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Rock and Roll Birthdays
October 5th
- October 5th Birthday, Singer Richard Street from The Temptations, born in 1942 in Detroit, Michigan.
- October 5th Birthday, Guitarist, singer, songwriter Steve Miller, born in 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- October 5th Birthday, Singer Brian Johnson from AC/DC, born in Dunston, County Durham, England in 1947.
- October 5th Birthday, Sparks singer Russell Mael, born in Los Angeles, California in 1948.
- October 5th Birthday, Singer, songwriter, solo artist B.W. Stevenson, born in Dallas, Texas in 1949. Stevenson died April 28th, 1988 after heart surgery at the age of 38.
- October 5th Birthday, Guitarist Lucius Ross from Funkadelic, born in 1948 in Wagram, North Carolina.
- October 5th Birthday, Sweet lead singer Brian Connolly born in 1945 in Govanhill, Glasgow, Scotland. He died on February 9th, 1997 at the age of 51.
- October 5th Birthday, Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof, born in 1951 in Dublin, Ireland.
Today In Rock and Roll History
October 5th
- October 5th, 1962 Parlophone Records release The Beatles’ first single, “Love Me Do,” in Britain. That night, the record was played on Radio Luxembourg, marking the first time a Beatles studio track is ever heard on the airwaves. Initially charting at No. 17 in Britain, Parlophone re-released the single on its 20thAnniversary in 1982, when it peaked at No. 4 in Britain. Issued in America in 1964, “Love Me Do” reached No. 1 on May 30th.
- October 5th, 1964 The television series debut of NBC’s Karen starring actresses Debbie Watson and Gina Gillespie. The Beach Boys sang the series’ “Karen” theme song.
- October 5th, 1966 The Jimi Hendrix Experience rehearsed for the first time as a band in London, England. Hendrix’ manager Chas Chandler brought Jimi to England and introduced him to bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell. Their first single, “Hey Joe” would be issued in December.
- October 5th, 1968 The Ventures release the theme song from the television show Hawaii Five-O on 45. Written by Morton Stevens, the song was recorded in April 1968, entered the charts in March 1969 and peaked at No. 4 on May 10th.
- October 5th, 1968 A&M Records release “Shine On Brightly,” the second studio album by Procol Harum. The LP introduced the seventeen-minute song form to rock and roll that progressive rock bands would use in the 1970’s with the song “In Held ‘Twas I.” The American and British versions of the record each featured different versions of the songs “Quite Rightly So” and the “Shine On Brightly” title track. Recorded at Advision, De Lane Lea and Olympic Studios in London, initial sessions were produced by Denny Cordell, but the album was finished with Tony Visconti producing. The album came out in England in December. “Quite Rightly So” was issued as the LP’s only single in Britain the previous March. “Shine On Brightly” peaked at No. 24 on December 21st.
- October 5th, 1968 Atlantic Records release “Shame Shame” by British band The Magic Lanterns on 45. The band previously had a charted hit in England with “Excuse Me Baby” in 1966. “Shame Shame” was co-written by Jarrell Colley and his wife Linda, with Knox Henderson. The track was produced by Steve Rowland and peaked at No. 29 on December 21st, No. 3 in Canada.
- October 5th, 1969 The Who appeared on the Sunday night variety show, CBS’s The Ed Sullivan Show, playing “My Generation.”
- October 5th, 1970 RCA Victor Records release “Share The Land” by The Guess Who. The album was produced by Jack Richardson, recorded at RCA’s Mid-America Recording Center in Chicago, Illinois. On the 8-track tape edition of the “Share The Land” album, “Hang On To Your Life” has a few extra measures before each verse, filling out the timing on the first channel. The album cover is a photograph of a Cherokee Nation leader. It was the group’s first LP following the departure of founding guitarist and songwriter Randy Bachman. The record peaked at No. 14 on November 28th.
- October 5th, 1970 Led Zeppelin release the “Led Zeppelin III” LP in America, out October 23rdin Britain. The album was recorded with the Rolling Stones Mobile Unit Studio at Headley Grange, Hampshire, England with additional sessions at Olympic and Island Studios in London from December 1969 through July 1970. Guitarist Jimmy Page produced the record with engineers Andy Johns and Terry Manning. The album went to No. 1 on October 25thand was awarded a Gold Record for a million copies sold on November 10th.
- October 5th, 1970 Apple Records release the first solo single by Ringo Starr, the title track of Ringo’s country and western album “Beaucoups Of Blues,” issued in September. The single peaked at No. 87 on November 28th but was not released as a 45 in Britain.
- October 5th, 1972 Rare Earth Records release Rare Earth’s “Good Time Sally.” The song was written by Tom Baird, who co-produced the track with the group. The record entered the singles charts in November and peaked at No. 67 on December 9th.
