, B*Witched, and Westlife.
2000 – KISS drummer Peter Criss destroys his drums on stage in a fit of
rage on the final night of the band’s Farewell Tour in North Charleston,
South Carolina.
2004 – Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars undergoes full hip replacement
surgery in Los Angeles.
2004 – Melissa Etheridge cancels her tour to undergo surgery and treatment
for breast cancer.
2005 – Boy George summons police to his Manhattan apartment to report a
break in, and is arrested when police find cocaine in his apartment.
2006 – Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty cancels the remainder of the band’s
British tour in order to have more time to sober up.
2007 – Rapper Lil’ Wayne is arrested after his concert in Boise, Idaho, on
felony drug possession charges and is jailed without bail.
2008 – Lisa Marie Presley gives birth to twin girls, Harper and Finley
Lockwood.
2009 – Davy Jones slams his former Monkees band mates in an article in the
National Enquirer, ruling out any chance of a future reunion.
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