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Today In R&R History October 14th
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Rock and Roll Birthdays
October 14th
- October 14th Birthday, Apple Records US manager Ken Mansfield, who worked closely with The Beatles to launch their label in 1968. Mansfield passed away on November 17th, 2022.
- October 14th Birthday, Singer Cliff Richard born Harry Roger Webb in 1940 in the Lucknow Provinces, India.
- October 14th Birthday, Them guitarist Billy Harrison, born in 1942 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- October 14th Birthday, Bassist Colin Hodgkinson, who has played with The Spencer Davis Group, Chris Rea, Whitesnake and many others, born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England in 1945.
- October 14th Birthday, Singer, songwriter, guitarist and solo artist Justin Hayward from The Moody Blues, born in 1946 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.
- October 14th Birthday, Nazareth vocalist and solo artist Dan McCafferty, born in 1946 in Dunfermline, Scotland. He passed away on November 8th, 2022 at the age of 76.
- October 14th Birthday, Original Judas Priest singer Al Atkins, born in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England in 1947.
- October 14th Birthday, Keyboardist, singer and songwriter Thomas Dolby, born in 1958 in London, England.
Today In Rock and Roll History
October 14th
- October 14th, 1955 Buddy Holly and his sidemen, Larry Welborn and Bob Montgomery, open a show for Bill Haley And His Comets at a concert in Lubbock, Texas. Talent agent Eddie Crandell is in the audience. Crandell caught the act again two weeks later opening with Marty Robbins. In December, Crandell sends a letter to radio station KDAV’s owner Dave Stone, asking if he would record four songs. Crandell set up the audition with Decca. The label signed Buddy to a solo contract. On January 26th, 1956 Holly cut his first tracks at Decca Studios in Nashville with Sonny Curtis on second guitar.
- October 14th, 1957 The Everly Brothers’ “Wake Up Little Susie” hits No. 1 in the US.
- October 14th, 1963 Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas record the Lennon and McCartney song “I’ll Keep You Satisfied” at EMI Studios with producer George Martin. Released November 1st in Britain and November 11th in the US by Liberty Records, the single peaked at No. 30 on August 22nd, 1964.
- October 14th, 1965 Eric Clapton and John Mayall record the instrumental “Bernard Jenkins” with producer Nike Vernon. The recording was made using a single microphone in the studio. The song was released on the John Mayall/Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton” LP.
- October 14th, 1966 The former R&B cover band Pink Floyd debut an entire set of originals on this date at a gig at All Saints Hall in London.
- October 14th, 1966 Grace Slick makes her first stage appearance with the Jefferson Airplane at the Fillmore West in San Francisco.
- October 14th, 1966 The Easybeats release “Friday On My Mind” in Britain. The track was recorded at IBC Studios in London with producer Shel Talmy. Co-written by band members Harry Vanda and George Young, the record would have a December release in America, entering the charts in March 1967 and reached No. 16 on May 20th.
- October 14th, 1967 “Lazy Day” by Bloomington, Illinois band Spanky And Our Gang enters the singles charts. The song was co-written by George Fischoff and Tony Powers and the track was produced by Jerry Ross. The single peaked at No. 14 on December 2ndand went to No. 1 in Canada.
- October 14th, 1968 Regal Zonophone Records in England release “Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels of the Ages,” the second album by Tyrannosaurus Rex. The songs on the LP written by Marc Bolan. The LP was produced by Tony Visconti. It didn’t chart when it was released but rose to No. 1 in Britain in 1972 when it was reissued at the height of Bolan’s fame.
- October 14th, 1969 RCA Victor Records release “From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis” by Elvis Presley. A hybrid half-live, half studio double album, disc one was recorded live at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The second disc was assembled in Memphis during sessions for Elvis’ previous studio LP “From Elvis in Memphis” with producer Chips Moman at American Sound Studios. The album peaked at No. 12 on December 27th.
- October 14th, 1969 Motown Records release Diana Ross and The Supremes’ “Someday We’ll Be Together.” Co-written by Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers and Harvey Fuqua in 1961, Bristol and Beavers recorded the song together as “Johnny and Jackey” for the Tri-Phi label that year. The Tri-Fi label was purchased by Motown in the mid-1960’s and the songwriters became part of Motown’s Jobete Publishing company. The backing track for the song was recorded for Jr. Walker and The All-Stars, but Berry Gordy thought it would be perfect for Diana Ross first solo single. The Supremes members Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong do not perform on the record. While Johnny Bristol worked in the studio on the vocal, engineers recorded his voice along with Diana Ross. The record would be released as the final Diana Ross and The Supremes single. “Someday We’ll Be Together” peaked at No. 1 on December 27th.
- October 14th, 1972 The Guess Who’s single “Runnin’ Back To Saskatoon” enters the charts on RCA Records. The track is a live recording from May 22nd, recorded at Seattle’s Paramount Theater, edited nearly three minutes shorter for the 45 release. The record spent three weeks on the charts and peaked at No. 96 on October 28th.
