October 21 Born –
Georg Solti (1912) – conductor/director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Owen Bradley (1915) – songwriter/arranger/producer, Nashville studio owner.
John "Dizzy" Gillespie (1917) – trumpeter.
Celia Cruz (aka Úrsula Alfonso, 1925) – "The Queen of Salsa."
Doctor Ross (aka Charles Ross, 1925) – Blues singer/musician, “The
Harmonica Boss.”
Derek Bell (1935) – multi-instrumentalist for The Chieftains.
Mel Street (aka King Malachi Street, 1935) – Country singer (“Lovin’ On
Back Streets”).
Sheila Jones (1936) – The Kaye Sisters.
Jimmy Beaumont (1940) – The Skyliners.
Manfred Mann (aka Manfred Lubowitz, 1940) – songwriter/organist.
Steve “The Colonel” Cropper (1941) – Stax session guitarist, Booker T. and
The MGs.
Elvin Bishop (1942) – singer/songwriter.
Yvonne Fair (aka Flora Coleman, 1942) – singer, The James Brown Revue (“It
Should Have Been Me”).
Ron Elliott (1943) – guitarist/songwriter for The Beau Brummels.
Chet Flippo (1943) – music writer/journalist.
Kathy Young (1945) – Kathy Young and The Innocents (“A Thousand Stars”).
Lee Loughnane (1946) – trumpeter for Chicago.
Lux Interior (aka Erick Lee Purkhiser, 1946) – The Cramps.
Tetsu Yamauchi (1946) – bassist for Free, and Faces.
Brent Mydland (1952) – keyboardist for The Grateful Dead.
Charlotte Caffey (1953) – guitarist for The Go-Gos.
Eric Faulkner (1953) – The Bay City Rollers.
Julian Cope (1957) – singer/songwriter, The Teardrop Explodes.
Steve Lukather (1957) – guitarist for Toto.
Attila the Stockbroker (aka John Baine, 1957) – singer/songwriter/poet,
Barnstormer.
Rose McDowall (1959) – singer for Strawberry Switchblade.
Peter Olsson (1961) – original bassist for Europe.
October 21 R.I.P. –
Bill Black (1965) – brain tumor. Age 39. Bassist for Elvis Presley, The
Blue Moon Boys, The Bill Black Combo.
Marie McDonald (1965) – overdose. Age 42. Actress/model/big band singer
with Tommy Dorsey.
Mel Street (1978) – suicide. Age 43. Country singer (“Borrowed Angel”).
Maxene Andrews (1995) – heart attack. Age 77. The Andrews Sisters.
Shannon Hoon (1995) – cocaine overdose. Age 28. Singer for Blind Melon.
Elliott Smith (2003) – stabbed to death, possible suicide. Age 34.
Singer/songwriter ("Miss Misery").
Sandy West (2006) – lung cancer. Age 47. Drummer for The Runaways.
Fred Ferrara (2011) – cardiac arrest. Age 67. The Del Satins, The Brooklyn
Bridge.
Edmundo Ros (2011) – Age 100. Arranger, bandleader (“The Wedding Samba”).
Tim Johnson (2012) – cancer. Age 52. Country music songwriter (“I Let Her
Lie”).
October 21 album releases –
Manfred Mann – As Is (1966) UK
Beck, Bogert & Appice – Beck, Bogert & Appice Live (1973) Japan
Mike Oldfield – Ommadawn (1975)
Meatloaf – Bat Out Of Hell (1977)
The Beatles – Love Songs (1977) U.S.
Genesis – Seconds Out (1977)
Bobby and The Midnites – Bobby & The Midnites (1981)
Aerosmith – Done With Mirrors (1985)
Simple Minds – Once Upon A Time (1985)
“Weird Al” Yankovic – Polka Party! (1986)
King Diamond – Abigail (1987)
Don Dokken – Up From The Ashes (1990)
Grand Funk Railroad – Bosnia (1997)
Artension – Phoenix Rising (1997)
Little Feat – Kickin’ It At The Barn (2003)
The Allman Brothers Band – Live At The Atlanta International Pop Festival:
July 3 & 5, 1970 (2003)
Rush – Rush In Rio (2003)
October 21 events –
1908 – The first two-sided vinyl record is offered for sale by the Columbia
label in an ad running in this week's Saturday Evening Post.
1936 – Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseeans begin their second day of
sessions at the Furniture Mart in Chicago, recording “Wabash Cannonball,”
“Freight Train Blues,” “Coney Island Baby,” “You’ve Gotta See Momma Every
Night,” “Gonna Have A Big Time Tonight,” “You’re The Only Star In My Blue
Heaven,” “You’re A Heavenly Thing,” “Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m
Gone” and “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby.”
1938 – Jan Savitt and His Top Hatters record “Quaker City Jazz” in New York
City.
1955 – Elvis Presley performs two shows at the Missouri Theater in St.
Louis.
1956 – Elvis Presley goes to the local movie theater, The Memphian, with
his girlfriend and is beset by an adoring crowd who, in the ensuing melee,
scratch his new Cadillac. From here on, Elvis will just rent the entire
theater whenever he wants to watch a movie.
