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Post by admin on Oct 1, 2024 23:19:04 GMT
born 2 Oct 1950 Mike Rutherford, guitar, Genesis, (1986 US No.1 single 'Invisible Touch', 1992 UK No.7 single 'I Can't Dance' & 6 UK No.1 albums). & Mike And The Mechanics, (1989 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'The Living Years').
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Post by admin on Oct 1, 2024 23:27:43 GMT
born 2 Oct 1951 Sting, (Gordon Sumner), singer, songwriter, The Police, (1983 UK & US No.1 single 'Every Breath You Take', plus 4 other UK No.1 singles). Solo, (1990 UK No.15 single 'Englishman In New York' plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles). As a solo musician and a member of The Police, he received 16 Grammy Awards and has sold over 100 million records. Jeez, 73  |
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Post by admin on Oct 1, 2024 23:35:10 GMT
born 2 Oct 1955 Phil Oakey singer, songwriter with The Human League. Formed in Sheffield, England in 1977 the group attained widespread commercial success with their third album Dare in 1981. The album contained four hit singles, including the UK/US No.1 hit 'Don't You Want Me'. The Human League has sold more than 20 million records worldwide.
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Post by admin on Oct 1, 2024 23:37:39 GMT
Can't leave Tiffany out!
born 2 Oct 1971 Tiffany, US singer (1987 US No.1 & 1988 UK No.1 single 'I Think We're Alone Now').
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Post by admin on Oct 1, 2024 23:40:05 GMT
2 Oct 1971 Rod Stewart started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Maggie May / Reason To Believe', his first solo No.1. Stewarts album Every Picture Tells A Story also started a four-week run on this day at No.1 on the UK and US chart.
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Post by admin on Oct 1, 2024 23:45:52 GMT
2 Oct 1982 John Cougar started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Jack and Diane', his first US No.1a No.25 hit in the UK.
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Post by admin on Oct 4, 2024 22:06:24 GMT
Born 5 October 1945 – Died 9 February 1997, Brian Francis Connolly was a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the lead singer of glam rock band the Sweet between 1968 and 1979 and known for his charismatic stage presence and distinctive voice
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Post by admin on Oct 4, 2024 22:11:46 GMT
born 5 Oct 1943 American singer, guitarist, songwriter Steve Miller who had the 1974 US No.1 & 1990 UK No.1 single 'The Joker'.
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Post by admin on Oct 4, 2024 22:29:05 GMT
born 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. Had the 1980 UK No.1 and US No.4 album Back In Black, which has now sold an estimated 49m copies worldwide. Johnson's first group was called Gobi Desert Canoe Club. 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.  And what it sounds like now (bum note from Angus at the start ) - so that makes Johnson 77 |
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Post by admin on Oct 4, 2024 22:35:15 GMT
5 Oct 1989 Motley Crue played a warm-up show for their forthcoming Dr. Feelgood tour at the Whisky a Go Go, West Hollywood, California, under their pseudonym The Foreskins. The show was also used for the filming of their next video, 'Kickstart My Heart'.
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Post by admin on Oct 4, 2024 22:38:45 GMT
5 Oct 1991 Guns N' Roses started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with Use Your Illusion II. The album was released on September 17, 1991, the same day as its counterpart Use Your Illusion I. As of 2010, Use Your Illusion II has sold 5,587,000 units in the United States.
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Post by admin on Oct 4, 2024 22:41:25 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 5, 2024 21:13:58 GMT
born 6 Oct 1960 Richard Jobson, The Skids, (1979 UK No.10 single 'Into The Valley'), Armoury Show, TV presenter.
Skids were a Scottish punk rock and new wave band, formed in Dunfermline in 1977 by Stuart Adamson (guitar, keyboards, percussion and backing vocals), William Simpson (bass guitar and backing vocals), Thomas Kellichan (drums) and Richard Jobson (vocals, guitar and keyboards). Their biggest success was the 1979 single "Into the Valley"
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Post by admin on Oct 5, 2024 21:31:10 GMT
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Post by admin on Oct 5, 2024 21:41:17 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.
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Post by admin on Oct 5, 2024 22:00:25 GMT
6 Oct 2011 Starship's 'We Built This City' was named 'the worst song of the 1980s' in a poll by Rolling Stone magazine. 'The Final Countdown' by the Swedish band Europe came in second and 'Lady in Red' by Chris de Burgh was third. Also making the top five were Wham!'s 'Wake Me Up (Before You Go Go)' and 'The Safety Dance' by Men Without Hats. Rubbish (naffest videos perhaps?), apart from Lady in Red being accurately crap - well have another opinion poll to say that the weren't the worse songs! |
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Post by Hodgy on Oct 6, 2024 9:02:27 GMT
The guy is Davydos. A one man band that goes round places in America playing outside - concerts too. I follow him on FB. A bit different to the one man band we grew up with. A pair of symbols strapped between their knees |
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Post by admin on Oct 6, 2024 9:34:02 GMT
The guy is Davydos. A one man band that goes round places in America playing outside - concerts too. I follow him on FB. A bit different to the one man band we grew up with. A pair of symbols strapped between their knees Yes I did look at his youtube channel but couldn't see anything else of interest. Well there was one girl who sang Freebird and a Fleetwood Mac song that were reasonable but you have to watch about 4 minutes of crap before you get to the important bit (well you can skip to it but I try not to post videos where people might click & immediately lose interest!). |
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Post by Hodgy on Oct 6, 2024 20:56:38 GMT
The guy is Davydos. A one man band that goes round places in America playing outside - concerts too. I follow him on FB. A bit different to the one man band we grew up with. A pair of symbols strapped between their knees Yes I did look at his youtube channel but couldn't see anything else of interest. Well there was one girl who sang Freebird and a Fleetwood Mac song that were reasonable but you have to watch about 4 minutes of crap before you get to the important bit (well you can skip to it but I try not to post videos where people might click & immediately lose interest!). Spot on. Enjoyed listening for a while but gets repetitive and as you say usually takes a 4 min fast forward before he gets going. Very easy to lose interest. |
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Post by admin on Oct 7, 2024 21:44:29 GMT
An October favourite - not the sad passing but the music & memories:
8 Oct 2015 Scottish singer-songwriter Jim Diamond died at the age of 64. His first hit was 'I Won't Let You Down' (1982), as the lead singer in the trio PhD, and the solo hit 'I Should Have Known Better', a UK No.1 hit in 1984.
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Post by admin on Oct 8, 2024 9:03:27 GMT
Wakey wakey:
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Post by admin on Oct 9, 2024 22:15:43 GMT
10 Oct 1987 Whitesnake went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Here I Go Again', a No.9 hit in the UK in 1987.
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Post by Hodgy on Oct 10, 2024 11:38:32 GMT
10 Oct 1987 Whitesnake went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Here I Go Again', a No.9 hit in the UK in 1987. This was their best song, IMO. |
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Post by admin on Oct 10, 2024 12:34:02 GMT
10 Oct 1987 Whitesnake went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Here I Go Again', a No.9 hit in the UK in 1987. This was their best song, IMO. ok but not for me (well no3 perhaps). I prefer the up tempo stuff most of the time. Not always and with everyone but that's the side that I generally come down on. If I was going for no2 on the list it'd be this: |
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Post by admin on Oct 21, 2024 21:41:40 GMT
born 21 Oct 1957 Julian Cope, guitar, vocals, Teardrop Explodes, (1981 UK No.6 single 'Reward'), solo (1986 UK No.19 single 'World Shut Your Mouth'). 67 |
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