October 22 Born –
Dory Previn (aka Dorothy Langan, 1925) – singer/songwriter/poet.
Ray Jones (1939) – bassist for Billy K. Kramer and The Dakotas.
Bobby Fuller (1942) – The Bobby Fuller Four (“I Fought The Law”).
Annette Funicello (1942) – singer/actress (“Tall Paul”).
Eddie Brigati (1945) – The Rascals and Joey Dee and The Starliters.
Leslie West (1945) – Mountain.
Stiv Bators (aka Steven Bator, 1949) – The Dead Boys.
Greg Hawkes (1952) – keyboardist for The Cars.
Cris Kirkwood (1960) – bassist for The Meat Puppets.
John Wesley Harding (aka Wesley Stace, 1965) – singer/songwriter.
Shaggy (aka Orville Burrell, 1968) – rapper.
Shelby Lynne (1968) – singer/songwriter
Jon Foreman (1976) – singer/songwriter for Switchfoot.
Zac Hanson (1985) – drummer/vocalist for Hanson (“MMMBop”).
October 22 R.I.P. –
Tommy Edwards (1969) – brain aneurysm. Age 47. Singer (“It’s All In The
Game”).
Pablo Casals (1973) – Age 96. Cellist, conductor.
Dorothy Shay (1978) – heart attack. Age 57. Singer/actress, “The Park
Avenue Hillbillie” (“Feudin’ And Fightin’”).
Keith Barrow (1983) – AIDS. Age 29. Soul singer (“Turn Me Up”).
Jane Dornacker (1986) – helicopter crash. Age 39. Singer/songwriter (“Don’t
Touch Me There”).
Ewan MacColl (1989) – Age 74. Songwriter ("The First Time Ever I Saw Your
Face").
Jimmy Miller (1994) – liver failure. Age 52. Record producer.
Harry Goodman – Age 90. Bassist for brother Benny Goodman’s bands.
Rick Wiesend (2003) – cancer. Age 60. Tim Tam & The Turn-Ons (“Wait A
Minute”).
Bill Reed (2004) – Age 68. The Diamonds (“The Stroll”).
Luther Dixon (2009) – Age 78. Singer/songwriter/producer (“Soldier Boy”).
Denis Simpson (2010) – brain hemorrhage. Age 59. The Nylons.
October 22 album releases –
Donovan – Fairytale (1965) UK
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II (1969)
KISS – Hotter Than Hell (1974)
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band – Night Moves (1976)
Elton John – Blue Moves (1976)
Cher – Prisoner (1979)
The Cure – Concert: The Cure Live (1984)
Paul McCartney – Give My Regards To Broad Street (1984) (soundtrack)
Mason Williams & Mannheim Steamroller – Classical Gas (1987)
Ozzy Osbourne – No Rest For The Wicked (1988)
Pet Shop Boys – Behavior (1990)
Matthew Sweet – Girlfriend (1991)
Death – Human (1991)
Sarah McLachlan – Fumbling Towards Ecstacy (1993) Canada
Van Halen – Best Of Van Halen Volume 1 (1996)
Phil Collins – Dance Into The Light (1996)
Journey – Trial By Fire (1996)
Gov’t Mule – Live From The Roseland Ballroom (1996)
The Dillinger Escape Plan – Under The Running Board (1998) (EP)
The Cranberries – Wake Up And Smell The Coffee (2001)
Santana – Shaman (2002)
Foo Fighters – One By One (2002)
Ray Davies – Working Man’s Café (2007)
October 22 events –
1957 – Alan Freed’s Biggest Show Of Stars ‘57 tour plays the Paramount
Theater in Portland, Oregon, featuring 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.
1961 – Chubby Checker appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing a medley
of his hits “The Twist” and “Let’s Twist Again.” Also on the show is Matt
Monro, who performs “My Kind Of Gal.”
1963 – 24-year old Kenny Rogers marries his third wife, Margo Anderson.
They stay married for 12 years.
1964 – Mod rockers The High Numbers fail their audition with EMI. Within
the year they will sign with Brunswick Records as The Who.
1965 – The Kingston Trio guest star as themselves on "The Duel" episode of
NBC-TV's World War II drama, Convoy.
1966 – The Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations” hits the Billboard Hot 100 at #80.
1966 – The Supremes become the first all-female group to have a #1 album in
the U.S. when their record The Supremes A-Go-Go hits the top spot on the
Billboard album chart.
1967 – Lulu appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “To Sir With Love.”
Also on the show are Eddie Fisher and The McGuire Sisters.
1969 – Paul McCartney issues a statement saying he’s not dead, and calls
the rumor “rubbish.”
1971 – Daddy Cool and Fleetwood Mac open for Deep Purple at Madison Square
Garden’s Felt Forum.
1975 – After nearly 20 years, a judge rules that Hank Williams’ three month
marriage to Billie Jean Eshliman was valid, and that she is entitled to
half of his past and future royalties. Following Williams’ death in 1953,
there was speculation whether their marriage was legal because Billie
Jean’s divorce from her first husband was not yet finalized.
1978 – The Police perform at Grendel's Lair in Philadelphia.
1979 – The Pretenders appear at the Marquee Club in London.
1988 – Elton John sells out his show at Madison Square Garden and sets a
venue record of 26 sell outs.
1990 – The band Mookie Blalock - soon to become Pearl Jam - makes their
stage debut at the Off Ramp Café in Seattle, opening for Inspector Luv &
The Ride Me Babies, and Bathtub Gin.
1993 – Annette Funicello receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on
her 51st birthday.
1993 – Oasis signs a six-album deal with Creation Records and receives a
£40,000 advance.
1996 – Apple announces that The Beatles have sold an unprecedented 19
million albums this year as a result of their Anthology series.
1998 – Bob Dylan performs in Duluth, Minnesota, his birthplace, for the
first time to a sell-out crowd of nearly 8,000 at the Duluth Entertainment
Convention Center Arena.
2000 – Pearl Jam celebrates the 10th anniversary of their first live
performance with a show at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.
2005 – In Copenhagen, Denmark, during the 50th anniversary celebration of
the Eurovision Song Contest, ABBA’s song "Waterloo" is chosen as the best
song in the competition's history.
2007 – Following her dance routine on the television show Dancing With The
Stars, Marie Osmond passes out on stage.
2008 – A life-size waxwork head of Paul McCartney is accidently left on a
train at Maidenhead Station in London by auctioneer Joby Carter, who offers
a £2,000 reward for its return.
2009 – In an interview on CNN, former KISS drummer Peter Criss discusses
his diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, the embarrassment that it
brought and his fight to keep it a secret to avoid ridicule.
2010 – B.J. Thomas sings the National Anthem at Game 6 of baseball’s
American League Championship series.
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