The usual (October) birthdays, and also Recent Deaths. The two Big Birthdays: Chuck Berry, John Lennon // THANKS so much to Rick Roth for recording/announcing this show! ... BIRTHDAYS: 1926 - CHUCK BERRY; 1926 - Al Martino; 1932 - Dottie WEST (Country); 1937 - Tyrone DAVIS; 1937 - Santo FARINA (SANTO & JOHNNY)/ steel gtr; 1938 - EDDIE COCHRAN; 1939 - GRACE SLICK (Great Society/ JEFFERSON AIRPLANE/ Starship); 1939 - Jim Post (Friend And Lover); 1940 - JOHN LENNON (BEATLES/ SOLO); 1942 - Chris Andrews; 1946 - John ENTWISTLE (WHO)/ - bass; 1946 - Lux Interior (The Cramps); BOTH Robbie Van Leevween (1946) and Mariska Veras (1948) - SHOCKING BLUE); 1950 - TOM PETTY ... RECENT DEATHS: July 10th - Bob Segarini (Family Tree/ Roxy/ The Wackers / solo) - age 78; Aug 15th - JERRY MOSS (co-founder of A&M Records)/ - age 88; Aug 23rd - Bob FELDMAN (Strangeloves, songwriter, producer)/ -age 83; Sept 20th - Katherine Anderson (Marvelettes); Oct 13th - Carla BLEY (Jazz pianist, composer)/ -age 87; Oct 11th - Rudolph Isley (Isley Brothers)/ - age 84; Oct 12th - Michael Cooper (Inner Circle/ Third World)/ keyboards - age 71; Oct 18th - Dwight TWILLEY / - 72
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Performer [Composer]
Song
Album [Format]
Misc
Misc –
[ ]:Highest chart position - US BB Pop, unless noted
B'DAY:Artist was born the month of that show
DEATH:Recent death of that artist/musical figure
BED:Instrumental bed that I talk over
REQ:Requests from listeners
BUB:45 peaked only in BB 'Bubbling Under', not Top-100
NEW:New Release
( ):Label, Year Rec/Rel
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BUBBLING UNDER/ SET #1 - A set for the memory of PJ Porter (who hosted the long-running "Mellow Madness" show), and CAPTAIN AL (who hosted the long-running "R & B Jukebox" show); all are either by October R&B/ Soul birthday artists or for the Recent Deaths of R&B/ Soul artists:
Katherine Anderson ( later 'Katherine Schaffner'), died Sept 20th, at age 79. She was a founding member (1960) of the group, which broke up in 1969. They had 16 Top-50 Pop hits, and 18 Top-20 R&B hits, including my favorites 'Playboy' {R&B #4, #7/ 05-62}, 'Beechwood-45789' {R&B #7, #17/ 08-62} and its B-side 'Someday, Someway' {R&B #8/ 09-62}. Their first and BIGGEST hit was 'Please, Mr. Postman' {R&B, Pop #1!/ 09-61} // * - Although Horton's voice is featured on a few tracks // Click on the Link above, to view the original album
Songwriter, producer Bob Feldman died Aug 23rd, at age 83. He was in a writing/ producing partnership with Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer, creating the Angels "My Boyfriend's Back" and The McCoys "Sorrow", covered by English group The Merseys, a big English hit {UK #4/ 04-66}. The three also masqueraded as Australian sheep-breeding brothers (Really? - HA! HA!)The Strangeloves {"I Want Candy", #11/ 07-65} / * - Billed as "The Boys In The Band featuring Herman GRIFFIN"; Griffin was married to Mary Wells {mentioned in the above track - SEE how this all connects ?} from 1960 to 1964
Rudolph Isley died Oct 11th, at age 84. A founding member of the group in 1954, he was the second oldest of the six singing brothers. He mostly sang background, as brother Ron sang most of the leads. Growing up in Cincinatti, they moved to NYC in 1957, had 5 singles on 4 labels before hitting with the party standard 'Shout' in 1959 {#37/ 09-59}. In 1989, he left the group and The Music Biz for good, to follow a lifelong goal of being a Christian minister. // Their biggest hit was 'It's Your Thing' {R&B #1!, #2/ 03-69}.