- October 5th, 1973 Island Records in Britain release “These Foolish Thing,” the first solo album by Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry. The LP was recorded at AIR Studios in London with Ferry, John Porter and John Punter co-producing. The album was a collection of cover versions ranging from Dylan, The Beatles, The Stones, The Beach Boys, Leiber and Stoller and others. The record spent nearly a year on the British charts where it peaked at No. 5 and featured a hit single cover version of Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall.” Roxy Music members Eddie Jobson, Phil Manzanera and Paul Thompson guested on the LP. Released by Atco Records in America the following July the record did not chart in the US.
- October 5th, 1973 Track Records in Britain release “5:15” backed with “Water” by The Who on 45. Both songs were written by Pete Townshend. “Water” was a non-LP B-side and produced by Glyn Johns, while “5:15” came from the “Quadrophenia” LP. Self-produced by the band, “5:15” was not issued on 45 in the US until the Quadropheniamovie was issued in September 1979. Group bassist John Entwistle remixed this and nine other tracks for the film soundtrack album. The 1979 mix charted at No. 45 on November 3rd.
- October 5th, 1973 DJM Records in Britain release the double album set “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” the seventh studio LP by Elton John. Initial sessions for the album began in January in Kingston, Jamaica, but technical problems with recording facilities and other issues caused the recordings to be rescheduled. Completed in Hérouville, France, remixed and overdubbed at Trident Studios in London, the album rose to No. 1 on November 10th, its fourth week out, where it remained for eight consecutive weeks.
- October 5th, 1974 The Beach Boys double album hits compilation on Capitol Records, “Endless Summer” hits No. 1.
- October 5th, 1974 Asylum Records release “When The Eagle Flies,” the ninth album by Traffic. Sessions for the LP began in July 1973 and continued on and off through June 1974 at Netherturkdonic Studios in Gloucestershire, England and Basing Street Studios in London. All the songs on the LP were co-written by Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi except for “Dream Gerrard,” co-composed by Steve Winwood and Vivian Stanshall. It was the band’s final album until they regrouped in 1994. The record peaked at No. 9 on November 16th.
- October 5th, 1976 Hall and Oates second LP “Abandoned Luncheonette” is certified Gold in the US.
- October 5th, 1976 Warner Brothers Records release the Doobie Brothers’ single “It Keeps You Running” on 45. Written by band singer and keyboardist Michael McDonald, “It Keeps You Running” was issued as the third single from the Doobie Brothers sixth studio album “Takin’ It To The Streets.” The record entered the charts in November and peaked at No. 37 on January 29th, 1977.
- October 5th, 1977 Warner Brothers Records release “You Make Loving Fun” by Fleetwood Mac on 45. The song was written by Christine McVie, recorded during the “Rumours” album sessions and co-produced by Fleetwood Mac with Richard Dashut and Ken Caillat. Peaking at No. 9 on December 17th, it was the fourth single released from the “Rumours” LP. All four reached the Top Ten in America.
- October 5th, 1979 A&M Records in Britain release “I’m The Man,” the second Joe Jackson album. The record was recorded in March at TW Studios in Fulham, London with David Kershenbaum producing. The LP included the hits “It’s Different For Girls” and the LP’s title track. Out in America on October 20th, the record peaked at No. 22 on December 15th.
- October 5th, 1979 A&M Records release “Reggatta de Blanc,” the second album by The Police. Sessions for the LP were recorded at Surrey Sound Studios in Surrey, England, with The Police and Nigel Gray co-producing. The LP reached No. 1 in the British album charts. In America, “Reggatta de Blanc” peaked at No. 25 on December 22nd.
- October 5th, 1979 Polydor Records release the soundtrack album of The Who movie Quadrophenia.Featuring a various artists side of R&B hits that Britain’s Mod culture embraced, the other three sides of the LP were remixed versions of Who songs with new bass tracks, reworked for the film from the original Who “Quadrophenia” LP sessions and a pre-Who single as The High Numbers, “I’m The Face.” The record peaked at No. 46 in the US.
- October 5th, 1979 The Who’s soundtrack LP “The Kids Are Alright” is certified platinum.
- October 5th, 1979 EMI Records release “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” by Queen on 45 in Britain. Recorded during sessions from June and July 1979 with producer Reinhold Mack, the song was originally issued as a stand-alone single by the band. In America, Elektra Records released the track on December 7th, where it went to No. 1 on February 23rd, 1980.
- October 5th, 1984 Polydor Records release “Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him” by John Lennon on 45, out eleven days later in Britain. Lennon prepared the track in anticipation of the song being the foundation of an album of songs written by Yoko Ono performed by other artists. Recorded during the 1980 “Double Fantasy” album sessions, Ono’s lead vocal was mixed under to featured Lennon’s original backing vocals as the lead.
- October 5th, 1990 Opal Records release “Wrong Way Up” by Brian Eno and John Cale. The only released collaboration by the two as a duo, the album was produced by the pair at Eno’s Wilderness Studios in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England from April through July.
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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