October 24 Born –
Sonny Terry (aka Saunders Terrell, 1911) – Blues musician.
Willie Mabon (1925) – R&B singer/songwriter ("I Don't Know").
Gilbert Bécaud (aka François Silly, 1927) – composer ("Et Maintenant" aka "What
Now My Love <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Now_My_Love_(song)>").
J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson (1930) – DJ, singer/songwriter.
Lewis Hamlin (1930) – trumpeter for James Brown’s Famous Flames.
Jimmy Dawkins (1936) – Blues guitarist/singer.
Bill Wyman (aka William Perks, 1936) – bassist for The Rolling Stones.
Santo Farina (1937) – pedal steel guitarist, Santo & Johnny (“Sleepwalk”).
Don Gant (1942) – singer/songwriter/producer, The Neon Philharmonic.
Bettye Swann (aka Betty Champion, 1944) – Soul singer (“Make Me Yours”).
Ted Templeman (1944) – producer, drummer for Harpers Bizarre.
Jerry Edmonton (aka Gerald McCrohan, 1946) – drummer for Steppenwolf.
Edgar Broughton (1947) – The Edgar Broughton Band.
Dale “Buffin” Griffin (1948) – drummer for Mott The Hoople.
Paul Ryan (aka Paul Sapherson, 1948) – songwriter, Paul & Barry Ryan
(“Eloise”).
Barry Ryan (aka Barry Sapherson, 1948) – singer, Paul & Barry Ryan
(“Eloise”).
Perry Lee “Tiny” Tavares (1949) – Tavares.
Rowland Howard (1959) – guitarist for The Birthday Party.
Debbie Googe (1962) – bassist for My Bloody Valentine and Primal Scream.
Rob Green (1969) – drummer for Toploader.
Alonza Bevan (1970) – bassist for Kula Shaker.
Eds Chesters (1970) – drummer for The Bluetones.
Ben Gillies (1979) – drummer for Silverchair.
October 24 R.I.P. –
Kim Gardner (2001) – cancer. Age 53. Bassist for The Creation, and Ashton,
Gardner & Dyke.
Merle Saunders (2008) – infections from a stroke. Age 74.
Organist/keyboardist with Jerry Garcia.
Bill Dees (2012) – Age 71. Songwriter (“It’s Over”).
October 24 album releases –
Don McLean – American Pie (1971)
The Grateful Dead – Grateful Dead (1971)
John Lennon – Shaved Fish (1975)
Roxy Music – Siren (1975)
Rory Gallagher – Calling Card (1976)
Cheap Trick – All Shook Up (1980)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Organisation (1980)
Billy Idol – Don’t Stop (1981)
Stryper – To Hell With The Devil (1986)
Dead Can Dance – The Serpent’s Egg (1988)
Brenda Lee – A Brenda Lee Christmas In The New Old Fashioned Way (1991)
Silver Jews – Starlite Walker (1994)
Indigo Girls – 1200 Curfews (1995)
20 Fingers – 20 Fingers (1995)
The Pretenders – The Isle Of View (1995)
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band – It’s A Mystery (1995)
Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks – Orange Crate Art (1995)
Smashing Pumpkins – Melon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (1995)
Simply Red – Life (1995)
Anthrax – Stomp 442 (1995)
Ozzy Osbourne – Ozzmosis (1995)
Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory (2000)
Christina Aguilera – My Kind Of Christmas (2000)
Bob Dylan – Beyond Here Lies Nothin’: The Collection (2011)
October 24 events –
1939 – Benny Goodman and His Orchestra records “Let’s Dance” in New York
City for Columbia.
1957 – Bing Crosby marries his second wife, Kathy Grant. They will remain
married until his death in 1977.
1959 – Private First Class Elvis Presley is hospitalized at the 97th
General Hospital in Frankfort, Germany, for tonsillitis.
1959 – On his 23rd birthday, future Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman
marries his first wife, Diane Cory. They will separate in 1967, and divorce
in 1969.
1960 – Neil Sedaka records two songs for his next single, “Calendar Girl”
and “The Same Old Fool.”
1962 – James Brown appears at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, and pays out of
his own pocket to record the show for album release. The resultant album,
Live At The Apollo, becomes a legendary release.
1963 – The Beatles record a radio appearance in front of a live,
non-screaming audience of about 200 on the Swedish National Radio show Pop
’63, performing seven songs, including “I Saw Her Standing
There<http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/i-saw-her-standing-there/>,”
“From Me To You <http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/from-me-to-you/>,” “Money
(That's What I Want)<http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/money-thats-what-i-want/>
,” “Roll Over Beethoven<http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/roll-over-beethoven/>
,” “You Really Got A Hold On
Me<http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/you-really-got-a-hold-on-me/>
,” “She Loves You <http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/she-loves-you/>” and
“Twist
And Shout <http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/twist-and-shout/>.”
1964 – The Rolling Stones begin their second U.S. tour at New York’s
Academy of Music in Manhattan.
1965 – Duke Ellington, Herman’s Hermits, Marvin Gaye and The Smothers
Brothers all appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1966 – Donovan releases his single, “Mellow Yellow” b/w “Sunny South
Kensington” in the U.S.
