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October 2
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| 1927 | |
Country swingster Leon Rausch of Bob Willis and the Playboys, born. |
| 1939 | |
String-a-Longs ("Wheels" , #3, '61), guitarist Jimmy Torres born. |
| 1939 | |
Songwriter, singer and guitarist Lolly Vegas born. Lolly, along with brother Pat, were part of the first Native American rock band, or at least the first to break the top ten with "Come and Get Your Love" in 1974 when the song went to #5. |
| 1941 | |
Beau Brummels guitar player Ronald Meagher born. |
| 1945 | |
Don McLean ("American Pie", #1, 11/71) born in New Rochelle, NY. Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly" is about Don boy, who now works in the Country Music field. |
| 1946 | |
Country artist Jo-el Sonnier born. |
| 1949 | |
Poet/punk/bassist/singer/songwriter Richard Hell, born Richard Myers, of the Neonboys ('71), Television ('73), Heartbreakers (UK, '75) and the Voidoids ('76), is born. |
| 1950 | |
Bassist and singer Michael Rutherford of Anons, Genesis ('66) and Mike & the Mechanics ('85, but at the same time still in Genesis), born. |
| 1951 | |
Bassist and vocalist Sting (Gordon Sumner), a guy once fond of yellow and black stripped pullovers, is born. |
| 1952 | |
Ish Ledesma, singer with Foxy - a predominantly Cuban born band based in Florida, perhaps the first Cuban rock band to enter the American top ten ("Get Off", # 9, '78) - in born |
| 1952 | |
UK odd boy John Otway born. |
| 1955 | |
Phil Oakley, first with Future, then lead singer for the new wave band Human League, born in the UK. |
| 1956 | |
Freddie Jackson born. |
| 1961 | |
Songwriter and singer Robbie Nevil born. |
| 1961 | |
Producer Phil Spector releases the first single on his own label, Philles. The single by The Crystal's "There's No Other (Like My Baby)", just barely peaked in the top twenty. |
| 1961 | |
Robbie Nevil born. |
| 1965 | |
UK band Manfred Mann begins a ten day tour behind the Iron Curtain. It is reputedly the first tour by a western band in that region. |
| 1967 | |
Bob Weir and Pigpen (Ron McKernan) of the Grateful Dead are busted by cops at their home in Haight Ashbury, San Francisco without a warrant. |
| 1971 | |
"Tiffany" Renee Dawish, teen singing sensation of a moment or so in the late 80s, is born. |
| 1975 | |
A Milwaukee show by Bruce Springsteen is interrupted by a bomb scare. |
| 1976 | |
John Belushi does his Joe Cocker imitation with Joe Cocker himself on Saturday Night Live. They perform Cocker's hit, "Feelin' Alright." |
| 1977 | |
Elvis Presley's body is moved from the public cemetery to a tomb in Graceland for security reasons (attempted bodysnatching!). His mother's body is also moved there. |
| 1980 | |
The Bee Gees sue their manager Robert Stigwood for an alleged $200 million he embezzled from the band. |
| 1982 | |
Peter Gabriel and Genesis play together at a WOMAD concert in London. [Did they play together or on same bill? First time since split?] |
| 1990 | |
A patriotic employee at a natural food store in Beverly Hills is fired after singing the American national anthem while Sinead O'Connor was shopping. [Did she make complaint?] |
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