October 12 Born –
Guitar Gabriel (aka Robert Jones, 1925) – Blues musician (“Welfare Blues”). Joe Olivier (1927) – guitarist for Bill Haley and His Comets. Nappy Brown (aka Napoleon Culp, 1929) – R&B singer (“Don’t Be Angry”). Luciano Pavarotti (1935) – opera singer. Sam Moore (1935) – Sam and Dave. Melvin Franklin (1942) – The Temptations. Rick Parfitt (1948) – vocalist/guitarist for Status Quo. Pat DiNizio (1955) – vocalist/guitarist for The Smithereens. Jane Siberry (aka Issa, aka Jane Stewart, 1955) – Canadian singer/songwriter (“Mimi On The Beach”). Dave Vanian (1956) – singer for The Damned. Brian Kennedy (1966) – Irish singer/songwriter. Martie Maguire (aka Martha Erwin, 1969) – Dixie Chicks. October 12 R.I.P. – Gene Vincent (1971) – ruptured stomach ulcer. Age 36. Rockabilly singer/songwriter. Ricky Wilson (1985) – AIDS. Age 32. The B-52s. Carmen Cavallaro (1989) – Age 73. American pianist, “The Poet of the Piano.” John Denver (1997) – plane crash. Age 53. Singer/songwriter. Frank Frost (1999) – cardiac arrest. Age 63. Delta blues harmonica player (“Hey Boss Man”). Ray Conniff (2002) – fell in his bathtub. Age 85. Bandleader/arranger, The Ray Conniff Singers. Baker Knight (2005) – natural causes. Age 72. Songwriter (“Lonesome Town”). George Malone (2007) – stroke. Age 67. The Monotones. Dickie Peterson (2009) – liver and prostate cancer. Age 63. Bassist/vocalist for Blue Cheer. Paul Leka (2011) – Age 68. Pianist/songwriter (“Green Tambourine”). Joel "Taz" DiGregorio (2011) – car crash. Age 67. Keyboardist for The Charlie Daniels Band. October 12 album releases – Aretha Franklin – Aretha In Paris (1968) Genesis – Selling England By The Pound (1973) Chaka Khan – Chaka (1978) Fleetwood Mac – Tusk (1979) Rod Stewart – Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (1979) U2 – October (1981) Hall & Oates – Big Bam Boom (1984) Lloyd Cole and The Commotions – Rattlesnakes (1984) Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime: The Best Of – (1992) George Clinton – Hey, Man, Smell My Finger (1993) Midnight Oil – 20,000 Watt R.S.L. (1997) Matthew Sweet – In Reverse (1999) Chicago – Chicago XXVI: Live In Concert (1999) Eric Clapton – Clapton Chronicles: The Best Of Eric Clapton (1999) Alison Moyet – Voice (2004) U.S. Chris Isaak – Christmas (2004) Indigo Girls – Holly Happy Days (2010) October 12 events – 1944 – 30,000 screaming teenage girls converge on the Paramount Theatre in New York City to see Frank Sinatra perform two shows. The scene is pandemonium. Bobbysoxers refuse to leave between shows, many passing out from hunger and many urinating in their chairs to not lose their places. 200 police and 400 reserves are called in to control the wild crowd. The event will come to be known as the Columbus Day Riot. 1955 – Chrysler introduces the world's first in-car sound systems - vinyl record players, complete with an assortment of classical records mounted under the dashboard. 1956 – DJ Alan Freed’s second movie, Don’t Knock The Rock, featuring Bill Haley and His Comets, Little Richard, and The Treniers premieres in New York City. 1957 – Little Richard flies to Australia for a tour. During the flight, one of the plane’s engines catches fire. At the evening’s concert, a badly shaken Richard denounces rock and roll from the stage, saying, “If you want to live for the Lord, you can't take rock 'n' roll, too. God doesn't like it." 1957 – Alan Freed's Biggest Show Of Stars ‘57 tour plays San Diego's Mission Beach Ballroom, featuring performances by The Everly Brothers, Frankie Lymon, LaVerne Baker, Paul Anka, Buddy Knox, Clyde McPhatter, Eddie Cochran, Jimmy Bowen and The Rhythm Orchids, Fats Domino, The Crickets, The Drifters, and Chuck Berry. 1962 – The Beatles meet and open for Little Richard at the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton, Wallasey. 1966 – The first incarnation of The Moody Blues ends when Denny Laine quits the band, causing the rest of the guys to split, too. 1966 – Sammy Davis, Jr. appears as himself in “The Clock King's Crazy Crimes” episode of Batman. 1966 – The Beatles begin recording their sixth album, recording two John Lennon songs, “Run For Your Life” and “This Bird Has Flown,” soon to be re-titled “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown).” 