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NATIONAL FOOD DAY
National Food Day is observed annually on October 24. One of the targets that Food Day aims to help people is to “Eat Real”, which is defined by them as “cutting back on sugar drinks, overly salted packaged foods and fatty, factory-farmed meats in favor of vegetables, fruits, whole grains and sustain-ably raised protein. National Food Day involves some of the country’s most prominent food activists, united by a vision of food that can be healthy, affordable and produced with care for the environment, farm animals and the people who grow, harvest and serve it.
In 2012, there were 3,200 events that took place from community festival to a national conference in Washington, D.C. to thousands of school activities.
United Nations’ Day – October 24
UNITED NATIONS DAY
United Nations Day is observed annually on October 24. It is the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations in 1945.
U.N. Day has traditionally been marked throughout the world with meetings, discussions and exhibits about the achievements and goals of the organization.
“The United Nations works for the entire human family of seven billion people, and cares for the earth, our one and only home.” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION DAY
The United Nations General Assembly decided to institute a World Development Information Day coinciding with United Nations Day on October 24. The General Assembly had the object of drawing the attention of world public-opinion each year to development problems and the necessity of strengthening international co-operation to solve them.
The day was further recognized as the date on which the International Development Strategy for the Second Nations Development Decade was adopted in 1970.
NATIONAL BOLOGNA DAY
Each year on October 24, people across the nation celebrate National Bologna Day. This would be a good day to have a bologna sandwich for lunch.
Sometimes spelled baloney (as it is pronounced), bologna has been one of the more popular luncheon meats for decades.
Favorite bologna sandwich garnishes are mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise, cheese, lettuce, pickles, tomato and onion.
Bologna is derived from and is somewhat similar to the Italian mortadella (a finely hashed/ground port sausage) that originated in Bologna, Italy.
United States government regulations require American bologna to be finely ground and without visible pieces of lard.
Bologna can alternatively be made out of chicken, turkey, beef, pork, venison or soy protein.
Bologna Bowl – When a slice of bologna is heated, the fat renders and the round slice takes the shape of a bowl which may be filled with cheese or other fillings.
NATIONAL MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY
National Make A Difference Day is an annual community service event which is held on the fourth Saturday in October.
Millions of people have united in the common mission to improve the lives of others.
USA Weekend is a national weekend newspaper magazine which is distributed through more than 800 newspapers in the United States and published by Gannett Company as a sister publication to USA Today. USA Weekend’s focus is on social issues, entertainment, health, food and travel. USA Weekend, along with Points of Light, have been sponsoring National Make a Difference Day, the largest national day of community service, for more than twenty years.
Today is "National Crazy Day"!!
Whoa! Sounds like a day reserved for me at last. Happy Crazy day to all. So, this day, we can all bring out the little childish and insane parts of us, do something crazy and make others roll with laughter.
National Crazy Day is celebrated on October 24th every year. This day is specially organized for all of those, who want to be a little crazy. Being fun is the essence of craziness here. Be free, a little unhinged from rules and routines, do things that you had always wanted to do, but make sure you don't violate or hurt someone in the process.
October 24, 1939…Benny Goodman & His Orchestra recorded his mid-1930s radio show theme, "Let's Dance." It failed to chart but continued as Goodman's theme for the rest of his career.
October 24, 1960…At RCA Victor Studio A in New York City, Neil Sedaka recorded "Calendar Girl."
October 24, 1962…James Brown recorded "Live At The Apollo." In 2003, the album was ranked #24 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
October 24, 1965…Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Herman's Hermits, Marvin Gaye, Richard Pryor, and the Smothers Brothers performed on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show."
October 24, 1966…Donovan released "Mellow Yellow." Paul McCartney can be heard in the background on the track, but contrary to legend, it is not McCartney whispering "quite rightly" in the chorus, it is Donovan himself.
1960: Neil Sedaka recorded eight takes of "Calendar Girl".
