October 15 Born –
Victoria Spivey (1906) – Blues singer.
David Carroll (aka Rodell Shreier, 1913) – songwriter/arranger, Mercury
Records conductor.
Paul Tanner (1917) – trombonist for The Glenn Miller Orchestra, developer
of the electrotheremin.
Mickey “Guitar” Baker (aka MacHouston Baker, 1925) – session guitarist.
Barry McGuire (1935) – singer/songwriter (“Eve Of Destruction”).
Marv Johnson (1938) – R&B/soul singer ("You Got What It Takes").
Chris Andrews (1942) – singer/songwriter (“Long Live Love”).
Don Stevenson (1941) – drummer for Moby Grape.
Richard Carpenter (1946) – songwriter/keyboardist/singer, The Carpenters.
Chris de Burgh (1948) – singer/songwriter (“Lady In Red”).
Lance Dickerson (1948) – drummer for Commander Cody and His Lost Planet
Airmen.
Frank Dimino (1951) – singer for Angel.
Toriano “Tito” Jackson (1953) – The Jackson 5.
Chris Lacklison (1956) – keyboardist for Kenny.
Mark Reznicek (1962) – drummer for The Toadies.
David Stead (1966) – drummer for The Beautiful South.
Dougie Vipond (1966) – drummer for Deacon Blue.
October 15 R.I.P. –
Cole Porter (1964) – kidney failure. Age 73. Songwriter (“I’ve Got You
Under My Skin”).
Bobby Lester (1980) – cancer. Age 49. The Moonglows.
Terry Gilkyson (1999) – Age 83. Folk singer/songwriter, The Weavers.
Edie Adams (2008) – cancer and pneumonia. Age 81. Singer/actress.
October 15 album releases –
Elvis Presley – Elvis’ Christmas Album (1957)
Brenda Lee – Brenda, That’s All (1962)
Manfred Mann – Mann Made (1965) UK
Otis Redding – Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul
(1966)
Yes – Yes (1969)
The Jackson 5 – Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970)
The Grateful Dead – Wake Of The Flood (1973)
Neil Young – Time Fades Away (1973)
Fleetwood Mac – Mystery To Me (1973)
The Band – Moondog Matinee (1973)
Toto – Toto (1978)
Donna Summer – On The Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II (1979)
Ultravox – Quartet (1982)
AC/DC – ’74 Jailbreak (1984)
Julian Lennon – Valotte (1984)
XTC – The Big Express (1984)
Elton John – Leather Jackets (1986)
Motörhead – Nö Sleep At All (1988)
Morrissey – “Bona Drag” (1990)
Ride – Nowhere (1990)
Crosby, Still and Nash – CSN (1991) (box set)
Dramarama – Vinyl (1991)
Dio – Angry Machines (1996) U.S.
Phish – Billy Breathes (1996) U.S.
The Tubes – Genius Of America (1996)
The Monkees – Justus (1996)
Korn – Life Is Peachy (1996)
Bad Company – Stories Told & Untold (1996)
Corrosion Of Conformity – Wiseblood (1996)
Alison Moyet – The Turn (2007)
October 15 events –
1955 – Elvis Presley performs at the Big D Jamboree at Fair Park Coliseum
in Lubbock, Texas, with the opening act of Buddy Holley, Bob Montgomery and
Larry Welborn on bass. 13-year old Mac Davis is in the audience.
1955 – Fats Domino records “I’m In Love Again” at Cosimo Studio in New
Orleans.
1955 – The Grand Ole Opry television show debuts on ABC-TV, with Les Paul
and Mary Ford as opening night guests. The show lasts one year.
1956 – Little Richard records “Good Golly Miss Molly” at J&M Studio in New
Orleans.
1957 – The Crickets record "Maybe Baby" at Norman Petty’s studio in Clovis,
New Mexico.
1957 – Alan Freed’s Biggest Show Of Stars ’57 package tour hits Los Angeles
and the Shrine Auditorium. Artists include Chuck Berry, LaVerne Baker,
Eddie Cochran, Fats Domino, The Crickets, The Drifters, Paul Anka, Buddy
Knox, Clyde McPhatter, The Everly Brothers, Frankie Lymon, and Jimmy Bowen
and The Rhythm Orchids.
1958 – Jackie Wilson records “Lonely Teardrops” in New York City for
Brunswick Records.
1959 – Jim Reeves records “He’ll Have To Go” at RCA Studios in Nashville.
1960 – While in Hamburg, Germany, Rory Storm and The Hurricanes’ guitarist
Wally Eymond records his version of George Gershwin's "Summertime" with The
Beatles backing him up. Beatles drummer Pete Best is off somewhere else, so
Rory Storm's drummer, Ringo Starr, provides drums. Though the master is
long lost, this is the earliest known recording session with John, Paul,
George and Ringo together.
