I've always heard Vanilla Ice referred to as "Rob" Van Winkle, not "Bob"...
On Thursday, October 31, 2013 8:04:10 AM UTC-7, Eidem wrote:
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> October 31 Born –
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> Ethel Waters (1896) – Blues/jazz/gospel singer (“Stormy Weather”).
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> Dale Evans (aka Lucille Smith, 1912) – actress/singer/songwriter (“Happy
> Trails”).
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> Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (1922) – Jazz saxophonist ("Flying Home").
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> Jimmy Savile (1926) – renowned British DJ and television host.
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> Anita Kerr (aka Anita Grilli, 1927) – singer/songwriter/arranger/producer.
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> Norman Wright (1937) – The Del-Vikings.
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> Tom Paxton (1937) – Folk singer/songwriter.
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> Noel Fox (1939) – The Oak Ridge Boys.
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> John Guerin (1939) – session and tour drummer.
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> Eric Griffiths (1940) – The Quarrymen.
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> Russ Ballard (1945) – British singer/songwriter, Argent.
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> Rik Kenton (1945) – bassist for Roxy Music.
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> Bernard Edwards (1952) – bassist for Chic.
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> Tony Bowers (1952) – bassist for Blind Eye, and Alberto Y Lost Trios
> Paranoias.
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> Larry Mullen, Jr. (1961) – drummer for U2.
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> Johnny Marr (aka John Maher, 1963) – guitarist for The Smiths.
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> Mikkey Dee (aka Micael Delaoglou, 1963) – drummer for King Diamond and
> Motörhead.
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> Colm Ó Cíosóig (1964) – drummer for My Bloody Valentine.
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> Annabella Lwin (aka Myint Myint Aye, 1965) – vocalist for Bow Wow Wow.
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> Ad-Rock (aka Adam Horovitz, 1966) – The Beastie Boys.
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> Adam Schlesinger (1967) – singer/songwriter, Fountains Of Wayne (“That
> Thing You Do”).
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> Vanilla Ice (aka Bob Van Winkle, 1967) – rapper.
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> Alistair "Ally" McErlaine (1968) – Scottish guitarist for Texas.
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> Malin Berggren (1970) – Ace Of Base.
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> Charlie Moniz (1980) – bassist for Grade, and Avrul Levigne.
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> Frank Iero, Jr. (1981) – guitarist for My Chemical Romance.
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> October 31 R.I.P. –
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> Carl Belew (1990) – cancer. Age 69. Country music singer/songwriter ("Am I
> That Easy To Forget").
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> Lester Sill (1994) – Age 76. Record executive, Philles Records, Colgems
> Records.
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> Claude “Juan” Johnson (2002) – Age 67. Don and Juan (“What’s Your Name”).
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> Liz Anderson (2011) – heart and lung disease. Age 81. Country music
> singer/songwriter.
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> October 31 album releases –
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> Elvis Presley – Spinout (1966)
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> Phil Ochs – Pleasures Of The Harbor (1967)
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> Jethro Tull – Living In The Past (1972) U.S.
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> David Crosby and Graham Nash – Crosby-Nash Live (1977)
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> Smokey Robinson – Smokin’ (1978)
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> Klaus Schulze – Dig It (1980)
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> Cocteau Twins – Head Over Heals (1983)
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> Paul McCartney – Pipes Of Peace (1983)
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> Possessed – Beyond The Gates (1986)
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> Roxette – Pearls Of Passion (1986)
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> Paul McCartney - Choϐa ϐ CCCP (1988) Russia
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> Soundgarden – Ultramega OK (1988)
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> Dinosaur Jr. – Bug (1988)
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> The Grateful Dead – Built To Last (1989)
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> The Psychedelic Furs – Book Of Days (1989)
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> Foreigner – Mr. Moonlight (1994)
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> ABBA – Thank You For The Music (1994) (box set)
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> Julian Cope – 20 Mothers (1995)
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> Curtis Mayfield – Live At The Bitter End (1995)
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> Slipknot – Mate, Feed, Kill, Repeat (1996)
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> Bane – Give Blood (2001)
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> The Haunted – Made Me Do It (2000)
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> U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)
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> Santana – All That I Am (2005)
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> Phish – Colorado ’88 (2006) U.S.
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> October 31 events –
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> 1930 – Bernie Moten and His Kansas City Orchestra, with Count Basie on
> vocals, records “Somebody Stole My Gal” and “Harlem Hot Shots” for the
> Bluebird Electric label.
>
> 1952 – St. Louis boogie-woogie pianist Johnnie Johnson hires 26-year old
> hairdresser Chuck Berry as guitarist for his group The Sir John's Trio.
>
> 1956 – Mary McCartney, the mother of Paul and Michael, passes away from an
> embolism after surgery for breast cancer at the age of 47.
>
> 1958 – The Flamingos record “I Only Have Eyes For You” at bell Sound
> Studios in New York City.
>
> 1959 – Johnny and The Moondogs - John, Paul and George - fail the regional
> Liverpool competition for Carroll Levis’ Star Search television show, but
> still qualify for the final round which will be held in Manchester in two
> weeks.
>
> 1960 – The Everly Brothers record “Ebony Eyes” at RCA Studios in
> Nashville. Later in the day in the same studio, Elvis Presley records “I’m
> Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs,” “Joshua Fit The Battle,” “Swing Down Sweet
> Chariot” and five other songs on the second and final day of sessions for
> his gospel album His Hand In Mine.
