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Today In R&R History October 25th
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Rock and Roll Birthdays
October 25th
- October 25th Birthday, Roy Lynes, keyboardist from Status Quo, born in Redhill, Surrey, England.
- October 25th Birthday, Yes singer and solo artist Jon Anderson, born John Roy Anderson in 1944 in Accrington, Lancashire, England.
- October 25th Birthday, Judas Priest guitarist Glen Tipton, born in Blackheath, England in 1947.
- October 25th Birthday, Television guitarist and solo artist Richard Lloyd, born in 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- October 25th Birthday, Scorpions guitarist Matthias Jabs, born in 1955 in Hanover, West Germany.
- October 25th Birthday, The Pretenders guitarist Robbie McIntosh, born in Sutton, Surrey, England in 1957.
- October 25th Birthday, Divinyls singer Christina Amphett, born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia in 1959. She passed away on April 21st, 2013 after a dealing with breast cancer and multiple sclerosis at the age of 53.
- October 25th Birthday, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1962.
Today In Rock and Roll History
October 25th
- October 25th, 1960 Seventeen-year-old Keith Richards meets Mick Jagger at a train station in London. Richards notices the R&B albums under Jagger’s arm and before long the two form their first group, Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys.
- October 25th, 1962 The Beatles record a BBC Radio session at Playhouse Theatre, St. John’s Road, Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire for the BBC Light Programme show Here We Go for broadcast the following day. Recording took place from 8-8:45pm in front of a live audience. Recorded that evening were “Sheila” written by Tommy Roe, but not included in the broadcast, “Love Me Do” co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, “A Taste Of Honey” co-written by Bobby Scott and Ric Marlowe, “P. S. I Love You” co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
- October 25th, 1964 The Rolling Stones make their debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, playing the two songs “Around And Around” and “Time Is On My Side.”
- October 25th, 1967 International Artists Records release “Easter Everywhere,” the second album by the 13th Floor Elevators. Recorded at Walt Andrus Studios in Houston, Texas with producer Leland Rogers.
- October 25th, 1967 Motown Records release Diana Ross and The Supremes’ “In And Out Of Love.” It was the second single issued with the group’s new billing of Diana Ross and The Supremes. Co-written and produced by Motown production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, it was the last single to feature the vocals of original member Florence Ballard. The instrumental tracks were recorded in Los Angeles on April 20th, Diana Ross tracked her vocals at Motown’s Hitsville USA Studios on June 12th with Wilson and Ballard adding their vocals the following day. “In And Out Of Love” went to No. 9 on December 9th.
- October 25th, 1968 At TTG Studios in Hollywood, California, Jimi Hendrix records a bass guitar track for a demo by The Soft Machine’s Robert Wyatt called “Slow Walkin’ Talkin’.” The song was later retitled “But I’m As Clean As A Whistle” and again rerecorded and released by Wyatt as “Soup Song.”
- October 25th, 1968 The British blues boom was in full swing when Jethro Tull released their first LP in Britain, “This Was.” It was Tull’s only album with original guitarist Mick Abrahams, recorded at Sound Technics Studio in Chelsea, London, England, co-produced by the band with Terry Ellis. The debut album hit No. 10 in the British charts, partly due to great airplay from BBC Radio DJ John Peel. The album came out on February 3rd, 1969 in America, where the record peaked at No. 62 on April 12th.
- October 25th, 1969 “Leaving On A Jet Plane” by Peter, Paul and Mary enters the singles charts, released earlier in the month on Warner Brothers Records. Written by John Denver, who first released the song on his 1966 “John Denver Sings” LP, the Peter, Paul and Mary version came out three years later as a single but had been recorded in 1967 with both versions produced by Milt Okun. It was the trio’s biggest and final hit, reaching No. 1 on December 20th in America.
- October 25th, 1969 Harvest Records release the fourth album by Pink Floyd. “Ummagumma” was half live, half studio recordings with individual pieces by the four members of the group on the record’s studio disc. The LP was co-produced by the band with Norman Smith. The studio tracks were recorded at EMI Studios in London. The live tracks were taped live at Mothers Club in Birmingham, England and the Manchester College Of Commerce in Manchester, England. Harvest Records in the US released “Ummagumma” on November 10th, where it peaked at No. 74 on March 21st, 1970.
- October 25th, 1969 The Grass Roots release “Heaven Knows” on 45. The song was co-written by Harvey Price and Dan Walsh, with a horn arrangement by Jimmy Haskell. Produced by Steve Barri, the single entered the charts in November and peaked at No. 24 on December 13th.
- October 25th, 1969 “Evil Woman (Don’t Play Your Games With Me)” by Minneapolis, Minnesota based band Crow enters the singles chart, where it would reach No. 19 on January 10th, 1970. Co-written by group singer Dave Wagner, guitarist Dick Wiegand and bassist Larry Wiegand, the song was covered by Ike and Tina Turner and became the first single by Black Sabbath in 1970.
