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Music on the 8th of October in history

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08 Oct 1934 birth Doc Green, The Drifters, (1960 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Save The Last Dance For Me').
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08 Oct 1940 Born on this day Fred Cash, vocals, The Impressions, (1965 US No.7 single 'Lilies Of The Field').
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08 Oct 1940 Born on this day George Bellamy, guitar, The Tornadoes, (1962 UK & US No.1 single 'Telstar'). The first major hit from a UK act on the American chart.
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08 Oct 1941 Born on this day Dave Arbus, East Of Eden, (1971 UK No.7 single 'Jig A Jig').
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08 Oct 1945 Born on this day Butch Rillera, Redbone, (1971 UK No.2 & US No.21 single 'The Witch Queen Of New Orleans').
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08 Oct 1945 Born on this day Ray Royer, guitarist, Procol Harum, (1967 UK No.1 & US No.5 single 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale').
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08 Oct 1947 birth Tony Wilson, Hot Chocolate, (1975 US No.3 single 'You Sexy Thing', 1977 UK No.1 single 'So You Win Again' plus over 25 other Top 40 hits).
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08 Oct 1948 birth Johnny Ramone, guitar, The Ramones, (John Cummings), 1977 UK No.22 single 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker'). Died of prostate cancer on 15th September 2004.
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08 Oct 1949 birth Hamish Stewart, Average White Band, (1975 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'Pick Up The Pieces'). Member of the Paul McCartney band during the 90's, now solo.
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08 Oct 1949 birth Harry Bowens, Was Not Was, (1992 UK No.4 single 'Shake Your Head').
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08 Oct 1959 birth James Johnstone, Pigbag, (1982 UK No.3 single 'Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag').
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08 Oct 1964 Roy Orbison was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Oh Pretty Woman', his third UK No.1. The title was inspired by Orbison's wife Claudette interrupting a conversation to announce she was going out; when Orbison asked if she was okay for cash, his co-writer Bill Dees interjected "A pretty woman never needs any money."
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08 Oct 1964 Working at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles recorded their next single ‘She's a Woman’ in seven takes plus overdubs, recording the song from start to finish in five hours.
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08 Oct 1965 During a UK The Rolling Stones appeared at The ABC, Stockton on Tees. Also on the bill, Spencer Davis Group, Unit Four + 2, The Checkmates, The End, and Charles Dickens and The Habits.
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08 Oct 1965 The Florescents supported by The Castiles, which featured a young singer called Bruce Springsteen appeared at the I.B. Club in Howell, New Jersey. This was The Castiles first publicly advertised nightclub appearance. Admission was $1.00.
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08 Oct 1966 Cream drummer Ginger Baker collapsed during a gig at Sussex University, England after playing a 20 minute drum solo. He later recovered in a local hospital.
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08 Oct 1967 Jimi Hendrix, Arthur Brown and John's Children all appeared at the Saville Theatre in London, England.
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08 Oct 1967 birth Teddy Riley, US singer, Blackstreet, (1996 UK No. 9 & US No.1 'No Diggity', featuring Dr Dre).
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08 Oct 1971 Led Zeppelin II was enjoying its 100th week on the UK album charts. It was the band's first album to hit No.1 in the US, knocking The Beatles' Abbey Road twice from the top spot, where it remained for seven weeks. When first released the album had advance orders of 400,000 copies in the USA, (the advertising campaign was built around the slogan Led Zeppelin II Now Flying). In 1999, it was certified 12 times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for US sales in excess of 12 million copies.
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08 Oct 1971 listen to ‘This Day in Music 8th Oct’ on Audioboo
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08 Oct 1977 One half of TV cop show "Starsky & Hutch" (he was blonde Hutch), David Soul was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Silver Lady', his second and last UK No.1 single.
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08 Oct 1985 birth Bruno Mars, (Peter Gene Hernandez), American singer-songwriter and record producer. Scored the 2010 world wide No.1 'Just The Way You Are' and the 2011 hit 'The Lazy Song'.
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08 Oct 1987 The three members from ZZ Top made advance bookings for seats on the first passenger flight to the Moon. The boys are still waiting for confirmation of the trip.
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08 Oct 1987 Chuck Berry was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His film biography, Hail, Hail Rock & Roll also premiered on the same night.
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08 Oct 1988 On their 12th single release, U2 scored their first UK No.1 with 'Desire.' The track which was also a US No.3 hit was taken from their album 'Rattle And Hum.'
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08 Oct 1988 Pink Floyd's ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ finally left Billboard's Hot 200 Album Chart after a record breaking 741 weeks.
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08 Oct 1992 The US Postal Service issued a set of commemorative stamps to celebrate pop music legends. The stamps included Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Ritchie Valens, Clyde McPhatter and Dinah Washington.
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08 Oct 2000 Radiohead started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart their fourth studio album 'Kid A'. The album became the first Radiohead release to debut at No.1 in the US.
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08 Oct 2003 Coldplay singer Chris Martin asked Australian police to drop a charge of malicious damage after allegedly attacking a photographer's car. Martin was charged in July after breaking a windscreen with a rock after being photographed surfing. Martin did not appear in court at Byron Bay, New South Wales, when his lawyer, Megan Cusack, asked for the charge to be dropped.
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08 Oct 2004 Britney Spears split with the manager who had guided her career since she was 13 years old. Larry Rudolph said he and the singer had "mutually agreed not to renew their nine-year management relationship".
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08 Oct 2006 The Killers started a three week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Sam's Town' the US bands second album.
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08 Oct 2007 Arctic Monkeys were named the best act in the world at this year's Q Awards held in London. Best album went to Amy Winehouse's Back to Black and Muse won Best live act. Manic Street Preachers won the award for the year's top track for ‘Your Love Alone is Not Enough’ and ‘Ruby’ by the Kaiser Chiefs won best video. Top breakthrough artist was Kate Nash, The icon of the year went to Sir Paul McCartney, Kylie Minogue was named idol of 2007, former Blur frontman Damon Albarn took the prize for inspiration, Classic songwriter award went to Billy Bragg, Innovation in sound award Sigur Ros and Lifetime achievement award went to Johnny Marr. The late Tony Wilson, founder of Manchester's Factory Records was named Q's hero.
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08 Oct 2013 Philip Chevron, the guitarist with Irish folk-punk band The Pogues, died of cancer aged 56. He formed punk band The Radiators From Space in 1976 before joining The Pogues, who became best known for their 1987 Christmas hit single 'Fairytale of New York' featuring Kirsty MacColl.
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