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Rock and Roll Birthdays
October 3rd
- October 3rd Birthday, Minimalist composer Steve Reich, born in New York City in 1936.
- October 3rd Birthday, American rockabilly star and Rock And Roll Hall of Famer Eddie Cochran, born in 1938 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Cochran passed away on April 17th, 1960 when his car blew a tire and crashed in Chippenham, England in the middle of a major British tour. Rockabilly guitarist Gene Vincent was seriously injured in the crash.
- October 3rd Birthday, R&B singer Chubby Checker, born Ernest Evans in 1941 in Spring Gully, South Carolina.
- October 3rd Birthday, Fleetwood Mac singer, songwriter, guitarist and solo artist Lindsey Buckingham, born in 1949 in Palo Alto, California.
- October 3rd Birthday, Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Keb’ Mo’, born Kevin Roosevelt Moore in 1951 in South Los Angeles, California.
- October 3rd Birthday, Blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter Stevie Ray Vaughn, born in 1954 in Dallas, Texas. Vaughn died in a helicopter crash on August 27th, 1990.
- October 3rd Birthday, The Allman Brothers bassist and an original member of Government Mule, Allen Woody, born Douglas Allen Woody. He passed away on August 26th, 2000 at the age of 44.
- October 3rd Birthday, Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, born in 1962 in Athens, Greece.
- October 3rd Birthday, No Doubt singer, songwriter and solo artist Gwen Stephani, born in 1969 in Fullerton, California.
- October 3rd Birthday, Singer, songwriter and guitarist India Arie, born in 1975 in Denver, Colorado.
Today In Rock and Roll History
October 3rd
- October 3rd, 1961 A group from Hawthorne, California called The Pendletones attend their first recording session at World Pacific Studio in Los Angeles with producers Dorinda and Hite Morgan. The band records “Surfin,” a song that would kick start their career when, on December 8th it was released as the first single by The Beach Boys.
- October 3rd, 1963 The Beatles record two songs in Studio Two at EMI Studios, 3 Abbey Road, St. John’s Wood, London with producer George Martin, engineer Norman Smith and an unknown second engineer, 7-10pm. Taped that evening were “I Wanna Be Your Man,” co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney recording takes 14 and15, which included Ringo’s maraca track, “Little Child,” co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney recording takes 19 through 21. The track was mixed again to mono from takes 15 and 18 on October 23rd by producer George Martin in EMI Studio Two with engineers Norman Smith and Geoff Emerick with The Beatles in attendance, for release on the “With The Beatles” LP on November 22nd. Takes 15 and 18 were edited by producer George Martin with engineers Norman Smith and Geoff Emerick and mixed to mono on October 23rd in the EMI Studio Two control room by producer George Martin with engineer Norman Smith and a second unknown engineer for release on the “With The Beatles” LP on November 22nd. The stereo mix was completed October 29th from take 21, possibly the renamed edit of takes 15 and 18, in the EMI Studio Three control room by producer George Martin with engineers Norman Smith, Geoff Emerick and the unknown “B.T.” for release on the “With The Beatles” LP on November 22nd.
- October 3rd, 1967 The Temptones, with singer Daryl Hall, then performing under his given name Daryl Hohl, record their second single for the Arctic Records label, “Say These Words Of Love” and “Something Good.” “Say These Words Of Love” was co-written by Hohl and bandmate Barry Glaser. “Something Good” was co-written by Arctic Records founder Jimmy Bishop and Leon Huff. The 45 was issued a few weeks later.
- October 3rd, 1967 The Bee Gees record “Words” at IBC Studios in London, co-produced by the band with manager Robert Stigwood. Released in January 1968, the single became The Bee Gees’ second British Top Ten hit, entered the US charts in January and peaked at No. 15 on March 2nd.
- October 3rd, 1968 George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr record the backing track for Harrison’s “Savoy Truffle” in one take at Trident Studios in London with producer George Martin. Harrison added lead vocals and acoustic guitar two days later. Chris Thomas scored a brass arrangement for two baritone saxophones and four tenor saxes, recorded on October 11th back at EMI Studio Two. Final sessions on October 14th at EMI added George’s lead guitar, tambourines and bongos and electric piano and organ by Chris Thomas.