1960 – Loretta Lynn makes her Grand Ole Opry debut.
1960 – The Miracles release their single, “Shop Around” b/w “Who’s Lovin’
You” on the Tamla label.
1960 – Merv Griffin's weekly music series, Saturday Prom, debuts on NBC-TV,
with guests Conway Twitty and Johnny and The Hurricanes.
1961 – Elvis Presley records “Good Luck Charm,” “For The Millionth And The
Last Time,” “I Met Her Today” and “Anything That’s Part Of You” at RCA
Studios in Nashville.
1963 – Recording as The Rip Chords, Bruce Johnston and Terry Melcher, along
with the Wrecking Crew, record “Hey Little Cobra.”
1964 – British singer Screaming Lord Sutch runs for the English parliament.
1965 – 22-year old Jimmy Hendrix signs a three-year recording contract with
entrepreneur Ed Chalpin, receiving $1 and 1% royalty. While the
relationship with Chalpin is short-lived, his contract remains in force,
causing considerable problems for Hendrix later in his career.
1966 – The backing track for The Monkees’ version of Neil Diamond’s “I’m A
Believer” is recorded in New York City.
1966 – The Pink Floyd, The Move, Denny Laine, Soft Machine, Yoko Ono and a
West Indian steel band all appear at the launch of The International Times
- the first and longest-running British hippy newspaper - at the Roundhouse
in London.
1967 – The Lovin’ Spoonful appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing
“She’s Still A Mystery.” Also on the show is Ethel Merman.
1967 – The 1st Annual Sacramento Pop Festival takes place at Hughes Stadium
at the University of California. Jefferson Airplane headlines the event,
with opening acts The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Sunshine Company, The
Strawberry Alarm Clock, Hamilton Street Car, The New Breed, Hour Glass, and
Spirit. A second pop festival never materializes.
1968 – Stevie Wonder releases his single, “For Once In My Life” b/w “Angie
Girl” on the Tamla label.
1969 – Blues musician Howlin’ Wolf suffers his first non-fatal heart attack
while on his way to a gig at the University of Chicago.
1970 – The Supremes - now with Jean Terrell on lead vocals - release their
single, “Stoned Love” b/w “Shine On Me” on Motown.
1971 – Pink Floyd begins the North American leg of their Meddle tour at the
Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.
1971 – The Seventh Annual Rock 'N' Roll Revival Show is held at Madison
Square Garden, featuring Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, The Shirelles, Bobby
Rydell, Gary U.S. Bonds, The Coasters and others. Also on the bill is Rick
Nelson who performs with his Stone Canyon Band. During his set, Nelson
chooses to debut some of his newer, country-rock material, and is booed by
the audience. The experience so unnerves the former teen idol that he goes
home and pens a song about the experience, entitled "Garden Party."
1973 – Elvis Presley is hospitalized in Memphis for recurring pneumonia,
pleurisy, an enlarged colon, and hepatitis.
1973 – The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to review a 1971 FCC directive that
broadcasters censor songs with drug-oriented lyrics from the airwaves.
1973 – Rolling Stone Keith Richards is found guilty in Nice, France, of
possessing and intending to distribute both marijuana and heroin. He
receives a one-year suspended sentence, is fined 5,000 francs and is
forbidden from entering the country for two years.
1976 – Ike and Tina Turner split up after 15 years as a musical duo.
Shortly after, the couple divorces as well.
1977 – Paul Simon releases his single, “Slip Slidin’ Away” b/w “Something
So Right.”
1979 – Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes record "Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer"
at Jack Clement Studios in Nashville.
1980 – EMI’s Abbey Road studios auctions off thousands of dollars of
equipment, including some used on Beatles recordings.
1987 – The Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band begins a two week stay at the
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway in New York City.
1995 – Paul and Linda McCartney “appear” as themselves in the “Lisa The
Vegetarian” episode of The Simpsons.
1996 – Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee is charged with assault for attacking
a cameraman who was trying to take pictures of Lee and his wife Pamela
Anderson Lee outside a club in Los Angeles.
1997 – Michael Jackson plays the final date of his HIStory Tour at King's
Park Rugby Stadium in Durban, South Africa. It is his final tour date ever.
2000 – Dave Edmunds undergoes triple-bypass heart surgery at Cedars-Sinai
Hospital in Los Angeles.
2006 – Patti Smith plays on the closing night of CBGB’s in New York City.
2007 – Britney Spears visits a Los Angeles police station after being
ordered by a judge to be photographed and fingerprinted ahead of her
hit-and-run court case.
2008 – Jon Bon Jovi releases a statement asking the McCain presidential
campaign to stop using the Bon Jovi song “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” at
their rallies.
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