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Today In R&R History October 23rd
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Rock and Roll Birthdays
October 23rd
- October 23rd Birthday, Songwriter Ellie Greenwich, born Eleanor Gray in 1940 in Brooklyn, New York City. She wrote dozens of hits with her husband Jeff Barry. She passed away August 26th, 2009 at the age of 68.
- October 23rd Birthday, Fred Marsden, the drummer from Gerry and the Pacemakers and brother of Gerry Marsden, born in 1940 in Liverpool, England.
- October 23rd Birthday, Dixie Cups singer Barbara Ann Hawkins, born in 1943.
- October 23rd Birthday, Rock and Roll photographer Bob Gruen, born in New York City in 1945.
- October 23rd Birthday, Greg Ridley, bassist from Humble Pie, born Alfred Gregory Ridley in 1947 in Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom. He passed away on November 19th, 2003 at the age of 56.
- October 23rd Birthday, Motorhead guitarist Wurzel, born Michael Richard Burston in 1949 in Cheltenham, England. He passed away on July 9th, 2011 at the age of 61 from ventricular fibrillation triggered by cardiomyopathy.
- October 23rd Birthday, A Master of the pop, rock song parody Weird Al Yankovic, born Alfred Matthew Yankovic in 1959, in Downey, California.
- October 23rd Birthday, Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, born in Santa Monica, California in 1964.
Today In Rock and Roll History
October 23rd
- October 23rd, 1963 The Beatles record two EMI sessions 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, 10am-1pm. Songs that were recorded were “I Wanna Be Your Man” co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Take sixteen recorded and mixed to mono for release on the mono edition of “With The Beatles” (Parlophone PMC 3045) on November 29th. The stereo mix of take sixteen was completed by George Martin in Studio Three at EMI Studios October 29th with engineers Norman Smith and Geoff Emerick and the unknown engineer “B. T.” for release on the stereo edition of “With The Beatles” on November 29th. “Little Child” co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The stereo mix of an edit of takes fifteen and eighteen was completed by George Martin in Studio Three at EMI Studios October 29th with engineers Norman Smith and Geoff Emerick and the unknown engineer “B.T.” for release on the stereo edition of “With The Beatles” on November 29th. “Hold Me Tight”co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The stereo mix of an edit of takes twenty-six and twenty-nine was completed by George Martin in Studio Three at EMI Studios October 29th with engineers Norman Smith and Geoff Emerick and the unknown engineer “B.T.” for release on the stereo edition of “With The Beatles” on November 29th.
- October 23rd, 1965 Vee Jay Records release Little Richard’s “I Don’t Know What You Got, But It’s Got Me – pt.1” backed with part two. The song was written by Don Covay. The record was produced by Calvin Carter. Jimi Hendrix plays guitarist on the studio recording. The record entered the singles charts for one week and peaked at No. 92 on November 27th, No. 21 R&B.
- October 23rd, 1965 Elektra Records release the self-titled album by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Featured guitarists on the sessions for the LP were Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop. The record was co-produced the previous month by Paul Rothchild and Mark Abramson and peaked at No. 123 on February 12th.
- October 23rd, 1965 From Millbrae, California, The Vejtables single “I Still Love You” enters the singles charts on the Autumn Records label. The song was written by lead singer Jan Errico, who also played drums for the group’s recordings. Still high school students at the time, The Vejtables began their career playing bars and nightclubs along El Camino Real on the San Francisco Peninsula. “I Still Love You” peaked at No. 84 on November 13th.
- October 23rd, 1966 Jimi Hendrix records his first solo single, “Hey Joe,” at De Lane Lea Studios in London with producer Chas Chandler. Authorship of the song is disputed, alternately credited to Billy Roberts, Dino Valenti and may have been derived from Neila Horn Miller’s song “Baby Don’t Go To Town.” Released by Polydor Records in Britain on December 16th, the record made it to No. 6 in the UK. Reprise Records released “Hey Joe” as a single on May 1st, 1967 in the US.
- October 23rd, 1966 The Yardbirds, in their first concert featuring Jimmy Page on lead guitar, open at San Francisco’s Fillmore West.
