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Today In R&R History October 19th
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Rock and Roll Birthdays
October 19th
- October 19th Birthday, Reggae star and an original member of The Wailers, Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh in 1944 in Grange Hill, Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica. Tosh died on September 11th, 1987 at the age of 42, the victim of a home invasion and attempted robbery by a former friend.
- October 19th Birthday, Procol Harum lyricist Keith Reid, born in 1946 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. He died from colon cancer on March 23rd, 2023 at the age of 76.
- October 19th Birthday, The Doobie Brothers vocalist, guitarist, songwriter Patrick Simmons, born in 1950 in Aberdeen, Washington.
- October 19th Birthday, The Waterboys keyboardist and World Party one man band Karl Wallinger, born in 1957 in Prestatyn, Wales.
- October 19th Birthday, Singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboard player from Big Head Todd and The Monsters, Todd Park Mohr, born in 1965 in Denver, Colorado.
Today In Rock and Roll History
October 19th
- October 19th, 1964 Capitol Records release “Beach Boys Concert,” their third LP issued in 1964. Live recordings on the album were taped at Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, California in both 1963 and 1964. Studio overdub sessions took place at Western Studios in Hollywood on August 30th. It is one of only a few live recordings officially released by The Beach Boys recorded with the original line-up of the band. The record charted for eighty-six weeks and peaked at No. 1 on December 5th.
- October 19th, 1964 Columbia Records release the first studio album by Simon and Garfunkel, “Wednesday Morning 3AM,” produced by Tom Wilson and engineered by Roy Halee. The album features the original studio version of “Sounds Of Silence” before it was embellished by outside studio musicians by Wilson. Reissued in 1966, the LP reached No. 30 on February 26th.
- October 19th, 1965 The Beau Brummels record “Good Time Music” at Golden State Recorders in San Francisco with producer Bob Mitchell. The song was written by John Sebastian and recorded by The Lovin Spoonful earlier in the year. The Beau Brummels’ version was released on December 5th by Autumn Records and charted at No. 97 for one week.
- October 19th, 1966 The Yardbirds, with Jeff Beck on lead guitar and Jimmy Page on rhythm, arrive in New York City to start an American tour. Two gigs in, Beck goes down with tonsillitis and quits the group.
- October 19th, 1967 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles release “I Second That Emotion.” The song was co-written by Robinson and Al Cleveland. “I Second That Emotion” entered the charts in November topped the US R&B charts, reached No. 4 on the Pop Singles charts on December 16th and went to No. 27 in Britain.
- October 19th, 1968 The era of Bubblegum Rock is in full swing when “Chewy Chewy” by The Ohio Express enters the charts in America. Led by singer Joey Levine and following the group’s million selling “Yummy Yummy Yummy,” the song became their second Gold Record single. It was a case of bait and switch as the touring group who appeared on the album covers never sang or played a note on the records. Levine worked exclusively with producers and studio musicians to create the music on the discs. “Chewy Chewy” peaked at No. 15 on November 30th.
- October 19th, 1968 Dunhill Records release “Dream A Little Dream,” the debut solo album by Cass Elliot. The LP was issued as news of The Mamas & The Papas breakup became public. Working with producer John Simon, who promised Cass creative freedom to record the songs she wanted to do, the album featured session musicians Stephen Still, John Sebastian, James Burton, Larry Knechtel, Hal Blaine, Jim Gordon and Joe Osborn. The LP’s tracks included contemporary tunes by John Sebastian, Graham Nash, Leonard Cohen, John Hartford and others. The record peaked at No. 87 on November 16th.
- October 19th, 1968 The first single with the new billing Diana Ross and The Supremes, “Love Child” hits No. 1 in the US.
- October 19th, 1970 Apple Records release Mary Hopkin’s “Think About Your Children” on 45. Co-written by Tony Wilson, Errol Brown and Margaret Wilson, the track was produced by Micky Most. The record entered the charts on November 21st and peaked at No. 87 on December 12th.
- October 19th, 1973 Warner Brothers Records release “Hat Trick,” the third studio LP by America. Co-produced by band members Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunelle and Dan Peek, Joe Walsh played guitar on the song “Green Monkey. Carl Wilson, Bruce Johnston and Billy Hinsche sang on the record’s title track. Tom Scott, Henry Diltz and Hal Blaine played on the sessions as well. “Hat Trick” peaked at No. 28 on December 8th.
- October 19th, 1973 Capitol Records release “The Joker,” the eighth album by The Steve Miller Band. Miller produced the LP at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. Considered a change from psychedelic blues-oriented material to a more commercially oriented sound, the record’s title track became a No. 1 hit and the LP peaked at No. 2 on December 22nd.
- October 19th, 1973 Apple Records release “Helen Wheels” by Paul McCartney and Wings on 45 in Britain, three weeks before its American release on November 12th. Written by McCartney, the track was issued as a stand-alone single, later added to the American version of the “Band On The Run” LP. The lyrics are a travelogue of towns and images from Liverpool to Scotland which the McCartney’s traversed in their land rover they called “Helen Wheels.” Initial sessions for the track were recorded in September at EMI Studios in Lagos, Nigeria during the “Band On The Run” LP sessions and completed the following month at AIR Studios in London. “Helen Wheels” entered the US singles charts on November 24th and reached No. 10 on January 12th, 1974.
