October 5

Births

1907: Mrs. Miller (Singer)

1942: Richard Street (Singer in The Temptations)

1943: Steve Miller (Guitar & Vocals)

1947: Brian Johnson (Singer for AC/DC)

1948: Lucius Ross (Rhythm Guitar for Funkadelic)

1949: Brian Connolly (Lead Singer for Sweet)

1950: Eddie Clarke (Guitar for Motorhead & Fastway)

1951: Bob Geldof (Singer for The Boomtown Rats)

1953: Sandra "Puma" Jones (Singer for Black Uhuru)

1957: Lee Thompson (Sax for Madness)

1959: Troy Luccketta (Drummer for Tesla)

1961: David Bryson (Guitar for Counting Crows)

1978: James Valentine (Guitarist for Maroon 5)

1980: Paul Thomas (Bass for Good Charlotte)

Events

1962: The Beatles release their first single, "Love Me Do" b/w "P.S. I Love You," in the UK. That night, it is played on Radio Luxembourg, owned by EMI, representing the first time a Beatles song is ever heard on the airwaves.  It spend 26 weeks on the charts and peaked at #4 in UK.

1965: Johnny Cash was arrested crossing the Mexican border into El Paso, Texas after customs officials found 100’s of pills in his guitar case. He received a suspended jail sentence and a $1,000 fine.

1966, In London, Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding played together for the first time, The Jimi Hendrix Experience were formed.

1968: The single "Magic Carpet Ride" was released by Steppenwolf. It is considered as the first modern rock video.

1970: George Jones & Tammy Wynette's only child, Tamala Georgette, born in Lakeland, Florida.

1975: The three original Wailers -- Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer -- perform together for the last time at Stevie Wonder's benefit concert, the Wonder Dream Concert, in Kingston, Jamaica.

1987: Ex Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr began rehearsals with The Pretenders in preparation for the band supporting U2 on their North America tour.

1992: Eddie Kendricks (Lead Singer for The Temptations) died of lung cancer at age 52.

1999: After breaking up "permanently" in 1983, the Who reform with an announcement by singer Roger Daltrey that the trio will re-form for a Las Vegas concert.

1999: Trisha Yearwood files for divorce from Mavericks bass player Robert Reynolds, citing the standard irreconcilable differences.

2000: The book The Beatles Anthology, some twenty years in the making, is published in the US. Price: $60.

2006: Jeffrey Borer, owner of the company that sold Michael Jackson his private Gulfstream jet, is sentenced to six months in prison for ordering employee Arvel Jett Reeves to install two videocameras in it in order to catch Jackson saying something for which he could be blackmailed.

2007: A federal jury finds a Minnesota woman guilty of online music file sharing through the public service KaZaa, fining her $220,000.