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Post by admin on Oct 3, 2020 21:59:18 GMT
4 Oct 1959 Chris Lowe, keyboards, Pet Shop Boys, (1986 UK & US No.1 single 'West End Girls', plus three other UK No.1 singles and over 20 other UK Top 40 singles).
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Post by admin on Oct 4, 2020 21:25:23 GMT
5 Oct 1973 Elton John released his seventh studio album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Under the working titles of Vodka and Tonics and Silent Movies, Talking Pictures, Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics to the album in two and a half weeks, with John composing most of the music in three days while staying at the Pink Flamingo Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has now sold over 30 million copies worldwide and is his best-selling studio album:
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Post by admin on Oct 4, 2020 21:28:28 GMT
5 Oct 1996 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' by American group Deep Blue Something was at No.1 on the UK singles chart. The song is a reference to the classic 1960 Audrey Hepburn film of the same name.
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Post by admin on Oct 4, 2020 21:33:00 GMT
5 Oct 1945 Brian Connolly, singer with English group Sweet, who had the 1973 UK No.1 single 'Blockbuster', plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles. Sweet scored four top-ten hits in the US: 'Little Willy', 'Ballroom Blitz', 'Fox On The Run', and 'Love Is Like Oxygen'. Connolly died of kidney and liver failure on 9th February 1997.
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Post by admin on Oct 4, 2020 21:40:04 GMT
5 Oct 1947 Brian Johnson, singer with Geordie, who had the 1973 UK No.6 single 'Because Of You'. Joined AC/DC in 1980, after the death of Bon Scott. Bon Scott had first seen Johnson singing onstage, which included Johnson screaming at the top of his voice, rolling around on the stage, and finally being carried off. Scott didn't know that Johnson was then taken to hospital, where he was diagnosed with appendicitis  |
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Post by admin on Oct 4, 2020 21:53:26 GMT
5 Oct 1960 Paul Heard, M People, (1993 UK No.2 single 'Moving On Up', plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles). - sort of M People  |
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Post by admin on Oct 4, 2020 21:59:05 GMT
5 Oct 1966 Dave Dederer, Presidents Of The U.S.A. (1996 UK No.8 single 'Peaches').
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Post by admin on Oct 4, 2020 22:06:01 GMT
5 Oct 1985 Nicola Roberts, from English-Irish pop girl group Girls Aloud:
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Post by admin on Oct 6, 2020 18:53:20 GMT
6 Oct 1972 During sessions at RCA Studios, New York City, David Bowie recorded 'The Jean Genie', which became the lead single from his 1973 album Aladdin Sane. The track spent 13 weeks in the UK charts, peaking at No.2, making it Bowie's biggest hit to date. The line "He's so simple minded, he can't drive his module" would later give the Scottish band Simple Minds their name.
He's so simple-minded, he can't drive his module
He bites on the neon and sleeps in a capsule
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Post by admin on Oct 6, 2020 18:59:54 GMT
Born 6 Oct 1949 Thomas McClary, guitarist from American funk/soul band, The Commodores, who had the 1978 UK & US No.1 single 'Three Times A Lady' as well as the hits 'Easy' and 'Nightshift'.
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Post by admin on Oct 6, 2020 19:03:47 GMT
6 Oct 1951 Kevin Cronin, from American rock band REO Speedwagon, who had the 1981 US No.1's 'Keep On Loving You' and 'Can't Fight This Feeling'. They named the band REO Speedwagon, from the REO Speed Wagon, a flatbed truck.
