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Rock 'n' Roll Almanac for Wednesday, October 15, 2025

90 years ago 1935Folk singer Barry McGuire, whose Eve of Destruction would go to #1 in 1965, is born.
83 years ago 1942Moby Grape's Don Stevenson is born.
79 years ago 1946Richard Carpenter of The Carpenters is born.
72 years ago 1953Tito Jackson, brother of Michael and Janet, is born.
70 years ago 1955ABC-TV premieres a new hour-long, every-fourth Saturday night series, Grand Ole Opry.
70 years ago 1955Buddy Holly opens a show for Elvis Presley in Lubbock, Texas.
59 years ago 1966Pink Floyd and Soft Machine perform at the launching party for the new British-based youth-culture paper International Times.
54 years ago 1971Fifties teen idol Rick Nelson is booed when he performs new material at an oldies show at Madison Square Garden. As a result of the experience, he writes Garden Party which makes it to #6 in October 1972. A line from the song, “If memories are all I'd sing, I'd rather drive a truck.”
52 years ago 1973The Supreme Court decides by a 7-2 vote to refuse to review a 1971 Federal Communications directive that broadcasters, in effect, censor from the airwaves songs with drug-oriented lyrics. The two dissenting votes are cast by Justices William J. Brennan and William O. Douglas, who say, “The government cannot, consistent with the First Admendment, require a broadcaster to censor its music.”
51 years ago 1974Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits turns gold, but Alice is all ready in the process of dumping the band for a solo shot.
49 years ago 1976Ike and Tina Turner split as a musical act.
48 years ago 1977Fleetwood Mac release their classic album, Rumours.
48 years ago 1977Paul Simon's Slip Slidin' Away is released.
45 years ago 1980The Cars rack up their third straight platinum album with Panorama. Althought the album goes to #5, it's considered something of a let-down after the back-to-back smashes of The Cars and Candy-O. Touch and Go from the LP peaks at #11.
43 years ago 1982Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing enters the black singles chart at #25. Within the month it rockets to the #1 spot on the chart and will win a Grammy as Best R&B Male Vocal Performance of the Year.
43 years ago 1982Lionel Richie of the Commodores fuels rumors that he'll be leaving the group as his solo song, Truly is on the R&B chart at #28. The song does rise to the Top Ten on both the R&B singles and pop singles charts.
38 years ago 1987Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia opens a sold-out two-week run of solo shows on Broadway.
34 years ago 1991John Fogerty and his wife Julie become parents to son Shane Cody.
29 years ago 1996Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee is charged with attacking a cameraman. The cameraman was trying to take pictures of Lee and his wife Pamela Anderson Lee outside an L.A. club.

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