- October 3rd, 1969 Atlantic Records in Britain release “Sweetness” backed with “Everydays” by Yes on 45. The A-side was co-written by Jon Anderson and Chris Squire. “Everydays” was a Stephen Stills song, originally released on the second Buffalo Springfield LP “Buffalo Springfield Again.” Both songs appear on the self-titled first Yes LP, produced by the band and Paul Clay.
- October 3rd, 1970 Polydor Records release “After Midnight” on 45 by Eric Clapton. Written by J.J. Cale, the track was recorded in January at Village Recorders in West Los Angeles with producer Delaney Bramlett. On the session were Bobby Whitlock on organ and vocals, Jim Gordon on drums, Delaney Bramlett on rhythm guitar, Carl Radle on bass, Leon Russell on piano, Jim Price on trumpet and Bobby Keys on saxophone. The song entered the singles charts in October and peaked at No. 18 on December 12th.
- October 3rd, 1975 The Who release their seventh studio album “Who By Numbers,” out a day later in England. Produced by Glyn Johns, the LP was recorded April through June at Shepperton Studios’ soundstage in Shepperton, Surrey, England using Ronnie Lane’s Mobile Studio. Supported by a seventy-date tour after the record’s release, the album went to No. 7 in Britain and No. 8 in America on November 29th.
- October 3rd, 1977 The British release date of “Out Of The Blue,” the seventh studio album by the Electric Light Orchestra, out in November in the US. The LP featured the hits “Mr. Blue Sky,” “Turn To Stone” and “Sweet Talking Woman.” The album was produced by Jeff Lynne, who wrote the songs on the record during a three-week writing session in the Swiss Alps. Recording sessions for “Out Of The Blue” took place at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany. The record peaked at No. 4 on January 7th, 1978.
- October 3rd, 1977 “A Bunch Of Stiffs” tour begins in England, featuring Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello and Ian Dury.
- October 3rd, 1980 Rockpile, featuring Nick Lowe, Billy Bremner, Terry Williams and Dave Edmunds, release their one and only album, “Seconds Of Pleasure.” Members of the band had all played together on various Edmunds and Lowe solo albums. Co-produced by Nick Lowe and Rockpile, the album was recorded at Eden Studios in Chiswick, London. The record featured the hit single “Teacher Teacher” and peaked at No. 27 on December 27th.
- October 3rd, 1980 The Police release their third album “Zenyatta Mondatta.” Recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands, the LP was co-produced by the band with Nigel Gray. The album won two Grammy Awards including Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” and The Police’s second consecutive win for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for “Behind My Camel.” “Zenyatta Mondatta” peaked at No. 5 on February 7th.
- October 3rd, 1981 Billy Joel released the first digitally recorded live album, “Songs In The Attic,” a collection of songs from his back catalog. The LP was recorded on Joel’s Glass Houses Tour in June and July 1980. The collection included songs from Joel’s first album “Coldspring Harbor,” the first time that material had a widespread release. The record featured the hit “Say Goodbye To Hollywood” and peaked at No. 8 on October 17th.
- October 3rd, 1983 Atlantic Records release the self-titled “Genesis” LP. The album featured the hits “Mama,” “Illegal Alien” and “That’s All.” The band recorded the LP in the Spring of 1983 at their own studio The Farm in Chiddingfold, Surrey, England, self-produced by Genesis with Hugh Padgham engineering. The material was written and developed together, a change in the process by which they’d usually begin by bringing in individually written pieces and arranging them together. The record was their twelfth studio album, went to No. 1 in England and sold over four million copies in the US, peaking at No. 9 on December 3rd.
- October 3rd, 1987 “Love Will Find A Way” by Yes enters the singles charts following a September release on Atco Records. Issued as the lead single by the band’s “Big Generator” album, the song was written by guitarist Trevor Rabin. “Love Will Find A Way” peaked at No. 30 on October 28th.
- October 3rd, 1987 Dark Horse Records release the new George Harrison single, a cover of the James Ray hit from 1962 “Got My Mind Set On You.” Written by Rudy Clark, the track was co-produced by Harrison and Jeff Lynne. It was the first single released from George Harrison’s “Cloud Nine” album. Harrison’s version began with drummer Jim Keltner playing the opening drum pattern. Keyboardist Gary Wright mentioned it sounded like the James Ray song. Harrison had heard the song on his first visit to the US to visit his sister Louis in 1963. “Got My Mind Set On You” peaked at No. 1 on January 16th, 1988.
