Albums Released This Week (October 16 – 22)

Here’s a sampling of the BEST music ever made! Great albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s rock and pop released this week (and some related albums of note):

October 16


● The Supremes —— A Bit Of Liverpool ► Soul – Motown >> 1964
● Cher —— All I Really Want To Do ► Pop-Rock >> 1965
● Brenda Lee —— Reflections In Blue ► Country-Pop >> 1967
● Three Dog Night —— Three Dog Night ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1968
● Three Dog Night —— Captured Live At The Forum ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1969
● Creedence Clearwater Revival —— Live In Europe ► Folk-Rock >> 1973
● Aretha Franklin —— You ► Soul >> 1975
● Thin Lizzy —— Johnny The Fox ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Elton John —— A Single Man ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Eurythmics —— In The Garden ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1981
● Thin Lizzy —— Life Live ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● ZZ Top —— Afterburner ► Blues-Rock >> 1985
● Manfred Mann’s Earth Band —— Masque ► British Rock >> 1987
● All About Eve —— Scarlet And Other Stories ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Goth Pop >> 1989
● Erasure —— Wild! ► Alt. Dance >> 1989
● Goo Goo Dolls —— Hold Me Up ► Alt Pop-Rock/Post-Grunge >> 1989
● Paul Simon —— The Rhythm Of The Saints ► Folk-Pop >> 1990
● Buju Banton —— Stamina Daddy ► Dancehall Reggae >> 1992
● Natalie Cole —— I’ve Got Love On My Mind ► Soul-Pop >> 1995
● Suggs —— The Lone Ranger ► Reggae-Pop/Ska >> 1995
● Tears For Fears —— Raoul And The Kings Of Spain ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1995
● Cast —— All Change ► Britpop >> 1995
● Faithless —— Back To Mine ► Trip-Hop >> 2000
● Kylie Minogue —— Hits+ ► Dance-Pop >> 2000
● All Saints —— Saints & Sinners ► Electronic Dance-Pop >> 2000
● Cocteau Twins —— Stars And Topsoil ► Folk-Rock >> 2000
● John Mellencamp —— Cuttin’ Heads ► Roots Rock >> 2001
● Ozzy Osbourne —— Down To Earth ► Hard Rock >> 2001
● Journey —— The Essential Journey ► AOR Rock >> 2001
● New Order —— Get Ready ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Michael McDonald —— In The Spirit: A Christmas Album ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 2001
● Neil Young —— Borrowed Tunes II: A Tribute To Neil Young ► Folk-Rock >> 2007
● Gov’t Mule —— Mighty High ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock >> 2007
● R.E.M. —— R.E.M. Live ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2007
● Aretha Franklin —— Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of Soul ► Soul >> 2007
● The Rolling Stones —— Light The Fuse (Live 2005) ► Blues-Rock >> 2012
● Donald Fagen —— Sunken Condos ► Jazz-Rock >> 2012

October 17


● The Rolling Stones —— 12X5 ► Rock n Roll >> 1964
● The Cryan’ Shames —— Sugar & Spice ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● The Easybeats —— Vigil ► Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1968
● The Jazz Crusaders —— Old Socks, New Shoes…New Socks, Old Shoes ► Jazz Fusion >> 1970
● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Street Survivors ► Southern Rock >> 1977
● Dire Straits —— Making Movies ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Various Artists —— The Blasting Concept Vol. 2 ► Post-Punk >> 1985
● Stacey Q —— Better Than Heaven ► Dance-Pop >> 1986
● Steve Earle —— Copperhead Road ► Alt. Country >> 1988
● R.E.M. —— Eponymous ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1988
● The Waterboys —— Fisherman’s Blues ► Folk-Rock/Celtic >> 1988
● Suicidal Tendencies —— Controlled By Hatred/Feel Like Shit…Déjà Vu ► Punk Metal >> 1989
● Kiss —— Hot In The Shade ► Hard Rock >> 1989
● Belinda Carlisle —— Runaway Horses ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Kate Bush —— The Sensual World ► Prog Rock >> 1989
● Billy Joel —— Storm Front ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Yngwie Malmsteen —— Trial By Fire: Live In Leningrad ► Heavy Metal >> 1989
● Stacey Lattisaw —— What You Need ► Quiet Storm >> 1989
● Skyclad —— The Wayward Sons Of Mother Earth ► Heavy Metal/Folk Metal >> 1991
● Jamiroquai —— The Return Of The Space Cowboy [UK] ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Steely Dan —— Alive In America ► Jazz-Rock >> 1995
● Luis Miguel —— El Concierto ► Latin Pop >> 1995
● Limp Bizkit —— Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water ► Rap-Metal >> 2000
● David Coverdale —— Into The Light ► Hard Rock >> 2000
● 2Pac —— The Rose That Grew From Concrete ► Spoken Word Rap >> 2000
● Aerosmith —— Devil’s Got A New Disguise – The Very Best Of Aerosmith ► Hard Rock >> 2006
● Troy Shondell —— This Time: The Best of Troy Shondell ► Swamp Pop >> 2006
● Sarah McLachlan —— Wintersong ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
● The Tragically Hip —— World Container ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
● Chris Isaak —— Live In Australia ► Adult Contemporary >> 2008
● Rod Stewart —— Soulbook ► Soul-Pop >> 2009
● Aretha Franklin —— Aretha Franklin Sings The Great Diva Classics ► Soul/Disco >> 2014
● Manfred Mann —— Lone Arranger ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 2014

October 18


● Cactus —— Restrictions ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● The Rolling Stones —— It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll ► Blues-Rock >> 1974
● The Jacksons —— Goin’ Places ► Soul/disco >> 1977
● Elton John —— The Very Best Of Elton John ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Hawkwind —— Sonic Attack ► Heavy Metal >> 1981
● Elton John —— Love Songs ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Hall & Oates —— Rock ‘N Soul Part !: Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1983
● Carpenters —— Voice Of The Heart ► Easy Listening >> 1983
● Frank Zappa —— Them Or Us ► Art Rock >> 1984
● The Cult —— Love ► Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Revival >> 1985
● Duran Duran —— Big Thing ► Synth-Pop >> 1988
● Sonic Youth —— Daydream Nation ► Indie Rock >> 1988
● Martika —— Martika ► Dance-Pop >> 1988
● Paul Simon —— Negotiations And Love Songs 1971 – 1986 ► Folk-Pop >> 1988
● The Smithereens —— 11 ► College Rock >> 1989
● The Bangles —— Everything ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Insane Clown Posse —— Carnival Of Carnage ► Indie/Midwest Hip Hop >> 1992
● Cocteau Twins —— Four-Calendar Café ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Carcass —— Heartwork [UK] ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1993
● Kenny G —— Montage ► Jazz-Pop >> 1993
● Iron Maiden —— A Real Dead One ► Heavy Metal >> 1993
● The Go-Go’s —— Return To The Valley Of The Go-Go’s ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1994
● B*Witched —— Awake And Breathe ► Pop/Girl Group >> 1999
● Westlife —— Flying Without Wings ► Teen Pop/Boy Band >> 1999
● Alcazar —— Casino ► Euro Dance-Pop >> 2000
● Simple Minds —— Our Secrets Are The Same ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 2004
● Simple Minds —— Silver Box ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 2004
● Bryan Adams —— Anthology ► Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Melissa Etheridge —— Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled ► Roots Rock >> 2005
● Depeche Mode —— Playing The Angel ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Supertramp —— Retrospective – The Supertramp Anthology ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2005
● Rod Stewart —— Thanks For The Memories: The Great American Songbook, Volume IV ► Traditional Pop >> 2005
● Stevie Wonder —— A Time To Love ► Pop-Soul >> 2005
● Queen —— The Singles Collection: Volume 4 ► Glam Rock >> 2010
● Huey Lewis & The News —— Soulsville ► Pop-Rock >> 2010
● The Rolling Stones —— The Brussels Affair ’73 ► Blues-Rock >> 2001
● Chris Isaak —— Beyond The Sun ► Adult Contemporary >> 2011
● Jane’s Addiction —— The Great Escape Artist ► Alt. Rock >> 2011
● Poliça —— Shulamith ► Dream Pop >> 2013

October 19


● Elvis Presley —— The Real Elvis ► Rock n Roll >> 1956
● The Kingston Trio —— Here We Go Again! ► Folk-Pop >> 1959
● The Beach Boys —— Beach Boys Concert ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
● Brenda Lee —— Merry Christmas From Brenda Lee ► Country-Pop >> 1964
● Simon & Garfunkel —— Wednesday Morning, 3 AM ► Folk-Pop >> 1964
● Cass Elliott —— Dream A Little Dream ► Pop-Rock/Folk-Rock >> 1968
● The Shadows —— Shades Of Rock ► Instrumental Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1970
● The James Gang —— Straight Shooter ► Blues-Rock >> 1972
● The Wailers —— Burnin’ ► Roots Reggae >> 1973
● America —— Hat Trick ► Folk-Rock >> 1973
● David Bowie —— Pin Ups ► Glam Rock >> 1973
● The Who —— Quadrophenia ► British Rock >> 1973
● Styx —— Cornerstone ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1979
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Damn The Torpedoes ► Album Rock >> 1979
● Prince —— Prince ► Funk >> 1979
● Fleetwood Mac —— Tusk ► Pop-Rock >> 1979
● INXS —— Underneath The Colours ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1981
● Fates Warning —— The Sprectre Within ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● INXS —— Kick ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1987
● Roxette —— Look Sharp! ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Salt-N-Pepa —— Blacks’ Magic ► Pop-Rap >> 1990
● The Cure —— Mixed Up ► Post-Punk >> 1990
● The Traveling Wilburys —— Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3 ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Mötley Crüe —— Decade Of Decadence ► Heavy Metal >> 1991
● Julian Cope —— Jehovahkill ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1992
● PJ Harvey —— 4-Track Demos ► Indie Rock >> 1993
● Rush —— Counterparts ► Arena Rock >> 1993
● Black Moon —— Enta Da Stage ► East Coast Rap >> 1993
● Jesse Colin Young —— Makin’ It Real ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Alexis Korner —— Mellow Yellow ► Blues-Rock >> 1993
● The Zombies —— New World ► Art Rock >> 1993
● Santana —— Sacred Fire: Live From South America ► Jazz Fusion >> 1993
● Pearl Jam —— Vs. ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Talisman —— Humanimal (Part 2) ► Hard Rock >> 1994
● Billie Piper —— Honey To The B ► Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Idlewild —— Hope Is Important ► Post-Hardcore >> 1998
● Three Dog Night —— 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Three Dog Night ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1999
● Ringo Starr —— I Wanna Be Santa Clus ► Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Natalie Cole —— The Magic Of Christmas ► Holiday Soul-Pop >> 1999
● Gin Blossoms —— Outside Looking In: The Best Of The Gin Blossoms ► Power Pop >> 1999
● Three Dog Night —— 35th Anniversary Hits Collection ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 2004
● Jimmy Eat World —— Futures ► Post-Grunge >> 2004
● Lou Reed, John Cale & Nico —— Le Bataclan ’72 ► Art Rock >> 2004
● Rod Stewart —— Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Vol. 3 ► Traditional Pop >> 2004
● Twisted Sister —— Still Hungry ► Hair Metal >> 2004
● John Mellencamp —— Words & Music: John Mellencamp’s Greatest Hits ► Roots Rock >> 2004
● Peter Cetera —— You Just Gotta Love Christmas ► Pop-Rock >> 2004
● Bob Dylan —— The Bootleg Series, Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 ► Folk-Rock >> 2010
● Rod Stewart —— Fly Me To The Moon: The Great American Songbook Volume V ► Traditional Pop >> 2010
● Bob Dylan —— The Original Mono Recordings ► Folk-Rock >> 2010
● Elton John —— The Union ► Pop-Rock >> 2010
● Elvis Presley —— Roustabout ► Rock n Roll >> 1964

October 20


● John Lennon & Yoko Ono —— Wedding Album ► Pop-Rock >> 1969
● Elvis Presley —— Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas ► Rock n Roll >> 1971
● Peter Frampton —— Frampton’s Camel ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Peter Frampton —— Somethin’s Happening ► Arena Rock >> 1974
● B. J. Thomas —— Reunion ► Country-Pop >> 1975
● The Damned —— The Black Album ► Punk-Rock >> 1980
● U2 —— Boy ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Donna Summer —— The Wanderer ► Disco >> 1980
● The Human League —— Dare! ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1981
● Quarterflash —— Quarterflash ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Oak Ridge Boys —— Deliver ► Country-Pop >> 1983
● Frankie Goes To Hollywood —— Liverpool ► New Wave Club/Dance >> 1986
● Nine Inch Nails —— Pretty Hate Machine ► Industrial Metal >> 1989
● Kenny G —— Breathless ► Jazz-Pop >> 1992
● Madonna —— Erotica ► Dance-Pop >> 1992
● Keith Richards —— Main Offender ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Elton John —— Rare Masters ► Pop-Rock >> 1992
● The Sea And Cake —— The Sea And Cake ► Indie Rock/Experimental >> 1994
● Gary Numan —— Exile [UK] ► Industrial Rock >> 1997
● Crucial Conflict —— Good Side, Bad Side ► Chicago Rap >> 1998
● Heart —— Heart Presents A Lovemonger’s Christmas ► Holiday Rock >> 1998
● George Martin —— In My Life ► Beatles Retrospective >> 1998
● Kansas —— King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas ► Prog/Arena Rock >> 1998
● Aerosmith —— A Little South Of Sanity ► Hard Rock >> 1998
● Black Sabbath —— Reunion ► Hard Rock >> 1998
● Ringo Starr —— VH1 Storytellers ► Pop-Rock >> 1998
● The Human League —— The Golden Hour Of The Future: Recordings By The Future And The Human League ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 2002
● The Clash —— Singles Box ► Punk >> 2006
● AC/DC —— Black Ice ► Hard Rock >> 2008
● Timothy B. Schmit —— Expando ► Country-Rock >> 2009

October 21


● Manfred Mann —— As Is ► Rock n Roll >> 1966
● Bob Dylan —— New Morning ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Stevie Wonder —— Greatest Hits Volume 2 ► Pop-R&B >> 1971
● Mike Oldfield —— Ommadawn ► Instrumental Rock/Fusion >> 1975
● Meat Loaf —— Bat Out Of Hell ► Arena Rock >> 1977
● The Beatles —— Love Songs ► Pop-Rock >> 1977
● Genesis —— Seconds Out ► Prog Rock >> 1977
● Bobby And The Midnites —— Bobby & The Midnights ► Country-Rock >> 1981
● Simple Minds —— Once Upon A Time ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1985
● Jethro Tull —— Original Masters ► Prog Rock >> 1985
● “Weird Al” Yankovic —— Polka Party! ► Comedy/Parody >> 1986
● Steve Winwood —— Chronicles ► Album Rock >> 1987
● Tiffany —— Hold An Old Friend’s Hand ► Dance-Pop >> 1988
● Don Dokken —— Up From The Ashes ► Hard Rock/Heavy Metal >> 1990
● Carcass —— Necroticism – Descanting The Insalubrious ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1991
● Grand Funk Railroad —— Bosnia ► Hard Rock >> 1997
● Yes —— Keys To Ascension 2 ► Prog Rock >> 1997
● Artension —— Phoenix Rising ► Heavy Metal/Progressive Metal >> 1997
● The Psychedelic Furs —— Shou;d God Forget: Retrospective ► Post-Punk New Wave >> 1997
● Little Feat —— Kickin’ It At The Barn ► Southern Rock >> 2003
● The Allman Brothers Band —— Live At The Atlanta International Festival: July 3 & 5, 1970 ► Southern Rock >> 2003
● Rush —— Rush In Rio ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2003
● The Cryan’ Shames —— Very Best Of The Cryan’ Shames ► Pop-Rock >> 2003
● Eagles —— The Very Best Of ► Country-Rock >> 2003
● Van Morrison —— What’s Wrong With This Picture? ► Folk-Rock >> 2003
● Bob Dylan —— Pure Dylan ► Folk-Rock >> 2011
● Bob Dylan —— The Real Bob Dylan ► Folk-Rock >> 2012
● Motörhead —— Aftershock ► Heavy Metal >> 2013
● Jerry Garcia Band —— Garcia Live Volume Five ► Roots Rock >> 2014

October 22


● Donovan —— Fairytale [UK] ► Folk-Rock >> 1965
● Led Zeppelin —— Led Zeppelin II ► Hard Rock >> 1969
● Kiss —— Hotter Than Hell ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Elton John —— Blue Moves ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band —— Night Moves ► Album Rock >> 1976
● Led Zeppelin —— The Song Remains The Same ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Cher —— Prisoner ► Pop-Disco >> 1979
● The Cure —— Concert: The Cure Live ► Post-Punk >> 1984
● Paul McCartney —— Give My Regards To Broad Street ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Mason Williams & Mannheim Steamroller —— Classical Gas ► Folk-Rock >> 1987
● Ozzy Osbourne —— No Rest For The Wicked ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● Pet Shop Boys —— Behavior ► Electro-pop/Dance >> 1990
● A-Ha —— East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon ► Synth-Pop >> 1990
● Neil Young & Crazy Horse —— Arc ► Folk-Rock >> 1991
● Matthew Sweet —— Girlfriend ► Power Pop >> 1991
● Death —— Human ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1991
● Tina Turner —— Simoly The Best ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Various Artists —— Two Rooms: Celebrating The Songs Of Elton John & Bernie Taupin ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Neil Young & Crazy Horse —— Weld ► Folk-Rock >> 1991
● Sarah McLachlan —— Fumbling Towards Ecstasy ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Van Halen —— Best Of Van Halen, Vol. I ► Hard Rock >> 1996
● Phil Collins —— Dance Into The Light ► Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Gov’t Mule —— Live From Roseland Ballroom ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock >> 1996
● Journey —— Trial By Fire ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1996
● The Dillenger Escape Plan —— Under The Running Board ► Heavy Metal/Mathcore >> 1998
● The Cranberries —— Wake Up And Smell The Coffee ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Rod Stewart —— It Had To Be You: The Great American Songbook ► Traditional Pop >> 2002
● Foo Fighters —— One By One ► Grunge Rock >> 2002
● Santana —— Shaman ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 2002
● Various Artists —— VH1 Divas Las Vegas ► Pop-Rock >> 2002
● Ray Davies —— Working Man’s Café ► Pop-Rock >> 2007
● Richard Marx —— Christmas Spirit ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2012

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This Week’s Birthdays (October 15 – 21)

Happy Birthday this week to:

October 15

1925 ● Mickey “Guitar” Baker / (McHouston Baker) → Highly influential but little known 50s session guitarist at Atlantic Records, bridged R&B and rock ‘n’ roll as a backing guitarist, plus solo and duo Mickey & Sylvia, “Love Is Strange” (#11, 1957)
1935 ● Barry McGuire / → One hit wonder folk-rock singer, songwriter and guitarist, “Eve Of Destruction” (#1, 1965), switched to Christian/gospel in the 70s
1938 ● Fela Kuti / (Olufela Ransome-Kuti) → Nigerian multi-instrumentalist singer, arranger, political activist and pioneer World music artist as inventor of the Afro-beat, used his influence and music to criticize his homeland’s authoritarian regimes while introducing a blend of James Brown funk with jazz and traditional African rhythms, sold millions of records in Africa and elsewhere despite near-constant government repression, died from complications of AIDS on 8/3/1997, age 58
1938 ● Marv Johnson / → Early Motown R&B/soul vocalist, “You Got What It Takes” (#10, 1959) and three other Top 40 hits between 1959 and 1961, moved into sales and promotion with Motown and sister labels, died from a stroke on 5/16/1993, age 54
1939 ● Tommy Gough / (Talmadge Gough) → Vocals for biracial R&B/doo wop The Crests, “Sixteen Candles” (#2, 1959), quit the group about 1970 and faded into obscurity, died of throat cancer on 8/24/2014. age 74
1942 ● Chris Andrews / (Christopher Frederick Andrews) → Pop-rock singer and songwriter, “Yesterday Man” (UK #3, 1965), wrote six UK Top 10 hits for Adam Faith and Sandie Shaw in the mid-60s,
1942 ● Don Stevenson / → Drummer, singer and songwriter for 60s San Francisco folk-roots-psych rock Moby Grape, “Omaha” (#88, 1967), continues to appear with the band, issued his first solo album (King Of The Fools) in 2010
1946 ● Richard Carpenter / → Keyboards and vocals with sister Karen in AM pop/adult contemporary duo The Carpenters, “Close To You” (#1, 1970)
1948 ● Chris De Burgh / (Christopher John Davison) → Light pop-rock/adult contemporary singer, songwriter and keyboardist, “Lady in Red” (#3, 1986)
1948 ● Yo Yo Jaramillo / (Joe Jaramillo) → Founding member and vocals for pioneering “East Side Sound” of L.A. Mexican-American one hit wonder brown-eyed-soul/garage rock quartet Cannibal And The Headhunters (“Land Of A Thousand Dances,” #30, 1965), died from liver disease on 5/24/2000, age 51
1948 ● Lance Dickerson / → Drummer for country-rock/boogie/swing bar band Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen, “Hot Rod Lincoln” (#9, 1972), worked with various incarnations of the band through the 90s, died on 11/10/2003, age 55
1951 ● Frank DiMino / → Lead vocals for flamboyant, mostly-image glam-rock Angel, a Kiss-wannabe band with eight studio and live albums and a cult following but little commercial success, left in 1981, reunited with several original members in the 90s and currently plays in classic rock cover bands in Las Vegas
1953 ● Tito Jackson / (Toriano Jackson) → Vocals and lead guitarist in R&B/pop-soul sibling act The Jackson 5, “I Want You Back” (#1, 1970)
1956 ● Chris Lacklison / → Keyboards for glam pop-rock Kenny, “The Bump” (UK #3, 1975)
1962 ● David Stead / → Drummer in alt pop-rock The Beautiful South, “A Little Time” (UK #1, 1990)
1962 ● Mark Reznicek / → Drummer in post-grunge alt rock Toadies, “Possum Kingdom” (Modern Rock #4, 1995)
1963 ● Jay Bennett / → Guitarist, songwriter and producer for alt country-rock Wilco, “Outtasite (Outta Mind)” (Mainstream Rock #22, 1997), solo, sessions and collaborations, died from an accidental overdose of painkillers on 5/24/2009, age 45
1966 ● Douglas Vipond / → Drummer in Scottish indie pop-rock Deacon Blue, “Real Gone Kid” (UK #8, 1988)
1970 ● Ginuwine / (Elgin Baylor Lumpkin) → Hip-hop soul crooner, “Differences” (#4, 2001) and five other Top 40 singles
1984 ● Shayne Ward / → Contemporary pop singer and winner of the 2005 UK TV series The X Factor, “That’s My Goal” (UK #1, 2005)