>
> 1960 – Jerry Wallace records “There She Goes” at Radio Recorders in
> Hollywood.
>
> 1963 – The Beatles return from their tour of Sweden to find 50,000
> screaming fans waiting for them at London's Heathrow Airport, the surest
> proof yet that Beatlemania is a national phenomenon. Also at the airport is
> American television variety show host Ed Sullivan, who notices the furor.
> Sullivan immediately contacts manager Brian Epstein to book the band for
> three appearances on his CBS show early in 1964.
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> 1964 – Ray Charles is arrested at Boston's Logan Airport for possession of
> heroin: his third drug arrest since 1958. The singer is ordered to rehab in
> order to avoid jail time.
>
> 1964 – For the first time since January, The Beatles do not have a song on
> the current Billboard Hot 100 chart.
>
> 1964 – Joan Baez appears with Bob Dylan at New York's Philharmonic Hall,
> and duets with Dylan on “Mama, You Been On My Mind,” “With God On Our Side”
> and “It Ain’t Me, Babe.”
>
> 1965 – The Who make their only appearance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.
>
> 1965 – Singer Wayne Fontana quits his group The Mindbenders.
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> 1965 – Barry McGuire appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “Eve Of
> Destruction.” Also on the show is Liza Minnelli.
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> 1966 – Bobby Darin records the John Sebastian song “Lovin’ You” in New
> York City.
>
> 1967 – Rolling Stone Brian Jones is released from Wormwood Scrubs prison
> in London on £750 bail after spending the night in jail for marijuana
> possession.
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> 1967 – The Stooges make their live debut at a Halloween party in Detroit,
> Michigan.
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> 1968 – Photographer Linda Eastman moves to London to live with Paul
> McCartney.
>
> 1970 – Mama Michelle Phillips marries actor Dennis Hopper. It lasts eight
> days.
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> 1974 – Led Zeppelin launches their record label, Swan Song.
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> 1975 – The Marshall Tucker Band headlines a fundraising concert for
> Presidential nominee Jimmy Carter.
>
> 1975 – Queen releases their single, “Bohemian Rhapsody” b/w “I’m In Love
> With My Car.”
>
> 1976 – Elvis Presley records his last song ever in the Jungle Room at
> Graceland, recording “He’ll Have To Go.” In the evening, Elvis flies to Las
> Vegas.
>
> 1980 – Bow Wow Wow singer Annabella Lwin celebrates her 16th birthday by
> performing solo at London's Rainbow Theatre. One of her backup singers is
> Lieutenant Lush, who will change his name a year later to Boy George.
>
> 1986 – Roger Waters files suit to formally dissolve Pink Floyd, a legal
> battle that will drag on for years.
>
> 1988 – Singer Debbie Gibson holds a séance at her Halloween party to try
> and contact the spirits of Sid Vicious and Liberace.
>
> 1989 – The very first MTV Unplugged show is recorded in New York City
> with Squeeze, Syd Straw and The Cars’ Elliot Easton.
>
> 1989 – Renowned BBC DJ Roger Scott, a participant in the recording of John
> and Yoko’s “Give Peace A Chance,” passes away from cancer at age 46.
>
> 1990 – During a gig in Seattle, Washington, Billy Idol dumps 600 dead
> fish in Faith No More's dressing room. They respond by walking on stage
> naked during Idol's set.
>
> 1993 – In the early morning hours, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea
> appears with Johnny Depp and his band P at the Viper Room on the Sunset
> Strip when news filters through the club that actor River Phoenix is
> convulsing on the sidewalk outside. Flea leaves the stage and rides with
> paramedics to the hospital with Phoenix, who is pronounced dead a short
> time later.
>
> 1995 – James Brown is arrested and charged with spousal abuse at his home
> in Aiken, South Carolina, after striking his wife Adrienne with a mirror.
>
> 1999 - EMI announces that it will not pay for artists to release singles
> if they’ve sold less than 80,000 copies of their latest release.
>
> 2000 – Napster announces a deal with entertainment giant BMG to turn its
> illegal file-sharing software into a paid subscription service.
>
> 2000 – Britney Spears pays £6,000 to hire a private bar in Leipzig,
> Germany, during a night off on her Oops!... I Did It Again Tour.
>
> 2002 – Hildur Runa Hauksdottir, the mother of Icelandic pop star Björk,
> ends her month-long hunger strike to protest against plans by a U.S.
> company to build an aluminum smelter and hydroelectric plant power plant in
> the Icelandic wilderness.
>
> 2004 – Rapper R. Kelly is kicked off the Jay-Z Best Of Both Worlds Tour
> after claiming he was attacked with pepper spray by a member of Jay-Z’s
> entourage when he stormed off stage the previous evening.
>
> 2005 – Isley Brother Ronald Isley is sentenced to 26 years in federal
> prison on tax evasion charges.
>
> 2005 – The white suit worn by John Lennon on the cover of the Beatles' Abbey
> Road album sells at a Las Vegas Amnesty International charity auction for
> $118,000.
>
> 2008 – In a London courtroom, *Amy Winehouse’s drug dealers, *John
> Blagrove and Cara Burton, plead guilty *to selling drugs to Winehouse,
> filming her smoking crack cocaine, then selling the footage to The Sun
> tabloid.*
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