October 29 Born –
Fanny Brice (aka Fania Borach, 1891) – singer, film and stage actress (“My Man”). Hadda Brooks (1916) – pianist/singer/songwriter, “Queen of the Boogie.” Neil Hefti (1922) – Jazz trumpeter, television composer (Batman). John “Zoot” Sims (1925) – Jazz saxophonist with Buddy Rich and Gerry Mulligan. Sonny Osborne (1937) – Bluegrass singer/banjoist, The Osbourne Brothers. Eugene “Bird” Daughtry (1939) – The Intruders. David Brigati (1940) – Joey Dee and The Starliters. Ray Steinberg (1942) – The Reflections (“(Just Like) Romeo And Juliet”). Robbie van Leeuwen (1944) – guitarist for Shocking Blue. Denny Laine (aka Brian Hines, 1944) – guitarist/vocalist for The Moody Blues and Wings. Melba Moore (aka Beatrice Smith, 1945) – R&B/disco singer. Peter Green (aka Pete Greenbaum, 1946) – Blues guitarist, Fleetwood Mac. Ricky “Ricochet” Reynolds (1948) – guitarist for Black Oak Arkansas. David Paton (1949) – Scottish bassist for Pilot and The Alan Parsons Project. Stephen Luscombe (1954) – multi-instrumentalist for Blancmange. Kevin DuBrow (1955) – singer for Quiet Riot. Roger O’Donnell (1955) – session keyboardist for Thompson Twins, Berlin and The Psychedelic Furs. Steven “Randy” Jackson (1961) – The Jackson 5. Einar Örn Benediktsson (1962) – trumpeter/vocalist for The Sugarcubes. Peter Timmins (1965) – drummer for Cowboy Junkies. S.A. (aka Douglas Martinez, 1970) – vocalist for 311. Toby Smith (1970) – keyboardist for Jamiroquai. October 29 R.I.P. – Michael Holliday (1963) – drug overdose suicide. Age 38. British crooner (“Starry Eyed”). Duane Allman (1971) – motorcycle crash. Age 24. The Allman Brothers Band, Derek And The Dominos. John Scott Trotter (1975) – cancer. Age 67. Musical director for Bing Crosby. Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood (1979) – stomach cancer. Age 35. Drummer for Parliament-Funkadelic. Wells Kelly (1984) – overdose. Age 35. Drummer for Orleans. Woody Herman (1987) – Age 74. Clarinetist/saxophonist, big band leader, The Herd. Jimmy Saville (2011) – Age 84. Renowned British DJ and television host. Walter Norris (2011) – Age 79. Jazz pianist/composer. October 29 album releases – Neil Diamond – The Feel Of Neil Diamond (1966) The Byrds – Ballad Of Easy Rider (1969) Dave Mason – It’s Like You Never Left (1973) David Bowie – David Live (1974) Rush – Hemispheres (1978) ABBA – Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1979) Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome To The Pleasuredome (1984) Rush – Power Windows (1985) Iron Maiden – Somewhere In Time (1986) Paul McCartney – Tripping The Live Fantastic (1990) Traveling Wilburys – Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 (1990) The Beautiful South – Choke (1990) Freddie Jackson – Do Me Again (1990) The New York Rock And Soul Revue – Live At The Beacon (1991) Big Daddy Kane – Prince Of Darkness (1991) Wilco – Being There (1996) Earth, Wind & Fire – Greatest Hits Live (1996) Joni Mitchell – Hits (1996) Joni Mitchell – Misses (1996) Ghostface Killah – Ironman (1996) Nirvana – Nirvana (2002) Phish – LivePhish 13 (2002) Phish – LivePhish 14 (2002) Phish – LivePhish 15 (2002) Phish – LivePhish 16 (2002) October 29 events – 1930 – Bing Crosby records “It Must Be True” with Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra. 1931 – Gene Autry and Jimmy Long record “That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine” in New York City. 1955 – After more than five years with the Louisiana Hayride, Slim Whitman finally joins the Grand Ole Opry. 1955 – Billboard magazine reviews Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti," calling it a "cleverly styled novelty with nonsense words, rapid fire delivery." 1957 – Elvis Presley appears at the Pan Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles. After the concert, Elvis throws a party in his hotel suite and meets TV star and teen heartthrob Ricky Nelson. 1957 – Bobby Helms records “Jingle Bell Rock” at Owen Bradley’s Quonset Hut studio in Nashville. 1957 – Bonnie Guitar and The DeJohn Sisters appear on American Bandstand. 1957 – The Biggest Show Of Stars ’57 tour plays the Stampede Corral in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Acts include LaVerne Baker, Jimmy Bowen and The Rhythm Orchids, The Crickets, The Drifters, The Everly Brothers, Frankie Lymon, Paul Anka, Buddy Knox, Clyde McPhatter, Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry and Fats Domino. 1958 – Private First Class Elvis Presley attends a Bill Haley and His Comets concert in Stuttgart, Germany. 1962 – The Beatles make their second appearance on People And Places, this time traveling to the Granada TV Centre in Manchester to film their performances of “Love Me Do” and “A Taste Of Honey.” 1962 – Mary Wells releases her single, “Two Lovers” b/w “Operator” on Motown. 1963 – The Everly Brothers, Little Richard and Bo Diddley headline two shows at the Gaumont Theatre in Southampton. Also on the bill are The Rolling Stones, Mickie Most, Julie Grant and The Flintstones. 1963 – The Hollies begin recording their first album at EMI Studios in London. 1965 – The Byrds release their single, “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)” b/w “She Don’t Care About Time” on Columbia Records. 