October 17 Born –
Cozy Cole (aka William Cole, 1909) – drummer for Louis Armstrong's
All-Stars.
Barney Kessel (1923) – Jazz/session guitarist with the Wrecking Crew.
Hilliard “Buddy” Saltzman (1924) – prolific New York session drummer.
The Singing Nun (aka Jeanine Deckers, 1933) – singer/songwriter
(“Dominique”).
Emmanuel “Rico” Rodriguez (1934) – trombonist for The Specials.
Alan Howard (1941) – Brian Poole and The Tremeloes.
Jim Seals (1941) – Seals & Crofts.
Gary Puckett (1942) – Gary Puckett and The Union Gap.
Jim Tucker (1946) – guitarist for The Turtles.
Michael Hossack (1946) – drummer for The Doobie Brothers.
Bill Hudson (1949) – The Hudson Brothers.
Alan Jackson (1958) – Country singer.
Anne Rogers (1962) – bassist for The Popinjays.
René Dif (1967) – Aqua.
David Nesta “Ziggy” Marley (1968) – singer/songwriter, The Melody Makers.
Chris Kirkpatrick (1971) – ‘N Sync.
Derrick Plourde (1971) – drummer for Lagwagon, The Ataris, and Bad
Astronaut.
Eminem (Marshall Mathers III, 1972) – rapper.
Wyclef Jean (1972) – The Fugees.
October 17 R.I.P. –
Billy Williams (1972) – Age 61. The Charioteers ("I'm Gonna Sit Right Down
And Write Myself A
Letter<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Gonna_Sit_Right_Down_And_Write_Myself_A_Letter>
").
Alberta Hunter (1984) – Age 89. Blues singer/songwriter (“Downhearted
Blues”).
"Tennessee" Ernie Ford (1991) – liver failure. Age 72. – Singer, television
show host.
Criss Olivia (1993) – car crash. Age 30. Guitarist for Savatage.
Chris Acland (1996) – suicide. Age 30. Drummer for Lush.
Thomas Durden (1999) – Age 79. Songwriter/lyricist (“Heartbreak Hotel”).
Jay Livingston (2001) – Age 86. Film composer ("Whatever Will Be, Will Be
(Que Sera, Sera)").
Bashful Brother Oswald (2002) – Age 90. Country musician, Roy Acuff’s Smoky
Mountain Boys.
Derek Bell (2002) – cardiac arrest. Age 66. Multi-instrumentalist for The
Chieftains.
Teresa Brewer (2007) – neuromuscular disease. Age 76. American pop singer.
Levi Stubbs (2008) – died in his sleep. Age 72. The Four Tops.
Vic Mizzy (2009) – Age 93. Television and movie theme composer (“The Addams
Family”).
October 17 album releases –
The Rolling Stones – 12X5 (1964) U.S.
The Easybeats – Vigil (1968)
The Jazz Crusaders – Old Socks New Shoes New Socks Old Shoes (1970)
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Street Survivors (1977)
Bruce Springsteen – The River (1980)
Dire Straits – Making Movies (1980)
Stacey Q – Better Than Heaven (1986)
Steve Earle – Copperhead Road (1988)
R.E.M. – Eponymous (1988)
The Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues (1988)
Suicidal Tendencies – Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu (1989)
KISS – Hot In The Shade (1989)
Belinda Carlisle – Runaway Horses (1989) U.S.
Yngwie Malmsteen – Trial By Fire: Live In Leningrad (1989)
Stacey Latisaw – What You Need (1989)
Skyclad – The Wayward Sons Of Mother Earth (1991)
Jamiroquai – The Return Of The Space Cowboy (1994) UK
Steely Dan – Alive In America (1995)
Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000)
Tupac Shakur – The Rose That Grew From Concrete (2000)
The Cars – Unlocked: The Live Performances (2006)
Aerosmith – Devil’s Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith (2006)
Sarah McLachlan – Wintersong (2006)
AC/DC – Black Ice (2008)
Chris Isaak – Live In Australia (2008)
October 17 events –
1919 – The General Electric Corporation and Westinghouse found the Radio
Corporation of America (RCA) as part of a project with the U.S. government
to monopolize long-distance radio communications.
1930 – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra records “Mood Indigo” in New
York City.
1945 – Bandleader Artie Shaw marries actress Ava Gardner. The marriage
lasts one year.
1955 – Tennessee Ernie Ford releases his single, “You Don’t Have To Be A
Cry Baby” b/w “Sixteen Tons” on Capitol Records.
1956 – Mickey and Sylvia record “Love Is Strange” in New York City.
1957 – Elvis Presley’s third movie, Jailhouse Rock, premieres at Loew’s
State Theatre in Memphis.
1960 – Billboard magazine reports that Dion and The Belmonts have split up.
1960 – Ricky Nelson records two songs for his next single, “You Are The
Only One” and “Milk Cow Blues” in Hollywood.
1962 – The Beatles make their very first television appearance anywhere
when part of their afternoon show at the Cavern - filmed on August 22, 1962
- is broadcast on Granada television's People And Places.
