Grace Slick was also "The Great Society" before joining the Airplane
On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 9:21:13 AM UTC-7, Eidem wrote:
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> October 30 Born –
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> Patsy Montana (aka Ruby Blevins, 1908) – Country music singer/songwriter
> ("I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart").
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> Ray Smith (1934) – Rockabilly artist (“Rockin’ Little Angel”).
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> Hamilton Camp (1934) – singer/songwriter/actor (“Pride Of Man”).
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> Eddie Holland (1939) – songwriter for Motown.
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> Grace Slick (aka Grace Wing, 1939) – Jefferson Airplane and Starship.
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> Otis “Big Daddy” Williams (1941) – The Temptations.
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> Chris Slade (aka Christopher Rees, 1946) – drummer for Manfred Mann’s
> Earth Band and AC/DC.
>
> Timothy B. Schmit (1947) – bassist for Poco and The Eagles.
>
> David Green (1949) – Australian bassist for Air Supply.
>
> Jerry de Borg (1960) – guitarist for Jesus Jones.
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> Joey Belladonna (aka Joesph Bellardini, 1960) – vocalist for Anthrax.
>
> Geoff Beauchamp (1962) – guitarist for Eighth Wonder.
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> Gavin Rossdale (1965) – guitarist/vocalist for Bush.
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> Tommy Walter (1970) – bassist for Eels, and Abandoned Pools.
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> Kassidy Osborn (1976) – SHeDAISY.
>
>
>
> October 30 R.I.P. –
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> Malcolm Hale (1968) – carbon monoxide poisoning. Age 27. Spanky and Our
> Gang.
>
> Kirby Grant (1985) – car crash. Age 73. Child
> prodigy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_prodigy>
> violinist <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin>,
> singer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer>
> /bandleader/actor (Sky King).
>
> Steve Allen (2000) – heart attack. Age 78. Musician/songwriter, television
> host.
>
> Jam Master Jay (2002) – murdered. Age 37. Run-D.M.C.
>
> Robert Goulet (2007) – idiopathic pulmonary
> fibrosis<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiopathic_pulmonary_fibrosis>.
> Age 73. Canadian singer/actor.
>
> Linda Stein (2007) – murdered. Age 62. Manager of The Ramones.
>
> Andrew “Mike” Terry (2008) – Age 68. Saxophonist with the Funk Brothers.
>
> Norton Buffalo (2009) – lung and brain cancer. Age 58.
> Singer/songwriter/harmonica player, The Steve Miller Band.
>
>
>
> October 30 album releases –
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> Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
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> Elton John – Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
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> The Temptations – The Temptations Christmas Card (1970)
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> The Who – Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy (1971)
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> Pink Floyd – Meddle (1971)
>
> Stevie Wonder – Stevie Wonder’s Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants
> (1979)
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> Mercyful Fate – Melissa (1983)
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> Anthrax – Spreading The Disease (1985)
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> George Michael – Faith (1987)
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> Billy Joel – Storm Front (1989)
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> Joe Satriani – Flying In A Blue Dream (1989)
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> Wet Wet Wet – Holding Back The River (1989)
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> Jimmy Buffett – Feeding Frenzy: Jimmy Buffett Live! (1990)
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> Roxy Music – Heart Still Beating (1990)
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> Big Daddy Kane – Taste Of Chocolate (1990)
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> Carcass – Necroticism - Descanting The Insalubrious (1991)
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> Pulp – Different Class (1995)
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> U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)
>
> Blur – Blur: The Best Of (2000)
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> Lenny Kravitz – Lenny (2001)
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> Michael Jackson – Invincible (2001)
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> Phish – LivePhish 6 (2001)
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> The Who – Endless Wire (2006)
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> The Eagles – Long Road Out Of Eden (2007)
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>
>
> October 30 events –
>
> 1937 – 18-year old Kitty Wells marries Country music singer Johnnie
> Wright. They remain married for 74 years, until Johnnie’s death in 2011.
>
> 1954 – Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore and Bill Black perform at the Eagle’s
> Nest in Memphis.
>
> 1955 – Elvis Presley records “When It Rains, It Really Pours” at Sun
> Studio in Memphis.
>
> 1956 – Sonny James records both sides of his next single, “Young Love” and
> “You’re The Reason,” at Owen Bradley Quonset Hut studio in Nashville.
>
> 1957 – Billy Myles appears on American Bandstand.
>
> 1957 – Alan Freed’s Biggest Show Of Stars ’57 plays one show at the
> Edmonton Gardens in Alberta, Canada, featuring . Acts include Paul Anka,
> Clyde McPhatter, LaVerne Baker, Eddie Cochran, Jimmy Bowen and The Rhythm
> Orchids, The Everly Brothers, The Crickets, Frankie Lymon, Buddy Knox,
> Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and The Drifters.
>
> 1958 – Neil Sedaka records “The Diary” at RCA Studios in New York City.
>
> 1960 – During sessions for the His Hand In Mine gospel album, Elvis
> Presley records two songs for his next single, “Surrender” and “Crying In
> The Chapel.”
>
> 1961 – Two days after Beatles fan Raymond Jones asks for The Beatles'
> German single “My Bonnie” at Brian Epstein's NEMS record store in
> Liverpool, two girls visit the store and ask for the same record. Epstein's
> difficulty in locating the record is due to the fact that the record was
> released by Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers.
>
> 1961 – The Crystals release their single, “Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby” b/w
> “There’s No Other (Like My Baby)” on Philles Records.
>
> 1961 – Bobby Darin records “Irresistible You” in Hollywood.
