History of Rock ...a day like today... October 17th

1958: Cliff Richard signs to appear in the film ‘Serious Charge’
1960:  Mick Jagger met his high school friend Keith Richards accidentally on a train.  The two talked about R&B records and, as fate would have it, later both joined the group Little Boy Blue & the Blue Boys.  (Note:  many websites claim this meeting took place on October 25, but the BBC states that the two met at a train station in Dartford, Kent on October 17.)
1962: Beatles appear on UK TV show ‘People and Places’, singing ‘Some Other Guy’
1963: Ronettes debut on UK chart with ‘Be My Baby’
1964: Velvettes enter US chart with ‘Needle in a Haystack’
1967:  The great musical Hair premiered at the Public Theatre in New York City and would run for 1,758 performances.
1969 Led Zeppelin release ‘Led Zeppelin 2′ in US
1977:  Lynyrd Skynyrd released the album Street Survivors, three days before vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines Steve's wife Cassie, a backup vocalist with the group, and road manager Dean Kilpatrick were killed in a plane crash.
1979 Fleetwood Mac release ‘Tusk’ LP in US, album released ahead of time due to plays on US radio
1987:  Bruce Springsteen ruled the U.K. Album chart with Tunnel of Love.Hysteria by Def Leppard climbed up to #4 and Pink Floyd reached the #5 position with A Momentary Lapse of Reason
2004:  R.E.M. owned the #1 album with Around the Sun

Birthdays
1928 Cozy Cole (Topsy)
1934 Rico (Specials)
1941 James Seals (Seals and Crofts)
1946 James Tucker (Turtles)
1968 Ziggy Marley
1972 Wyclef Jean (The Fugees)
1972:  Eminem

Deaths

1972 Billy Williams (I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter)
1991 Tennessee Ernie Ford