OCTOBER 2
ON THIS DAY IN 1965, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ROCK ACTS OF ALL TIME MADE THEIR U.S. TV DEBUT. THE WHO APPEARED ON THE SHOW “SHINDIG!”, PERFORMING THEIR HIT, “I CAN’T EXPLAIN.”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO STING OF THE POLICE, FORMALLY KNOWN AS GORDON SUMNER, WHO TURNS 74 TODAY
AND TODAY IN 2017, JUST A WEEK AFTER COMPLETING HIS 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR WITH THE HEARTBREAKERS, TOM PETTY DIED AFTER GOING TO CARDIAC ARREST AT HIS HOME IN LOS ANGELES. HE WAS 66 YEARS OLD.