Blind Melon singer/songwriter Shannon Hoon died at the age of 28 on October 21st of 1995 due to an accidental cocaine overdose. Blind Melon is most well known for the hit 1992 single “No Rain” which reached #20 on the US Hot 100 and #1 on the US Mainstream & Modern Rock charts. It also [...]

Tom Petty was born on October 20th of 1950 in Gainesville, Florida. Petty released his first album in 1976 with his band. The album was titled the same as his band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. This debut album included two songs that would become classic rock staples, “Breakdown” & “American Girl.” But the album [...]

Nirvana’s From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah hit #1 on the US album charts on October 19th of 1996. It was a live album including Nirvana performances from 1989 through 1994. It was the second live album released after Kurt Cobain’s death (in April of 1994.) The first was the acoustic MTV unplugged album [...]

Chuck Berry was born as Charles Edward Anderson Berry on October 18th of 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri. Chuck Berry broke onto the popular music scene in 1955 with the #5 single “Maybellene.” Berry is without a doubt one of the most influential songwriters & guitarists in the history of rock and roll music. As [...]

Eminem was born as Marshall Bruce Mathers III on October 17th of 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Eminem became famous with the release of 1999′s “My Name Is” which hit #36 in the US and #2 in the UK. The video for the song was shown on MTV frequently. “My Name Is” was included on [...]

John Mayer was born on October 16th of 1977 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He has released three studio albums to date with his debut, 2001′s Room for Squares, still being his top seller (4 million copies sold in the United States.) He’s best known for singles like “No Such Thing,” “Your Body Is a Wonderland,” “Daughters,” [...]

On October 15th of 2000 U2 hit #1 on the UK singles charts for the 4th time with “Beautiful Day.” The song was taken from their 2000 album All That You Can’t Leave Behind. “Beautiful Day” also reached #1 on the Irish, Italian, Latvian, Norwegian, Canadian, Dutch, & Australian singles charts. It reached #21 in [...]

Thomas Dolby was born as Thomas Morgan Robertson on October 14, 1958 in London, England – 50 years ago today. Dolby is most well known for his 1982 hit single “She Blinded Me With Science” which hit #5 on the US singles charts. But biggest UK hit was actually 1984′s “Hyperactive” which hit #17 in [...]

Michael Jackson had his second #1 US single as a solo artist with “Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough” when it reached the top of the US charts on October 13, 1979. His first #1 US single had been “Ben” 7 years earlier. This song also reached #1 in Australia & Norway. It hit #3 [...]

John Denver died on October 12th of 1997 at the age of 53. He was born as Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. on December 31, 1943 in Roswell, New Mexico. Denver was at his peak commercially during the mid 1970s when he had two #1 albums and four #1 singles in the United States. “Take Me [...]