October 16

1903 ● Big Joe Williams / (Joe Williams) → Delta blues guitarist and songwriter best known for being the first to adapt and record “Baby, Please Don’t Go” (1935), which has since become a blues standard with recordings by The Orioles (R&B #8, 1952), Themm (UK #10, 1964), Paul Revere & The Raiders (1966), Amboy Dukes (#106, 1968), AC/DC (AUS #10, 1973) and Aerosmith (2004), among others, died on 12/17/1982, age 79
1922 ● Max Bygraves / (Walter William Bygraves) → Brit comedian, actor, variety show performer and pop singer with 12 UK Top 10 hits in the 50s, including “Meet Me On The Corner” (UK #2, 1955), but couldn’t withstand the onslaught of Beatlemania in the 60s and turned to hosting TV programs though the 80s, died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease on 8/31/2012, age 89
1923 ● Bert Kaempfert / (Berthold Kämpfert) → German easy listening/adult pop orchestra leader and composer, “Wonderful By Night” (#1, 1961), wrote songs covered by Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and many others, produced the first Beatles recording session with Tony Sheridan,, died after a stroke on 6/21/1980, age 56
1937 ● Emile Ford / (Emile Sweetman) → West Indian-born singer, musician and frontman for pre-Beatles pop-rock The Checkmates, “What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?” (UK #1 ,1959), short solo career and then record producer
1938 ● Nico / (Christa Päffgen) → German singer, model and vocals for proto-punk The Velvet Underground, “Femme Fatale” (1967), then proto-goth/folk-rock solo career, suffered a brain hemorrhage in a bicycling accident and died on 7/18/1988, age 49
1942 ● Dave Lovelady / → Drummer and singer for Merseybeat pop-rock The Fourmost, “A Little Loving” (UK #6, 1964)
1943 ● C.F. Turner / (Charles Frederick Turner) → Bass and vocals for Canadian pop-rockers Bachman-Turner Overdrive, “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” (#1, 1974), the only member to play on every album the band released over 25 years
1945 ● Roger Hawkins / → Drummer, session musician and founding member of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (also known as The Swampers), the renowned studio musician ensemble that recorded hundreds of songs and albums at Muscle Shoals Studio in Alabama, including hits by The Staple Singers, Paul Simon, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Wilson Pickett and countless others
1947 ● Bob Weir / (Robert Hall Oparber) → Founding member, rhythm guitarist, singer and songwriter for rock’s longest, strangest trip Grateful Dead, “Sugar Magnolia” (#91, 1973) and “Touch Of Grey” (#9, 1987), solo, bandleader for Kingfish, Ratdog and Bobby & The Midnites, member of Grateful Dead spinoff The Other Ones
1952 ● Boogie Mosson / (Cordell Mosson) → Bassist for the Parliament-Funkadelic (“P-Funk”) collective of soul/funk bands and their flamboyant costumes, “One Nation Under A Groove” (#31, 1978), toured with P-Funk variations through 2011, died from liver failure on 4/18/2013, age 60
1953 ● Tony Carey / → Keyboardist in early lineup of hard rock Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, founder and frontman for space rock Planet P Project, “Why Me?” (Mainstream Rock #4, 1983) and solo, “A Fine, Fine Day” (#22, 1984), producer for Jennifer Rush, Joe Cocker, Mark Knopfler and others
1955 ● Mimi Lennon / (Miriam Theresa Lennon) → Joined her older sisters in 1999 to replace a retiring Peggy in semi-religious pop vocal quartet The Lennon Sisters (“Tonight You Belong To Me,” #15, 1956), continues to record and perform as a trio in the 10s
1956 ● “Chaka B” / (Brinsley Forde) → Child TV actor (Here Come The Double Deckers and Please Sir! in the early 70s) turned founding member, guitarist and vocalist in long-lived roots reggae Aswad (Arabic for “black”), “Don’t Turn Around” (UK #1, 1988), one of the most popular and successful Brit reggae bands, left the band in 1996 but continued to perform with other accts and on BBC television
1959 ● Gary Kemp / → Guitar and keyboards for New Romantic pop-rock Spandau Ballet, “True” (#4, 1983) plus 16 other UK top 40 singles
1960 ● Bob Mould / → Frontman, guitarist and songwriter for post-punk alt rock trio Hüsker Dü, “Makes No Sense At All” (1985), light rock solo career, “See A Little Light” (Modern Rock #4, 1989), founded and fronted alt rock Sugar, “If I Can’t Change Your Mind” (UK #30, 1992)
1962 ● Flea / (Michael Peter Balzary) → Bass and vocals for funk-rock Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Californication” (Modern Rock #1, 2000)
1965 ● Simon Bartholomew / → Founding member, guitar and vocals for acid-jazz/funk The Brand New Heavies, “Sometimes” (UK #11, 1997)
1967 ● Jason Everman / → Rock guitarist and vocalist with brief stints in 1989 as second guitarist for premier grunge rock Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (#6, 1992) and 1990 as interim bassist in seminal grunge rock group Soundgarden, “Black Hole Sun” (Mainstream Rock #1, 1994) before both groups became superstars, left to join other marginally successful grunge bands, eventually joined the U.S. Army Special Forces and became a decorated Afghan and Iraqi war hero, now a G.I. Bill graduate of Columbia University with a B.A. in Philosophy
1969 ● Wendy Wilson / → Vocals for pop-rock all-girl offspring trio Wilson Phillips, “Release Me” (#1, 1990), daughter of The Beach Boys Brian Wilson
1977 ● John Mayer / → Light pop-rock singer/songwriter and guitarist, won 2003 Grammy Award for “Your Body Is A Wonderland” (#18, Adult Top 40 #3, 2002)

October 17

1909 ● Cozy Cole / (William Randolph Cole) → Journeyman but highly regarded jazz-pop and swing drummer from 1930 through the 70s, his instrumental “Topsy, Pt. 2” (#3, R&B #1, 1958) was the first drum solo recording to chart, died from cancer on 1/29/1981, age 71
1923 ● Barney Kessel / → Highly accomplished, in-demand jazz-pop-rock guitarist and sessionman over a 50 year career, first as a member of several Big Bands, later as a touring guitarist with several big-name ensembles, and as a member of the acclaimed Wrecking Crew group of first call L.A. studio musicians, played behind The Beach Boyss, The Monkees, Simon & Garfunkel, John Denver, Natalie Cole and many others, sidelined by a stroke in 1992 and died from an inoperable brain tumor on 5/6/2004, age 80
1933 ● Soeur Sourie / (Jeanne-Paule Marie Deckers) → Belgian-born one hit wonder folk-pop singer and guitarist, as the “Singing Nun” recorded “Dominique” (#1, 1963), died after ingesting an overdose of sleeping pills in a suicide pact with a girlfriend on 3/29/1985, age 51
1934 ● Rico Rodriguez / (Emmanuel Rodriguez) → Jamaican trombonist with ska revival The Specials, “Ghost Town” (UK #1, 1981), solo and sessions
1935 ● Michael Eavis / → English dairy farmer who founded the Glastonbury Festival in 1970 and on whose land the music festival has occurred annually for over 40 years
1941 ● Alan Howard / → Bassist for British Invasion pop-rock The Tremeloes, “Silence Is Golden” (#11, UK #1, 1967)
1941 ● Jim Seals / → Guitar, violin, vocals and songwriting in 70s light pop-rock duo Seals & Crofts, “Summer Breeze” (#6, 1972) and “Diamond Girl” (#6, 1973)
1942 ● Gary Puckett / → Lead vocals and frontman for pop-rock Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, “Young Girl” (#2, 1968), followed with a modest solo career and now tours with a new lineup of the band
1944 ● Carole Cookie Cole / (Carole “Cookie” Cole) → Music producer, stage, film and TV actress, adopted daughter of jazz-pop singer Nat King Cole and adopted sister of soul-pop diva Natalie Cole, starred in multiple motion pictures including The Silencers (1967) and The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three (1974), co-starred on TV sitcoms Sanford And Son and Grady, as CEO of King Cole Productions oversaw the use and licensing of her father’s catalogue, name and likeness, died of lung cancer on 5/19/2009, age 64
1946 ● James Tucker / → First rhythm guitarist for pop-rock The Turtles, “Happy Together” (#1, 1967), left in 1967 following a European tour
1946 ● Mike Hossack / → Drummer for California soul-pop-rock The Doobie Brothers during their heyday in the early 70s (“Listen To The Music,” #11, 1972), played in other rock bands and co-owned a recording studio, rejoined the Doobies in 1985 and performed with the band until prior to his death from cancer on 3/12/2012, age 65
1947 ● Michael McKean / → Actor and comedian, portrayed David St. Hubbins in the “mock-rock” parody band Spinal Tap from the movie This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
1949 ● Bill Hudson / (William Hudson) → Vocals for sibling trio The Hudson Brothers, “So You Are A Star” (#21, 1974), ex-spouse of Goldie Hawn, father of actress Kate Hudson
1958 ● Alan Jackson / → Honky tonk/new traditionalist country star singer and songwriter with 17 Country Top 10 albums and 24 Country #1 hits, including the Grammy-winning “Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)” (#38, Country #1, 2001)
1962 ● Anne Rogers / → Bassist for Brit indie-folk-pop Popinjays, “Vote Elvis” (Modern Rock #17, 1988)
1967 ● René Dif / → Vocals for Danish dance-pop Aqua, “Barbie Girl” (#7, 1997), which drew a lawsuit from Mattel for its sexual content
1968 ● Ziggy Marley / (David Nesta Marley) → Five-time Grammy-winning guitarist, singer and songwriter, solo and as frontman for reggae-pop sibling group The Melody Makers, “Tomorrow People” (#39, 1988), son of reggae legend Bob Marley
1969 ● Wyclef Jean / → Haitian musician, member of R&B/jazz-rap The Fugees, “Killing Me Softly” (#1, 1996), solo, “Gone Till November” (#7, 1998), record producer, announced plans to run in the 2010 Haitian presidential election but withdrew when his bid for candidacy was rejected over residency requirements
1971 ● Christopher Kirkpatrick / → Founding member and counter tenor vocals for teen dance-pop harmony boy band *NSYNC, “It’s Gonna Be Me” (#1, 2000)
1971 ● Derrick Plourde / → Drummer for mainstream pop-punk The Ataris, “The Boys Of Summer” (#20, Modern Rock #2, 2003) and other bands, died from a suicide gunshot on 3/30/2005, age 38
1972 ● Eminem / (Marshall Bruce Mathers III) → Grammy-winning blue-eyed rapper, worldwide #1 album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) and worldwide hit “Lose Yourself” (#1, 2002), producer for Jay-Z, Nas, 50 Cent, DMX, 2Pac and others, award-winning film actor

October 18

1926 ● Chuck Berry / (Charles Edward Berry) → Early breakthrough rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, enduring and immortal guitarist, singer and songwriter, “Johnny B. Goode” (#8, 1958) and 13 other Top 40 hits, major influence on The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless other rock and pop artists, found unresponsive in his home and pronounced dead on 3/18/2017, age 90
1938 ● Ronnie Bright / → R&B/doo wop bass singer with The Valentines, The Cadillacs and the Deep River Boys, plus session work including a duo with Johnny Cymbal, “Mr. Bass Man” (#16, 1963), now with The Coasters
1940 ● Cynthia Weil / → Grammy-winning Brill Building songwriter, often as collaborator with her husband, Barry Mann, wrote or co-wrote dozens of hits for varied artists, including “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin'” (#1, 1965) for The Righteous Brothers and “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place” (#13, UK #2, 1965) for The Animals
1943 ● Russ Giguere / → Vocals, percussion and guitar in light pop-rock vocal group The Association, “Along Comes Mary” (#7, 1966), left briefly for solo career but returned and still tours with the band in 2011
1947 ● Laura Nyro / (Laura Nigro) → Light folk-jazz-pop singer, guitarist and composer with several acclaimed solo albums, wrote “Eli’s Coming” for Three Dog Night (#10, 1969), “Wedding Bell Blues” for The 5th Dimension (#1, 1969), “And When I Die” for Blood, Sweat & Tears (#2, 1969) and “Stoney End” for Barbra Streisand (#6, 1971), died of ovarian cancer on 4/8/1997, age 49
1949 ● Gary Richrath / → Guitarist and principal songwriter for arena rock REO Speedwagon, wrote “Take It On The Run” (#5, 1981) and others songs, left in 1989 for an unsuccessful solo career, rejoined the band for a single benefit concert in 2013, died from unspecified causes on 9/13/2015, age 65
1949 ● Joe Egan / → Co-founder, keyboards and vocals in Scottish folk-pop-rock Stealers Wheel, co-wrote “Stuck In The Middle With You” (#6, 1973), left the music industry in the early 80s for a career in book publishing
1955 ● Vanessa Briscoe Hay / → Co-founding member and lead vocalist for Athens, GA-based seminal post-punk college rock Pylon, “Gyrate” (Dance/Club #41, 1981), later with other local groups
1956 ● Dick Crippen / → Bassist in oddball Brit punk-rock Tenpole Tudor, “Who Killed Bambi” (UK #6, 1979)
1958 ● Denise Dufort / → Founding member, vocals and drums for early all-girl heavy metal group Painted Lady, which became Girlschool, “Hit And Run” (UK #32, 1981)
1961 ● Wynton Marsalis / → Virtuoso jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader, one of the “Young Lions” and a major figure in jazz since the 1980s, his album Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987) is one of five Grammy-winning albums
1966 ● Tim Cross / → Bassist in post-grunge alt rock Sponge, “Molly (16 Candles Down The Drain)” (Modern Rock #3, 1995)
1971 ● Mark Morriss / → Lead singer for indie rock The Bluetones, “Slight Return” (UK #2, 1996), solo
1974 ● Peter Svensson / → Guitarist for Swedish pop-rock The Cardigans, “Lovefool” (#1, 1996)
1975 ● Baby Bash / (Ronald Ray Bryant) → Mexican-American smooth rapper, “Suga Suga” (#7, 2003)
1977 ● Simon Rix / → Bassist for indie rock Kaiser Chiefs, “Ruby” (UK #1, 2007)
1982 ● Ne-Yo / (Shaffer Smith) → Urban contemporary R&B/pop singer, “So Sick” (#1, 2005) and “Miss Independent” (#7, 2008), the 2009 Grammy Award for Best R&B song
1984 ● Esperanza Spalding / (Esperanza Emily Spalding) → Child-prodigy violinist, 15-year-old concertmaster for the Chamber Music Society of Oregon, Berklee College of Music graduate and four-time Grammy-wining jazz bassist and singer with a growing catalogue of solo albums, including Radio Music Society (#10, Jazz #1, 2012) and collaborations with others
1987 ● Zachary Efron / → Actor and singer, “Troy Bolton” in High School Musical movies (most watched cable TV movies ever)

October 19

1910 ● John C. Mills, Jr. / → Bass vocals and guitar in six-decade jazz and pop quartet The Mills Brothers (“Cab Driver,” #23, Adult #3, 1968), best known for approximating instrument sounds with vocals, first as a novelty act in the vaudeville era of the 20s and later as the music behind their singing, died while on tour in England on 1/23/1936, age 25
1911 ● George Cates / → Big band and easy listening orchestrator, composer and record producer with the instrumental medley hit “Moonglow And Theme From Picnic” (#31, 1956) but known best as the musical director for The Lawrence Welk Show and his successful 50s and 60s TV program, composed Welk‘s theme song “Champagne Fanfare” and led the on air orchestra through 1982, died from heart failure on 5/10/2002, age 90
1934 ● Dave Guard / (Donald David Guard) → Founding member, guitar, banjo, vocals, songwriter and arranger for influential folk-pop The Kingston Trio, “Tom Dooley” (#1, 1958) plus nine other Top 40 hits, left the band in acrimony in 1961, issued solo albums, authored books and participated in occasional reunions until his death from lymphoma on 3/22/1991, age 56
1937 ● Jerry Jaye / (Gerald Hatley) → Singer and guitarist with the rockabilly-tinged Top 30 hit “My Girl Josephine” (#29, 1967) and the country “Honky Tonk Women Love Redneck Men” (Country #32, 1976), continued to record and perform with little impact into the 00s
1940 ● Larry Chance / (Larry Figueiredo) → Lead vocals and frontman for white R&B/doo wop The Earls, “Remember Then” (#24, 1963), still performing on the oldies circuit
1944 ● George McCrae / → R&B/soul-disco singer and songwriter, “Rock Your Baby” (#1, 1974), Rolling Stone magazine’s #1 song for 1974
1944 ● Peter Tosh / (Winston Hubert McIntosh) → Guitar and vocals in legendary reggae group The Wailers, left in 1974 for solo career, “(You Gotta Walk) Don’t Look Back” (1978), murdered by intruders in his home on 9/11/1987, age 42
1945 ● Divine / (Harris Glenn Milstead) → Drag queen, cult-movie star (Pink Flamingos, 1972, and others) and campy disco/dance singer, “Native Love (Step By Step)” (Dance #21, 1982), died from obesity-related cardiomegaly on 3/7/1988, age 42
1945 ● Jeannie C. Riley / (Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson) → Grammy-winning country-pop singer, “Harper Valley PTA” (#1, 1968) and six Country Top 10 hits, switched to gospel music in the late 70s
1946 ● Keith Reid / → Chief lyricist with prog/psych rock Procol Harum, “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” (#5, 1967), theater management executive
1947 ● Wilbert Hart / → Vocals in pioneering “Philadelphia Sound” smooth R&B/soul The Delfonics, “La-La (Means I Love You)” (#4, 1968), still tours and records with various lineups
1948 ● Patrick Simmons / → Guitar and vocals for California soul-pop-rock The Doobie Brothers, “Listen To The Music” (#11, 1972), only consistent member during the band’s 40-plus year history
1955 ● Nino DeFranco / → Vocals for teen bubblegum-pop sibling act The DeFranco Family, “Heartbeat-It’s A Lovebeat” (#3, 1973)
1957 ● Karl Wallinger / → Keyboardist for pop-rock The Waterboys, then guitar and vocals for World Party, “Way Down Now” (Modern Rock #1, 1990), wrote “She’s The One” for Robbie Williams (UK #1, 1999)
1960 ● Woody Woodgate / (Daniel Woodgate) → Drummer for punk/ska revival Madness, “Our House” (#7, 1982) and over 20 other UK Top 40 singles
1960 ● Jennifer-Yvette Holliday / → R&B/pop singer and Tony-winning actress in the stage version of Dreamgirls (1981), won Grammy Award for “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” (#22, R&B #1, 1982)
1965 ● Todd Park Mohr / → Namesake, frontman, lead singer, guitarist and chief lyricist for 90s pop/rock Big Head Todd & The Monsters, “Bittersweet” (Mainstream Rock #14, 1993)
1966 ● Sinitta Renay Malone / → Anglo-American R&B/dance-pop singer, “Toy Boy” (Dance/Club #19, UK #4, 2005), sometime stage actress
1972 ● Pras Michel / (Prakazrel Michel) → Rapper with R&B/jazz-rap The Fugees, “Killing Me Softly” (#1, 1996), solo, “Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)” featuring Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Mýa (#15, 1998)
1976 ● Pete Loeffler / → Lead guitarist and lead singer in alt metal sibling trio Chevelle, “The Clincher” (Mainstream Rock #3, 2005)