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Post by admin on Oct 6, 2020 19:23:02 GMT
born 6 Oct 1960 Richard Jobson, The Skids, (1979 UK No.10 single 'Into The Valley'), Armoury Show, TV presenter. - got the 7" of this  Stuart Adamson on guitar: |
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Post by admin on Oct 6, 2020 19:34:38 GMT
born 6 Oct 1961 Tim Burgess, Drums, T'Pau, who had the 1987 UK No.1 single 'China In Your Hand' and the 1987 US & UK No.4 single 'Heart And Soul', (which was initially a flop in the UK). T'Pau took their name from a Vulcan elder of the same name in the sci-fi series Star Trek. - Carol Decker |
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Post by admin on Oct 6, 2020 21:20:00 GMT
Eddie Van Halen, revered guitarist and co-founder of the popular rock band Van Halen, has died of cancer, his son has announced  The Dutch-American musician, 65, had been undergoing treatment for throat cancer. His band, Van Halen, were best known for their song Jump, which hit the top of the US charts in 1984. BBC 6/10/20 |
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Post by admin on Oct 7, 2020 20:55:03 GMT
8 Oct 1988 On their 12th single release, U2 scored their first UK No.1 with 'Desire.' The track which was also a US No.3 hit was taken from their album 'Rattle And Hum.'
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Post by admin on Oct 7, 2020 20:58:36 GMT
8 Oct 1988 Pink Floyd's 1973 album The Dark Side Of The Moon finally left Billboard's Hot 200 Album Chart after a record breaking 741 weeks.
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Post by admin on Oct 7, 2020 21:03:04 GMT
8 Oct 1985 Bruno Mars, (Peter Gene Hernandez), American singer-songwriter and record producer. Scored the 2010 world wide No.1 'Just The Way You Are' and the 2011 hit 'The Lazy Song'.
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Post by admin on Oct 19, 2020 19:49:09 GMT
Born 19 Oct 1944 George McCrae, (1974 UK & US No.1 single 'Rock Your Baby').
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Post by admin on Oct 19, 2020 20:03:21 GMT
On 19 Oct 1997 Original Alice Cooper band guitarist Glen Buxton died from pneumonia, aged 49. Born in Akron, Ohio, he attended High School in Phoenix, Arizona, where he met Dennis Dunaway and Vincent Furnier, later to call himself the titular Alice Cooper. Buxton co-wrote several classic Alice Cooper hits, including 'School's Out', 'I'm Eighteen' and 'Elected.'
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Post by admin on Oct 19, 2020 20:11:36 GMT
20 Oct 1962 Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt Kickers started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Monster Mash', it became a No.3 in the UK eleven years later in 1973. The song had been Banned by The BBC in the UK, deemed offensive. #DefundTheBBC - they just can't help themselves.
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Post by admin on Oct 19, 2020 20:19:37 GMT
20 Oct 1977 Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines from Lynyrd Skynyrd were all killed along with manager Dean Kilpatrick when their rented plane ran out of fuel and crashed into a densely wooded thicket in the middle of a swamp in Gillsburg, Mississippi. The crash seriously injured the rest of the band and crew who were due to play at Louisiana University that evening. - killed 9 months later - killed 9 months later |
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Post by admin on Oct 19, 2020 20:22:26 GMT
20 Oct 1984 Wham! started a three week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Freedom', the duo's second No.1. The song was used in a Japanese commercial for Maxell audio cassettes, with altered lyrics.
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Post by admin on Oct 19, 2020 20:29:57 GMT
20 Oct 2007 Paul Raven, bassist with post-punk band Killing Joke, died of a suspected heart attack aged 46 in Geneva, Switzerland, where he was recording. He left the band in 1987 before forming Murder Inc and joining Ministry, Prong and Mob Research.
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Post by admin on Oct 19, 2020 20:49:12 GMT
born 20 Oct 1951 - Alan Greenwood, keyboards, with English-American rock band Foreigner, who scored the 1985 UK & US No.1 single 'I Want To Know What Love Is'. They are one of the world's best-selling bands of all time with worldwide sales of more than 80 million records. - a cover worthy of note |
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Post by admin on Oct 19, 2020 20:56:17 GMT
20 Oct 1955 Mark Feltham, harmonica player with UK R&B group Nine Below Zero. Feltham has also worked with Rory Gallagher, Roger Daltrey, Deacon Blue, Roy Harper, Annie Lennox, Oasis, Robbie Williams and many other artists.
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The Dutch-American musician, 65, had been undergoing treatment for throat cancer. His band, Van Halen, were best known for their song Jump, which hit the top of the US charts in 1984.