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October 1
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| 1893 | |
Blues artist Kid Wesley "Sox" Wilson born in Jacksonville, FL.
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| 1932 | |
Irish Stage film and recording star who popped up everywhere from
Camelot to MacArthur Park Richard Harris born.
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| 1934 | |
UK singer,
songwriter, producer Geoff Stephens born. Geoff discovered and produced
Donovan and scored a #1 hit in the US with his studio musician buddies
as The New Vaudeville Band, "Winchester Cathedral" in 1966.
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| 1935 | |
Songstress Julie
Andrews (Julia Elizabeth Wells) born. Never a top recording star, she
was terrific on the musical stage, and in film went from cloyingly sweet
in Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music, to bad girl who bared her
breasts in S.O.B. and switched genders in Victor, Victoria.
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| 1936 | |
Blues artist George Wild Child Butler born in Autaugaville, AL.
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| 1943 | |
Saxophonist Jerry Martini of Sly & the Family Stone and more sessions that you can
imagine, born.
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| 1944 | |
Scott
McKenzie (Phil Blondheim) born in Arlington, VA. Before he wore flowers
in his hair, Scott sang with the Smoothies (with Papa John Phillips) and
the Journeymen.
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| 1944 | |
Toys singer Barbara Parritt born.
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| 1944 | |
Herbert Rhodes of The Persuasions born.
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| 1945 | |
R&B singer, songwriter, producer and longtime Roberta Flack collaborator, Donny
Hathaway born in Chicago. Ill.
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| 1947 | |
Wishbone Ash bassist Martin Turner born in the UK.
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| 1947 | |
Rob Davies of the band Mud born in the UK.
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| 1948 | |
Michael John Koda,
later known as "Cub" Koda, born. Vocalist and guitarist with the
Station (formed '69) who begat Brownsville Station who gave us that 1973
anthem, "Smokin' in the Boys Room".
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| 1948 | |
Singer Mariska Veres of the Shocking Blue who scored a #1 in '69 with "Venus", born in
Holland.
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| 1955 | |
Birthday of Howard Hewett, who replaced the original singer (Gerald Brown, left 1/79) in
Shalamar.
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| 1958 | |
Martin Cooper, who saxophoned with OMD, born in the UK.
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| 1960 | |
Larry Mullen of U2 is born.
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| 1967 | |
Pink Floyd begin their first tour of the U.S.
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| 1969 | |
The Beatles release their last LP in the US, Abbey Road.
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| 1970 | |
Jimi Hendrix is buried in his hometown of Seattle.
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| 1970 | |
At the Sports Palace in Milan, Italy, thousands of ticketless fans riot when a Rolling
Stones concert is a sellout.
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| 1975 | |
Al Jackson, drummer
for Booker T & the MGs is shot dead, aged 39, in his East Memphis home.
His wife, who had been arrested the previous July for shooting her first
(?) husband, is taken in for questioning. Other reports suggest
burglars.
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| 1975 | |
Bandleader and sax man Freddy Martin dies.
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| 1976 | |
Richard Oakes of Suede is born.
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| 1977 | |
Against all musical odds, three French artists top the charts in the UK.
Jean-Michel Jarre's space's instrumental "Magic Fly" is #
3, his "Oxygene" # 4, and La Belle Epoque charted at number 8 with their
disco-influenced rendition of "Black Is Black" by Los Bravos.
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| 1982 | |
Mobile Fidelity
releases The Beatles catalogue mastered at half-speed.
The limited-edition set of only 5,000 offered at $325.
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| 1986 | |
Andy McVann, drummer with the Farm, is killed in a car crash. He was
21.
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| 1986 | |
Cliff Burton, bassist with the speed metal group Metallica is killed when their tour
bus overturns in Sweden.
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