This Day in Music History: October 2

October 2, 2016

We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.

 

Today: October 2.

 

1967: All six members of The Grateful Dead were arrested by California narcotics agents for possession of marijuana, at the groups' 710 Ashbury Street House in San Francisco, California.

 

1970: Pink Floyd released their fifth, and first UK No.1 album 'Atom Heart Mother' in the UK. The original album cover shows a cow standing in a pasture with no text, nor any other clue as to what might be on the record. Storm Thorgerson, that was inspired by Andy Warhol's famous ‘cow wallpaper,’ has said that he simply drove out into a rural area near Potters Bar, England and photographed the first cow he saw. The cow's owner identified her name as ‘Lulubelle III’.

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1971: Rod Stewart started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Maggie May / Reason To Believe', his first solo No.1. Stewart's album 'Every Picture Tells A Story' also started a four-week run on this day at No.1 on the UK and US chart.

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1982: Dire Straits started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK album charts with 'Love Over Gold'.

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1982: Peter Gabriel and Steve Hacket joined their former band mates in Genesis, for a one-time benefit performance at The Milton Keynes Bowl in Buckinghamshire, England to help raise money for Gabriel's WOMAD project (World of Music, Arts and Dance).

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1983: Welsh singer, Bonnie Tyler was at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart', written and produced by Jim Steinman. It made her the only Welsh artist to score a US No.1.

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1995: Oasis released their second album '(What's The Story), Morning Glory', which entered the UK chart at No.1. The album sold over 18 million copies worldwide, and it also won the award for the best British Album of the last 30 Years at the 2010 Brit Awards.

 

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