1960: For the ninth week, "Kiddio" by Brook Benton held off challengers for the #1 spot on the R&B chart.
1963: The Beatles recorded "I Saw Her Standing There", "From Me to You", "Money", "She Loves You", "You Really Got a Hold On Me", "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Twist and Shout" for a radio program in Stockholm, Sweden as they got ready for a five-night tour of Sweden, their first tour outside the U.K.
1964: "We'll Sing In The Sunshine" by Gale Garnett once again topped the Easy Listening chart for the fifth week
1964: Fourteen weeks had come and gone and no one could top one of the top albums of the early Rock Era--A Hard Day's Night by the Beatles.
1964: The Rock Era had been around for nine years, but it was beginning to roll as the Shangri-Las were steaming up the charts with "Leader Of The Pack", a move from 59 to 20.
1964: Manfred Mann continued to have the #1 song with "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", leaving "Dancing In The Street" by Martha & the Vandellas as just a great #2 song. Many thought "Last Kiss" by J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers would go to #1 and Gale Garnett's "We'll Sing In The Sunshine" was song #4. Roy Orbison's former #1 "Oh Pretty Woman" was still hanging around. The rest of the Top 10: The Supremes were bidding for the second #1 of their career (on the heels of "Where Did Our Love Go") with "Baby Love", Chad & Jeremy were at #7 with "A Summer Song", "Let It Be Me" from Betty Everett & Jerry Butler", the Beach Boys couldn't advance with "When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)" and the Honeycombs had a hot song with "Have I The Right?", which moved from 20-10.
1970: Newcomers the Carpenters remained at #1 on the Easy Listening chart with "We've Only Just Begun". That was week #3 for the duo.
1970: Newcomers the Jackson 5 owned the #1 R&B song for the third week with their classic "I'll Be There".
1970: The great Santana album Abraxas was the new #1, finally toppling Cosmo's Factory by CCR. Led Zeppelin was already making noise and debuted at #3 with Led Zeppelin III. The Jackson 5 moved up with Third Album while newcomer James Taylor enjoyed the success of Sweet Baby James. The rest of the Top 10: Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! by the Rolling Stones, the Soundtrack to "Woodstock" at #7, After the Gold Rush from Neil Young, Mad Dogs & Englishmen by Joe Cocker and the Carpenters entered the Top 10 with their first album Close To You.
1970: Stevie Wonder had another winner as "Heaven Help Us All" moved from #78 to #49 on this date.
1970: Another of The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era* was #1 on this date--"I'll Be There" from the Jackson 5. Neil Diamond's former #1 "Cracklin' Rosie" sparkled at #2 and Sugarloaf's biggest career hit "Green-Eyed Lady" was third. The Carpenters were prophetic with "We've Only Just Begun" and Free headed downward with "All Right Now". The rest of an excellent Top 10: "Fire And Rain" from James Taylor, Dawn's "Candida" at #7, R. Dean Taylor had everyone talking with "Indiana Wants Me", I guess you could safely say that the Kinks were doing the same with their song "Lola" and Diana Ross was at #10 with her first solo hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".
1971: Don McLean released the album American Pie.
1972: Steely Dan released their first career single--"Do It Again".
1978: Rod Stewart released the single "You're in My Heart".
1979: The spectacular final Led Zeppelin album In Through the Out Door sparked a surge in past Zeppelin albums. On this date, all Led Zeppelin albums were ranked in the Billboard Top 200.
1981: Don Henley first debuted away from the supergroup the Eagles as his duet with Stevie Nicks, "Leather And Lace" entered the chart.
1981: Tattoo You was now ingrained for a sixth week at #1 for the Rolling Stones on the Album chart. Journey's best album Escape was runner-up with Nine Tonight from Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band #3. Foreigner's 4 was at #4 and Bella Donna from Stevie Nicks remained the same. The rest of a solid Top 10: Dan Fogelberg's double album The Innocent Age, Precious Time from Pat Benatar at #7, Billy Joel had #8--Songs in the Attic, Al Jarreau's breakthrough Breakin' Away and the Moody Blues entered the list with their comeback album Long Distance Voyager.