>
> 1963 – On the final day of their Swedish tour, The Beatles record an
> appearance in Stockholm at Narren-teatern for the Sverige Television
> program Drop In. They perform “She Loves You,” “Twist And Shout,” “I Saw
> Her Standing There” and “Long Tall Sally.”
>
> 1965 – Billy Preston, The Wellingtons, Bobby Sherman, Jackie and Gayle,
> The Spokesmen, The Blossoms, and Jim Doval and The Gauchos all appear on
> the Halloween edition of Shindig!, with co-hosts Boris Karloff and Adams
> Family’s Lurch, Ted Cassidy.
>
> 1965 – Country music artist Ronnie Milsap marries Joyce Reeves. They’re
> still married.
>
> 1966 – James Brown sings a medley of his hits, and Nancy Sinatra sings
> “Sugar Town” on The Ed Sullivan Show. Also on the show is Mrs. Miller.
>
> 1967 – Rolling Stone Brian Jones pleads guilty in a London court to
> possession of marijuana, and not guilty to possession of cocaine and
> methedrine. He is sentenced to nine months in jail, and spends the night in
> Wormwood Scrubs prison.
>
> 1967 – Unsigned group Tyrannosaurus Rex records a session for the UK Radio
> 1 show Top Gear at the urging of Top Gear DJ John Peel.
>
> 1968 – The MC5 plays the first of two nights at the Grande Ballroom in
> Detroit and record both shows for their first album.
>
> 1968 – Marvin Gaye releases his single “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”
> b/w "You're What's Happening (In The World Today)" on the Tamla label.
>
> 1970 – Hotlegs makes their stage debut opening for The Moody Blues at the
> Royal Festival Hall in London.
>
> 1970 – Jim Morrison is sentenced to six months in prison and fined $500 in
> a Miami courtroom for allegedly exposing himself during a concert there the
> previous year. Morrison’s attorneys appeal the sentence, and the case is
> still on appeal when Morrison dies the following July.
>
> 1970 – Davy Jones appears as himself on "The Teen Idol" episode of
> ABC-TV's Make Room For Granddaddy.
>
> 1972 – Elton John becomes only the second rock act - after The Beatles -
> to perform for Queen Elizabeth II at her annual Royal Command Variety
> Performance in London.
>
> 1973 – On their first visit to the UK, The Osmonds are mobbed by 10,000
> fans at London's Heathrow Airport.
>
> 1974 – Kathy Silvia files for divorce from her husband Sly Stone.
>
> 1975 – Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour opens at War Memorial
> Auditorium in Plymouth, Massachusetts, with Joan Baez as part of the
> tour.
>
> 1979 – Bianca Jagger’s divorce from Mick becomes final.
>
> 1984 – Barry Manilow plays the first of ten sold-out nights at Radio City
> Music Hall. The concert series will set a box office record and beat
> Diana Ross' old Music Hall record of $1.8 million.
>
> 1984 – Linda Ronstadt makes her grand opera debut in a production of La
> Boheme at New York's Public Theatre.
>
> 1988 – Nirvana plays at a dorm party at Evergreen State College in
> Olympia, Washington, in room K 208.
>
> 1990 – Guns ‘N Roses singer Axl Rose is arrested for hitting his neighbor
> over the head with a wine bottle when the neighbor complains about loud
> music coming from the singer’s house. Rose is released on $10,000 bail.
>
> 1997 – The Bee Gees walk off the set of Clive Anderson's BBC-TV talk show All
> Talk after Anderson disparages their disco era and refers to them as
> "tossers."
>
> 1998 – KISS appears with and without their make-up in the “…Thirteen Years
> Later” episode of Fox’s television show, Millennium.
>
> 1998 – As a Halloween treat, Black Sabbath reunites to play “Paranoid” on
> The Late Show With David Letterman.
>
> 1998 – Bon Jovi kicks off a 232-date world tour with a performance at the
> RDS Arena in Dublin, Ireland.
>
> 2002 – The post office in the Hancock Park suburb of Los Angeles is
> re-named the Nat King Cole Post Office after the singer and one-time
> resident.
>
> 2003 – Pink Floyd’s manager, Steve O’Rourke, suffers a massive stroke and
> passes away in Miami, Florida, at age 63.
>
> 2003 – Beatrice Milly McCartney is born to Paul and Heather Mills.
>
> 2004 – An arrest warrant is issued for Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil
> after he knocks a soundman unconscious during a concert at Gilley's
> nightclub in Dallas, Texas. Neil punched Michael Talbert in the face after
> asking him for more guitar volume in his monitor, attacking Talbert as he
> adjusted it.
>
> 2005 – Nine days before tickets go on sale, hundreds of people line up
> outside the Sheffield Arena to make sure they get tickets to see Sir Cliff
> Richard in concert a year later, on November 22, 2006.
>
> 2006 – The 17th annual Q Magazine Awards ceremony is held at the
> Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honoring the top British acts in popular
> music. Winners include The Arctic Monkeys for Best Album and the People's
> Choice awards; U2 for innovation; Smokey Robinson - with his first ever UK
> award - for his Outstanding Contribution to Music, and Boy George for the
> song “Karma Chameleon.” Muse won Best Live Act, The Who received the Q
> Legend Award, and Primal Scream won the Q Groundbreaker Award.
>
> 2007 – Forbes magazine announces that Elvis Presley has regained his
> crown from last year’s topper Kurt Cobain as the highest earning dead
> celebrity, with income of $49 million. John Lennon ranks second with $44
> million, while former bandmate George Harrison comes in fourth with $22
> million.
>
> 2009 – Elton John is hospitalized with the flu and an E. coli infection.
>
> 2011 – Justin Bieber surpasses Lady Gaga’s one billion mark by becoming
> the first person to surpass two billion YouTube views on his various videos.
>
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