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WHAT's BETTER than hearing the sound-a-like follow-up single to The Isley Brothers 'It's Your Thing'? - an instrumental version of it.:
Time:
12:09
Artist:
Invaders [O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley and RUDOLPH Isley]
Song:
It's Your Thing [The Isley Brothers' biggest hit / Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #420]
Rudolph Isley died Oct 11th, at age 84. A founding member of the group in 1954, he was the second oldest of the six singing brothers. He mostly sang background, as brother Ron sang most of the leads. Growing up in Cincinatti, they moved to NYC in 1957, had 5 singles on 4 labels before hitting with the party standard 'Shout' in 1959 {#37/ 09-59}. In 1989, he left the group and The Music Biz for good, to follow a lifelong goal of being a Christian minister. // Their biggest hit was 'It's Your Thing' {R&B #1!, #2/ 03-69}. // Click on the Link above, to view the original album.
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BUBBLING UNDER/ SET #2 - October Birthday artists, also Recent Deaths of Lost & Found/ Lost & found-related artists:
Grace Slick (born as 'Grace Wing'), who replaced Signe Anderson in The Jefferson Airplane, was born Oct 30th (that's TODAY!!) in 1939 . In 1961, she married Jerry Slick in 1961, and kept his last name after their divorce. She stayed with JA as it evolved into 'Jefferson Starship', then just 'Starship'. She took part in The Jefferson Airplane's 1989 reunion LP, then retired from The Music Biz copmpletely, stating publicly "All rock-and-rollers over the age of 50 look STUPID and should RETIRE." ... ALSO ... on Oct 14th, 1966 Grace SLICK joined The Jefferson Airplane, leaving her family group (including her husband Jerry, and brother-in-law Darby) The Great Society. // Click on the Link above, to view the original single, with a quite vivid color picture sleeve.
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BELOW - pretty clever, playing a song called 'Somebody To Love ' after The Jefferson Airplane, HUH? :)) : - LsA
[Rock #14, #106/ 03-82] • DEATH • BUB • (EMI America )
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Dwight Twilley died Oct 18th, at age 72. He and Phil Seymour ( drums and bass, also sang leads/ harmonies) met in Tulsa in 1967 when they both saw 'A Hard Day's Night', and soon began writing and recording together, as 'Oister'. In 1974 they left Tulsa to go to LA to find a record label, signing with Shelter Rcords, co-owned by Tulsa's Leon Russell. His biggest hit was his very first single (as 'The Dwight Twilley Band'), 'I'm On Fire {# / 03-75}. / This was first issued as a single in Nov 1979 on Arista, and failed to chart.
Jerry Moss, the "M" in "A&M" Records, died Aug 15th, at age 88. He co-founded A&M with Herb Alpert in 1962 (originally called "Carnival", until they discovered that name was used) and initially ran the company from an office in Alpert's garage. Their artists roster included: ... Herb Alpert/ Tijuana Brass, Burt Bacharach, Chris Montez, Phil Ochs, John Hiatt, Gene Clark, Joe Cocker, Procol Harum, Free, the Move, Strawbs, Nazareth, the Tubes, Styx, Joan Armatrading, Squeeze, and Carole King, who had the album with longest run on the charts ever , at the time (.. and that's just a partial list, and only through the late 1970s) ... ALSO ... "Punch" was an LA-area early 1970s Pop-rock group // Click on the Link above, to view the original album.
Michael "Ibo" Cooper, keyboard player in Inner Circle (1968 - 1973) and Third World (1974 - 1997), died Oct 12th, at age 71. After leaving Third World, he taught full-time as head of "Popular Music Studies" at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston, Jamaica. He was appointed OD (Officer of the Order of Distinction) in 2005.
Al Martino was born in Oct of 1926, as "Alfred Cini". Growing up, he was inspired by yhe success of a family friend, Alfredo Cocozza, who had changed his name to "Mario Lanza". He had 60 chart hits from 1952 to 1978, the biggest being his very first, 'Here in My Heart' {UK, US #1!/ 05-52}. He played "Johnny Fontane" in the classic 1972 film 'The Godfather', as well as singing the film's theme.
