Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Oct12,1935 | Luciano Pavarotti | #BTD Oct12,1935 #LucianoPavarotti RIP Italian singer 1990 UK #2 "Nessun Dorma", 1990 UK #1 LP "The Essential Pavorotti" 72wks on the UK album charts | |
| BTD Oct12,1935 | Sam Moore | #BTD Oct12,1935 #SamMoore soul, R&B singer, songwriter, in the duo Sam & Dave from 1961 to 1981; 1966 US R&B #1 & US #21 "Hold On, I'm Comin'", 1967 US #2 & R&B #1 "Soul Man", +11 R&B Top40 singles | |
| BTD Oct12,1942 | Melvin Franklin | #BTD Oct12,1942 #MelvinFranklin RIP singer, founding member The #Temptations 3 US & R&B #1s 1964 "My Girl", 1969 "I Can't Get Next to You", 1971 "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)", 1972 US #1 "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", +34 US & 67 R&B Top40 singles with 12 more #1s | |
| BTD Oct12,1948 | Rick Parfitt | #BTD Oct12,1948 #RickParfitt vocals, guitarist #StatusQuo @Status_Quo 1977 UK #3 "Rockin' All Over The World", +50 other UK Top75 singles | |
| BTD Oct12,1955 | Jane Siberry | #BTD Oct12,1955 #JaneSiberry (née Stewart) #Canadian singer, songwriter 1985 CAN #27 "One More Colour" and 1989 album "Bound By The Beauty" #HBday @janesiberry | |
| BTD Oct12,1956 | Dave Vanian | #BTD Oct12,1956 #DaveVanian (David Lett) lead singer The #Damned 1983 UK #3 "Eloise", +8 UK Top40 singles. Vanian has been the only ever-present member of the @damnedtwits | |
| BTD Oct12,1960 | Bob Mould | #BTD Oct12,1960 #BobMould guitarist, vocals, songwriter #HuskerDu 1987 LP "Warehouse Songs And Stories" & the band #Sugar 1992 LP "Copper Blue" #HBday @bobmouldmusic | |
| OTD Oct12,1955 | Chrysler | #OTD Oct12,1955 #Chrysler launches a high fidelity record player for their 1956 line-up of cars @Chrysler | |
| OTD Oct12,1955 | Chrysler, Muhammad Ali | #OTD Oct12,1955 #Chrysler launches a high fidelity record player for their 1956 line-up of cars. Here is #MuhammadAli with a high fidelity record player in his car @Chrysler | |
| OTD Oct12,1955 | Four Aces, Al Alberts | #OTD Oct12,1955 The #FourAces featuring #AlAlberts are back at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" fell to #2 last week, now return to the Top for a 2nd wk of a total of 5wks at #1. #FourAces will again return on Nov2 for a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Oct12,1957 | Little Richard | #OTD Oct12,1957 #LittleRichard on an #Australian tour publicly renounces rock 'n' roll & embraces God. 5 years later he switches back to Rock | |
| OTD Oct12,1957 | Everly Brothers | #OTD Oct12,1957 The #EverlyBrothers start a 2wk run at #1 on US Top40 Singles chart with "Wake Up Little Susie" despite a ban from Boston radio stations for suggestive lyrics | |
| OTD Oct12,1958 | Tommy Edwards | #OTD Oct12,1958 #TommyEdwards is still at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "It’s All In The Game" for the 2nd week of a 6wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Oct12,1961 | Highwaymen | #OTD Oct12,1961 The #Highwaymen at #1 on UK singles chart with "Michael" Last month on Sep10 the single spent 2wks on top of the @billboard Hot100 singles chart | |
| OTD Oct12,1963 | Jimmy Gilmer | #OTD Oct12,1963 #JimmyGilmer and the #Fireballs start a 5wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Sugar Shack" written by #KeithMcCormack, #JimmyTorres & #FayVoss. McCormack gave credit to his aunt Voss, because she told him that leotards are tights girls wear | |
| OTD Oct12,1965 | Beatles | #OTD Oct12,1965 The #Beatles are working on their "Rubber Soul" LP at @AbbeyRoad recording studio specifically the song "Run For Your Life" which they complete in 5 takes | |
| OTD Oct12,1965 | Beatles | #OTD Oct12,1965 The #Beatles working in the studio on the song "This Bird Has Flown" later known as "Norwegian Wood" with #GeorgeHarrison on the sitar | |
| OTD Oct12,1966 | Sammy Davis | #OTD Oct12,1966 #SammyDavis Jr does a cameo appearance on the #ABC superhero series #Batman in the episode "The Clock King's Crazy Crimes" | |
| OTD Oct12,1968 | Big Brother and the Holding Company, Janis Joplin | #OTD Oct12,1968 Big Brother and the Holding Company @BBHC went to #1 on US album chart with "Cheap Thrills" Their last album with #JanisJoplin as lead singer. The band and producer #JohnSimon incorporated recordings of crowd noise to give the impression of a live album. | |
| OTD Oct12,1968 | Beatles | #OTD Oct12,1968 The #Beatles are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Hey Jude" for the 3rd week of a 9wk run at #1; their 16th US #1 | |
| OTD Oct12,1969 | Bobbie Gentry | #OTD Oct12,1969 #BobbieGentry is at #1 on the UK singles chart with a #BurtBacharach & #HalDavid song "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" | |
| OTD Oct12,1969 | Russ Gibb | #OTD Oct12,1969 DJ #RussGibb of Detroit's WKNR radio station. Reignites rumors that #PaulMcCartney is dead. Which began in winter of 1967 | |
| OTD Oct12,1971 | Gene Vincent | #OTD Oct12,1971 #GeneVincent (Vincent Eugene Craddock) RIP singer dies from a perforated ulcer at the age of 36. #GeneVincent and His Blue Caps, 1956 US #7 & UK #16 "Be-Bop-A-Lula" Pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly | |
| OTD Oct12,1974 | Blondie | #OTD Oct12,1974 #Blondie plays at the #CBGB (Country, BlueGrass, and Blues) Club in #NYC. The band gets their name from comments made by truck drivers catcalls to #DebbieHarry "Hey, Blondie" @BlondieOfficial | |
| OTD Oct12,1974 | Olivia Newton John | #OTD Oct12,1974 #OliviaNewtonJohn is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "I Honestly Love You" Her 1st of 5 #1 singles and with this single it is @olivianj 2nd week of a 2wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Oct12,1975 | Rod Stewart | #OTD Oct12,1975 #RodStewart & The #Faces made their final live appearance when they play at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island | |
| OTD Oct12,1985 | Ready For the World | #OTD Oct12,1985 #ReadyFortheWorld is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Oh Sheila" | |
| OTD Oct12,1986 | Nick Berry, Eastenders | #OTD Oct12,1986 Former #Eastenders TV actor #NickBerry starts a 3wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Every Loser Wins" Berry played barman Simon Wickes in TV show | |
| OTD Oct12,1987 | George Harrison | #OTD Oct12,1987 #GeorgeHarrison releases the song "Got My Mind Set on You" written and composed by #RudyClark and originally recorded by #JamesRay in 1962 This is @GeorgeHarrison last #1 on Jan16,1988 | |
| OTD Oct12,1997 | John Denver | #OTD Oct12,1997 Singer, songwriter, record producer, actor #JohnDenver (Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.) dies at the age of 53, he is killed in a plane crash in Monterey Bay, California. |