1981: Kenny Rogers had the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart with one of his career best--"Share Your Love With Me
1983: Elton John released the single "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues".
1983: Hall & Oates released the single "Say It Isn't So".
1987: Sting led the way on the U.K. Album chart with Nothing Like the Sun.
1987: Michael Jackson scored his eighth #1 solo hit and his 17th Top 10 out of 25 releases with "Bad". Counting his work as lead singer of the Jackson 5, that already gave him 54 hits, 27 Top 10 hits and 12 #1's.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
This Date in Rock Music History: October 24
1960: Neil Sedaka recorded eight takes of "Calendar Girl".
1960: For the ninth week, "Kiddio" by Brook Benton held off challengers for the #1 spot on the R&B chart.
1962: James Brown recorded the album Live at the Apollo, Volume I at the Apollo Theatre in New York City.
1963: The Beatles recorded "I Saw Her Standing There", "From Me to You", "Money", "She Loves You", "You Really Got a Hold On Me", "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Twist and Shout" for a radio program in Stockholm, Sweden as they got ready for a five-night tour of Sweden, their first tour outside the U.K.
1964: The Rolling Stones played two shows at the Academy of Music in New York City.
1964: "We'll Sing In The Sunshine" by Gale Garnett once again topped the Easy Listening chart for the fifth week.
1964: Fourteen weeks had come and gone and no one could top one of the top albums of the early Rock Era--A Hard Day's Night by the Beatles.
1964: The Rock Era had been around for nine years, but it was beginning to roll as the Shangri-Las were steaming up the charts with "Leader Of The Pack", a move from 59 to 20.
The memorable song "Last Kiss"...
1964: Manfred Mann continued to have the #1 song with "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", leaving "Dancing In The Street" by Martha & the Vandellas as just a great #2 song. Many thought "Last Kiss" by J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers would go to #1 and Gale Garnett's "We'll Sing In The Sunshine" was song #4. Roy Orbison's former #1 "Oh Pretty Woman" was still hanging around. The rest of the Top 10: The Supremes were bidding for the second #1 of their career (on the heels of "Where Did Our Love Go") with "Baby Love", Chad & Jeremy were at #7 with "A Summer Song", "Let It Be Me" from Betty Everett & Jerry Butler", the Beach Boys couldn't advance with "When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)" and the Honeycombs had a hot song with "Have I The Right?", which moved from 20-10.
1965: The Lovin' Spoonful performed at the Longshoremen's Hall in San Francisco, California.
1966: The Four Tops began a tour of England at the Saville Theatre in London.
1969: David Bowie opened for Humble Pie at the Empire in Sunderland, England.
1970: Pink Floyd achieved their first U.K. #1 album with Atom Heart Mother.
1970: Newcomers the Carpenters remained at #1 on the Easy Listening chart with "We've Only Just Begun". That was week #3 for the duo.
1970: Newcomers the Jackson 5 owned the #1 R&B song for the third week with their classic "I'll Be There".
Neil Young had a Top 10 album...
1970: The great Santana album Abraxas was the new #1, finally toppling Cosmo's Factory by CCR. Led Zeppelin was already making noise and debuted at #3 with Led Zeppelin III. The Jackson 5 moved up with Third Album while newcomer James Taylor enjoyed the success of Sweet Baby James. The rest of the Top 10: Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! by the Rolling Stones, the Soundtrack to "Woodstock" at #7, After the Gold Rush from Neil Young, Mad Dogs & Englishmen by Joe Cocker and the Carpenters entered the Top 10 with their first album Close To You.
1970: Stevie Wonder had another winner as "Heaven Help Us All" moved from #78 to #49 on this date.