- October 3rd, 1987 Mercury Records release “Poetic Champions Compose” the seventeenth album by Van Morrison. Produced by Morrison at The Wool Hall Studios in Beckington and Townhouse Studios in London, England, the LP peaked at No. 90 on October 31st.
- October 3rd, 1988 Virgin Records release “Talk Is Cheap,” the first solo album by Keith Richards. Recording sessions for the LP began in August 1987 at Le Studio in Morin Heights, Quebec. Further recording continued until the following May in Montserrat and Bermuda. All the songs on the LP were co-written by Keith Richards and drummer Steve Jordan. Session musicians on the album included Ivan Neville, Bobby Keyes, Waddy Wachtell, Bootsy Collins, Chuck Leavell, Mick Taylor, Patti Scialfa and Willie Mitchell. The record peaked at No. 24 on November 19th.
- October 3rd, 2007 The Rolling Stones set a new record for the top grossing tour of all time when their A Bigger Bang tour, which ran from the Fall of 2005 to August 2007, earned the band $558,255,524.
- October 3rd, 2011 Paul McCartney releases the classical album “Ocean’s Kingdom.” Commissioned by the New York City Ballet, it was performed by the London Classical Orchestra conducted by John Wilson in June. Produced by John Fraser it is the score for the Ocean’s Kingdom Ballet,McCartney’s score consists of four orchestral movements.
Miscellaneous October
- Mid-October 1960, The Silver Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stu Sutcliffe) minus drummer Pete Best, play on a recording session arranged by manager Allan Williams for Lu Walters, bassist and vocalist from Rory Storm and The Hurricanes at Akustik Studios in Hamburg, Germany. Drumming on the session was Hurricane’s drummer Ringo Starr. Four copies of a 78rpm demo disc were pressed. Recorded that day were ‘Fever”co-written by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell, “Summertime” co-written by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward and “September Song” co-written by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson.
- October 1961, Chess Records release “The Red Rooster” backed with “Shake With Me” by Howlin’ Wolf on 45, credited to blues writer and arranger Willie Dixon.
- October 1961, Canadian American Records release “I Wish I Weren’t In Love” backed with “I’m Lonely” by Jerry Landis on 45. Both songs were written by Landis, an early stage name used by Paul Simon.
- October 1961, Ray Charles releases “The Genius Sings The Blues,” his final album for Atlantic Records. The record peaked at No. 73.
- October 1964, Ringo Starr records “In America” with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes at EMI Studios, 3 Abbey Road, St. John’s Wood, London with Brian Epstein, his only record production. Co-written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Soundheim, the track was released as a single on November 16thby Parlophone Records with “Since You Broke My Heart” as the single’s B-side. Ringo sang backing vocals with Rory Storm’s brother-in-law Shane Fenton, later known as Alvin Stardust and added miscellaneous percussion.
- October 1967, Scorpio Records release “Porterville” backed with “Call It Pretending,” the seventh and final single by pre-Creedence Clearwater Revival band The Golliwogs. Written by John Fogerty using the name T. Spicebush Swallowtail, “Porterville” would be rerecorded for CCR’s first LP.
- October 1967, Verve Records release “Chelsea Girl,” the debut solo album by Nico. After recording the first Velvet Underground LP and touring with Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable multimedia show, Nico recorded the LP at Mayfair Recording in Manhattan, New York City with Tom Wilson producing. Jackson Browne played guitar and wrote songs for the record and VU members Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison and John Cale were backing musicians on many of the tracks.
- October 1968, Reprise/Bizarre Records release “The Circle” backed with “Merry-Go-Round” by Wild Man Fischer on 45. Both songs were written by Larry Fischer, credited as L. Fischer. The tracks were produced and arranged by Frank Zappa. Zappa plays all the instruments on “The Circle.”
- October 1968, Parlophone Records in Britain release “Blues Helping” the debut LP by Welsh trio Love Sculpture featuring Dave Edmunds on guitar.
