Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Oct23,1940 | Freddie Marsden | #BTD Oct23,1940 #FreddieMarsden RIP drummer Gerry And The #Pacemakers (original Gerry Marsden and The #MarsBars, but @MarsGlobal complained) formed in #Liverpool. 1963 3 UK #1 singes "How Do You Do It?", "I Like It" and "You'll Never Walk Alone", +6 UK & 7 US Top40 singles. | |
| BTD Oct23,1943 | Greg Ridley | #BTD Oct23,1943 #GregRidley RIP bass guitarist #SpookyTooth 1969 "Feelin' Bad" (did not chart) & founding member of #HumblePie 1969 UK #4 "Natural Born Bugie" | |
| BTD Oct23,1949 | Wurzel | #BTD Oct23,1949 #Wurzel (Michael Burston) RIP guitarist heavy metal band #Motorhead 1980 UK hit "Ace Of Spades" His 1st solo E.P. was "Bess" | |
| BTD Oct23,1953 | Pauline Black | #BTD Oct23,1953 #PaulineBlack singer, actress, lead singer of the group The #Selecter 1979 UK #8 "On My Radio", +5 UK Top40 singles #HBday @paulineblack | |
| BTD OCt23,1956 | Dwight Yoakam | #BTD OCt23,1956 #DwightYoakam singer, songwriter, actor 1988 US Country #1s "Streets of Bakersfield" (with #BuckOwens) and "I Sang Dixie", +24 US Country Top40 singles and 5 #1 albums, 12 gold & 9 platinum LPs. Many films and TV shows #HBday @DwightYoakam | |
| OTD Oct23,1948 | Pee Wee Hunt | #OTD Oct23,1948 #PeeWeeHunt & His Orchestra are back at #1 and starts a 2wk run at #1 on the US Top 40 Singles Chart with "Twelfth Street Rag" the song spent 6wks at #1 from Aug28. Also the 1948 song of the year | |
| OTD Oct23,1953 | Dean Martin | #OTD Oct23,1953 #DeanMartin peaks at #5 on the UK singles chart with "Kiss" Listen ==> https://youtu.be/bRH9AxAE50E | |
| OTD Oct23,1960 | Drifters | #OTD Oct23,1960 The #Drifters are at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Save the Last Dance for Me" next week Oct30 drops to #2 then returns to #1 for a 2wk run on Nov6. For a total of 3wks at the top spot | |
| OTD Oct23,1961 | Dion | #OTD Oct23,1961 #Dion (Dion Dimucci) starts a 2wk run at #1 @billboard Hot100 with "Runaround Sue" after he split with the Belmonts. The song was written by Dion DiMucci & #ErnieMaresca | |
| OTD Oct23,1962 | Stevie Wonder | #OTD Oct23,1962 12yo Little #StevieWonder records his 1st single at @motown Records "Thank You (For Loving Me All The Way)" | |
| OTD Oct23,1963 | Bob Dylan | #OTD Oct23,1963 #BobDylan records "The Times They Are A-Changin'" @bobdylan is recording at @ColumbiaRecords Recording Studios in New York City | |
| OTD Oct23,1963 | Beatles | #OTD Oct23,1963 The #Beatles complete their final session of their 2nd album "With the Beatles" recording the song "I Wanna Be Your Man" | |
| OTD Oct23,1963 | Beatles | #OTD Oct23,1963 The #Beatles in Stockholm, Sweden starting their 1st foreign tour. Met by 100s of girls that took the day off school | |
| OTD Oct23,1963 | Concert Odeon Theatre | #OTD Oct23,1963 The #EverlyBrothers, The #RollingStones, #TheFlintstones and more at Odeon Theatre, Nottingham, England | |
| OTD Oct23,1965 | Beatles | #OTD Oct23,1965 The #Beatles are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Yesterday" for the 3rd week of a 4wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Oct23,1966 | Jimi Hendrix Experience | #OTD Oct23,1966 #JimiHendrix Experience records their first single "Hey Joe" at De Lane Lea studios in London @JimiHendrix written by #BillyRoberts and produced by #ChasChandler | |
| OTD Oct23,1967 | Monkees | #OTD Oct23,1967 The #Monkees TV series S2 E7 "Hillbilly Honeymoon" (aka "Double Barrel Shotgun Wedding") Lost in Swineville, @TheMonkees caught in a hillbilly feud between Weskitts & Chubbers with #DavyJones staring down the barrel of a shotgun wedding to pretty Ella Mae Chubber | |
| OTD Oct23,1971 | John Lennon | #OTD Oct23,1971 #JohnLennon / Plastic Ono Band enter the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #20 with "Imagine" the single will peak at #3 for 2wks on Nov13. Personnel: #JohnLennon vocals, piano; #KlausVoormann bass guitar; #AlanWhite drums; The Flux Fiddlers strings | |
| OTD Oct23,1971 | Rod Stewart | #OTD Oct23,1971 #RodStewart is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Maggie May / Reason To Believe" @rodstewart's 4th week of a 5wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Oct23,1972 | Mac Davis | #OTD Oct23,1972 #MacDavis starts a 3wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me" Davis wrote the song when the record company demanded he write a tune with a hook | |
| OTD Oct23,1976 | Chicago | #OTD Oct23,1976 #Chicago starts a 2wk run at #1 @billboard Hot100 with "If You Leave Me Now" Their 1st US #1, the single will start a 3wk run at #1 in the UK on Nov7 @chicagotheband | |
| OTD Oct23,1976 | Led Zeppelin | #OTD Oct23,1976 #LedZeppelin has their US TV debut on the #DonKirshner Rock Concert @ledzeppelin performs "Black Dog" & "Dazed And Confused" | |
| OTD Oct23,1977 | Baccara | #OTD Oct23,1977 #Baccara is at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" 1st female duo & Spanish act with a UK #1 | |
| OTD Oct23,1982 | John Cougar, John Mellencamp | #OTD Oct23,1982 #JohnCougar (Later #JohnMellencamp) is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Jack & Diane" his first US #1. @johnmellencamp last week of a 4wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Oct23,1988 | Dire Straits | #OTD Oct23,1988 #DireStraits scored their fourth UK #1 album and jumps straight to #1 on the UK album chart with the LP "Money For Nothing" | |
| OTD Oct23,1993 | Meat Loaf | #OTD Oct23,1993 #MeatLoaf 1st UK #1 "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" @RealMeatLoaf will stay at #1 for 7wks & the song will be a #1 in 28 countries | |
| OTD Oct23,2015 | Back To The Future | #OTD Oct23,2015 The actual cover of the @USATODAY newspaper #BackToTheFuture. "Back TO The Future II" film follows Marty McFly and his friend Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown as they travel from 1985 to 2015 to prevent Marty's son from sabotaging the McFly family's future | |
| OTD Oct23,2020 | knee replacement surgery | #OTD Oct23,2020 Having my knee replacement surgery, should be interesting. Dr. Vasarhelyi is doing the work. May go home this evening or tomorrow morning. |