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Rock and Roll Birthdays
October 4th
- October 4th Birthday, Singer Carlo Mastrangelo from Dion and the Belmonts, born in 1937 in The Bronx, New York City.
- October 4th Birthday, Bassist Jim Fielder, an original member of Blood Sweat and Tears, Fielder also played with Buffalo Springfield and The Mothers Of Invention, born in Denton, Texas in 1947.
- October 4th Birthday, Blues guitarist Duke Robillard, born Michael John Robillard in 1949 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
- October 4th Birthday, Big Star drummer and singer Jody Stephens, born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1952.
- October 4th Birthday, Timbuck 3 singer, songwriter and guitarist, Barbara Kooyman, born in 1958 in Wausau, Wisconsin.
- October 4th Birthday, Keyboardist Chris Lowe from The Pet Shop Boys, born in 1959 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England.
Today In Rock and Roll History
October 4th
- October 4th, 1963 Eric Clapton replaces Anthony “Top” Topham on guitar in the Yardbirds.
- October 4th, 1963 The Beatles record and film an appearance for the ITV television program “Ready Steady Go” in Studio Nine at Television House, Kingsway, London. The group recorded three songs after an afternoon rehearsal, then mimed to the recorded tracks in front of a studio audience when the show aired live from 6:15-7:00pm. Songs performed were “Twist And Shout,” co-written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns, “I’ll Get You,” co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and “She Loves You” co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
- October 4th, 1963 “You’ll Never Walk Alone” by Gerry and The Pacemakers is released in Britain on 45. The song came from the Rogers and Hammerstein musical “Carousel.” Laurie Records in the US issued it a year and a half later, entering the charts on June 5th, 1965 and peaking at No. 48 on July 3rd.
- October 4th, 1965 Sessions begin for Lightnin’ Hopkins’ “Lightnin’ Strikes” album with producer David Hubert and drummer Earl Palmer. Hopkins finished the record the next day. The LP came out in January 1966 on Verve Folkways Records.
- October 4th, 1966 Fontana Records release “Winchester Cathedral” by The New Vaudeville Band. Written and produced by Geoff Stephens, the record went to No. 1 on December 3rdand won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Rock and Roll Recording. The band toured extensively and were managed by future Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant.
- October 4th, 1968 Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr record McCartney’s “Martha My Dear” at Trident Studios with producer George Martin. Martha was the name of McCartney’s pet sheepdog. George Martin scored and recorded a twelve-piece string and brass section for the song. The song was issued on The Beatles’ self-titled double LP in November.
- October 4th, 1968 Cream set out on their farewell tour with a performance at Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California.
- October 4th, 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival’s LP “Green River” hits No. 1.
- October 4th, 1969 “Canned Wheat” by The Guess Who entered the album charts. At the time artists signed to RCA were required to record at the label’s own studios. The band’s previous LP “Wheatfield Soul” had been recorded at A&R Studios in New York City. When recording began for the new LP, the band and their producer Jack Richardson felt the RCA Studios in New York City to be inferior to the sound they’d gotten at A&R, so they secretly rerecorded two tracks, “Undun” and “Laughing” at A&R. They sent both versions to the record company to prove their point. When RCA released the A&R versions of the two songs as a double A-sided single and the record was a hit, there was no time to rerecord the entire album. The LP featured an early version of “No Time,” which the band would re-record during the sessions for the “American Woman” album. The record peaked at No. 91 on November 29th.
- October 4th, 1971 United Artists Records release the soundtrack album of The Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention film 200 Motels. Musically, half of the compositions were tracks performed by The Mothers Of Invention. The symphonic pieces were played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Elgar Howarth. The sessions took place at Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England and Whitney Studios in Glendale, California. In addition to the Mothers’ contributions, Big Jim Sullivan played guitar and Theodore Bikel narrated. The double LP set peaked at No. 59 on December 4th.
- October 4th, 1974 Asylum Records release “Late For The Sky,” the third studio LP by Jackson Browne. Co-produced by Jackson Browne and Al Schmitt during sessions at Elektra Sound Recorders, Hollywood Sound and Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, with Browne’s touring band and J.D. Souther, Dan Fogelberg and Don Henley, who guested on vocals. The record peaked at No. 14 on November 30th.
