Legend:  BTD – Born Today     OTD – On This Day

DateArtist/GroupDescriptionImage
BTD Oct28,1927 Cleo Laine#BTD Oct28,1927 #CleoLaine (Lady Dankworth) jazz and pop singer and an actress 1961 UK #5 single "You'll Answer To Me"
BTD Oct28,1936 Charlie Daniels#BTD Oct28,1936 #CharlieDaniels RIP singer, songwriter 1973 US #9 "Uneasy Rider", 1979 US Country #1 & US #3 "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", +10 US Country and 4 US Top40 singles. 2016 inducted into the @countrymusichof fame @CharlieDaniels
BTD Oct28,1937 Graham Bond#BTD Oct28,1937 #GrahamBond RIP R&B keyboards, sax, part of #BluesIncorporated, The Graham Bond Organisation, #JackBruce and Friends and Bond + Brown. He is considered to be a founding father of the English rhythm and blues boom of the 1960s
BTD Oct28,1940 Wayne Fontana#BTD Oct28,1940 #WayneFontana (Glyn Geoffrey Ellis) singer of Wayne Fontana and the #Mindbenders 1965 UK #2 & US #1 "Game of Love" and solo 1966 UK #11 "Pamela Pamela" & UK #16 "Come on Home"
BTD Oct28,1941 Hank Marvin#BTD Oct28,1941 #HankMarvin guitarist The #Shadows 1963 UK #1 "Foot Tapper", +28 UK Top40 singles. Also played on many hits with #CliffRichard
BTD Oct28,1948 Telma Hopkins#BTD Oct28,1948 #TelmaHopkins singer, actress #Dawn 1970 US #3 & UK #9 "Candida", 1971 US & UK #1 "Knock Three Times", 1973 US & UK #1 "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree", +11 US Top40 singles; actress TV such as Bosom Buddies, Gimme a Break!, Family Matters
BTD Oct28,1953 Desmond Child#BTD Oct28,1953 #DesmondChild songwriter, producer, co-written over 70 Top40 singles, sold over 300 million albums worldwide #HBday @DesmondChild
BTD Oct28,1957 Stephen Morris#BTD Oct28,1957 #StephenMorris drummer #JoyDivision 1980 UK #13 "Love Will Tear Us Apart" 1983 and #NewOrder UK #9 "Blue Monday"
BTD Oct28,1958 Dave Wyndorf#BTD Oct28,1958 #DaveWyndorf singer, guitarist, piano, trombonist, and songwriter for the American rock group #MonsterMagnet and he is the only remaining original member of the band @monstermagnetnj
BTD Oct28,1958 William Reid#BTD Oct28,1958 #WilliamReid guitarist, composer, singer, co-founder of The Jesus and Mary Chain 1987 UK #8 single "April Skies", +9 UK Top40 singles
OTD Oct28,1956 Elvis Presley#OTD Oct28,1956 #ElvisPresley has his 2nd appearance on the #EdSullivan Show. Ed presents @ElvisPresley with a gold record for the song "Love Me Tender"
OTD Oct28,1956 Elvis Presley#OTD Oct28,1956 #ElvisPresley's song "Love Me Tender" is at #1 on the US Top40 Singles Chart. @ElvisPresley is the 1st artist to follow himself into the #1 position
OTD Oct28,1956Elvis Presley#OTD Oct28,1956 The @CBS network airs a special of #ElvisPresley receiving the Salk Polio (Poliomyelitis) vaccination
OTD Oct28,1957 Elvis Presley#OTD Oct28,1957 #ElvisPresley his 1st show at the Pan Pacific Auditorium LA. Hollywood celebrities and their children among the 9,000 fans @ElvisPresley performs 18 songs ending with "Hound Dog" After the show the Vice Squad warns; clean up the show or go to Jail 2nd show Oct29
OTD Oct28,1958 Buddy Holly#OTD Oct28,1958 #BuddyHolly appears on #DickClark's American Bandstand. This was #BuddyHolly's last major TV appearance before he would die Feb3,1959 in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa along with #BuddyHolly, #RitchieValens & pilot #RogerPeterson
OTD Oct28,1959 Ralph C Wilson#OTD Oct28,1959 #RalphCWilson Jr is granted an American Football League (AFL) franchise. Named the Buffalo Bills @BuffaloBills on Nov30,1959 Later the team will enter the @NFL
OTD Oct28,1961 Bill Harry, Brian Epstein#OTD Oct28,1961 #MerseyBeat editor #BillHarry discounts the story of how #BrianEpstein learned about The #Beatles; Brian wrote reviews for "Mersey Beat" & sold tickets to #SamLeach's "Operation Big Beat" concert. The #Beatles topped the list of groups to appear on Nov10,1961
OTD Oct28,1961 Raymond Jones#OTD Oct28,1961 #RaymondJones is in Liverpool's NEMS Record store to buy #Beatles records released in Germany. #BrianEpstein promises to find them.
