October 25 Born –
Earl Palmer (1924) – prolific New Orleans and Los Angeles session drummer. Jimmy Heath (1926) – Jazz saxophonist with Milt Jackson and Art Farmer. Jeanne Black (aka Jeanne Strange, 1937) – Country singer (“He’ll Have To Stay”). Helen Reddy (1941) – singer. Roy Lynes (1943) – keyboardist for Status Quo. Dick Dodd (1943) – drummer for The Standells, The Mickey Mouse Club. Jon Anderson (1944) – singer for Yes. Taffy Nivert Danoff (1944) – Starland Vocal Band. Phil “Fang” Volk (1945) – bassist for Paul Revere and The Raiders and The Brotherhood. John Hall (1946) – drummer for The Equals. Glen Tipton (1947) – guitarist for Judas Priest. Chris Norman (1950) – vocalist for Smokie. Richard Lloyd (1951) – singer/songwriter/guitarist for Television. Matthias Jabs (1955) – guitarist for Scorpions. Robbie McIntosh (1957) – guitarist for The Pretenders. Christina Amphlett (1959) – vocalist for Divinyls. Chad Smith (1961) – drummer for Red Hot Chili Peppers and Chickenfoot. John Levén (1963) – bassist for Europe. Nick Thorp (1964) – bassist for Curiosity Killed The Cat. Speech (aka Todd Thomas, 1968) – rapper with Arrested Development. Ed Robertson (1970) – songwriter/guitarist for Barenaked Ladies. Katy Perry (aka Katheryn Hudson, 1984) – singer/songwriter. October 25 R.I.P. – Gary Holton (1985) – overdose. Age 33. Vocalist for Heavy Metal Kids. Morton Downey (1985) – stroke. Age 83. Singer, The Irish Nightingale. Willis "Gator" Jackson (1987) – complications from heart surgery. Age 55. Jazz saxophonist. Johnnie Louise Richardson (1988) – stroke. Age 43. Johnnie & Joe (“Over The Mountain, Across The Sea”). Bill Graham (1991) – helicopter crash. Age 60. Concert promoter. Margo Sylvia (1991) – heart attack. Age 55. The Tune Weavers. Roger Miller (1992) – lung and throat cancer. Age 56. Country music singer/songwriter. Howie Blauvelt (1993) – heart attack. Age 44. Bassist for Ram Jam (“Black Betty”). Billy Martin Bennett (2000) – heart attack. Age 56. Drummer for Sam the Sham and The Pharoahs. Richard Harris (2002) – Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Age 72. Actor/singer (“MacArthur Park”). John Peel (2004) – heart attack. Age 65. Renowned British DJ. Gregory Isaacs (2010) – lung cancer. Age 59. Reggae musician/singer. October 25 album releases – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland (1968) U.S. Jethro Tull – This Was (1968) UK Pink Floyd – Ummagumma (1969) The Doors – Other Voices (1971) Jeff Beck – Rough And Ready (1971) UK Chicago – Chicago Live At Carnegie Hall (1971) Poco – A Good Feelin’ To Know (1972) Bob Marley and The Wailers – Natty Dread (1974) Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years (1975) Al Di Meola – Land Of The Midnight Sun (1976) Aretha Franklin – Aretha (1980) Culture Club – Waking Up With The House On Fire (1984) The Cars – Greatest Hits (1985) The Police – Every Breath You Take: The Singles (1986) Howard Jones – One To One (1986) Frank Zappa – You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 (1988) Joni Mitchell – Turbulent Indigo (1994) Madonna – Bedtime Stories (1994) Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band – Greatest Hits (1994) Common Sense – Resurrection (1994) The Brain Jones Massacre – Thank God For Mental Illness (1996) Faithless – Sunday 8PM / Saturday 3AM (1999) Aerosmith – Rockin’ The Joint (2005) Bette Midler – Bette Midler Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook (2005) Brian Wilson – In The Key Of Disney (2011) October 25 events – 1943 – Benny Carter and His Orchestra record “Poinciana (Song Of The Tree)” for Capitol. 1946 – Actress Ava Gardner divorces bandleader Artie Shaw after one year of marriage. 1955 – Smiley Lewis records “One Night Of Sin” for Imperial Records. 1957 – The Biggest Show Of Stars ’57 package tour plays the first of two nights at the Orpheum Theatre in Seattle, Washington. Artists include 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. 1958 – Lonnie Donegan, The Fraser Hayes Four, Alex Welsh, Joe Gordon and His Folk Four, and Fiona Duncan all appear on the BBC radio show Saturday Club. Also on the show is Cliff Richard, making his live radio debut. 