October 20

1901 ● Frank Churchill / → Pianist and pop music composer known for penning some of the best-loved of Walt Disney‘s early songs for animated short and feature length films, including “Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?” for Three Little Pigs (1933) and “Whistle While you Work” for Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937), won the Oscar for Best Score co-writing the instrumental music to Peter Pan (1941). committed suicide on 5/14/1942, age 40
1885 ● Jelly Roll Morton / (Ferdinand Joseph Lemott) → Early and pivotal jazz pianist and composer credited for writing many of the earliest jazz songs, including “Black Bottom Stomp” (1926), died from asthma on 7/10/1941, age 65
1910 ● Charlie Fuqua / → Founding member, baritone vocals and guitar for pioneering black R&B/doo wop group The Ink Spots, “To Each His Own” (#1, R&B #3, 1946), continued with various incarnations of the group through the 50s, died on 12/21/1971, age 61
1913 ● Grandpa Jones / (Louis Marshall Jones) → Banjo-picking, multi-decade country and gospel music singer, balladeer and Nashville fixture with multiple singles in the 50s and 60s (“T For Texas,” Country #5, 1963), joined the cast of TV country music/comedy show Hee Haw in 1969 and became a national celebrity, died following two strokes after a performance at the Grand Ole Opry on 2/19/1998, age 84
1934 ● Bill Chase / (William Chiaiese) → Jazz and Big Band trumpeter, played with Maynard Ferguson, Stan Kenton and Woody Herman, formed Grammy-nominated jazz-rock fusion Chase, “Get It On” (Top 30, 1971) from the album Chase (#22, 1971), died with other bandmembers in a charter plane crash while on tour on 8/9/1974, age 39
1934 ● Eddie Harris / → Innovative, virtuoso jazz saxophonist known for introducing the electrically-amplified saxophone, for his version of “Theme From Exodus (” #36, R&B #16, 1961), for penning the jazz standard “Freedom Jazz Dance” for Miles Davis (1966), and for the collaboration with jazz pianist Les McCann on Swiss Movement (#29, R&B #2, Jazz #1, 1969) and “Compared To What” (CB #96, R&B #35, 1970), died from bone cancer and kidney disease on 11/5/1996, age 62
1937 ● Wanda Jackson / → The “Queen of Rockabilly” and later country-pop singer, “Right Or Wrong” (#29, Country #9, 1961) and “Fancy Satin Pillows” (Country #13, 1970)
1939 ● Jay Siegel / → Vocals in blue-eyed soul/doo wop The Tokens, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” (#1, 1961)
1940 ● Kathy Kirby / (Kathleen O’Rourke) → The “Golden Girl of British Pop,” child prodigy singer and actress whose meteoric rise to stardom in Britain was followed by a quick descent into bankruptcy and obscurity with five years, “Secret Love” (UK #4, 1963), died of a heart attack on 5/19/2011,, age 60
1942 ● John Carter / (John Nicholas Sheakespeare) → Singer, songwriter, session musician and founding member of Brit folk-pop trio The Ivy League, “Funny How Love Can Be” (UK #8, 1965), left to write and produce for pre-fab psych-pop one hit wonder The Flower Pot Men, “Let’s Go To San Francisco” (UK #1, 1967), co-wrote “Little Bit O’ Soul” for The Music Explosion (#2, 1967), “Beach Baby” for The First Class (#4, 1974) and other hits
1945 ● Ric Lee / → Drummer for British blues-rock Ten Years After, “I’d Love To Change The World” (Top 40, 1971)
1949 ● Larry Gonsky / → Co-founder and keyboards for one hit wonder pop-rock Looking Glass, “Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl)” (#1, 1972)
1950 ● Tom Petty / (Thomas Earl Petty) → Singer, songwriter, guitarist and bandleader whose music was a staple of rock radio for nearly four decades, fronted roots rock Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (“The Waiting,” #19, Mainstream Rock #1, 1981), issued three solo albums with several hits, including “Free Fallin'” (#7, 1989), joined supergroup The Traveling Wilburys (“Handle With Care,” Mainstream Rock #2, 1988) and reformed the predecessor band to The Heartbreakers, Mudcrutch, in 2007, recorded and toured with The Heartbreakers until his death from cardiac arrest on 10/2/2017, age 66
1951 ● Al Greenwood / → Founding member and keyboardist for British-American arena rock band Foreigner, “Double Vision” (#2, 1978), left to form The Spys and session work
1958 ● Mark King / → Bass guitar and vocals in jazz-funk-pop fusion Level 42, “Lessons In Love” (#12, 1987)
1958 ● Ricky Byrd / → Guitarist with post-punk/hard rock Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, “I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll” (#1, 1982)
1964 ● David Ryan / → Drummer in post-punk rock then teen-pop Lemonheads, “Into Your Arms” (Modern Rock #1, 1993)
1964 ● Jim “Soni” Sonefeld / (James George Sonefeld) → Drums and vocals for 90s pop-rock quartet Hootie & The Blowfish, “Only Wanna Be With You” (#6, 1995)
1965 ● Norman Blake / → Guitar and vocals in Scot pre-grunge, then power pop Teenage Fanclub, “Star Sign” (Mainstream Rock #4, 1991)
1971 ● Dannii Minogue / (Daniellle Jane Minogue) → Aussie pop superstar, actress, model and gay rights activist, “Love And Kisses” (UK Singles #8, Australia #4, 1991) and “Begin To Wonder” (Dance/Club #14, 2003), younger sister of Kylie Minogue
1971 ● Snoop Dogg / (Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr.) → Hugely controversial but successful gangsta rapper, “Drop It Like It’s Hot” (#1, 2004) and 8 other Top 40 hits plus multiple Rap Top 10 singles
1977 ● Nicholas Hodgson / → Drummer in indie rock Kaiser Chiefs, “Ruby” (UK #1, 2007)
1978 ● Paul Wilson / → Bassist for Irish indie-rock Snow Patrol, “Chasing Cars” (#5, 2006)

October 21

1917 ● Dizzy Gillespie / (John Birks Gillespie) → Highly influential bebop and modern jazz trumpet virtuoso, Grammy-winning soloist and orchestra leader, instrumental in the development of Afro-Cuban jazz, died of pancreatic cancer on 1/6/1993, age 75
1925 ● Celia Cruz / (Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso) → Cuban singer, actress, the “Queen of Latin Music” and most popular Latin artist of the 20th century with eight Grammy Awards, twenty-three gold albums, and a National Medal of the Arts, performed with every major Latin bandleader and in every major city in Central and South America, died from complications following surgery for a brain tumor on 7/16/2003, age 77
1925 ● Doctor Ross / (Charles Isaiah Ross) → The “Harmonica Boss,” blues/boogie singer and one-man band guitarist, drummer and harmonica player, “Chicago Breakdown” (1953), won Grammy Ward for his album Rare Blues (1981), died on 9/28/1993, age 67
1936 ● Sheila Jones / → Vocals for English pop non-sister trio The Kaye Sisters, “Ivory Tower” (UK #20, 1956)
1937 ● Norman Wright / → Tenor vocals in R&B/doo wop The Del-Vikings, “Come Go With Me” (#4, 1957)
1940 ● Jimmy Beaumont / → Vocals and frontman for R&B/doo wop The Skyliners, “Since I Don’t Have You” (#12, 1959)
1940 ● Manfred Mann / (Manfred Lubowitz) → South African keyboards, vocals, songwriter, singer and frontman for British Invasion pop-rock Manfred Mann, “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” (#1, 1964), then founded prog/pop-rock Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, “Blinded By The Light” (#1, 1977), solo and producer
1941 ● Steve “The Colonel” Cropper / (Steven Lee Cropper) → Guitarist, songwriter, producer, highly regarded session player, member of Stax Records house band Booker T. & The MG’s, “Green Onions” (#3, 1962) and The Blues Brothers, “Soul Man” (#14, 1979), ranks #36 on Rolling Stone magazine’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
1942 ● Elvin Bishop / → Country-blues-rock guitarist, first with The Butterfield Blues Band then solo, “Fooled Around And Fell In Love” (#3, 1976)
1942 ● Yvonne Fair / (Flora Yvonne Coleman) → Backing vocals for the James Brown Revue and solo Motown R&B/soul singer, “It Should Have Been Me” (#85, 1976), died from undisclosed causes on 3/6/1994, age 51
1943 ● Chet Flippo / → Writer and editor at Rolling Stone magazine in the 70s and early 80s, championed country music and introduced Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and Waylon Jennings to millions of readers, wrote several books, including Your Cheatin’ Heart: A Biography Of Hank Williams (1981), University of Tennessee journalism adjunct professor, Billboard magazine Nashville bureau chief and country music cable TV channel (CMT) editorial director since 2001, died on 6/19/2013 after a brief illness
1943 ● Ron Elliott / → Songwriter and lead guitarist for pop-rock The Beau Brummels, wrote “Laugh, Laugh” (#15, 1964), solo, sessions and production work
1945 ● Kathy Young / → One hit wonder teen-pop singer, “A Thousand Stars” (#3, 1961)
1946 ● Lee Loughnane / (Lee David Loughnane) → Founding member, trumpeter and songwriter in horn-pop-rock Chicago, “Saturday In The Park” (#3, 1972), continues with the group in a leadership role
1946 ● Lux Interior / (Erick Lee Purkhiser) → Founding member and lead singer for punk-rock The Cramps, “Bikini Girls With Machine Guns” (Modern Rock #10, 1989), died from a burst artery on 2/4/2009, age 62
1947 ● Tetsu Yamauchi / → Bassist for early hard-rockers The Faces, “Stay With Me” (#17, 1971), then for proto-metal/hard rock Free, “All Right Now” (#4, 1970)
1952 ● Brent Mydland / → Fourth (and longest serving) keyboardist and occasional songwriter for Grateful Dead, “Touch Of Grey” (#9, 1987), died from a drug overdose on 7/26/1990, age 37
1953 ● Charlotte Irene Caffey / → Singer, songwriter and bassist for New Wave pop-punk girl group The Go-Go’s, “We Got The Beat”, (#2, 1982), the most successful all-female pop and rock band of all time and the only one to play their own instruments and write their own songs
1953 ● Eric Faulkner / → Vocals, guitar and songwriting for Scottish teen-pop Bay City Rollers, “Saturday Night” (#1, 1976)
1957 ● Attila the Stockbroker / (John Baine) → Punk-folk-pop poet musician and author, frontman for Barnstormer, worked with John Otway and TV Smith
1957 ● Julian Cope / → Author, poet, antiquary, musician, electro-pop-psychedelia guitarist and songwriter for The Teardrop Explodes, “Reward” (UK #6, 1981), then solo, “World Shut Your Mouth” (#84, UK #19, 1986)
1957 ● Luke Lukather / (Steven Lee Lukather) → Guitarist for arena pop-rock Toto, “Hold The Line” (#5, 1978), producer, solo
1959 ● Rose McDowall / → Vocals for punk-goth-pop Strawberry Switchblade, “Since Yesterday” (UK #5, 1984)
1961 ● Peter Olsson / → Original bassist for Swedish hard rock/glam-metal Europe, “The Final Countdown” (#8, 1986)
1969 ● Garfield A. Bright / → Vocals for R&B/urban contemporary soul quartet Shai, “If I Ever Fall In Love” (#2, 1992)
1971 ● Jade Jagger / → Jewelry designer, jet-set socialite and only child of Mick Jagger and former wife Bianca, half-sister to six other Jagger offspring
1971 ● Nick Oliveri / → Former bassist for stoner metal Queens Of The Stone Age, “No One Knows” (#51, Mainstream Rock #5, 2002) and other hard rock bands, currently frontman for punk/metal Mondo Generator
1971 ● Tony Mortimer / → Vocalist and rapper for Brit teen dance-pop/hip hop boy band East 17, “Stay Another Day” (UK #1, 1994), plus over 15 other UK Top 40 hits

Albums Released This Week (October 9 – 15)

Here’s a sampling of the BEST music ever made! Great albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s rock and pop released this week (and some related albums of note):

October 09


● The Easybeats —— Best of The Easybeats – Volume 2 ► Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1969
● Carpenters —— Ticket To Ride ► Soft Rock >> 1969
● Cream —— Heavy Cream ► Blues-Rock >> 1972
● Three Dog Night —— Cyan ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1973
● Ashford & Simpson —— Send It ► Disco >> 1977
● Judas Priest —— Killing Machine ► Heavy Metal >> 1978
● Judas Priest —— Hell Bent For Leather ► Heavy Metal >> 1978
● Boomtown Rats —— The Fine Art Of Surfacing ► New Wave Post-Punk >> 1979
● Armored Saint —— March Of The Saint ► Heavy Metal >> 1984
● Devo —— Shout ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk New Wave >> 1984
● KBC Band —— KBC Band ► Album Rock >> 1986
● Bruce Springsteen —— Tunnel Of Love ► Album Rock >> 1987
● The Psychedelic Furs —— Book Of Days ► Post-Punk New Wave >> 1989
● Kylie Minogue —— Enjoy Yourself ► Dance-Pop >> 1989
● Styx —— Edge Of The Century ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1990
● Mary Chapin Carpenter —— Shooting Straight In The Dark ► Country-Folk >> 1990
● Simple Minds —— Themes – Volume 4: February 89 – May 90 ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1990
● Placebo —— Black Market Music ► Alt Rock/Glam Punk >> 2000
● Godspeed You Black Emperor! —— Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven ► Instrumental/Experimental >> 2000
● Eric Clapton —— Complete Clapton ► Blues-Rock >> 2007
● Karla Bonoff —— Live ► Pop-Rock >> 2007
● Kiss —— Monster ► Hard Rock >> 2012
● Don Felder —— Road To Forever ► Country-Rock >> 2012
● Rick Springfield —— Songs For The End Of The World ► Power Pop >> 2012
● The Zombies —— Still Giot That Hunger ► Art Rock >> 2015

October 10


● Brenda Lee —— This Is…Brenda ► Country-Pop >> 1960
● The Ventures —— Walk, Don’t Run, Vol. 2 ► Rock n Roll Instrumental >> 1964
● The Monkees —— The Monkees ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● Simon & Garfunkel —— Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme ► Folk-Pop >> 1966
● Elvis Presley —— Clambake ► Pop-Rock/Country-Pop >> 1967
● The Kinks —— Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) ► British Rock >> 1969
● Frank Zappa —— Hot Rats ► Art Rock >> 1969
● King Crimson —— In The Court Of The Crimson King ► Prog Rock >> 1969
● The Ventures —— 10th Anniversary Album ► Rock n Roll Instrumental >> 1970
● Pink Floyd —— Atom Heart Mother ► Prog Rock >> 1970
● Carpenters —— GEM I [Japan] ► Easy Listening >> 1972
● Renaissance —— Ashes Are Burning ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● Deep Purple —— Come Taste The Band ► Hard Rock >> 1975
● The Easybeats —— The Shame Just Drained ► Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1977
● Manfred Mann —— Chance ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Manfred Mann’s Earth Band —— Chance ► British Rock >> 1980
● Thin Lizzy —— Chinatown ► Hard Rock >> 1980
● Bruce Springsteen —— The River ► Album Rock >> 1980
● UB40 —— Present Arms In Dub ► Reggae-Dub >> 1981
● Triumph —— Stages ► Arena Rock >> 1985
● John Farnham —— Whispering Jack ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● John Lennon —— Imagine: John Lennon ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● U2 —— Rattle And Hum ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1988
● George Harrison —— The Best Of Dark Horse (1976-1989) ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Indigo Girls —— Strange Fire ► Folk-Rock >> 1989
● Atlanta Rhythm Section —— Truth In A Structured Form ► Hard Rock >> 1989
● The Jesus Lizard —— Liar ► Alt Rock/Noise Rock >> 1992
● Suede —— Dog Man Star ► Brit Pop >> 1994
● Annihilator —— King Of The Kill ► Thrash Metal >> 1994
● Cowboy Junkies —— 200 More Miles, Live Performances 1985 – 1994 ► Alt. Rock >> 1995
● Janet Jackson —— Design of a Decade: 1986–1996 ► Pop-Soul >> 1995
● Idle Wilds —— Dumb, Gifted And Beautiful ► Power Pop >> 1995
● Peter Frampton —— Frampton Comes Alive! II ► Arena Rock >> 1995
● Jack Bruce —— Monkjack ► Prog Rock/Fusion >> 1995
● Fleetwood Mac —— Time ► Pop-Rock >> 1995
● No Doubt —— Tragic Kingdom ► Ska-Pop >> 1995
● Blackmail —— Blackmail ► Post-Grunge/Kraut Rock >> 1997
● Catch 22 —— Alone In A Crowd ► Post-Punk/Third Wave Ska >> 2000
● The Church —— Triple Set ► Alt. Power Pop >> 2000
● The Tubes —— Tubes World Tour 2001 ► Alt. Rock >> 2000
● James Taylor —— James Taylor At Christmas ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
● Sting —— Songs From The Labyrinth ► Pop-Rock >> 2006
● Rod Stewart —— Still The Same: Great Rock Classics Of Our Time ► Blues-Rock >> 2006
● Jimmy Buffett —— Take The Weather With You ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
● Radiohead —— In Rainbows ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2007
● Peter Gabriel —— New Blood ► Prog Rock >> 2011

October 11


● Johnny Cash —— Johnny Cash With His Hot And Blue Guitar ► Country-Rock >> 1957
● Santana —— Caravanserai ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1972
● Manfred Mann’s Earth Band —— The Good Earth ► Prog Rock >> 1974
● Billy Joel —— Streetlife Serenade ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● Donna Summer —— Four Seasons Of Love ► Disco >> 1976
● Hot Tuna —— Hoppkorv ► Folk-Rock >> 1976
● Hall & Oates —— Beauty On A Back Street ► Pop-Rock >> 1977
● Kansas —— Point Of Know Return ► Prog/Arena Rock >> 1977
● Lionel Richie —— Can’t Slow Down ► Soul-Dance >> 1983
● Simply Red —— Picture Book ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Love And Rockets —— Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven ► Glam-rock >> 1985
● Pet Shop Boys —— Introspective ► Club Dance >> 1988
● Ministry —— The Land Of Rape And Honey ► Industrial Metal >> 1988
● Neil Young & Crazy Horse —— Ragged Glory ► Folk-Rock >> 1990
● Jackson Browne —— I’m Alive ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Bonnie Tyler —— Silhouette In Red ► Pop Vocals (Female) >> 1993
● Korn —— Korn ► Post-Grunge/Nu Metal >> 1994
● Great Big Sea —— Up ► Folk-Rock/Celtic Rock >> 1995
● Pet Shop Boys —— Nightlife ► Electro-pop/Dance >> 1999
● Children Of Bodom —— Tokyo Warhearts ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1999
● Nick Lowe —— The Convincer ► Pub Rock >> 2001
● Duran Duran —— Astronaut ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2004
● Jackson Browne —— Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 ► Folk-Rock >> 2005
● Evanescence —— Evanescence ► Hard Rock/Alt Metal >> 2011

October 12


● Aretha Franklin —— Aretha In Paris ► Soul >> 1968
● Genesis —— Selling England By The Pound ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● The Who —— Odds & Sods ► British Rock >> 1974
● Billy Joel —— 52nd Street ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Chaka Khan —— Chaka ► Soul-Funk >> 1978
● Rick James —— Fire It Up ► Soul-Funk >> 1979
● Rod Stewart —— Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 ► Blues-Rock >> 1979
● U2 —— October ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Hall & Oates —— Big Bam Boom ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Lloyd Cole & The Commotions —— Rattlesnakes ► AA Pop-Rock/Synth >> 1984
● Talking Heads —— Once In A Lifetime – The Best Of The Talking Heads ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 1992
● Elvis Costello —— 2 1/2 Years ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1993
● The Lemonheads —— Come On Feel The Lemonheads ► Power Pop >> 1993
● Various Artists —— Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles ► Country-Rock >> 1993
● George Clinton —— Hey, Man, Smell My Finger ► Funk/Hip Hop >> 1993
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions —— Live At The El Mocambo ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Midnight Oil —— 20,000 Watt R.S.L. ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Fatboy Slim —— You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby ► Brit-Hop >> 1998
● Chicago —— Chicago XXVI: Live In Concert ► Jazz-Rock >> 1999
● Eric Clapton —— Clapton Chronicles: The Best Of Eric Clapton ► Blues-Rock >> 1999
● Matthew Sweet —— In Reverse ► Power Pop >> 1999
● Chris Isaak —— Chris Isaak Christmas ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2004
● No Doubt —— Everything In Time ► Ska-Pop >> 2004
● Alison Moyet —— Voice ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2004
● Journey —— Don’t Stop Believin’: The Best Of Journey ► AOR Rock >> 2009
● Wilson Phillips —— Christmas In Harmony ► Pop-Rock >> 2010
● Indigo Girls —— Holly Happy Days ► Folk-Rock >> 2010

