October 13 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On October 13, 1970 Angela Davis was arrested in New York City.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Bob Quinn resigns as New York Yankee Vice President/General Manager and replaced by Harding Peterson
1989 Dow Jones down 190.58 points
1988 Concert at Masada ends Israel's 40th-anniversary fest
1988 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Naguib Mahfouz
1988 Shroud of Turin, revered by many Christians as Christ's burial cloth, is shown by carbon-dating tests to be a fake from the Middle Ages
1988 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1987 1st military use of trained dolphins by the U.S. Navy
1987 Costa Rican President Oscar Arias wins Nobel Peace Prize
1987 West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup vs. Sri Lanka
1986 20th Country Music Association Award:
1986 25th NY, NL appearance in World Series (Mets vs A's)
1986 IOC announces baseball will become a medal sport in 1992
1985 "Sunday in the Park with George" closes at Booth New York City after 604 performances
1985 Belgium premier Martens CVP wins parliamentary election
1985 During NLCS, Cards rookie Vince Coleman is injured stretching before game as his left leg is caught in Busch Stadium's automated tarpaulin
1984 Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders
1984 John Henry becomes 1st thoroughbred to win $6 million
1984 STS-41-G mission; lands at Kennedy Space Center
1982 IOC restores 2 gold medals from 1912 Olympics to Jim Thorpe
1982 New Jersey Devils 1st short handed goal-Don Lever
1981 Vice President Hosni Mubarak elected president of Egypt
1980 14th Country Music Association Award
1980 Unprovoked slayings of 6 blacks in Buffalo, New York

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1978 James Earl Ray, assassin of Martin Luther King weds Anna Sandhu
1978 President Carter answers caller questions on National Public Radio
1978 Swaziland's new constitution promulgated bans political parties
1978 Tiros N, U.S.'s 1st 3rd generation weather satellite, is launched
1978 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectactular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yankees win next 4
1975 9th Country Music Association Award: John Denver wins
1975 Rock vocal Neil Young undergoes throat surgery
1973 Jordan enters Yom Kippur war
1973 Teri Garr appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Emily in for Carol"
1972 "Hurry, Harry" closes at Ritz Theater New York City after 2 performances
1972 Aeroflot Il-62 crashes in large pond outside Moscow, 176 die
1972 Commish Bowie Kuhn allows Bert Campaneris to play in World Series
1972 Uruguay to Chile plane crashes in Andes Mountain, (12 of 23 rescue)
1971 1st World Series night game (Pittsburgh 4-Baltimore 3)
1971 WTZH TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (CBS) suspends broadcasting
1970 Angela Davis arrested in New York City
1970 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R.

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 1st time 7 people in space
1969 Billy Martin (97-65) is fired as manager of AL West-winning Twins
1969 Soyuz 8 is launched
1968 Tinker Creek Gorge of Cleveland Metroparks is dedicated
1967 CBS radio cancels "House Party"
1966 173 U.S. airplanes bomb North-Vietnam
1966 Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA
1964 At Plesman airport, Curaeao, 125.5 mm rainfalls (record)
1964 Voskhod 1 crew returns
1963 "Beatlemania" is coined after Beatles appear at Palladium
1963 15th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats 23-9 at East Lake CC Ga
1963 9th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright
1962 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway, with Uta Hagen
1960 3rd presidential debate with Nixon in Hollywood and Kennedy in NY
1960 Opponents of Fidel Castro executed in Cuba
1960 Pirate's Mazeroski's bottom of 9th lead off home run beats New York Yankees 10-9 in game 7 of 57th World Series

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1957 German Dem Rep recalls East Mark and issues new currency
1956 WAGM TV channel 8 in Presque Isle, ME (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins
1955 1st edition of L'express publishes in Paris
1954 RP Smith/M Shulman's "Tender Trap," premieres in New York City
1953 Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves-patented-Samuel Bagno

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October 12 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Bob Mould!



Musicians Born On October 12

1935 Luciano Pavarotti
1935 Sam Moore (Sam and Dave)
1942 Melvin Franklin (Temptations)
1948 Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)
1955 Pat DiNizio (The Smithereens)
1960 Bob Mould

Deaths On October 12

1971 Gene Vincent (Be Bop a Lula)
1997 John Denver

Number 1 In The Charts On October 12

1961 Highwaymen: 'Michael (Row the Boat Ashore)' UK 45
1963 Jimmy Gilmer: 'Sugar Shack' US 45
1968 Hollies: 'Greatest Hits' UK LP
1968 Big Brother and the Holding Company: 'Cheap Thrills' US LP
1974 John Denver: 'Annie's Song' UK 45
1974 Bay City Rollers: 'Rollin'' UK LP
1974 Olivia Newton-John: 'If You Love Me' US LP
1985 Jennifer Rush: 'The Power of Love' UK 45
1985 Ready for the World: 'Oh Sheila' Us 45
1991 Mariah Carey: 'Emotions' US 45
1991 Simply Red : Stars : UK LP
1996 Peter Andre : Natural : UK LP

Various Music Events On October 12

1956 Johnny Ray enters UK chart with 'Just Walking in the Rain'

1962 Little Richard headlines a concert at New Brighton Tower, Liverpool, with Beatles supporting. They meet and Richard teaches Paul the famous ''hoop'

1974 Phil Spector launches 'Warner-Spector' label in UK

1975 Rod Stewart and Faces play their last show together at Long Island's Nassau Colisseum

1978 Sid Vicious arrested and charged with murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen

1980 Seven fans stabbed at Blood, Sweat and Tears concert in Los Angeles

1982 Clash opens for the Who at Shea Stadium New York on farewell Who tour

1985 Robert Cray's 'False Accusations' and Talking Heads' 'Road to Nowhere' hit UK chart

1985 Sade enters UK chart with 'The Sweetest Taboo'

1996 After 28 years the film documentary "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus" is finallyreleased.

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October 12 - Today in Beatles History

1962
Performance at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, as main support act for Little Richard, along with 10 other Liverpool groups. Among them: the Undertakers, Rory Storm, Billy J. Kramer, Lee Curtis, and the All Stars (with Pete Best). It is rumored that during the evening Little Richard tries to seduce Paul.
Later, performance at the Cavern, with Little Richard.