[C&W #7, Pop #115/ 04-04-64 *] • B'DAY • BUB • (RCA Victor )
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C&W singer Dottie West was born in Oct of 1932. She had 52 C&W chart singles from 1963 to 1985. Her biggest hit was 'What Are We Doin' in Love' {C&W!1, Pop #14/ 03-81), featuring her good friend Kenny Rogers. In 2018, West was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
/ * - that week, the Beatles had theTOP FIVE singles on the Billboard charts.
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END of The BUBBLING UNDER - it's OVER; No really, THAT's IT!!! (I just wanted to reassure you :)
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A HALLOWEEN SET, starting out with covers of what I call "The Trinity of Halloween song standards": 'I Put A Spell On You', 'Season of The Witch' and 'Spooky':
From Kent, England - originally called The Pandas / * - Originally on Donovan's album 'Sunshine Superman' (Aug 1966/ Epic) // Click on the Link above, to view an original Belgium single of this, with a (partial) color picture sleeve (COLLECTOR GEEK warning - that's a big "WHOOPIE!! from me ...)
Time:
12:36
Artist:
Karin Kent [1st time artist played (by track-blaster) on WMBR!!]
"Karin Kent" was the stage name of Dutch singer Janneke Kanteman. She started with The Flying Tigers, going solo in 1966. In August of that year, 'Will you dance all night With Me' became the first Dutch-language #1 hit on the "Veronica Top 40", a pirate radio station off the coast / This song was #313 on the "Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list // Click on the Link above, to view the original album.
An actress, best-known as 'Karen MacKenzie' in the prime-time TV soap opera "Knotts Landing" [late 1979 to 1993], and in the films 'The Love Bug' (1968), 'The Comic' (1969), and 'Along Came Polly' (2004). She also had a singing career in the 1960s - 16 singles and two albums, and also 5 musical cast recordings, this from 1962 to 1973. // Click on the Link above, to view the original album.
The singer/ co-leader of The Cramps, Lux Interior (born 'Erick Lee Purkhiser', in Akron), was born Oct of 1946 and unfortunately died in Feb 2009. The Cramps were known as one of the creators of "psychobilly", with elements of Rockabilly/ 60's Garage / Surf and 50's Rock N' Roll. He and wife Poison Ivy (born 'Kristy Wallace'), their lead guitarist, formed the group in 1972 in Sacramento, CA, moved soon to Ohio, then to NYC (1975), becoming part of the early punk/ CBGB's scene, gaining attention with Interior's wild stage act. / * - you want proof, do ya? - Click on the Link above, LEFT, to listen to The Shades.
Rockabilly legend Eddie Cochran was born in Oct of 1938. He experimented with multitrack recording and overdubbing even on his earliest singles. He tragically died in a car crash at the age of 21, in a car crash in England on April 17, 1960. Several of his classics include 'Summertime Blues' {UK #18, US #8/ 08-58} and 'C'mon Everybody' {UK #6, US #35/ 11-58}. In 1987, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. / * - EP title: 'Cherished Memories Of Eddie Cochran' // Click on the Link above, to view the original English Extended-Play record.
Lead singer Mariska Veras was born the first day of Oct in 1948 / She joined the group in fall 1968, replacing original lead singer Fred de Wilde after their first album. When they broke up in June 1974, Veres continued in a solo career, until the band reunited in 1984. ... ALSO ... Robbie Van Leevween, a founding member, main songwriter, lead guitarist and backing singer of The Shocking Blue in late spring 1967, was born in Oct 1946. He was in the _great_ beat group The Motions before that. He is now the only surviving member of their best known four-piece lineup. He left the group in June 1974 / * - this was titled 'Rock in the Sea' in Japan /// Click on the Link above, to view the original Dutch album
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NEXT, a set for the birthday Oct 9, 1940 of JOHN LENNON, with the first two Beatles tracks suggested by longtime WMBR/ Lost & Found supporter Ken M!:
Time:
12:50
Artist:
John Sangster [John LENNON, Paul McCartney] [1st time artist has been played on WMBR {by T-B}]
Song:
A Day in the Life [Originally on the 'Sargent Pepper' LP, June 2nd, 1967]
JOHN LENNON was born Oct 9th, 1940, you know who he was, you know what he did. I think he was in some obscure Merseybeat group called The The Quarrymen; or was it The Beat Bugs :))? WHATEVER happened to them? / In 1964, 43(!) "Lennon-McCartney" songs were on the Singles charts, including 21(!!) by The Beatles. ... ALSO ... Sangster was an Australian Jazz composer/ arranger; he lso played trombone, trumpeter. In 1969 hebegan to work with rock musicians and he joined the expanded lineup of the Australian progressive rock group Tully, who provided the musical backing for the original Australian production of the musical ""Hair".
