October 22

Births

1920: Timothy Leary (Psychologist)

1942: Annette Funicello (Singer & Mickey Mouse Club Member)

1942: Bobby Fuller (Vocals & Guitar for The Bobby Fuller Four)

1945: Eddie Brigati (Vocals for The Young Rascals)

1945: Leslie West (Guitar for Mountain)

1960: Darryl Jenifer (Bass for Bad Brains)

1964: TobyMac (Toby McKeehan) (Christian Singer / Songwriter)

1965: John Wesley Harding (Singer / Songwriter)

1968: Shaggy (Orville Richard Burrell) (Reggae Artist)

1968: Shelby Lynne (Country Singer / Songwriter)

1976: Jon Foreman (Lead Singer / Songwriter of Switchfoot)

1985: Zach Hanson (Drums for Hanson)

Events

1961: In response to the ever-expanding "twist" craze, Chubby Checker performs his original hit from a year ago, "The Twist," along with the followup smash "Let's Twist Again," in a medley on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show. The resultant attention boosted both singles back into the Hot 100, and shot "The Twist" back to #1 in early 1962, marking the only time the same single has hit the top spot in two separate years.

1963: A 24-year-old Kenny Rogers takes his third wife, Margo Gladys Anderson.

1963: David Allan Coe begins serving a four-year prison sentence at the Ohio State Penitentiary, for car theft, possession of obscene materials and possession of burglary tools. He later claims he killed a fellow inmate during his incarceration.

1964: Mod rockers the High Numbers fail their audition with the EMI label, but within a year will find success on Brunswick Records as The Who.

1966: The Supremes became the first female group to have a No.1 album on the US char whith 'The Supremes a Go Go', knocking The Beatles 'Revolver', from the top of the charts.

1969: An understandably miffed and somewhat confused Paul McCartney issues an official press release through Apple stating that he is not, in fact, dead, and then retires to his farm in Scotland (where Life magazine will track him down to further prove his not-deadness).

1976: Keith Moon performed for the last time with The Who.

1990: Pearl Jam played their first ever concert when they appeared at the Off Ramp in Seattle.

1993: Annette Funicello is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Blvd.

1996: Apple announces that The Beatles have sold an unprecedented 19 million albums this year as a result of the Anthology juggernaut, with 41% of those sales, according to polls, going to fans who weren't even born when the group broke up.

2003:  Singer / Songwriter Elliot Smith committed suicide at age 34. One time member of Stranger Than Fiction, he had a solo 1997 album 'Either/Or'.