1963
'Please Please Me' LP number 1, 23rd week (UK Record Retailer chart).

[Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The Beatles see the play 'A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum'.

1964
Studio 2 (control room only). 10.00-10.30am. Mono mixing: 'She's A Woman' (remix 1, from take 6). Stereo mixing: 'She's A Woman' (from take 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.
Studio 2 (control room only). 2.30-3.00pm. Mono mixing: 'Eight Days A Week' (remix 1, from take 13). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.

Brian Epstein Automobiles Limited is incorporated, with Brian one of its opening directors.

Wendy Hanson returns from the USA to work at Argyll Street NEMS office.

US LP release: 'Songs, Pictures And Stories Of The Fabulous Beatles'.

1965
Studio 2. 2.30-7.00pm. Recording: 'Run For Your Life' (takes 1-5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/Phil McDonald. Studio 2. 7.00-11.30pm. Recording: 'This Bird Has Flown' (working title of 'Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)') (take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.
First session for 'Rubber Soul'. First use of the sitar.

Opening night of James Baldwin's play 'Amen Corner', at the Saville Theatre, presented by Brian. Attendance of Brian, and his guests, Dusty Springfield, Sir Joseph Lockwood, Lionel Bart, Andrew Oldham, Walter Shenson, Dick James.

1966
'Yellow Submarine', 10th and last week in the Top 30 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'Eleanor Rigby', 10th and last week in the Top 30 (UK New Musical Express chart).

NEMS Enterprises admits that the Moody Blues have splitted up.

1967
De Lane Lea Music Recording Studios. 2.30-8.00pm. Mono mixing: 'It's All Too Much' (remixes 1, 2, from take 2). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Dave Siddle; 2nd Engineer: Mike Weighell.
Studio 3. 6.30pm-2.00am. Mono mixing: 'Blue Jay Way' (remixes 2-9, from take 3). Editing: 'Blue Jay Way' (of mono remixes 6, 9). Recording: 'Accordion (Wild)' (working title of 'Shirley's Wild Accordion') (takes 1-8, tape reduction take 8 into takes 9, 10, overdub onto take 10, takes 11-15). Mono mixing: 'Accordion (Wild)' (working title of 'Shirley's Wild Accordion') (remixes 1, 2, 3, from takes 10, 7, 14, respectively). Producer: John Lennon; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
First John official credit as producer in a Beatles session.

1968
'Hey Jude' number 1, 3rd week, 7th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).

Studio 2 (control room only). 7.00pm-5.45am. Stereo mixing: 'Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey' (remix 1, from take 12); 'Helter Skelter' (remix 1-5, from take 21); 'Mother Nature's Son' (remixes 1, 2, from take 26); 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da' (remixes 1-4, from take 23). Mono mixing: 'Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey' (remix 1, from take 12); 'Mother Nature's Son' (remixes 1, 2, from take 26); 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da' (remix 10, from take 23); 'Long Long Long' (remix 1, from take 67). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith.

1st showing on US television of a 7-minute promotional short entitled 'A Mod Odyssey', including a footage of the Beatles at TVC (TV Cartoons Ltd).

1969
Russ Gibbs, of the WKNR-FM, affirms he has received an anonymous phone call saying that Paul has died.

Yoko miscarries. End of Yoko's stay at the King's College Hospital, London.

1983
'Say Say Say' number 1, 1st week (Billboard).

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October 12 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On October 12, 1975 New York Mets Tom Seaver wins his 3rd Cy Young Award.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 George Forest's musical "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City
1988 Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7)
1988 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1987 "Teddy and Alice" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 77 performances
1987 Heavy snow closes schools from Washington D.C. to Maine
1987 Ulla Weigerstorfer of Austria, 20, crowned 37th Miss World
1986 France performs nuclear test
1986 Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously
1985 R. Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match vs. Australia at Brisbane
1985 STS-61-B vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge at Aqueduct
1984 Paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together"
1984 Space shuttle astronauts retreive a satellite - 1st space salvage
1983 4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas
1983 New Jersey Devils 1st overtime game, lose to Calgary Flames 4-3
1982 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 U.S.S.R. KGB-chief Yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as U.S.S.R. leader
1982 Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket vs. India, goes to 215
1981 1st balloon crossing of Pacific is completed, Double Eagle V
1981 2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2)
1981 Bill C. Davis' "Mass Appeal," premieres in New York City
1981 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year for the Oakland A's
1981 Great Britain performs nuclear test
1981 Pilin Leon of Venezuela, crowned 31st Miss World
1980 Baltimore's Steve Stone wins AL Cy Young Award
1980 U.S. space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 President Carter announces immediate halt to all imports of Iranian oil
1979 Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal
1979 U.S. halts Iranian oil imports and freezes Iranian assets
1978 "Platinum" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 33 performances
1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
1977 Ernest N. Morial elected mayor of New Orleans
1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1977 New Orleans elects 1st black mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial
1975 New York Mets Tom Seaver wins his 3rd Cy Young Award
1975 Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years
1974 South Africa suspended from United Nations General Assembly over racial policies
1973 Dmitri Shostakovich' 14th String Quartet premieres
1970 240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die
1970 Cleveland Cavaliers 1st NBA victory (11th game), beating Portland 105-103
1970 Scientists perform 1st artificial synthesis of a live cell


Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Author Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from Soviet Writers Union
1969 Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew is voted AL MVP
1969 U.S. Army announces investigating William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March, 19
1969 WJJY (now WJPT) TV channel 14 in Jacksonville, IL (ABC) 1st broadcast
1968 KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1968 Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional
1967 Margie Masters wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic
1967 Packers' Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7
1966 Dick The Bruiser beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1966 Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record
1966 High schooler Robert Smith kills 7 for fame
1965 Ferdinand Marcos elected president of Philippines
1965 General strike in Morocco against disappearance of Ben Barka
1965 Mad Dog Vachon beats Crusher in Denver, to become NWA champ
1965 Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus
1964 Jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1964 Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH
1963 Train crash in Japan, kills 164
1960 Coup against South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem fails

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP
1958 Bob Turley of Yankees wins Cy Young Award
1956 Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, 1st sighted
1955 1st West German officers sworn in
1955 E. Arcaro, E. Sande and G Woolf 1st inductees in Jockey hall of fame
1954 Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closed
1953 David Ben-Gurion, resigns as premier of Israel
1953 U.S. district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games
1952 Philadelphia A's pitcher Bobby Shantz wins AL MVP
1951 "Paint Your Wagon" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 289 performances
1951 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala
1950 Gene Roberts sets NFL New York Giant rushing record (218 yards) vs Chicago Cards


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October 11 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Daryl Hall!



Musicians Born On October 10

1949 Daryl Hall (Hall and Oates)
1950 Andrew Woolfolk (Earth, Wind and Fire)
1962 Scott Johnson (Gin Blossoms)

Deaths On October 11

1968 Edith Piaf (La Vie en Rose)

Number 1 In The Charts On October 11

1967 Bee Gees: 'Massachusetts' UK 45
1969 Jane Birkin: 'Je t'Aime' UK 45
1975 Neil Sedaka: 'Bad Blood' US 45
1980 Police: 'Zenyatta Mondatta' UK LP
1986 Madonna: 'True Blue' UK 45
1986 Janet Jackson: 'When I Think of You' US 45
1997 Elton John : Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight :US single
1997 The Verve ; Urban Hymns : UK LP
1998 Billie : Girlfriend : UK single

Various Music Events On October 11

1959 Miracles debut on US chart with 'Bad Boy'

1960 Aretha Franklin makes her stage debut, at New York Vanguard Club

1962 Beatles enter UK chart for the first time with 'Love Me Do'

1962 Del Shannon hits UK chart with 'Swiss Maid'

1963 Beatles receive first gold disc for 'She Loves You'

1968 Aretha Franklin goes gold with 'I Say a Little Prayer'

1975 First edition of comedy and music show 'Saturday Night Live' broadcast on US TV

1975 Elton John hits US chart with his eighteenth hit 'Island Girl', on way to No. 1

1978 Nancy Spungen found murdered in the bathroom of the Greenwich Village apartment she shared with Sid Vicious


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October 11 - Today in Beatles History

1962
'Love Me Do' enters the favorite songs ranking published by 'Record Retailer'.

Cavern lunch session: Freddie and the Dreamers.

1963
[Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The Beatles see the play 'A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum'.

Concert at the Stoke Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent.

1964
17.00 and 19.45. Concerts at the Odeon, Birmingham.

1965
Paul attends a session at Decca Studios, London, for Marianne Faithfull's version of 'Yesterday', meeting the producer Mike Leander.

Marriage of Gerry Marsden and Pauline Behan, at St Mary's Church, Woolton, Liverpool. Brian attends.

US release of 6 Capitol singles: 'Twist And Shout'/'There's A Place'; 'Love Me Do'/'P.S. I Love You'; 'Please Please Me'/'From Me To You'; 'Do You Want To Know A Secret'/'Thank You Girl'; 'Roll Over Beethoven'/'Misery'; 'Boys'/'Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!'

1967
Opening of Yoko's art exhibition, 'Half-A-Wind Show', at the Lisson Gallery, London.

1968
Studio 2. 3.00-6.00pm. Recording: 'Savoy Truffle' (overdub onto take 1).
Studio 2 (control room only). 6.00-12.00pm. Mono mixing: 'Piggies' (remixes 1-4, from take 12); 'Don't Pass Me By' (remix 1, from take 7 and edit of edit piece 4); 'Good Night' (remixes 1, 2, from take 34). Stereo mixing: 'Piggies' (remixes 1-3, from take 12); 'Don't Pass Me By' (remix 1, from take 7 and edit of edit piece 4); 'Good Night' (remix 1, from take 34). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith.
Recording of brasses for 'Savoy Truffle'.

1971
US single release: 'Imagine'/'It's So Hard'.


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October 11 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On October 11, 1975 Saturday Night Live premieres with George Carlin as host.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1987 200,000 gays march for civil rights in Washington
1986 Reagan and Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Iceland
1985 Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1985 President Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands
1985 U.S. intercepts Egyptian Boeing with Achille Lauro terrorists
1984 1st space walk by U.S. woman, Kathryn D. Sullivan
1984 August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," premieres in New York City
1984 NASA launches space vehicle S-208
1984 Vice President candidate debate-Graldine Ferraro (D) and George Bush (R)
1983 Last hand-cranked telephones U.S. went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial
1982 16th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson and Ricky Skagg
1982 English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England
1982 Riot in Amsterdam as tram catches fire
1981 Expos beat Phillies, 3 games to 2, in NLCS
1981 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
1981 LeRoy Irvin sets yards gained on punt returns record (207 yards)
1981 Unknown rocker Prince opens for Rolling Stones at LA Coliseum
1981 Yankees beat Brewers 7-3 and win only Eastern Championship Series
1980 Cosmonauts Popov and Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days
1980 Dallas Mavericks 1st game at Reunion Arena beat San Antonio 103-92
1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 "Most Happy Fella" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 53 performances
1979 East Germany frees dissidents Rudolf Bahro and Nico Hubner
1979 Allan McLeod Cormack and Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield win Nobel Prize for medicine for developing CAT scan
1978 Aristides Royo elected president of Panama
1978 Belgium government of Tindemans resigns
1978 Dodgers Bob Welch dramatically strikes out Reggie Jackson in 9th
1977 Soyuz 25 returns to Earth
1976 10th Country Music Association Award: Mel Tillis wins
1976 Mao Tse-Tung's widow Jiang Qing and "Gang of Four," arrested and charged with plotting a coup
1975 Bill Clinton weds Hillary Rodham
1975 Islander's Bryan Trottier's 1st career hat trick
1975 Saturday Night Live premieres with George Carlin as host
1974 A's Catfish Hunter charge owner Charlie Finley with breach of contract
1973 Oakland beats Baltimore 3 games to 2 to win AL pennant
1972 Panama adopts constitution
1972 Prison uprising at Washington D.C. jail
1972 Reads beat Pirates in NLCS
1971 60th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Charlotte (3-2)
1971 Brooks Robinson ties Series record, reaches base 5 straight times
1971 Frank McGee becomes news anchor of Today Show
1971 Switzerland recognizes North Vietnam


Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Rome: 2nd bishop synod
1969 Blues artist Muddy Waters involved in a car crash that kills 3
1969 Soyuz 6 launched; Soyuz 7 and 8 follow in next 2 days
1968 Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours
1968 Billy Martin named manager of Twins
1968 Panama revolts
1967 World Series record 3 consecutive home runs (Carl Yastremski, Reggie Smith, and Rico Petrocelli) by Red Sox
1967 Yoko Plus Me art exhibit opens in London (the me is John Lennon)
1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Hillside House Ladies' Golf Open
1962 1st appearance of a Gabor sister on Merv Griffin Show
1962 2nd Vatican Council (21st ecumenical) convened by Pope John XXIII
1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100m
1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
1960 Hurricane ravages East-Pakistan (6,000 die)
1960 Radio - TV executive John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Detroit Tigers


Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 KTHI TV channel 11 in Fargo-Grand Forks, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
1958 "Goldilocks" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 161 performances
1958 2nd U.S. Moon probe, Pioneer 1, reaches 113,810 km, falls back
1956 1st Pakistan vs. Australia Test 95 runs scored on 1st day
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1956 AL President Will Harridge bars Washington Senators move to West Coast, unless unanimously approved by the other AL owners
1955 All Peron feast days disposed of in Argentina
1955 Persia signs Pact of Baghdad
1954 "On Your Toes" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 64 performances
1954 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ad caeli Reginam


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October 10 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday David Lee Roth!



Musicians Born On October 10

1914` Ivory Joe Hunter (blues musician)
1946 Keith Reid (Procol Harum)
1946 John Prine
1953 Midge Ure (Ultravox)
1955 David Lee Roth (Van Halen)
1958 Tanya Tucker (US country singer)
1959 Kirsty McColl (A New England)
1959 Chris Lowe (Pet Shop Boys)
1961 Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
1967 Mike Malinin (Goo Goo Dolls)
1968 Michael Bivens (Bell Biv Devoe)


Number 1 In The Charts On October 10

1960 Larry Verne: 'Mr. Custer' US 45
1963 Brian Poole: 'Do You Love Me' UK 45
1970 Black Sabbath: 'Paranoid' UK LP
1970 Neil Diamond: 'Cracklin' Rosie' US 45
1976 Walter Murphy: 'A Fifth of Beethoven' US 45
1981 Police: 'Ghost in the Machine;' UK LP
1987 Whitesnake: 'Here I Go Again' US 45
1992 R.E.M. : Automatic for the People : UK LP

Various Music Events On October 10

1964 Rufus Thomas's 'Jump Back' single enters US R&B chart

1964 Shangri-Las hit US chart with 'Leader of the Pack', their second hit and only No. 1 single

1969 Frank Zappa's 'Hot Rats' LP released in UK

1970 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles hit US chart with 'Tears of a Clown' on way to No. 1

1978 'Smash Hits' magazine publishes first edition

1978 'Be Stiff' tour opens at Bristol University with Lene Lovich, Jona Lewie, Wreckless Eric and Rachael Sweet

1979 'The Rose', starring Bette Midler, as a Janis Joplin-type singer, opens in Los Angeles

1979 Los Angeles declares a Fleetwood Mac Day and the band gets its own star on Hollywood Boulevard's 'Walk of Fame'


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October 10 - Today in Beatles History

1962
Cavern lunch session: the Beatles.
Cavern evening session: the Beatles, the Four Jays, Ken Dallas and the Silhouettes.

1963
[Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The Beatles see the play 'A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum'.

1964
'A Hard Day's Night' LP number 1, 12th week (UK Record Retailer chart).

18.15 and 20.45. Concerts at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester.

Brian gets the British representation of the American group New Christy Minstrels, and plans to take them to the UK for one week of radio and television promotion in January.

1968
Studio 2. 7.00pm-7.15am. Recording: 'Piggies' (overdub onto take 12); 'Glass Onion' (overdub onto take 33). Stereo mixing: 'Glass Onion' (remixes 1, 2, from take 33); 'Rocky Raccoon' (remix 1, from take 10); 'Long Long Long' (remixes 1-4, from take 67). Mono mixing: 'Glass Onion' (remixes 10, 11, from take 33). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith.
Studio 3. Time unknown. Recording: 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road' (overdub onto take 5, tape reduction take 5 into take 6, overdub onto take 6). Producer: not assigned; Engineer and 2nd Engineer: Ken Townsend.
Recording of strings for 'Piggies' and 'Glass Onion'.

1989
Paul's concert in Paris (Get Back Tour).

1995
LP release: 'Working Class Hero', tribute album for John.

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October 10 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On October 10, 1975 Liz Taylor gets married for the 6th time (re-marries Richard Burton).



