5 OCTOBER
In Music History
1975 Original Wailers members Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer play together for the last time at the Wonder Dream Concert, which is a benefit organized by Stevie Wonder, in Kingston, Jamaica.
1974 Randy Newman plays Atlanta Symphony Hall backed by an 87-piece orchestra conducted by his uncle Emil Newman.
1974 R&B/soul singer Heather Headley is born in Trinidad.
1974 The Beach Boys' LP Endless Summer hits #1.
1974 Olivia Newton-John's "I Honestly Love You" hits #1 for the first of two weeks, making it her first chart-topper in the US.
1973 Elton John releases Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, his most successful studio album.More
1970 Led Zeppelin releases Led Zeppelin III.
1969 The British comedy troupe Monty Python launch their sketch-comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus on BBC1 with a theme song of American origin: "The Liberty Bell," a military march by John Philip Sousa.
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1966 The Jimi Hendrix Experience forms in London.
1965 Henry Mancini's soundtrack LP The Pink Panther is certified gold.
1961 The Marcels release "Heartaches."
1959 The famously bad movie Girls' Town, featuring Paul Anka and Mel Tormé, premieres in US theaters.
1959 Nina Simone's debut single, "I Loves You Porgy," peaks at #18 on the Hot 100, the highest she will ever place on the chart.
1958 Cliff Richard and The Shadows play their first ever gig, appearing on a bill with the Kalin Twins and Eddie Calvert at Victoria Hall in Hanley, England.
1951 Sir Bob Geldof (lead singer for The Boomtown Rats) is born in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland.
Dolly Parton Appears In Playboy
1978Dolly Parton becomes the first country singer to pose for Playboy.
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2012 Adele posts her new theme to Skyfall, the 23rd film in the James Bond series. The theme song, written by Adele and her songwriting partner Paul Epworth, features a 77-piece backing orchestra. In an informal Billboard poll, 69% of responses vote it the best theme to a Bond film ever.
2000 Gilmore Girls debuts on The WB with an updated version of Carole King's "Where You Lead" as its theme song. Reflecting the show's mother-daughter theme, King sings the song with her daughter Louise Goffin.More
1987 Bruce Springsteen releases his album Tunnel Of Love. He got married for the first time two years earlier, but there are few signs of domestic bliss in the songs. [The release date is often listed as October 9, but news clips from the time show that October 5 is correct.]More
1979 ABBA visits the White House while on tour for the first and only time in America. They meet President Carter's daughter Amy, who is a big fan.
1962 Parlophone releases the first Beatles single, "Love Me Do," in the UK. Radio Luxembourg puts it on the air, marking the first time a Beatles single is played on the radio.
1959 Bobby Darin's swinging version of "Mack the Knife," a song about a killer from The Threepenny Opera, hits #1 on the Hot 100 and stays there for an astonishing nine weeks. Darin, who is known for lighter fare like "Splish Splash," gains a more adult following, putting him on par with Frank Sinatra.More
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