- October 14th, 1972 “Ben” becomes Michael Jackson’s first No. 1 as a solo artist.
- October 14th, 1974 Atlantic Records release “Must Of Got Lost” by The J Geils Band on 45. Produced by Bill Szymczyk and co-written by Geils band front man Peter Wolf with keyboardist Seth Justman, the song entered the charts in November and peaked at No. 12 on January 4th, 1975.
- October 14th, 1974 Chrysalis Records release “War Child,” the seventh album by Jethro Tull. Co-produced by Ian Anderson and Terry Ellis, several tracks on the LP dated back to sessions recorded in France at Chateau d’ Herouville in 1972. Tull began a fresh set of recordings beginning in December 1973 through February 1974 with the group putting tracks together for a proposed film soundtrack with “War Child” as its’ theme. Snippets of dialogue from the script were interspersed between songs on the final version of the record although the movie was never completed. The LP featured the hit “Bungle In The Jungle” and peaked at No. 2 on December 28th.
- October 14th, 1977 Stiff Records in England release “Watching The Detectives” by Elvis Costello on 45. Produced by Nick Lowe from May through June 1977, Pathway Studios, London, the backing band on the song were Steve Goulding on drums and Andrew Bodnar on bass guitar, both from Graham Parker’s band, The Rumour. Keyboard overdubs were added later by Steve Nason, later known as Steve Nieve. The record was issued in the US in March 1978 on Columbia Records. release “Watching The Detectives peaked at No. 15 on the English singles charts.
- October 14th, 1977 Charisma Records in England release “Seconds Out,” a double album live set by Genesis. The LP spans two tours the band did with both Bill Bruford and Chester Thompson drumming with Phil Collins now fronting the band. In America, the record was issued in November by Atlantic Records and peaked at No. 47 on December 24th.
- October 14th, 1977 “Heroes,” the second David Bowie album recorded in Berlin is released by RCA Victor Records. Co-produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti, the album was recorded July through August at Hansa Tonstudio in West Berlin, Germany. The LP’s title track featured Robert Fripp on guitar. “Heroes” peaked at No. 35 on December 10th.
- October 14th, 1977 Casablanca Records release the second live Kiss album, “Alive II.” Most of the live tracks on the record were recorded on the group’s “Love Gun” tour at The Forum in Inglewood, California, including soundchecks. Two songs were recorded in Tokyo, Japan on April 2nd. Five studio tracks were taped live without an audience at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey. The double LP peaked at No. 7 on January 7th, 1978.
- October 14th, 1978 Warner Brothers Records release “Wavelength,” the tenth album by Van Morrison. Session musicians on the LP include Pete Bardens from Camel, Bobby Tench from Streetwalkers and The Band’s Garth Hudson. Recorded at The Manor in Oxfordshire, England and The Band’s Shangri-La Studios in the US in the Spring of 1978. Produced by Morrison, the album peaked at No. 28 on December 16th.
- October 14th, 1979 Chrysalis Records release “Bursting Out,” a double album live set by Jethro Tull. The LP was recorded from May through June during the European leg of the Heavy Horses tour. The record peaked at No. 21 on December 2nd.
- October 14th, 1981 Warner Brothers Records release “Beautiful World” by DEVO on 45. The song was written by Gerry Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh and his father Bob Mothersbaugh, credited on the record label as General Boy. General Boy was a character created for early DEVO videos, playing the father of another character in the DEVO mythos, Booji Boy. Produced by DEVO, the record was the first single issued from the group’s New Traditionalists” LP. Warner Brothers also released a picture disc version of the single in September.
- October 14th, 1985 Atlantic Records release “Listen Like Thieves,” the fifth album by INXS. The group recorded the LP at both Rhinoceros Studios in Sydney, Australia and AIR Studios in London. Produced by Chris Thomas, the LP featured three hit singles “Listen Like Thieves,” What You Need” and “This Time.” The record peaked at No. 11 on April 12th, 1986.
- October 14th, 1991 Warner Brothers Records in Britain release “So Like Candy” by Elvis Costello on 45. The song was co-written by Paul McCartney and Costello as Declan MacManus and co-produced by MacManus, Mitchell Froom and Kevin Killen.
- October 14th, 2003 Warner Brothers Records release “Chrome, Smoke & BBQ,” a four CD box set by ZZ Top. Featuring tracks from 1967 through 1992, the set was produced by Bill Ham.
- October 14th, 2013 Concord Records release Paul McCartney’s “New” LP. The album was recorded at Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles, Avatar Studios, New York, Abbey Road Studios, London, Air Studios, London, Wolf Tone Studios, London and Hog Hill Mill, East Sussex. McCartney worked with four different producers on the project, Giles Martin, Paul Epworth, Ethan Johns and Mark Ronson. “New” peaked at No. 3 in the US on November 2nd.
- October 14th, 2022 Opal Records release “ForeverAndEverNoMore,” the twenty-eighth solo album by Brian Eno. It was announced as his first vocal-based album since the 2005 LP “Another Day On Earth.”
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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