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1988 22nd Country Music Association Award: Highway 101, K T Oslin win
1988 Royals announce that Dick Howser, who underwent surgery for a brain tumor in July, will return to manage the club in 1989
1987 Bruce Springsteen releases his 9th album "Tunnel of Love"
1987 Garfield Park Nature Center opens, latest in Cleveland Metroparks
1987 Giant's Jeffrey Leonard hits playoff record home run in his 4th cons game
1986 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador
1986 Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns
1985 Sudan adopts interim constitution
1985 U.S. fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody
1983 17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
1983 Israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM
1983 Tom Monaghan becomes CEO of Detroit Tigers
1982 Brewers beat Angels in ALCS
1982 Hernan Siles Zuazo installed as president of Bolivia
1982 Pope John Paul II canonizes Reverend M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint
1982 U.S. imposes sanctions against Poland for banning Solidarity trade union
1981 Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo
1980 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria
1980 Very Large Array radio telescope network dedicated
1980 Yankees lose 4-2 and are swept by Royals in AL Championship series

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 Fleetwood Mac gets a star in Hollywood
1979 Nordiques' Real Cloutier sets NHL record of a hat trick in 1st game
1979 Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Area (ie Canal Zone)
1979 Recorded trace of snow in Central Park New York City
1978 Aerosmith's Steve Tyler and Joe Perry injured by a cherry bomb
1978 British pop magazine "Smash Hits," 1st published
1978 Congress approves Susan B. Anthony Dollar
1978 Daniel Arap Moi succeeds Kenyatta as president of Kenya
1978 Steve Perry joins Journey
1978 Yankees and Dodgers play in World Series # 75
1977 11th Country Music Association Award: Ronnie Milsap wins
1976 Beijing reports arrest of Mao Tse Tung's widow
1976 New Jersey Meadowlands' Giant's Stadium opens
1976 Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33
1975 Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt
1975 Liz Taylor's 6th marriage (re-marries Richard Burton)
1974 A's Mike Andrews files $25 million lawsuit against Charlie Finley
1974 Canadian John Hathaway begins 2-yr ride of 50,600 miles
1974 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
1974 U.S. General George Brown's speech deplores Jewish influence in U.S. over his treatment during the 1973 World Series
1973 New York Mets beat Cincinnati Reds in Game 5 of the NLCS
1973 Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pleads no contest to tax evasion and resigns
1972 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Heritage Village Golf Open
1971 1st game played at Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium, Phils win 4-1
1971 5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins
1971 Fenholt and Webber's musical "Jesus Christ Superstar," premieres in New York City
1971 Rain washes out Game 2, 1st World Series postponement since 1962
1970 Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1968 Detroit Tigers beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 in 65th World Series
1968 George Harrison forms Singsong Ltd.
1968 Lee Evans of U.S. sets 400 meter record at 43.86
1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 Brendan Behans "Norstal Boy," premieres in Dublin
1965 "Drat! - The Cat!" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 8 performances
1965 Supreme appear on Ed Sullivan Show
1965 "Vinland Map" is introduced by Yale University as being the 1st known map of America, drawn between 1423 and 1445
1964 18th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-2 at Toronto
1964 18th modern Olympic games opens in Tokyo
1963 Dam bursts in Italy, 3,000+ die
1963 Netherland population hits 12,000,000
1963 Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by U.S., UK, U.S.S.R.
1962 Indies assault up Chinese positions in North-India attack
1961 "Milk and Honey" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 543 performances
1961 Expansion draft to stock Houston Astros and New York Mets
1961 Otis M Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court
1961 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1960 "Laughs and Other Events" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 8 performances
1960 16 California Poly football team members die in plane crash in Toledo
1960 Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 4000 die
1960 Ron Stewart of Ottawa rushes for CFL-record 287 yards
1960 WGTE TV channel 30 in Toledo, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 "Happy Town" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 5 performances
1959 Lee Harvey Oswald signs guestbook in hotel Helsinki
1959 Pan Am begins regular flights around World
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1958 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1957 Accident at British nuclear reactor in Windsdale
1957 Braves' Lew Burdette beats Yankees for 3rd time in 1 World Series
1957 Milwaukee Braves beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 54th World Series
1957 President Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant
1957 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1956 Fazal Mahmood takes 13-114 for match vs. Aus, Karachi
1956 On Skowron's grand slammer New York Yankees beat Dodgers 9-0 in series game 7
1954 Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out
1951 Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 2 in World Series, DiMaggio's final game

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October 9 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy 70th Birthday John Lennon! Your spirit lives on...



Musicians Born On October 9

1937 Pat Burke (Foundations)
1939 P.V. Wright (That's How Strong My Love Is)
1940 John Lennon
1944 John Entwhistle (Who)
1948 Jackson Browne (Stay)
1969 P.J. Harvey
1975 Sean Ono Lennon



Number 1 In The Charts On October 9

1959 Jerry Keller: 'Here Comes Summer' UK 45
1961 Ray Charles: 'Hit the Road Jack' US 45
1965 Beatles: 'Yesterday' US 45
1971 Rod Stewart: 'Maggie May' UK 45
1976 Dr Feelgood: 'Stupidity' UK LP
1993 Take That/Lulu : Relight My Fire : UK single
1993 Pet Shop Boys : Very : UK LP



Various Music Events On October 9

1958 Eddie Cochran records 'C'mon Everybody', using backtrack to a song with the same tune but different lyrics, called 'Let's Get Together'

1959 At the age of 21, Bobby Darin becomes the youngest artist ever to appear at Copa Room, Sands Hotel, Las Vegas

1959 Johnny and the Hurricanes debut on UK chart with 'Red River Rock'

1966 John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet for the first time at an exhibition at the Indica Gallery in London

1973 Elvis Presley and his wife Priscilla are divorced

1975 On John Lennon's 30th birthday, he and his wife Yoko celebrate the arrival of their only child, Sean Ono Lennon

1980 Gary Glitter declared officially bankrupt

1980 John Lennon releases 'Just Like Starting Over' to celebrate his 40th birthday. Yoko hires a sky-writer to etch him a 'Happy Birthday' message above the New York skyscrapers


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October 9 - Today in Beatles History

1940
18.30. John Lennon is born at the Maternity Hospital, Oxford Street, Liverpool.