1970: Another of The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era* was #1 on this date--"I'll Be There" from the Jackson 5. Neil Diamond's former #1 "Cracklin' Rosie" sparkled at #2 and Sugarloaf's biggest career hit "Green-Eyed Lady" was third. The Carpenters were prophetic with "We've Only Just Begun" and Free headed downward with "All Right Now". The rest of an excellent Top 10: "Fire And Rain" from James Taylor, Dawn's "Candida" at #7, R. Dean Taylor had everyone talking with "Indiana Wants Me", I guess you could safely say that the Kinks were doing the same with their song "Lola" and Diana Ross was at #10 with her first solo hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".
1971: Don McLean released the album American Pie.
1972: Steely Dan released their first career single--"Do It Again".
1973: John Lennon sued the United States government, accusing it of tapping his phone.
1974: David Essex starred in the movie Stardust, which premiered in London theatres.
1978: Rod Stewart released the single "You're in My Heart".
1978: Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones plead guilty to heroin possession.
1979: The spectacular final Led Zeppelin album In Through the Out Door sparked a surge in past Zeppelin albums. On this date, all Led Zeppelin albums were ranked in the Billboard Top 200.
1980: Paul McCartney earned a rhodium-plated disc from Guinness Book of World Records as the all-time best-selling songwriter and recording artist.
1981: Don Henley first debuted away from the supergroup the Eagles as his duet with Stevie Nicks, "Leather And Lace" entered the chart.
1981: The talented and all-around great guy Luther Vandross took over #1 on the R&B chart with "Never Too Much".
1981: Tattoo You was now ingrained for a sixth week at #1 for the Rolling Stones on the Album chart. Journey's best album Escape was runner-up with Nine Tonight from Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band #3. Foreigner's 4 was at #4 and Bella Donna from Stevie Nicks remained the same. The rest of a solid Top 10: Dan Fogelberg's double album The Innocent Age, Precious Time from Pat Benatar at #7, Billy Joel had #8--Songs in the Attic, Al Jarreau's breakthrough Breakin' Away and the Moody Blues entered the list with their comeback album Long Distance Voyager.
1981: Kenny Rogers had the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart with one of his career best--"Share Your Love With Me".
1983: Elton John released the single "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues".
1983: Hall & Oates released the single "Say It Isn't So".
1987: Sting led the way on the U.K. Album chart with Nothing Like the Sun.
1987: Michael Jackson scored his eighth #1 solo hit and his 17th Top 10 out of 25 releases with "Bad". Counting his work as lead singer of the Jackson 5, that already gave him 54 hits, 27 Top 10 hits and 12 #1's.
1988: Poison released the single "Every Rose Has It's Thorn".
1988: Michael Jackson released the seventh single from the album Bad--"Smooth Criminal". (Please press the "Play" icon in the top left-hand portion of the video...)
1989: Simon & Garfunkel, the Who, The 4 Seasons, the Four Tops, Stanley, Idaho's Carole King and Gerry Goffin, the songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, the Platters, the Kinks, Bobby Darin and Hank Ballard were voted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Induction ceremonies took place on April 4, 1990.
Charts
1960:Brenda Lee's "I Want To Be Wanted" hits #1
1960:Frank Sinatra's LP Nice 'N' Easy hits #1
1970:Santana's LP Abraxas hits #1
1970 : "Lola" peaks at #9 in the US, giving The Kinks their first American Top 10 since "Tired of Waiting for You" in 1965. After their US tour in 1965, they were denied visas for the next three years, killing their momentum in that country. Following their return in 1969, "Lola" got them back on the airwaves.
1987 : The title track of Michael Jackson's Bad album hits #1 for the first of two weeks.
1992 : "End Of The Road" by Boyz II Men ties Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" as the longest-running #1 single when it reaches its 11th week at the top. It would spend two more weeks at #1, but would lose the record three months later when Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" stays for 14 weeks.
