This Day In Music - October 13

 This Day In Music – 13 October – The detail…

1927 - Country singer Anita Kerr, leader of The Anita Kerr Singers, is born Anita Jean Grilli in Memphis, Tennessee. Her group will perform backing vocals for Red Foley, Ernest Tubb, Roy Orbison, and Willie Nelson, among others - https://youtu.be/M-0YSkOuvN0 .

1940 - Chris Farlowe, British singer, who had the 1966 UK No.1 single 'Out Of Time', which was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards) was born - https://youtu.be/nWBSmfZTi4s .

1941 - Paul Simon is born in Newark, New Jersey. He meets his long-time music partner, Art Garfunkel, when they both perform in a school production of Alice in Wonderland for their sixth-grade graduation. They would become Simon & Garfunkel. The duo's 1970 album 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' spent 307 weeks on the charts). The 1986 album Graceland spent 115 weeks on the charts) - https://youtu.be/4G-YQA_bsOU .

1944 - Robert Lamm (keyboardist and songwriter for Chicago) is born in Brooklyn, New York. Chicago had the 1976 UK, AU & US No.1 single 'If You Leave Me Now'. The band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois as The Chicago Transit Authority before shortening the name in 1970. Lamm wrote many of the band's biggest hits, including 'Questions 67 & 68', 'Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?', '25 or 6 to 4', and 'Harry Truman'. Chicago have had five consecutive No.1 albums on the Billboard chart and 20 top-ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100 - https://youtu.be/j1ykMNtzMT8 .

1946 - AU - Geoff Skewes (The Vibrants) was born on the 13th of October 1946 and died on the 29th of January 2019 in Perth aged 72 - https://youtu.be/d4PgH4fXgtQ .

1947 - AU - Joe Dolce, of Shaddup You Face fame was born on the 13th of October 1947 in Ohio, USA - https://youtu.be/sFacWGBJ_cs

1947 - Sammy Hagar is born in Salinas, California. He came to prominence in the 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose. He replaced David Lee Roth of Van Halen in 1985 and left the band in 1996 before returning in 2004. He founded the Cabo Wabo Tequila brand and restaurant chain, as well as Sammy's Beach Bar Rum - https://youtu.be/RvV3nn_de2k .

1948 - John Ford Coley, folk rock/country singer and instrumentalist, is born in Dallas, Texas. As England Dan & John Ford Coley, had the 1976 US No. 2 & UK No. 26 single, 'I'd Really Love To See You Tonight' - https://youtu.be/P8RShs00yR0 .

1948 - Peter David Spencer from English rock band Smokie born. They had the 1975 single 'If You Think You Know How To Love Me'. Their most popular hit single was 'Living Next Door to Alice' - https://youtu.be/Z6qnRS36EgE .

1960 - Marie Osmond is born Olive Marie Osmond in Ogden, Utah. Known for her 1973 country cover of "Paper Roses" and her collaboration with brother Donny for a TV variety show - https://youtu.be/FMmM_eKGa28 .

1962 - Don Everly collapsed during rehearsals on stage at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London on the eve of a 22 date Everly Brothers UK tour. He was flown back to the US for treatment and the tour continued with Phil Everly performing solo - https://youtu.be/c048o_KvWsA .

1963 - In Britain, the Beatles appeared on the ITV's "Sunday Night at the Palladium." It was their first appearance on a major TV show.

1965 - The Who recorded 'My Generation' at Pye studios, London. When released as a single it reached No.2 on the UK & AU charts. Roger Daltrey would later say that he stuttered the lyrics to try to fit them to the music. The BBC initially refused to play the song because it did not want to offend people who stutter - https://youtu.be/qN5zw04WxCc .

1968 - Carlos Mar’n born. From the multi-national classical crossover vocal group Il Divo. Their 2004 self-titled album was No.1 in 14 countries around the world - https://youtu.be/ueZ3i6Rqqo8 .

1970 - Janis Joplin's ashes were scattered off the coast of California. The singer had been found dead on the floor beside her bed at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood California on 4th Oct. The official cause of death was an overdose of heroin, possibly combined with the effects of alcohol.