Time:
12:51
Artist:
The Beatles [B, Holland, R. Bateman, W. Garrett, G. Dobbins, F. Gorman]
Song:
Please Mr. Postman [Originally by the Marvelettes, Aug 1961 - the FIRST #1 Motown single]
Katherine Anderson died Sept 20th, at age 77. She was a founding member of the Marvelettes, formed in 1960, with them till their 1969 breakup. She was briefly a staff writer for Motown, then returned to her hometown of Inkster, MI. She was the next-to-last surviving member. Long a favorite of mine, I think that their reputation has been unfairly diminished in relation to other Motown artists - they BELONG in the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame! .. ALSO ... JOHN LENNON was born Oct 9th, 1940, you know who he was, you know what he did. I think he was in some obscure Merseybeat group called The The Quarrymen; or was it The Beat Bugs :))? WHATEVER happened to them?
JOHN LENNON was born Oct 9th, 1940, you know who he was, you know what he did. I think he was in some obscure Merseybeat group called The The Quarrymen; or was it The Beat Bugs :))? WHATEVER happened to them? / In 1964, 43(!) "Lennon-McCartney" songs were on the Singles charts, including 21(!!) by The Beatles.
Time:
12:54
Artist:
The Beatles [{mostly} John LENNON, Paul McCartney]
JOHN LENNON was born Oct 9th, 1940, you know who he was, you know what he did. I think he was in some obscure Merseybeat group called The The Quarrymen; or was it The Beat Bugs :))? WHATEVER happened to them? / In 1964, 43(!) "Lennon-McCartney" songs were on the Singles charts, including 21(!!) by The Beatles. / Most of the lyrics for this were taken from the Maharishi Yogi, during The Beatles Feb 1968 trip to Rishikesh, India to take part in a Transcendental Meditation training course at his ashram.
Interview was pub- lished in 'Rolling Stone' magazine, Jan 21st and Feb 4th, 1971 *
Anthology 1 [Interview was pub- lished in 'Rolling Stone' magazine, Jan 21st and Feb 4th, 1971 *]
Misc:
[LP charts: UK #2, US #1] • B'DAY • (Apple , Nov 1995)
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JOHN LENNON was born Oct 9th, 1940, you know who he was, you know what he did. I think he was in some obscure Merseybeat group called The The Quarrymen; or was it The Beat Bugs :))? WHATEVER happened to them? / Full dialogue: "We were four guys, that, eh... I met Paul, said, "Do you wanna join me band?", you know, and then George joined and then Ringo joined. We were just a band who made it very, very big, that's all" // * - Click on the Link above, to view _both_ a transcript of the interview, and the magazine cover.
JOHN LENNON was born Oct 9th, 1940, you know who he was, you know what he did. I think he was in some obscure Merseybeat group called The The Quarrymen; or was it The Beat Bugs :))? WHATEVER happened to them? / In 1964, 43(!) "Lennon-McCartney" songs were on the Singles charts, including 21(!!) by The Beatles.
JOHN LENNON was born Oct 9th, 1940, you know who he was, you know what he did. I think he was in some obscure Merseybeat group called The The Quarrymen; or was it The Beat Bugs :))? WHATEVER happened to them? / In 1964, 21(!!) Beatles songs wewre oin the singles charts ... ALSO ... Power-Pop guy Bob Segarini died July 10th, at age 78. Before the Wackers, he was in the groups Family Tree (1968), Roxy (1969) then this group, which in 1972 was based in Montreal, Canada. He stayed in Canada for a solo career, then during the mid-1980s, he began his career in the Canadian radio industry, first with CHUM-FM, then at Classic Rock radio station CILQ - known to Toronto locals as "Q107", adoping the moniker "The Iceman".