National Food Day is observed annually on October 24. One of the targets that Food Day aims to help people is to “Eat Real”, which is defined by them as “cutting back on sugar drinks, overly salted packaged foods and fatty, factory-farmed meats in favor of vegetables, fruits, whole grains and sustain-ably raised protein. National Food Day involves some of the country’s most prominent food activists, united by a vision of food that can be healthy, affordable and produced with care for the environment, farm animals and the people who grow, harvest and serve it.
In 2012, there were 3,200 events that took place from community festival to a national conference in Washington, D.C. to thousands of school activities.
United Nations’ Day – October 24
UNITED NATIONS DAY
United Nations Day is observed annually on October 24. It is the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations in 1945.
U.N. Day has traditionally been marked throughout the world with meetings, discussions and exhibits about the achievements and goals of the organization.
“The United Nations works for the entire human family of seven billion people, and cares for the earth, our one and only home.” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION DAY
The United Nations General Assembly decided to institute a World Development Information Day coinciding with United Nations Day on October 24. The General Assembly had the object of drawing the attention of world public-opinion each year to development problems and the necessity of strengthening international co-operation to solve them.
The day was further recognized as the date on which the International Development Strategy for the Second Nations Development Decade was adopted in 1970.
NATIONAL BOLOGNA DAY
Each year on October 24, people across the nation celebrate National Bologna Day. This would be a good day to have a bologna sandwich for lunch.
Sometimes spelled baloney (as it is pronounced), bologna has been one of the more popular luncheon meats for decades.
Favorite bologna sandwich garnishes are mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise, cheese, lettuce, pickles, tomato and onion.
Bologna is derived from and is somewhat similar to the Italian mortadella (a finely hashed/ground port sausage) that originated in Bologna, Italy.
United States government regulations require American bologna to be finely ground and without visible pieces of lard.
Bologna can alternatively be made out of chicken, turkey, beef, pork, venison or soy protein.
Bologna Bowl – When a slice of bologna is heated, the fat renders and the round slice takes the shape of a bowl which may be filled with cheese or other fillings.
NATIONAL MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY
National Make A Difference Day is an annual community service event which is held on the fourth Saturday in October.
Millions of people have united in the common mission to improve the lives of others.
USA Weekend is a national weekend newspaper magazine which is distributed through more than 800 newspapers in the United States and published by Gannett Company as a sister publication to USA Today. USA Weekend’s focus is on social issues, entertainment, health, food and travel. USA Weekend, along with Points of Light, have been sponsoring National Make a Difference Day, the largest national day of community service, for more than twenty years.
Today is "National Crazy Day"!!
Whoa! Sounds like a day reserved for me at last. Happy Crazy day to all. So, this day, we can all bring out the little childish and insane parts of us, do something crazy and make others roll with laughter.
National Crazy Day is celebrated on October 24th every year. This day is specially organized for all of those, who want to be a little crazy. Being fun is the essence of craziness here. Be free, a little unhinged from rules and routines, do things that you had always wanted to do, but make sure you don't violate or hurt someone in the process.
October 24, 1939…Benny Goodman & His Orchestra recorded his mid-1930s radio show theme, "Let's Dance." It failed to chart but continued as Goodman's theme for the rest of his career.
October 24, 1960…At RCA Victor Studio A in New York City, Neil Sedaka recorded "Calendar Girl."
October 24, 1962…James Brown recorded "Live At The Apollo." In 2003, the album was ranked #24 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
October 24, 1965…Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Herman's Hermits, Marvin Gaye, Richard Pryor, and the Smothers Brothers performed on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show."
October 24, 1966…Donovan released "Mellow Yellow." Paul McCartney can be heard in the background on the track, but contrary to legend, it is not McCartney whispering "quite rightly" in the chorus, it is Donovan himself.
1960: Neil Sedaka recorded eight takes of "Calendar Girl".