1960 – 17-year old Keith Richards runs into old schoolmate Mick Jagger at a train station in London and get re-acquainted. 1962 – Actor Paul Peterson’s character, Jeff, honors his dad by singing “My Dad” on The Donna Reed Show. 1962 – The Beatles appear on the BBC radio show Here We Go. 1963 – The Beatles begin their first Scandanavian tour with two shows at Nya Aulan in Sundsta Läroverk, a secondary school in the small town of Karlstad, Sweden. 1963 – Brenda Lee records “As Usual” at Columbia Studios in Nashville. 1964 – The Rolling Stones make their debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “Around And Around” and “Time Is On My Side.” Also on the show is Jack Jones. 1967 – Diana Ross and The Supremes release their single, “In And Out Of Love” b/w “I Guess I’ll Always Love You” on Tamla Motown. 1968 – Led Zeppelin performs their first show under their new name at the University of Surrey in Battersea. 1968 – The Temptations release their single, “Cloud Nine” b/w “Why Did She Have To Leave Me (Why Did She Have To Go).” 1970 – The Ed Sullivan Show celebrates the United Nations’ 25th anniversary with international acts, including Australia’s The New Seekers singing “Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma,” and Ravi Shankar, on film from India, who performs a classic raga piece. Also on the show are The Young Americans. 1973 – Rick Nelson appears as a former rock star turned pimp and murderer on the “Harem” episode of The Streets Of San Francisco. 1974 – Wings release their single, “Junior’s Farm” b/w “Sally-O.” 1979 – Bob Marley and The Wailers play the first date of a four-night stay at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, performing two shows each day. 1985 – R.E.M., The Smiths and Tom Waits all appear on the BBC television show The Tube. 1986 – For the first time in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, the top three spots are held by female solo acts: Cyndi Lauper at #1 with “True Colors,” Tina Turner #2 with “Typical Male,” and Janet Jackson's “When I Think Of You” at #3. 1986 – Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler breaks his collarbone after crashing in a celebrity car race before the Australian Grand Prix. 1989 – Nirvana appears at the Duchess of York Public House in Leeds, with opening act Tad. 1993 – Tears For Fears and Radiohead perform at the Aladdin Theatre in Las Vegas. 1995 – Cliff Richard is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II: the first artist to receive the honor. 1997 – Johnny Cash reaches over to pick up a dropped guitar pick at a concert in Flint, Michigan, and falls over on stage. Apologizing, he reveals to the audience that he is in the early stages of Parkinson's disease. 2001 – Six years after Jerry Garcia’s death, 13 law firms are still involved in claims for his $10 million estate. Former wives and girlfriends continue to fight over how to distribute his estate and annual royalties of $4.6 million. 2002 – Aretha Franklin’s $1.4 million mansion burns to the ground in Detroit. Investigators rule it arson. 2003 – Country artist Del McCoury joins the Grand Ole Opry. 2003 – The first day of the 17th annual Bridge School Benefit Concert is held at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, with performances by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Pearl Jam, Wilco, The Indigo Girls, Willie Nelson, Incubus, Counting Crows and Dashboard Confessional. The concert is repeated the following day. 2007 – Three stage hands are hospitalized when the stage they are building for an Akon outdoor show at Emory University in Atlanta collapses. The concert is cancelled. 2010 – The California Second District Court of Appeals rejects a bid by Michael Jackson’s father, Joe, to challenge the administration of his son’s estate. The decision by the 3 justice panel was unanimous stating that Joe did not have standing to challenge or intervene in his son’s estate, which has earned $275 million in the past year. 2010 – Sony stops making the original cassette Walkman. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
