October 30th is Devils’ Night! But dig this, on October 30…

 

But dig this,

 on October 30…

Not only was the great Eddie Holland and Grace Slick born (Both in 1939),  but also were The Temptations’ Otis Williams (1941) and Timothy B. Schmidt  (Poco, Eagles)  in 1947!!! 

 

AND dig this!!!

October 30, 1953:  

The 5 Royales hit #1 on the R&B chart with "Baby Don't Do It",   #1 on the R&B chart with "Help Me Somebody", #5 on the R&B chart with "Crazy,Crazy, Crazy"and #4 on the R&B chart with "Too Much Lovin'"…

October 30, 1961:

Lee Dorsey hits #7 with "Ya Ya"…

October 30, 1965: "A Lover's Concerto" by the Toys charts at #2…

 

October 30, 1968: Kick Out the Jams is the first album by MC5, released in 1969. It was recorded live at Detroit's Grande Ballroom over two nights
 Devil's night and Halloween, 1968....

 In 2003, the album was ranked number 294 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time…

October 30, 1971: The Persuaders hit #15 with "Thin Line Between Love and Hate"…

Devils’ Night ROCKS…

In The EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

October 23 ROCKS in The Evolution of Rock and Roll: Hank Ballard, The Duals, Dion, The Chantels, ? and The Mysterians, Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon...

In the 1950s there was a cat by the name of HANK BALLARD who knew about Rock and Roll before there was such a thing!

 

In 1960 he wrote and recorded THE TWIST and it was ripped off by Chubby Checker. This is what he was doin’ (with a taste of RAP) 



before THE TWIST…

October 23, 1953:

Hank Ballard & the Royals hit #6 on the R&B chart with "Get It". Hank does a bit of rappin’…

 (Remember, this was in 1953!)…

Check ‘em out doing the tune as The Midnighters…

October 23, 1961:

Instrumentals were rockin’ and The Duals hit #25 with "Stick Shift"…

Same date in 1961:

Almost one year after splitting with his backing group the Belmonts, Dion's "Runaround Sue" hits #1…

Again on October 23, 1961:

"Look In My Eyes" by the Chantels goes to #14…



 


October 23, 1966:

"96 Tears" was a hit…



Also on October 23, 1966:

The Jimi Hendrix Experience records its first two songs, "Hey Joe"

And also,“Stone Free”…

Both recorded  at London's De Lane Lea Studios…

October 23, 1980:

John Lennon's first new single in more than five years...

 "(Just Like) Starting Over," is released…

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