1960: For the ninth week, "Kiddio" by Brook Benton held off challengers for the #1 spot on the R&B chart.
1963: The Beatles recorded "I Saw Her Standing There", "From Me to You", "Money", "She Loves You", "You Really Got a Hold On Me", "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Twist and Shout" for a radio program in Stockholm, Sweden as they got ready for a five-night tour of Sweden, their first tour outside the U.K.
1964: "We'll Sing In The Sunshine" by Gale Garnett once again topped the Easy Listening chart for the fifth week
1964: Fourteen weeks had come and gone and no one could top one of the top albums of the early Rock Era--A Hard Day's Night by the Beatles.
1964: The Rock Era had been around for nine years, but it was beginning to roll as the Shangri-Las were steaming up the charts with "Leader Of The Pack", a move from 59 to 20.
1964: Manfred Mann continued to have the #1 song with "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", leaving "Dancing In The Street" by Martha & the Vandellas as just a great #2 song. Many thought "Last Kiss" by J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers would go to #1 and Gale Garnett's "We'll Sing In The Sunshine" was song #4. Roy Orbison's former #1 "Oh Pretty Woman" was still hanging around. The rest of the Top 10: The Supremes were bidding for the second #1 of their career (on the heels of "Where Did Our Love Go") with "Baby Love", Chad & Jeremy were at #7 with "A Summer Song", "Let It Be Me" from Betty Everett & Jerry Butler", the Beach Boys couldn't advance with "When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)" and the Honeycombs had a hot song with "Have I The Right?", which moved from 20-10.
1970: Newcomers the Carpenters remained at #1 on the Easy Listening chart with "We've Only Just Begun". That was week #3 for the duo.
1970: Newcomers the Jackson 5 owned the #1 R&B song for the third week with their classic "I'll Be There".
1970: The great Santana album Abraxas was the new #1, finally toppling Cosmo's Factory by CCR. Led Zeppelin was already making noise and debuted at #3 with Led Zeppelin III. The Jackson 5 moved up with Third Album while newcomer James Taylor enjoyed the success of Sweet Baby James. The rest of the Top 10: Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! by the Rolling Stones, the Soundtrack to "Woodstock" at #7, After the Gold Rush from Neil Young, Mad Dogs & Englishmen by Joe Cocker and the Carpenters entered the Top 10 with their first album Close To You.
1970: Stevie Wonder had another winner as "Heaven Help Us All" moved from #78 to #49 on this date.
1970: Another of The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era* was #1 on this date--"I'll Be There" from the Jackson 5. Neil Diamond's former #1 "Cracklin' Rosie" sparkled at #2 and Sugarloaf's biggest career hit "Green-Eyed Lady" was third. The Carpenters were prophetic with "We've Only Just Begun" and Free headed downward with "All Right Now". The rest of an excellent Top 10: "Fire And Rain" from James Taylor, Dawn's "Candida" at #7, R. Dean Taylor had everyone talking with "Indiana Wants Me", I guess you could safely say that the Kinks were doing the same with their song "Lola" and Diana Ross was at #10 with her first solo hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".
1971: Don McLean released the album American Pie.
1972: Steely Dan released their first career single--"Do It Again".
1978: Rod Stewart released the single "You're in My Heart".
1979: The spectacular final Led Zeppelin album In Through the Out Door sparked a surge in past Zeppelin albums. On this date, all Led Zeppelin albums were ranked in the Billboard Top 200.
1981: Don Henley first debuted away from the supergroup the Eagles as his duet with Stevie Nicks, "Leather And Lace" entered the chart.
1981: Tattoo You was now ingrained for a sixth week at #1 for the Rolling Stones on the Album chart. Journey's best album Escape was runner-up with Nine Tonight from Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band #3. Foreigner's 4 was at #4 and Bella Donna from Stevie Nicks remained the same. The rest of a solid Top 10: Dan Fogelberg's double album The Innocent Age, Precious Time from Pat Benatar at #7, Billy Joel had #8--Songs in the Attic, Al Jarreau's breakthrough Breakin' Away and the Moody Blues entered the list with their comeback album Long Distance Voyager.