- October 25th, 1969 Columbia Records release “New York Tendaberry,” the fourth album by singer, songwriter Laura Nyro. The album peaked at No. 32 on November 29th.
- October 25th, 1969 Reprise Records release Neil Young’s “Down By The River” on 45. Written by Neil Young, who co-produced the record with David Briggs, the studio session featured the members of Crazy Horse, Danny Whitten on guitar, Billy Talbot on bass and Ralph Molina on drums.
- October 25th, 1971 Epic Records release the “Rough and Ready” LP, the third album by The Jeff Beck Group. Bobby Tench, Max Middleton, Cozy Powell and Clive Chaman completed the band lineup on the LP. Recorded at Island Studios in London with Beck producing with contributions on some tracks by Jimmy Miller. The record peaked at No. 46 on December 11th.
- October 25th, 1971 Shelter Records release “Naturally,” the debut solo album by J. J. Cale. The LP was recorded at Bradley’s Barn and Moss Rose Studios in Tennessee from September 29th, 1970 through June 9th, 1971 with producer Audie Ashworth. The record peaked at No. 51 on April 8th.
- October 25th, 1971 The four-album set “At Carnegie Hall” by Chicago is released by Columbia Records. The LP was recorded during the band’s tour to support their “Chicago III” album, produced by Jim Guercio. The record peaked at No. 3 on January 15th.
- October 25th, 1974 Island Records in Britain release “Natty Dread” by Bob Marley and The Wailers. The LP featured the songs “Lively Up Yourself” and “No Woman, No Cry,” co-produced by The Wailers and Chris Blackwell at Harry J. Studios in Kingston, Jamaica. The record came out in the US the following February peaking at No. 92 on September 20th.
- October 25th, 1974 Apple Records release the double A-sided single “Junior’s Farm” backed with “Sally G” by Paul McCartney and Wings in Britain with a November 4threlease date in the US. Both sides were written and produced by Paul McCartney. In America, the record went to No. 3 on January 11th, 1975.
- October 25th, 1975 “The Music Never Stopped” by The Grateful Dead enters the singles charts. Released in September from The Grateful Dead’s “Blues For Allah” LP, the song’s lyrics were co-written by John Perry Barlow with music by Bob Weir.
- October 25th, 1975 “Welcome To My Nightmare,” the title track of Alice Cooper’s first solo LP, enters the singles charts in America on Warner Brothers Records. The track was produced by Bob Ezrin and co-written by Ezrin with Alice Cooper and Dick Wagner. “Welcome To My Nightmare” was the third 45 released from the album and peaked at No. 45 on November 22nd.
- October 25th, 1975 Columbia Records release Paul Simon’s album “Still Crazy After All These Years.” Session musicians that played on the record included Bob James, Pete Carr, Hugh McCracken, John Tropea, Tony Levin, Steve Gadd, Toots Thielemans, David Sanborn, Art Garfunkel, Valerie Simpson and Phoebe Snow. Co-produced by Simon and Phil Ramone at A&R Studios in New York City, the record featured four hits, “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” “Gone At Last,” “My Little Town” and the title track. The LP peaked at No. 1 on December 6th.
- October 25th, 1976 Columbia Records release “Land Of The Midnight Sun” by Al DiMeola. The album peaked at No. 129 in the US.
- October 25th, 1982 Marillion release their debut single “Market Square Heroes” on EMI Records in England. Collectively written by the band, the track was recorded at Park Gate Studios in Battle, East Sussex, England with producer David Hitchcock.
- October 25th, 1994 Reprise Records release “Turbulent Indigo,” the fifteenth album by Joni Mitchell. Co-produced by Mitchell and Larry Klein at The Kiva Studios in Los Angeles, the LP won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Album in 1995. Jim Keltner, Seal, Wayne Shorter and others played on sessions for the record. “Turbulent Indigo” peaked at No. 47 on November 12th.
- October 25th, 1999 Virgin Records in Britain release “As Time Goes By,” the tenth studio album by Bryan Ferry. Featuring cover versions of Pop and Jazz standards, Ferry returned to co-producing the LP with Rhett Davies, who worked on records for Ferry and his former band, Roxy Music. Phil Manzanera and Andy Newmark were among the session players on the record. “As Time Goes By” went to No. 16 in the English album charts.
- October 25th, 2019 Ringo Starr releases the album “What’s My Name?” The LP was self-produced at Ringo’s home Roccabella West home studio in Los Angeles. Guests on the sessions included Joe Walsh, David Allan Stewart, Benmont Tench, Edgar Winter, Steve Lukather, Richard Page and Paul McCartney. The record peaked at No. 127 on November 9th.
- October 25th, 2010 Hear Music release “National Ransom” by Elvis Costello. The album was recorded in Nshville in February through March with T Bone Burnett producing. Elvis was backed in the studio by The Imposters, The Sugacanes, Vince Gill, Marc Ribot, Leon Russell and others. The record debuted and peaked at No. 39 on November 20th.
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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This Week In Rock and Roll History week of October 25th
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