1971 - The Velvet Vampire is released in the US; the soundtrack includes "Evil Hearted Woman Blues" performed live by its composer Johnny Shines.

1974 - Renowned television host Ed Sullivan dies of oesophageal cancer in New York City, at age 73. One of the biggest events in music history unfolded on his program, The Ed Sullivan Show, when a new group from Liverpool called The Beatles made their live US debut.

1975 - Neil Young underwent surgery on his vocal chords in Los Angeles CA.

1977 - R&B singer Shirley Brickley (of The Orlons) is shot to death by an intruder in her home, at age 32 - https://youtu.be/rEQumNxzTy4 .

1978 - Queen release their "Fat Bottomed Girls"/"Bicycle Race" single, featuring a cover photo that combines imagery from both songs - https://youtu.be/RzHYFWkD8KA .

1979 - "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" by Michael Jackson tops the Hot 100 - https://youtu.be/yURRmWtbTbo .

1980 - AU - AC/DC's "Back in Black" went platinum - https://youtu.be/pAgnJDJN4VA .

1980 - Ashanti is born Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas in Glen Cove, New York.

1980 - George Jones wins Single of the Year at the Country Music Association awards for "He Stopped Loving Her Today," starting a career resurgence for the country legend - https://youtu.be/VExw77xJsBQ .

1984 - Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called To Say I Love You" tops the Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, R&B and UK Singles charts - https://youtu.be/wyXNQiRCfRg .

1986 - Neil Young headlines the first Bridge School benefit concert in support of the non-profit institution that provides education for children with verbal and physical disabilities. Young and his wife Pegi co-founded the school when their son, Ben, was born with cerebral palsy. The all-acoustic concert - featuring performances by Bruce Springsteen, Don Henley, Tom Petty, and a reunited Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - turns into an annual event that adds many more big-name acts to the roster, including regular guests Pearl Jam.

1992 - Prince releases an album with a symbol on the cover that later becomes his name.

1996 - AU - Brad Robinson, of Australian Crawl, was born in 1958 in Adelaide, SA and died on the 13th of October 1996 in Melbourne, Vic - https://youtu.be/yEPp5gJaCXM .

1997 - Matchbox 20 (which in early 2000 changes its name to Matchbox Twenty) embarks on its first headlining tour in Las Vegas with opening act Lila Haydn & Her Band - https://youtu.be/C-Naa1HXeDQ .

1998 - The Crossroads Centre of Antigua opened. The centre was underwritten by Eric Clapton with the promise that no one will be turned away that needs treatment for drug and alcohol addiction withdrawal.

2001 - AU - Australian singer songwriter Peter Doyle died of throat cancer aged 52. Solo artist and a member of The Virgil Brothers & The New Seekers. Scored the hits, ‘What Have They Done To My Song Ma’, ‘Never Ending Song of Love’ and ‘I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing’ with The New Seekers - https://youtu.be/h9pUsAbObQU .

2002 - The Spanish sisterly act Las Ketchup scores a UK #1 hit with the strangely infectious "The Ketchup Song." In the US, the song stalls at #54 - https://youtu.be/AMT698ArSfQ .

2009 - Al Martino, a Pop crooner who scored over 10 hits including 'I Love You Because', 'Spanish Eyes' and 'I Love You More And More Every Day', died at the age of 82. He was often remembered for playing the Frank Sinatra type role of Johnny Fontane in The Godfather. Martino was at No.1 on the first ever UK pop chart published on 8th Nov 1952 by the New Musical Express - https://youtu.be/bgHIuSh4uCk .

2011 - American band Maroon 5 were on the top 10 of the international singles charts with 'Moves Like Jagger', featuring Christina Aguilera. Its lyrics referred to a male's ability to impress a female with his dance moves, which he compared to those of Mick Jagger. The video featured old video footage of Jagger and his iconic dance moves. Moves Like Jagger was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 54th Grammy Awards - https://youtu.be/iEPTlhBmwRg .

2016 - Bob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "For having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." Previous winners in this category include William Golding, John Steinbeck, and William Faulkner. He's the first American to win since Toni Morrison in 1993.