Rock History ... a day like today.. October 19th

1964:Simon and Garfunkel found themselves at the other end of that trend line when Wednesday Morning, 3 AM appeared on this date. Their retrograde folky debut flopped so badly that it nearly derailed a hall-of-fame partnership. Luckily, the album’s enterprising producer Tom Wilson later decided to add electric guitars and drums to the existing acoustic version of “The Sound of Silence,” and a hit (finally!) was born.
1966: The Yardbirds arrived in New York for their first US tour with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on lead guitars. After two dates of the tour, Beck developed acute tonsillitis and quit the group. He would go on to form The Jeff Beck Group, that gave Rod Stewart his first major exposure.
1968: 18 year old Peter Frampton meet Steve Marriott at a Small Faces show in London. After striking up a friendship, the two started planning a new group which emerged as Humble Pie next April.
1973, David Bowie released his seventh album Pin Ups. The album, which features supermodel Twiggy on the front cover, is a collection of cover versions of some of the singer’s favourite songs, including tracks by Pink Floyd, The Pretty Things, The Who, The Yardbirds and The Kinks
1977: Tom Petty made good on all of the Heartbreakers’ early momentum. Their 1977 debut stalled outside the Top 50, but the following year’s You’re Gonna Get It! went to No. 23. Damn the Torpedoes, Petty’s third release, hurtled them higher. Way, way higher: The album has sold more than three million copies in the U.S. alone, powered along by setlist stalwarts including the Top 40 hit “Breakdown.”
1980:AC/DC kicked of a 20 day UK tour at Bristol Colston Hall,the bads first gigs since the death of singer Bob Scott
1993:You could have forgiven Rush for having low expectations when it came to their 15th studio album. After all, Counterparts arrived at the height of the grunge craze. In fact, it was issued the same day as Pearl Jam‘s highly anticipated Vs. Not only was Counterparts a hit, however, it shot to No. 2 on the strength of tracks like the perfectly named “Stick It Out,” Rush’s fifth charttopping song on the mainstream rock radio charts.
1995, Nirvana were at No.1 on the US album chart with 'The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah.'
1997, Original Alice Cooper band guitarist Glen Buxton died from pneumonia, aged 49. Born in Akron, Ohio, he attended High School in Phoenix, Arizona, where he met Dennis Dunaway and Vincent Furnier, later to call himself the titular Alice Cooper. Buxton co-wrote several classic Alice Cooper hits, including 'School's Out', 'I'm Eighteen' and 'Elected.'
2011, Coldplay released their fifth studio album 'Mylo Xyloto' which charted at No.1 in thirty-four countries. In the UK 'Mylo Xyloto' became Coldplay's fifth album to debut at No.1 and became the group's third to debut at No.1 on the US Billboard 200.

Album Anniversaries:
Simon & Garfunkel – Wednesday Morning 3 AM (1964)
Tom Petty – Damn the Torpedoes (1979)
Pearl Jam – Vs (1993)
Rush – Counterparts (1993)
Coldplay-Mylo Xyloto (2011)