Italian Pop singer Bruno Filippini died Oct 5th, at age 78. In 1963 he won the 'Castrocaro Music Festival', and in 1964 he entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Sabato sera", which was his 1st single, a minor Italian hit. This was his 10th and last single from 1964 to 1968. In 1968 director Franco Zefirelli asked him to sing in the Italian release of his "Romeo and Juliet" film ... ALSO .... JOHN LENNON was born Oct 9th, 1940, you know who he was, you know what he did. I think he was in some obscure Merseybeat group called The The Quarrymen; or was it The Beat Bugs :))? WHATEVER happened to them?
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... CHUCK BERRY SET .... CHUCK BERRY SET .... CHUCK BERRY SET .... CHUCK BERRY SET .... CHUCK BERRY SET .... CHUCK BERRY SET .... CHUCK BERRY SET .... CHUCK BERRY SET:
The "Santo" in "Santo & Johnny", steel guitarist Santo FARINA was born Oct 24th, 1937. He is the older brother of rhythm guitarist Johnny FARINA. Besides 'Sleep Walk', they had eight other chart singles from 1959 to 1964, including the followup, 'Teardrop' (#23/ 11-59} and my Christmas/ holiday favorite, 'Twistin' Bells' {#49/ 12-60}. They were inducted into the "Steel Guitar Hall of Fame".
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In Sept 1977, the Voyager space probe was launched, to explore the outer Solar System and interstellar space. On board was the "Voyager Golden Record", containing sounds and images of life and culture on Earth, including Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode". It's kind of a secret, but I have learned that we've just been contacted by aliens who listened to the "Golden Record". ... ... Their message: "SEND US MORE CHUCK BERRY!!" :)))
IMHO, the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURE in the history of Rock N 'Roll was born Oct 18th, 1926 - CHUCK BERRY. No one else had more influence on the basic sound and lyrical style of early Rock N'Roll./ Rolling Stone ranked him #4 in their "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time". I rank him my second favorite artist ever, after The Beatles - speaking of which - John Lennon said, "IF you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry". Bob Dylan called Berry "the Shakespeare of rock 'n' roll".
IMHO, the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURE in the history of Rock N 'Roll was born Oct 18th, 1926 - CHUCK BERRY. Rolling Stone ranked him #4 in their "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time". I rank him my second favorite artist ever, after The Beatles - speaking of which - John Lennon said, "IF you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry". / In December 1964, The Zettlers became the first group from their hometown in Umeå, Sweden to get a record contract. // * - Full CD title: 'We're Gonna Change The World! (Savage Garage Punk From Valhalla 1964-1968)'
Time:
1:11
Artist:
Ernest Tubb [Billed as 'Ernest Tubb with The Texas Troubadours]
Song:
Memphis, Tennessee [Originally a home-made recording by Berry, released May 1959]
IMHO, the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURE in the history of Rock N 'Roll was born Oct 18th, 1926 - CHUCK BERRY. No one else had more influence on the basic sound and lyrical style of early Rock N'Roll./ Rolling Stone ranked him #4 in their "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time". I rank him my second favorite artist ever, after The Beatles - speaking of which - John Lennon said, "IF you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry". Bob Dylan called Berry "the Shakespeare of rock 'n' roll"
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OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS ... OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS ... ... OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS ... ...OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS ... ... OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS:
The "Santo" in "Santo & Johnny", steel guitarist Santo FARINA was born Oct 24th, 1937. He is the older brother of rhythm guitarist Johnny FARINA. They had eight other chart singles from 1959 to 1964, including the followup to 'Sleep Walk', 'Teardrop' (#23/ 11-59} and my Christmas/ holiday favorite, 'Twistin' Bells' {#49/ 12-60}. They were inducted into the "Steel Guitar Hall of Fame". ... ALSO ... Annette Funicello was born in Oct of 1942. After starring as a Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" from 1955 to 1958, she had a singing career in 1958 - 1966, and also starred in a series of "Beach Movies" from 1963 to 1965 with Frankie Avalon. Her biggest hit was her first, 'Taul Paul' {#7 / 01-59}. / * - her last of 5 Top-40 singles
Folk-ish singer-songwriter Jim Post was born in Oct of 1939. He was in several duos with his then-wife, Cathy Conn (Post) - first 'Jim & Kathy', then 'Friend And Lover', who had a big hit 'Reach Out Of The Darkness' {#10/ 05-68}. He was later part of the Chicago folk scene in the 1970s, with Steve Goodman, Bonnie Koloc and John Prine. During the 1990's / 2000's, he focused on performing as "Mark Twain" in one-man shows,in a style similar to that of Hal Holbrook's performance as " Mark Twain Tonight".
