14 OCTOBER
In Music History
2000 Five Pearl Jam bootlegs released from their European tour make the Billboard 200 albums chart, setting a record for most entries on the chart in a single week.More
1998 B.B. King picks up a lifetime achievement award at the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London
1997 Sir Paul McCartney's symphonic poem "Standing Stone" gets its world debut by the London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. The piece earns the former Beatle six curtain calls. Critics, however, call it dull and forgettable.
1997 Max Steiner's acclaimed score to 1942's legendary film Casablanca is finally released, including selected dialogue and the vocal hit "As Time Goes By."
1994 Pulp Fiction opens in theaters, reviving classic '60s songs such as "Misirlou," "Son Of A Preacher Man" and "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon."
1990 Leonard Bernstein, the celebrated conductor and composer of Broadway hits West Side Story, Peter Pan and On The Town, dies at age 72.
1990 In Baghdad, Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), secures the release of four British prisoners (all Muslin) detained as Iraq prepares for the Gulf War.
1983 Cyndi Lauper, formerly a member of the group Blue Angel, issues her first solo album, She's So Unusual. With the MTV hits "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" and "Time After Time," it becomes an '80s touchstone.
1978 Usher is born Usher Raymond IV in Dallas, Texas. He relocates to Atlanta and puts out his first album when he's 15. He rules the charts in the '00s with seven #1 hits, including the club banger "Yeah!"
1978 The KISS solo LPs Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss enter Billboard Albums chart at these positions: Peter Criss: #85 Ace Frehley: #87 Gene Simmons: #88 Paul Stanley: #89 Simmons ends up selling the most copies.
1977 Bing Crosby dies of a heart attack after finishing a round of golf in Spain, at age 74.
1977 KISS release Alive II, recorded over three nights at the Forum in Los Angeles.
1975 R&B singer Shaznay Lewis (of All Saints) is born in Islington, London, England.
1974 Natalie Maines, lead singer for The Chicks, is born in Lubbock, Texas. Her group becomes one of the biggest acts in country music, but as a child, Maines is into pop stars like Michael Jackson and Madonna.
1974 Shaggy 2 Dope (Joseph Utsler) of Insane Clown Posse is born in Michigan.
Michael Jackson Goes To #1 With A Song About A Rat
1972Michael Jackson's "Ben," a song about a boy and his love for a pet rat, hits #1 in the US.
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2014 Pop singer Kesha files a civil lawsuit against her longtime producer, Dr. Luke (Lukasz Gottwald), in a bid to be released from her contract. She cites years of physical, verbal, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of the producer, who denies all charges. More
2011 After 27 years of marriage, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth announce they are breaking up.
2006 Opening for Rascal Flatts at Madison Square Garden, Eric Church goes off-kilter, playing a little "Crazy Train" and staying on stage past his allotted time. He is kicked off the tour and replaced by a talented newcomer named Taylor Swift.
2003 Ozzy Osbourne seeks treatment for Parkinson's Disease-like tremors and postpones a fall European tour. The veteran rock artist says in a statement, "I have been in Boston for the last three weeks, having medical tests for a tremor which has become markedly worse over the last two years."
2000 The Beatles' official autobiography Anthology hits #1 on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list.
1996 Madonna gives birth to her first child, a daughter named Lourdes. The father is her personal trainer, Carlos Leon.
1974 Nashville veterans worry about the sanctity of country music when Olivia Newton-John wins Female Vocalist of the Year at the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards.More
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