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Music on the 19th of October in history

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19 Oct 1944 birth George McCrae, (1974 UK & US No.1 single 'Rock Your Baby').
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19 Oct 1944 birth Peter Tosh, guitar, vocals, The Wailers, left in 1974, (1978 UK No.43 single 'You Gotta Walk, Don't Look Back'). Tosh was murdered by burglars at his home on 11th September 1987
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19 Oct 1945 birth Jeannie C Riley, singer, (1968 US No.1 & UK No.12 'Harper Valley PTA'. Jeannie won a Grammy for the best female country singer of 1968).
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19 Oct 1946 birth Keith Reid, Procol Harum, (1967 UK No.1 & US No.5 single 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale').
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19 Oct 1947 birth Wilbert Hart, The Delfonics, (1968 US No.4 & 1971 UK No.19 single 'La La Means I Love You').
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19 Oct 1956 birth Nino DeFranco, The DeFranco Family, (1973 US No.3 single 'Heartbeat It's A Lovebeat', biggest selling US single of 73, based on The Osmonds, featured 10 year old Tony DeFranco).
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19 Oct 1957 birth Karl Wallinger, keyboardist with The Waterboys, (1985 album 'This Is The Sea'). Wallinger quit the band in 1986. He went on to be singer and guitarist with World Party, (1993 UK No.19 single with ‘Is It Like Today’). The Wallinger penned song ‘She’s The One’ gave Robbie Williams a UK No.1 hit in 1999.
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19 Oct 1960 birth Daniel Woodgate, drummer, Madness, (1982 UK No.1 single 'House Of Fun & over 20 other UK Top 40 singles), also worked with Voice Of The Beehive, married Jane from the Mo dettes.
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19 Oct 1960 birth Jennifer Holliday, US singer, (1982 US No.22 & UK No.32 single 'And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going').
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19 Oct 1961 Helen Shapiro was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Walkin' Back To Happiness.' The singers second and final UK No.1.
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19 Oct 1966 The Yardbirds arrived in New York for their first US tour with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on lead guitars. After two dates of the tour, Beck developed acute tonsillitis and quit the group. He would go on to form The Jeff Beck Group, that gave Rod Stewart his first major exposure.
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19 Oct 1966 birth Sinitta, singer, (1986 UK No.2 single 'So Macho').
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19 Oct 1967 The soundtrack to The Sound Of Music was at No.1 on the UK album chart, spending its 132 week on the chart. The Beatles were at No.2 with 'Sgt Pepper's' and Scott Walker was at No.3 with 'Scott.'
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19 Oct 1968 On their farewell tour Cream appeared at The Forum in Los Angeles, California, where live recordings were made which were included on the 'Goodbye Cream' album which was released the following year.
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19 Oct 1968 18 year old Peter Frampton meet Steve Marriott at a Small Faces show in London. After striking up a friendship, the two started planning a new group which emerged as Humble Pie next April.
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19 Oct 1972 birth Michel, Pras, The Fugees, (1996 UK No.1 single 'Killing Me Softly'). Solo, 'Getto Supastar, That's Is What You Are', with Ol' Dirty Bastard.
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19 Oct 1973 During their ‘Burnin' North American tour, Bob Marley and The Wailers played the first of two nights at The Matrix Club, San Francisco, California.
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19 Oct 1973 David Bowie released his seventh album Pin Ups. The album, which features supermodel Twiggy on the front cover, is a collection of cover versions of some of the singer’s favourite songs, including tracks by Pink Floyd, The Pretty Things, The Who, The Yardbirds and The Kinks.
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19 Oct 1976 birth Pete Loeffler lead guitarist and lead singer, Chevelle.
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19 Oct 1980 AC/DC kicked off a 20-date UK tour at Bristol Colston Hall. The bands first gigs since the death of singer Bon Scott.
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19 Oct 1985 A-Ha went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Take On Me', making them the first Norwegian group to score a US No.1.
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19 Oct 1989 Alan Murphy guitarist with Level 42 died of pneumonia related to aids. Murphy also worked with Kate Bush, Go West and Mike & the Mechanics.
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19 Oct 1991 Oasis played The Boardwalk in their hometown Manchester, the group's first gig with Noel Gallagher in the group.
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19 Oct 1995 African-American jazz trumpeter Don Cherry died of liver failure aged 58. Developed the genre of world fusion music, incorporating influences of Middle Eastern, traditional African, and Indian music into his playing. Is the stepfather to singer’s musicians Neneh Cherry and Eagle-Eye Cherry.
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19 Oct 1995 Nirvana were at No.1 on the US album chart with 'The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah.'
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19 Oct 1996 Irish boy band Boyzone scored had their first UK No.1 single with their version of the 1968 Bee Gees song 'Words'. Elvis Presley and Rita Coolidge have both covered the song.
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19 Oct 1997 American guitarist Glen Buxton died from pneumonia aged 49. Member of the Alice Cooper Band, he co-wrote their hits 'School's Out' and 'Elected.'
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19 Oct 1998 Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher made a surprise appearance at the launch party of the new London venue Sound Republic. He jammed onstage with Pete Townshend and members from Ocean Colour Scene and Boo Radleys.
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19 Oct 2000 A judge ruled that Robbie Williams had substantially copied lyrics on his song 'Jesus Was A Camper Van' from the 1961 Woody Guthrie song 'I Am The Way' and also used parts of a parody by Loudon Wainwright III. EMI Records had offered 25% royalties but the publishers Ludlow Music were demanding 50%.
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19 Oct 2005 A survey concluded that the average person spent around £21,000 ($42,000) on music during their lives, the figure included the amount spent on Hi-Fi equipment, concerts and CDs. Music enthusiasts were likely to spend more than double that, parting with just over £44,000 ($89,000), in a lifetime, according to the survey conducted by UK company Prudential.
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19 Oct 2007 Johnny Marr was made a visiting professor of music at the University of Salford in Manchester. The former Smiths guitarist was set to deliver a series of workshops and masterclasses to students on the BA Popular Music and Recording degree.
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19 Oct 2009 A clump of hair believed to have been trimmed from Elvis Presley's head when he joined the US Army in 1958 sold for $15,000 (£9,200) at an auction in Chicago, America. Other items sold belonging to Presley included a shirt which sold for $52,000 (£32,000), a set of concert-used handkerchiefs, $732 (£450) and photos from the reception of Presley's 1967 wedding to Priscilla, sold for nearly $6,000 (£3,700).
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19 Oct 2010 Elton John described today's songwriters as "pretty awful", Pop music as "uninspiring" and talent shows like American Idol as "boring" in an interview with UK Radio Times magazine.
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19 Oct 2011 At the involuntary manslaughter trial of Dr Conrad Murray, Dr Steven Shafer testified that it would have been impossible for Michael Jackson to have self-administered a lethal dose of the sedative propofol. He later said of Dr Murray's delay in calling 911: "I almost don't know what to say. That is so completely and utterly inexcusable."
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19 Oct 2011 Coldplay released their fifth studio album
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19 Oct 2014 Raphael Ravenscroft who played the sax riff on the Gerry Rafferty hit 'Baker Street' died aged 60 of a suspected heart attack. He was only paid £27.50 for the 'Baker Street' session, and it has been reported that the cheque bounced and that it was kept on the wall of Ravenscroft's solicitors; by contrast the song is said to have earned Rafferty £80,000 a year in royalties.
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