1981: Kenny Rogers had the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart with one of his career best--"Share Your Love With Me
1983: Elton John released the single "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues".
1983: Hall & Oates released the single "Say It Isn't So".
1987: Sting led the way on the U.K. Album chart with Nothing Like the Sun.
1987: Michael Jackson scored his eighth #1 solo hit and his 17th Top 10 out of 25 releases with "Bad". Counting his work as lead singer of the Jackson 5, that already gave him 54 hits, 27 Top 10 hits and 12 #1's.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
This Date in Rock Music History: October 24
1960: Neil Sedaka recorded eight takes of "Calendar Girl".
1960: For the ninth week, "Kiddio" by Brook Benton held off challengers for the #1 spot on the R&B chart.
1962: James Brown recorded the album Live at the Apollo, Volume I at the Apollo Theatre in New York City.
1963: The Beatles recorded "I Saw Her Standing There", "From Me to You", "Money", "She Loves You", "You Really Got a Hold On Me", "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Twist and Shout" for a radio program in Stockholm, Sweden as they got ready for a five-night tour of Sweden, their first tour outside the U.K.
1964: The Rolling Stones played two shows at the Academy of Music in New York City.
1964: "We'll Sing In The Sunshine" by Gale Garnett once again topped the Easy Listening chart for the fifth week.
1964: Fourteen weeks had come and gone and no one could top one of the top albums of the early Rock Era--A Hard Day's Night by the Beatles.
1964: The Rock Era had been around for nine years, but it was beginning to roll as the Shangri-Las were steaming up the charts with "Leader Of The Pack", a move from 59 to 20.
The memorable song "Last Kiss"...
1964: Manfred Mann continued to have the #1 song with "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", leaving "Dancing In The Street" by Martha & the Vandellas as just a great #2 song. Many thought "Last Kiss" by J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers would go to #1 and Gale Garnett's "We'll Sing In The Sunshine" was song #4. Roy Orbison's former #1 "Oh Pretty Woman" was still hanging around. The rest of the Top 10: The Supremes were bidding for the second #1 of their career (on the heels of "Where Did Our Love Go") with "Baby Love", Chad & Jeremy were at #7 with "A Summer Song", "Let It Be Me" from Betty Everett & Jerry Butler", the Beach Boys couldn't advance with "When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)" and the Honeycombs had a hot song with "Have I The Right?", which moved from 20-10.
1965: The Lovin' Spoonful performed at the Longshoremen's Hall in San Francisco, California.
1966: The Four Tops began a tour of England at the Saville Theatre in London.
1969: David Bowie opened for Humble Pie at the Empire in Sunderland, England.
1970: Pink Floyd achieved their first U.K. #1 album with Atom Heart Mother.
1970: Newcomers the Carpenters remained at #1 on the Easy Listening chart with "We've Only Just Begun". That was week #3 for the duo.
1970: Newcomers the Jackson 5 owned the #1 R&B song for the third week with their classic "I'll Be There".
Neil Young had a Top 10 album...
1970: The great Santana album Abraxas was the new #1, finally toppling Cosmo's Factory by CCR. Led Zeppelin was already making noise and debuted at #3 with Led Zeppelin III. The Jackson 5 moved up with Third Album while newcomer James Taylor enjoyed the success of Sweet Baby James. The rest of the Top 10: Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! by the Rolling Stones, the Soundtrack to "Woodstock" at #7, After the Gold Rush from Neil Young, Mad Dogs & Englishmen by Joe Cocker and the Carpenters entered the Top 10 with their first album Close To You.
1970: Stevie Wonder had another winner as "Heaven Help Us All" moved from #78 to #49 on this date.