[Original single:] • B'DAY • (UK Decca , May 1966)
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Chris Andrews was born in Oct of 1942. Although known mainly as a writer first for Adam Faith ('The First Time', 'We Are In Love' and his only US hit 'It's Alright'), then for Sandie Shaw ('Girl Don't Come' 'I'll Stop At Nothing', 'Long Live Love' and 'Message Understood' ), he had a lengthy singing career, with 5 chart hits and 12 singles in the 1960's. His biggest hit as a singer was 'Yesterday Man' {UK #3, US #94/ 09-65}. / Click on the Link above, left, to view all the chart appearances of songs he wrote.
Tyrone Davis was born in Oct of 1937. Somewhat forgotten now, he had 24 Top-30 R&B singles and a total of 45 chart singles from 1968 to 1988. His biggest hit, besides this, was 'Turn Back the Hands of Time' {R&B #1!, Pop #3/ 03-70}. The song was featured the 1998 film 'Another Day in Paradise' // Suggested by my brother-in-law Jed.
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The next two songs are for the birthday of the bassist for The Who, John Entwistle. He was born four years to the day (Oct 9th, 1944) after John Lennon.
Bassist John Entwistle of The WHO was born in Oct of 1944. Familiar with Roger Daltry from school, he joined his group in 1963. He played the break of 'My Generation', one of first bass solos in rock. He wrote a number of the B-sides of singles by The Who, such as the above song, plus: 'I've Been Away' {12-66}, 'Doctor, Doctor' {04-67}, 'Someone's Coming' {10-67}, 'Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde' {10-68}, 'Heaven And Hell' {07-70} and ' When I Was A Boy' {10-71}. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers", he was the band's only member with formal musical training.. This did not chart in the US; also it was released over three months later here // * - Click on the Link above, left, to view the original Italian album cover mentioned above.
Bassist John Entwistle of The WHO was born in Oct of 1944. Familiar with Roger Daltry from school, he joined his group in 1963. He played the break of 'My Generation', one of first bass solos in rock. He wrote a number of the B-sides of singles by The Who, such as the above song, plus: 'I've Been Away' {12-66}, 'Doctor, Doctor' {04-67}, 'Someone's Coming' {10-67}, 'Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde' {10-68}, 'Heaven And Hell' {07-70} and ' When I Was A Boy' {10-71}. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers", he was the band's only member with formal musical training.. // * - Click on the Link above, left, to view the original Italian album cover mentioned above.
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.. SET #2, of OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS ... OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS ... ... OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS ... ...OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS ... ... OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS:
Time:
1:26
Artist:
Neil Hefti [Billed as 'Neal Hefti & his Orchestra and Chorus']
[AC #12, #35/ 02-66] • B'DAY • BED • (RCA Victor )
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Arranger, film/TV scorer, conductor, jazz trumpeter Neil Hefti was born in Oct of 1922. Along with the 'Batman' theme /background music he is probably best known for the 'Odd Couple' theme first for the film, then later incidental music for the popular TV series, for which he won two Grammy nominations. He started as a trumpeter for Woody Herman in the mid-1940s, then worked with Count Basie starting in 1950. In 1961 he became the "A&R" (Artists & Repertoire") Director of Frank Sinatra's new label, Reprise.
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BELOW: ... ANY excuse to play Jan & Dean, right :)) ?