- October 23rd, 1966 The debut single by Chicago, Illinois four man group The Trolls’ “Every Day And Every Night” enters the singles charts and peaks the same day at No. 96. Signed to ABC Records, the guitar-heavy number was produced by the label’s famed R&B arranger Johnny Pate. The song was written by Trolls organist Richard Clark.
- October 23rd, 1967 RCA Records release “Pandemonium Shadow Show,” the second album by Nilsson. The LP was recorded at Music Center Of The World studios in Hollywood with RCA staff producer Rick Jarrard. The tracks are a mix of Nilsson originals and cover versions. Dr. John is among the studio musicians who worked on the sessions for the LP.
- October 23rd, 1967 Capitol Records release “Wild Honey” by The Beach Boys on 45. The song served as the title track of the band’s next LP. “Wild Honey” was co-written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. Recording began at Wilson’s home studio in Bel Air, California on September 26th and was completed there the following day. Entering the charts in November the record peaked at No. 31 on December 2nd.
- October 23rd, 1970 Frank Zappa releases the solo album “Chunga’s Revenge.” The LP was the first Zappa record of the 1970’s and his first involving former Turtles Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman. Recorded at numerous sessions from July 1969 through August 1970 at four studios and a live date in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the record peaked at No. 119 on December 19th.
- October 23rd, 1970 Columbia Records release “Chestnut Mare” by The Byrds on 45. The track was recorded during sessions at Columbia Studios in Hollywood from June 1st through the 11th with co-producers Terry Melcher and Jim Dickson. “Chestnut Mare” was co-written by Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy in 1969 for a planned country rock musical named Gene Tryp. The track was edited nearly two minutes shorter for the single release.
- October 23rd, 1970 Charisma Records release the second Genesis studio album “Trespass,” the last with original group guitarist Anthony Phillips. “Trespass” was the first album recorded at London’s Trident Studios, produced by John Anthony in June and July. The record peaked at No. 98 in Britain but didn’t chart in the US after a release on Impulse! Records.
- October 23rd, 1970 Capitol Records release “When I’m Dead And Gone,” the debut single by British group McGuinness Flint. The song was co-written by former Apple Publishing staff writers and musicians Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle. Lyle sang lead and played mandolin. Gallagher played bass and sang harmony and guitarist Tom McGuinness played the dobro solo. Produced by Glyn Johns, the record went to No. 2 in the UK. “When I’m Dead And Gone” entered the US charts in January and reached No. 47 on February 20th, 1971.
- October 23rd, 1971 Reprise Records release “Future Games” by Fleetwood Mac. Recorded at Advision Studios in London in the summer of 1971, it was the first Fleetwood Mac album to feature Christine McVie as a full-time member of the band and the first with guitarist Bob Welch. The record peaked at No. 91 on December 12th.
- October 23rd, 1971 Bread’s “Baby I’m A Want You” enters the singles charts. The song was written and produced by singer David Gates. Released by Elektra Records, the 45 reached No. 3 on November 27th and received a Gold Record award for a million copies sold in January.
- October 23rd, 1971 “Dolly Dagger” by Jimi Hendrix enters the singles charts. Written by Jimi Hendrix, the song is considered written about Hendrix’s girlfriend Devon Wilson, with the song’s name referencing her concurrent relationship with Mick Jagger. Co-produced by Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell, Eddie Kramer and John Jansen, the single peaked at No. 74 on November 27th, making it the last Hendrix single to appear in the charts.
- October 23rd, 1971 “Have You Seen Her” by The Chi-Lites enters the singles charts in America. Produced by lead singer Eugene Record and co-written by Record and Barbara Acklin, the record went to No. 3 on December 11th, No. 5 in Britain.
- October 23rd, 1971 ABC Dunhill records release “For Ladies Only” by Steppenwolf. Co-written by Jerry Edmunton, John Kay, Goldy McJohn and Kent Henry Plischke, the record was produced by Richard Podolor. Edited to nearly half the length of the LP track, “For Ladies Only” entered the singles charts in November and reached No. 64 on December 11th.
- October 23rd, 1971 “Smash Your Head Against The Wall,” the first solo album by The Who bassist John Entwistle, enters the album charts. The record features a guest appearance by The Who’s drummer Keith Moon on the song “No. 29 (External Youth).” The album peaked at No. 126 on November 27th.