- October 4th, 1974 WWA Records in England release “The Power And The Glory,” the sixth album by Gentle Giant. The LP was recorded at Advision Studios I London from December 1973 through June 1974, self-produced by the band. Capitol Records issued the record in the US, where it peaked at No. 78 on November 30th, 1974.
- October 4th, 1974 Five weeks before it would appear on the next Roxy Music LP “Country Life,” Island Records in Britain release “All I Want Is You” backed with “Your Application’s Failed” on 45. The B-side was a non-LP instrumental written by drummer Paul Thompson. The single peaked at No. 12 in Britain.
- October 4th, 1975 Pink Floyd’s LP “Wish You Were Here” hits No. 1.
- October 4th, 1976 The Electric Light Orchestra’s “Livin’ Thing” is released on 45 on Jet Records. The song was written by Jeff Lynne and recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany with Lynne producing during the sessions for ELO’s “A New World Record” LP. Patti Quatro, Brie Brandt, both of all-girl band Fanny and Addie Lee sang uncredited vocals on the track. The record reached No. 4 in Britain and No. 13 in the US on January 8th, 1977.
- October 4th, 1977 The Who record “Who Are You” with co-producers Glyn Johns and Jon Astley. Written by guitarist Pete Townshend, the song was released as a single on August 5th, 1978 on MCA Records. The flip side of the single, “I’ve Had Enough,” was considered a double A-side with “Who Are You.” The single mix of “Who Are You” contains an alternate acoustic guitar solo to the album mix. Playing keyboards on the song was Rod Argent. “Who Are You” peaked at No. 14 on November 4th.
- October 4th, 1978 The Electric Light Orchestra release “It’s Over” on 45 from the album “Out Of The Blue.” The song was recorded in 1977 at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany with Jeff Lynne producing and a string arrangement by Louis Clark. The song peaked at No. 75 on November 18th.
- October 4th, 1980 The double live album “Shadows and Light” by Joni Mitchell enters the album charts. The LP was recorded at the Santa Barbara County Bowl in September 1979 using the remote facilities of The Record Plant, engineered by Andy Johns and Henry Lewy. Featuring Pat Metheny on guitar and Jaco Pastorius on bass, “Shadows and Light” peaked at No. 38 on October 25th.
- October 4th, 1982 Squeeze announce their breakup. Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook would record an album as a duo the following year before putting the band back together in 1985.
- October 4th, 1983 Columbia Records release “Say Say Say” by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson on 45. The song was co-written by the pair with George Martin producing. Sessions for the song began in April and ran through May 1981 at AIR Studios in London with McCartney playing percussion, synthesizer and guitar. Further sessions for the track were completed at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles in February 1983. Linda McCartney and Eric Stewart sing backing vocals on the recording. The single went to No. 1 on December 10th.
- October 4th, 1984 RCA Records release “H2O,” the eleventh album by Hall and Oates. Larry Fast programmed synthesizers for the sessions. Co-produced by the duo with Neil Kernon and Hugh Padgham mixing at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, the LP featured the hit “Maneater.” The record peaked at No. 3 on January 15th, 1983.
- October 4th, 1999 Parlophone Records release Paul McCartney’s “Run Devil Run” album, out one day later in the US. The album was mostly a collection of cover versions, recorded with Ian Paice and Dave Mattacks on drums, David Gilmour and Mick Green on guitar and Pete Wingfield on keyboards. The LP was also issued as a box set of all the tracks on the LP as seven-inch singles. The record peaked at No. 27 on October 23rd. On the same day, Parlophone released “No Other Baby” from the “Run Devil Run” album as a single in Britain, backed with “Brown Eyed Handsome Man” and “Fabulous.”
- October 4th, 2013 Paul McCartney releases the LP “New.” Intending to audition different producers for the released record, the album was instead a collection of tracks he’d recorded with four different ones. Sessions with Giles Martin, Paul Epworth, Mark Ronson and Ethan Johns took place at six different studios. “New” peaked at No. 3 on November 2nd.
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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