Joel Whitburn credits Martin as playing "guitars".(he's the sole guitarist)
On Monday, October 7, 2013 11:01:02 AM UTC-4, Eidem wrote: > > October 7 Born – > > Martin Murray (1939) – The Honeycombs. > > > 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 Village > Mortuary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westwood_Village_Memorial_Park_Cemetery> > 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. > >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. 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