- October 23rd, 1972 UNI Records release “Walk On Water” by Neil Diamond on 45. Written by Diamond, the track was co-produced by Tom Catalano and Neil Diamond and arranged by Lee Holdridge. The record entered the charts in November and peaked at No. 17 on December 30th.
- October 23rd, 1972 Threshold Records release the eighth studio album by The Moody Blues. “Seventh Sojourn” was produced by Tony Clarke at Decca Studios in London. The record would reach No. 1 on the album charts for five weeks beginning December 9th, No. 5 in Britain. The group began sessions for a follow-up LP in 1973 but abandoned the project and began a final tour of Asia in 1974 before a four-year hiatus from group activity until sessions for the “Octave” album in 1978.
- October 23rd, 1972 Hi Records release “I’m Still In Love With You,” the fifth studio album by Al Green. The LP was co-produced by Green and Willie Mitchell at Royal Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The record peaked at No. 4 on December 30th.
- October 23rd, 1974 Columbia Records release the self-titled “Dave Mason” LP. Mason produced the record at Sound Labs Studios in Hollywood. The album featured Mason’s version of “All Along The Watchtower.” Mason played acoustic twelve string guitar on the Jimi Hendrix version of the song. The record peaked at No. 25 on December 7th.
- October 23rd, 1974 Tamla Records release “Boogie On Reggae Woman” by Stevie Wonder. Written, produced and arranged by Wonder, the record continued his successful Top Ten streak, entering the charts in November, reaching No. 3 on February 1st, No. 1 R&B.
- October 23rd, 1976 Elektra Records release “On The Road To Kingdom Come” by Harry Chapin. The album was produced by Harry’s youngest brother Stephen Chapin and peaked at No. 87 on November 20th.
- October 23rd, 1978 EMI America Records release “The Man With The Child In His Eyes” by Kate Bush, written by Kate Bush when she was thirteen years old. David Gilmour supervised the sessions at AIR Studios in London with producer Andrew Powell. The record was Bush’s second charting record in Britain, where it hit No. 6. In America, the single charted for four weeks and peaked at No. 85 on March 3rd.
- October 23rd, 1978 Chiswick Records in Britain release “Driver’s Seat” by Sniff ‘n’ The Tears on 45. The song was written by the band’s Paul Roberts in 1973 for the band Ashes Of Moon, but the band broke up. Roberts formed Sniff ‘n’ The Tears and shopped a demo of the song around until Chiswick picked it up. Atlantic Records in the US picked up the record, where it entered the charts in July 1979, reaching No. 15 on September 29th.
- October 23rd, 1981 Charisma Records in Britain release “Keep It Dark” by Genesis as the second single released from the “Abacab” LP. The song was co-written and produced at their own studio The Farm in Chiddingfold, Surrey, England with engineer Hugh Padham. The record peaked at No. 33 in England.
- October 23rd, 1981 RCA Records in Britain release “Indian Summer” by Al Stewart on 45. The song was written by Al Stewart during the studio sessions for tracks on the “Indian Summer-Live” album with Stewart and Chris Desmond co-producing.
- October 23rd, 1981 F Beat Records in England and Columbia Records in America release “Almost Blue” by Elvis Costello and The Attractions. The album was recorded at CBS Studio A in Nashville, Tennessee with Billy Sherrill producing. The LP is a collection of country and western cover songs. “Almost Blue” hit No. 7 in Britain, No. 50 in the US, on November 28th.
- October 23rd, 1983 Mercury Records release the “Uh-huh” LP by John Cougar Mellencamp. Recorded in Jackson County, Indiana with Mellencamp and Don Gehman co-producing, the album featured the hits “Crumblin’ Down,” Authority Song” and “Pink Houses.” The album reached No. 9 in the US on January 28th.
- October 23rd, 1990 Megaforce Worldwide Records release “Faith Hope Love,” the third album by King’s X. The band recorded the LP at Rampart Studios in Houston, Texas with the band and Sam Taylor co-producing. The record peaked at No. 85 on February 16th.
- October 23rd, 1999 Thirty years after making his initial US chart appearance with the song “Jingo,” Carlos Santana had his first No. 1 hit single “Smooth.”
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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