OCTOBER MUSIC HISTORY BIRTHS /DEATHS/TRIVIA

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ON THIS DAY OCTOBER 25

1960
ELVIS PRESLEY
Buys a pet monkey
Useless bit of trivia !

1979
PATRICK HERNANDEZ
5AD rated his great song BORN TO BE ALIVE as the number 1 song
Geez I remember dancing to that song in my youth

1995
CLIFF RICHARD
Recieved a knighthood from at Buckingham Palace
What a singer
He once had a back up band called the SHADOWS who in turn played some sensational instrumental songs


2002
RICHARD HARRIS
Died aged 72 , London
Great actor
Sang one of the greatest ever songs Macarthur Park about late 60s
It was a famous song as it went for about 8 minutes
Was also the Channel 9 theme instrumental for the C9 news
I bought the song as a little boy with my own $$$


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I will update on this thread for the rest of October
Getting my snippets from Marty Smiths column in the Advertiser
A very good part of the Advertiser

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October 24

Births
1930 - The Big Bopper
1936 - Bill Wyman
1959 - Weird Al Yankovic
1979 - Ben Gilles

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October 25

Births
1959 - Chrissie Amphlett
1961 - Chad Smith


Deaths
2004 - John Peel OBE (BBC broadcaster)

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October 26

Births
1951 - Bootsy Collins
1967 - Keith Urban
1981 - Guy Sebastian

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October 24

Births
1930 - The Big Bopper
1936 - Bill Wyman
1959 - Weird Al Yankovic
1979 - Ben Gilles

BIG BOPPER
One of the greatest tradegies in the Music world
BB was a DJ and was famous for a hit single CHANTILLY LACE in the late 50s
BB Richie Valens and a few others were heading to a concert by bus, BB was feeling sick on the bus
A guy called Jennings gave up his Plane seat to BB [some went by bus others by plane]
There was a seat left and another guy and Richie Valens tossed a coin to get that seat
Valens won the toss
How unlucky for Valens the plane crashed and all onboard were killed
It gets worse
Also on that plane was the 50s rock superstar Buddy Holly
Holly/BB/Valens all died in the plane crash in 1959

AMERICAN PIE
One of the greatest songs ever by Don Mclean
There was a famous lyric in that song
"THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED"
Don was referring to that crash that killed those superstars

BIG BOPPER dead at 29

[godoubleblues]

October 24

Births
1930 - The Big Bopper
1936 - Bill Wyman
1959 - Weird Al Yankovic
1979 - Ben Gilles

BIG BOPPER
One of the greatest tradegies in the Music world
BB was a DJ and was famous for a hit single CHANTILLY LACE in the late 50s
BB Richie Valens and a few others were heading to a concert by bus, BB was feeling sick on the bus
A guy called Jennings gave up his Plane seat to BB [some went by bus others by plane]
There was a seat left and another guy and Richie Valens tossed a coin to get that seat
Valens won the toss
How unlucky for Valens the plane crashed and all onboard were killed
It gets worse
Also on that plane was the 50s rock superstar Buddy Holly
Holly/BB/Valens all died in the plane crash in 1959

AMERICAN PIE
One of the greatest songs ever by Don Mclean
There was a famous lyric in that song
"THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED"
Don was referring to that crash that killed those superstars

BIG BOPPER dead at 29

that Jennings fella was Waylon Jennings, famous country musician in his own right
at the time he was playing bass in Buddy Hollys band

[Leaping Lindner]

Legend has it that Holly jokingly said to Jennings "I hope your bus breaks down" and Jennings replied (tongue in cheek) "I hope your plane crashes".

[godoubleblues]

Legend has it that Holly jokingly said to Jennings "I hope your bus breaks down" and Jennings replied (tongue in cheek) "I hope your plane crashes".

and apparently Jennings was had the guilts for years and felt responsible for the crash after his comments

[johntheclaret]

Off topis I know, but following on from that tragic story, an old lass that used to clean the offices where I worked suffered from the guilt she felt. Heer old man was a bus driver and one Sunday morning he told her he was working overtime that day. vShe was p1ssed with him as they had planned a day out, and they had a row. The last thing she said to him was, "well go and throw yourself under the bloody bus". He walked down to the depot and was accidently runover by a bus, and killed. She was left to bring up 4 kids and was still living with that guilt after more then 40 years, when she told me the story.

