Today is Punk For A Day Day and World Pasta Day.
THIS DAY IN ROCK!
1960: Keith Richards runs into old schoolmate Mick Jagger at a train station in London.and shortly thereafter form Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys.
1962: Paul Petersen sings his hit single "My Dad" on The Donna Reed Show.
1962: The Beatles give their first-ever radio interview, on a closed-circuit radio station near Liverpool.
1964: The Rolling Stones make their US TV debut on the Ed Sullivan Show.
1968: The New Yardbirds make their live concert debut at England's Surrey University.
1973: Rick Nelson appears on Streets Of San Francisco.
1995: Cliff Richard is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
DEAD CELEB! Bobby Vee died early yesterday from complications of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He was 73 and had been in hospice care at a memory-care facility in Rogers, Minnesota, where he'd lived for the past 13 months. Born Robert Velline in Fargo, North Dakota, Vee came to fame as a teenager when he and his band The Shadows joined the Winter Dance Party tour after the tragic 1959 plane crash that claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. Get the obit.HENDRIX VINYL! A collection of rare 1969 Jimi Hendrix studio recordings titled Morning Symphony Ideas will be issued as a limited-edition vinyl EP in conjunction with the 2016 edition of Record Store Day's "Back to Black Friday" event on November 25. Get the details.
HILARIOUS HALLOWEEN COSTUMES! Check out what people dressed up as for Halloween back in the day. Click for the costumes.