1965 – The Who release their single, “My Generation” b/w “Shout And Shimmy” on Brunswick Records in the UK. 1965 – The Rolling Stones begin their second North American tour at the Montreal Forum in Quebec, Canada. 1966 – “96 Tears” by ? and The Mysterians hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. 1967 – Cream plays two shows at the Saville Theatre in London as part of a concert series called Sundays At The Saville. 1967 – The Cowsills appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “The Rain, The Park, And Other Things” and a medley of other popular songs. Other musical guests include Polly Bergen, Peter Nero, and violinist Noucha Doina. 1969 – New York underground newspaper Rat Subterranean News compiles and publishes all of the existing “Paul is dead” info to date. 1970 – Gladys Knight and The Pips release their single, “If I Were Your Woman” b/w “The Tracks Of My Tears” on the Motown subsidiary Soul label. 1973 – John Lennon releases his single, “Mind Games” b/w “Meat City” in the U.S. 1976 – RCA sets up a portable recording studio in the Jungle Room at Graceland, and Elvis records three of his final four songs: “It’s Easy For You,” “Way Down” and “Pledging My Love.” 1977 – The Belgian travel service issues a summons for The Sex Pistols, claiming the sleeve to the band’s single “Holidays In The Sun” copies one of their brochures, causing copyright issues. 1980 – Mark David Chapman flies to New York and brings his gun in his luggage. When he arrives he realizes he forgot the bullets. 1982 – The group Alabama makes their debut appearance at the Grand Ole Opry. 1987 – Rolling Stones guitarist and some-time painter Ron Wood gets his first public exhibit, Decades, in London, featuring mostly portraits of Wood's famous friends painted over the past 20 years. 1987 – David Bowie begins the Australian leg of his Glass Spider Tour at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Boondall, New Zealand. 1991 – The Memphis City Council re-names Interstate 55 through Jackson, Mississippi, the B.B. King Freeway. 1991 – Three members of Pink Floyd are injured during an auto race in Mexico when their car rolls 230 feet down an embankment near San Luis Potosi. Tour guitarist Steve O'Rourke breaks his leg, and David Gilmour receives minor blows to the head. Drummer Nick Mason continues the race. 1995 – Paul Anka lends his voice in the “Treehouse Of Horrors VI” episode of The Simpsons. 1996 – Stone Roses bassist Mani Mounfield quits the group to join Primal Scream, and rather than replace him, the band breaks up. 1998 – Billy Preston, his manager Merle Otis Greene, and Greene's wife Sandra, are indicted in California on more than 20 counts of insurance fraud, including multiple incidents involving arson, staged burglaries, and staged auto accidents. Preston will agree to testify against the others for a lesser sentence. 1999 – The Who reunites for a concert at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. 2001 – U2 plays the first of five consecutive nights as musical guest on The Late Show With David Letterman. 2002 – The Palm Springs airport dedicates the Sonny Bono Memorial Concourse in honor of the singer who also served as the town's mayor in the late Eighties. 2003 – P. Diddy promises to investigate claims that his clothing company uses a sweatshop factory in Honduras to produce his Sean John clothing line when an American organization campaigning for workers' rights claims conditions at the factory are wholly unacceptable and unconscionable. 2005 – The wax figures of the younger Beatles used on the cover of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album are auctioned off for £81,500 in London after being discovered languishing in the backroom of Madame Tussauds' wax museum. 2007 – Kylie Minogue is honored with the Music Industry Trust prize for her 20-year career and status as an "icon of pop and style" at a London ceremony. It is the first time in the event's 16-year history that the award has gone to a woman. 2007 – The Johnny Cash film Walk The Line is voted the greatest music biopic in a poll conducted by Lovefilm. It is followed by rapper Eminem's 8 Mile, with Mozart's life story Amadeus next, and Ray at number four. The most recent film in the Top 10 was the Joy Division biopic, Control. 2009 – Donna Fargo's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina dedicates a section of Highway 103 in her honor as the Donna Fargo Highway. 2009 – Forbes magazine publishes this year’s Top Earning Dead Celebrity list, with clothing designer Yves Saint Laurent topping the list at $350 million. Songwriters Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II come in second with $235 million, Michael Jackson takes third place with $72 million in earnings, and Elvis Presley is in fourth with $55 million. 2010 – The Royal Mint issues a limited edition John Lennon £5 coin showing Lennon with long hair, sideburns and his trademark round glasses. 2010 – Country artist Randy Travis and his manager wife of 19 years, Elizabeth, are divorced, yet she remains his manager. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. 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