1962
Cavern lunchtime session: the Big Three.
Cavern evening session: Buddy Brittain and the Regents, the Big Three, the Undertakers, and the Strangers.

Visit to the editorial office of 'Record Mirror', 116 Shaftesbury Avenue, London.

1963
'She Loves You', 6th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'Please Please Me' LP, 29th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).

BBC Paris Studio, London. 10.00-11.00pm. Recording for BBC's 'The Ken Dodd Show': 'She Loves You'.

Broadcast of 'The Mersey Sound' ['The Mersey Beat'?], television BBC documentary. It includes images and an interview with Brian.

[Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The Beatles see the play 'A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum'.

Recording for BBC's 'The Public Ear'.

(After 8 October's midnight.) The Beatles see a Ronald Kirk performance at the Ronnie Scott Club, London.

1964
18.15 and 20.40. Concert at the Gaumont Theatre, Bradford.
Start of UK tour, with Mary Wells, Tommy Quickly, Sounds Incorporated, Michael Haslam, the Remo Four, the Rustiks, and Bob Bain.

Brian and Lionel Bart announce a concert starring Judy Garland.It never materializes.

Recording of three themes at the Granville Theatre, London, before an audience, for the US TV programme 'Shindig'. One of the songs is 'The House Of The Rising Sun'.

1965
Party organized by Lionel Bart to celebrate the opening of his new musical 'Twang!'. Brian and all 4 Beatles among the guests.

1968
Studio 2. 7.00pm-5.30am. Stereo mixing: 'The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill' (remix 1, 2, from take 3). Mono mixing: 'The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill' (remix 1, from take 3). Recording: 'Long Long Long' (overdub onto take 67). Tape copying: 'Helter Skelter' (of take 3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith.
Studio 1. Time unknown. Recording: 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road' (takes 1-5). Producer: not assigned; Engineer and 2nd Engineer: Ken Townsend.
Copy of take 3 of 'Helter Skelter', for Paul. Paul alone works on 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road'.

1969
Yoko is taken to the King's College Hospital, London. She suffers a miscarriage.

1970
Abbey Road. End of recordings for 'John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band'.

1971
Opening of Yoko's exhibition 'This Is Not Here' at the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York. John is guest artist.

John, Yoko, Ringo, Mal Evans, Allen Ginsberg, Eric Clapton, Phil Spector, Klaus Voorman, Neil Aspinal and Jim Keltner celebrate John's birthday in a New York hotel room. Drunken jam session.

1975
1.00am. Yoko has throes of childbirth.
New York Hospital. Morning. Sean Taro Ono Lennon is born.

1979
John and SEan's birthdays are celebrated at the restaurant Tavern on the Green, Central Park, New York.

1980
In New York's sky, planes write congratulatory words for John and Sean, for their birthday.

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October 9 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On October 9, 1979 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut.



Retro Evejavascript:void(0)nts For The Decade 1980

1989 23rd Country Music Association Award: George Strait, Kathy Mattea wins
1989 27th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Tokyo Japan (3-0)
1989 1st NFL game coached by a black man (Art Shell), his Los Angeles Raiders beat New York Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football
1988 17% vote extremely-right Flemish Block in Belgium
1988 Dennis Eckersley, 1st to save all 4 games in a championship series
1987 Japanese bank buys "Lady McGill" stamp for $1,100,000
1986 "Phantom of the Opera" premeires in London
1986 Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo, became 12th NHLer to score 500 goals
1986 Senate convicted U.S. District Judge Harry E Claiborne making him 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment
1985 "Tango Argentino" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 198 performances
1985 Central Park's Strawberry Fields, dedicated
1985 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st U.S. woman to walk in space
1983 4 South Korean government ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma
1982 Attack on synagouge in Rome, 1 dead
1980 1st consumer use of home banking by computer
1980 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Czeslaw Milosz
1980 Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut
1978 12th Country Music Association Award
1978 John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "Ballroom," premieres in New York City
1977 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Houston Exchange Clubs Golf Classic
1977 Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 6, but returned after failing to dock
1977 Yankees rally for 3 in 9th and beat Royals 5-3 for pennant #31
1976 "Robber Bridegroom" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 145 performances
1976 Peter Petherick takes hat-trick on debut New Zealand vs. Pak Javed 1st wkt
1976 TCricket est debut of Javed Miandad, scores 163 on 1st day
1976 Yankees 1st AL Championship game, beat Royals 4-1
1975 Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits San Francisco
1975 Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize
1974 Race riot in Boston due to "busing"
1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL game, losing 6-3 to New York Rangers at MSG Washington Caps begin a 37 game road losing streak
1973 1st general striking in Luxembourg since 1942
1973 Elvis and Priscilla Presley divorce after 6 years
1973 Israel announces loss of Bar-Lev defense line in Suez Canal
1973 Warriors-Cavalier game in Cleveland postponed because of wet floors
1972 "Dude" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 16 performances
1971 Japans emperor Hirohito visits Netherlands
1971 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1970 Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Supremes release "Someday We'll Be Together"
1968 Government seizes oil fields in Peru
1968 WKMU TV channel 21 in Murray, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 Baltimore Orioles sweep Los Angeles Dodgers, in 63rd World Series
1966 Rolling Stones 1st LP recorded "Got Live if you Want It"
1965 16th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 19 -12 at Royal Birkdale, England
1965 Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks
1963 British premier Harold MacMillan, resigns
1963 Dam in Piave valley Italy, breaks' about 2,000 die
1963 French air force gets 1st nuclear weapons
1963 Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba and Haiti, kills 6,000
1963 Uganda becomes a republic within British Commonwealth
1962 Battles to decide Algeria-Morocco boundary kills 130
1962 NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m
1961 New York Yankees beat Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 1 in 58th World Series
1961 Tanganyika becomes independent within British Commonwealth
1961 U.S. members of Communist Party obliged to report themselves to Police
1961 Volcano eruptions on Tristan de Cunha (South Atlantic)
1961 Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning
1961 World Series scoreless pitching streak Yankees beat Reds 4 games to 1
1960 Cowboy quarterback Eddie LeBaron throws shortest touchdown pass (2")


Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 1st phone call between auto and plane
1959 Lee Harvey Oswald arrives in Southampton
1958 Israeli Navy inaugrates it's 1st submarine
1958 New York Yankees beat Braves 4 games to 3 in 55th World Series
1958 New York Yankees appear in 9 and win 7 of last 10 World Series
1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1956 10th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 1-1 at Montreal
1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open
1954 KTIV TV channel 4 in Sioux City, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 British premier Winston Churchill aproves Guyanese Constitution
1953 Conrad Adenauer elected West German chancellor
1951 5th NHL All-Star Game: 1st Team ties 2nd Team 2-2 at Toronto
1951 Gil McDougald's World Series grand slam helps Yankees beat Giants 13-1

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October 8 - Today In Rock Music History

We Miss You Johnny!! Your spirit lives on...



Musicians Born On October 8

1934 Doc Green (Drifters)
1942 Buzz Clifford (Babysittin' Boogie)
1950 Robert 'Kool' Bell (Kool and the Gang)
1951 Johnny Ramone (Ramones)

Number 1 In The Charts On October 8

1955 Four Aces: 'Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing' US 45
1964 Roy Orbison: 'Oh Pretty Woman' UK 45
1977 David Soul: 'Silver Lady' UK 45
1988 U2: 'Desire' UK 45
1994 R.E.M : Monster : UK LP
1994 Boyz II Men : II : US LP

Various Music Events On October 8

1957 Jerry Lee Lewis records 'Great Balls of Fire' at Sun Studios, Memphis

1964 Roy Orbison becomes the first American to top UK singles chart since Elvis Presley on 1 August 1963

1976 Sex Pistols sign to EMI Records for £40,000

1980 Bob Marley collapses on stage during a Wailers concert in Pittsburgh - his last performance

1981 Madness begin UK tour in Bradford

1983 Tom Waits's 'Swordfish Trombone' hits UK LP chart

1988 Phil Collins scores his thirteenth consecutive American Top 10 hit as 'A Groovy Kind of Love' moves from No. 14 to No. 6

1992 The U.S. Postal Serviceissues a commemorative stamp booklet that includes rock legends Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley and Ritchie Valens plus R&B stars Clyde McPhatter, Otis Redding and Dinah Washington.

1994 On pay-per-view television "A Tribute To Elvis" features U2,Chris Isaak, Iggy Pop, Melissa Etheridge, Cheap Trick, and Tony Bennett.

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October 8 - Today in Beatles History

1962
Lunch time Cavern session: The Beatles.

EMI House, ground floor studio. Recording for Radio Luxembourg's 'The Friday Spectacular'.

1963
[Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The Beatles see the play 'A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum'.

1964
Enfield Town Driving Test Centre, Enfield Town, Middlesex. Morning. Ringo takes his driving test, successfully.

Studio 2. 2.30-6.00pm. Recording: 'She's A Woman' (takes 1-7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/ Mike Stone.
Ringo uses the chocalho for the first time. First session for 'I Feel Fine'/'She's A Woman'.

1965
First night of 'Star Scene '65', at the Granada Cinema, Bedford. First anyone's official association (Brian's, in this case), with a pirate radio company (Radio London): Everly Brothers, supported by Cilla Black, Lionel Bart and his Kick Dancers, Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, Paddy, Klaus and Gibson, the Marionettes, and the Alan Elsdon Band.

1966
''Yesterday'... And Today', 16th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).

1968
Studio 2. 4.00pm-8.00am. Recording: 'It's Been A Long Long Long Time' (working title of 'Long Long Long') (overdub onto take 67); 'I'm So Tired' (takes 1-14); 'The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill' (takes 1-3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Mike Sheady.
First female 'lead vocal' on a Beatles recording (Yoko Ono, on 'The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill').
Visit at the studio: Maureen Starkey.

1971
UK LP release: 'Imagine'.

1980
John and Yoko sign a contract with Geffen Records for the distribution of 'Double Fantasy'.

1988
2nd episode of a BBC series, essentially based on 'The Beatles At The Beeb' collection.

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October 8 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On October 8, 1986 RUN DMC calls for a day of peace among LA street gangs.




Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Oakland beats Toronto, 4-3 in Game 5, to advance to the World Series
1988 Fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage
1988 Jay Howell ejected in NLCS game 3 for having pine tar on his glove
1986 Mike Scott ties playoff record of 14 strikeouts, beats Mets 1-0
1986 RUN DMC calls for a day of peace among LA street gangs
1985 "Rembrandt and Hitler or Me" premieres in Amsterdam
1985 Alain Boubil/Herbert Kretzner's "Les Miserables," premieres in London
1985 Little Richard seriously injured in a car accident
1984 18th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
1983 1st regular season Islander OT game beat Caps 8-7
1983 Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime game losing to New York Islanders 8-7
1982 New Jersey Devils 1st victory, beating New York Rangers 3-2 at Meadowlands
1982 Poland bans Solidarity and all labor unions
1981 1st broadcast of "Cagney and Lacey" on ABC-TV
1981 President Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral
1980 Bob Marley collapses on stage, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital
1980 British Leyland starts selling Mini Metro
1980 U.S.S.R. and Syria sign peace treaty
1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 "Sugar Babies" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 1208 performances
1979 J McHugh and A Malvin's musical "Sugar Babies," premieres in New York City
1978 Ken Warby set world water speed record at 319.627 mph (514 kph)
1978 Yankees win 3rd straight AL Championship, all against Kansas City
1977 Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant)
1976 Sex Pistols sign with EMI
1973 NLCS game 3 brawl between Cincinnatis' Pete Rose and New York Met Bud Harrelson
1973 Spyris Markezinis forms government in Greece
1972 "From Israel with Love" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 8 performances
1972 Harold Carmichael begins NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions
1972 In Game 2 of ALCS, A's Bert Campaneris fires his bat at Det pitcher
1972 Lerrin LaGrow Campy, who had been hit by a pitch, is fined and suspended
1971 John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine"
1971 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn wins Nobel Prize for Literature


Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1968 Aircraft carrier Charles Doorman sold to Argentina
1966 Wyoming's Jerry DePoyster kicks 3 field goals over 50 yards (54, 54, 52)
1965 Djakarta Moslems set fire to PKI-headquarter
1965 London's Post Office Tower opens, tallest building in England
1965 Once-Hertogenbosch soccer team FC de Bosch forms
1965 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1964 Gilroy Roberts becomes 1st U.S. chief engraver to retire (than die)
1963 Sultan of Zanzibar cedes his mainland possessions to Kenya
1962 Algeria admitted as 109th member of U.N.
1962 North Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers' Party
1961 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Bill Brannin's Swing Parade Golf Tournament
1961 U.S. Constellation crashes at Richmond, Virginia, 74 die
1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1961 Whitey Ford breaks Babe Ruth's World Series record of 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, running his streak to 32
1960 Bobby Richarson hits a World Series grand slammer


Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 "At the Drop of a Hat" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 216 performances
1959 Conservatives win British election
1959 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox, 4 games to 2 in 56th World Series
1958 Braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time
1958 Dr. Ake Senning installs 1st pacemaker in Stockholm
1958 KCMT TV channel 7 in Alexandria, MN (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles
1957 Procter and Gamble-director N McElroy becomes U.S. Minister of Defense
1957 Soviet spy Jack Sobel sentenced to 7 years (New York City)
1957 Turkish and Syrian border guards exchange fire
1956 Don Larsen, New York, pitches only perfect World Series game, vs Brooklyn
1955 Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga launched
1953 Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in and drops white players from his group
1953 WTAP TV channel 15 in Parkersburg-Marietta, WV (NBC) begins
1952 2 trains collide with a derailed commuter train, kills 112 (England)
1952 Chinese offensive in Korea
1951 "Music in the Air" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 56 performances
1951 Ford Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League
1950 4th NHL All-Star Game: Detroit beat All-Stars 7-1 at Detroit
1950 Cleveland Browns play Pittsburgh for 1st time, beat Steelers 30-17


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October 7 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday John Cougar Mellencamp!



Musicians Born On October 7

1941 Tony Sylvester (Main Ingredient)
1943 Dino Valenti (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
1945 Kevin Godley (10CC)
1949 David Hope (Kansas)
1951 John 'Cougar' Mellencamp (American Fool)
1953 Tico Torres (Bon Jovi)
1968 Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
1968 Toni Braxton

Deaths On October 7

1959 Mario Lanza (tenor)
1966 Johnny Kidd (Pirates)

Number 1 In The Charts On October 7

1978 Frankie Valli: 'Grease' UK 45
1989 Tears for Fears: 'Seeds of Love' US Lp
1995 Mariah Carey : Daydream : UK LP
1995 Alanis Morrissette : Jagged Little Pill : US LP

Various Music Events On October 7

1967 Miriam Makeba debuts on US R&B chart with 'Pata Pata'

1967 Beatles reject an offer of a million dollars to play Shea Stadium from promoter Sid Bernstein, who originally promoted their US concerts

1972 Simon and Garfunkel's 'America ' and Cat Stevens's 'Catch Bull At Four' hit UK LP chart

1975 John Lennon wins his four-year fight to stay in US with ruling by US Court of Appeal

1977 Steve Hackett leaves Genesis

1977 David Bowie releases 'Heroes' LP

1978 Police debut on UK singles chart with 'Can't Stand Losing You'

1978 Chris Rea debuts on UK single chart with 'Fool (If You think It's Over)'

1980 Dusty Springfield appears on stage in New York for first time in eight years at Grand Finale

1989 Deborah Harry's 'I Want that Man' hits UK chart

1989 Rickie Lee Jones's 'Flying Cowboys' hits UK LP chart

1989 Runrig's 'Searchlight' hits UK LP chart

1989 Jefferson Airplane plays a concert for the San Francisco Food Bank. The cost of admission is a can of food

1995 David Bowie reunites with Brian Eno. on his new album "Outside",

1996 On his "Ghost Of Tom Joad" tour Bruce Springsteen sells out a solo acoustic show at Charlotte's Ovens Auditorium in eight minutes.

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October 7 - Today in Beatles History

1962
Night Cavern session: The Beatles, Red River Jazzmen, The Bluegenes, The Zodiacs.

1963
Date proposed by Brian to Alistair Taylor to have lunch together.

Concert at the Caird Hall, Dundee.

[Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The Beatles see the play 'A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum'.

1964
Meeting of the Beatles, Brian and Walter Shenson to discuss plans for the next film.

1965
'Kinfauns', Esher, Surrey. George photographic session with 'Beatles Book' photographer Leslie Bryce for the magazine's 'at home' series.

1967
The Beatles reject a millionaire offer to play the Shea Stadium.

1968
Studio 2. 2.30pm-7.00am. Tape copying: 'Honey Pie' (of remix mono 1 and remix stereo 1); 'Martha My Dear' (of remix mono 1 and remix stereo 2). Stereo mixing: 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' (remix 1, from take 25). Mono mixing: 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' (remixes 1, 2, from take 25). Recording: 'It's Been A Long Long Long Time' (working title of 'Long Long Long') (takes 1-67). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Mike Sheady.

1975
A US Court of Appeals cancels the order to deport John from the USA. End of the process of deportation.

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