October 13


● Manfred Mann —— Manfred Mann’s Greatest Hits ► Rock n Roll >> 1966
● Herbie Hancock —— Head Hunters ► Fusion >> 1973
● Triumph —— Triumph ► Arena Rock >> 1976
● Carpenters —— Christmas Portrait ► Soft Rock >> 1978
● XTC —— Go 2 ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1978
● AC/DC —— If You Want Blood You’ve Got It ► Hard Rock >> 1978
● Elton John —— Victim Of Love ► Pop-Rock >> 1979
● INXS —— INXS ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1980
● Kiss —— Creatures Of The Night ► Hard Rock >> 1982
● Berlin —— Count Three And Pray ► L. A. Synth-Pop >> 1986
● Supertramp —— Free As A Bird ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1987
● Sting —— …Nothing Like The Sun ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Ace Frehley —— Trouble Walkin’ ► Pop-Metal >> 1989
● Prince & The New Power Generation —— The Love Symbol Album ► Dance-Pop >> 1992
● Mudhoney —— Piece Of Cake ► Grunge Rock >> 1992
● Talking Heads —— Sand In The Vaseline: The Best of Taling Heads ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 1992
● Dave Matthews Band —— Remember Two Things ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1993
● East 17 —— Steam ► Dance-Pop >> 1994
● Billy Joel —— The Complete Hits Collection: 1973-1997 ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Jurrasic 5 —— Jurassic 5 EP ► Alternative Hip Hop >> 1997
● The Blood Divine —— Mystica ► Heavy Metal/Goth Metal >> 1997
● Bob Dylan & The Band —— The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The “Royal Albert Hall” Concert ► Folk-Rock >> 1998
● James —— Millionaires ► Alt Pop/Rock >> 1999
● Blondie —— The Curse Of Blondie ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 2003
● Bob Dylan —— Christmas In The Heart ► Folk-Rock >> 2009
● Jack Bruce —— Seven Moons Live ► Prog Rock/Fusion >> 2009
● Kansas —— There’s Know Place Like Home ► Prog/Arena Rock >> 2009

October 14


● Tyrannosaurus Rex —— Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels Of The Ages ► Psych Rock >> 1968
● Elvis Presley —— From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1969
● Jethro Tull —— War Child ► Prog Rock >> 1974
● Kiss —— Alive II ► Hard Rock >> 1977
● Ultravox —— Ha!-Ha!-Ha! ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1977
● David Bowie —— Heroes ► Glam Rock >> 1977
● Earth, Wind & Fire —— Faces ► Soul-Funk >> 1980
● Prince —— Controversy ► Dance-Pop >> 1981
● Zapp —— Zapp II ► P-Funk >> 1982
● Cyndi Lauper —— She’s So Unusual ► Pop-Rock >> 1983
● The Jam —— Snap! ► Punk-Rock >> 1983
● Elton John —— Too Low For Zero ► Pop-Rock >> 1983
● ABC —— How To Be A…Zillionaire! ► Dance-Pop >> 1985
● INXS —— Listen Like Thieves ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1985
● Iron Maiden —— Live After Death ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● Depeche Mode —— The Singles 81>85 ► Synth-Pop >> 1985
● Wang Chung —— Mosaic ► New Wave/Dance-Pop >> 1986
● Billy Joel —— Kohuept ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Frank Zappa —— Broadway The Hard Way ► Progressive Rock >> 1988
● Kylie Minogue —— Let’s Get To It ► Dance-Pop >> 1991
● Belinda Carlisle —— Live Your Life Be Free ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Jimmy Page And Robert Plant —— No Quarter: Jimmy Page And Robert Plant Unledded ► Blues-Rock >> 1994
● Donovan —— Sutras ► Folk-Rock >> 1996
● Duran Duran —— Medazzaland ► Synth-Pop >> 1997
● Yes —— Something’s Coming: The BBC Recordings 1969-1970 ► Prog Rock >> 1997
● Ace Of Base —— The Golden Ratio ► Euro-Dance Pop >> 2002
● Rod Stewart —— As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook 2 ► Traditional Pop >> 2003
● ZZ Top —— Chrome, Smoke & BBQ: The ZZ Top Box ► Blues-Rock >> 2003
● Mariah Carey —— The Remixes ► Pop-Rock >> 2003
● Lucinda Williams —— Little Honey ► Alt. Country >> 2008
● Charlie Daniels Band —— Uneasy Rider ► Southern Rock >> 2008
● Scorpions —— Live 2011: Get Your Sting & Blackout ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock >> 2011
● Boardwalk —— Boardwalk ► Dream Pop >> 2013
● Cilla Black —— The Very Best Of Cilla Black ► Pop-Rock >> 2013
● The Blues Magoos —— Psychedelic Resurrection ► Garage Rock >> 2014

October 15


● Elvis Presley —— Elvis’ Christmas Album ► Rock n Roll >> 1957
● Brenda Lee —— Brenda, That’s All ► Country-Pop >> 1962
● Manfred Mann —— Mann Made [UK] ► Folk-Pop >> 1965
● Otis Redding —— Complete And Unbelievable…The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul ► Memphis Soul >> 1966
● Yes —— Yes ► Prog Rock >> 1969
● The Jackson 5 —— Jackson 5 Christmas Album ► Soul – Motown >> 1970
● The Band —— Moondog Matinee ► Folk-Rock >> 1973
● Fleetwood Mac —— Mystery To Me ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Neil Young —— Time Fades Away ► Folk-Rock >> 1973
● Toto —— Toto ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Donna Summer —— On The Radio ► Disco >> 1979
● Ultravox —— Quartet ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1982
● Richard & Linda Thompson —— Shoot Out The Lights ► Folk-Rock >> 1982
● XTC —— The Big Express ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Julian Lennon —— Valotte ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Elton John —— Leather Jackets ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Motörhead —— Nö Sleep At All ► Heavy Metal >> 1988
● Morrissey —— Bona Ditch ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Led Zeppelin —— Led Zeppelin Remasters ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● Ride —— Nowhere ► Dream Pop/Shoegazing >> 1990
● Crosby, Stills & Nash —— CSN [Box Set] ► Folk-Rock >> 1991
● Warren Zevon —— Mr. Bad Exmaple ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Dramarama —— Vinyl ► Alt Hard Rock >> 1991
● Dio —— Angry Machines ► Heavy Metal >> 1996
● Phish —— Billy Breathes ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 1996
● The Tubes —— Genius Of America ► Alt. Rock >> 1996
● The Monkees —— Justus ► Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Korn —— Life Is Peachy ► Post-Grunge/Nu Metal >> 1996
● Motörhead —— Overnight Sensation ► Heavy Metal >> 1996
● Counting Crows —— Recovering The Satellites ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1996
● The Rolling Stones —— The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus ► Blues-Rock >> 1996
● Bad Company —— Stories Told & Untold ► Hard Rock >> 1996
● Corrosion Of Conformity —— Wiseblood ► Heavy Metal/Stoner Metal >> 1996
● In Flames —— Whoracle ► Heavy Metal/Melodic Death Metal >> 1997
● The Church —— Singsongs/Remote Luxury/Persia ► Alt. Power Pop >> 2001
● Tracy Chapman —— Let It Rain ► Folk-Rock >> 2002
● Alison Moyet —— The Turn ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2007
● Pearl Jam —— Lightning Bolt ► Hard Rock >> 2013

This Week’s Birthdays (October 8 – 14)

Happy Birthday this week to:

October 08

1932 ● Pete Drake / (Roddis Franklin Drake) → Record producer and session peddle steel guitarist, played on numerous albums for a variety of artists, including hits by Lynn Anderson (“Rose Garden,” #3, Country #1, 1970), Bob Dylan (“Lay Lady Lay,” #3, 1969) and others, plus a lone charting hit as a solo artist, “Still” (#22, 1964), produced albums for Ringo Starr and Nashville musicians, died from emphysema on 7/29/1998, age 55
1934 ● Doc Green / → Baritone vocals for the second lineup of R&B/soul doo wop The Drifters, “Save The Last Dance For Me” (#1, 1960), left in 1962 and sang with various R&B groups through the 80s, including Vic & The Salutations, died from cancer on 3/10/1989, age 54
1940 ● Fred Cash / → Vocals for Chicago soul/doo wop The Impressions, “It’s All Right” (#4, 1963)
1940 ● George Bellamy / → Rhythm guitar for Brit instrumental rock ‘n’ roll The Tornados, “Telstar” (#1, 1962), the first major US hit by a British group, solo, father of Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy
1941 ● Dave Arbus / → Founding member, violin, flute, saxophone and trumpet in Brit prog-rock/jazz fusion East Of Eden, “Jig A Jig” (UK #7, 1971), later with Fiddler’s Dram, violin solo on The Who‘s “Baba O’Reilly” (1970)
1942 ● Buzz Clifford / (Reese Francis Clifford) → Rock ‘n roll one hit wonder singer, “Babysittin’ Boogie” (#6, 1961), wrote songs recorded by Petula Clark, Lou Rawls, Leon Russell, Kris Kristofferson and others
1944 ● Susan Raye / → Country music singer with 19 Country Top 40 hits between 1969 and 1974, many as duets with mentor Buck Owens, and a lone crossover hit “L.A. International Airport” (#54, Country #9, 1971), dropped out of the industry in the late 70s, returned for two curtain call albums in 1985 and retired for good in 1986
1945 ● Butch Rillera / → Drummer for Native American rockers Redbone, “Come And Get Your Love” (#5, 1974)
1945 ● Ray Royer / → Guitarist for prog/psych rock Procol Harum, “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” (#5, 1967)
1947 ● Tony Wilson / → Bassist in Brit interracial R&B/soul-disco Hot Chocolate, “You Sexy Thing” (#3, 1976) and 27 other UK Top 40 hits, including one in every year from 1970 to 1984
1948 ● Johnny Ramone / (John Cummings) → Lead guitar and frontman in seminal punk rock band The Ramones, “Rockaway Beach” (#66, 1978), died of prostate cancer on 9/15/2004, age 55
1949 ● Hamish Stuart / → Bass and backing vocals for Scottish blue-eyed soul Average White Band, “Pick Up The Pieces” (#1, 1974), session work for Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan and others, member of Paul McCartney‘s backing band in the 90s
1949 ● Harry Bowens / → Vocals for eclectic R&B and rock fusion Was (Not Was), “Walk The Dinosaur” (#7, 1989)
1949 ● Michael Rosen / → Trumpeter for Scottish blue-eyed soul Average White Band, “Pick Up The Pieces” (#1, 1974), sessions
1950 ● Kool Bell / (Robert Earl Bell) → Founder, frontman, lead vocals, bass and songwriter for jazz-fusion then R&B/funk Kool & The Gang, “Celebration” (#1, 1980)
1952 ● Cliff Adams / → Trombonist for jazz-fusion then R&B/funk Kool & The Gang, “Celebration” (#1, 1980), also played with Patti LaBelle & The Bluebells, The Stylistics and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, died from liver failure on 1/12/2015, age 62
1959 ● James Johnstone / → Saxophone and guitar for post-punk jazz-funk-rock Pigbag, “Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag” (Dance/Club #56, UK #3, 1982)
1963 ● MC Large Drink / (Steve Perry) → Co-founder and lead vocals for jazz-rock-ska-swing revival octet Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, “Zoot Suit Riot” (Modern Rock #15, 1998)
1964 ● CeCe Winans / (Priscilla Winans) → Grammy-winning R&B/soul and gospel crossover singer in duets with brother BeBe (Benjamin), “Close To You” (R&B/Hip Hop #21, 2009) or solo, “Let Everything That Has Breath” (Dance/Club #8, 2006)
1965 ● C.J. Ramone / (Christopher John Ward) → Last bassist for seminal punk rock band The Ramones, “Rockaway Beach” (#66, 1978), replaced original member Dee Dee Ramone in 1986
1967 ● Teddy Riley / (Edward Theodore Riley) → Singer, producer, New Jack Swing pioneer, founder and frontman for R&B vocal group Blackstreet, “No Diggity” (#1, 1996), Grammy-winning song featuring Dr. Dre, solo, produced for Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown and others
1968 ● Leeroy Thornhill / → MC and vocals for “big beat” electronic dance/rap The Prodigy, “Firestarter” (#30, 1996)
1985 ● Bruno Mars / (Peter Gene Hernandez) → Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson impersonator turned contemporary R&B/pop and pop-rap singer, “Just The Way You Are” (#1, 2010)

October 09

1920 ● Yusef Lateef / (William Emanuel Huddleston) → Jazz, swing, bop, New Age and world music multi-instrumentalist (primarily saxophone), composer, educator, music publisher and doctoral PhD whose 60-year career included session work, band membership, solo albums, touring groups and highest-level professorship stints, died after a long battle with prostate cancer on 12/23/2013, age 93
1937 ● Pat Burke / → Jamaican-born flautist and saxophonist in Brit R&B/soul-pop The Foundations, “Baby Now That I’ve Found You” (#11, 1967)
1939 ● O.V. Wright / (Overton Vertis “O.V.” Wright) → R&B/gospel then Southern soul balladeer, “You’re Gonna Make Me Cry” (R&B #6, 1965) and five other R&B Top 40 hits, died from a drug abuse-related heart attack on 11/16/1980, age 41
1940 ● John Lennon / (John Winston Lennon) → Singer, songwriter, guitarist and founding member of The Beatles, with collaborator Paul McCartney co-wrote 21 US #1 hits, expressive if often neglected solo career, “Imagine” (#3, 1971) and 14 other Top 40 hits, social activist, sometime film actor, murdered outside his New York City apartment by a deranged fan on 12/8/1980, age 40
1944 ● John Entwistle / → Influential bass guitarist and founding member of The Who, “I Can See For Miles” (#9, 1967) plus 16 other Top 40 hits, solo, “Talk Dirty” (Mainstream Rock #41, 1982), Rolling Stone magazine reader poll #1 rock bassist of all time, died from a cocaine-induced heart attack on 6/27/2002, age 57
1944 ● Nona Hendryx / → R&B/soul, funk, pop and World music singer, songwriter and producer, founding member of 60s doo wop girl group The Bluebelles, which morphed into disco-funk Labelle, “Lady Marmalade” (#1, 1975), solo, “Why Should I Cry?” (#58, R&B #5, 1987), collaboration with Keith Richards, “Rock This House” (1985) and others, film and radio actress
1948 ● Jackson Browne / (Clyde Jackson Browne) → Laid-back California folk-rock singer, songwriter and guitarist, “Running On Empty” (#11, 1977) and nine other Top 40 singles and four Top 20 albums
1949 ● Rod Temperton / (Rodney Lynn Temperton) → Brit keyboardist and songwriter for R&B funk/disco Heatwave, wrote “Boogie Nights” (#2, R&B #5, UK #2, 1977), recruited by Quincy Jones to write for Michael Jackson and penned “Rock With You” ()#1, R&B #1, UK #7, 1979) and “Thriller” (# , 1988), among others, plus hits for George Benson, Donna Summer and others, died from cancer in the week preceding 10/5/2016, age 66
1954 ● James Fearnley / → Accordion for Irish folk-punk-rock The Pogues, “Tuesday Morning” (Rock #11, 1993)
1957 ● Ini Kamoze / (Cecil Campbell) → One hit wonder reggae/dance-club singer, “Here Comes The Hotstepper” (#1, 1994)
1959 ● Thomas Wydler / → Swiss drummer and core member of Aussie alt rock Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, “Where The Wild Roses Grow” (Australia #2, UK #11, 1995)
1961 ● Kurt Neumann / → Founder, guitar and vocals for roots rock The BoDeans, “Closer To Free” (#16, 1993)
1967 ● Mat Osman / → Bassist for Britpop indie rock Suede, “Trash” (UK #3, 1996)
1968 ● Vix / (Victoria Perks) → Violin and vocals for all-girl New Wave pop-punk quartet Fuzzbox (originally We’ve Got A Fuzz Box And We’re Gonna Use It), “International Rescue” (UK #11, 1989)
1969 ● P.J. Harvey / (Polly Jean Harvey) → Alt rock singer/songwriter and guitarist, bandleader for her self-named trio and solo artist, “Down By The Water” (Alt Rock #2, 1995)
1973 ● Terry Balsamo / → Lead guitarist for alt heavy metal Cold, “Stupid Girl” (Mainstream Rock #4, 2003), left to join Grammy-winning goth-pop-metal Evanescence, “My Immortal” (#7, 2004)
1975 ● Sean Lennon / (Sean Ono Lennon) → avant-garde-pop singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor, producer, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono and godson of Elton John, shares birthday with his deceased father
1978 ● Nicholas Byrne / → Vocals for Irish pop boy band Westlife, “Swear It Again” (#20, 2000) and 17 UK Top 10 hits
1979 ● Alex Greenwald / → Actor, model for The Gap clothing store and lead vocals and guitarist for power pop/indie rock Phantom Planet, “California” (Modern Rock #35, 2002)
1980 ● Brian Hurren / → Keyboards for Scottish Celtic folk-rock Runrig, “An Ubhal As Airde (The Highest Apple)” (UK #18, 1995)

