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)