Adam Horovitz was born on October 31st of 1966 in South Orange, New Jersey. Horovitz is a rapper, guitarist, & producer most well known as “Adrock” of the Beastie Boys. He has been a member of the Beastie Boys since 1983. In 1986 the Beastie Boys released their debut album, Licensed to Ill. It was [...]

Imagine was John Lennon’s second solo album (his first was 1970′s Plastic Ono Band.) Imagine reached #1 on the US Billboard album charts on October 30th of 1971. It is a critically acclaimed album and to this day is considered Lennon’s most popular solo album. Rolling Stone ranked it #76 in their 2003 list of [...]

Denny Laine was born as Brian Frederick Arthur Hines on October 29th of 1944 in England. Laine is best known as a guitarist and lead singer for an early version of The Moody Blues (their first album) and as co-founder of Wings (with Paul McCartney of course.) Laine had cowriting credits on some Wings songs [...]

Charlie Daniels was born on October 28th of 1936 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Daniels is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler who is known as a country and southern rock performer. He is most well known for the song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” from 1979. It reached #3 on the Billboard singles chart. [...]

Scott Weiland was born as Scott Richard Kline on October 27th of 1967 in Santa Cruz, California. Weiland is most well known as lead singer for Stone Temple Pilots who have released five studio albums to date. Stone Temple Pilots first album was 1992′s Core and their most recent was 2001′s Shangri-La Dee Da. Core [...]

Bootsy Collins was born as William Collins in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 26th of 1951. Collins is one of the most influential bassists ever. He played with James Brown and P Funk. He has also released many albums under his own name and Bootsy’s Rubber Band. Collins is also a songwriter and a vocalist. Bootsy [...]

Cyndi Lauper had her second #1 US single with “True Colors” on October 25, 1986. It stayed at #1 for two weeks. Her first #1 single was 1983′s “Time After Time.” While her debut (and probably best known) single, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” reached #2 (also in ’83.) “True Colors” was the lead [...]

Michael Jackson’s “Bad,” the opening track on the 1987 album by the same name, hit #1 on the US singles chart on October 24th of 1987. It was Jackson’s seventh #1 single as a solo artist. It was also one of five #1 singles taken from the Bad album. “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” [...]

Dwight Yoakam was born on October 23, 1956. Yoakum has released three albums that have reached #1 on the US Country album charts. His peak on the overall album charts was 1993′s This Time which hit #25 on the Billboard 200. Along with his success as a country singer-songwriter, Yoakam has also been an actor. [...]

Shaggy was born as Orville Richard Burrell on October 22nd of 1968 in Kingston, Jamaica. He first hit it big in the United States in 1995 with “In the Summertime” & “Boombastic” which both reached #3 on the US singles charts. He bettered those results in 2001 with two #1 singles, “It Wasn’t Me” & [...]