- October 19th, 1973 The Who release the double album concept record “Quadrophenia” in Britain. Tracks for the record were recorded during two lengthy periods of sessions from May through June 1972 and again May through September 1973 at Olympic Studios, London and at Ramport in Battersea, London with Ronnie Lane’s Mobile Studio. The LP narrative explored themes of The Who’s English Mod culture beginnings and the four personalities of the group members. Unfortunately, only a few copies were actually distributed before a vinyl shortage caused by the OPEC oil embargo shut production down until November. US copies came out on November 3rd. The LP reached No. 2 on November 24th.
- October 19th, 1973 RCA Records release the seventh studio LP by David Bowie. “Pin-Ups” was an album of cover songs that Bowie admired. It was his last with Mick Ronson on guitar and producer Ken Scott, recorded at Chateau d’Heroville Studios in Herouville, France. The record went to No. 1 in England and No. 23 in the US on December 22nd.
- October 19th, 1974 Billy Preston’s “Nothing From Nothing” becomes his second No. 1 single in the US.
- October 19th, 1974 Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s third LP “Not Fragile” is No. 1 in the US, the biggest selling album of their career.
- October 19th, 1974 Chicago’s “Wishing You Were Here” enters the singles charts. Written by bassist Peter Cetera, the lead vocals of the verses were sung by guitarist Terry Kath and the chorus by Cetera. The Beach Boys’ Carl Wilson, Al Jardine and Dennis Wilson sing backing vocals on the track. Produced by Jim Guercio, the track was released as the third single from the “Chicago VII” album in 1974. “Wishing You Were Here” peaked at No. 11 on November 30th.
- October 19th, 1974 “Candy’s Gone Bad” by Dutch band Golden Earring enters the singles charts. Co-written by the band’s George Kooymans and Barry Hay and produced and arranged by the band, the song was issued as a 45 from the group’s 1973 gold album “Moontan.” The record peaked at No. 91 on November 2nd.
- October 19th, 1974 Electric Light Orchestra bassist Mike D’Alberquerque is replaced by Kelly Groucutt.
- October 19th, 1974 United Artist Records release “Eddie And The Falcons, the second LP by Roy Wood’s Wizzard. Produced by Roy Wood, the record was issued in August in Britain.
- October 19th, 1974 “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow” from a solo Frank Zappa enters the singles charts, becoming Zappa’s first singles chart entry. Zappa edited three sections from the first three songs on his “Apostrophe (‘)” LP to create the single edit for release. Written, produced and arranged by Zappa, the record charted for three weeks and peaked at No. 86 on November 2nd.
- October 19th, 1979 Backstreet Records release “Damn The Torpedoes,” the third album by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. The record was recorded at Sound City in Van Nuys, California and Cherokee Studios in Hollywood. Donald “Duck” Dunn and Jim Keltner made cameo appearances on the sessions. Co-produced by Jimmy Iovine and Tom Petty, the record featured the hits “Refugee” and “Don’t Do Me Like That.” The LP peaked at No. 2 on February 9th, 1980.
- October 19th, 1981 Columbia Records release “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey on 45. The song was co-written by Steve Perry, Neil Schon and Jonathan Cain. The record was co-produced by Mike Stone and Kevin Elson. “Don’t Stop Believin’” peaked at No. 9 on December 19th.
- October 19th, 1985 a-ha became the first Norwegian band to top the US singles chart when “Take on Me” went to No. 1.
- October 19th, 1987 Melissa Etheridge begins recording sessions for her self-titled album debut at Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, California with Etheridge, Niko Bolas, Craig Krampf and Kevin McCormick co-producing. Waddy Wachtel, Scott Thurston and Wally Badarou were among the guest musicians on the LP.
- October 19th, 1991 “Fall At Your Feet” by Crowded House enters the charts. Written by Neil Finn from the band’s “Woodface” album, the record was co-produced by Neil Finn and Mitchell Froom. The single peaked at No. 91 on October 19th, 1991.
- October 19th, 1993 Epic Associated Records release “Vs,” (pronounced versus) the second album by Pearl Jam. The band recorded the record at The Site in Nicasio, California and Potatohead Studios in Seattle, Washington with the band co-producing with Brendon O’Brien. The LP debuted at No. 1 on November 6th, stayed there for five weeks and sold over five million records.
- October 19th, 1993 Atlantic Records release “Counterparts,” the fifteenth studio album by Rush. Co-produced by Peter Collins and Rush at Le Studio in Morin Heights, Quebec and McClear Pathe in Toronto, the record peaked at No. 2 on November 6th.
- October 19th, 1998 Ringo Starr releases the live “VH1 Storytellers” album.
- October 19th, 2010 Columbia Records release “The Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964” by Bob Dylan. The forty-seven-track compilation is a comprehensive collection of songwriting demos Dylan recorded for Leeds Music and the M. Witmark & Sons publishing companies. The record peaked at No. 12 on November 6th.
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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