Wayne Fontana (born 'Glyn Geoffrey Ellis') was born in Oct of 1945. Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders had 5 UK chart singles in 1964-1965, 3 of them Top-20 hits, but after the relative failure of their single 'She Needs Love' {UK #32/ 09-65}, Fontana left The Mindbenders to go solo in late Oct of 1965, telling Mindbenders guitarist Eric Stewart (later in 10CC) in the middle of a show "it's all yours" and leaving the stage. ... ALSO ... The co-songwriter, legendary "Brill Building" songwriter Cynthia WEIL died June 1st, at age 82. She wrote mostly with her husband (married August 1961), Barry Mann. They co-wrote many classics: 'On Broadway', "Uptown", "Only In America", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' ", "Here You Come Again', 'Walking In The Rain", "Kicks', "Hungry" and 'We Gotta Get Out of This Place' / * - as 'Where Have You Been (All My Life)' // Click on the Link above, to view a listing of all of the 176(!!!) appearances of her songs on the singles charts.
Tom PETTY was born in Oct of 1950. IMHO, no one was ever better at distilling the essence of 60s American Rock N'roll and The British Invasion, into something new, than he was. In Dec 2001, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is ranked 91st on Rolling Stone's list of "The Greatest Artists of All Time." He was honored as "MusiCares Person of the Year" in 2017. ... ALSO .. The songwriter, Nick Gravenites was born the 2nd day of Oct, in 1938. He started playing in Chicago clubs with Mike Bloomfield and Charlie Musselwhite, then moved to SF and was in the groups The Electric Flag (their lead singer) and (post-Janis) Big Brother & The Holding Company (1969 - 1972). / * - on their first/ self-titled album (Oct 1965/ Elektra).
Lead singer, also guitarist Don Baskin was born in Oct of 1946, and died on October 22, 2019, aged 73. From San Jose, CA, their biggest hit was 'Little Girl' {#8/ 06-66}, covered by The Dead Boys, Dwight Yoakum and The Chesterfield Kings {Perhaps the 1st time those 3 artists have been in the same sentence? :))) }. They released 8 singles and an album from July 1965 to July 1970.
Rob Davis, lead guitarist for English glam-rockers MUD, was born the first day of Oct in 1947. Davis founded the group in 1966, at first with little success, but eventually they were HUGE in England (15 chart singles from 1973 to 1976), though they never made a dent in the US. Their biggest English hits were #1 hits 'Tiger Feet' (1974) and 'Oh Boy' (1975). Davis went on to co-write several highly successful dance hits for Kylie Minogue. ... ALSO ... The co-songwriter Peter Callander, was born in Oct of 1939. SEVERAL HITS he wrote: 'Georgie Fame 'The Ballad of Bonnie And Clyde' {UK #1!, US #7/ 01-68}, The Tremeloes 'Even The Bad Times Are Good' {UK #4, #36/ 08-67} and Vanity Fare 'Hitching A Ride' {UK #16, #5/ 12-69}. He frequently co-wrote with Mitch Murray, as he did here.
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... More "RECENT" "Recent Deaths" ... More "RECENT" "Recent Deaths" ... More "RECENT" "Recent Deaths" ... More "RECENT" "Recent Deaths" ... More "RECENT" "Recent Deaths":
Time:
1:41
Artist:
Carla Bley [Billed as 'Carla Bley . Michael Mantler . Steve Lacy and Kent Carter . Aldo Romano']
Carla Bley died Oct 13th, at age 87. She played piano, organ and was a composer and bandleader, best known for her 3-LP magnum opus/ jazz opera "Escalator Over The Hill" (1971/ JCOA Records), featuring Jack Bruce, Linda Ronstadt. and John McLaughlin. Born 'Lovella May Borg', she married fellow Free Jazz colleague, pianist Paul Bley in 1957 - before this recording, a number of musicians had already recorded her compositions. Later, she was married to trumpet player Michael Mantler from 1965 to 1991; they co-led the "Jazz Composers' Orchestra". SHE THOUGHT of HERSELF as a writer first, describing herself as "99% composer, and 1 % pianist". // Click on the Link above/ left, to view the original album.
