This Date In Music History - October 4

Birthdays:

Country music singer Leroy Van Dyke (1929)

Nona Hendryx (1944)

Patti LaBelle (1944)

Jim Fielder - Blood Sweat & Tears (1947)

Barbara Kooyman - Timbuk 3 (1957)

Chris Lowe - Pet Shop Boys (1959)

Greg Hubbard - Sawyer Brown (1960)

Jon Secada (1961)

Neil Sims - Catherine's Wheel (1965)

Marc Roberge - O.A.R. (1978)


They Are Missed:

Legendary singer Janis Joplin was found dead at the Landmark Hotel Hollywood in 1970, after an accidental heroin overdose.



J. Frank Wilson ("Last Kiss) died of a heart attack on October 4, 1991.

Canadian bassist Bruce Palmer died of a heart attack in 2004. Member of The Mynah Birds and The Buffalo Springfield. Also worked with Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young and Neil Young.


History:

Winners for 1957's annual NME readers poll included Pat Boone who was voted the world's #1 singer, with Elvis Presley voted second.

Bob Dylan played a showcase at New York's Carnegie Hall in 1961 - to 53 people.

In 1963, Eric Clapton was asked to join the Yardbirds to replace Anthony "Top" Topham.

In 1963, the Beatles made their first appearance on the UK TV pop show 'Ready Steady Go!' They lip-synch "She Loves You" and "Twist And Shout."

The Byrds played the first of a 13 night run at The Village Gate, New York City in 1966.

Creedence Clearwater Revival started a four week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1969 with 'Green River.'

The Beatles 'Abbey Road' album went to #1 on the UK chart in 1969. The cover supposedly contained clues adding to the ‘Paul Is Dead’ phenomenon: Paul is barefoot and the car number plate ‘LMW 281F’ supposedly referred to the fact that McCartney would be 28 years old if he was still alive. ‘LMW’ was said to stand for ‘Linda McCartney Weeps.’ And the four Beatles, represent; the priest (John, dressed in white), the Undertaker (Ringo in a black suit), the Corpse (Paul, in a suit but barefoot), and the Gravedigger (George, in jeans and a denim work shirt).

The song "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" was released by Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1969.



In 1971, Pink Floyd played the first of four nights at the Roman Ampitheater, Pompeii, Italy for their Live in Pompeii album.

The BBC broadcast the 500th edition of UK music show Top Of The Pops in 1973. Slade, Gary Glitter and The Osmonds all appeared.

In 1973, a San Francisco Stephen Stills & Manassas concert turned into a reunion when David Crosby and Graham Nash joined Stills onstage. A bit later Neil Young showed up and it’s CSN&Y.

'Walls And Bridges' was released by John Lennon in 1974.

Pink Floyd’s album “Wish You Were Here” topped the charts in 1975.

In 1980, Carly Simon collapsed on stage during a show in Pittsburgh suffering from nervous exhaustion. The tour was canceled.

Queen started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1980 with "Another One Bites The Dust."



In 1980, Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks present a platinum record to the USC Marching Band for their contributions to 'Tusk.'

Winners in the Melody Makers readers poll in 1980 included, Kate Bush who won Best female singer, Peter Gabriel won Best male singer, Best guitarist went to Ritchie Blackmore, Phil Collins won Best drummer, Genesis won Band of the year, Best single went to Pink Floyd for "Another Brick in The Wall" and Saxon won brightest hope.

The Smiths made their live debut at the Ritz in Manchester England in 1982.

The group Squeeze broke up in 1982.

Muggers attacked CBS News anchor Dan Rather in 1986 and yell “What’s The Frequency Kenneth?” Later, R.E.M. turns this bizarre incident into a song.



In 1996, Roger Miller was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Also in 1996 - Van Halen announced that Gary Cherone, formerly of Extreme, would be the singer that would replace Sammy Hagar.

Boyz II Men went to No.1 on the US singles chart in 1997 with "4 Seasons Of Loneliness," the group's fifth US #1.

In 1997 - Farm Aid '97 raised over $1 million for U.S. farmers.

It was reported in 1999 that the sister of Jimi Hendrix was planning to exhume her brothers body and move it to a pay-to view mausoleum. Other plans for the new site included a chance for fans to buy one of burial plots around the guitarist's new resting-place.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concluded their 2002-03 world tour at NY’s Shea Stadium in 2003. It’s the 120th show of the 14 month tour. Bob Dylan shows up to perform “Highway 61 Revisited.”

In 2004, Elton John takes the stage to rip Madonna’s nomination as the Best Live Act. "Since when has lip-synching been live?" John asks rhetorically. "Anyone who lip-synchs in public on stage when you pay to see them should be shot.” Chick fight!!...

In 2006, Dave Grohl fulfillled his promise to drink a beer with an Australian miner named Brant Webb who asked to hear Foo Fighters music while he was trapped underground for nearly two weeks. Grohl performed a new instrumental song called "The Ballad Of Beaconsfield Miners" during the Foo Fighters' acoustic concert in Sydney. After the show Grohl hooked up with Webb and his friends for a brew or two.

The legendary Jerry Lee Lewis performed (with Neil Young on hand) on CBS' Late Show With David Letterman in 2006 to promote his album “Last Man Standing” (Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash & Elvis Presley of the so-called Million Dollar Quartet are deceased - hence the title).

Former R Kelly employee (who claimed to have been a “mentor and guide” to Kelly since he was a teenager) Henry Vaughn filed a lawsuit against the singer in 2006, accusing him of assault, false imprisonment and a breach of contract that defrauded him of songwriting royalties. Vaughn also claimed that Kelly and his associates dragged him to the basement at Kelly’s Olympia Fields home and “repeatedly struck him about the face and body with his fists."

In 2007, producer Phil Spector was set to be retried for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson following the collapse of the first trial in Sept of this year. The first trial ended with the jury deadlocked 10-2 favouring conviction. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler set another hearing for the case on October 23.

Also in 2007, the Rolling Stones set a new record for the top grossing tour of all time with their A Bigger Bang tour. T he tour which ran from late 2005 to August 2007, earned the band $437 million with The Stones playing to over 3.5 million people at 113 shows. The previous high was set by U2's Vertigo tour, which took place in 2005 and 2006, which earned $389 million.