Always think what your parting words are as they may be your last.
Never go to work on a row with your partner. (My parents always taught me, never go to bed on a row.) They told my 5 brothers the same thing

[rod_rooster]

October 24

Births
1930 - The Big Bopper
1936 - Bill Wyman
1959 - Weird Al Yankovic
1979 - Ben Gilles

BIG BOPPER
One of the greatest tradegies in the Music world
BB was a DJ and was famous for a hit single CHANTILLY LACE in the late 50s
BB Richie Valens and a few others were heading to a concert by bus, BB was feeling sick on the bus
A guy called Jennings gave up his Plane seat to BB [some went by bus others by plane]
There was a seat left and another guy and Richie Valens tossed a coin to get that seat
Valens won the toss
How unlucky for Valens the plane crashed and all onboard were killed
It gets worse
Also on that plane was the 50s rock superstar Buddy Holly
Holly/BB/Valens all died in the plane crash in 1959

AMERICAN PIE
One of the greatest songs ever by Don Mclean
There was a famous lyric in that song
"THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED"
Don was referring to that crash that killed those superstars

BIG BOPPER dead at 29

So much speculation to that song. What were all the lyrics about? "The father, son and the holy ghost"? Bopper, Valens, Holly?? McLean was a newspaper delivery boy in 1959: "February made me shiver, with every paper i delivered" (the crash was February 3, 1959). "Bad news on the doorstep, i couldn't take one more step".

"I can't remember if i cried when i read about his widowed bride". Holly's wife was pregnant at the time of the crash and miscarried shortly afterwards.

"I met a girl who sang the blues, i asked her for some happy news but she just smiled and turned away" Janis Joplin?????

"And the jester sand for the king and queen, in a coat he borrowed from James Dean and a voice that came from you and me"

The jester Bob Dylan? The King and Queen? Was it Elvis and Connie Francis?? Maybe the Kennedy's??

In the movie "Rebel Without a Cause" James Dean has a red windbreaker that holds symbolic meaning throughout the film. In one particularly intense scene, Dean lends his coat to a guy who is shot and killed; Dean's father arrives, sees the coat on the dead man, thinks it's Dean, and loses it. On the cover of "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan," Dylan is wearing just such a red windbreaker, posed in a street scene similar to movie starring James Dean.

Could go on forever. What an intriguing song.

[Leaping Lindner]

When Don McLean was once asked what the song meant he said
"It means I never have to work again."

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OCTOBER 27

1967
5KA Listed ITCHYKOO PARK by sMALl Faces as Adelaides number 1 song

Without doubt one of the greatest bands to grace this planet
The band was formed in 1965 and split 1968 or 1969 ????????
A couple of other great hits were Lazy Sunday, Tin Soldier
Thier first gig was as they were kicked out of a concert after 3 songs !
The last gig lead singer Steve Marriott walked off the during a NYE gig 1968-69 and the band split
Marriott joined Humble Pie [Im with you ....joined up with Peter Frampton ]
The others [all or some] joined a raspy barrell voiced young man called Rod Stewart
They eventually became THE FACES

Like many musos back then Marriott died too early
He died in a house fire when asleep, the cause believed to be from a cigarette
Days b4 that he was working on a new album with Peter Frampton

sMALl faces
RATING 8.8


ROD ROOSTER thanks for that post on American Pie
That song rating 9-3 one of the undisputed greatest songs of all time
Great to listen to on Starry starry nights ....

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Legend has it that Holly jokingly said to Jennings "I hope your bus breaks down" and Jennings replied (tongue in cheek) "I hope your plane crashes".

This from a music guru.

In an interview with Jennings at a later date.
He said to this day he still thinks about what he said.

You would have to feel sorry for JENNINGS

[magpie in the 80's]

OCT 27TH BIRTHDAYS MUSIC

1942 - Phillip Catherine, rocker
1942 - Lee Greenwood, American singer
1948 - Byron Allred, Logan Ut, rocker (Steve Miller Band)
1949 - Garry W Tallent, rocker (E Street Band)
1949 - Jack Daniels, Choctaw Okla, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry)
1951 - K K Downing, rock guitarist (Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law)
1958 - Hazell Dean, rocker (Always Doesn't Mean Forever)
1958 - Simon Le Bon, rock vocalist (Duran, Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf)
1967 - Scott Weiland, American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver)
1970 - Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth)

OCT 27TH DEATHS MUSIC

1980 - Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, dies at 31
1994 - Robert White, guitarist, dies at 57

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PERIGRINE 31
WHITE 57

The curse of the musos , too many departing too early
What was that lyric Billy Joel sang .....

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October 27

1970 - Black Sabbath played their first US live show
1988 - U2's "Rattle and Hum" premiered in Dublin

[mighty_tiger_79]

ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG

less then a month to the gig!!!!!!!