October 16 Born –
Big Joe Williams (1903) – Delta blues guitarist/singer/songwriter.
Stoney Cooper (aka Dale Cooper, 1918) – guitarist/fiddler, Wilma Lee and
Stoney Cooper.
Walter “Max” Bygraves (1922) – British singer/actor/entertainer.
Bert Kaempfert (1923) – orchestra leader, composer/producer ("Wonderland By
Night").
Sugar Pie DeSanto (aka Umpeylia Balinton, 1935) – R&B singer (“I Want To
Know”).
Emile Ford (aka Michael Telford-Miller, 1937) – singer (“What Do You Want
To Make Those Eyes At Me
For?<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Do_You_Want_to_Make_Those_Eyes_at_Me_For%3F>
").
Nico (aka Christa Päffgen, 1938) – The Velvet Underground.
Dave Lovelady (1942) – drummer for The Fourmost.
Fred “C.F.” Turner (1943) – Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
Bob Weir (1947) – The Grateful Dead, Kingfish, and Ratdog.
Tony Carey (1953) – keyboardist for Rainbow.
Gary Kemp (1959) – guitarist/songwriter for Spandau Ballet.
Bob Mould (1960) – guitarist/vocalist for Hüsker Dü.
Flea (aka Michael Balzary, 1962) – bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Simon Batholomew (1965) – guitarist for Brand New Heavies.
Wendy Wilson (1969) – Wilson Phillips.
John Mayer (1977) – singer/songwriter/guitarist.
October 16 R.I.P. –
Leonard Chess (1969) – heart attack. Age 52. Chess Records.
Gene Krupa (1973) – leukemia and heart failure. Age 64.
Milt Raskin (1977) – Age 61. Swing jazz pianist with Artie Shaw and Billie
Holiday.
Dan Dailey (1978) – anemia. Age 62. Actor/dancer/singer (“In The Good Old
Summertime”).
Doyle Wilburn (1982) – cancer. Age 52. The Wilburn Brothers (“Hurt Her Once
For Me”).
George Liberace (1983) – leukemia. Age 72. Violinist.
Art Blakely (1990) – Age 71. Jazz drummer, bandleader.
Ole Beich (1991) – drowned. Age 46? Original bassist for L.A. Guns and Guns
‘N Roses.
Ella Mae Morse (1999) – respiratory failure. Age 75. Singer (“Cow Cow
Boogie”).
Etta Jones (2001) – cancer. Age 72. Jazz singer (“Don’t Go To Strangers”).
Len Dressler (2005) – cancer. Age 80. The Singers Unlimited, voice actor
for the Jolly Green Giant.
Pete Rugolo (2011) – Age 95. Jazz composer, television theme songwriter
(Leave It To Beaver).
October 16 album releases –
The Supremes – A Bit Of Liverpool (1964)
Cher – All I Really Want To Do (1965)
Brenda Lee – Reflections In Blue (1967)
Three Dog Night – Three Dog Night (1968)
Three Dog Night – Captured Live At The Forum (1969)
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Live In Europe (1973)
The Rolling Stones – It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll (1974)
Aretha Franklin – You (1975)
Thin Lizzy – Johnny The Fox (1976)
Elton John – A Single Man (1978)
Rick James – Fire It Up (1979)
Eurythmics – In The Garden (1981)
Thin Lizzy – Life:Live (1983)
All About Eve – Scarlet And Other Stories (1989)
Erasure – Wild! (1989)
Goo Goo Dolls – Hold Me Up (1990)
Paul Simon – The Rhythm Of The Saints (1990)
Buju Banton – Stamina Daddy (1992)
Suggs – The Lone Ranger (1995)
Cast – All Change (1995)
Faithless – Back To Mine (2000)
John Mellencamp – Cuttin’ Heads (2001)
Ozzy Osbourne – Down To Earth (2001)
New Order – Get Ready (2001)
Michael McDonald – In The Spirit: A Christmas Album (2001)
Gov’t Mule – Mighty High (2007)
R.E.M. – R.E.M. Live (2007) U.S.
October 16 events –
1941 – The Will Bradley Orchestra, with Ray McKinley on vocals, records
“Fry Me Cookie, With A Can Of Lard” for Columbia Records.
1948 – George Morgan becomes a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
1951 – Jump-blues singer Richard Penniman, already going by the stage name
Little Richard, makes his first recordings at Atlanta radio station WGST.