October 10

1909 ● “Mother” Maybelle Carter / (Maybelle Addington) → Guitar, harmony vocals and 50-year member of traditional folk and country music act The Carter Family, matriarch of next-generation country-pop The Carter Sisters (“Pick The Wildwood Flower,” Country #34, 1973) with daughters Helen, June (later June Carter Cash) and Anita, performed until her death on 10/24/1978, age 69
1914 ● Ivory Joe Hunter / → The “Baron of the Boogie”, blues pianist, singer and early rock ‘n’ roller, “Since I Met You, Baby” (#12, R&B #1, 1956), died of lung cancer on 11/8/1974, age 60
1917 ● Thelonius Monk / → Jazz giant, pianist and composer, “Round Midnight” (1944) and the retrospective live album At Carnegie Hall (#107, 2005), died after a stroke on 2/17/1982, age 64
1923 ● Louis Gottlieb / → Baritone vocals, bass guitar and comic routines for folk-pop trio The Limeliters, “A Dollar Down” (#60, 1961), left the group in 1965 to co-found the hippie commune Morning Star Ranch in Sonoma County, CA, rejoined in 1973 and performed through to his death on 7/11/1996, age 72
1938 ● Larry Finnegan / (John Lawrence Finneran) → One hit wonder rock ‘n’ roll/pop singer, “Dear One” (#11, AUS #1, 1962), left the U.S. for Sweden and then Switzerland in the mid-60s, returned to the U.S. in the early 70s and died of a brain tumor on 7/22/1973, age 34
1943 ● Denis D’Ell / (Denis Dalziel) → Lead singer and harmonica player for one hit wonder English beat/pop-rock The Honeycombs, “Have I The Right?” (#5, 1964), died of cancer on 7/6/2005, age 61
1945 ● Alan Cartwright / (Alan George Cartwright) → Bassist for prog/psych rock Procol Harum, “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” (#5, 1967), left in 1975, now operates a pub
1945 ● Jerry Lacroix / → Journeyman harmonica, saxophone, songwriter and backing vocals for The Boogie Kings, Edgar Winter’s White Trash, Blood, Sweat & Tears and Rare Earth, sessions
1946 ● John Prine / → Influential folk-country-rock singer, songwriter and guitarist, albums Sweet Revenge (#135, 1973) and Grammy-winning Fair & Square (#55, 2005) and the oft-covered country-folk standard “Angel From Montgomery” (1971)
1948 ● Cyril Neville / → Vocals and percussion in New Orleans soul-funk sibling group The Neville Brothers, “Yellow Moon” (1989)
1951 ● Keith Grimes / → Backing band guitarist for Eva Cassidy, mixed-genre vocal interpreter of American classics and pop tunes including “Over The Rainbow” (1992)
1952 ● Sharon Osbourne / → Sensible wife of heavy metal king Ozzy Osbourne, TV actress and judge on The X Factor and America’s Got Talent, producer, business manager and promoter
1953 ● Midge Ure / (James Ure) → Scottish guitarist, singer and songwriter, first with bubblegum pop Slik, “Forever And Ever” (UK #1, 1976), left to form pop-rock The Rich Kids, “Rich Kids” (UK #24, 1978), then New Wave electro-synth-pop pioneers Ultravox, “Vienna” (UK #2, 1980) and 15 other UK Top 40 singles, co-organized charity group Band Aid, “Do They Know It’s Christmas” (#13, 1984), solo, “Dear God” (Mainstream Rock #6, 1989)
1954 ● David Lee Roth / → Flamboyant frontman, lead singer and songwriter for hard rock Van Halen, “Jump” (#1, 1984), solo, “Just Like Paradise” (#6, 1988), radio “shock jock” DJ with Howard Stern
1958 ● Tanya Tucker / → Country singer and songwriter, first hit at age 13 with “Delta Dawn” (#72, Country #6, 1972), scored 10 Country #1 hits including “Lizzie And The Rainman” (#37, Country #1, 1975), 1991 Country Music Association singer of the year, starred in her own fly-on-the-wall TV show, Tuckerville, in 2005
1959 ● Kirsty MacColl / → Brit singer and songwriter, “There’s A Guy Works Down In The Chip Shop (Swears He’s Elvis)” (UK #14, 1981) and “Walking Down Madison” (Dance/Club #18, 1991), died in a boating accident in Mexico on 12/18/2000, age 41
1960 ● Eric Martin / → Vocals for pop-metal “shredder” band Mr. Big, “To Be With You” (#1, 1992)
1960 ● Gail Greenwood / → Bass guitarist in alt rock Belly (“Feed The Tree,” #95, Alt Rock #1, UK #32, 1993) and grunge and riot grrrl L7 (“Pretend We’re Dead,” Alt Rock #8, UK #21, 1992), since 2003 with alt rock Benny Sizzler
1961 ● Martin Kemp / → Bassist for New Romantic pop-rock Spandau Ballet, “True” (#4, 1983)
1963 ● Jim Glennie / → Bassist in Brit alt pop-rock James, “Sit Down” (UK #2, 1991) and “Laid” (#61, Modern Rock #3, 1994)
1963 ● Jonny Male / → Guitarist for techno-pop Republica, “Drop Dead Gorgeous” (Modern Rock #39, 1997)
1964 ● Graham Crabb / → Drummer for dance-rock Pop Will Eat Itself, “X, Y & Zee” (Modern Rock #11, 1991)
1967 ● Mike Malinin / → Guitar and vocals for alt-rock Goo Goo Dolls, “Iris” (#1, 1998)
1972 ● Vinnie Tattanelli / → Drummer for power-pop Nine Days, “Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)” (#6, 2000)
1973 ● Scott Morriss / → Bassist for indie rock The Bluetones, “Slight Return” (UK #2, 1996)
1979 ● Mýa Marie Harrison / → R&B/smooth urban soul singer, “Case Of The Ex” (#2, 2000) and “Lady Marmalade” (#1, 2001) with Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim and Pink, dancer and actress
1981 ● Una Healy Foden / → Vocals in electro-pop girl-group The Saturdays, “Missing You” (UK #3, 2010) and twelve other UK Top 10 hits

October 11

1919 ● Art Blakey / (Arthur Blakey) → Grammy-winning jazz drummer and bandleader, played in various 40s big bands, in the 50s formed his own band, the influential and archetypical hard bop Jazz Messengers, led multiple lineups of the band and recorded his own solo albums until his death from lung cancer on 10/16/1990, age 71
1932 ● Dottie West / (Dorothy Marie Marsh) → Influential, top-tier country music singer and songwriter with 18 Country Top 20 singles, including “A Lesson In Leaving” (#73, AC #42, Country #1, 1980) plus four Country Top 5 duets with Kenny Rogers, similar to mentor Patsy Cline faced respect issues in a male-dominated Nashville scene, financial problems plagued her during declining popularity in the 80s, sustained injuries in a roll-over car accident on her way to a comeback performance at the Grand Old Opry and died during surgery five days later on 9/4/1991, age 58
1936 ● Joe Ligon / (Willie Joe Ligon) → Founder and preacher-style lead vocalist for Grammy-winning contemporary gospel quartet The Might Clouds Of Joy, their blend of traditional gospel with R&B, soul and pop influences produced two charting singles, “Amazing Grace” (#3, Dance/Club #2, R&B #4, UK #15, 1975) and the disco hit “Mighty High” (Dance/Club #1, 1976) plus multiple gospel music awards over a five decade career, died from unspecified causes on 12/11/2016, age 80
1946 ● Daryl Hall / (Daryl Hohl) → Singer/songwriter and one half of Philly soul-pop-rock duo Hall & Oates, “Private Eyes” (#1, 1981), plus 20 other Top 20 hits
1946 ● Gary Mallaber / → Drummer with blues-rock then psych-rock then pop-rock Steve Miller Band, “The Joker” (#1, 1973), then session work for dozens of artists, including Peter Frampton, Poco, Van Morrison and Bonnie Raitt
1950 ● Andrew Woolfolk / → Saxophonist for R&B/soul-dance-pop Earth, Wind & Fire, “Shining Star” (#1, 1975)
1957 ● Blair Cunningham / → Drummer for New Wave funk-pop Haircut 100, “Love Plus One” (#37, 1982)
1957 ● Chris Joyce / → Drummer and co-founder of Brit soul-pop Simply Red, “Holding Back The Years” (#1, 1986)
1958 ● Tony Moore / → Brit singer/songwriter, musician, radio personality and music promoter who was briefly keyboardist for heavy metal Iron Maiden and later with New Wave pop-rock Cutting Crew, “(I Just) Died In Your Arms” (#1, 1987), founded new music nightclub The Kashmir Klub in 1997 and currently manages other London music venues
1962 ● Andy McCoy / (Antti Hulkko) → Guitarist for Finnish glam-punk-metal Hanoi Rocks, covered Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s “Up Around The Bend” (UK #61, 1984)
1962 ● Scott Johnson / → Vocals and guitar for power-pop Gin Blossoms, “Found Out About You” (Modern Rock #1, 1994)
1971 ● MC Lyte / (Lana Michele Moorer) → Rapper, “Cold Rock A Party” (#11, Rap #1, 1997), first female to release a full rap album (Lyte As A Rock, 1988), sometime TV actress
1973 ● Brendan Brown / → Vocals and guitar for post-grunge Wheatus, “Teenage Dirtbag” (Modern Rock #7, 2001)

October 12

1927 ● Joe Olivier / → Guitarist with early and important rock ‘n’ roll group Bill Haley & His Comets, “Rock Around The Clock” (#1, 1955)
1929 ● Nappy Brown / (Napoleon Brown Goodson Culp) → R&B/gospel, blues and early rock ‘n’ roll-era singer and songwriter with a distinctive sing-song, added consonants delivery and several hits in the 50s, including “Don’t Be Angry” (#25, R&B #2, 1955), faded by 1960 but enjoyed a career revival in the 80s, died in his sleep on 9/20/2008, age 78
1935 ● Luciano Pavarotti / → Highly successful and widely-admired Italian opera star and pop music singer, performed on Saturday Night Live and sang with U2 on “Miss Sarajevo”, died from pancreatic cancer on 9/6/1977, age 71
1935 ● Sam Moore / (Samuel David Hicks) → Tenor vocals and one half of R&B/soul Sam & Dave, “Soul Man” (#2, 1967), the most successful and critically-acclaimed soul music duo of all time
1942 ● Melvin Franklin / → Bass vocals for Motown R&B/soul legends The Temptations, “My Girl” (#1, 1965) and Grammy-winning “Papa Was A Rolling Stone” (#1, 1972), died after a coma-inducing seizure on 2/23/1995, age 52
1948 ● Rick Parfitt / → Vocals and rhythm guitar for Brit psych-boogie rock Status Quo, “Pictures Of Matchstick Men” (#12, 1968)
1955 ● Jane Siberry / → Canadian art-pop-rock singer and songwriter, “One More Colour” (Canada #27, 1985) from the album The Speckless Sky (#149, 1986)
1955 ● Pat DiNizio / → Lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for alt pop-rock The Smithereens, “Only A Memory” (Mainstream Rock #1, 1988), solo albums plus XM satellite radio programmer and unsuccessful US Senate candidate
1956 ● Dave Vanian / (David Letts) → Singer and founding member of first-wave punk rockers The Damned, “Eloise” (UK #3, 1986), solo, now hosts TV show featuring homemade horror movies contributed by viewers
1966 ● Brian Kennedy / → Irish singer/songwriter, played in Van Morrison band, solo, “Life, Love And Happiness”, (UK #27, 1996), appeared on Broadway in The River Dance
1969 ● Martie Maguire / (Martha Elenor Erwin) → Multi-instrumentalist singer and songwriter with country-rock girl group Dixie Chicks, “Not Ready To Make Nice” (#4, 2006)
1979 ● Jordan Pundik / → Founding member, lyricist and lead vocals for pop-punk New Found Glory, “My Friends Over You” (Alt Rock #5, 2002)

October 13

1937 ● Bruce “Cousin Brucie” Morrow / (Bruce Meyerowitz) → Beloved 60s and 70s pop-rock Top 40 radio DJ (WABC-am New York), then media businessman and currently Sirius XM satellite radio host
1940 ● Chris Farlowe / (John Henry Deighton)) → Rock, blues and blue-eyed soul singer, covered the Jagger/Richards song, “Out of Time” (UK #1, 1966), session work for Colosseum, Atomic Rooster, Jimmy Page and others
1941 ● Paul Simon / → Highly acclaimed and ten-time Grammy-winning folk-pop-rock singer, songwriter and guitarist, one half the 60 folk-pop duo Simon & Garfunkel, “Bridge Over Trouble Water” (#1, 1970), solo, “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” (#1, 1975) and 12 other Top 40 hits plus the 1986 Grammy Album of the Year, Graceland (#3, 1987)
1944 ● Robert Lamm / → Founding member, vocals, keyboards and songwriter for horn-pop-rock Chicago, wrote “25 Or 6 To 4” (#4, 1970) and “Saturday In The Park” (#3, 1972), solo with seven albums plus a 2000 collaboration album with Gerry Beckley (America) and Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys)
1947 ● Sammy Hagar / → Hard rock guitarist and lead singer with early heavy metal band Montrose, “Bad Motor Scooter” (1973), solo, “Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy” (#13, 1983), replaced David Lee Roth in Van Halen, “When It’s Love” (#5, 1988), resumed solo career in 1995
1948 ● John Ford Coley / (John Edward Colley) → Guitar and vocals in folk-pop duo England Dan & John Ford Coley, “I’d Really Love To See You Tonight” (#2, 1976)
1948 ● Peter David Spencer / → Drums and vocals for pop-rock Smokie, “Living Next Door To Alice” (#25, 1977)
1950 ● Simon Nicol / → Guitarist for renowned Brit folk-rock Fairport Convention, “Si Tu Dos Partir” (UK #21, 1969)
1959 ● Gerry Darby / → Founding member and drummer for Brit jazz-pop-rock Carmel, “Bad Day” (UK #15, 1983)
1959 ● Marie Osmond / → Youngest sibling of family-oriented light pop-rock The Osmonds, ten US Top 40 singles including “One Bad Apple” (#1, 1971), country-pop solo career, “Paper Roses” (#5, Country #1, 1973) and seven other Country Top 40 hits, TV host
1962 ● Rob Marche / → Guitarist for dance-pop-rock Jo Boxers, “Boxer Beat” (UK #3, 1983)
1968 ● Carlos Marin / → Baritone for pre-fab Euro-pop vocal quartet Il Divo, “Unbreak My Heart” (Adult Contemporary #33, 2005)
1970 ● Paul Potts / → Welsh crossover opera singer and winner of the first series of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent, debut album One Chance (#21, UK #1, 2007)
1977 ● Justin Peroff / (Justin Papadimitriou) → Canadian drummer for jazz/pop/rock Broken Social Scene, “1 2 3 4” (UK #4, 2007), TV and film actor
1980 ● Ashanti / (Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas) → R&B/contemporary urban singer, songwriter, dancer and actress, “Foolish” (#1, 2002)
1981 ● Kele / (Kelechukwu Rowland Okereke) → Lead singer and rhythm guitarist for indie pop-punk revival Bloc Party, “Helicopter” (Dance #5, 2006), solo

October 14

1926 ● Bill Justis / (William Everett Justis, Jr.) → Record company music director, arranger and film score composer (Smokey And The Bandit, 1977), co-wrote and played saxophone on his one hit wonder pioneer instrumental rock n’ roll song “Raunchy” (#2, 1957), died of cancer on 7/15/1982, age 55
1930 ● Robert Parker / → New Orleans R&B/soul and rock ‘n’ roll singer and saxophonist, sessions for Fats Domino, Ernie K-Doe and others, then one hit wonder solo career, “Barefootin'” (#7, 1966)
1940 ● Cliff Richard / (Harry Rodger Webb) → The “Brit Elvis” and biggest selling artist of all time in the UK, early rock n’ roll star, “Move It” (UK #2, 1958) credited as the first rock ‘n’ roll song from outside the U.S., then migrated to MOR pop and light rock, “Devil Woman” (#6, UK #9, 1976) plus over 100 UK Top 40 hits, TV actor
1942 ● Billy Harrison / → Backing vocals and guitar for the early lineups of Irish garage-rock, proto-punk Them, “Gloria” (#71, 1966)
1945 ● Bomber Hodgkinson / (Colin Hodgkinson) → Jazz-rock bassist, co-founded 70s bass-centric fusion trio Back Door, session work for Jan Hammer, Alexis Korner, the Spencer Davis Group, Whitesnake and others
1946 ● Dan McCafferty / → Founding member and lead singer of Scottish hard rock Nazareth, “Love Hurts” (#8, 1976), has appeared on all Nazareth albums plus two solo LPs
1946 ● David Justin Hayward / → Guitar and vocals for prog rock then pop-rock The Moody Blues, wrote “Nights In White Satin” (#2, 1967) and “Your Wildest Dreams” (#9, 1986), still touring in 2011
1947 ● Norman Harris / → R&B/Philly soul guitarist, founding member of MFSB, producer for multiple R&B/soul groups including The Delfonics and The Trammps, co-wrote hits for Gloria Gaynor, Wilson Pickett, the Spinners and others as part of the Baker-Harris-Young songwriting team, died of a heart attack on 3/20/1987, age 39
1948 ● Ivory Tilmon / → Vocals in R&B/soul brother act The Detroit Emeralds, “Feel The Need In Me” (R&B #22, 1973)
1948 ● Marcia Barrett / → West Indian vocalist in R&B/disco Euro-dance Boney M, “Rivers Of Babylon” (#30, UK #1, 1978)
1952 ● Chris Amoo / → Vocals for Brit Northern soul/funk quartet The Real Thing, “You To Me Are Everything” (#64, UK #1, 1976)
1958 ● Thomas Dolby / (Thomas Morgan Robertson) → Multi-instrumentalist New Wave synth-pop singer and composer, “She Blinded Me With Science” (#5, 1982), also member of Camera Club and the Lene Lovich band, producer for Joni Mitchell, Prefab Sprout and others, developed the RMF downloadable file format and Beatnik mobile phone software
1959 ● A.J. Pero / (Anthony Jude Pero) → Drummer for heavy metal Twisted Sister, “We’re Not Gonna Take It” (#21, 1983), continued to perform with the band until his death from a heart attack on 3/20/2015, age 55
1959 ● Antimo Rivetti / → Manager for Brit teen-pop blue-eyed soul Curiosity Killed The Cat, “Down To Earth” (UK #3, 1986)
1965 ● Karyn White / → Contemporary R&B/pop singer, “Superwoman” (#8, 1988), now an interior design and real estate consultant
1974 ● Natalie Maines / (Natalie Maines Pasdar) → Singer, songwriter and guitarist for country-rock girl group Dixie Chicks, “Not Ready To Make Nice” (#4, 2006) plus Grammy Album of the Year Taking The Long Way (2006)
1975 ● Shaznay Lewis / → Singer in Brit dance-pop-rock all-girl quartet All Saints, “Never Ever” (#4, 1998)
1978 ● Usher Raymond / → The reigning “King of R&B,” Grammy-winning pop-soul singer, songwriter, dancer and actor, “Nice & Slow” (#1, 1998) plus 13 other Top 10 singles and three #1 albums

Albums Released This Week (October 2 – 8)

Here’s a sampling of the BEST music ever made! Great albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s rock and pop released this week (and some related albums of note):

October 02


● The Ventures —— The Colorful Ventures ► Rock n Roll Instrumental >> 1961
● The Kinks —— The Kinks [UK] ► British Rock >> 1964
● The Kinks —— You Really Got Me ► British Rock >> 1964
● Dolly Parton —— Coat Of Many Colors ► Country >> 1971
● J. Geils Band —— The Morning After ► Blues-Rock >> 1971
● Barry White —— Stone Gon’ ► Soul >> 1973
● Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart —— Bongo Fury ► Art Rock >> 1975
● Neil Young —— Comes A Time ► Folk-Rock >> 1978
● Chicago —— Hot Streets ► Jazz-Rock >> 1978
● Bob Marley & The Wailers —— Survival ► Roots Reggae >> 1979
● The Police —— Ghost In The Machine ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Bathory —— Bathory ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1984
● The Replacements —— Let It Be ► College Rock >> 1984
● Sheena Easton —— A Private Heaven ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Neil Young —— Freedom ► Blues-Rock >> 1989
● The Kinks —— UK Jive ► British Rock >> 1989
● Tiffany —— New Inside ► Dance-Pop >> 1990
● Oasis —— (What’s The Story) Morning Glory ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1995
● Iron Maiden —— The X Factor ► Heavy Metal >> 1995
● Richard Marx —— The Best Of Richard Marx ► Adult Contemporary Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Billy Joel —— The Essential Billy Joel ► Pop-Rock >> 2001
● The Rembrandts —— Lost Together ► Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Machine Head —— Supercharger ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal >> 2001
● Bob Dylan —— Dylan ► Folk-Rock >> 2007
● Matchbox Twenty —— Exile On Mainstream ► Alt. Rock >> 2007
● Bruce Springsteen —— Magic ► Heartland Rock >> 2007
● John Fogerty —— Revival ► Folk-Rock >> 2007
● Van Morrison —— Born To Sing: No Plan B ► Folk-Rock >> 2012
● Heart —— Fanatic ► Album Rock >> 2012
● The Tragically Hip —— Now For Plan A ► Folk-Rock >> 2012
● Janet Jackson —— Unbreakable ► Pop-Soul >> 2105

October 03


● The Kingston Trio —— The Last Month Of The Year ► Folk-Pop >> 1960
● Merle Haggard —— Mama Tried ► Classic Country >> 1968
● George Harrison —— Extra Texture (Read All About It) [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● The Who —— The Who By Numbers ► British Rock >> 1975
● Elvis Presley —— Elvis In Concert ► Adult Contemporary >> 1977
● The Police —— Zenyatta Mondatta ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Diamond Head —— Lightning To The Nations ► Heavy Metal (Brit New Wave) >> 1980
● Lindsey Buckingham —— Law And Order ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Genesis —— Genesis ► Prog Rock >> 1983
● Keith Richards —— Talk Is Cheap ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● Tracy Chapman —— Crossroads ► Folk-Rock >> 1989
● Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville —— Cry Like A Rainstorm – Howl Like The Wind ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Mark Knopfler —— Last Exit To Brooklyn [Sndtrk] ► Roots Rock >> 1989
● Jack Bruce —— A Question Of Time ► Prog Rock/Fusion >> 1989
● Otis Day & The Knights —— Shout ► Soul >> 1989
● Blind Guardian —— Tales From The Twilight World ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1990
● Scarface —— Mr. Scarface Is Back ► Gangsta Rap >> 1991
● Twisted Sister —— Live At Hammersmith ► Hair Metal >> 1994
● The Cranberries —— No Need To Argue ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Brenda Lee —— The Very Best With Love ► Country-Pop >> 1994
● Mariah Carey —— Daydream ► Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Radiohead —— Kid A ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2000
● The Doobie Brothers —— Sibling Rivalry ► Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Luis Miguel —— Vivo ► Latin Pop >> 2000
● Paul Simon —— You’re The One ► Folk-Pop >> 2000
● Cream —— Royal Albert Hall May 2-3-5-6, 2005 ► Blues-Rock >> 2005
● New Order —— Singles ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Evanescence —— The Open Door ► Hard Rock/Alt Metal >> 2006

