This Week In Music History October 16th - 22nd

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This Week In Music History October 16th - 22nd

October 16

• 1951 - Eighteen-year-old Richard Penniman, who was already using the stage name Little Richard, made his first recordings for RCA Camden at the studios of Atlanta radio station WGST.
• 2006 - CBGB, the legendary New York punk club credited with discovering Patti Smith and Ramones, closed after a final gig by Smith herself.
• Birthdays: Wendy Wilson of Wilson Phillips is 51

October 17

• 1977 - Lynyrd Skynyrd released Street Survivors, the last album with frontman Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines, as both were killed three days later after the band's plane went down en route to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• 2005 - Fats Domino returned to his Ninth Ward home for the first time since Hurricane Katrina to find it utterly destroyed, with his piano and several of his gold records among the ruined items.
• Birthdays: Alan Jackson is 64. Eminem is 50.

October 18

• 1968 - Led Zeppelin (briefly known as The New Yardbirds) played their first British engagement at the Marquee Theater.
• 1969 - The Temptations scored their second US No.1 single with 'Can't Get Next To You'.
• Birthdays: Anita O'Day was born on this day in 1919. She passed away in 2006

October 19

• 1985 - A-ha went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Take On Me," making them the first Norwegian group to achieve a No. 1 hit in America.
• 1995 - Nirvana were at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with the live compilation album, From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah.
• Birthdays: Pat Simmons, guitarist, singer with The Doobie Brothers is 74.

October 20

• 1978 - The Police made their U.S. debut at CBGB in New York.
• 2003 - Amy Winehouse released her debut album Frank in the UK, (named after Frank Sinatra). Frank wasn't released in the US till 2007, after Back to Black had made her a global star.
• Birthdays: Tom Petty was born today in 1950. He passed away in 2017. Snoop Dogg is 51.

October 21

• 1997 - Elton John's "Candle In The Wind '97" was declared by the Guinness Book Of Records as the biggest-selling single record of all time, with 31.8 million sales in less than 40 days.
• 2006 - Evanescence were at No.1 on the US album chart with their second album The Open Door.
• Birthdays: Doja Cat is 27.

October 22

• 1966 - "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys made its debut in the U.S. singles chart in October. It would reach No. 1 by December.
• 2012 - Taylor Swift released her fourth album, Red. The first single is the No. 1 "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," a kiss-off to an ex she refuses to name.
• Birthdays: Zac Hanson, cutest Hanson brother, is 36.

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