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On October 11th, 1932, Country music singer and songwriter Dotty West was born in McMinnville, TN. West had a hit in the 60s with "Here Comes My Baby Back Again" and several duets with Jim Reeves and Kenny Rogers.

u/BirdBurnett — 4 days ago

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On October 11th, 1919, Jazz drummer and bandleader Art Blakey was born in Pittsburgh, PA. After working with Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, Blakey formed the Jazz Messengers.

u/BirdBurnett — 4 days ago

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On October 11th, 1957, Johnny Cash released "Johnny Cash With His Hot And Blue Guitar", his debut album. The record contained four of his hit singles: "I Walk the Line," "Cry! Cry! Cry!," "So Doggone Lonesome," and "Folsom Prison Blues."

u/BirdBurnett — 4 days ago

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On October 11th, 1971, Nilsson released "Without You" b/w "Gotta Get Up" on 45rpm. "Without You" is a cover of a Badfinger song, written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans.

u/BirdBurnett — 4 days ago

▲ 138 r/Music_Anniversary

On October 11th, 1975, Saturday Night Live debuted. There were 2 musical guests that evening, Billy Preston performing "Nothing From Nothing" and Janis Ian performing "At Seventeen".

u/BirdBurnett — 4 days ago

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On October 10th, 1946, Singer and Songwriter John Prine was born in Maywood, IL. Prine was one of the greatest country-folk singer/songwriters of the late 20th century and into the next.

u/BirdBurnett — 4 days ago

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October 6th, 1927- 'The Jazz Singer' premiered In New York. The part-talkie musical drama film was directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the first feature-length motion picture with both synchronized recorded music and lip-synchronous singing and speech.

u/BirdBurnett — 9 days ago

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October 6th, 1889- The Moulin Rouge opened in Paris. The cabaret was created by Joseph Oller and Charles Zidler at the foot of Montmartre. The can-can and the red mill quickly made the place a symbol of Parisian nightlife.

u/BirdBurnett — 9 days ago

▲ 27 r/Music_Anniversary

On October 4th, 1937, Pedal steel guitarist and session musician Lloyd Green was born in Leaf, MS. Green has played with Charley Pride, Johnny Paycheck, Don Williams, Bob Dylan, the Byrds and 100s more.

u/BirdBurnett — 11 days ago

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On October 4th, 1970, Singer and songwriter Janis Joplin passed away from a heroin overdose at age 27. Joplin recorded 2 albums with Big Brother and the Holding Company and 2 solo albums, one of which was released posthumously.

u/BirdBurnett — 11 days ago

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On October 4th, 1969, It's a Beautiful Day released their signature song "White Bird" b/w "Wasted Union Blues" on 45rpm.

u/BirdBurnett — 11 days ago

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On October 4th, 1944, Guitarist Larry Collins was born in Tulsa, OK. Along with his sister Lorrie, Collins performed as The Collins Kids. in the 50s and 60s. In 1972, Larry co-wrote the song "Delta Dawn", a hit for both Bette Midler and Tanya Tucker.

u/BirdBurnett — 11 days ago

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September 30th, 1935- The American opera 'Porgy and Bess' premiered in Boston before heading to Broadway the next year. The production was composed by George Gershwin.

The libretto was written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play Porgy, itself an adaptation of DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy.

u/BirdBurnett — 15 days ago

▲ 119 r/groovyhistory

September 30th, 1960- ‘The Flintstones’ premiered on ABC as the first primetime animated series. The program ran for 166 episodes though 6 seasons.

u/BirdBurnett — 15 days ago

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On September 30th, 1947, Guitarist, singer and songwriter Marc Bolan was born in Homerton, London, England. Bolan was a pioneer of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex.

u/BirdBurnett — 15 days ago

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September 29th, 1963- ‘My Favorite Martian’ debuted on CBS. Starring Ray Walston, Bill Bixby, Alan Hewitt and Pamela Britton; ‘My Favorite Martian’ was the first of the "fantasy" sitcoms prevalent on American television in the mid-1960s featuring characters who could do extraordinary things.

u/BirdBurnett — 16 days ago

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On September 29th, 1939, Singer/ songwriter Tommy Boyce was born in Charlottesville VA. He had a 1968 hit with Bobby Hart, 'I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight'. He wrote 'Last Train to Clarksville', 'I'm Not Your Stepping Stone' and 'Scooby-Doo Where Are You’.

u/BirdBurnett — 16 days ago

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September 29th, 1971, The Jackson 5 released ‘Goin’ Back to Indiana’, a soundtrack to their September 16th, 1971 ABC TV special of the same name.

u/BirdBurnett — 16 days ago

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On September 29th, 1963, Bassist extraordinaire Les Claypool was born in Richmond, CA. Founder, lead singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of the band Primus, Claypool has been involved with Oysterhead and Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade.

u/BirdBurnett — 16 days ago

▲ 174 r/Jazz

Happy 84th Birthday to Jean-Luc Ponty!! Born September 29th, 1942. Ponty forged the way for the violin in the modern jazz vocabulary with bebop phrasing and a punchy style, influenced more by horns.

u/BirdBurnett — 16 days ago