1957 – Bobby Day and The Hollywood Flames record “Buzz, Buzz, Buzz” for Ebb
Records.
1957 – Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra record “Sail Along Silvery Moon” and
“Raunchy” at Masters Recorders in Hollywood.
1958 – Buddy Holly holds his final formal recording session, recording "It
Doesn't Matter Anymore," "Moondreams," "Raining In My Heart" and "True Love
Ways" - featuring the Ray Ellis Orchestra - at Pythian Temple Recording
Studios in New York City.
1958 – Elvis Presley releases his single, “One Night” b/w “I Got Stung.”
1962 – Cliff Richard appears on The Ed Sullivan Show. Also on the show is
Kate Smith.
1963 – Country artist Lefty Frizzell records “Saginaw, Michigan.”
1964 – Jackie Wilson, The Righteous Brothers, The Honeycombs, Donna Loren,
The Blossoms, Jay and The Americans, Willie Nelson and Bobby Sherman all
appear on Shindig!
1965 –The Beatles re-record “This Bird Has Flown,” now called “Norwegian
Wood (This Bird Has Flown),” and begin recording a new John Lennon song,
“Nowhere Man.”
1965 – The Spencer Davis Group records “Keep On Running” at Pye Studios in
London.
1965 – The Kingsmen, The Dave Clark 5, Joe Tex, Eddie Rambeau, Brenda
Holloway, and The Blossoms all appear on Shindig!
1971 – Mick Jagger becomes a father for the second time when wife Bianca
gives birth to their only child, Jade.
1972 – Bill Withers and Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes appear on Soul Train.
1975 – Elton John receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, starting
“Elton John Week” in Los Angeles.
1976 – Drummer Keith Moon plays his final concert tour show with The Who on
the last day of their North American tour at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.
1978 – The Clash fires their manager Bernie Rhodes, claiming the band and
their record company, CBS, find him hard to deal with, and replace him with
Melody Maker journalist Caroline Coon.
1985 – In London, the Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session concert is
held, featuring Carl Perkins, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
and Dave Edmunds. The concert is filmed for the Cinemax cable channel.
1992 – Elvis Presley’s first grandson, Benjamin Storm, is born to Lisa
Marie and husband Danny Keough.
1992 – Elton John sues the syndicated U.S. television show Hard Copy for
alleging that the singer moved to the Atlanta suburbs to be near an AIDS
clinic.
1992 – George Michael sues Sony to end his contract. The case will drag on
for two years and Michael will lose.
1992 – Madonna’s book, Sex, is published.
1994 – Neil Diamond announces that he is getting divorced from his second
wife, Marcia, who filed for divorce from Neil on October 13 claiming
irreconcilable differences. The couple has been together for 25 years.
1997 – The Guinness Book Of Records declares Elton John's “Candle In The
Wind ‘97” as the biggest selling single record of all time, with 31.8
million sales in less than 40 days and raising more than £20 million for
charity.
1998 – Alice Cooper sues KISS’s Paul Stanley and Bruce Kulick, claiming
their song "Dreamin'" sounds too much like his song "Eighteen."
1998 – President Bill Clinton signs the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
of 1998 and the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act>,
providing a framework for sound recording copyright
owners<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label>
and recording artists to seek public performance royalties under statute:
a landmark achievement for the recording industry.
2001 – The Michael Jackson organized United We Stand: What More Can I Give
concert takes place at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC to benefit the
families and victims of the 9/11 attacks. Performers at the concert include
Aerosmith, Al Green, Carole King, James Brown, Huey Lewis and The News, Goo
Goo Dolls and many others. Michael Jackson closes the show in his final
concert appearance.
2003 – Elton John signs on the dotted line for the first of his famous "Red
Piano" concerts at Las Vegas' Caesar's Palace, where he will perform 75
concerts a year over the next three years at The Coliseum during CélineDion’s
off season.
2003 – David Gest, recent ex-husband of Liza Minnelli, sues the singer for
$10 million, alleging physical and emotional cruelty.
2004 – Bo Diddley has a toe amputated due to complications from diabetes,
and is forced to cancel a concert in California to recuperate.
2004 – Bobby “Boris” Pickett re-records his hit “Monster Mash” as “Monster
Slash” as an indictment of President George W. Bush’s environmental
policies.
2004 – Jessica Simpson is sued by Cosmojet, a California-based cosmetics
company, for nearly $200,000 for products they say they manufactured and
sold to Simpson’s Dessert cosmetics line for which they were not paid.
2005 – Bob Seger sings “America The Beautiful” before the World Series game
between the Detroit Tigers and the visiting St. Louis Cardinals.
2006 – British broadcaster John Peel leaves over £1.8 million and more than
25,000 vinyl records in his will.
2007 – Kid Rock's tour bus is pulled over by police and Rock and five
members of his entourage are arrested after an argument with a man
escalates into a fight at a waffle house in Atlanta, Georgia. Rock is
released after posting $1,000 bail.
2011 – Former singer for Free, Bad Company, The Firm and The Law, Paul
Rodgers becomes a citizen of Canada.
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