- October 1969, Island Records release the self-titled second album by Free. Traffic flutist Chris Wood played on the song “Mourning Sad Morning.” Produced by Island label founder Chris Blackwell, the LP peaked at No. 22 in Britain but didn’t chart in the US.
- October 1969, Island Records in Britain release “Rock And Roll Queen,” the first single by Mott The Hoople. Written by guitarist Mick Ralphs, the record was issued in America on Atlantic Records the following July.
- October 1970, Reprise Records release the self-titled debut album by guitarist Ry Cooder. The LP was co-produced by Van Dyke Parks and Lenny Waronker. Cooder was part of the Los Angeles folk music scene in the mid-1960’s, playing in a band called The Rising Sons with Taj Mahal and future Spirit drummer Ed Cassidy.
- October 1971, Charisma Records in Britain release “Pawn Hearts,” the fourth album by Van der Graaf Generator. Robert Fripp guested on the LP sessions at Trident Studios, recorded July through September with producer John Anthony. The album came out the following May in the US.
- October 1971, Capitol Records release “People Let’s Stop The War” backed with “Save The Land” by Grand Funk Railroad on 45. Both songs were Mark Farner compositions with Terry Knight producing.
- October 1973, RCA Records release Lou Reed’s tragic rock opera “Berlin.” Recorded at Morgan Studios in London with producer Bob Ezrin, session players on the record include Steve Wagner, Jack Bruce, Steve Winwood, Aynsley Dunbar and B.J. Wilson. The record peaked at No. 98 in America and No. 7 in Britain.
- October 1974, RCA Records release “Subterranean Homesick Blues” by Nilsson on 45. A cover version of the Bob Dylan song, the track came from the John Lennon produced “Pussycats” LP. The singe’s B-side was a medley of Lennon’s “Mucho Mungo” and Nilsson’s “Mt. Elga.”
- October 1974, Harvest Records in Britain release “See My Baby Jive,” a compilation album by Roy Wood’s band Wizzard.
- October 1975, A&M Records release “Mama Coco” by Gino Vannelli on 45. Written by Vannelli and co-produced by he and his brother Joe Vannelli, the record peaked at No. 115 in America.
- October 1975, Discreet Records release the album “Bongo Fury” by Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention with Captain Beefheart. The LP was recorded mostly live on May 20thand the 21st at Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Texas with two studio tracks in January 1975.
- October 1976, 20th Century Records release the various artist movie soundtrack “All This And WWII.” The record featured songs by The Beatles recorded by various artists Peter Gabriel, Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, Ambrosia, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Bryan Ferry and others. The album peaked at No. 48 on December 25th.
- October 1977, John Entwistle produces the self-titled debut LP by The Fabulous Poodles and played on the Lonnie Donegan LP “Puttin’ On The Style.”
- October 1977, Virgin Records in Britain release “Science Friction” backed with “She’s So Square” the first single by XTC. Both songs were written by singer and guitarist Andy Partridge and produced by John Leckie.
- October 1978, Brian Eno’s “Music For Films” is released. Originally issued as a limited edition of five hundred copies sent to filmmakers, the full release of the record added more tracks to the set. The ambient songs on the album were recorded from 1975 through 1978.
- October 1978, Chrysalis Records release “Hanging On The Telephone” by Blondie on 45. The song was a cover version of The Nerves’ song from 1976, written by Jack Lee. Produced by Mike Chapman, the single went to No. 5 in Britain.
- October 1980, Atco Records release “In The Midnight Hour,” a cover version of the Wilson Pickett hit, on 45. Ther record had a brief chart run, peaking at No. 106 on the US singles charts.
- October 1980, Atco Records release “People Who Died” by The Jim Carroll Band on 45. Written by Jim Carroll and produced by Earl McGrath, the record peaked at No. 103.
- October 1980, Virgin Records in Britain release “Towers Of London” by XTC on 45. The song was written by Andy Partridge, taken from the Steve Lillywhite produced LP “Black Sea.” The record peaked at No. 31 in England.
- October 1981, Capitol Records release “Lunatic Fringe” by Red Rider on 45. Written by singer and guitarist Tom Cochran, the record peaked at No. 11 in the US.
- October 1986, Legacy Records release “Raining In The City” by Roy Wood on 45. The song was written and produced by Roy Wood from the LP “Starting Up.”
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