IF YOU WERE BORN IN OCTOBER you are sharing Your Birthday Month with some of the music stars we play year around. However, during October, songs by October born singers and bands with members born in October are being played more often in our mix of hits from the 1950s through the 1990s, into the 2000s.
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS include: STING and HENRY PADOVANI of The Police; DON McLEAN; LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM of Fleetwood Mac; CHUBBY CHECKER; JOHN MELLENCAMP; JOHN LENNON of Beatles and solo; DAVID LEE ROTH of Van Halen and solo; MARIE OSMOND of Donnie and Marie and solo; PAUL SIMON of Simon and Garfunkel and solo; CLIFF RICHARD; CHUCK BERRY; TOM PETTY of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers; ANNETTE FUNICELLO; WEIRD AL YANKOVIC; JOHN FORD COLEY of England John and John Ford Coley; TITO JACKSON of The Jackson 5; RICHARD CARPENTER of The Carpenters; ROBERT WARD of Ohio Players; BARRY McGUIRE of New Cristy Minstrals;
AND: J.P. “BIG BOPPER” RICHARDSON; HELEN REDDY; CHARLIE DANIELS; GRACE SLICK of Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship; DONNY HATHAWAY; SCOTT McKENZIE; JERRY MARTINI of Sly and The Family Stone; HERB FAME of Peaches and Herb; STEVE O’ROURKE of Pink Floyd; Barbara Parritt of The Toys; Grady Chapman of The Coasters; TONY WILSON of Hot Chocolate; GEORGE BELLAMY of The Tornados; FRED CASH of The Impressions; JOHN ENTWISTLE of The Who; TANYA TUCKER; JERRY LACROIX of Blood, Sweat and Tears; DANNY SUGARMAN of The Doors; ANDRE WOOLFOLK of Earth, Wind and Fire; DARYL HALL of Hall and Oates; GARY MALLABER of Steve Miller Band; and DOTTIE WEST.
- Billboard Publisher, Co-Owner Dead at 72
GREATGOLD NEWS – SAM HOLDSWORTH, former editor-in-chief and publisher of media, music, radio, and entertainment industry news and information publisher, Billboard, died May 18 at 72 of a heart attack. Holdsworth, who was also co-founder of Musician magazine, was part of a consortium that bought Billboard Publications Inc. (BPI) in 1984 from the Littleford family […]
- GreatGold.fm Is Now GreatGoldMusic.com
GREATGOLD NEWS – There is one thing in life that you can always count on and that is “change”. Our GreatGold.fm domain name has changed due to registration expiration at the end of May, 2024 because of an unintended paperwork snafu. As a result of the confusion that developed, we lost the right to […]
- The Who’s Townshend Was Born in May
GREATGOLD – THE WHO’S Pete Townshend, born May 19, 1945, (Picture-right) is one of the many GreatGold Music Stars born during the month of May getting Extra Plays this month as part of The Who, along with the other music stars with May birthdays. See the list of May Birthdays on our GreatGoldMusic.com website, formerly […]
- Twangin’ Duane Eddy Bites the Dust
GREATGOLD NEWS – The GreatGold Music Star behind the Deep Twanging guitar sound heard on many hit songs from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and beyond, Duane Eddy, has passed on to rock and roll heaven. The guitar magic of Duane Eddy can be heard on such hit favs as “Rebel-Rouser” in 1958, “Ramrod” (1958), “Cannonball&rdquo […]
- RockNod: Cher, Kool, Foreigner, More
GREATGOLD NEWS – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame final list of new 2024 inductees to be celebrated at the induction ceremony has been revealed at rockhall.com. The list of inductees includes the following Performers: Cher, Mary J. Blige, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & The Gang, Ozzy Osbourne, and A Trib […]
