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Events on this day for #Music 1940s-90s, +Football, TV, Film, Entertainment. Football Coach 40yrs; 21 as HC 8 rings with 5 Provincial (State) Championships
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Oct16,1959 Front page of The NME (New Musical Express) Larry Parnes the 1st impresario/manager to have 6 artist in the NME Poll winners Marty Wilde, Tommy Steele, Billy Fury, Dickie Pride and Vince Eager. They sweep the board with 21 places and 50,000 votes
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Oct16,1959 Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars are at the Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis. Headlined by Paul Anka with Lloyd Price, Annette Funicello, Duane Eddy, Jimmy Clanton, LaVern Baker, The Coasters, The Drifters, The Skyliners, Bobby Rydell, The Jordan Brothers, Phil Phillips and
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Oct16,1954 Elvis Presley made his first appearance on The Louisiana Hayride radio show. Elvis sang "That's Alright Mama" written by Arthur Crudup. Sam Phillips. They booked Elvis on the Hayride after the Opry, the Hayride’s main competition, didn't like Elvis' Oct2 performance
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Oct16,1951 Richard Penniman later known as Little Richard makes his 1st recordings for RCA Records Camden. Note: Richard joined his 1st musical band Buster Brown's Orchestra in the 1950s; Brown gave Penniman the name Little Richard
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BTD Oct16,1946 #SuzanneSomers (Suzanne Marie Mahoney) RIP singer, actress film/TV 1973 American Graffiti, 1980 Nothing Personal; TV 1977–81 Three's Company, 1991–98 Step by Step, 1995–98 8-Track Flashback. +2 Playboy cover-feature pictorials 1980&84. Somers died Oct15,2023 at 76
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BTD Oct16,1945 #RogerHawkins (Roger G. Hawkins) RIP drummer part of the studio backing band Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (The Swampers) of Alabama. Played with artists such as Percy Sledge, Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, Bob Seger. Hawkins died May20,2021 at 75 from complications
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BTD Oct16,1943 #FredTurner (Charles Frederick Turner) Canadian bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, founding member B.T.O. (Bachman–Turner Overdrive) 1974 US #1, CAN #1 & UK #2 You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet, +5 US and 11 CAN Top40s
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BTD Oct16,1942 #DaveLovelady (David Lovelady) drummer, singer The Fourmost 1963 UK #9 Hello Little Girl, 1964 UK #6 A Little Loving, +4 UK Top40s. Brian Epstein manager of the Fourmost which gave them access to Lennon–McCartney songs. The Fourmost's 1st 2 singles were written by
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BTD Oct16,1937 #EmileFord (Michael Emile Telford Miller) RIP singer, the leader Emile Ford & The Checkmates 1959 UK #1 What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For, 1960 UK #3 On a Slow Boat to China, +4 UK Top40s. Ford died Apr11,2016 at 78
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BTD Oct16,1928 #AnnMorganGuilbert (Ann Morgan Guilbert) RIP actress film/TV. Movies such as 1962 Two for the Seesaw; TV 1961–66 The Dick Van Dyke Show, 1990–91 The Fanelli Boys, 1993–99 The Nanny as Yetta Rosenberg, 2013–15 Getting On. Guilbert died Jun14,2016 at 87 from cancer
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BTD Oct16,1925 #AngelaLansbury (Angela Brigid Lansbury) RIP singer Actress stage, film/TV. Movies such as 1944 National Velvet, 1946 The Harvey Girls, 1961 Blue Hawaii, 1962 The Manchurian Candidate, 1991 Beauty and the Beast; TV 1984-96 Murder, She Wrote. Lansbury died
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BTD Oct16,1923 #BertKaempfert (Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert) RIP orchestra leader, producer, arranger, songwriter 1961 US #1 Wonderland By Night, +6 US & 17 US AC Top40s. Kaempfert produced the 1st Beatles recording session Jun22,1961 in Germany. Kaempfert died Jun21,1980 at 56
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BTD Oct16,1917 #AlicePearce (Alice Pearce) RIP actress, comedic supporting roles. Movies such as 1944 Broadway production of On the Town, 1949 Gene Kelly picked her as the only cast member in the film version. TV 1964-66 Bewitched as Gladys Kravitz. Pearce died Mar3,1966 at 48
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Oct16,1969 #LeonardChess (Lejzor Szmuel Czyż born Mar12,1917) RIP dies at 52 from a heart attack. Executive, co-founder Chess Records with his brother Phil. Chess worked with Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Jimmy Reed. 1987 inducted Rock Hall of Fame non-performer category
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