October 04


● Frank Zappa —— 200 Motels [Sndtrk] ► Art Rock >> 1971
● Rod Stewart —— Smiler ► Album Rock >> 1974
● John Lennon —— Walls And Bridges [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● Elton John —— Rock Of The Westies ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● Trooper —— Untitled ► Hard Rock >> 1980
● Hall & Oates —— H20 ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● The Associates —— Sulk ► New Wave/New Romantic >> 1982
● Jefferson Starship —— Winds Of Change ► Arena Rock >> 1982
● Barbra Streisand —— Emotion ► Easy Listening >> 1984
● Ultramagnetic MC’s —— Critical Beatdown ► East Coast Rap >> 1988
● Anita Baker —— Giving You The Best That I Got ► Quiet Storm >> 1988
● Eddie Money —— Nothing To Lose ► Album Rock >> 1988
● Savatage —— Streets: A Rock Opera ► Heavy Metal/Speed Metal >> 1991
● Dannii Minogue —— Get Into You ► Dance-Pop >> 1993
● Entombed —— Wolverine Blues ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1993
● Bon Jovi —— Cross Road ► Arena Rock >> 1994
● Accept —— Death Row ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Metal >> 1994
● Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble —— Music For The Native Americans ► Roots Rock >> 1994
● The dB’s —— Paris Avenue ► Power Pop >> 1994
● R.E.M. —— R.E.M.: Singles Collected ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Manfred Mann’s Earth Band —— The Best Of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band Re-Mastered ► Hard Rock >> 1999
● The Clash —— From Here To Etrenity: Live ► Punk >> 1999
● Bloodhound Gang —— Hooray For Boobies [UK] ► Post-Punk Alt Metal >> 1999
● David Bowie —— Hours ► Glam Rock >> 1999
● The Church —— Beside Yourself ► Alt. Power Pop >> 2004
● Little Feat —— Barnstormin’ Live, Vol. 2 ► Southern Rock >> 2005
● Bonnie Raitt —— The Essentials ► Blues-Rock >> 2005
● Talking Heads —— Talking Heads ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 2005
● Blondie —— At The BBC ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 2010
● Indigo Girls —— Beauty Queen Sister ► Folk-Rock >> 2011

October 05


● Muddy Waters —— Electric Mud ► Electric Blues >> 1968
● Led Zeppelin —— Led Zeppelin III ► Hard Rock >> 1970
● Elton John —— Goodbye Yellow Brick Road ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● The Rolling Stones —— No Stone Unturned ► Blues-rock >> 1973
● Bryan Ferry —— These Foolish Things ► Prog. Rock >> 1973
● Joe Jackson —— I’m The Man ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1979
● The Who —— Quadrophenia [Sndtrk] ► British Rock >> 1979
● The Police —— Reggatta De Blanc ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1979
● Saxon —— Denim And Leather ► Heavy Metal >> 1981
● Einstürzende Neubatuten —— Kollaps ► Industrial Electronica >> 1981
● Depeche Mode —— Speak & Spell ► Synth-Pop >> 1981
● J. Geils Band —— You’re Getting’ Even While I’m Getting’ Odd ► Blues-Rock >> 1984
● Mike + The Mechanics —— Mike + The Mechanics ► Brit Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Belinda Carlisle —— Heaven On Earth ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Terence Trent D’Arby —— Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D’Arby ► Pop-R&B >> 1987
● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Legend ► Southern Rock >> 1987
● The Go-Go’s —— Greatest ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Galaxie 500 —— This Is Our Music ► Dream Pop >> 1990
● American Music Club —— Everclear ► Roots Rock >> 1991
● Heart —— Rock The House Live! ► Album Rock >> 1991
● Bonnie Tyler —— Angel Heart ► Pop Vocals (Female) >> 1992
● Uncle Tupelo —— Anodyne ► Alt. Country >> 1993
● The Afghan Whigs —— Gentlemen ► Post-Punk >> 1993
● Redd Kross —— Phaseshifter ► Alt. Power Pop >> 1993
● Belinda Carlisle —— Real ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Def Leppard —— Retro Active ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Siouxsie And The Banshees —— Twice Upon A Time: The Singles ► Alt. Rock >> 1992
● Republica —— Republica [UK] ► Punk Rock/Techno-Pop >> 1996
● Ash —— Nu-Clear Sounds [UK] ► Punk-Pop >> 1998
● The Band —— The Best Of The Band, Vol. II ► Folk-Rock >> 1999
● Melissa Etheridge —— Breakdown ► Roots Rock >> 1999
● XTC —— Homespun ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Brenda Lee —— Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree ► Country-Pop >> 1999
● Soul Asylum —— After The Flood: Live From The Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997 ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2004
● R.E.M. —— Around The Sun ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2004
● Korn —— Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 ► Post-Grunge/Nu Metal >> 2004
● Son Volt —— Okemah & The Melody Of Riot ► Alt. Country-Rock >> 2006
● The Stranglers —— Giants ► Punk-Rock >> 2012

October 06


● Jack Bruce —— Songs For A Tailor ► Prog Rock/Fusion >> 1969
● Genesis —— Foxtrot ► Prog Rock >> 1972
● Jesse Colin Young —— Song for Juli ► Folk-Rock >> 1973
● Rachel Sweet —— Fool Around ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Hawkwind —— Hawklords – 25 Years On ► Heavy Metal >> 1978
● Lionel Richie —— Lionel Richie ► Soul-Dance >> 1982
● George Strait —— Right Or Wrong ► Classic Country >> 1983
● Metal Church —— The Dark ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1986
● A-Ha —— Scoundrel Days ► Synth-Pop >> 1986
● R.E.M. —— Automatic For The People ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1992
● The Tragically Hip —— Fully Completely ► Folk-Rock >> 1992
● Soul Asylum —— Grave Dancer’s Union ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Joan Baez —— Play Me Backwards ► Folk-Pop >> 1992
● Bob Marley & The Wailers —— Songs Of Freedom ► Roots Reggae >> 1992
● Aphex Twin —— Come To Daddy ► Electronica – Dark Ambient >> 1997
● Manu Chao —— Clandestino ► Latin Reggae >> 1998
● John Mellencamp —— John Mellencamp ► Roots Rock >> 1998
● Son Volt —— Wide Swing Tremelo ► Alt. Country-rock >> 1998
● Kansas —— Device-Voice-Drum ► Prog/Arena Rock >> 2002
● Bob Dylan —— The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006 ► Folk-Rock >> 2008
● Oasis —— Dig Out Your Soul ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 2008
● The Clash —— Live At Shea Sadium ► Punk >> 2008
● Everclear —— In A Different Light ► Grunge-Punk >> 2009
● Kiss —— Sonic Boom ► Hard Rock >> 2009

October 07


● The Beach Boys —— Little Deuce Coupe ► Pop-Rock >> 1963
● XTC —— 3D EP ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1977
● Dire Straits —— Dire Straits ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Heart —— Dog & Butterfly ► Album Rock >> 1978
● Loverboy —— Get Lucky ► Arena Rock >> 1981
● John Cougar Mellencamp —— Uh-Huh ► Roots Rock >> 1983
● Cilla Black —— Surprisimngly Cilla ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Slayer —— Reign In Blood ► Heavy Metal >> 1986
● Talking Heads —— True Stories ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 1986
● Exodus —— Pleasures Of The Flesh ► Heavy Metal >> 1987
● Metal Church —— Hanging In The Balance ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1993
● The Shamen —— Hempton Manor ► Alt Rock/Electro-Psych >> 1996
● Steve Earle —— El Corazón ► Alt. Country >> 1997
● Leonard Cohen —— More Of The Best Of Leonard Cohen ► Folk-Rock >> 1997
● Blondie —— Picture This Live ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1997
● R.E.M. —— R.E.M.: In The Attic – Alternative Recordings 1985-1989 ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Everclear —— So Much For The Afterglow ► Grunge-Punk >> 1997
● The Four Tops —— The Ultimate Collection ► Soul – Motown >> 1997
● Janet Jackson —— The Velvet Rope ► Pop-Soul >> 1997
● Mötley Crüe —— 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Mötley Crüe ► Heavy Metal >> 2003
● Styx —— 21st Century Live ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2003
● Gov’t Mule —— The Deepest End: Live In Concert ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock >> 2003
● Jimmy Buffett —— Live In Auburn, WA ► Folk-Rock >> 2003
● Twisted Sister —— A Twisted Christmas ► Hair Metal >> 2006
● The Pretenders —— Break Up The Concrete ► Post-Punk >> 2008
● Natalie Cole —— Caroling, Caroling: Christmas With Natalie Cole ► Holiday Soul-Pop >> 2008
● Jackson Browne —— Standing In The Breach ► Folk-Rock >> 2014

October 08


● Dusty Springfield —— Ev’rything’s Coming Up Dusty ► Pop-Rock >> 1965
● The Hollies —— Distant Light [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Hawkwind —— In Search Of Space ► Space Rock >> 1971
● The Move —— Message From The Country ► Pop Psychedelic >> 1971
● Billy Preston —— Music Is My Life ► Soul-Funk >> 1972
● The Moody Blues —— This Is The Moody Blues [UK] ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1974
● Diana Ross —— Mahogany ► Soul – Motown >> 1975
● Prince —— Dirty Mind ► Dance-Pop >> 1980
● Talking Heads —— Remain In Light ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 1980
● Mike Love —— Looking Back With Love ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Joy Division —— Still ► Post-Punk >> 1981
● Diamond Head —— Borrowed Time ► Heavy Metal (Brit New Wave) >> 1982
● Madness —— Presents The Rise & Fall ► Ska >> 1982
● The Fall —— The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk >> 1984
● Van Morrison —— Enlightenment ► Folk-Rock >> 1990
● Ringo Starr —— Ringo Starr And His All-Starr Band Volume 2: Live From Montreux ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Simple Minds —— Themes – Volume 3: September 85 – June 87 ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1990
● Eric Clapton —— 24 Nights ► Blues-Rock >> 1991
● Soundgarden —— Badmotorfinger ► Grunge Rock >> 1991
● Primal Scream —— Screamadelica ► Indie Rock >> 1991
● 2 Live Crew —— Sports Weekend ► East Coast Rap >> 1991
● Pixies —— Trompe Le Monde ► Garage Rock >> 1991
● John Mellencamp —— Whenever We Wanted ► Roots Rock >> 1991
● Simple Minds —— Glittering Prize 81/92 ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1992
● Robert Earl Keen, Jr. —— A Bigger Piece Of Sky ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Chris Isaak —— Baja Sessions ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Jimmy Buffett —— Christmas Island ► Folk-Rock >> 1996
● Chemlab —— East Side Militia ► Industrial Rock >> 1996
● Karen Carpenter —— Karen Carpenter ► Easy Listening >> 1996
● Colin James —— National Steel ► Blues-Rock >> 1997
● Simple Minds —— Neon Lights ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 2001
● Bon Jovi —— Bounce ► Arena Rock >> 2002
● Gov’t Mule —— The Deep End, Vol. 2 ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock >> 2002
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— The Last DJ ► Album Rock >> 2002
● Slaughter —— Then and Now: Slaughter ► Hair Metal >> 2002
● The Apples In Stereo —— Velocity Of Sound ► Indie Pop-Rock/Power Pop >> 2002

This Week’s Birthdays (October 1 – 7)

Happy Birthday this week to:

October 01

1913 ● Charles Randolph Grean / → Songwriter and producer, worked with various big bands in the 40s, wrote or co-wrote several hits in the 50s, including novelty pop “The Thing” for Phil Harris (#1, 1950), “I Dreamed” for his wife, Betty Johnson (#12, 1956) and Leonard Nimoy, lost a plagiarism lawsuit against him for the music to “I Dreamed” which was alleged to have copied Fred Spielman’s “Rendezvous” from 1953, died from natural causes on 12/20/2003, age 90

1927 ● Buddy McRae / (Floyd McRae) → Founding member and second tenor vocals for one hit wonder R&B/doo wop The Chords, one of the earliest black groups to cross over to the pop charts with “Sh-Boom” (#9, R&B #3, 1954), died on 3/19/2013, age 85

1930 ● Richard Harris / → Irish actor, film director, theatrical producer and adult contemporary singer/songwriter, “Macarthur Park” (#2, 1968), died of Hodgkin’s disease on 10/25/2002, age 72

1932 ● Albert Collins / → The “Master of the Telecaster,” influential electric blues singer and guitarist, “Get Your Business Straight” (R&B #46, 1972) and Grammy-winning album Live ’92/93 (1993), died from liver cancer on 11/24/1993, age 61

1934 ● Geoff Stephens / → Brit songwriter and record producer, created US one hit wonder The New Vaudeville Band with a collection of studio musicians to record his Grammy-winning novelty pop hit “Winchester Cathedral” (#1, UK #4, 1966) and several other minor hits in the UK, also wrote hits for The Holliess, Tom Jones, Hot Chocolate, David Soul and many others

1935 ● Julie Andrews / (Julia Elizabeth Wells) → Film and stage actress, author and Grammy-winning singer, “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” (#66, 1965)

1940 ● Steve O’Rourke / → Booking agent turned band manager for space/psych/prog rock Pink Floyd following the departure of founding member Syd Barrett in 1968, continued to manage the group’s affairs while pursuing a parallel career as an historic race car driver, died from a stroke on 10/30/2003, age 63

1942 ● Herb Fame / (Herbert Feemster) → Male vocalist and only constant member of R&B/soul-pop duo Peaches & Herb, “Reunited” (#1, 1978), now a Washington, DC police officer

1943 ● Jerry Martini / → Co-founder and saxophone for R&B/funk Sly & The Family Stone, “Everyday People” (#1, 1969), played with Rubicon and Prince’s backing band

1944 ● Barbara Parritt / → Singer for R&B/pop girl trio The Toys, “A Lover’s Concerto” (#2, 1965)

1944 ● Toubo Rhoad / (Herbert Rhoad) → Baritone vocals for a cappella The Persuasions, “Chain Gang” (1971), died while on tour with the group on 12/8/1988, age 44

1945 ● Donny Hathaway / → Rising star smooth R&B/soul singer best known for duets with Roberta Flack, including “Where Is The Love?” (#5, 1972), jumped from New York City hotel window 1/13/1979, age 33

1947 ● Jane Dornacker / → Rock vocalist and stand-up comedienne turned TV traffic reporter, early member of camp-rock pop-rock satirists The Tubes (“She’s A Beauty,” #10, 1978), died in a news traffic helicopter crash in New York City on 10/22/1986 , age 39

1947 ● Martin Turner / → Founding member, bass and vocals for prog/hard rock, twin lead guitar pioneers Wishbone Ash, “Time Was” (1972)

1947 ● Rob Davis / → Guitarist for Brit “good time” glam-rock ‘n’ roll Mud, “Tiger Feet” (UK #1, 1974), songwriter who co-wrote “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head” for Kylie Minogue (#7, 2002)

1948 ● Mariska Veres / → Lead vocals and frontgal for Dutch pop-rock one hit wonder Shocking Blue, “Venus” (#1, 1970), died from cancer on 12/2/2006, age 58

1948 ● Cub Koda / (Michael Koda) → Guitarist, founder, frontman and songwriter for hard rock Brownsville Station, “Smokin’ In The Boys Room” (#3, 1973), solo career, disc jockey and music journalist, died from kidney failure on 7/5/2000, age 51

1955 ● Howard Hewett / → Lead vocalist and frontman for R&B-urban contemporary Shalamar, solo “I’m For Real” (R&B #2, 1986), solo

1957 ● Andy Walton / → Drummer for glam pop-rock Kenny, “The Bump” (UK #3, 1975)

1958 ● Martin Cooper / → Saxophonist and occasional songwriter for New Wave synth-pop Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, “If You Leave” (#4, 1986), painter

1959 ● Youssou N’Dour / → Senegalese dance-pop percussionist and singer, vocals on Paul Simon’s “Graceland” (1986), solo, “7 Seconds” (#98, UK #3, 1994), worked with Peter Gabriel, Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Sting and others

1968 ● Kevin Griffin / → Founder, guitarist, songwriter and lead vocalist for alt pop-rock Better Than Ezra, “Good” (#30, Modern Rock #1, 1995)

1974 ● Keith Duffy / → Vocals for Irish teen-pop boy band Boyzone, “No Matter What” (Adult Contemporary #12, 1999), TV actor

1976 ● Richard Oakes / → Guitarist for Britpop indie rock Suede, “Trash” (UK #3, 1996)

1985 ● Dizzee Rascal / (Dylan Kwabena Mills) → British garage songwriter, record producer and rapper, “Holiday (UK #1, 2009)

October 02

1933 ● David Somerville / → Canadian singer and songwriter, co-founder and original lead singer for pop vocal group The Diamonds, “Little Darlin'” (#2, 1957) and fourteen other Top 40 hits between 1956 and 1961, co-wrote the theme song to TV drama series The Fall Guy (1981-1986) with show producer Glen Larson of The Four Preps, with whom he toured in the 80s, died from cancer on 7/14/2015, age 81

1935 ● René Herrera / → Mexican-American singer and, with René Ornelas, one half of the Tejano-pop duo René y René with two minor 60s hits, “Angelito” (“Little Angel”) (#43, 1964) and “Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero (The More I Love You)” (AC #14, 1969), one of the first Chicano acts on American Bandstand in 1964, retired in 1969 for a career in banking, died from cancer on 12/20/2005, age 70

1938 ● Nick Gravenites / → Blues, rock and folk guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer, worked with Quicksilver Messenger Service and Janis Joplin’s Kozmic Blues Band, joined The Butterfield Blues Band and founded blues-rock Electric Flag with Mike Bloomfield, wrote the score to the film The Trip (1967) and produced the music to the film Steelyard Blues (1973), inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2003

1939 ● Lolly Vegas / (Candido Vasquez-Vegas) → With brother Patrick, co-founder, guitar and vocals for Native American rockers Redbone, “Come And Get Your Love” (#5, 1974), died 3/4/2010, age 70

1941 ● Ron Meagher / → Co-founder and bassist in pop-rock The Beau Brummels, “Laugh, Laugh” (#15, 1964)

1945 ● Don McLean / → Folk-rock singer/songwriter best known for his 8 minute epic, “American Pie” (#1, 1971), the song inspired by and a tribute to the death of Buddy Holly

1946 ● Ron Griffiths / → Bassist, vocals and songwriter for power pop quartet The Iveys, “Maybe Tomorrow” (#67, 1968), left before the band changed its name and became Badfinger

1947 ● Skip Konte / (Frank Konte) → Record producer, movie score writer and pop-rock keyboardist, joined The Blues Image in 1967 and co-wrote “Ride Captain Ride” (#4, 1970), left in 1973 to join pop-rock Three Dog Night (“Joy To The World,” #1, 1971), formed KonteMedia and produced the sci-fi movie Meridian in 2010

1949 ● Richard Hell / (Richard Lester Meyers) → Bassist, singer and songwriter, one of the original New York punk rockers, co-founded punk-rock Television, then fronted The Voidoids, “Blank Generation” (1977), now an author

1950 ● Mike Rutherford / → Bass, backing vocals and one of two constant members of prog-rock turned pop-rock Genesis, “Invisible Touch” (#1, 1986), fronts side project Mike + The Mechanics, “All I Need Is A Miracle” (#5, 1986)

1951 ● Sting / (Gordon Matthew Sumner) → Lead vocals, bass guitar and songwriter for post-punk The Police, “Every Breath You Take” (#1, 1983), then highly successful solo career, “Fortress Around Your Heart” (#1, 1985) and five other Top 20 hits and 11 Grammy Awards

1952 ● John Otway / → Novelty folk-rock cult singer/songwriter, “Really Free” (UK #27, 1977) with Wild Willy Barrett and “Bunsen Burner” (UK #9, 2002)

1955 ● Philip Oakey / → Vocals for late-70s synth-pop pioneers The Human League, “Don’t You Want Me” (#1, 1981)

1956 ● Freddie Jackson / → R&B/urban soul balladeer, “You Are My Lady” (#12, R&B #1, 1985) and nine other R&B #1 hits

1958 ● Robbie Nevil / → Songwriter, guitarist and pop-rock solo singer, “C’est La Vie” (#2, 1987), producer and writer for Babyface, Jessica Simpson, Destiny’s Child, Smash Mouth and others

1960 ● Al Connelly / → Guitarist for Canadian pop-rock Glass Tiger, “Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone)” (#2, 1986)

1962 ● Claude McKnight / (Claude V. McKnight, III) → Vocals in a cappella gospel Take 6, “I L-O-V-E U” (R&B #19, 1990)

1962 ● Siggi Baldursson / (Sigtryggur Baldursson) → Drummer in Icelandic alt pop-rock The Sugarcubes, “Hit” (Modern Rock #1, 1991)

1967 ● Bud Gaugh / (Floyd I. Gaugh IV) → Drums and percussion for California ska-punk revivalist trio Sublime, “What I Got” (#29, 1997)

