What happened on October 2
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195472 yrs ago
Elvis plays the Grand Ole Opry, his only appearance there
The Opry's manager told Sam Phillips that the young singer was 'not bad' but not right for the show. It was the only time Elvis played there.
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198244 yrs ago
"Jack & Diane" takes over the top of the Hot 100
John Cougar's song about two Midwestern teenagers was No. 1 on the Billboard chart dated October 2 and stayed there for four weeks.
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199531 yrs ago
Oasis release (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
It sold 345,000 copies in its first UK week, a record at the time. Only Michael Jackson's Bad had sold faster in Britain.
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200026 yrs ago
Radiohead drop the left-turn album Kid A
The band dropped guitar rock for electronics, and the album still opened at No. 1 in the US with over 207,000 sales. No British act had topped the US album chart in the previous three years.
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194581 yrs ago
Don McLean, the man behind "American Pie," is born
His eight-and-a-half-minute song about 'the day the music died' was the longest No. 1 on the Hot 100 for nearly 50 years. Taylor Swift's "All Too Well" broke the record in 2021.
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195175 yrs ago
Sting is born Gordon Sumner in Wallsend
He got the nickname from a black-and-yellow striped sweater that a jazz bandleader said made him look like a wasp. He never legally changed his name.
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198838 yrs ago
Alabama Shakes powerhouse Brittany Howard is born
Howard led Alabama Shakes to a No. 1 album with Sound & Color, then won further acclaim as a solo artist.
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1920106 yrs ago
Max Bruch, composer of a beloved violin concerto, dies
Bruch wrote more than 200 works. He is remembered mostly for his Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, which is still one of the most popular Romantic violin concertos.
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199828 yrs ago
Gene Autry, the Singing Cowboy, dies at 91
He starred in 93 films and made 640 recordings, and his "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" became one of the best-selling Christmas records ever.
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20179 yrs ago
Tom Petty dies a week after his final concert
Petty had ended his 40th-anniversary tour at the Hollywood Bowl only eight days earlier, closing the show with "American Girl".
Play on Spotify Source: Tom Petty - Wikipedia
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