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Almanac: October 19, 2017
Birthdays
- 1889 - Art Satherly (early country music promoter) (d. 1986)
- 1934 - Dave Guard (Kingston Trio) (d. 1991)
- 1937 - Jerry Jaye (Rockabilly Hall of Fame member) (80)
- 1944 - George McCrae (73)
- 1944 - Peter Tosh (d. 1987)
- 1945 - Jeannie C. Riley (72)
- 1946 - Keith Reid (Procol Harum) (71)
- 1947 - Wilbert Hart (Delfonics) (70)
- 1948 - Patrick Simmons (Doobie Brothers) (69)
- 1951 - Annie Golden (The Shirts) (66)
- 1955 - Nino DeFranco (DeFranco Family) (62)
- 1957 - Karl Wallinger (World Party, Waterboys) (60)
- 1960 - Jennifer Holliday (57)
- 1960 - Daniel Woodgate (Madness) (57)
- 1965 - Todd Park Mohr (Big Head Todd & the Monsters) (52)
- 1968 - Sinitta (born Sinitta Malone) (49)
- 1970 - Toby Smith (Jamiroquai) (47)
- 1972 - Pras (born Prakazrel Michel) (Fugees) (45)
- 1976 - Cyndi Thompson (41)
- 1976 - Pete Loeffler (Chevelle) (41)
- 1978 - Chris Sellers (Another Bad Creation) (39)
Deaths
- 1986 - Moses Asch (founder of Folkway Records) (80)
- 1988 - Son House (born Eddie House, Jr.) - Cancer of the larnyx (86)
- 1989 - Alan Murphy (Level 42) - Pneumonia/AIDS (35)
- 1997 - Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper) - Pneumonia (49)
- 2007 - Lala Brown - Murdered (21)
- 2013 - Noel Harrison - Heart Attack (79)
On This Day
- 1896 - Frank Seaman opened the National Gramophone Company.
- 1961 - The then unknown Beatles and Gerry & the Pacemakers joined together for a one-time show in Litherland, England, billing themselves as the Beatmakers.
- 1966 - The Yardbirds arrived in New York for their first U.S. tour. Jeff Beck would only last two shows.
- 1967 - Jim Reeves, Red Foley, Steve Sholes and Joe Frank were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
- 1968 - Peter Frampton, 18, guested with the Small Faces in London.
- 1979 - ABBA opened a European tour in Gothenburg, Sweden
- 1991 - Oasis played their first show with Noel Gallagher in the group in Manchester, England.
- 1995 - George Jones and Tammy Wynette reunited at the Grand Ole Opry to perform the only full concert as a duo in Nashville.
- 1997 - Vince Gill paid tribute to the late John Denver at the Grand Ole Opry.
- 1998 - George Martin retired from the music business (at least for awhile).
- 2000 - Robbie Williams was found guilty of plagiarizing his song Jesus Was a Camper Van from both Woody Guthrie's I Am the Way and a parody by Loudon Wainwright III.
- 2004 - Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana appear in public together for the first time at a rally for presidential candidate John Kerry.
- 2005 - Bono dined with President George W. Bush at the White House.
- 2006 - Keith Urban checked himself into the Betty Ford Clinic.
- 2007 - Johnny Marr became a professor at the University of Salford in Manchester, England.
Marriages
- 2012 - Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel
Recorded
- 1958 - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
- 1965 - Third Christmas Record - Beatles
- 1967 - Hello, Goodbye - Beatles
Released
- 1967 - I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (single)
- 1979 - Prince - Prince
- 1993 - Vs. - Pearl Jam
- 1999 - Keith Urban - Keith Urban (first U.S. released album after 1991 Australian album of the same name and 1997 album with The Ranch)
- 2011 - Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay
Awards
- 2000 - International Bluegrass Music Awards
- Entertainer of the Year - Del McCoury Band
- Vocal Group - IIIrd Tyme Out
- Instrumental Group - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
- Female Vocalist - Rhonda Vincent
- Male Vocalist - Dudley Connell
- Song of the Year - Murder on Music Row by Larry Cordele & Larry Shell
- Album of the Year - The Grass is Blue - Dolly Parton
- Instrumental Recorded Performance, Recorded Event- Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza - David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Sam Bush, Frank Wakefield, Bobby Osborne, Jesse McReynolds, Ricky Skaggs & Buck White
- Gospel Performance - Winding Through Life - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
- Emerging Artist - Nickel Creek
- Banjo - Jim Mills
- Guitar - Bryan Sutton
- Fiddle - Ronnie Stewart
- Bass - Missy Raines
- Dobro - Rob Ickes
- Mandolin - Ronnie McCoury
- Hall of Fame - Doc Watson, Lance LeRoy
- 2005 - ASCAP Awards London
- Songwriter of the Year - Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)
- Song of the Year - The First Cut is the Deepest (Yusuf Islam)
Broadcasts
- 1954 - Ozark Jubilee (ABC) - Final broadcast
Number Ones – U.S. Singles
- 1940 - Only Forever - Bing Crosby (9 weeks)
- 1974 - Nothing From Nothing - Billy Preston (1 week)
- 1985 - Take on Me - a-ha (1 week)
- 2002 - Dilemma - Nelly Featuring Kelly Rowland (3 weeks (7 previous weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Albums
- 1974 - Not Fragile - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1 week)
- 1991 - Ropin' the Wind - Garth Brooks (7 weeks (1 previous week))
- 1996 - From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah - Nirvana (1 week)
- 2013 - The 20/20 Experience: 2 of 2 - Justin Timberlake (1 week)
Number Ones – U.S. R&B Singles
- 1959 - You Better Know It - Jackie Wilson (1 week)
- 1963 - Part Time Love - Little Johnny Taylor (1 week)
- 1974 - Do It ('Til Your Satisfied) - B.T. Express (1 week)
- 1985 - Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder (6 weeks)
- 1991 - Romantic - Karyn White (1 week)
- 1996 - No Diggity - Blackstreet Featuring Dr. Dre (4 weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Country Singles
- 1946 - Wine, Women & Song - Al Dexter (1 week (4 previous weeks))
- 1963 - Love's Gonna Live Here - Buck Owens (16 weeks)
- 1968 - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye - Eddy Arnold (2 weeks)
- 1974 - I See the Want In Your Eyes - Conway Twitty (2 weeks)
- 1985 - You Make Me Want to Make You Mine - Juice Newton (1 week)
- 2002 - Somebody Like You - Keith Urban (6 weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Adult Contemporary Singles
- 1968 - My Special Angel - Vogues (2 weeks)
- 1974 - Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot (1 week)
- 1991 - Too Many Walls - Cathy Dennis (2 weeks)
- 2013 - Cups (Pitch Perfect's When I'm Gone) - Anna Kendrick (3 weeks)
Number Ones – U.K. Singles
- 1956 - A Woman in Love - Frankie Laine (4 weeks)
- 1961 - Walkin' Back to Happiness - Helen Shapiro (3 weeks)
- 1974 - Sad Sweet Dreamer - Sweet Sensation (1 week)
- 1996 - Words - Boyzone (1 week)
- 2002 - The Ketchup Song (Asereje) - Las Ketchup (1 week)
- 2013 - Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus (1 week)
Number Ones – U.K. Albums
- 1974 - Smiler - Rod Stewart (1 week)
- 1985 - Hounds of Love - Kate Bush (1 week (2 previous weeks))
- 1996 - Greatest Hits - Simply Red (2 weeks)
- 2002 - From Now On - Will Young (2 weeks)
- 2013 - Bangerz - Miley Cyrus (1 week)
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