OCTOBER 19
IN 1973, RCA RECORDS RELEASED DAVID BOWIE’S COVERS ALBUM, “PIN-UPS,” A COLLECTION OF MID-’60’S HITS, INCLUDING THE EASYBEATS’ “FRIDAY ON MY MIND” AND THE WHO’S “I CAN’T EXPLAIN.”
IN 1966, THE YARDBIRDS–NOW FEATURING THE TWO-GUITAR LINEUP OF JEFF BECK AND JIMMY PAGE–ARRIVED IN NEW YORK TO START THEIR FIRST US TOUR. BECK WOULD LEAVE THE BAND BEFORE THE TOUR WAS OVER.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PATRICK SIMMONS. THE DOOBIE BROTHERS’ FOUNDING MEMBER WAS BORN TODAY IN 1948