1941
Paul Simon is born in Newark, N.J. He teams up with boyhood schoolmate Art Garfunkel to form one of pop music's most successful duos. Simon & Garfunkel's biggest hit is the million-selling "Bridge Over Troubled Water," which tops the Hot 100 for six weeks. Their first Grammy comes for the 1968 Record of the Year, "Mrs. Robinson." The duo is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
Paul Simon "Slip Slidin' Away" Live at Abbey Rd

1944
Robert Lamm, keyboardist and vocalist with Chicago, is born.
Robert Lamm "25 or 6 to 4"

1947
Ex-Van Halen lead singer, the Red Rocker, Sammy Hagar is born.
Sammy Hagar "V.O.A."

1958
A Billboard featurette on the Teddy Bears notes "18 year old Phil Spector, who wrote and arranged their hit 'To Know Him is to Love Him,' is studying to be a court reporter."
Teddy Bears "To Know Him Is To Love Him"

1959
Marie Osmond is born in Ogden, Utah. She co-hosts a variety show with her brother Donny from 1976-78. Her biggest solo hit is "Paper Roses," a million-selling No. 1 country single that reaches No. 5 on the pop charts.
Marie Osmond "Paper Roses"

1963
The Beatles appear on BBC's Sunday Night at the Palladium. Thousand of fans jam the streets adjacent to the theater. It's the first demonstration of Beatlemania as many of the fans battle with police to get into the theater. The group's television appearance is witnesses by 15 million British viewers.

1970
Janis Joplin's ashes are scattered off the coast of California.
Janis Joplin "Piece of My Heart"

1974
No. 1 Hit: "Nothing from Nothing," Billy Preston.
Billy Preston "Nothing from Nothing"

1975
Neil Young undergoes surgery in Los Angeles. An "object" is scraped from his vocal chords, which had been bothering him. Although he's back in the studio rather quickly, Young is hampered by the setback and bows out midway during his 1976 tour with Stephen Stills because of the strain on his voice.
Buffalo Springfield "For What It's Worth/Mr. Soul"

1979
Chaka Kahn and Rufus make the soul chart on the way to another Number One soul charter with "Do You Love What You Feel?" It will top the soul chart for two weeks starting December 15th.

1980
AC/DC position themselves as the heirs to Led Zeppelin with Back in Black, which turns platinum on this date. The album makes it up to number four.
AC/DC "Back in Black" Live

1989
Billy Joel releases his album, Storm Front.
Billy Joel "We Didn't Start the Fire"

1992
The Patty Smyth and Don Henley single, "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" is certified gold.

1992
The Supreme Court decides not to reinstate lawsuits alleging that Ozzy Osbourne's music prompted the suicides of two teenagers.

1995
Rapper Tupac Shakur is released from jail after 8 months for groping and fondling a woman in a New York hotel room.

1997
Billy Joel fans in the U.S. get their first chance to hear one of the piano man's classical works when National Public Radio's Performance Today program debuts his piece "Reverie."

1997
Matchbox 20 (which in early 2000 changes its name to matchbox twenty) embarks on its first headlining tour in Las Vegas with opening act Lila Haydn & Her Band.
Matchbox 20 "Push" on Storytellers

1998
The Crossroads Center in Antiqua, a $6.5 million addiction recovery center underwritten by Eric Clapton, opens. The center offers an intensive 29-day recovery program for $9,000. Those who can't pay are expected to work off the debt after treatment. Clapton says he'll offer his experience and will work directly with patients from time to time.

1998
The Frasier Fair - a definite male response to the ever-increasing popularity of the Lilith Fair - kicks off in San Diego with founder Steve Poltz, John Doe, ex-Toad the Wet Sprocket member Glen Phillips, and Pete Droge. The festival is named after the title character of the contemporary NBC Sitcom Frasier who, incidentally was at one time married to a frigid woman named Lilith.

2000
Carlos Santana is presented with the key to the city of Tijuana, Mexico. Santana, who grew up in the city, plays the Coors Amphitheater in nearby Chula Vista, Calif., later that night.

2000
Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Ani DiFranco, Ben Harper, Patti Smith, and Company Flow are among the entertainers on hand at New York's Madison Square Garden, adding some musical muscle to a rally for Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader. The event draws a sold-out crowd of 18,000 that include the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch, as well as a pair of U.K. musicians: Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Billy Bragg.

2001
Complaining of tightness in his chest, and under the advice of his doctor, Merle Haggard cancels the balance of his U.S. touring plans through Nov. 3. Haggard has a history of coronary artery disease.

October 13 Birthdays

• Mary Ludwig 1754
• Rudolf Virchow 1821
• Wilbur Shaw 1902
• Herblock (Herbert Block) 1909
• Cornel Wilde 1915
• Burr Tillstrom 1917
• Laraine Day 1920
• Yves Montand 1921
• Lou Saban (NFL) 1921
• Nipsey Russell 1924
• Lenny Bruce 1925
• Frank D. Gilroy 1925
• Margaret Thatcher (Britain) 1925
• Eddie Yost (MLB) 1926
• Shirley Caesar 1928
• Eddie Mathews (MLB) 1931
• Cliff Gorman 1936
• Melinda Dillon 1939
• Paul Simon 1941
• Pamela Tiffin 1942
• Jerry Jones 1943
• Robert Lamm (The Big Thing, Chicago) 1944
• Karen Akers 1945
• Demond Wilson 1946
• Lacy J. Dalton 1946
• Sammy Hagar 1947
• John Lone 1952
• Beverly Johnson 1952
• Marie Osmond 1959
• John Wiggins 1962
• Jerry Rice (NFL) 1962
• Kelly Preston 1962
• Rhett Akins 1969
• Nancy Kerrigan 1969
• Tisha Campbell 1970
• Jan Van Sichem Jr. (K's Choice) 1972
• Tiffany Trump 1993

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