1966 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays their first headlining gig at Paris' Olympia Theatre. 1967 – The Doors perform at the Surf Club in Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts. 1968 – John Sebastian quits The Lovin’ Spoonful. 1969 – Tom Zarski, a student at Eastern Michigan University, calls radio station WKNR in Detroit and informs DJ Russ Gibb about the existing rumors and clues that Paul McCartney died in a car crash, perhaps as long ago as 1966. Zarski tells Gibb that by playing a section of the band's "Revolution 9" backwards, a clue emerges: the phrase "Turn me on, dead man." Gibb proceeds to do just that. Listeners are stunned. The rumor gains momentum. 1970 – Jesus Christ Superstar opens on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. 1972 – The Billie Holiday bio-pic, Lady Sings The Blues, premieres in New York City, launching Diana Ross’ acting career. 1974 – Rollermania begins in earnest as The Bay City Rollers’ debut album Rollin’ hits #1 in the UK. 1975 – Rod Stewart plays his final show with The Faces at the Nassau Coliseum in New York. 1978 – Sex Pistol Sid Vicious calls the police to the Chelsea Hotel in New York claiming that someone stabbed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. He is arrested and charged with murder and placed in the detox unit of a New York prison. 1979 – At a Jethro Tull concert at Madison Square Garden, a fan throws a rose at the stage and hits Ian Anderson in the eye. A thorn on the rose punctures his eyeball, forcing the cancellation of the rest of the show and two other concerts. 1980 – Seven concert-goers are stabbed by a crazed fan at a Blood, Sweat & Tears concert at The Street Scene in Los Angeles. Despite the violence, the concert is recorded for a live album release. 1982 – The Who play at Shea Stadium with opening act The Clash. 1983 – The Carpenters receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1987 – George Harrison releases his single, “Got My Mind Set On You” b/w “Lay His Head.” 1991 – Mariah Carey breaks The Jackson 5’s record of four straight consecutive #1 hits when her fifth single, “Emotions,” hits the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. The Jackson 5 held the record for almost 21 years. 1994 – Pink Floyd plays the first night of a 14-night run at London’s Earls Court. One minute into their song “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” a section of scaffold seating holding 1,200 people collapses, sending hundreds of concert-goers into the air. The show is immediately stopped and cancelled. 96 are injured, with 36 needing hospitalization. 1994 – MTV airs Unledded - the reunion concert special of Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page. 1995 – R.E.M. plays the first of three nights at the CoreStates Spectrum in Philadelphia. 1996 – Farm Aid ’96 takes place at Williams-Bryce Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. This year’s event features performances by The Beach Boys, Hootie and The Blowfish, Marshall Chapman, Son Volt, Robert Earl Keen, Martina McBride, Willie Nelson, John Conlee, Jewel, John Mellencamp and Neil Young. 1996 – 28 years after the event, The Rolling Stones’ Rock And Roll Circus is finally released on video. 1997 – City officials in Madrid, Spain, cancel a Backstreet Boys concert when an influx of teeny-bopper girl fans flood the streets. 1999 – The Isle Of Man issues six stamps honoring The Bee Gees. The boys were born there and their mother ran the post office. 2002 – Elvis Presley’s 30 #1 Hits album hits #1 on the Billboard chart: the first Presley album ever to do so. 2003 – For the first time since his disastrous performance on October 7, 1968, Jose Feliciano sings the National Anthem at a baseball game, this time with no surprises. 2005 – Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee suffers minor burns at a concert in Casper, Wyoming, during a pyrotechnics explosion. Lee is treated at a local hospital for the injuries to his arm and face. 2005 – Singer and Live Aid co-founder Midge Ure receives an honorary Doctorate of Arts degree from Dundee's University. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