1951 – Johnny Ray, along with The Four Lads, records “Cry” at Columbia
Studios in New York City.
1953 – Carl Butler makes his Grand Ole Opry debut.
1954 – Still smarting from his Grand Ole Opry rejection, Elvis Presley
makes his debut appearance on the Louisiana Hayride from Memorial
Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana.
1955 – Bill Haley and His Comets and Elvis Presley are the opening acts for
country music singer Hank Snow for two shows at the Municipal Auditorium in
Oklahoma City. After the second show, Snow introduces Presley to Colonel
Tom Parker.
1956 – Little Richard records “Send Me Some Lovin’” at J&M Studio in New
Orleans.
1957 – Sam Cook’s “You Send Me” hits the singles chart.
1957 – The Alan Freed movie Mister Rock And Roll premieres at the Paramount
Theatre in New York. The film includes performances by Little Richard,
Chuck Berry, Brook Benton, Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers, Clyde
McPhatter, Teddy Randazzo, Ferlin Husky, LaVerne Baker, Lionel Hampton, The
Moonglows and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins.
1961 – Patsy Cline releases her single, “Crazy” b/w “Who Can I Count On?”
1962 – The Miracles record “You Really Got A Hold On Me” at Hitsville
U.S.A. in Detroit.
1965 – The Lovin’ Spoonful, Ray Peterson, Peter and Gordon, Glen Campbell,
Vashti Bunyan, Jimmy Witherspoon and Kelly Garrett all appear on Shindig!
Actor Hugh O’Brien is the host.
1965 – The Beatles record “Day Tripper” and “If I Needed Someone” at Abbey
Road studios.
1965 – The Family Dog hosts "A Tribute To Dr. Strange," San Francisco's
first psychedelic event.
1965 – Singer Leslie Uggams marries theatrical manager and television
script writer, Grahame Pratt. They are still married.
1967 – Folk singer Joan Baez is among 124 antiwar protesters arrested for
blocking the entrance to the Army Induction Center in Oakland, California.
She is sentenced to ten days in jail.
1967 – Singer Dolly Parton replaces Norma Jean on The Porter Wagoner Show.
1968 – Jay and The Americans record “This Magic Moment.”
1971 – Isaac Hayes’ “Theme From Shaft” hits the Billboard Hot 100.
1972 – Creedence Clearwater Revival breaks up.
1974 – The Grateful Dead plays the first of five nights at the Winterland
Ballroom in San Francisco.
1981 – Bob Dylan kicks off his Shot Of Love Tour at the Mecca Auditorium in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1982 – Thanks to Shakin' Stevens being ill and not able to appear, Culture
Club appears on Top Of The Pops, performing “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me.”
1986 – A concert is held at the Fox
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St Louis <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Louis>,
Missouri<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri>,
to celebrate Chuck Berry’s 60th birthday, which is two days away.
Participants include Berry, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Etta
James, Linda Ronstadt, Julian Lennon and others. The concert is filmed and
recorded for release.
1990 – Country music singer Naomi Judd announces her retirement from the
music business after being diagnosed with Hepatitis C.
1992 – Bob Dylan celebrates the 30th anniversary of his recording debut
with a concert at Madison Square Garden. Guest performers include Neil
Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Ron Wood
and others. Sinéad O'Connor is also on the bill and gets booed off the
stage for her tearing up the Pope’s picture on Saturday Night Live two
weeks earlier.
1993 – Aretha Franklin sings the National Anthem at the World Series games
between the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies.
2001 – Bob Dylan, who chose to hire extra security guards for his comeback
Love And Theft Tour, fires two of those guards when they refuse Dylan
admittance into his own concert.
2002 – Dolly Parton begins her first tour of the UK in nearly 20 years.
2003 – Simon and Garfunkel begin their Old Friends Tour in Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania.
2007 – French rock star Bertrand Cantat is freed from jail after serving
half of an eight-year sentence for killing his actress girlfriend, Marie
Trintignant.
2007 – Macedonian pop star Toše Proeski is killed in a car crash in Croatia.
2007 – Madonna signs a ground-breaking $120 million recording and touring
contract with concert promoter Live Nation, becoming the first major star
to choose an all-in-one agreement with a tour company over a traditional
record contract.
2010 – Auburn University graduate student Justin Havird names a new species
of fish, Lepidocephalichthys zeppelini, because the fish's pectoral fin
reminded him of the double-neck guitar used by Jimmy Page.
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