Where Were you on this Day in Music History: October 6th!

A Day in Music History        

October 6th...

Nelson Riddle

June 1, 1921 - October 6, 1985 (aged 64)

Births

1945: Robin Shaw (The Flowerpot Men)

1946: Millie Small

1949: Thomas McClary (The Commodores)

1949: Bobby Farrell (Boney M)

1951: Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon)

1951: Gavin Sutherland (The Sutherland Brothers)

Deaths

1966: Johnny Kidd

1978: Johnny O'Keefe

1985: Nelson Riddle

Events

1967: Jimi Hendrix performs on the new BBC 1 radio show Top Gear, with Stevie Wonder, who was visiting the studios, sitting in on drums for a jam called (appropriately enough) "Jammin'" and a version of Stevie's "I Was Made To Love Her."

1971: Pat Boone guest-stars on tonight's "The Academy" episode of NBC-TV's thriller Night Gallery.

1977: Rod Stewart is named in a $15 million "palimony" suit by actress Britt Eklund.

1978: ABBA songwriter / musician Benny Anderson marries fellow band vocalist Anni-Frid Lyngstad in Sweden. The marriage lasts three years. (The group's other male-female pair had been married in 1971.)

1978: The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger apologizes to activist Jesse Jackson, who raised a public outcry over the lyrics of the Stones' recent song "Some Girls," specifically the line "black girls just want to get ------ all night." Jagger refuses calls to change the lyrics.

1980: With the disco craze officially over, The Bee Gees file a $200 million mismanagement lawsuit against longtime manager Robert Stigwood and his label RSO Records, one that would within the year be settled out of court.

1991: The Fox TV network airs the special Ray Charles: 50 Years Of Music, featuring guests Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, Paul McCartney, Randy Travis, Michael Bolton, and more.

1991: Michael Jackson gives Elizabeth Taylor away to Larry Fortensky during her eighth wedding, held at Jackson's California ranch, Neverland.

2002: Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones donates 100,000 pounds to the school he once attended in Dartford, England, for musical instruments and a band director. The resultant musical center is named after the singer.

2006: Before Game Three of baseball's AL Divisional Playoff in Detroit, MI, the Four Tops sing the US national anthem.

Releases

1956: Elvis Presley, "Love Me Tender"

1969: The Beatles, "Something" b/w "Come Together"

1979: The Eagles, "Heartache Tonight"

Recording

1941: Claude Thornhill, "Autumn Nocturne"

1964: The Beatles, "Eight Days A Week"

1965: Gary Lewis and the Playboys, "She's Just My Style," "Sure Gonna Miss Her"

1967: The Beatles, "Blue Jay Way"

1976: Salsoul Orchestra, "Christmas Medley"

Charts

1973: Cher's "Half-Breed" hits #1

1979: Robert John's "Sad Eyes" hits #1

Certifications

1976: Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots' "Disco Duck" is certified gold