1966 – Stevie Wonder releases his single, “A Place In The Sun” b/w “Sylvia”
on the Tamla label.
1967 – Pink Floyd is forced to cancel a week’s worth of dates on their
first U.S. tour because they are unable to get their work permits on time.
1969 – The Plastic Ono Band releases their single, “Cold Turkey” b/w “Don’t
Worry, Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow)” in the UK.
1970 – Picking up on an earlier speech by his Vice-President Spiro Agnew,
Richard Nixon delivers a White House address to the National Association of
Broadcasters, urging radio stations to ban any and all songs with drug-related
lyrics.
1971 – John Lennon releases his single, “Imagine” b/w “Working Class Hero”
in the UK.
1973 – Rolling Stone Keith Richards is fined $500 for possession of heroin,
quaaludes, and illegal firearms in his London home.
1973 – John Lennon sues the U.S. Government for wire tapping his phone
during its investigation of him and his "radical antiwar elements against
society.”
1974 – The movie, Stardust, starring David Essex, Adam Faith, Marty Wilde,
Keith Moon, Dave Edmunds, Rosalind Ayres and Edd “Kookie” Byrnes, premieres in
London.
1975 – Bob Dylan re-records his song “Hurricane” after Columbia Records
attorneys raise concerns about Dylan’s lyrics and the people he mentions in
the song.
1977 – The controversial biopic, The Buddy Holly Story, starring Gary Busey
as the legendary rocker, begins filming in Hollywood.
1978 – The Motown Productions and Universal Pictures film, The Wiz,
starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, premieres in New York City.
1978 – Rolling Stone Keith Richards pleads guilty to heroin possession in
Toronto, Canada, and is given a one-year suspended sentence, providing The
Rolling Stones are willing to play a concert for charity.
1980 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono release their single, “(Just Like) Starting
Over” b/w Yoko Ono’s “Kiss, Kiss, Kiss” in the UK.
1980 – The Guinness Book of World Records presents Paul McCartney with a
special rhodium album for being the best-selling songwriter in the history
of recorded music, having written 43 platinum songs and sold over 100
million records.
1981 – The Rolling Stones play the first of two shows at the Citrus Bowl in
Florida, with opening act Van Halen.
1989 – Former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty is sued in
L.A. by former Fantasy Records label head, Saul Zaentz, for plagiarizing
himself with the song "The Old Man Down The Road," supposedly a re-write of
his Creedence song "Run Through The Jungle."
1992 – Country music artist Clay Walker marries rodeo queen Lori Lampson.
They stay married for 11 years.
1995 – Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani declares the day "Tony Bennett
Day" in honor of the native singer. Later that night, Bennett celebrates
with a show at Radio City Music Hall.
1995 – The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde sings the National Anthem before Game
3 of the World Series between the Braves and the Indians at Jacobs Field in
Cleveland, Ohio.
1996 – Motown Records founder Berry Gordy receives a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame.
1996 – Singer/dancer Paula Abdul marries her second husband, clothes
designer Brad Beckerman. They stay married less than two years.
1998 – Former Stone Roses lead singer Ian Brown is jailed for 4 months
after being found guilty of disorderly behavior during a flight from Paris
to Manchester for threatening to chop the hands off an air stewardess
during a heated exchange.
2000 – Singer/actress Shelley Fabares receives a liver transplant after
being diagnosed with hepatitis.
2003 – Singer/songwriter/dancer Shakira is appointed a UNICEF Goodwill
Ambassador.
2003 – June Carter Cash’s daughter (Johnny Cash’s step-daughter) Rosey Nix
Adams and her fiddle player Jimmy Campbell are found dead on their tour bus
in Clarksville, Tennessee, from carbon monoxide poisoning. Heaters that had
been left on are blamed for the accident.
2005 – Cream reunites and plays the first of three sold-out nights at
Madison Square Garden.
2005 – Madonna gives a surprise lecture at Hunter College in New York City,
arriving unannounced to discuss her career and new film as part of the MTV
series Stand In. Students expected a screening of her new documentary, "I'm
Going To Tell You A Secret," but they were also given the chance to
question the singer.
2006 – Rapper Foxy Brown is sentenced to three years probation for
assaulting two New York nail salon workers in 2004.
2006 – Forbes magazine publishes their 6th Annual Highest Earning Dead
Celebrity list, with Kurt Cobain overtaking Elvis Presley with $50 million
in earnings, compared Elvis’ $42 million. Former Beatle John Lennon takes
the third place spot with $35 million in earnings.
2007 – A Thames Magistrates' Court judge removes a drug treatment order for
Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty when he appears in court for a review of
the order.
2008 – The mother and brother of singer Jennifer Hudson are found murdered
in their Chicago home. Her 7-year old nephew is also missing and presumed
kidnapped.
2012 – Forbes magazine publishes their annual Highest Earning Dead
Celebrity list, with Elizabeth Taylor topping the list at $210 million in
earnings due to several auctions of her jewelry and clothing. Michael
Jackson drops to second place with $145 million in earnings, putting Elvis
Presley in third with $55 million.
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