1963 – The Beatles record their first fan club Christmas record, after
which they record the two songs for their next single, “I Want To Hold Your
Hand” and “This Boy.”
1963 – Bobby Goldsboro records “See The Funny Little Clown” at Bell Sound
in New York City.
1965 – The Animals and Sam The Sham and The Pharoahs appear on The Ed
Sullivan Show. Also on the show is Pat Boone and The McGuire Sisters.
1966 – The Elvis Presley movie Spinout premieres in Memphis.
1967 – Bob Dylan begins recording his John Wesley Harding album at Columbia
Studios in New York City.
1967 – The musical Hair premieres off-Broadway at the Public Theatre and
runs for a limited engagement of six weeks.
1967 – The Beatles attend a small memorial service for manager Brian
Epstein at the New London Synagogue on Abbey Road. Other NEMS artists in
attendance include Cilla Black, Gerry Marsden, members of The Fourmost and
Billy J. Kramer.
1967 – Phil Spector, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart all appear as themselves on
the "Jeannie, The Hip Hippie" episode of NBC’s I Dream Of Jeannie.
1969 – The Kinks return to the American stage after a four year ban at
Fillmore East as an opening act with The Bonzo Dog Band for headliners,
Spirit.
1969 – Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner is arrested for possession of
marijuana in Honolulu, Hawaii.
1969 – Led Zeppelin begins their fourth North American tour at Carnegie
Hall in New York City: the first “hard rock” act to play there since The
Rolling Stones in 1964.
1970 – Elvis Presley attends the Gospel Quartet Convention in Memphis, and
sings backstage with The Blackwood Brothers and The Statesmen Quartet, both
early influences on Elvis.
1970 – Eric Clapton releases his single, “After Midnight” b/w “Easy Now.”
1973 – The Rolling Stones perform two shows at Foret Nationale in Brussels,
Belgium, with opening acts Billy Preston and American group Kracker.
Saxophonist Bobby Keys misses the shows, which gets him banned by Mick
Jagger from further Stones concerts until 1989.
1975 – Maurice Gibb marries his second wife, Yvonne Spencely. They remain
married until his death in 2003.
1978 – Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand record "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles.
1981 – One man is killed and another injured in an attempted robbery at a
Rolling
Stones concert ticket office in Maryland.
1987 – The Bee Gees become the first group to score a #1 hit in the UK in
three separate decades - the ‘60s, '70s and '80s - when their new song,
“You Win Again,” hits #1.
1991 – Sixties singer Sandie Shaw is arrested for refusing to take an
alcohol breathalyzer test after being stopped by police outside her
apartment in London.
1994 – Billy Joel opens the new Gund Arena in Cleveland with a concert.
1995 – Rhino Home Video issues the complete series of The Monkees as a
deluxe VHS boxed set, containing all 58 episodes, plus the pilot and the
1969 special, 33 1/3 Revolutions Per
Monkee<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33%E2%85%93_Revolutions_Per_Monkee>,
on a total of 21 videotapes.
1995 – Sting's former accountant, Keith Moore, is sentenced to six years in
jail after being found guilty of embezzling £6 million from the singer's
108 bank accounts.
1995 – During an interview with The Observer magazine, Oasis’ Noel
Gallagher says he wishes Damon Albarn and Alex Cox of Blur would die from
AIDS. He will later retract his statement.
1998 – In an interview in the UK’s Birmingham Evening Mail newspaper,
R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe admits to being gay after skirting the issue
for years.
1999 – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band open the new Staples Center
in Los Angeles with a concert.
2000 – A flat in Montagu Square, London, once owned during the '60s by Ringo
Starr, goes on the market for £575,000. During the ‘60s, Jimi Hendrix,
John and Yoko, and Paul and Linda McCartney all lived there at one point or
another.
2000 – George Michael buys the upright piano John Lennon wrote “Imagine” on for
£1.67 million at a charity auction set up by Mick Fleetwood in London.
2001 – The heirs of Bing Crosby file a $16 million lawsuit against
Universal Music Group for underpaying royalties on the singer’s recordings.
2004 – Michael Jackson's long-time lawyer, Steve Cochran, leaves the star's
defense team, who is fighting child abuse charges.
2005 – Freddie Mercury's 1974 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow fails to sell in an
eBay auction, having not met its reserve price.
2005 – 77-year old Fats Domino returns to his home for the first time after
Hurricane Katrina to find it in ruins. He is able to salvage a few momentos
and only three of his 21 gold records.
2007 – A section of West Grand Boulevard in Detroit, which runs in front of
what was once the Motown studios, is officially renamed Berry Gordy Jr.
Blvd.
2007 – The California State Franchise Board claims singer and resident Dionne
Warwick owes the state $2.67 million in unpaid taxes.
2008 – Madonna and movie director husband Guy Ritchie split after eight
years of marriage.
2009 – Actor Johnny Depp presents Keith Richards with the “Rock Immortal”
Award at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles as part of this year’s Scream
Awards.
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