1967 ● Gillian Welch / → Country, bluegrass and light roots-rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and percussionist, released multiple albums with musical partner David Rawlings, including Grammy-nominated The Harrow & The Harvest (#20, Indie Albums #3, 2011)

1969 ● Badly Drawn Boy / (Damon Gough) → Alternative rock singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, “You Were Right” (UK #9, 2002)

1970 ● Dion Allen / → Backing vocals in hip hop/urban rap quintet Az Yet, “Last Night” (#9, R&B #1, 1996)

1971 ● Tiffany Renee Darwish / → Late 80s teen queen and bubblegum pop singer, “Could’ve Been” (#1, 1987) and “I Think We’re Alone Now” (#1, 1987)

1973 ● LaTocha Scott / → Vocals for female R&B/dance-pop quartet Xscape, “Understanding” (#8, 1993)

1973 ● Lene / (Lene Grawford Nystrøm Rasted) → Vocals for Danish dance-pop Aqua, “Barbie Girl” (#7, 1997), which drew a lawsuit from Mattel for its sexual content

1973 ● Proof / (DeShaun Holton) → Detroit rapper, high school chum of Eminem and member with him of the hip hop collective D12 (aka Dirty Dozen), “My Band” (#6, 2004) plus several solo and collaborative projects, died from gunshot wounds at a nightclub shooting on 4/11/2006, age 32

October 03

1938 ● Eddie Cochran / (Edward Raymond Cochran) → Pioneering rockabilly singer, songwriter, influential power chord guitarist and up-and-coming rock star, “Summertime Blues” (#8, 1958) and two other Top 40 hits, died in a car crash while on tour in England on 4/17/1960, age 21

1940 ● Alan O’Day / (Alan Earle O’Day) → One hit wonder pop rock singer, “Undercover Agent” (#1, UK #43, 1977), also wrote hit songs for Helen Reddy (“Angie Baby,” #1, 1974) and co-wrote The Righteous Brothers (“Rock And Roll Heaven,” #3, 1974), turned to TV in the 80s and co-wrote over 100 songs for the Muppet Babes series, died from brain cancer on 5/17/2013, age 72

1941 ● Chubby Checker / (Ernest Evans) → Grammy-winning R&B/pop singer and early 60s dance-craze instigator, “The Twist” (#1, 1960 and 1962), the only song to hit #1 in the US singles charts twice, plus 17 other Top 40 hits

1941 ● Lenny Waronker / → Record producer and former CEO of Warner Bros. Records, worked with Maria Muldaur, Gordon Lightfoot, Randy Newman, The Doobie Brothers and multiple other 70s rock bands, partner with DreamWorks development team

1945 ● Antonio Martinez / → Guitarist for Spanish rock ‘n roll band Los Bravos, “Black Is Black” (US #4, 1966), the first US Top 10 hit by a Spanish band

1946 ● P. P. Arnold / (Patricia Ann Cole) → L.A.-born gospel and R&B/soul singer recruited from motherhood to the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in 1964, left the band for a London-based solo career including a Mick Jagger produced debit album, The First Lady Of Immediate (1967) and several UK-only cover hits plus backing work with the Small Faces, Humble Pie, Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel and others into the 00s

1947 ● Ben Cauley / → Trumpet player and founding member of soul/funk The Bar-Kays, “Soul Finger” (#17, R&B #3, 1967), which also served as Stax Records’ in-house session group and Otis Redding’s backing band, survived the December 1967 plane crash that killed Redding and four bandmates, reformed the The Bar-Kays and backed Isaac Hayes on his landmark album, Hot Buttered Soul (1969), continued to perform until his death on 9/21/2015 , age 68

1949 ● Lindsey Buckingham / → Guitar, vocals and songwriter for pop duo Buckingham Nicks, joined pop-rock Fleetwood Mac in 1974, wrote “Go Your Own Way” (#10, 1977), then solo, “Trouble” (#9, 1981), producer

1950 ● Ronnie Laws / → Jazz, blues and funk saxophonist and singer, first with R&B/soul-dance-pop Earth, Wind & Fire, “Shining Star” (#1, 1975), then solo, “Every Generation” (R&B #12, 1980), sessions for Ramsey Lewis, Hugh Masekela, Sister Sledge and others

1954 ● Stevie Ray Vaughan / → Grammy-winning Texas blues-rock guitar master, “Crossfire” (Mainstream Rock #1, 1983), died in a helicopter crash following a show in Wisconsin on 8/27/1990, age 35

1961 ● Robbie Jaymes / → Keyboards for Brit dance-pop band Modern Romance, “Can You Move” (Dance/Club #2, 1981) and “Best Years Of Our Lives” (UK #4, 1982)

1962 ● Tommy Lee / (Tommy Lee Bass) → Drummer in hair-metal Mötley Crüe, “Dr. Feelgood” (#6, 1989), founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, “Get Naked” (2000) and other solo work, former spouse of actresses Heather Locklear and Pamela Anderson

1965 ● Neil Sims / → Drummer for Brit indie rock/shoegazing band Catherine Wheel, “Black Metallic” (Modern Rock #9, 1991)

1966 ● Dan Miller / → Guitarist for at pop-rock They Might Be Giants, “Birdhouse In Your Soul” (#3, Modern Rock, 1990)

1967 ● Chris Collingwood / → Singer, songwriter, rhythm guitarist and founding member of power pop band Fountains Of Wayne, “Stacy’s Mom” (#21, 2003)

1969 ● Gwen Stefani / → Lead vocals for rock/ska No Doubt, “Underneath It All” (#3, 2002), then solo, “Hollaback Girl” (#1, 2005) from the 2004 worldwide Top 10 album Love, Angel, Music, Baby, fashion designer

1971 ● Kevin Richardson / → Vocals in pop-dance-hip hop Backstreet Boys, “Quit Playing Games With My Heart” (#2, 1997)

1975 ● India.Arie / (India Arie Simpson) → Grammy-winning neo-classic R&B/soul singer and songwriter, “Little Things” (Song of the Year, 2000)

1978 ● Jake Shears / (Jason Sellards) → Vocals dance-glam-rock Scissor Sisters, “Filthy Gorgeous” (Dance/Club #1, 2005)

1979 ● Nate Wood / → Drums, percussion and backing vocals for post-grunge alt rock The Calling, “Wherever You Will Go” (#5, 2001)

1983 ● Danny O’Donoghue / → Irish singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in teen-pop boy band Mytown, “Body Bumpin'” (Canada #12, 2000) then Celtic folk-pop-rock The Script, “Breakeven” (#12, 2010)

1984 ● Ashlee Simpson / → Reality TV series actress and teen-dance-pop singer, “Pieces Of Me” (#5, 2004), fodder for tabloid magazines

October 04

1929 ● Leroy Van Dyke / → Country-pop singer, songwriter and guitarist, “Walk On By” (#5, Country #1, 1961), named by Billboard magazine as the most popular country song of all time

1937 ● Pirkle Lee Moses, Jr. / → Lead vocals for Chicago doo wop The El Dorados, “At My Front Door” (#17, R&B #1, 1955), fronted various incarnations of the group until his death on 12/6/2000, age 63

1944 ● Marlena Davis / → Vocals in mixed gender R&B doo-wop quartet The Orlons, “The Wah-Watusi” (#2, R&B #5, 1962), left the group in late 1963 for a career as an executive secretary, died from lung cancer on 2/25/1993, age 48

1947 ● Jim Fielder / → Bassist for jazz-rock/pop-rock fusion band Blood, Sweat & Tears, “Spinning Wheel” (#2, 1969), sessions

1952 ● Jody Stevens / → Drummer and last surviving original member of power pop cult band Big Star, “September Gurls” (1974, Rolling Stone #178), currently a studio engineer

1957 ● Barbara K. / (Barbara Kooyman MacDonald) → With then-husband Pat MacDonald, one half of one hit wonder alt country-folk-pop duo Timbuk 3, “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” (#19, 1986), following divorce in 1995 pursued a solo music career mixed with social activism

1959 ● Chris Lowe / → Keyboards for synth-pop dance Pet Shop Boys, “West End Girls” (#1, 1986)

1961 ● Juan Jon Secada / (Juan Secada) → Cuban-American R&B and pop singer and songwriter, “Just Another Day” (#5, 1992), two albums have won Grammy Awards for Best Latin Pop Performance

1965 ● Leo Barnes / → Saxophone for Irish rockers Hothouse Flowers, “Don’t Go” (Modern Rock #7, 1988)

1977 ● Richard Reed Parry / → Multi-instrumentalist member of Grammy-winning Canadian alt/indie rock Arcade Fire, “Keep The Car Running” (Alt #32, 2007)

1984 ● Lena Katina / (Elena Sergeevna Katina) → Singer in Russian teen pop duo t.A.T.u., “All The Things She Said” (#20, UK #1, 2003), solo

October 05

1907 ● Mrs. Miller / (Elva Ruby Connes) → Undeniably unique, improbably humorous and oddly catchy novelty pop singer with an off-key, warbling, faux-operatic delivery on renditions of light pop, jazz and easy listening hits, including “Yellow Submarine,” “The Girl From Ipanema” and “These Boots Are Made For Walking,” scored two Top 100 hits and a Top 20 album (Mrs. Miller’s Greatest Hits, #15, 1966) before disappearing into obscurity the early 70s, died on 7/5/1997, age 89

1911 ● Maxine King / (Maxine Elliott Driggs Thomas) → Vocalist for complex and sophisticated four-part harmony 30s, 40s and 50s Big Band/pop sibling singing group The King Sisters, “The Hut-Sut Song” (Top 30, 1944), recorded with her sisters on hundreds of albums and numerous radio specials over three decades and in the musical-variety TV program The King Family Show and holiday specials thereafter, died from natural causes at age 92 on 5/13/2009, age 97

1924 ● Bill Dana / (William Szathmary) → TV actor, comedian and screenwriter, created the character José Jiménez and the comedy single “The Astronaut” (Top 20, 1961)

1935 ● Margie Singleton / (Margaret Louis Ebey) → Popular country duet and solo singer, “Keeping Up With The Joneses” (Country #5, 1964) and four other Country Top 20 hits

1936 ● Wydell Jones / (George Jones Jr.) → Lead vocals and songwriter for doo-wop The Edsels, “Rama Lama Ding Dong” (#21, 1961), died from cancer on 9/27/2008, age 71

1937 ● Carlo Mastrangelo / → Bass and later lead vocals for R&B doo wop Dion & The Belmonts, “A Teenager In Love” (#5, 1959), continued after frontman Dion DiMucci left in 1960 as The Belmonts, “Tell Me Why” (#18, 1961), performed with the group until just prior to his death from cancer on 4/4/2016, age 78

1939 ● Abi Ofarim / (Abraham Reichstadt) → Israeli guitarist, vocalist and dancer, one half the folk-pop-rock husband/wife duo Esther & Abi, “Cinderella Rockafella” (UK #1, 1968)

1941 ● Arlene Smith / → Vocals for early R&B/pop girl group trio The Chantels, “Maybe” (#15, R&B #2, 1958), one of the definitive songs of the genre

1941 ● Wally Lester / → Vocals in R&B doo wop The Skyliners, “Since I Don’t Have You” (#12, 1959)

1942 ● Richard Street / → Lead vocals from 1971 to 1993 for Motown R&B/soul legends The Temptations, Grammy-winning “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” (#1, 1972), his unfinished autobiography was published after his death from a pulmonary embolism on 2/27/2013, age 70

1943 ● Steve Miller / → Guitarist, singer, songwriter and frontman for blues-rock then psych-rock then pop-rock Steve Miller Band, “The Joker” (#1, 1973), now teaches college music courses

1945 ● Brian Connolly / → Vocals for glam pop-rock Sweet, “Ballroom Blitz” (#5, 1973), died of kidney and liver failure after years of alcoholism on 2/10/1997, age 51

1947 ● Brian Johnson / → Lead vocals for Brit glam-rock Geordie, “All Because Of You” (UK #6, 1972), joined AC/DC replacing deceased lead singer Bon Scott in 1980, “Back In Black” (#37, 1981)

1948 ● Carter Cornelius / → Singer, musician and member of sibling R&B/soul-pop Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose, “Treat Her Like A Lady” (#3, R&B #20, 1971) and “Too Late To Turn Back Now” (#2, R&B #5, 1972) and seven other charting hits in the mid-70s, went into seclusion with a religious sect in the late 70s and died from a heart attack on 11/7/1991 , age 43

1948 ● Tawl Ross / (Lucius “Tawl” Ross) → Rhythm guitar for R&B/funk giants Funkadelic, “One Nation Under A Groove” (#28, 1978)

1949 ● B.W. Stevenson / (Louis Charles Stevenson III) → One hit wonder country-pop singer, “My Maria” (#9, 1973), died during heart valve surgery on 4/28/1988, age 38

1950 ● “Fast” Eddie Clarke / (Edward Allan Clarke) → Guitar and vocals in speed-metal Motörhead, “Ace Of Spades” (UK #15, 1980), left the band in 1982 to co-found heavy metal Fastway

1951 ● Bob Geldof / → Frontman, guitar, singer and songwriter for Irish New Wave punk-pop Boomtown Rats, “I Don’t Like Mondays” (#73, UK #1, 1980) plus 8 other UK Top 20 hits, Live Aid founder/promoter, author, and political activist

1952 ● Harold Faltermeyer / (Harald Faltermeier) → Grammy-winning German synth-pop keyboardist, producer and composer, co-wrote the themes from the movies Beverly Hills Cop “Axel F” (#3, 1985) and Top Gun, session work with Donna Summer, Barbra Streisand, Billy Idol, Cheap Trick and others

1953 ● Russell Craig Mael / → With brother Ron, vocals and frontman for quirky pop-rock Sparks, “This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us” (UK #2, 1974) and “Just Got Back From Heaven” (Dance/Club #7, 1989)

1957 ● Lee Thompson / → Sax and vocals for punk/ska revival Madness, “Our House” (#7, 1982) and over 20 other UK Top 40 singles

1960 ● Paul Heard / → Keyboards and programming for Brit dance-pop/house music M People, “Moving On Up” (#34, Dance #1, 1993)

1964 ● Dave Dederer / → Co-founder, bass and vocals for post-grunge alt rock The Presidents Of The United States Of America, “Lump” (Mainstream Rock #7, 1995), later with web/mobile media company Melodeo

1974 ● Heather Headley / → Trinidadian R&B/soul, calypso, reggae and soca singer, “In My Mind” (Dance/Club #1, 2006), Broadway stage actress, The Lion King (1997) and Aida (1998)

1977 ● Kele Le Roc / (Kelly Biggs) → Brit pop, garage and R&B/soul singer, “Little Bit Of Lovin'” (UK #8, 1998), backing vocals for Shy FX and Curtis Lynch, Jr.

1978 ● James Valentine / → Guitarist for alt funk-rock Maroon 5, “She Will Be Loved” (#5, 2004)

1980 ● Paul Anthony Thomas / → Bass guitar for post-grunge punk-pop Good Charlotte, “The Anthem” (Alt Rock #10, 2003)

1985 ● Nicola Roberts / → Singer in pre-fab all-girl Euro-pop vocal group Girls Aloud, “Sound Of The Underground” (UK #1, 2002)

October 06

1917 ● Bob Neal / → Memphis country and pop radio DJ, music talent agent, Elvis Presley’s second manager, resigned in favor of Colonel Tom Parker in early 1955

1940 ● Jerry Heller / (Gerald E. Heller) → Music impresario best known for managing early rap stars N.W.A. and introducing gangsta rap to a mainstream audience, co-founded Ruthless Records with rapper Eazy-E in 1987, N.W.A. and the label eventually fell into acrimony that continued up to his lawsuit against NBC Universal and others for the negative portrayal of his character in the film Straight Outta Compton (2015) about N.W.A. and the rise of rap music, died after a heart attack on 9/2/2016, age 75

1942 ● Neil Korner / → Bassist for British Invasion pop-rock The Nashville Teens, “Tobacco Road” (#16, 1964)

1945 ● Robin Shaw / (Robin George Scrimshaw) → Session vocalist recruited to pre-fab British Invasion pop-rock The Flower Pot Men, “Let’s Go To San Francisco” (Top 10, 1967), then moved over to pre-fab pop White Plains, “My Baby Loves Lovin'” (#13, 1970) and later pop-rock The First Class, “Beach Baby” (#4, UK #13, 1974)

1946 ● Millie Small / (Millicent Dolly May Small ) → Jamaican one hit wonder “bluebeat” reggae/ska singer, “My Boy Lollipop” (#2, 1964), the first international ska hit

1949 ● Bobby Farrell / (Roberto Alfonso Farrell) → West Indian vocalist in R&B/disco Euro-dance Boney M, “Rivers Of Babylon” (#30, UK #1, 1978), left for a solo career in 1988 and later fronted his own version of the band, Bobby Farrell’s Boney M, died in his sleep from a heart attack on 12/30/2010, age 61

1949 ● Thomas McClary / → Guitarist for Grammy-winning Motown R&B/soul-funk Commodores, “Three Times A Lady” (#1, 1978), left for a solo career in gospel music

1951 ● Gavin Sutherland / → Bass guitar and vocals for folk-rock sibling duo The Sutherland Brothers, “(I Don’t Want To Love You But) You Got Me Anyway” (#48, 1973), then joined with an obscure rock band to form The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, “The Arms Of Mary” (#81, UK #5, 1975)

1951 ● Kevin Cronin / → Lead vocals, rhythm guitar and songwriter for arena rock REO Speedwagon, wrote “Keep On Lovin’ You” (#1, 1980) and “Can’t Fight This Feeling” (#1, 1985)

1954 ● David Hidalgo / → Singer, songwriter and guitarist for Tex-Mex roots rock Los Lobos, “La Bamba” (#1, 1987), solo, side projects and session work, also member of supergroup Los Super Seven and the Latin Playboys

1958 ● Tim Mooney / → Drummer for critically acclaimed but light selling alt pop-rock American Music Club (1991 album Everclear)

1960 ● Richard Jobson / → Lead singer in New Wave art-punk-rock The Skids, “Into The Valley” (UK #10, 1979), later producer, TV host, film director and screenwriter

1961 ● Tim Burgess / → Drummer for new wave pop-rock T’Pau, “Heart And Soul” (#4, 1987)

1964 ● Matthew Sweet / → Power pop guitarist and songwriter, “Girlfriend” (Mainstream Rock #10, 1992), collaborated with The Bangles’ singer Susanna Hoffs on two albums, Under The Covers, (2006) and Vol. 2 (2009), featuring covers of 60s and 70s pop-rock hits

1966 ● Tommy Stinson / → Lead guitar for garage punk then alt rock pioneers The Replacements, “I’ll Be You” (Mainstream Rock #1, 1989), solo, sessions, played with Guns N’ Roses, Soul Asylum, The Old 97’s and others

1982 ● William Pierce Butler / → Multi-instrumentalist for Grammy-winning Canadian alt/indie rock Arcade Fire, “Keep The Car Running” (Alt #32, 2007)

October 07

1927 ● Al Martino / (Jasper Cini) → Italian-American pop crooner, “I Love You Because” (#3, 1963) and ten other Top 40 hits, film actor, played Johnny Fontane in The Godfather series, died on 10/13/2009, age 82

1939 ● Colin Cooper / → Founding member, saxophone, guitar and vocals for Brit blues-rock Climax Blues Band, “Couldn’t Get It Right” (#3, 1977), died on 7/3/2008, age 68

1941 ● Martin Murray / → Rhythm guitar for one hit wonder English beat/pop-rock The Honeycombs, “Have I The Right?” (#5, 1964)

1941 ● Panama Silvester / (Tony “Panama” Silvester) → Panama-born founding member and vocalist for R&B/soul The Main Ingredient, “Everybody Plays The Fool” (#3, 1972) and 11 R&B Top 40 singles, died from multiple myeloma on 11/27/2006, age 65

1945 ● Bob Webber / → Co-founder, keyboards and vocals for one hit wonder pop-rock Sugarloaf, “Green-Eyed Lady” (#3, 1970)

1945 ● Kevin Godley / → Drummer, vocals and songwriter for soft pop-rock 10cc (“I’m Not In Love,” #2, 1975), then co-founded pop duo Godley & Crème, “Cry” (#16, 1985), since the late 80s directed music videos for Fine Young Cannibals, U2, Eric Clapton and many others

1949 ● David Hope / → Founding member and bassist for prog/heartland rock Kansas, “Dust In The Wind” (#6, 1978), converted to Christianity and formed religious-tinged hard rock AD with other Kansas bandmates, now an Anglican priest and author

1951 ● John Cougar Mellencamp / → Grammy-winning roots rock singer/songwriter, “Jack And Diane” (#1, 1982) and 23 other Top 40 and 16 Mainstream Rock Top 40 hits

