Oct 16, 2017: Tom Petty Laid to Rest at Private Service
Two weeks after the unexpected death of the rock icon, family and friends attended a private service in Pacific Palisades, CA
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Oct 16, 1966: Grace Slick Makes Airplane Debut
A heartthrob for men and role model for women within the 1960s counterculture, she sang the band’s two biggest hits: “Somebody to Love” and “White Rabbit”
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Bruce Lee: Boards Don’t Hit Back
The photogenic martial arts expert was riding a wave of success with multiple box-office hits and Enter the Dragon was about to make him a star in America
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Adam Sandler: The Thanksgiving Song
Lorne Michaels sure has had a knack for discovering talent. Sandler wishes all of you a Happy Thanksgiving in this Classic Video from 1992
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Oct 15, 2020: Dave Munden, Original Member of British Pop Group the Tremeloes, Dies
The group famously was selected, instead of the Beatles, by Decca Records in an audition. They earned eleven Top 10 singles in the U.K. including two #1s
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October 15, 1966: Monkees Record ‘I’m A Believer’
The song was written by a now-well known songwriter, who performed on the recording. Monkees-mania was in full swing as the single had orders of over 1 million copies
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October 15, 1988: UB40’s Unusual Path to #1
20 years after Neil Diamond’s single of “Red Red Wine” was issued and five years after UB40 first released it as a single, the song finally went #1
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When Jimmy Fallon Took Bob Dylan to the Circus
The Bard, in New York for a Beacon Theatre residency, used a sketch on The Tonight Show to offer a unique product placement
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The Story Behind the Drifters’ ‘Save the Last Dance For Me’
Doc Pomus wrote the lyrics from his wheelchair about watching his bride dance at their wedding. Dick Clark discovered the song’s huge potential
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Oct 12, 1969: Paul McCartney Death Rumors Begin
A Detroit DJ takes a call from a listener who tells him that when “Strawberry Fields Forever” is played backwards, a voice says, “Turn me on, dead man.” Then more clues surface
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