OTD Oct28,1962Beatles#OTD Oct28,1962 The #Beatles 1st gig at the Empire in Liverpool "Star Studded Sunday" Part of an eight act show. Headliner is #LittleRichard
OTD Oct28,1963Andy Griffith Show#OTD Oct28,1963 100th episode of "The #AndyGriffith Show" aired. "Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee" Writers #EverettGreenbaum & #JimFritzell
OTD Oct28,1963Beach Boys#OTD Oct28,1963 The #BeachBoys release the single "Be True To Your School" in the US, the song will enter the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #83 on Nov2 and will peak at #7 on Dec21. @TheBeachBoys
OTD Oct28,1964Tami (Teenage Awards Music International) Show#OTD Oct28,1964 1st of 2 nights billed as the "Tami (Teenage Awards Music International) Show" at the Civic Auditorium, #SantaMonica CA
OTD Oct28,1965Supremes#OTD Oct28,1965 The studio recording of "My World Is Empty Without You" is made by the #Supremes at @motown records
OTD Oct28,1967 Billy Joe Royal#OTD Oct28,1967 #BillyJoeRoyal peaks at #52 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Hush" written by #JoeSouth. #DeepPurple peaked at #4 for 2wks with a cover of the same song "Hush" on Sep21,1968
OTD Oct28,1967 LuLu#OTD Oct28,1967 #LuLu is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with the theme from the film "To Sir With Love" @lulushouts for the 2nd week of a 5wk run at #1
OTD Oct28,1967Diana Ross and the Supremes#OTD Oct28,1967 The album "#DianaRoss and the #Supremes Greatest Hits" starts a 5wk run at #1 on the US album chart
OTD Oct28,1971 John Lennon#OTD Oct28,1971 #JohnLennon & @yokoono began recording “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” at Record Plant East #NYC with Harlem Community Choir
OTD Oct28,1972 Chuck Berry#OTD Oct28,1972 #ChuckBerry is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "My Ding-A-Ling" for the last week of a 2wk run at #1
OTD Oct28,1972 Elvis Presley#OTD Oct28,1972 #ElvisPresley's last Top10 hit “Burning Love” peaks at #2 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart @ElvisPresley
OTD Oct28,1973 David Bowie#OTD Oct28,1973 #DavidBowie scores his 2nd UK #1 album when he jumps straight to #1 and starts a 5wk run at #1 on the UK album chart with "Pinups"
OTD Oct28,1973 David Cassidy#OTD Oct28,1973 #DavidCassidy is still at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Daydreamer / The Puppy Song" for the 2nd week of a 3wk run at #1; the singers 2nd UK #1
OTD Oct28,1978 KISS#OTD Oct28,1978 #KISS releases the movie "Meets the Phantom of the Park" and it airs on the @nbc network starring the rock band @KISSOnline
OTD Oct28,1978 Nick Gilder#OTD Oct28,1978 #NickGilder is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Hot Child In The City" A #1 in #Canada on Oct14,1978
OTD Oct28,1978 Queen#OTD Oct28,1978 #Queens 1st night on their 79-date tour supporting their new album "Jazz" at #Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas @QueenWillRock
OTD Oct28,1978Stevie Nicks#OTD Oct28,1978 KennyLoggins in a duet with #StevieNicks peaks at #5 for 2wks on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Whenever I Call You Friend" @kennyloggins @StevieNicks
OTD Oct28,1984 Paul McCartney#OTD Oct28,1984 #PaulMcCartney jumps straight to #1 on the UK album chart with the film soundtrack to "Give My Regards To Broad Street"
OTD Oct28,1989 Janet Jackson#OTD Oct28,1989 #JanetJackson is on a 4wk run at #1 on the US album chart with "Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814" @JanetJackson's LP will have 7 Top10 hits
OTD Oct28,1989 Janet Jackson#OTD Oct28,1989 #JanetJackson is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Miss You Much" @JanetJackson last week of a 4wk run at #1