1970: Another of The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era* was #1 on this date--"I'll Be There" from the Jackson 5. Neil Diamond's former #1 "Cracklin' Rosie" sparkled at #2 and Sugarloaf's biggest career hit "Green-Eyed Lady" was third. The Carpenters were prophetic with "We've Only Just Begun" and Free headed downward with "All Right Now". The rest of an excellent Top 10: "Fire And Rain" from James Taylor, Dawn's "Candida" at #7, R. Dean Taylor had everyone talking with "Indiana Wants Me", I guess you could safely say that the Kinks were doing the same with their song "Lola" and Diana Ross was at #10 with her first solo hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".
1971: Don McLean released the album American Pie.
1972: Steely Dan released their first career single--"Do It Again".
1973: John Lennon sued the United States government, accusing it of tapping his phone.
1974: David Essex starred in the movie Stardust, which premiered in London theatres.
1978: Rod Stewart released the single "You're in My Heart".
1978: Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones plead guilty to heroin possession.
1979: The spectacular final Led Zeppelin album In Through the Out Door sparked a surge in past Zeppelin albums. On this date, all Led Zeppelin albums were ranked in the Billboard Top 200.
1980: Paul McCartney earned a rhodium-plated disc from Guinness Book of World Records as the all-time best-selling songwriter and recording artist.
1981: Don Henley first debuted away from the supergroup the Eagles as his duet with Stevie Nicks, "Leather And Lace" entered the chart.
1981: The talented and all-around great guy Luther Vandross took over #1 on the R&B chart with "Never Too Much".
1981: Tattoo You was now ingrained for a sixth week at #1 for the Rolling Stones on the Album chart. Journey's best album Escape was runner-up with Nine Tonight from Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band #3. Foreigner's 4 was at #4 and Bella Donna from Stevie Nicks remained the same. The rest of a solid Top 10: Dan Fogelberg's double album The Innocent Age, Precious Time from Pat Benatar at #7, Billy Joel had #8--Songs in the Attic, Al Jarreau's breakthrough Breakin' Away and the Moody Blues entered the list with their comeback album Long Distance Voyager.
1981: Kenny Rogers had the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart with one of his career best--"Share Your Love With Me".
1983: Elton John released the single "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues".
1983: Hall & Oates released the single "Say It Isn't So".
1987: Sting led the way on the U.K. Album chart with Nothing Like the Sun.
1987: Michael Jackson scored his eighth #1 solo hit and his 17th Top 10 out of 25 releases with "Bad". Counting his work as lead singer of the Jackson 5, that already gave him 54 hits, 27 Top 10 hits and 12 #1's.
1988: Poison released the single "Every Rose Has It's Thorn".
1988: Michael Jackson released the seventh single from the album Bad--"Smooth Criminal". (Please press the "Play" icon in the top left-hand portion of the video...)
1989: Simon & Garfunkel, the Who, The 4 Seasons, the Four Tops, Stanley, Idaho's Carole King and Gerry Goffin, the songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, the Platters, the Kinks, Bobby Darin and Hank Ballard were voted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Induction ceremonies took place on April 4, 1990.
Charts
1960:Brenda Lee's "I Want To Be Wanted" hits #1
1960:Frank Sinatra's LP Nice 'N' Easy hits #1
1970:Santana's LP Abraxas hits #1
1970 : "Lola" peaks at #9 in the US, giving The Kinks their first American Top 10 since "Tired of Waiting for You" in 1965. After their US tour in 1965, they were denied visas for the next three years, killing their momentum in that country. Following their return in 1969, "Lola" got them back on the airwaves.
1987 : The title track of Michael Jackson's Bad album hits #1 for the first of two weeks.
1992 : "End Of The Road" by Boyz II Men ties Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" as the longest-running #1 single when it reaches its 11th week at the top. It would spend two more weeks at #1, but would lose the record three months later when Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" stays for 14 weeks.
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