Ron Haffkine died Oct 1st, at age 85. He managed one of the first Middle Eastern influenced-groups, The Gurus (from NYC), then later "discovered", produced and managed 'Doctor Hook & the Medicine Show' throughout the 1970s. He also was the Music Director for the films 'Ned Kelly' (starring Mick Jagger, 1970} and 'Who Is Harry Kellerman And Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?' {1971), through which he met Dr. Hook. // Click on the Link above/ left, to view the CD
Ricky Wolff, 78, South African musician in the group White Plains (1969 - late 1971), died Oct 1st, at age 78. He played keyboards, guitar, flute and sax, also sang lead vocals. Their first/ biggest hit was ' My Baby Loves Lovin' ' on which he sang lead. They had other English hits including 'I've Got You on My Mind' {UK #17/ 04-70} and 'When You Are a King' {#13/ 06-71}. After leaving the group, he returned to South Africa in late 1970. In 2013, he released “Goodbye Nelson Mandela”, in tribute to Mandela, who had just passed away.
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1:47
Artist:
The Cryin' Shames [Not to be confused with the Chicago group 'The CryAN Shames' *]
Song:
You [Producer - Joe Meek /their 2nd, last single under that name]
Ritchie Routledge died Oct 8th, age 73. At the time Routledge joined the Cryin' Shames, he was a semi-professional musician working as a junior reporter for "Music Echo", a music paper owned by Brian Epstein. Their (English) hit was a cover of the Drifters 'Please Stay' {UK #26/ 04-66}, Joe Meek's final chart hit / * - who had an almost Top-40 hit with a cover of the Searchers 'Sugar And Spice". // Click on the Link above/ left, to view the original single
Katherine Anderson ( later 'Katherine Anderson Schaffner'), died Sept 20th, at age 79. She was a founding member (1960) of the group, which broke up in 1969. They had 16 Top-50 Pop hits, and 18 Top-20 R&B hits, including my favorites 'Playboy' {R&B #4, #7/ 05-62}, 'Beechwood-45789' {R&B #7, #17/ 08-62} and its B-side 'Someday, Someway' {R&B #8/ 09-62}. Their first and BIGGEST hit was 'Please, Mr. Postman' {R&B, Pop #1!/ 09-61 ... ALSO ... Marv Johnson was born in Oct of 1938. He he a number of hits with Berry Gordy Jr-written songs, including 'Come To Me {R&B #6, #30/ 03-59} , 'You Got What It Takes' {R&B #2, #10/ 10-59} and 'I Love the Way You Love' {R&B #2, #9/ 02-60}
Joy Webb died the first day of October, at age 91. She was a Major in the English Salvation Army, as were all the members of this group. They formed in 1964, as one of the first "Christian Beat" bands. Their first single 'It's An Open Secret', which she wrote, was a decent-sized hit {UK #32/ 02-64}. They had nearly a dozen singles Extrended-Play records from 1964 to 1967. // Click on the Link above/ left, to view the original album
Dwight Twilley died Oct 18th, at age 72. He and Phil Seymour ( drums and bass, also sang leads/ harmonies) met in Tulsa in 1967 when they both saw 'A Hard Day's Night', and soon began writing and recording together, as 'Oister'. In 1974 they left Tulsa to go to LA to find a record label, signing with Shelter Records, co-owned by Tulsa's Leon Russell. His biggest hit was his first single 'I'm On Fire {# / 03-75} / their name was changed by Shelter Records co-owner Denny Cordell, when they signed to the label.
Country singer, songwriter and guitarist Mervin Shiner died Oct 23rd, at age102(!). In 1949, he appeared on the TV show "Hometown Frolic" and caught the attention of songwriter Vaughn Horton, leading to his signing with Decca Records. He also had a hit with 'Peter Cottontail' {C&W #6, Pop #8/ 03-50}. He appeared as himself in the 1950 film "Holiday Rhythm". Besides recording for Decca through 1954, he also recorded for the Coral, RCA, Coffee House, TCF, MGM, Little Darlin' and Certron labels, through 1970.
The "Santo" in "Santo & Johnny", steel guitarist Santo FARINA was born Oct 24th, 1937. He is the older brother of rhythm guitarist Johnny FARINA. Besides this my closing theme, they had eight other chart singles from 1959 to 1964, including the followup to 'Sleep Walk', 'Teardrop' (#23/ 11-59} and my Christmas/ holiday favorite, 'Twistin' Bells' {#49/ 12-60}. They were inducted into the "Steel Guitar Hall of Fame". / This was the _LAST_ Billboard #1 instrumental of the 1950s.
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