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Today In R&R History October 9th
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Rock and Roll Birthdays
October 9th
- October 9th Birthday, The Beatles singer, songwriter, guitarist John Lennon, born in 1940 in Liverpool, England. Lennon died of a gunshot wound on December 8th, 1980.
- October 9th Birthday, The Who bassist John Entwistle, born in Chiswick, London, England in 1944. He died on June 27th, 2002 at the age of 57.
- October 9th Birthday, LaBelle singer and solo artist Nona Hendryx, born in 1944 in Trenton, New Jersey.
- October 9th Birthday, Singer, songwriter and guitarist Jackson Browne, born in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1948.
- October 9th Birthday, The Elton John Band and Hookfoot guitarist Caleb Quaye, born in London, England in 1948.
- October 9th Birthday, The Bodeans singer, songwriter, guitarist Kurt Neumann, born in 1961 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- October 9th Birthday, Singer, songwriter P.J. Harvey, born Polly Jean Harvey in Bridport, Dorset, England, in 1969.
- October 9th Birthday, Multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Sean Ono Lennon, born in New York City in 1975.
Today In Rock and Roll History
October 9th
- October 9th, 1961 Deltone Records release “Let’s Go Trippin’” backed with “Del-Tone Rock” by Dick Dale and The Del-Tones on 45. Both songs were written by guitarist Dick Dale and produced by Jim Monsour. “Let’s Go Trippin’” is credited with launching the surf music craze, first becoming a local hit in Los Angeles after repeated airings on station KFWB. From there the song became a national hit, peaking at No. 50 on January 20th, 1962.
- October 9th, 1961 Roy Orbison’s “Crying” hits No. 1 in the US. “Crying” was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award In 2010.
- October 9th, 1963 The Beatles record a BBC Radio session at The BBC Paris Studio, Regent Street, London, England for the BBC Light Programme comedy program The Ken Dodd Show. One song, “She Loves You,” was recorded before a live studio audience between 10 and 11pm. The show was broadcast on November 3rd.
- October 9th, 1964 The Beach Boys record “Dance, Dance, Dance,” co-written by Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Carl Wilson, who also played the tracks primary guitar riff and solo. Released as a 45 on October 26th, “Dance, Dance, Dance” became The Beach Boys twelfth Top Forty hit peaking at No. 8 on December 12th.
- October 9th, 1965 The Beatles’ “Yesterday” starts a four-week run as the No. 1 single in the United States.
- October 9th, 1967 Sessions begin at Columbia Studios in Hollywood, California for “Goin’ Back” by The Byrds with producer Gary Usher. The band continued on the 11th and completed the song on October 16th. Co-written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, the song was first recorded by Goldie of Goldie and The Gingerbreads, then became a hit by Dusty Springfield in Britain in 1966. Disagreements between David Crosby and the rest of the band over the merits of the song and a push from Crosby to record his song “Triad” directly led to Crosby’s firing from the group. Columbia Records issued the track as a single on October 20th. “Goin’ Back” peaked at No. 89 on December 2nd.
- October 9th, 1968 Paul McCartney records “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road” at EMI Studio One in London with only engineer Ken Townsend present. McCartney played guitar and sang five takes, adding piano to take five later that night. The next day, Ringo Starr added drums to the track while McCartney added bass, vocals and hand claps.
- October 9th, 1968 Columbia Records release “Incredible,” the third album of 1968 by Gary Puckett and The Union Gap. The LP was produced by Jerry Fuller, who wrote the two hit singles on the album, “Over You” and “Lady Willpower.” The record peaked at No. 20 on January 4th, 1969.
- October 9th, 1970 Fly Records in Britain release “When Alice Comes Back To The Farm” backed with “What?” by The Move on 45. The A-side was written by Roy Wood. “What?” was written by Jeff Lynne. Wood and Lynne co-produced the single.
- October 9th, 1970 Island Records in Britain release “Mad Shadows,” the second studio album by Mott The Hoople. The album was recorded at Island Studios in London from November 1969 through April 1970 with producer and manager Guy Stevens and Andy Johns engineering. “Mad Shadows” went to No. 48 in England.
- October 9th, 1970 Vertigo Records release “Volume Two,” the second album by Manfred Mann Chapter Three. The band’s core members were former Manfred Mann band mates, keyboardist Mann and singer Mike Hugg. The group recorded a third LP together that was never released.
- October 9th, 1971 Columbia Records release “Santana III.” The album featured the hits “No One To Depend On” and “Everybody’s Everything.” The band self-produced the record at Columbia Studios in San Francisco, adding guitarist Neil Schon to the lineup. The record, released in both stereo and quadraphonic pressings peaked at No. 1 on November 13th.
- October 9th, 1971 Van Morrison’s “Wild Night” enters the singles charts following a September release. Written by Van Morrison, the song was recorded in the Spring of 1971 at Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco, co-produced by Morrison and Ted Templeman. The song would serve as the lead track on Morrison’s fifth album “Tupelo Honey.” “Wild Night” peaked at No. 28 on December 4th.
- October 9th, 1972 Polydor Records in Britain release the double album compilation “Heavy Cream” by Cream. The collection came out on October 28th in the US and peaked at No. 135 on December 9th.
- October 9th, 1982 “Acting Very Strange,” the second solo album by Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford enters the charts on Atlantic Records. The record was recorded at The Farm in Chiddingfold, Surrey and The Town House in London, England with Rutherford and Nick Launay co-producing. Stuart Copeland from The Police plays on two tracks and Rutherford sings the vocals himself. The LP peaked at No. 145 on October 30th.
- October 9th, 1982 “Rock The Casbah” by The Clash entered the singles charts following a September release on Epic Records, out June 11th in Britain. Co-written by The Clash’s Topper Headon, Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, the backing track was essentially a solo recording by Headon, the band’s drummer. Strummer wrote the lyrics and Jones added special effects. The record peaked at No. 8 on January 11th, 1983.
- October 9th, 1987 Columbia Records release “Tunnel Of Love,” the eighth studio album by Bruce Springsteen. With minimal participation by members of The E Street Band, Springsteen played many of the instruments himself, including keyboards and writing drum programs. The LP’s title track and “Brilliant Disguise” were both released and became hits from the record. The album, co-produced by Springsteen with Jon Landau and Chuck Plotkin, peaked at No. 1 on November 7th.
- October 9th, 1990 Parlophone Records in Britain release live versions of “Birthday” backed with “Good Day Sunshine” by Paul McCartney on 45. Both songs were John Lennon and Paul McCartney co-writes, co-produced by McCartney, Bob Clearmountain and Peter Henderson. “Good Day Sunshine” was not included on the then-current “Tripping The Live Fantastic” live album. The record went to No. 29 in England.
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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