1953 ● Tico Torres / (Hector Samuel Torres) → Drummer and percussionist in Bon Jovi, “Living On A Prayer” (#1, 1987)

1959 ● David Taylor / → Original bass guitarist for studio-only pop-rock one hit wonder Edison Lighthouse, “(Love Grows) Where My Rosemary Goes” (#5, 1970)

1959 ● Simon Cowell / → Record A&R executive, TV producer, music entrepreneur and notoriously critical judge on TV shows Popstars, Pop Idol, American Idol and, starting in 2011, the US version of The X Factor

1964 ● Sam Brown / (Samantha “Sam” Brown) → Brit singer, keyboardist and songwriter, “Stop!” (UK #4, 1989), also backing vocals in sessions and tours with Steve Marriott, The Small Faces, Jools Holland Band, Spandau Ballet and Pink Floyd

1967 ● Toni Braxton / (Toni Michelle Braxton) → Grammy-winning R&B/soul-pop singer, “Un Break My Heart” (#1, 1996), Broadway stage and film actress, Las Vegas showroom headliner

1968 ● Thom Yorke / (Thomas Edward Yorke) → Lead vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter for alt/indie rock Radiohead, “There There” (Modern Rock #14, 2003), solo, “Black Swan” (Mainstream Rock #40, 2006)

1976 ● Taylor Hicks / → Blue-eyed soul singer and songwriter, 2006 American Idol winner, “Do I Make You Proud” (#1, 2006)

1978 ● Alesha Dixon / → Brit singer, dancer and songwriter in “UK urban” R&B/dance-pop trio Mis-Teeq, “One Night Stand” (Dance/Club #4, 2004), solo, “The Boy Does Nothing” (UK #5, 2008), model

Albums Released This Week (September 25 – October 1)

Here’s a sampling of the BEST music ever made! Great albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s rock and pop released this week (and some related albums of note):

September 25


● The Ventures —— The Ventures A Go-Go ► Rock n Roll Instrumental >> 1965
● The Doors —— Strange Days ► Blues-Rock >> 1967
● Ringo Starr —— Beaucoups Of Blues ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Black Sabbath —— Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 ► Hard Rock >> 1972
● J. Geils Band —— Nightmares…And Other Tales From The Vinyl Jungle ► Blues-Rock >> 1974
● Black Sabbath —— Technical Ecstasy ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Village People —— Cruisin’ ► Disco >> 1978
● The Beach Boys —— M.I.U. Album ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Barry Manilow —— One Voice ► AM Pop >> 1979
● The Buzzcocks —— Singles Going Steady ► Punk-Rock >> 1979
● The Creatures —— Wild Things ► Alt Post-Punk/goth rock >> 1981
● The Psychedelic Furs —— Forever Now ► Post-Punk New Wave >> 1982
● They Might Be Giants —— Lincoln ► Alt. Rock >> 1988
● The Sugarcubes —— Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week! ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1989
● The Replacements —— All Shook Down ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1990
● The Vaughan Brothers —— Family Style ► Blues-Rock >> 1990
● Simple Minds —— Themes – Volume 2: August 82 – April 85 ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1990
● Grateful Dead —— Without A Net (First Set) ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1990
● John Cale —— Fragments Of A Rainy Season ► Art Rock >> 1992
● Melt-Banana —— Speak Squeak Creak ► Noise Rock >> 1994
● David Bowie —— 1. Outside ► Industrial Rock >> 1995
● Harem Scarem —— Voice Of Reason ► Hard Rock/Glam Metal >> 1995
● Yes —— House Of Yes: Live From The House Of Blues ► Prog Rock >> 2000
● David Bowie —— Bowie At The Beeb ► Glam Rock >> 2000
● Kylie Minogue —— Light Years ► Dance-Pop >> 2000
● Van Morrison —— You Win Again ► Folk-Rock >> 2000
● Ryan Adams —— Gold ► Folk-Rock >> 2001
● The Strokes —— Is This It ► Punk Revival >> 2001
● The Knack —— Normal As The Next Guy ► Power Pop >> 2001
● The Innocence Mission —— Small Planes ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 2001
● 38 Special —— A Wild-Eyed Christmas Night ► Southern Rock >> 2001
● Melissa Etheridge —— The Awakening ► Roots Rock >> 2007
● Foo Fighters —— Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace ► Grunge Rock >> 2007
● Deborah Harry —— Necessary Evil ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2007
● Joni Mitchell —— Shine ► Folk-Rock >> 2007
● Steve Earle —— Washington Square Serenade ► Alt. Country >> 2007
● No Doubt —— Push And Shove ► Ska-Pop >> 2012
● Don Henley —— Cass County ► Country-Rock >> 2015
● David Bowie —— Five Years (1969-1973) ► Glam Rock >> 2015

September 26


● The Beatles —— Abbey Road ► Pop-Rock >> 1969
● Billy Preston —— That’s The Way God Planned It ► Funk >> 1969
● J. Geils Band —— “Live” Full House ► Blues-Rock >> 1972
● Jim Croce —— Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits ► Folk-Pop >> 1974
● John Lennon —— Walls And Bridges ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● Ringo Starr —— Ringo The 4th ► Pop-Rock >> 1977
● Mötley Crüe —— Shout At The Devil ► Heavy Metal >> 1983
● Magnum —— Vigilante ► Hard Rock >> 1986
● Oingo Boingo —— Boingo Alive ► New Wave Ska-Pop >> 1988
● Daniel Lanois —— Acadie ► Alt. Rock >> 1989
● Thompson Twins —— Big Trash ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1989
● Kool & The Gang —— The Ballad Collection ► Dance-Pop >> 1990
● Kool & The Gang —— The Dance Collection ► Dance-Pop >> 1990
● Massive Attack —— Protection ► Trip-Hop >> 1994
● AC/DC —— Ballbreaker ► Hard Rock >> 1995
● Prince —— The Gold Experience ► Soul-Funk >> 1995
● The Velvet Underground —— Peel Slowly And See ► Alt. Rock >> 1995
● Styx —— Arch Allies: Live At Riverport ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2000
● Soul Asylum —— Black Gold: The Best Of Soul Asylum ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2000
● John Hiatt —— Crossing Muddy Waters ► Roots Rock >> 2000
● Good Charlotte —— Good Charlotte ► Punk Rock/Ska Punk >> 2000
● Mark Knopfler —— Sailing To Philadelphia ► Roots Rock >> 2000
● Matthew Sweet —— Time Capsule: Best Of 90/00 ► Power Pop >> 2000
● Janet Jackson —— 20 Y.O. ► Pop-Soul >> 2006
● Sarah McLachlan —— Mirrorball: The Complete Concert ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
● Pink Floyd —— Discovery ► Prog Rock >> 2011
● The Smiths —— The Smiths Complete ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2011

September 27


● Chad & Jeremy —— The Ark ► Folk-Pop >> 1968
● Status Quo —— Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo ► British Rock >> 1968
● Cat Stevens —— Catch Bull At Four ► Folk-Pop >> 1972
● Harry Chapin —— Portrait Gallery ► Folk-Pop >> 1975
● Depeche Mode —— A Broken Frame ► Synth-Pop >> 1982
● The Fall —— Room To Live (Undilutable Slang Truth!) ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk >> 1982
● Alphaville —— Forever Young ► New Wave synth pop >> 1984
● Billy Squier —— Enough Is Enough ► Hard Rock >> 1986
● New Order —— The John Peel Sessions I ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Cyndi Lauper —— True Colors ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Randy Newman —— Land Of Dreams ► Folk-Rock >> 1988
● Tears For Fears —— The Seeds Of Love ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1989
● Pet Shop Boys —— Very ► Electro-pop/Dance >> 1993
● Walter Becker —— 11 Tracks Of Whack ► Jazz-Rock >> 1994
● Brandy Norwood —— Brandy ► New Jack Swing >> 1994
● Santana Brothers —— Brothers ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1994
● Emerson, Lake & Palmer —— In The Hot Seat ► Progressive Rock >> 1994
● R.E.M. —— Monster ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Big Head Todd & The Monsters —— Strategem ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1994
● The Moody Blues —— Time Traveler ► Prog Rock >> 1994
● Dave Matthews Band —— Under The Table And Dreaming ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Sasha & John Digwood —— Northern Exposure ► Progressive House/Trance >> 1996
● Cocteau Twins —— BBC Sessions ► Folk-Rock >> 1999
● Gary Moore —— A Different Beat ► Roots Rock (Irish) >> 1999
● Billy Joel —— Opus 1-10 Fantasies & Delusions – Music for Solo Piano ► Pop-Rock >> 2001
● John Cale —— Black Acetate ► Art Rock >> 2005
● The Everly Brothers —— Give Me A Future ► Pop-Rock >> 2005
● The Psychedelic Furs —— Heartbreak Beat ► Post-Punk New Wave >> 2005
● Big Star —— In Space ► Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Robert Palmer —— Legend: Live On Stage ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 2005
● Toni Braxton —— Libra ► Soul-Pop >> 2005
● Neil Young —— Prairie Wind ► Folk-Rock >> 2005
● The Band —— The Musical History [Box Set] ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
● Eric Clapton —— Clapton ► Blues-Rock >> 2010
● Matthew Sweet —— Modern Art ► Power Pop >> 2011
● Matthew Sweet —— Modern Art ► Power Pop >> 2011
● Everclear —— Return To Santa Monica ► Grunge-Punk >> 2011
● Machine Head —— Unto The Locust ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal >> 2011
● Youth Lagoon —— The Year Of Hibernation ► Dream Pop >> 2011
● Rush —— Vapor Trails Remixed ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2013

September 28


● Status Quo —— Hello! ► British Rock >> 1973
● Slade —— Sladest ► Glam Rock >> 1973
● Stevie Wonder —— Songs In The Key Of Life ► Pop-R&B >> 1976
● Black Sabbath —— Never Say Die! ► Hard Rock >> 1978
● Alice Cooper —— DaDa ► Art Rock >> 1983
● Depeche Mode —— Music For The Masses ► Synth-Pop >> 1987
● Wet Wet Wet —— Popped In Souled Out ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1987
● Alice Cooper —— Raise Your Fist And Yell ► Art Rock >> 1987
● MC Hammer —— Let’s Get It Started ► Hip-Hop >> 1988
● Brian May —— Back To The Light [UK] ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— Live Seeds ► Alt Rock >> 1993
● The Police —— Message in A Box: The Complete Recordings ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Anal Cunt —— Morbid Florist ► Heavy Metal/Grindcore >> 1993
● Paul Simon —— Paul Simon 1964/1993 ► Folk-Pop >> 1993
● PJ Harvey —— Is This Desire? ► Indie Rock >> 1998
● Depeche Mode —— The Singles 86>98 ► Synth-Pop >> 1998
● Tony Bennett —— Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool ► Easy Listening >> 1999
● Sting —— Brand New Day ► Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Indigo Girls —— Come On Now Social ► Folk-Rock >> 1999
● Creed —— Human Clay ► Alt Rock/Post-Grunge >> 1999
● The Church —— Under The Milky Way: The Best Of The Church ► Alt. Power Pop >> 1999
● ZZ Top —— XXX ► Blues-Rock >> 1999
● Iggy Pop —— Ultimate Live ► Alt. Rock / Punk >> 2004
● Jerry Garcia Band —— After Midnight: Kean College, 2/28/80 ► Roots Rock >> 2004
● Buzzcocks —— The Complete Singles Anthology ► Punk-Rock >> 2004
● Melissa Etheridge —— Lucky Live ► Roots Rock >> 2004
● Joss Stone —— Mind, Body & Soul ► Pop-Soul (Neo-Soul) >> 2004
● Mark Knopfler —— Shangri-La ► Roots Rock >> 2004
● Slade —— Live At The BBC ► Hard Rock >> 2009
● Mariah Carey —— Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel ► Pop-Rock >> 2009
● Tina Turner —— Tina Live ► Pop-Rock >> 2009
● Neil Young —— Le Noise ► Folk-Rock >> 2010
● Gin Blossoms —— No Chocolate Cake ► Power Pop >> 2010
● Soundgarden —— Telephantasm ► Grunge Rock >> 2010
● The Doobie Brothers —— World Gone Crazy ► Pop-Rock >> 2010

September 29


● The Jackson 5 —— Goin’ Back To Indiana ► Soul – Motown >> 1971
● Manfred Mann’s Earth Band —— Glorified Magnified ► Prog Rock >> 1972
● Rush —— All The World’s A Stage ► Arena Rock >> 1976
● Billy Joel —— The Stranger ► Pop-Rock >> 1977
● Kool & The Gang —— Celebrate! ► Disco-Funk >> 1980
● Stevie Wonder —— Hotter Than July ► Pop-R&B >> 1980
● The Fall —— Bend Sinister ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk >> 1986
● New Order —— Brotherhood ► Power Pop >> 1986
● Chicago —— Chicago 18 ► Jazz-Rock >> 1986
● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark —— The Pacific Age ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 1986
● Iron Maiden —— Somewhere In Time ► Heavy Metal >> 1986
● The Smiths —— Strangeways, Here We Come ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Red Hot Chili Peppers —— The Uplift Mofo Party Plan ► Alt. Funk-Rock >> 1987
● Alice In Chains —— Dirt ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal >> 1992
● 10,000 Maniacs —— Our Time In Eden ► Folk-Rock >> 1992
● Aretha Franklin —— Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings ► Soul >> 1992
● Peter Gabriel —— Us ► Prog Rock >> 1992
● Stone Temple Pilots —— Core ► Arena Rock >> 1982
● Rammstein —— Herzeleid ► Industrial/Krautrock >> 1995
● The Rolling Stones —— Bridges To Babylon ► Blues-Rock >> 1997
● The Fall —— Levitate ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Simple Minds —— The Promised ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1997
● The Verve —— Urban Hymns ► Psych Rock/Britpop >> 1997
● AFI —— A Fire Inside ► Hardcore Punk >> 1998
● Peter Wolf —— Fool’s Parade ► Blues-Rock/Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1998
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions —— Painted From Memory ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Joni Mitchell —— Taming The Tiger ► Folk-Rock >> 1998
● Alice In Chains —— Black Gives Way To Blue ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal >> 2009
● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— God & Guns ► Southern Rock >> 2009
● Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ —— The Great American Bubble Factory ► Southern Rock >> 2009

September 30


● Martha Reeves & The Vandellas —— Heat Wave ► Soul – Motown >> 1963
● Rare Earth —— Get Ready ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1969
● Smokey Robinson & The Miracles —— A Pocket Full Of Miracles ► Soul – Motown >> 1970
● Joe Walsh —— Barnstorm ► Blues-Rock >> 1972
● Ian Dury —— New Boots And Panties!! ► Punk-Rock >> 1987
● Gary Moore —— Back On The Streets ► Roots Rock (Irish) >> 1978
● Godley & Crème —— Freeze Frame ► Prog Rock >> 1979
● Hall & Oates —— Live At The Apollo ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Madness —— Mad Not Mad ► Ska >> 1985
● Tom Waits —— Rain Dogs ► Blues-Rock >> 1985
● Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble —— Soul To Soul ► Blues-Rock >> 1985
● Wang Chung —— To Live And Die In L.A. ► New Wave/Dance-Pop >> 1985
● R.E.M. —— The Best Of R.E.M. ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Paul McCartney —— Choba b CCCP ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Nitzer Ebb —— Ebbhead ► Industrial/EBM >> 1991
● Simply Red —— Stars ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Robbie Robertson —— Storyville ► Roots Rock >> 1991
● Natalie Cole —— Twin Best Now ► Soul-Pop >> 1992
● The Beatles —— The Beatles & Tony Sheridan ► Rock n Roll >> 1994
● Lake Of Tears —— Greater Art ► Doth/Doom Metsal >> 1994
● Secret Chiefs 3 —— First Grand Constitution And Bylaws ► Experimental/Indie Rock >> 1996
● Patti Smith —— Peace And Noise ► Heartland Rock >> 1997
● Bob Dylan —— Time Out Of Mind ► Folk-Rock >> 1997
● The Apples In Stereo —— Tone Soul Evolution ► Indie Pop-Rock/Power Pop >> 1997
● Turbonegro —— Darkness Forever! ► Heavy Metal/Glam Punk >> 2000
● Ace Of Base —— Da Capo ► Euro-Dance Pop >> 2002
● The Rolling Stones —— Forty Licks ► Blues-Rock >> 2002
● Mark Knopfler —— The Ragpicker’s Dream ► Roots Rock >> 2002
● Bonnie Raitt —— The Best Of Bonnie Raitt On Capitol 1989-2003 ► Blues-Rock >> 2003
● Toto —— The Essential Toto ► Pop-Rock/Arena Rock >> 2003
● Martina McBride —— Martina ► Alt. Country >> 2003
● Sting —— Sacred Love ► Pop-Rock >> 2003
● James Taylor —— Covers ► Folk-Rock >> 2008
● Dion —— Heroes: Giants Of Early Guitar Rock ► Pop-Rock >> 2008
● Melissa Etheridge —— A New Thought For Christmas ► Roots Rock >> 2008
● Tina Turner —— Tina!/The Collected Recordings ► Pop-Rock >> 2008
● Kool & The Gang —— Back To Back ► Funk >> 2011
● Rush —— The Studio Albums 1989-2007 ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2013
● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Unvarnished ► Hard Rock >> 2013
● Lucinda Williams —— Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone ► Alt. Country >> 2014
● Melissa Etheridge —— This Is M.E. ► Roots Rock >> 2014
● Bryan Adams —— Tracks Of My Years ► Pop-Rock >> 2014

October 01


● Elvis Presley —— G.I. Blues ► Rock n Roll >> 1960
● Elvis Presley —— Blue Hawaii ► Rock n Roll >> 1961
● The Monkees —— The Monkees Present ► Pop-Rock >> 1969
● John Cale —— Fear ► Art Rock >> 1974
● Rory Gallagher —— Against The Grain ► Blues-Rock >> 1975
● Styx —— Crystal Ball ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1976
● The Runaways —— Waitin’ For The Night ► Punk Rock >> 1977
● Rory Gallagher —— Photo-Finish ► Blues-Rock >> 1978
● Slade —— Return To Base ► Hard Rock >> 1979
● Cocteau Twins —— Lullabies [EP] ► Folk-Rock >> 1982
● The Damned —— Strawberries ► Punk-Rock >> 1982
● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Glorious Results Of A Misspent Youth ► Punk-rock >> 1984
● Chaka Khan —— I Feel For You ► Funk >> 1984
● Romeo Void —— Instincts ► Post-Punk >> 1984
● Midnight Oil —— Red Sails In The Sunset ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1984
● The Ramones —— Too Tough To Die ► Punk-Rock >> 1984
● U2 —— The Unforgettable Fire ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1984
● John Fogerty —— Eye Of The Zombie ► Folk-Rock >> 1986
● Lennie Gallant —— Breakwater ► Folk-Rock >> 1988
● Dannii Minogue —— Dannii ► Pop/Freestyle >> 1990
● 10,000 Maniacs —— Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982-1983 ► Folk-Rock >> 1990
● Iron Maiden —— No Prayer For The Dying ► Heavy Metal >> 1990
● Elton John —— The Very Best of Elton John [1990] ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Prince & The New Power Generation —— Diamonds And Pearls ► Soul-Funk >> 1991
● Cheap Trick —— The Greatest Hits ► Hard Rock/Power Pop >> 1991
● Marduk —— Those Of The Unlight ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1993
● Natalie Cole —— Holly & Ivy ► Soul-Pop >> 1994
● Edge Of Sanity —— Purgatory Afterglow ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1994
● East 17 —— Up All Night ► Dance-Pop >> 1995
● Bad Brains —— Black Dots ► Post-Punk/Hardcore >> 1996
● Nirvana —— From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah ► Grunge >> 1996
● Thompson Twins —— Greatest Hits ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1996
● Curtis Mayfield —— New World Order ► Soul/Funk >> 1996
● Matchbox Twenty —— Yourself Or Someone Like You ► Alt. Rock >> 1996
● Carbon Leaf —— Shadows In The Banquet Hall ► AA Alt Rock >> 1997
● Eighteen Visions —— No Time For Love ► Metalcore >> 1999
● Kylie Minogue —— Fever ► Dance-Pop >> 2001
● Elton John —— Songs From The West Coast ► Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Weather Report —— Live And Unreleased ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 2002
● Matthew Sweet —— To Understand: The Early Recordings Of Matthew Sweet ► Power Pop >> 2002
● Frank Zappa —— Joe’s Domage ► Jazz Rock >> 2004
● The Psychedelic Furs —— Best Of The Psychedelic Furs ► Post-Punk New Wave >> 2007